Colombia wins the turn off – 2 centers, but no units he has to bother ordering this round!
A surprise NMR from India – but even so takes no losses anywhere.

Only a handful of retreats, from 5 players – due Wed 12/17, 10am Pacific!

THEN: Next Wednesday is the 24th. I’m guessing many of y’all don’t want a turn on Christmas Eve, so if I get all 5 retreats by tomorrow, I’ll run it early and post the next turn due the 23rd. If I don’t get the retreats all by tomorrow, then the next turn won’t be due till next Friday, the day after Christmas.

If anyone has Christmas delays to request, the time to get them in to me is BEFORE we start the next turn! Especially if the above paragraph does not work with your holiday plans.

Enjoy,
-mike

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RETREATS: (Wed 12/17)

AmazonEmpire F Honduras(hon) can retreat to Belize(blz) or Western Caribbean Sea(wcb).

Illinois A Chihuahua(chu) can retreat to Arizona(arz) or Coahuila(coa).

Mexico F Western Gulf of Mexico(wgm) can retreat to Yucatan(yuc) or Veracruz(vcz) or Monterey(mon).
Mexico A San Antonio(san) can retreat to Coahuila(coa) or Monterey(mon).
Mexico F Guatamala Basin(gub) can retreat to Baja(baj) or Guadalajara(gdl) or
Michoacan(mch) or Acapulco(aca) or Guatamala(gml).

Russia A Norway(nwy) can retreat to Finland(fin).

SichuanEmpire A Seoul(seo) can retreat to Korea(kor).

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AmazonEmpire:
F Honduras(hon) Hold (*Dislodged*)

Argentina:
A Acre(acr) Supports A Amazon Basin(amz) (*Ordered to Move*)
F Archipielago of Chile(arc) Supports F Amundsen Sea(amu)
F Arequipa(arq) - Galapagos(glp)
A Atacama(ata) - La Paz(lpz)
F Bio Bio(bio) Supports F Chile Basin(chb)
F Chile Basin(chb) Supports F Arequipa(arq) - Galapagos(glp)
A Ecuador(ecu) Supports A Medellin(med) (*Ordered to Move*)
A Gran Chaco(gra) - Paraguay(pgy) (*Bounce*)
A Lima(lim) Supports A Ecuador(ecu)
F Patagonia(pat) - Weddell Sea(wed)
A Rosario(rsr) - Buenos-Aries(bue)
A Santa Cruz(scz) Supports A Gran Chaco(gra) - Paraguay(pgy)
(*Cut*)
A Uruguay(uru) Supports A Rosario(rsr) - Buenos-Aries(bue)
F Valparaiso(val) Supports F Chile Basin(chb)

Brazil:
F Western South Atlantic Ocean(wsa) Supports F Eastern North
Atlantic Ocean(ena) - Cape Verde Islands(cpv) (*Void*)
F Puerto Rico(pr) Supports F Caracas(crc) - Eastern Caribbean
Sea(ecb)
F Trinidad & Tobago(trd) Supports F Caracas(crc) - Eastern
Caribbean Sea(ecb)
F Amundsen Sea(amu) Supports F Archipielago of Chile(arc)
A Amazon Basin(amz) - Rondonia(ron) (*Bounce*)
F Aruba(aru) Supports F Maracaibo(mcb) - Golfo De Venezuela(gov)
A Bogota(bog) Supports A Santander(stn) - Medellin(med)
A Barranquilla(brn) Supports A Medellin(med) - Panama(pan)
F Caracas(crc) - Eastern Caribbean Sea(ecb)
F Guyana(guy) Supports F Western South Atlantic Ocean(wsa)
A Manaus(man) - Rondonia(ron) (*Bounce*)
F Maracaibo(mcb) - Golfo De Venezuela(gov)
A Medellin(med) - Panama(pan)
A Mato Grosso Do Sul(mgd) - Paraguay(pgy) (*Bounce*)
A Mato Grosso(mgr) - Santa Cruz(scz) (*Fails*)
F Mid South Atlantic Ocean(msa) Supports F South West
Atlantic(swa)
F Recife(rec) Supports F Mid South Atlantic Ocean(msa)
A Sao Paulo(sao) Hold
A Santander(stn) - Medellin(med)
F South West Atlantic(swa) Supports F Patagonia(pat) - Weddell
Sea(wed) (*Cut*)

California:
A Sonora(son) Hold
A Arizona(arz) - Utah(uta)
A Denver(dnv) - New Mexico(nmx)
F East Central Pacific Ocean(ecp) Supports F North East Pacific
Ocean(nep) - Guatamala Basin(gub)
F Gulf of Alaska(goa) - North Central Pacific Ocean(ncp)
(*Fails*)
F Hawaii(hi) Supports F San Francisco(sf) - North East Pacific
Ocean(nep)
F North East Pacific Ocean(nep) - Guatamala Basin(gub)
F San Francisco(sf) - North East Pacific Ocean(nep)

Catholica:
F Eastern Mediterranean Sea(emd) - Egypt(egy) (*Bounce*)
F Morocco(mor) Supports F Western Mediterranean Sea(wmd) -
Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena) (*Fails*)
F Red Sea(red) - Gulf of Aden(gad) (*Fails*)
F Aegean Sea(aeg) - Crete(cre)
F Bay of Biscay(bis) Supports F Western Mediterranean Sea(wmd) -
Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena) (*Fails*)
A Budapest(bud) Supports A Warsaw(war)
F Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena) - Mid North Atlantic
Ocean(mna) (*Fails*)
A Moldova(mol) - Rumania(rum)
A Munich(mun) - Ruhr(ruh)
A Prague(prg) - Munich(mun) (*Bounce*)
A Silesia(sil) - Prague(prg) (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea(tyr) - Western Mediterranean Sea(wmd) (*Fails*)
A Warsaw(war) Supports A Moscow(mos) - Minsk(msk) (*Cut*)
F Western Mediterranean Sea(wmd) - Eastern North Atlantic
Ocean(ena) (*Fails*)
F Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna) - Labrador Sea(lab) (*Disbanded*)

Colombia:
A Panama(pan) Supports F Gulf of Panama(gop) - Medellin(med)
(*Disbanded*)
F Galapagos(glp) Supports F Pitcairn Island(pit) - Chile
Basin(chb) (*Disbanded*)

Illinois:
A Chihuahua(chu) Supports A Sonora(son) (*Dislodged*)
F Eastern Gulf of Mexico(egm) Supports F New Orleans(no) -
Western Gulf of Mexico(wgm)
A Havana(hav) - Cienfuegos(cie)
F Jamaica(jam) - Golfo De Venezuela(gov) (*Fails*)
A Alabama(ala) - New Orleans(no)
F Anchorage(anc) - Bering Sea(brg) (*Fails*)
A Arkansas(ark) - Houston(hou)
F Cascadia Basin(cas) - Gulf of Alaska(goa) (*Fails*)
A Dallas(dal) Supports A Houston(hou) - San Antonio(san)
F Greenland(grn) Supports F Labrador Sea(lab)
A Houston(hou) - San Antonio(san)
F Hudson Bay(hud) Supports F Labrador Sea(lab)
F Labrador Sea(lab) Supports F Bermuda(bmd) - Mid North Atlantic
Ocean(mna) (*Void*)
A Montana(mt) - Nebraska(neb)
F New Orleans(no) - Western Gulf of Mexico(wgm)
A Oklahoma(okl) Supports A West Texas(wtx)
A Ontario(ont) - Wisconsin(wis)
A Quebec(qbc) Hold
F Vancouver(van) - Anchorage(anc) (*Bounce*)
A West Texas(wtx) Supports A Houston(hou) - San Antonio(san)
A Yukon(yuk) Supports F Vancouver(van) - Anchorage(anc) (*Fails*)

India:
F Arabian Sea(ara), no move received
F Gulf of Aden(gad), no move received
F Madras(mdr), no move received
A Oman(oma), no move received
F Persian Gulf(peg), no move received
F Rajasthan(raj), no move received
F Sri Lanka(sri), no move received
F Yemen(yem), no move received
A Afghanistan(afg), no move received
A Aktyubinsk(akt), no move received
A Ashgabat(ash), no move received
A Kazakhstan(kaz), no move received
A Shiraz(shi), no move received
A Tehran(teh), no move received
A Uzbekistan(uzb), no move received

Iran:
A Mecca(mec) Hold

Mexico:
A Guatamala(gml) - Honduras(hon)
F Gulf of Panama(gop) Supports F Arequipa(arq) - Galapagos(glp)
F Guatamala Basin(gub) Supports F Arequipa(arq) - Galapagos(glp)
(*Dislodged*)
A Nicaragua(nic) Supports A Guatamala(gml) - Honduras(hon)
F Western Gulf of Mexico(wgm), no move received (*Dislodged*)
A Zacatcas(zac) Supports A New Mexico(nmx) - Chihuahua(chu)
A Corpus Christi(ccr), no move received
A New Mexico(nmx) - Chihuahua(chu)
A San Antonio(san), no move received (*Dislodged*)

Nigeria:
F Angola Basin(anb) - Angola(ang)
A Bangui(ban) - Chad(cha)
A Congo(con) - Kinshasa(kin) (*Fails*)
F Cape Verde Islands(cpv) - Eastern South Atlantic Ocean(esa)
F Dakar(dak) - Mauritania(mau)
A Equateur(equ) Supports A Kisangani(kis)
A Eritrea(eri) - Khartoum(kha) (*Fails*)
F Eastern South Atlantic Ocean(esa) - Dakar(dak)
A Ethiopia(eth) - Nairobi(nai) (*Fails*)
F Gulf of Guinea(gog) Supports F Cape Verde Islands(cpv) -
Eastern South Atlantic Ocean(esa)
F Khartoum(kha) - Egypt(egy) (*Bounce*)
A Kisangani(kis) Hold
A Nairobi(nai) - Mombasa(mom) (*Fails*)
F Somalia(som) Supports A Nairobi(nai) - Mombasa(mom)
A Sudan(sud) Supports A Kisangani(kis)

Oceania:
F Darwin(dwn) - Arafura Sea(arf)
F Great Australian Bight(gab) Supports F Ross Sea(ros)
F Nauru(nau) - Micronesia(mic)
F Perth(per) Supports F Reunion(reu) - Central Indian Ocean(cio)
F Samoa(sam) - Soloman Islands(sol)
A South Australia(soz) - Darwin(dwn)
F South Pacific Ocean(spo) Supports F Pitcairn Island(pit)
F Central Pacific Ocean(cpo) Supports F Nauru(nau) -
Micronesia(mic)
F Pitcairn Island(pit) Supports F South Central Pacific
Ocean(scp)
F Ross Sea(ros) Supports F Great Australian Bight(gab)
F South Central Pacific Ocean(scp) Supports F Pitcairn
Island(pit)
F Tahiti(tah) Supports F Pitcairn Island(pit)

Philippines:
F Bering Sea(brg) Supports F North Central Pacific Ocean(ncp)
(*Cut*)
F Guam(gua) Supports F Cebu(ceb) - Northern Philippine Sea(nps)
(*Fails*)
F North Central Pacific Ocean(ncp) Supports F Bering Sea(brg)
(*Cut*)
F Northern Philippine Sea(nps) - South China Sea North(scn)
(*Bounce*)
F Saipan(sai) Supports F Cebu(ceb) - Northern Philippine
Sea(nps) (*Fails*)
F West Central Pacific Ocean(wcp) Supports F North Central
Pacific Ocean(ncp)
F Cebu(ceb) - Northern Philippine Sea(nps) (*Fails*)
F Mindanao(min) - Cebu(ceb) (*Fails*)
F Midway Island(mdw) Supports F North Central Pacific Ocean(ncp)

Russia:
A Eastern Germany(egr) - Munich(mun) (*Bounce*)
A L’viv(lvi) - Warsaw(war) (*Fails*)
A Norway(nwy) - Murmansk(mur) (*Dislodged*)

SichuanEmpire:
A Komi(kom) - Moscow(mos) (*Fails*)
A Murmansk(mur) - Zapadno-Sibirskaya Ravnina(zap)
A Omsk(oms) Supports A Zapadno-Sibirskaya Ravnina(zap) -
Perm'(prm)
A Orenburgskaya Oblast(orn) - Kazan(kzn)
A Ufa(ufa) Supports A Orenburgskaya Oblast(orn) - Kazan(kzn)
F Beijing(bei) Supports F Shenyang(she) - Yellow Sea(yel)
A Chongqing(cho) Supports A Xi’an(xia) - Hubei(hub) (*Cut*)
A Henan(hen) Supports A Xi’an(xia) - Hubei(hub)
F Khabarovsk(khb) - Sea of Okhotsk(okh) (*Bounce*)
A Sakhalinsk(sak) Supports F Sapporo(sap)
F Sapporo(sap) Supports F Vladivostok(vla) - Sea of Japan(soj)
A Seoul(seo) Hold (*Dislodged*)
F Shenyang(she) - Yellow Sea(yel)
A Siberia(sib) - Anchorage(anc) (*Bounce*)
F Vladivostok(vla) - Sea of Japan(soj)
A Xi’an(xia) - Hubei(hub)
A Pavlodar(pav) - Novosibirsk(nsb)
A Tibet(tib) Supports A Yunan(yun)
A Zapadno-Sibirskaya Ravnina(zap) - Perm'(prm)

SongEmpire:
A Changsha(chg) - Chongqing(cho) (*Fails*)
F East China Sea(ecs) Supports F Sea of Japan(soj) - Seoul(seo)
F Fuzhou(fuz) - Guangdong(gdg)
A Guiyang(gyn) - Yunan(yun) (*Fails*)
A Hanoi(han) Supports A Guiyang(gyn) - Yunan(yun)
F Kyoto(kyo) - Sea of Japan(soj) (*Fails*)
F North West Pacific Ocean(nwp) - Sea of Okhotsk(okh) (*Bounce*)
F Okinawa(oki) Hold
A Shanghai(sha) - Nanjing(njg)
F Sea of Japan(soj) - Seoul(seo)
F Taiwan(tai) Supports F Manila(mnl) - South China Sea North(scn)
A Tokyo(tok) - Akita(aki)
A Wuhan(wuh) - Shandong(sdg)
F Manila(mnl) - South China Sea North(scn) (*Bounce*)

SouthAfrica:
F Cape Town(cap) - South Atlantic Ocean(sat)
A Katanga(kat) Supports A Kinshasa(kin)
A Kinshasa(kin) Supports A Kivu(kiv) - Kisangani(kis) (*Cut*)
A Kivu(kiv) - Kisangani(kis) (*Fails*)
F Lubango(lub) - Angola Basin(anb)
F Madagascar(mds) Supports F Reunion(reu) - Central Indian
Ocean(cio)
F Mombasa(mom) Supports F Mozambique Channel(mzb) - Somali
Basin(sob) (*Cut*)
F Mozambique Channel(mzb) - Somali Basin(sob) (*Fails*)
A Rwanda(rwa) - Uganda(uga)
F St Helena(sth) Supports F Lubango(lub) - Angola Basin(anb)
A Tanzania(tan) Supports F Mombasa(mom)
F Reunion(reu) - Central Indian Ocean(cio)
F Southern Indian Ocean(sio) Supports F Reunion(reu) - Central
Indian Ocean(cio)
F South West Indian Ocean(swi) Supports F Southern Indian
Ocean(sio)
F Falkland Islands/South Georgia Islands(flk) - South West
Atlantic(swa) (*Fails*)

Thailand:
F Somali Basin(sob) Hold
A Yunan(yun) Supports A Korat Plateau(krt) - Laos(lao) (*Cut*)
F Andaman Sea(and), no move received
F Diego Garcia(die) Supports F Somali Basin(sob)
F Ho Chi Minh(ho) - Gulf of Tongking(gto)
F Java Trench(jvt) - Java Sea(jav)
A Korat Plateau(krt) - Laos(lao)
A Medan(mdn), no move received
F North Indian Ocean(nio) Supports F Somali Basin(sob)
F Palembang(plm) - Singapore(sng)
A Riau(ria) - Padang(pad)
F South China Sea South(scs) Supports F Northern Philippine
Sea(nps) - South China Sea North(scn)
F Strait of Malacca(stm) - Kuala Lumpur(kua)

Turkey:
F Donets’k(don) - Black Sea(bla)
A Jordan(jor) Supports F Baghdad(bag) - Saudi Arabia(sau)
(*Fails*)
A Kiev(kie) Supports A Moscow(mos) - Minsk(msk)
A Kazan(kzn) - Moscow(mos)
A Moscow(mos) - Minsk(msk)
A Odessa(ode) - Donets’k(don)
A Saudi Arabia(sau) - Yemen(yem) (*Fails*)
A Syria(syr) - Baghdad(bag) (*Fails*)
A Volgograd(vol) Supports A Kazan(kzn) - Moscow(mos)
A Azerbaijan(aze) Supports A Volgograd(vol)
F Baghdad(bag) - Saudi Arabia(sau) (*Fails*)
A Tabriz(tab) Supports A Syria(syr) - Baghdad(bag) (*Fails*)

UnitedKingdom:
F Antilles(ant) Supports F Puerto Rico(pr)
F Azores(azo) Supports F Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna) -
Labrador Sea(lab)
F Barents Sea(bar) Supports F Norwegian Sea(nwg) - Norway(nwy)
F English Channel(eng) - Western North Sea(wns)
F Iceland(ice) Supports F Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna) -
Labrador Sea(lab)
F North Atlantic Ocean(nat) Supports F Mid North Atlantic
Ocean(mna) - Labrador Sea(lab)
F Norwegian Sea(nwg) - Norway(nwy)
A St Petersburg(stp) - Murmansk(mur) (*Bounce*)
F Sweden(swe) Supports F Norwegian Sea(nwg) - Norway(nwy)
F Western North Sea(wns) - Holland(hol)

UnitedStates:
F Bahamas(bhm) - Sargasso Sea(sar)
F Guantanamo(gno) - Yucatan Basin(yub)
F Sargasso Sea(sar) - Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna)
F Santa Clara(snc) - Guantanamo(gno)
A Atlanta(atl), no move received
F Bermuda(bmd) Supports F Sargasso Sea(sar) - Mid North Atlantic
Ocean(mna)
F Gulf of St Lawrence(gsl) Supports F Sargasso Sea(sar) - Mid
North Atlantic Ocean(mna)
F Labrador(lbr) Supports F Labrador Sea(lab)
F Miami(mia) - Santa Clara(snc)
F North East Coast(nec) Supports F Sargasso Sea(sar) - Mid North
Atlantic Ocean(mna)
F Newfoundland(nwf) Supports F Labrador Sea(lab)
A New York City(nyc), no move received
F South East Coast(sec) Supports F Bahamas(bhm) - Sargasso
Sea(sar)