Love is Meh

Some people say love is the best thing in the world. I say it's just a bunch of neurotransmitters in soupy brain juice.
Tired, weary artisans across the world have somehow combined abstract concepts such as Jealousy, Vanity and Affection to create Clingy Children, Hollywood Producers and Movie Nights. Then Year's Supply of Tin Foil, Explosive Backdrafts and Suppressed Giggles were made. But there were also items that were left to be discovered. Like the Comfortable Silence. Now the zoomers will never learn how to sit in comfortable silence.
Falling in love is irrational. You open yourself to heartbreak. Why would anyone want to do it then? Perhaps it's to get a sense of connection and togetherness. The last hour of the competition illustrated both of these concepts when the top two teams were neck and neck trying to find the last few items that would send their Wonder over the top. The winners managed to find Shotgun Wedding. Relief. Pure joy. Camaraderie. Whereas the losers, well, they were unsuccessful.
In the hours after the competition, we observed the following statistics:

Wonders created: 2,754
Resources contributed: 500,506 which was made up of:

Affection: 97,147
Passion: 59,434
Friendship: 64,880
Esteem: 61,595
Vanity: 55,440
Jealousy: 65,664
Empathy: 54,944
Generosity: 41,402

Common items crafted: 205,918
Uncommon items crafted: 40,160
Rare items crafted: 5,721
Epic items crafted: 490
Legendary items crafted: 25
Total items crafted: 252,314
Items lost due to failed crafting attempts: 14,774

Now, without further ado, these are the 7 Most Lovely Wonders of the World as determined by the World Assembly gnomes:

1. PNSK–UCSN Tower: Who knew a tower can just ooze with romance? This one certainly does, winning an Awards Show Sweep for its elegantly placed yellow flowers dotted around the building. The building was created for, and we quote, ‘the pride of the region Persatuan Negara Sosialis Kapitalis (PNSK) / United Socialist Capitalist Nation (USCN).’ A name as contradictory as love itself.
2. Hiyashi Tower: Who knew a tower can just ooze with romance? This futuristic tower in Tenkyo, Kandorith, is the home of the shady but influential Hiyashi Corporation. The conglomerate is powered by advanced AI and has a finger in every pie including home security, financial services, and key lime. Little wonder then it is the setting of many True Crime Documentaries.
3. The Supreme Temple of Saint Eliadis, Goddess of Love and Light: Nothing says true love like this garishly pink and marbled megastructure on the island of Valheaven somewhere around, near or in the general vicinity of the Terren Dominion. The temple celebrates love (of course), light (makes sense), and the Warrior Goddess herself, Saint Eliadis (never heard of her). Regardless, this impressive wonder is the sight of many Happy Couples, at least 19 of them, if you wanted to be exact.
4. Macratwix HQ: When people think of Wonders they think of impressive monuments. Like a Supreme Temple. Or two towers. This one? You can't even begin to visualise it. That's because no one knows what it actually looks like. We can only surmise this is some kind of candy factory somewhere in Macrasetia because they say they can caramelise caramel. Within the confines of the HQ they have six Memorial Hospitals, which makes a lot of sense if they are relying on an overworked race of little people to make candy.
5. The Obsidian Wedding Ring: What better way to celebrate love than this Obsidian Wedding Ring, which celebrates the union of the Emperor of Kantrias and a silver dragon. It's all a bit confusing and perhaps the story is metaphorical but if it's not, love is love. Just looking at this ring is enough to give you a Self-Actualizing Experience which gives you the realization that participating in Gameplay is not all that. How haunting. But lovely. But haunting.
6. Match Scorinator: Quite frankly, I don't even want to know how the Match Scorinator operates. Those people over in NS Sports have created a cooked random number generator hooked up to a love tester machine which requires your zodiac sign and a credit card number to figure out if your relationship will last. For me, I already know the answer. No. The Match Scorinator created the first legendary in this event, the Poor Life Choice, which is ironic because coming second in this event was probably their second poor life choice.
7. The Even Bigger Concrete Slab: The World Assembly gnomes, ever fickle, have declared for the second year in a row that a concrete slab is the world's best wonder. Correction. An ‘even bigger’ concrete slab. Those poor sods over in the South Pacific can't help but build concrete slabs. Perhaps this slab is the ultimate expression of love after all - getting together on Valentine's Day to create a boring, grey expanse. At least this was the site of the world's first Shotgun Wedding.

A wonder is nothing without its resources and they have to come from somewhere. Below is the list of the people who toiled the most in the Kakuro mines (or the Fifteen-tile mines - it's hard to tell).

Nation | Amount
Stuffed stuffing | 32,002
Terran Draconia | 21,694
Kandorith | 20,262
The Terren Dominion | 18,799
Macrasetia | 15,144
South Newlandia | 14,445
Tepertopia | 10,000
NDR | 6,868
Khoronzon | 6,773
Sylestone | 6,721

In all seriousness though, thank you for participating in this event! Props to the tech team who has worked really hard to vastly improve the experience of builders with the well used build queue. And thank you to the editing team for creating a great list of recipes for people to discover. And, just a tip for aspiring builders and crafters next time - make sure to answer your issues to improve your stats which will help you generate more resources!