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WILD LIFE - July 2025

_ TWO CENTS

Sorry folks, I have nothing witty or clever to say. But most of you already knew that. Instead, to gratify your inner geek, I have data. Here are the answers to those questions that keep you awake at night: How many embassy collectors have over 1000 embassies? What percentage of all regions are home to a solitary nation? How many issues were answered this month? And how many nations have never answered an issue? Behold these tables! An instant cure for your insomnia.

The data here is as at 30 June. Any changes shown are changes from 31 May to 30 June.

But if you're just thinking, "I don't care about any of this. Why did I get a notification?", then this section is for you.

_ JUNE SNAPSHOT

What do different types of region look like?

Region type

Count of regions

Average number of nations

Average number of WA members

Average number of delegate votes

Delegate votes per WA member

Average number of embassies

All Types

32,613

9.8

0.59

0.40

0.68

15.8

Feeders

5

4,096

618

501

0.81

39

Restorers

3

12,001

328

222

0.68

26

Sinkers

3

2,438

286

180

0.63

34

Warzones

7

14.7

3.4

3.0

0.88

17.1

Frontiers, with Delegate

146

123

14.0

11.1

0.79

12.1

Frontiers, vacant Delegacy

580

5.0

0.21

-

-

2.4

Strongholds, with Governor, with Exec. Del.

294

28

10.6

8.1

0.76

10.2

Strongholds, with Governor, with Non-exec. Del.

455

103

12.5

9.2

0.74

62

Strongholds, with Governor, vacant Exec. Del.

4,531

5.8

0.16

-

-

2.2

Strongholds, with Governor, vacant Non-exec. Del.

22,825

5.8

0.04

-

-

20

Strongholds, no Governor, with Exec. Del.

225

30

6.1

5.2

0.85

5.9

Strongholds, no Governor, vacant Exec. Del.

3,539

3.2

0.10

-

-

2.7

It would have been easy to check, but I have to admit I was surprised at how few nations Sinkers have compared to Feeders and Restorers. I mean, it's not like they can lower that average number of nations by ejecting them!

How many embassies do regions have?

Number of embassies

Number of regions

As % of all regions

0

13,276

40.71%

1

8,251

25.30%

2

4,261

13.07%

3-5

2,540

7.79%

6-10

1,704

5.22%

11-20

980

3.00%

21-50

602

1.85%

51-100

247

0.76%

101-200

95

0.29%

201-500

34

0.10%

501-1000

609

1.87%

1001+

14

0.04%

I'll hazard a guess that most of the 609 regions that have between 501 and 1000 embassies are part of "the matrix" centred on United States of America. Regions in "the matrix" have embassies with almost all other regions in "the matrix".

How many nations do regions have?

Number of nations in the region

Number of regions

As % of all regions

Total nations in these regions

As % of all nations

0

43

0.13%

-

0.00%

1

21,655

66.40%

21,655

6.81%

2

3,363

10.31%

6,726

2.12%

3-5

3,300

10.12%

12,348

3.88%

6-10

2,236

6.86%

17,659

5.55%

11-20

935

2.87%

13,402

4.21%

21-50

573

1.76%

17,742

5.58%

51-100

202

0.62%

14,026

4.41%

101-200

142

0.44%

19,772

6.22%

201-500

91

0.28%

26,449

8.32%

501-1000

35

0.11%

23,980

7.54%

1001+

38

0.12%

144,223

45.36%

Wow. About two-thirds of all regions have a single nation in them. I knew there would be a lot, but I hadn't realised quite how many.

How did the number of regions change over the month?

Number of regions

Count

As % of starting count

As at 2025-05-31

31,643

100.00%

- CTEs in month

-1,306

-4.13%

+ New founds

2,276

7.19%

As at 2025-06-30

32,613

103.07%

How did the number of nations change over the month?

Number of nations

Count

As % of starting count

As at 2025-05-31

320,976

100.00%

- CTEs in month

-50,979

-15.88%

+ New founds

31,425

9.79%

+ Refounds

16,469

5.13%

As at 2025-06-30

317,891

99.04%

How many nations changed region over the month?

Migration

Count

Stationary nations

258,222

Migrant nations

11,775

Stationary delegates

677

Migrant delegates

4

You have to wonder how many of those migrant nations are R/D puppets.

How did the number of WA delegates change over the month?

Number of delegates

Count

As % of starting count

As at 2025-05-31

900

100.00%

- CTEs

-88

-9.78%

- Lost delegacy (same region)

-92

-10.22%

- Lost delegacy (changed region)

-7

-0.78%

- Lost delegacy (resigned from WA)

-32

-3.56%

+ New- / Re-founds

45

5.00%

+ Gained delegacy (same region)

117

13.00%

+ Gained delegacy (changed region)

28

3.11%

As at 2025-06-30

871

96.78%

How many WA nations were there at the end of the month?

WA status

Count

As % of all nations

Total endorsements

Endorsements per nation

All Nations, of which:

317,891

100.00%

584,624

1.84

WA Members, of which:

19,297

6.07%

584,624

30

Delegates

871

0.27%

11,625

13.3

Individual Nations, of which:

18,426

5.80%

572,999

31

Endorsed Individual Nations

14,437

4.54%

572,999

40

Unendorsed Individual Nations

3,989

1.25%

-

-

Non-Members

298,594

93.93%

-

-

"Endorsed Individual Nations". These are WA members who are not delegates, and have at least one endorsement. On average, these nations have 40 endorsements. Yet the average delegate only has 13.3 endorsements. Surely a 40-endo nation would take the delegacy from a 13.3-endo delegate? It took me a moment to realise that these 40-endo nations are all in big regions like GCRs, whilst the average delegate is in a much smaller region. Being in different regions, that delegacy is not at risk!

How did nations' WA status change over the month?

WA status change

to WA Delegate

to WA Member

to Non-member

CTE

from WA Delegate

681

99

32

88

from WA Member

123

14,443

783

3,434

from Non-member

22

1,408

252,406

47,457

New- / Re-founds

45

2,476

45,373

-

This one might need a little explanation. This is telling us that 681 nations started the month as a delegate and were still delegate at the end of the month. It tells us that a further 99 delegates lost the delegacy, but stayed in the WA. It says that 32 delegates dropped out of the WA altogether. And that 88 delegates CTEd.

How many endorsements do WA members have?

Number of endorsements

Number of delegates

Number of WA members

1

386

1,447

2

158

1,407

3-5

143

2,425

6-10

54

1,962

11-20

44

1,934

21-50

41

2,002

51-100

20

1,475

101+

24

1,785

How many nations have never answered an issue?

Issues answered ever

Number of nations

As % of all nations

Number of issues

Number per nation

Nations which have never answered issues

96,274

30.29%

-

-

Nations which answered one or more issues

221,617

69.71%

107,245,029

484

Total of above

317,891

100.00%

107,245,029

337

How many nations have never written a dispatch / factbook?

Dispatches (inc. Factbooks)

Number of nations

As % of all nations

Number of dispatches

Number per nation

Nations which have no dispatches

284,037

89.35%

-

-

Nations which have dispatches

33,854

10.65%

247,248

7.3

Total of above

317,891

100.00%

247,248

0.78

How many nations answered issues this month?

Issues answered this month

Number of nations

As % of all nations

Number of issues

Number per nation

New founds who answered issues

20,107

6.33%

407,450

20

Others (excl. CTEs and Refounds)

87,119

27.41%

3,047,682

35

Total of above

107,226

33.73%

3,455,132

32

How many nations wrote (or deleted) dispatches this month?

Dispatches published/deleted this month

Number of nations

As % of all nations

Number of dispatches

Number per nation

New founds who published

1,644

0.52%

3,798

2.3

Nations with net increase

2,111

0.66%

5,581

2.6

Nations with net decrease

386

0.12%

-1,180

-3.1

Total of above

4,141

1.30%

8,199

1.98

These dispatch statistics are calculated by looking at how many dispatches each nation had at the beginning of the month and the end of the month. That means that if a nation deleted a dispatch and then wrote a new one, that change wouldn't be included in the table.

How old are nations?

Age of average nation

Age (days)

Estimated CTE days

Average

1,251

221

Many nations CTE and get refounded later. By comparing a nation's population with its age, it is possible to make an estimate how many days it spent CTEd. It's not accurate, but it's a best guess.

Age bracket

Number of nations

As % of all nations

0-1 month

32,393

10.19%

1-3 months

20,629

6.49%

3-6 months

22,213

6.99%

6-12 months

33,342

10.49%

1-2 years

39,988

12.58%

2-5 years

99,319

31.24%

5-10 years

44,432

13.98%

10+ years

25,575

8.05%

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