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August 2026

v1.2.16Aug 19, 2026·2 min readBeta 2Latest

1.2.16: Power crosses state lines, and freight congestion has a price

Electricity and natural gas now travel between states on their own network of wire and pipe, losing a share of what is sent over distance. Freight capacity becomes a cost instead of a hard stop, so a busy state ships at a surcharge rather than not at all. Sectors now tell you when output could not be delivered, which is a different problem from output nobody wanted.

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v1.2.1Aug 18, 2026·1 min readBeta 2

1.2.1: Vietnam front dates and map

Conflict pages now use the same calendar year as the status bar, and the Vietnam front draws both halves of the country on a north-south axis with a finer coastline.

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v1.2.0Aug 18, 2026·5 min readBeta 2

1.2.0: Vietnam, defence procurement, and corporation specializations

Vietnam now runs through decisions, funding, escalation, and a live conflict. Defence contracts commit budget when signed and cost suppliers money to fulfil. Corporation research gains exclusive specializations, while banking, logistics, inventory, and country navigation receive substantial updates.

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v1.1.8Aug 17, 2026·1 min readBeta 2

1.1.8: Margin bonuses now pay what they say

Percentage margin bonuses (research tech, subsidies, tariff protection, location bonuses, and state effects) were wired through a leftover from the old cost model. On most sectors they did almost nothing, and on many they quietly worked against you: a bonus raised your costs and a penalty lowered them. They now act directly on your bottom line, in the direction and size the label says.

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v1.1.7Aug 17, 2026·3 min readBeta 2

1.1.7: Prices reflect real markets, and your company's numbers finally add up

Ten patches are folded into one release. Prices now come from the market you can actually trade in: supply trapped behind closed borders no longer sets your price, and planned economies trade only among themselves. Computer-run companies now retool into shortages across every industry, not just mining, so scarcity gets answered instead of sitting there. Your corporation's screens (margins, income statement, dividend rate, and how debt affects your share price) now show the real numbers the market and the engine actually use.

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v1.1.2Aug 13, 2026·8 min readBeta 2

1.1.2: The steel strike

A nationwide steel strike the President must break, with real choices: nationalize by executive order and face the Supreme Court, rush an emergency bill through Congress, broker talks, or concede the wage demands.

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v1.1.1Aug 13, 2026·8 min readBeta 2

1.1.1: Bug fixes and improvements

Whips name the right chair, foreign budgets show a dollar figure, campaigners can manage NPPs, Soviet members can submit bills, NPC companies invest, and a batch of other fixes.

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v1.1.0Aug 12, 2026·27 min readBeta 2

1.1: Money, and Who Answers For It

Charter a bank, take deposits, lend, and fail. Run an index fund or direct the votes of one. Bargain with a named employer and win a pension. Central banks now have credibility they can lose, and big mergers get reviewed.

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July 2026

v1.0.0Jul 20, 2026·33 min readBeta 2

1.0: History Starts Moving

The 1953 era opens. A world with the map, money, armies and voters of that year, a Cold War you play, wars fought at real places on the map, a founding election that gives every nation a mandate its voters chose, and an electorate assembled from real census data. Since launch: a Supreme Court that can move the electorate, war powers and peace deals, three new playable nations, and a rate-setting committee for every central bank. Plus a first look at the next corporation model: sectors you build.

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v0.4.2Jul 17, 2026·3 min readBeta 2

New Player Wave: an interactive tutorial and a clearer corporation

A guided, interactive tutorial for new players, plus a wave of clarity fixes driven by a full read of what new players actually ask: where your money goes, why growth can dip your market cap, what Market Strength and R&D really do, and where the turn number is. Two live bugs fixed too.

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v0.4.1Jul 6, 2026·11 min readBeta 2

Reputation, Quality & Handshake Deals

Corporations now earn brand loyalty, build product quality from four pillars, and can sign private supply contracts. Brand loyalty, quality, and supply agreements are now live. Plus a major election rebalance that makes campaigning matter, new right-lane metrics with real teeth, resource prospecting, and a stability wave.

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v0.4.0Jul 4, 2026·3 min readBeta 2

Wages, Maps & the Living Electorate

Layer-1 demographics, corporate tech trees, US House gerrymandering, and wages go live; unions, commodity/corp market depth, and smarter NPPs roll out in phases.

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