NationStates News

by Chingis
Mon, 27 Feb 2023

We all love a feel-good story about a group of misfit underdogs rising up to best the seemingly all-powerful antagonist through the power of friendship and teamwork. It leaves you with a warm glow in your heart, reassuring you that all is just and fair in the world.

This year's N-Day was not one of those stories. Instead, reigning champions Horsemen of the Apocalypse crushed the second largest faction in a one-sided massacre, effectively winning the event by the 9th hour. The rest of the event was devoted to factions feasting on the corpse of Potato Alliance, which ended the event with an astounding seven figures of radiation.

Congratulations to the winner of the event, HotA, which secured its fourth N-Day victory with a record-breaking 1.6 million score. The top 10 factions are listed below.

	Faction	Score	Nations	Region
1.	Horsemen of the Apocalypse	1,652,905	13,133 Nations	Belisa
2.	Horsemen of the Apocalypse II	21,731	20 Nations	Lily
3.	Horsemen of the Apocalypse III	21,671	9 Nations	Hell
4.	Second Best Test 2	18,207	10 Nations	Two
5.	The Minotaurs 2	13,084	38 Nations	The Labyrinth
6.	Shambhala Strategic Javelin Command	10,596	10 Nations	Fodlan
7.	The_Minotaurs	7,734	0 Nations	Atlantiso
8.	Lego	6,954	5 Nations	Indonesia Nusantara
9.	AMAZEING	6,838	58 Nations	Casagrande
10.	Yourself	6,532	26 Nations	Confederation of Corrupt Dictators

See the full final leaderboard

Highest Scores Per Nation (min 10 nations):

For the number-enthusiasts among you, here are the global stats for this N-Day:

• 971 factions were created.

• 46,576 nations joined a faction.

• 5,054,680 nukes were targeted.

• 4,616,014 nukes were launched.

• 1,665,637 nukes were shot down.

• 2,951,117 strikes occurred for 2,416,622 radiation.

by Chingis
Wed, 22 Feb 2023

In this life, only three things can be certain: death, taxes, and the imminent threat of Nuclear Apocalypse. For the first time in NS history, the (now biannual) N-Day will occur in February. Less than 72 hours remain until the world goes up in a nuclear ball of flame. Grab your lead umbrellas, throw some popcorn kernels in the nuclear reactor, and join us for the 8th run of an iconic NS event!

Faction registration and the Vault 41 forum have been opened.

Click here for your local time: 27 days ago

Read about the aftermath of the previous N-Day here. Will the Horsemen of the Apocalypse sweep the competition yet again? Or will a new champion arise from the ashes? Mere days remain.

by Chingis
Sun, 12 Feb 2023

For two decades now, hordes of scientists with PhDs have painstakingly compiled terabytes of data on every nation on NationStates. They have drawn fancy tables, run complex algorithms and compiled countless census tables. The features are multivariate. The correlations are significant. The statistics are all so... lame?

Why do we need these people anyway? If we really want to know what the coolest, bestest and most amazing nation in the world is we don't need numbers. We need good old-fashioned democracy! We need the return of Best Nation in the World!

When voting opens, for 28 hours, you will gain access to this page. Two nations will be shown: just click the one you think is better. What does "better" mean? We don't know! But we do know that after thousands of votes, the nations on the leaderboard will be the objective best. If you want to know how your nation is doing, you'll be able to see it on your nation page.

Check below to see the start time of the event for you.

Update! Congratulations to the best nation in the world, The Commonwealth of Felpolandia!