Every 5 episodes, I do a brief on the tech count leaders, so strap in folks! An asterisks in the final categories indicates they technically aren't hitting the penalty limit, but are very much on the brink. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dbEll5KbCZnFDrRejZCYmdP93z_91Xz5efwP_fUT0mM/edit?usp=sharing

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• Effective Military W: Wahgi (110,794); Faroe Islands (67,366); Selkups (51,214); Goguryeo (46,160); and Yellowknives (43,367)
• Effective Military L: Kalmyks (4,215); Visigoths (2,218); Alaouites (2,186); Tiwanaku (1,879); and Tehuelche (1,661)

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• Production W: Faroe Islands (1,715); Goguryeo (1,475); Wahgi (1,430); New Holland (1,395); and Yellowknives (1,337)
• Production L: Eswatini (83); Kalmyks (72); Tiwanaku (64); Makhnovia (59); and Alaouites (55)

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• Production per city W: Nivkh (70.2); New Holland (66.4); Wahgi (65); Tiwanaku (64); and Palawa (62)
• Production per city L: Kanem-Bornu (26.2); Seneca (25.7); Bora-Bora (22.4); Eswatini (20.8); and Makhnovia (14.8)

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• Effective Science W: Wahgi (2,016); Goguryeo (1,566); Faroe Islands (1,484); New Holland (1,441); and Palawa (1,069)
• Effective Science L: Kalmyks (135); Visigoths (122); Makhnovia (91); Tiwanku (69); and Alaouites (39)

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• Tech Count note: As of Episode 30, the mean tech count is 55.3; the Median 56; and the Mode is 56, 57 and 61 (all with 5 civs)
• Tech Count W: Wahgi (77); Faroe Islands and Goguryeo (68); New Holland (67); Yellowknives (64); and Bora-Bora and Singapore (63)
• Tech Count L: Seneca and Eswatini (47); Tehuelche (46); Finns and Makhnovia (44); Kalmyks (41); and Alaouites (36)

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• Currently Unhappy Civs: Taino (-5); Ndongo (-6); and Pontus (-8)
• Currently Bankrupt Civs: Kalmyks (-10); Alaouites (-54); and Makhnovia (-78)

CBRX Season 4: Episode 30: Don’t Rely On Other Civs

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Nestor Makhno sits at council, on the long table in the recruitment barn. He looks tired, with dark circles under sunken eyes, his hair, and mustache, unkempt. "What reports do you guild heads bring to us?" He entreats the men and women assembled there, with an air of resignation.

"Bat'ko Makhno," a short man, as stout as a barrel, begins "our coffers are long empty, we cannot survive without the means to move materials through the areas that have been annexed by the Latvian land grabbers." He grumbles. This man has a downtrodden quality to him, the head of the transport guild his months have been endless redrawings of maps, meeting with grieved traders, farmers, fishers, dyers, millers, miners, and countless others with goods to distribute, and courting smugglers with ever diminishing funds.

"We've lost most of our farm land!" Shouts a peasant woman with the largest biceps Makhno's squire, Alexi, has ever seen. "The communes are starving!" She continues.

"Yes, I understand. Without our army, however, we are powerless to retake the land that has been stolen. What says the head of the general workers? How comes the poster campaign?"

"Well, Bat'ko," starts a red faced woman "the problem is that all those who we sent out to distribute the posters have not returned. As a result we have lost most of our workforce, we can only assume they have joined this vaguely parametered Crusade being led by the smelly Grigory Rasputin."

"Yes," pipes up the head of the messengers and scouting guild, "what reports do come back to us speak of the swelling numbers of our people roaming Latvian and Kazan territory, in search of 'Russia'. Few of our messengers return, most of them stop writing eventually, and Rasputin's effect can be felt. Some call him a genius, misguided or otherwise, many a prophet, and a few a god. No one who has seen his face continues to write."

Nestor looks ashen. He drinks deeply from a bottle of pungent homebrewed vodka. And opens his mouth as if to speak.

"Just to circle back to the poster campaign," croaks an old man, with slender fingers, "the cost has been astronomical, and at some point somebody hired the popular music act The Pet Shop Boys, to write a song called 'Bring our troops home', and there is no way we can pay what their label are demanding."

Pueblo's new capital is actually the other city, but I Don't think you can physically fit a star there

An asterisks in the final categories indicates they technically aren't hitting the penalty limit, but are very much on the brink. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dbEll5KbCZnFDrRejZCYmdP93z_91Xz5efwP_fUT0mM/edit?usp=sharing

• Effective Military W: Wahgi (61,828); Faroe Islands (60,306); Goguryeo (40,203); Mexico (36,704); and Selkups (34,783)
• Effective Military L: Alaouites (1,394); Tiwanaku (1,353); Burgundy (823); Royal Hungary (668); and Shang (580)

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• Production W: Goguryeo (1,608); Faroe Islands (1,507); Wahgi (1,402); New Holland (1,246); and Yellowknives (1,142)
• Production L: Pueblo (54); Tiwanaku (40); Alaouites (34); Burgundy (19); and Royal Hungary (16)

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• Production per city W: Nivkh (68.3); Wahgi (63.7); New Holland (59.3); Latvia (51.2); and Saba-Dm't (50.1)
• Production per city L: Bora-Bora (21.6); Mogadishu (20.8); Makhnovia (20.5); Burgundy (19); and Royal Hungary (16)

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• Effective Science W: Wahgi (2,003); Faroe Islands (1,348); New Holland (1,265); Goguryeo (1,202); and Yellowknives (897)
• Effective Science L: Burgundy (73); Kalmyks (67); Tiwanaku (65); Alaouites (42); and Royal Hungary (30)

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• Currently Unhappy Civs: Sierra Leone and Finns (0*); Ume-Sami (-4); and Taino (-12)
• Currently Bankrupt Civs: Alaouites (-18); Finns (-67); Kalmyks (-92); and Makhnovia (-103)

The ghost of Robert Ludlum reads today's episode title and smiles.

CBRX Season 4: Episode 29: The Dictator Plague

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An asterisks in the final categories indicates they technically aren't hitting the penalty limit, but are very much on the brink. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dbEll5KbCZnFDrRejZCYmdP93z_91Xz5efwP_fUT0mM/edit?usp=sharing

• Military W: Wahgi (51,527); Faroe Islands (44,986); Goguryeo (33,029); Mexico (31,317); and New Holland (31,059)
• Military L: Tiwanaku (1,845); Royal Hungary (1,581); Shang (1,188); Alaouites (1,124); and Burgundy (1,081)

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• Production W: Faroe Islands (1,640); Wahgi (1,525); Goguryeo (1,235); New Holland (1,193); and Yellowknives (1,051)
• Production L: Shang (85); Makhnovia (78); Royal Hungary (29); Alaouites (25); and Burgundy (23)

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• Production per city W: Wahgi (69.3); New Holland (56.8); Siam (49.4); Yellowknives (47.8); and Latvia (47.7)
• Production per city L: Kanem-Bornu (21.5); Makhnovia (19.5); Mogadishu (19.2); Tiwanaku (17.4); and Taino (15)

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• Effective Science W: Wahgi (1,852); Faroe Islands (1,293); Goguryeo (1,256); New Holland (1,180); and Yellowknives (921)
• Effective Science L: Makhnovia (118); Burgundy (77); Alaouites (47); Royal Hungary (45); and Shang (32)

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• Currently Unhappy Civs: Finns (0*); Ume-Sami (-2); Ecuador (-5); Sierra Leone (-7); and Taino (-13)
• Currently Bankrupt Civs: Alaouites (-10); and Makhnovia (-74)

The answer to your question, Mr. Starr, is about 3 million copies and a gold record.

[Pre-emptive note for next week, the audio narration will be delayed as I'm out of town through the middle of the week.]

CBRX Season 4: Episode 28: When I say war, you say more! More! War! More! War!

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An asterisks in the final categories indicates they technically aren't hitting the penalty limit, but are very much on the brink. As always, you can peruse the full table at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dbEll5KbCZnFDrRejZCYmdP93z_91Xz5efwP_fUT0mM/edit?usp=sharing

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• Military W: Wahgi (41,567); Faroe Islands (35,124); Mexico (30,674); Goguryeo (26,779); and Yellowknives (26,053)
• Military L: Shang (2,864); Royal Hungary (1,638); Burgundy (692); Mamluks (586); and Alaouites (297)

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• Production W: Goguryeo (1,387); Wahgi (1,377); New Holland (1,233); Faroe Islands (1,168); and Yellowknives (791)
• Production L: Makhnovia (80); Burgundy (63); Royal Hungary (34); Mamluks (25); and Alaouites (18)

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• Production per city W: Wahgi (62.6); New Holland (58.7); Latvia (42.5); Saba-D'mt (42.2); and Goguryeo (42)
• Production per city L: Qarmatians (22.1); Makhnovia (20); Alaouites (18); Mogadishu (17.9); and Taino (15.8)

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• Effective Science W: Wahgi (1,410); Goguryeo (1,191); New Holland (1,186); Faroe Islands (1,096); and Yellowknives (952)
• Effective Science L: Kalmyks (133); Shang (124); Mamluks (71); Royal Hungary (43); and Alaouites (40)

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• Currently Unhappy Civs: Sierra Leona (-1); Yellowknives (-2); Ume-Sami and Ecuador (-4); Afsharids (-5); Taino (-8); and Faroe Islands (-13)
• Currently Bankrupt Civs: Alaouites (-5); Tehuelche (-12); Kalmyks (-49); and Makhnovia (-73)

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Somebody pulled on Lord Cardigan's thread as he charged away, and the Light Brigade came undone.

CBRX Season 4: Episode 27: How to Disappear Completely

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