Scandinavia – Indigo – CjayS
Military: Small Professional
GDPpc: Highest
Techs: Anti-Balistics, Green Energy, Undersea Construction, Optics, Cold Fusion (developing)
Trade: Russia
-Physical Education classes in primary schools are now being altered to mirror military basic training.
-A new "Junior Cadet Corps" has been established, giving Scandinavian youths military-themed activities to partake in during the weekends and summer. This Corps is advertized to in schools to the extent that great quantities of children wish to participate.
-Files obtainted from the Low Land's capitol have revealed secrets in nuclear fusion previously unkown to Norwegian scientists, and a project has started to finish this research.
-Optics technology is complete.
ANZAC – Electric Lime – Josh
Military: Average Specialist
GDPpc: High
Techs: Advanced Aircraft, Cloning (on hold), Hydroponics (developing)
-Hydroponics research has begun. Due to the widespread global research into this technology, it should not take long to develop in New Zealand.
-Madegascar is invaded and annexed.
Germany – Dark Green – Vlad
Military: Average Specialist
GDPpc: Average
Techs: Advanced Tanks
Trade: Egypt, Norway, Singapore, SLAVE
-The German economy, finally finding a good foundation for its new life, has bounded back up to pre-war levels. The communist regime is proud of its work, and has produced a new monthly workers holiday to commemorate this achievment.
Finnish Union – Peach – Temperance
Military: Average Invincible
GDPpc: Highest
Techs: Undersea Construction, Anti-Balistics, Optical Camoflage (developing), Exoskeleton (on hold)
Trade: Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Scandinavia, North Africa, Italy, Iberia, UK, Venezuela
-After the Ukraine is finished off, the army continues on its way through the Balkans.
-The newly formed Balkan Alliance of Greece, Romania, Albania, and Bulgaria have successfully halted the Finnish advance in the mountains of Romania, although their hold on the region is shakey.
-Attempts to purchase Kaliningrad from Russia have failed due to Russia not mentioning selling the region at all.
-Hydroelectric power plants are constructed along the Baltic seafloor.
-Undersea colonies are connected with those of Scandinavia through a series of tubes.
-Optical Camoflauge tech is almost finished.
SingSong Incorporated – Colourless! – Mr. Biscuits
Military: Average Invincible
GDPpc: Highest
Techs: Cybernetics, Cancer Cure
Trade: Brazil, Madagascar, Malaysia
-The cure for cancer is completed, and carefully guarded as a company secret. SLAVE is taunted with the achievment, as SingSong Inc. refuses to sell the cure to their citizens until the embargo is lifted.
-Cybernetics are incorporated forcefully into the army, making almost the entire population of Singapore a mass of cyborgs. They still have free will, though, as these cybernetics do not forcefully take over the control of the brain… yet?
-Low grade cybernetics are sold on the world market, and prices skyrocket as demand outstrips supply.
SLAVE – Light Yellow – Nick Estbosco
Military: Massive Draft
GDPpc: Medium
Techs: Green Energy (on hold), Space Colonies (building)
Trade: Cuba, Italy, Belgium
Embargo: Singapore
-SLAVE continues to draft soldiers, and begins to include the newly annexed nations populace in this draft.
-The conquests of central America continue unhalted.
-Southern border defenses are strengthened.
-A land exchange with Iberia has led to a drop of the embargo.
Italy – Blue – Derpy Hooves
Military: Big Specialist
GDPpc: Medium
Techs: Intelligent Ponies (developing), Moon Colony (building)
Trade: Egypt, UK, Finland, Belgium, Iberian Nation, Germany, Norway, Venezuela
-OP's failure to put a (developing) tag after the ponies tech has led to many beleiving it was finished already. It is not.
-Moon colonies are now under construction.
-More of the Balkan states are invaded. Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece have formed an alliance to ward off possible further Italian threats.
La Plata – Baby Blue – Brandon Perez
Military: Big Specialist Nuclear
GDPpc: High
Techs: Nationwide Nuclear Plants, Stealth Jets(developing)
Trade: Egypt, Singapore, Chile, Paraguay, Mexico, Niger, Brazil
-Business enterprises in South Africa have begun monopolizing the precious metals there, and Argentina is becoming notorious as a supporter of blood diamonds.
-Advanced stealth aircraft are being developed.
-La Plata has made great strides improving military training and equipment.
-A burdening tax is placed upon cigarette sales and production. Argentina's cigarette manufacturers being to look elsewhere to produce and sell their products.
-Science teams set up on unclaimed portions of Antactica, claiming them to now be under the legal jurisdiction of La Plata.
Nepal – colourless! – Bruiseiseki
Military: Rebels
GDPpc: none
-Surprise bitches! Nepal is back!