Presidential election day

Day 779, 11:14 • Published in • by Plato

Dear citizens,


The presidential elections are over and a new set of leaders have grabbed power in the New World . As Plato used to say, may wisdom lay upon their administrations. Speaking about Plato, have you noticed that he's not so “energetic” anymore when it comes to advising citizens? He's still happy to guide any citizen that asks for his advice and reminders, but if you minimize him he remains so indefinitely until you change your mind. Another thing that will ease both of our lives is the new "Report abuse" system.

OK, let's go back to elections, Presidents, and their campaign promises. In this article you can see a selection of the most interesting national goals after December's elections. Last month Hungarians set the goal to conquer about half of Romania's territories, while the Romanians tried to get their hands on Heilongjiang, the iron-rich region of Hungary that is so important for the geopolitical balance of power. Although both countries tried to achieve the war related monuments as a reward, none of them succeeded. Romania tried to reach Asia through Bulgaria and Turkey, and they even conquered Istanbul where they were stopped. Hungary conquered several Romanian regions and it looked like they were going to achieve the monument, but their plans crumbled due to the US attack in Asia. Of course, many other countries got involved in this “dance”; attacking, defending or retreating on strategical purposes, as usual.

Given the international situation, the US dropped their goal of conquering UK's territories and crossed the Pacific Ocean to get into Asia and, after several battles, to the gates of Heilongjiang region (aka “HelloKitty”), which rebalanced the situation. Russia managed to conquer North Korean soil, as targeted, and also help Phoenix in the "HelloKitty" war, together with Serbia which done its part by attacking and blocking other countries.

And again you'll notice that eRepublik is a world full of surprises. Poland set out at the beginning of the month with the national goal of increasing their population by 1%; as of January 5th, they had increased by over 300% thanks to a staggering baby-boom! Wow! 🙂 This baby-boom turned Poland into the most populated country of the New World (more than 47.000 citizens, and counting), almost double compared to the second place, Spain.

As a conclusion, we can say that in many cases the national goals were not just “electoral lies”. Regardless if they got the monuments for their nations or not, the important thing is that the Presidents at least tried to do what they have promised to do. The hot spots of the New World last month were strictly bonded to different national goals, which could be seen as powerful engines driving the world. An interesting article about last month`s national goals can be found here .


Congratulations for all your achievements this month!
Merry Christmas for those celebrating it today!

Regards,
The eRepublik Team