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Play in your language. The whole game is now translated into 17 languages: Spanish, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Filipino, Indonesian, Arabic, Persian and Hebrew. Not just the menus. Every crisis, every news report, every event. Tap the globe on the main menu to switch at any time. Arabic, Persian and Hebrew read right to left. Your allies can no longer drag you into wars. If you play a country in an alliance and one of your allies is invaded, the game used to sign you up for that war without asking. Those wars piled up over time and you could not get out of them. Now they ask, and you decide. Standing by an ally is worth something. Answer the call and they remember it. They trade with you on better terms, join your sanction coalitions, and share intelligence that makes your covert operations more likely to succeed. Refuse and you keep the peace, but you burn their trust, and push it far enough and they will end the alliance. If you have a language you would like added, use Report a Bug in Settings and tell us. We can add new languages without you needing to update the app.

Thanks to everyone using the Report a Bug button. This update exists because of you. Fixed The world no longer gangs up on you just for being big. Sanctions now need a real reason, trade partners and allies stay loyal, and old sanctions fade when relations improve. Conquering a country now actually gives you its resources. Take the oil fields, get the oil. Wars between other nations end sooner and rivals stop piling onto countries already fighting. New Own the world's shipping lanes. The Suez Canal, Strait of Hormuz, Panama Canal and four more now pay tolls to whoever controls them. Conquer the owner and the money is yours. Raise the fees or close them entirely. Your call. Invest your reserves in other countries and earn as they grow. Watch out for revolutions. A new Industry panel shows your economy's sectors changing as your investments take hold. Announcements on the main menu so I can keep you posted on bugs and fixes, plus a full version changelog. Keep the reports coming. I read every one and appreciate your support!

Bug introduced when opponent "ai" countries were allowed to start as many wars as they wished - who knew wars would be so expensive and all of the "ai" countries would burn through their GDP in a matter of years with all the carnage... :)

Splatting bugs. Find bug, splat bug. Thank you to the user(s) who have reported findings with me! I'm quite easy to reach if you, the player, identify something else you want to chat about!

THE CRISIS UPDATE The world you command is the real one, today. Now it never plays out the same way twice, and it remembers what you do. Breaking News. Sixty distinct world crises can erupt in any game: strait blockades, debt contagion, cyberattacks, pandemics, coups, water wars, and more. Each interrupts with a real decision and escalating stakes. Broker the peace, pay the toll, or run the blockade? Crisis Legacies. Every crisis leaves a lasting mark. Steady a nation through its worst and it rebuilds and remembers who helped. Let one burn out and the scar lingers for years. Track it all on the new World Legacies board. The World Fights Back. Climb toward number one and rivals take notice. The stronger you get, the harder the world pushes back, with coordinated sanctions, coalitions, and allies tempted away. Turtling to the top is now the tensest stretch of the game. Weekly Global Situation. The world runs a shifting mood, from Financial Turmoil to Energy Shock to Political Unrest, and crises lean into whatever grips the globe that stretch. Dealt Hand. Gamble on a random draw of three nations, each with its own challenge rating and score bonus. Harder draws pay off bigger. Domestic unrest. Your own people react to how you govern. Crushing taxes spark revolts, unpopular wars bring anti-war riots, pandemic lockdowns breed backlash, high inflation drives cost-of-living anger. Ease the cause and the streets calm; ignore it and protests become riots become an uprising that can topple your government, cost you standing, and fracture your hold over others. It hits your rivals too. Smarter rivals. Every AI nation now weighs war, trade, and supply as real strategic choices instead of acting on impulse, and they exploit each other's crises. Under the hood. Refreshed 2026 real-world economies, a deeper fiscal model where debt carries a credit-priced cost, and a more reproducible simulation for fair Challenges. Every crisis is seeded, so Weekly and Daily Challenge players all face the same unfolding world. Same real world. Never the same history twice.

The world just got competitive. National Dominance is now a living, global contest; the same deep economy, now with rivals who fight back. Daily Briefing - One world, the same for every leader, every day. Play the sprint, post your Ascendancy, share your result, and keep your streak alive. War Room - Enlist your nation and raid real players worldwide. Climb the seasonal ranked ladder, defend your borders, and strike back when someone comes for you. Blocs - Found or join an alliance, rally your allies, and drive your bloc up the standings together. New leaderboards - fight for #1 in your country, your region, and the world. Take your seat at the table.