Lots of stuff for this winter as 3 players end their run here in the 5th year:

Australia is eliminated
Canada is eliminated - thanks John for taking up that replacement spot
Egypt is eliminated

Stats are online, www.diplomaticcorp.com?game_id=dc195

8 players have a retreat!
25 players have a build or remove!

RETREATS:

Argentina: A Atacama(ata)
CentralAsia: A Urumqi(umq)
Cuba: A Miami(mia)
India: A Uzbekistan(uzb)
Kenya: A Ethiopia(eth)
Manchuria: A Vancouver(van)
Nigeria: F Angola Basin(anb), A Kinshasa(kin)
Turkey: A Rumania(rum)

BUILDS:

AmazonEmpire: Remove
Argentina: Build 2
Australia: Remove TMS (eliminated)
Brazil: Build
California: Build 2
Canada: Remove CAS (eliminated)
Catholica: Build
CentralAsia: Remove
Cuba: Remove
Egypt: Remove Izr, Alb (eliminated)
Illinois: Build 3
IncaEmpire: Remove 2
Iran: Remove
Japan: Remove
Kenya: Remove 2
Manchuria: Remove
Mexico: Build
Oceania: Build 2
Philippines: Build 2
Russia: Remove
SichuanEmpire: Build 2
SongEmpire: Build
SouthAfrica: Build 2
Texas: Remove 2
Thailand: Build
Turkey: Build 2
UnitedKingdom: Build 2
UnitedStates: Build

RETREATS and BUILDS are are due together, Wednesday 10/8, 10am Pacific!

Keep in mind you may take your retreat off the board, and then build instead, for those players who dont have to take a removal. Also, it is CHAOS builds - build in any open supply center that you control.

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AmazonEmpire:
F Cienfuegos(cie) - Santa Clara(snc) (*Fails*)
F Aruba(aru) - Maracaibo(mcb) (*Bounce*)
F Caracas(crc) Supports F Aruba(aru) - Maracaibo(mcb)
A Loreto(lor) - Bogota(bog) (*Bounce*)

Argentina:
A Atacama(ata) Supports A Sucre(suc) - La Paz(lpz) (*Dislodged*)
F Bio Bio(bio) - Chile Basin(chb) (*Bounce*)
F Buenos-Aries(bue) - Uruguay(uru)
F Chile Basin(chb) - South Central Pacific Ocean(scp)
A Gran Chaco(gra) Supports A Santa Cruz(scz)
A Pampas(pam) - Patagonia(pat)
A Santa Cruz(scz) Supports A Sucre(suc) - La Paz(lpz)
A Sucre(suc) - La Paz(lpz)
A Valparaiso(val) Supports A Atacama(ata)

Australia:
F Timor Sea(tms) - Darwin(dwn) (*Bounce*)

Brazil:
F Western South Atlantic Ocean(wsa) - Guyana(guy)
A Curitiba(ctb) - Mato Grosso Do Sul(mgd)
A Guyana(guy) - Bolivar(blv)
A Manaus(man) - Roraima(ror)
A Mato Grosso(mgr) - Rondonia(ron)
F Mid South Atlantic Ocean(msa) - Western South Atlantic Ocean(wsa)
A Para(pra) - Manaus(man)
F Recife(rec) Supports F Mid South Atlantic Ocean(msa) - Western South Atlantic Ocean(wsa)
F Rio De Janeiro(rio) Supports F South West Atlantic(swa) - Mid South Atlantic Ocean(msa)
A Suriname(snm) Supports F Western South Atlantic Ocean(wsa) - Guyana(guy)
F South West Atlantic(swa) - Mid South Atlantic Ocean(msa)

California:
A Arizona(arz) - Sonora(son)
F Hawaii(hi) - Midway Island(mdw) (*Bounce*)
F North East Pacific Ocean(nep) - Hawaii(hi) (*Fails*)
A New Mexico(nmx) Supports A Chihuahua(chu)
F Seattle(sea) Supports F San Francisco(sf) - Oregon(ore)
F San Francisco(sf) - Oregon(ore)

Canada:
A Oklahoma(okl) - Arkansas(ark) (*Disbanded*)
F Oregon(ore) - Cascadia Basin(cas)

Catholica:
F Egypt(egy) Hold
F Morocco(mor) Supports F Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena)
F Tripoli(tri) - Gulf of Sirte(sir)
F Tunisia(tun) - Tripoli(tri)
F Adriatic Sea(adr) Supports A Serbia(ser)
A Croatia(cro) - Budapest(bud) (*Fails*)
F Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena) Supports F Azores(azo)
F Ionian Sea(ion) Hold
A Prague(prg) Supports A Eastern Germany(egr) - Warsaw(war)
A Serbia(ser) Supports A Croatia(cro) - Budapest(bud) (*Cut*)
F Spain(spa)(sc) Supports F Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena)
F Western Mediterranean Sea(wmd) Supports F Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena)

CentralAsia:
A Omsk(oms) - Zapadno-Sibirskaya Ravnina(zap) (*Fails*)
A Ufa(ufa) - Perm'(prm)
A Aktyubinsk(akt) Supports A Xinjiang(xin) - Uzbekistan(uzb)
A Almaty(alm) Supports A Xinjiang(xin) - Uzbekistan(uzb)
A Ashgabat(ash) Supports A Xinjiang(xin) - Uzbekistan(uzb)
A Khorasan(kho) - Shiraz(shi) (*Fails*)
A Urumqi(umq) Hold (*Dislodged*)
A Xinjiang(xin) - Uzbekistan(uzb)

Colombia:
A Acre(acr) Supports A Lima(lim)
A Amazon Basin(amz) - Bogota(bog) (*Bounce*)
F Barranquilla(brn) - Maracaibo(mcb) (*Bounce*)
F Golfo De Venezuela(gov) Supports F Maracaibo(mcb) - Aruba(aru)
F Maracaibo(mcb) - Aruba(aru) (*Fails*)
A Santander(stn) Supports F Barranquilla(brn) - Maracaibo(mcb)

Congo:
A Kisangani(kis) Supports A Kinshasa(kin)

Cuba:
F Bahamas(bhm) Supports A Miami(mia) (*Cut*)
F Eastern Gulf of Mexico(egm) - Havana(hav)
A Guantanamo(gno) - Cienfuegos(cie) (*Fails*)
F Jamaica(jam) - Yucatan Basin(yub)
F Puerto Rico(pr) Supports F Trinidad & Tobago(trd) - Eastern Caribbean Sea(ecb)
F Trinidad & Tobago(trd) - Eastern Caribbean Sea(ecb)
A Miami(mia) Hold (*Dislodged*)

Egypt:
F Albania(alb) - Serbia(ser) (*Fails*)
A Israel(isr) - Egypt(egy) (*Fails*)

Illinois:
A Alabama(ala) Supports F South East Coast(sec) - Miami(mia)
A Calgary(clg) Supports A Edmonton(edm) - Vancouver(van)
A Denver(dnv) Supports A Kansas(kan) - Oklahoma(okl)
A Edmonton(edm) - Vancouver(van)
F Hudson Bay(hud) - Labrador(lbr)
A Kansas(kan) - Oklahoma(okl)
A Memphis(mem) Supports A St Louis(stl) - Arkansas(ark)
A Missouri(miz) Supports A St Louis(stl) - Arkansas(ark)
F Montreal(mtl) - Hudson Bay(hud)
A New Orleans(no) Supports A Alabama(ala)
A Peninsule D' Ungava(pdu) - Quebec(qbc) (*Bounce*)
A St Louis(stl) - Arkansas(ark)
A Yukon(yuk) - North West Territory(nwt) (*Bounce*)

IncaEmpire:
F Arequipa(arq) Supports A La Paz(lpz) - Atacama(ata)
A Beni(bni) - La Paz(lpz) (*Fails*)
F Galapagos(glp) - Chile Basin(chb) (*Bounce*)
A Lima(lim) Supports A La Paz(lpz) - Atacama(ata)
A La Paz(lpz) - Atacama(ata)

India:
F Arabian Sea(ara) - Gulf of Aden(gad)
F Bombay(bom) - Arabian Sea(ara)
F Madras(mdr) Supports F Bombay(bom) - Arabian Sea(ara)
F North Indian Ocean(nio) - Diego Garcia(die) (*Fails*)
F Rajasthan(raj) - Karachi(kar)
A Afghanistan(afg) Supports A Shiraz(shi)
A Baluchestan(blc) Supports A Shiraz(shi)
A Kashmir(kas) Supports A Uzbekistan(uzb)
A Shiraz(shi) Supports A Afghanistan(afg) (*Cut*)
A Uzbekistan(uzb) Hold (*Dislodged*)

Indonesia:
F Jakarta(jak) Supports F Palembang(plm) - Java Sea(jav)
F Perth(per) - Darwin(dwn) (*Disbanded*)
F Palembang(plm) - Java Sea(jav)
F Strait of Malacca(stm) - Medan(mdn)

Iran:
A Mecca(mec) Hold
F Oman(oma) - Arabian Sea(ara) (*Fails*)
F Persian Gulf(peg) Supports A Tehran(teh)
A Tehran(teh) Supports A Khorasan(kho) - Shiraz(shi)

Japan:
F Kyoto(kyo) Supports F Tokyo(tok)
F North Central Pacific Ocean(ncp) - Midway Island(mdw) (*Bounce*)
F Sakhalinsk(sak) Supports F Sapporo(sap) (*Cut*)
F Sapporo(sap) Supports F Sakhalinsk(sak)
F Tokyo(tok) Supports F Kyoto(kyo)

Kenya:
A Bujumbura(buj) - Tanzania(tan) (*Fails*)
A Ethiopia(eth) Supports A Nairobi(nai) (*Dislodged*)
A Kivu(kiv) Supports A Angola(ang) - Kinshasa(kin)
F Mombasa(mom) Supports A Nairobi(nai) (*Fails*)
A Nairobi(nai) Supports A Ethiopia(eth) (*Cut*)
A Rwanda(rwa) - Uganda(uga) (*Fails*)
F Somali Basin(sob) - Diego Garcia(die)

Manchuria:
A Khabarovsk(khb) - Sakhalinsk(sak) (*Fails*)
F Sea of Japan(soj) Supports A Khabarovsk(khb) - Sakhalinsk(sak) (*Cut*)
F Vladivostok(vla) - Khabarovsk(khb) (*Disbanded*)
A Vancouver(van) - North West Territory(nwt) (*Dislodged*)

Mexico:
A Chihuahua(chu) Supports A Coahuila(coa)
A Coahuila(coa) Supports A Monterey(mon)
A Guatamala(gml) Hold
A Monterey(mon) Supports A Coahuila(coa)
F Western Gulf of Mexico(wgm) Supports A Monterey(mon)
A Zacatcas(zac) Supports A Arizona(arz) - Sonora(son)

Nigeria:
F Angola Basin(anb) Supports F St Helena(sth) (*Dislodged*)
A Bangui(ban) - Sudan(sud)
F Cape Verde Islands(cpv) Supports F Eastern South Atlantic Ocean(esa)
F Dakar(dak) Supports F Eastern South Atlantic Ocean(esa)
A Equateur(equ) Supports A Bangui(ban) - Sudan(sud)
F Eastern South Atlantic Ocean(esa) Supports F Angola Basin(anb)
A Khartoum(kha) Supports A Sudan(sud) - Ethiopia(eth)
A Kinshasa(kin) Supports A Kisangani(kis) (*Dislodged*)
A Libya(lib) Supports A Khartoum(kha)
A Niger(ngr) - Chad(cha)
A Sudan(sud) - Ethiopia(eth)

Oceania:
F Great Australian Bight(gab) Supports F South Australia(soz) - Perth(per)
F Nauru(nau) Supports F Central Pacific Ocean(cpo)
F Papua New Guinea(pap) - Coral Sea(crl) (*Bounce*)
F Queensland(que) - Darwin(dwn)
F Soloman Islands(sol) - Coral Sea(crl) (*Bounce*)
F South Australia(soz) - Perth(per)
F Tasman Sea(tas) Supports F Great Australian Bight(gab)
F Central Pacific Ocean(cpo) Supports F West Central Pacific Ocean(wcp) - Midway Island(mdw)
F Pitcairn Island(pit) Supports F Tahiti(tah)
F Tahiti(tah) Supports F Pitcairn Island(pit)

Philippines:
F Northern Philippine Sea(nps) Hold
F Saipan(sai) - West Central Pacific Ocean(wcp)
F West Central Pacific Ocean(wcp) - Midway Island(mdw)
F Arafura Sea(arf) Supports F Queensland(que) - Darwin(dwn)
F Banda Sea(bnd) - Ambon(amb)
F Banjarmasin(bnj) - Java Sea(jav) (*Fails*)
F Celebes Sea(cel) - Makassar Strait(mak)
F Micronesia(mic) Supports F Saipan(sai) - West Central Pacific Ocean(wcp)
F Southern Philippine Sea(sps) Supports F Northern Philippine Sea(nps)

Quebec:
A New Brunswick(nb) - Quebec(qbc) (*Bounce*)

Russia:
F Black Sea(bla) Convoys A Donets’k(don) - Rumania(rum)
A Budapest(bud) - Warsaw(war) (*Fails*)
A Donets’k(don) - Rumania(rum)
A Finland(fin) - Murmansk(mur)
A Kiev(kie) - Minsk(msk)
A L’viv(lvi) Supports A Budapest(bud) - Warsaw(war) (*Cut*)
A Moldova(mol) Supports A Donets’k(don) - Rumania(rum)
A Moscow(mos) - Lithuania(lit)
A Volgograd(vol) - Moscow(mos)

SichuanEmpire:
A Harbin(har) - Khabarovsk(khb) (*Bounce*)
A Jilin(jil) Supports A Korea(kor) - Vladivostok(vla)
A Korea(kor) - Vladivostok(vla)
A Northern Inner Mongolia(nin) - Siberia(sib)
A Qinghai(qng) Supports A Tibet(tib) - Xinjiang(xin)
A Shenyang(she) - Northern Inner Mongolia(nin)
A Siberia(sib) - Srednesibirskoye Ploskogor'ye(srd)
A Mongolia(mgl) - Urumqi(umq)
A Tyva(tyv) Supports A Mongolia(mgl) - Urumqi(umq)
A Zapadno-Sibirskaya Ravnina(zap) - Omsk(oms) (*Fails*)

SongEmpire:
F East China Sea(ecs) - Seoul(seo)
F Fuzhou(fuz) Supports F Shanghai(sha) - East China Sea(ecs)
F Nanjing(njg) - Shanghai(sha)
F Sea of Okhotsk(okh) - Sea of Japan(soj) (*Fails*)
F South China Sea North(scn) Supports F Shanghai(sha) - East China Sea(ecs)
F Shanghai(sha) - East China Sea(ecs)
A Wuhan(wuh) Hold
F Yellow Sea(yel) Supports F East China Sea(ecs) - Seoul(seo)
A Zhengzhou(zhe) Hold

SouthAfrica:
A Angola(ang) - Kinshasa(kin)
A Dar Es Salaam(dar) - Zambia(zam)
A Katanga(kat) Supports A Angola(ang) - Kinshasa(kin)
F Lubango(lub) - Angola Basin(anb)
F Madagascar(mds) - Somali Basin(sob)
F St Helena(sth) Supports F Lubango(lub) - Angola Basin(anb)
A Tanzania(tan) - Rwanda(rwa) (*Fails*)
A Uganda(uga) - Nairobi(nai) (*Fails*)
F Central Indian Ocean(cio) Supports F Somali Basin(sob) - Diego Garcia(die)
F Southern Indian Ocean(sio), no move received
F South West Indian Ocean(swi) Supports F Southern Indian Ocean(sio)
F South Atlantic Ocean(sat) Supports F Lubango(lub) - Angola Basin(anb)

Texas:
A Sonora(son) - Baja(baj)
F Corpus Christi(ccr) Supports A Houston(hou)
A Dallas(dal) Supports A San Antonio(san)
A Houston(hou), no move received
A San Antonio(san) Supports F Corpus Christi(ccr)
A West Texas(wtx) Supports A Dallas(dal)

Thailand:
F Brunei(bru), no move received
F Gulf of Thailand(got) Convoys A Isthmus of Kra(kra) - Riau(ria)
F Ho Chi Minh(ho), no move received
A Isthmus of Kra(kra) - Riau(ria)
F Kuala Lumpur(kua) Supports F Singapore(sng)
F Natuna Sea(ntu) Convoys A Isthmus of Kra(kra) - Riau(ria)
F Singapore(sng) Convoys A Isthmus of Kra(kra) - Riau(ria)
A Tibet(tib) - Xinjiang(xin)

Turkey:
F Armenia(arm) - Black Sea(bla) (*Fails*)
F Crete(cre) - Aegean Sea(aeg)
F Greece(gre) Supports F Crete(cre) - Aegean Sea(aeg)
A Izmir(izm) - Syria(syr)
A Rumania(rum) - L’viv(lvi) (*Dislodged*)
A Azerbaijan(aze) - Tabriz(tab)
A Baghdad(bag) Supports A Izmir(izm) - Syria(syr)

UnitedKingdom:
F Antilles(ant) Supports F Sargasso Sea(sar) - Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna) (*Void*)
F Azores(azo) Supports F Antilles(ant) - Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna) (*Void*)
F Baltic Sea(bal) Supports A Eastern Germany(egr) - Warsaw(war)
F Denmark(den) - Eastern North Sea(ens)
A Eastern Germany(egr) - Warsaw(war)
F Iceland(ice) Supports F North Atlantic Ocean(nat) - Norwegian Sea(nwg) (*Void*)
F North Atlantic Ocean(nat) Supports F Labrador Sea(lab) - Norwegian Sea(nwg)
F Norway(nwy) - Barents Sea(bar)
F Sweden(swe) - Norway(nwy)
F Labrador Sea(lab) - Norwegian Sea(nwg)

UnitedStates:
F Sargasso Sea(sar) - Bahamas(bhm) (*Fails*)
F Norwegian Sea(nwg) - Western North Sea(wns)
A Atlanta(atl) Supports F South East Coast(sec) - Miami(mia)
A Boston(bos) - New Brunswick(nb) (*Fails*)
F Carolinas(car) - South East Coast(sec)
F Halifax(hal) - Gulf of St Lawrence(gsl)
F Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna) Hold
F North East Coast(nec) Supports F Carolinas(car) - South East Coast(sec)
F Newfoundland(nwf) Supports F Halifax(hal) - Gulf of St Lawrence(gsl)
F South East Coast(sec) - Miami(mia)