I'll start off by noting that I've changed my identity from "Sheepy" to "Alex". The reason for this is that I'm trying to brand myself more professionally, and while the identity "Sheepy" has served me well for many years, I was ultimately very young when I chose that name and I believe it's time for me to make a change going into the future.

* VIP members can now set custom city images and custom religion icons

* There is a setting on the Account page to disable city images being displayed on nation pages

* Espionage odds are now displayed in a definitive range. For example, if your real odds were 33%, instead of some "estimated" odds that changed every time you reloaded the page, it'll now say "Between 25-50%"

* A new Espionage operation, "Terrorize Civilians" has been added. This operation destroys some infrastructure in the target's highest infrastructure city. At most (60 spies vs. 0 spies) it can destroy 34.5 infrastructure.

Read about it on the forum: https://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/13087-5252016-espionage-more-vip-stuff-re-branding/

I've made a number of changes to how the game looks! If you want to read about these changes, read the forum post here: https://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/12725-552016-state-religion-cosmetic-improvements/

We're having a fun community event - a nation page design competition! It's free to participate (if you can get 3 other players to nominate you in the forum thread) and the top 5 winners will receive an in-game award, along with Politics & War stickers!

Read all about the rules and how to participate on the forums, here: https://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/12675-522016-nation-page-design-competition/

Quick update: first, I just want to let everyone know that VIP forum benefits have been deprecated entirely. If you bought VIP before May 1st, you got the forum pip that you get to keep forever. If you buy VIP now or at any point in the future, you cannot get that pip. This was announced some two weeks ago, and there will be no exceptions (as that would defeat the point.)

The next (and more important bit) is that Player Advertisements now last for 15 days instead of 10. When you extend pre-approved ads on your Account page, you'll get 20 days of extended ad life. Prices have not changed at all, player ads are still 1 credit each.

Hey all, it's May 1st, and that means that your donation limits have been reset. You're free to redeem/sell up to 10 credits again this month, and of course can spend an unlimited number of credits on cosmetic bonuses like VIP, custom flags, alliance pips, and more. Check out the Donate page for more information about what you can spend Credits on.