The political map has been updated to reflect all expansions completed as of today.

Some will notice that some civilizations that have been lacking posts as of late have grown. Most of these players have expressed to me privately that they have real world concerns that are more pressing at this time, but they are reluctant to resign from the game since they've enjoyed it so far. In order to keep the game playable for them on their return, I'm temporarily managing the growth of these civilizations. I can empathize with their plight and will attempt to fairly adjudicate their growth and research.

In the event that a player decides to permanently withdraw from the game, their civilization will become an NPC civilization.

It has been a VERY busy week on the subreddit and I have done my best to keep up with it. (The rules post from a couple days back marks my largest Reddit post ever and it took me all week to finish.)

I believe I have been relatively good about getting back with people when their expansions, exploration, and research complete. If there is something that I did not get back with you about that you fear I overlooked, please let me know with a private message with a link to that post. I will inform you of the statuses of each post in question.