Hey everyone, I just wanted to take a moment to point out to everyone that today is "JULY 12TH: INTERNET-WIDE DAY OF ACTION TO SAVE NET NEUTRALITY" Net Neutrality is an important cause and one near and dear to me, as without it it's likely small websites like Politics & War would be virtually non-existent. If you have a minute and live in the United States, please go here https://www.battleforthenet.com/ and take a minute to send an e-mail and/or call your representatives and senators about the issue. If you're unfamiliar with Net Neutrality, I would recommend looking into the issue, as it is an important one for anyone who spends a lot of time on the internet.

Also, I'm hoping to announce alliance tax brackets and a bulk city template importer (to do all of your cities at once) later today.

A significant change has occurred to how Commerce & Resource Production works! Click here to read the full update: https://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/20541-792017-the-great-deflation/

The gist of the changes is that in most cases, raw resource production was halved and the cap on the number of raw resource improvements you can have was doubled. Manufacturing improvements have had their caps increased from 3 to 5. Commerce improvements have been nerfed slightly. Upkeep and build costs did not change. Here's a quick comprehensive view of the changes:

On a related note, the market has been cleared of all trade offers in case anyone wants to rethink their trades in light of these changes.

Just a quick notice, I made a mistake when I set the pricing and mistakenly labeled the 10 Credit purchase at the same price as the 6 Credit purchase. I've fixed the issue and anyone who purchased 10 Credits but only received 6, please send me (Alex) a message and I will be able to give you the extra Credits you're missing shortly.

Hey all, this is a notice that the donation limit for June has been reset, and each nation can now redeem 10 Credits worth of donation bonuses for the month of July. Just a reminder that purchasing custom flags, VIP, or other cosmetic changes do not count against this 10 Credit limit. The 10 Credit limit counts again things that directly benefit your nation - such as selling Credits on the market, redeeming for cash, infrastructure, or resources, and resetting your City/Project timer.

With that in mind, I'll also mention that the 60 day sale on Credit prices is over, and I've introduced an updating price scheme available on the Donate page. Remember, buying Credits in bulk is cheaper per Credit, and this month I've removed the largely unused buy 7-9 Credit options and replaced them with the option to buy 12, 15, or 20 Credits. Purchasing 20 Credits at once, for example, you will get your Credits at $3.50 each vs. buying them at $4.99 each to purchase just one.

For those of you new to the game or unfamiliar with the Donate page, it's basically a place for microtransactions to support the game. You can pay USD$ to purchase Credits which can be traded with other players, used for things like custom flags, nation location changes, name changes, extra money for your nation, and more. The Donate page covers all of the different ways you can purchase and use Credits.

Just a quick notice that I've upgraded the forum software. Due to spam, security vulnerabilities, and other reasons the old software needed to be updated. We're using IPS4 now, which has a lot more features, and though it looks a little different, all of our content should still be there.

An important note, for any users that had a different display name than their login name, you'll now only be using your display name, and you'll use that to login.

If anyone needs a link to the forums: https://politicsandwar.com/forums/