NationStates: N-Day 8: Half-Life Every Half-Year

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In this life, only three things can be certain: death, taxes, and the imminent threat of Nuclear Apocalypse. For the first time in NS history, the (now biannual) N-Day will occur in February. Less than 72 hours remain until the wurld goes up in a nuclear ball of flame. Grab your lead umbrellas, throw some popcorn kernels in the nuclear reactor, and join us for the 8th run of an iconic NS event!

Faction registration and the Vault 41 forum have been opened.

The missiles fly in:

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Read about the aftermath of the previous N-Day here. Will the Horsemen of the Apocalypse sweep the competition yet again? Or will a new champion arise from the ashes? Mere days remain.

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Edited February 23, 2023 by Orioni
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[NationStates News]

We all love a feel-good story about a group of misfit underdogs rising up to best the seemingly all-powerful antagonist through the power of friendship and teamwork. It leaves you with a warm glow in your heart, reassuring you that all is just and fair in the wurld.

This year's N-Day was not one of those stories. Instead, reigning champions Horsemen of the Apocalypse crushed the second largest faction in a one-sided massacre, effectively winning the event by the 9th hour. The rest of the event was devoted to factions feasting on the corpse of Potato Alliance, which ended the event with an astounding seven figures of radiation.

Congratulations to the winner of the event, HotA, which secured its fourth N-Day victory with a record-breaking 1.6 million score. The top 10 factions are listed below.

	Faction	Score	Nations	Region
1.	Horsemen of the Apocalypse/images/flags/uploads/rflags/belisa__634496.png	1,652,905	13,133 Nations	Belisa
2.	Horsemen of the Apocalypse II/images/flags/uploads/rflags/lily__663767.gif	21,731	20 Nations	Lily
3.	Horsemen of the Apocalypse III/images/flags/uploads/rflags/hell__881681.png	21,671	9 Nations	Hell
4.	Second Best Test 2	18,207	10 Nations	Two
5.	The Minotaurs 2/images/flags/uploads/rflags/the_labyrinth__146953.png	13,084	38 Nations	The Labyrinth
6.	Shambhala Strategic Javelin Command/images/flags/uploads/rflags/fodlan__762265.png	10,596	10 Nations	Fodlan
7.	The_Minotaurs/images/flags/uploads/rflags/atlantiso__122165.png	7,734	0 Nations	Atlantiso
8.	Lego	6,954	5 Nations	Indonesia Nusantara
9.	AMAZEING/images/flags/uploads/rflags/casagrande__681021.jpg	6,838	58 Nations	Casagrande
10.	Yourself/images/flags/uploads/rflags/confederation_of_corrupt_dictators__175666.png	6,532	26 Nations	Confederation of Corrupt Dictators

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Highest Scores Per Nation (min 10 nations):

Faction	Score	Score Per Nation	Region
Second Best Test 2	18,207	1,820.7	Two
Horsemen of the Apocalypse II	21,731	1,086.5	Lily
Shambhala Strategic Javelin Command	10,596	1,059.6	Fodlan
Stellamare Compact	3,491	349.1	Astral Sea
The Minotaurs 2	13,084	344.3	The Labyrinth
Chess Players	4,249	265.6	Chess Players
Yourself	6,532	251.2	Confederation of Corrupt Dictators
Horsemen of the Apocalypse	1,652,905	125.9	Belisa
AMAZEING	6,838	117.9	Casagrande
Horsemen of the Apocalypse IV	5,676	45.0	Children of the Grave

For the number-enthusiasts among you, here are the glubal stats for this N-Day:

• 971 factions were created.

• 46,576 nations joined a faction.

• 5,054,680 nukes were targeted.

• 4,616,014 nukes were launched.

• 1,665,637 nukes were shot down.

• 2,951,117 strikes occurred for 2,416,622 radiation.

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