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Register for our Parliament and Join the WA!Every year around 31 October. which is known in many real-life cultures to be Halloween, NationStates holds an annual event known as Z-Day. Contrary to its name, Z-Day typically lasts between 30 to 36 hours in length, giving everyone around the world the chance to participate in this event. During this time, the entire world of NationStates is engulfed in a state of emergency where an infectious disease seems to uncontrollably spread, turning people into zombies.
When the crisis begins, your nation will begin with your populace being labelled as "survivors". However, as time progresses, more and more of your nation's people will become "infected", and if left uncured, may become "dead". Once people die, they cannot be restored to survivors or infected for the duration of the event. It is important to note that your nation's population after the event will not be harmed by the choices you make during Z-Day. Once the event concludes, your population will be restored as if the event had never occurred.
During Z-Day, you will have three options presented to you: (1) exterminate zombies, (2) research cure, or (3) embrace zombies. For guidance in determining which policy your national government should pursue, please read the regional policy section. By selecting one of these options, you will be granted access to a superweapon that can be deployed once every 20 seconds. If hit by a superweapon, you will not be allowed to deploy your own weapon for a few minutes.
Option | Superweapon | Effect |
Exterminate zombies | Tactical Zombie Elimination Squads | Infected become dead |
Research cure | Cure missiles | Infected become survivors |
Embrace zombies | Hordes | Survivors become infected |
Important links:
Zombie Control (your nation's control panel during Z-Day)
Z-Day Tally (global statistics board)
TRTNHBB's policy for Z-Day is to cure the zombies. Go to your nation's zombie controls. Select Research Cure. Do so as soon as possible!
The very first thing on Z-Day you should do is start researching the cure. Here is how to do this:
Help us get onto the NationStates leaderboard for Most Survivors + No Zombies!
Surviving Z-Day cannot be accomplished alone. It's important you coordinate with our regional officers to know which Nation to cure, rather than just randomly curing nations, all updates will be communicated via the RMB and our discord site. Please remember: If hit by a superweapon, you will not be allowed to deploy your own weapon for a few minutes. so that is why it is essential we coordinate our response!
The event last 24 - 36 hours, in order to survive, you will need to depend on the region to help you through this crisis. This is so because cure missiles and other superweapons cannot be used on oneself. Be sure to leave a message on the RMB and/or Discord whenever you head off to school, work, bed, or any other activity that would prevent you from participating (also include a list of puppets if applicable). The region will try to keep your nation or nations alive while you are away.
Get your medal! Nations who help us this Halloween will be recognised as medalists in the next edition of our regional Newspaper :)
Check out our summary and the data and statistics from last year's Z-day;
Thanks to the 40+ nations who participated in this year's Z-day! Firstly, what an amazing turnout... including a number of our finest residents combined with many newer nations to the region. Thank you all, and a warm welcome to The Region That Has No Big Banks for the newer nations who participated.
Given the high turnout, and great work from all involved, this meant we were able to place 10th for Most Survivors + No Quarantine and 52nd for Most Survivors. We ended the event with more survivors than has ever been achieved before in TRTHNBB's history, with over 45 times more survivors than last year. So very successful this time round, even if we didn’t manage to completely eradicate the Zombies our region.
Final region stats:
- Dead: 453,171 million (46.3%)
- Survivors: 297,873 million (30.4%)
- Zombies: 227,401 million (23.2%)
We managed these great total figures in spite of around 10-20 nations whom tried to sabotage us throughout the event, taking advantage of our open borders and spreading the zombies in our biggest nations. So a special thanks to our security officers, and also XeriMerc who stepped up during Z-day to kick out any nations spreading zombies.
Anyways, now to the more interesting part, the data. As we’ve done for the previous two years, every single individual who helped defeat the zombies, will be credited! This year nations will be separated into 4 different categories; Champions, Hunters, Helpers, and Honourable Mentions.
All nations have been separated by the number of individual actions their nations made during the event. The total number of actions made in our region was about *17,389*. That means the Cure Missile and Strike Force buttons were pressed 17,389 times in the span of 35 hours, with 20-second cooldown times before each click. Completely insane. More actions than our previous two Z-day’s combined?! Without further ado, here are the Tiers and their respective members. *Puppet actions are combined, where known
Champions Tier (1000+ actions):
⭐ New United Common-lands - 4905 actions (28.2%)
⭐ United Lovervyche - 2406 actions (13.8%)
⭐ Yodle - 1573 actions (9.0%)
⭐ Socialistic Britain - 1312 actions (7.5%)
⭐ Homali - 1118 actions (6.4%)
Nearly 65% of every single action made during the event, was completed by this group. Really great job guys! Without them, simply put it wouldn’t have been possible for us to reach 10th for Most Survivors + No Quarantine!
Hunters Tier (200+ actions):
🏹 Kabriel - 718 actions (4.1%)
🏹 The Washington Federation - 662 actions (3.8%)
🏹 Catopes - 647 actions (3.7%)
🏹 Vlaskal - 639 actions (3.7%)
🏹 A Wicked Place - 469 actions (2.7%)
🏹 Koenes - 328 actions (1.9%)
🏹 New-Union - 287 actions (1.7%)
🏹 Banksia - 277 actions (1.6%)
🏹 Alstavania - 237 actions (1.4%)
🏹 XeriMerc - 227 actions (1.3%)
🏹 Can Fo - 225 actions (1.3%)
A huge thank you to the work done by the Hunters Tier members, you were all instrumental in helping us secure the region! Really impressive, well done.
Helpers Tier (40+ actions):
• Kvetsla - 194 actions
• Kaidia - 165 actions
• Lemona - 160 actions
• Free Quebec - 149 actions
• Yana Atuq - 145 actions
• Rica Nardis - 80 actions
• Hindey - 70 actions
• Narigazawa - 63 actions
• Batatlandia - 44 actions
• Foxxe - 40 actions
• Greater Drussi - 40 actions
Again, a huge thanks to the work done by the Helper Tier, considering we had so many nations support us this year I had to make a whole new tier to recognise your efforts :) Well done!
Honourable Mentions:
Lkandria, Pinevilla, Elkonie, Mars Hotel, Small Huts, Smaller Huts, Mawisia, Ovlistan, Dondas, Ryammunr, Ardeyn, Greater Prythian, Isaris, Emelonity, PumpkinPot, Detrona, AngryPeanut, Calvir, Fabriel and Monitor
No matter how small the contribution, every single action taken by members of the region helped, and thus should be mentioned!
All nations mentioned in this dispatch will be rightfully recognised in the next edition of the Social Reformer, along with an accompanying article with a narrative and description of some of the dramas and events of Z-day! So congrats to everyone who made the leaderboards and those who helped coordinate on the RMB. No matter how small the contribution they all helped! I have added some more detailed charts below if you are interested, otherwise thanks for reading!
(Nation: Number of Cure Missiles sent)
GRAND TOTAL - 17230 missiles
New United Common-lands: 4905
United Lovervyche: 2381
Yodle: 1573
Socialistic Britain: 1292
Homali: 1118
Kabriel: 718
Catopes: 645
The Washington Federation: 662
Vlaskal: 613
A Wicked Place: 469
Koenes: 316
New-Union: 287
Banksia: 277
Alstavania: 237
XeriMerc: 227
Can Fo: 225
Kvetsla: 184
Kaidia: 155
Lemona: 151
Free Quebec: 149
Yana Atuq: 145
Rica Nardis: 80
Hindey: 70
Narigazawa: 63
Batatlandia: 44
Foxxe: 40
Lkandria: 36
Pinevilla: 33
Elkonie: 30
Mars Hotel: 29
Small Huts: 15
Smaller Huts: 15
Greater Drussi: 11
Mawisia: 10
Ovlistan: 7
Ryammunr: 5
Ardeyn: 4
Greater Prythian: 4
Isaris: 4
Detrona: 1
(Nation: Number of Strike Missiles sent)
GRAND TOTAL - 159 missiles
Greater Drussi: 29
Vlaskal: 26
United Lovervyche: 25
Socialistic Britain: 20
Koenes: 12
Kaidia: 10
Kvetsla: 10
Lemona: 9
Dondas: 7
Catopes: 2
Emelonity: 2
PumpkinPot: 2
AngryPeanut: 1
Calvir: 1
Fabriel: 1
Monitor: 1
Pinevilla: 1
(Nation: Number of Zombie Hordes sent)
GRAND TOTAL - 607 missiles
Greater Drussi: 160
Nukiel 6: 48
Nukiel 1: 40
Old Hope: 36
Lemona: 34
Evagia: 31
Intri Expolle: 23
Titandrom: 23
Kaidia: 21
Catopes: 20
Zombie Farm 2: 20
Catacomb Dwellers: 19
Emelonity: 17
Zombie Farm 3: 15
Zombie Farm 1: 13
First Nightmare: 10
*PS: Contact me if I’ve not added your puppets to your main score, so I can revise the figures!
If you want access to the data/spreadsheet telegram me :)
Kind regards
New United Common-lands
WA Delegate, PM, Chief Cure Officer!
Well, where do I start! Let’s be honest this year Z-Day was a bit of a failure, in comparison to last year! We weren’t able to get anywhere close to defeating all the zombies in The Region That Has No Big Banks. And we weren’t able to place on any of the leaderboards, unlike last year where regionally we placed 38th in Most Survivors + No Zombies and 61st in Most Survivors.
The figures are still updating every hour, but our regional numbers after Z-Day ended were;
- Dead: 163,021 million (59.8%)
- Zombies: 103,214 million (37.8%)
- Survivors: 6,545 million (2.4%)
We tried to stop the Zombie invasions after some members *cough Ardeyn tried to make us into a Zombie region, although justice was done as we, (well mostly Greater Drussi) annihilated Ardeyn's zombie empire! Me and Aya Democratic Republic have already suggested a bill condemning some of the disorderly nations to be sent to our parliament :) But after our mini Civil war, overall I would say the Z-Day was good fun.
Anyways, now to the more interesting part, the data. As Yodle did last year, we will be crediting every single individual who helped defeat the zombies! Nations will be separated into 3 tiers: the Champions Tier, the Hunters Tier, and the Honourable Mentions.
I have separated everyone by the number of individual actions their nations made during the event. The total number of actions made in our region was about 4203. That means the Cure Missile button and Strike Force button were pressed 4203 times in the span of about 30 hours, with 20 second cooldown times before each click. Well done all! Without further ado, here are the Tiers and their respective members.
Champions Tier: 200+ actions
🔘 New United Common-lands (including Puppets) - 1371 actions (32.6%)
🔘 United Lovervyche - 737 actions (17.5%)
🔘 Vlaskal (including Puppets) - 597 actions (14.2%)
🔘 Greater Drussi (including Puppets) - 304 actions (7.2%)
🔘 Aya Democratic Republic (including Puppets) - 292 actions (6.9%)
🔘 Former Argentina - 207 actions (4.9%)
Hunters Tier: 100-200 actions
. Portland and Providenia - 174 actions (4.1%)
. Socialistic Britain - 109 actions (2.6%)
. Mars Hotel - 103 actions (2.5%)
Honourable Mentions:
Honourable mentions especially go to Hitentherps and The Sand Nation who just missed out on the leaderboards with 93 actions and 84 actions respectively.
and other honourable mentions go to Koenes, Inte Vaythoking, Ardeyn, Frakanda and Qarush.
For next year there’s no doubt we need to organise ourselves better if we are to stop the Zombie Invasion, we need to remind our Nations in advance of Halloween next year, nearer the time we should also have a guide for our members on what to expect / how Z-Day works and then we can outline our strategy to get the region to Zero zombies.
So congrats to everyone who made the leaderboards and those who helped coordinate on the RMB. No matter how small the contribution they all helped! I have added some more detailed charts below if you are interested, otherwise thanks for reading!
1. New United Common-lands * - 1361 missiles (38.8%)
2. United Lovervyche - 605 missiles (17.2%)
3. Vlaskal * - 596 missiles (17.0%)
4. Aya Democratic Republic * - 231 missiles (6.6%)
5. Former Argentina - 207 missiles (5.9%)
6. Socialistic Britain - 109 missiles (3.1%)
7. Mars Hotel - 103 missiles (2.9%)
8. The Sand Nation - 84 missiles (2.4%)
9. Koenes - 55 missiles (1.6%)
10. Inte Vaythoking - 54 missiles (1.5%)
11. Portland and Providenia - 52 missiles (1.5%)
12. Hitentherps - 40 missiles (1.1%)
13. Frakanda - 13 missiles (0.4%)
GRAND TOTAL - 3510 missiles
* including puppets
1. Greater Drussi * - 304 missiles (43.9%)
2. United Lovervyche - 132 missiles (19.0%)
3. Portland and Providenia - 122 missiles (17.6%)
5. Aya Democratic Republic * - 61 missiles (8.8%)
6. Hitentherps - 53 missiles (7.6%)
7. New United Common-lands * - 10 missiles (1.4%)
8. Ardeyn - 6 missiles (0.9%)
9. Frakanda - 2 missiles (0.3%)
10.Qarush - 2 missiles (0.3%)
11. Vlaskal - 1 missiles (0.1%)
GRAND TOTAL - 693 missiles
* including puppets
1. Ardeyn * - 339 hordes (67.1%)
2. Greater Drussi - 75 hordes (14.9%)
3. Lkandria - 31 hordes (6.1%)
4. Hitentherps - 24 hordes (4.8%)
5. Other Nations - 36 hordes (7.1%)
GRAND TOTAL - 505 hordes
* including puppets
Best Regards
New United Common-lands
If you have any questions, feel free to telegram
New United Common-lands or write a post on the RMB.
