Well, well... the carving up of North America is nearly complete and the move into China has started in earnest. What follows is the story of the fall of 2007 in which a few made their bid for board leader, a few others tried to solidify their ranks and others fought for simple survival. Historians sense that the world is capitulating into a new era of complete global warfare where every power has interests in every part of the globe. Who knows where we will end up?

Two retreats are necessary, both from our South American frienemies. And then, we have a whole slough of adjustments necessary.

North America:
A Kansas - Ontario (*fails*)
A Winnipeg Supports A Kansas - Ontario

Mexico:
F Darwin - Sydney (*bounce*)
F Revillagigedo Sea - Honolulu (*fails*)
F Arizona - Oregon (*fails*)
A Texas - Kansas (*fails*)
F Gulf of Mexico - Florida
F Bermuda Triangle Supports F Gulf of Mexico - Florida
A Ontario Supports F Quebec (*cut*)
F Quebec Supports A Ontario
F Boston - Atlantic Ocean
A Iberia - Morocco (*bounce*)

South America:
F Honolulu - Pacific Ocean (*fails*)
F Vancouver - Oregon (*fails*)
F Haiti - Caribbean Sea
F Cape Verde Sea - Ouagadougou (*dislodged*)
F Rio de Janeiro - Recife
F Pretoria - Cocos Sea (*fails*)
F Bay of Bengal Supports A Pakistan - Mumbai
F South China Sea - Hong Kong
F Taiwan Holds (*dislodged*)

Russia:
A Kazakhstan - Caucasus
A London Holds
A Berlin - Holland
F Labrador Sea Holds
F Baffin Sea Supports F Labrador Sea
F Vladivostok - Korea
A Irkutsk - Vladivostok
F Beaufort Sea - Bering Sea
F Alaska Supports F Beaufort Sea - Bering Sea
A Ulaanbaatar - Beijing
A Xinjiang Supports A Ulaanbaatar - Beijing

West Africa:
A Algeria Supports F Egypt - Libya
F Egypt - Libya (*fails*)
A Niamey - Lagos (*fails*)
A Ouagadougou Supports A Niamey - Lagos (*cut*)
F Dakar Supports F Atlantic Ocean - Cape Verde Sea
F Canary Sea - Morocco (*bounce*)
F Atlantic Ocean - Cape Verde Sea
F Trinidad & Tobago - Columbia (nc)

South Africa:
A N'Djamena - Libya (*fails*)
A Libya - Egypt (*fails*)
A Khartoum Supports A Libya - Egypt
F Lagos Supports F Cape Verde Sea - Ouagadougou (*cut*)
A Angola - Zambezi

Persia:
F Paris Holds
F Aegean Sea - Ankara (*bounce*)
A Baghdad - Ankara (*bounce*)
A Muscat - Tehran (*fails*)
A Pakistan - Mumbai
A Delhi Supports A Pakistan - Mumbai
A Tibet Supports F South China Sea - Hong Kong

China:
F Riyadh Holds
F Persian Gulf Supports F Riyadh
A Tehran Holds
F Philippines Sea Supports F East China Sea - Taiwan
A Shanghai - Hong Kong (*fails*)
F East China Sea - Taiwan
F Honshu - Sea of Japan
F Pacific Ocean - Vancouver (*fails*)
A Oregon Supports F Pacific Ocean - Vancouver (*cut*)

Oceania:
F Tasman Sea - Sydney (*bounce*)
F Indian Ocean - Cocos Sea
F Great Australian Bight Supports F Indian Ocean - Cocos Sea
F Perth Supports F Indian Ocean - Cocos Sea
F Jakarta - Siam
F Arafura Sea - Jakarta
F Manila - Arafura Sea

[u:2b4b623e07]Retreats:[/u:2b4b623e07]
SAm's F Cape Verde Sea may retreat to Tombouctou, Gulf of Guinea, Sandwich Sea, Rio de Janeiro, Amazon, Trinidad & Tobago or OTB
SAm's F Taiwan may retreat to South China Sea or OTB

[u:2b4b623e07]Ownership/Adjustments:[/u:2b4b623e07]
NAm: Winnipeg (1 sc - 2 units = 1 disband)
Mex: Ontario, Quebec, Illinois, Boston, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Cuba, Jalisco, Oaxaca (10 sc's - 10 units = even)
SAm: Peru, Bolivia, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Argentina, Honolulu, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Pretoria, Maputo (11 sc's - 9 units = 2 builds)
Rus: Alaska, London, Berlin, Vienna, Oslo, Sweden, Minsk, Murmansk, Moscow, Nizhniy-Novgorod, Kazakhstan, Vladivostok, Korea, Beijing (14 sc's - 11 units = 3 builds)
WAf: Columbia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Dakar, Ouagadougou (6 sc's - 8 units = 2 disbands)
SAf: Lagos, Libya, Addis Ababa, Congo, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Angola (7 sc's - 5 units = 2 builds)
Per: Paris, Rome, Zagreb, Romania, Ankara, Baghdad, Pakistan, Delhi, Mumbai (9 sc's - 7 units = 2 builds)
Chi: Honshu, Shanghai, Taiwan, Tehran, Riyadh (5 sc's - 9 units = 4 disbands)
Oce: Siam, Jakarta, Manila, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland (7 sc's - 7 units = even)

[u:2b4b623e07]Deadlines:[/u:2b4b623e07]
South America, can you advise me on your retreats by Friday, 2200GMT? That would be great. Then, let's have the Winter of 2007 due Tuesday, December 16, 2200GMT.

I will send out the map this evening.