Along with some fresh holiday cheer, here are your WWIV results!

Only 3 players owe me retreats, but there are a ton of builds to process!

And with great sadness, today we bid only the fondest of Christmassy farewells to the Amazon, Colombia, Iran, and Russia - 4 players go down in one year! This takes us down to only 17 in the game, or now more than half the players have been eliminated.

RETREATS and BUILDS due together, as usual, Wed Dec 31, 10am Pacific!

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RETREAT!

SongEmpire A Changsha(chg) can retreat to Anhui(anh) or Nanchang(nan) or Hunan(hun) or Guizhou(gzh).
SongEmpire A Hanoi(han) can retreat to Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu(gnx) or Da Nang(dan).

Philippines F Northern Philippine Sea(nps) can retreat to Guam(gua) or Samar(smr) or Cebu(ceb).

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BUILD!

AmazonEmpire: Remove WCB (*Eliminated*)
Argentina: Build 2
Brazil: Build 2
California: Build 2
Catholica: Build 3
Illinois: Build 2
Nigeria: Remove 1
Oceania: Build 1
Russia: Remove Fin, Egr, Lvi (*Eliminated*)
SichuanEmpire: Build 2
SongEmpire: Remove 3
Thailand: Build 2
Turkey: Build 2
UnitedKingdom: Build 2


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AmazonEmpire:
F Western Caribbean Sea(wcb) Supports F Jamaica(jam)

Argentina:
A Acre(acr) Supports A Amazon Basin(amz) (*Ordered to Move*)
F Archipielago of Chile(arc) Supports F Amundsen Sea(amu)
F Bio Bio(bio) Supports F Chile Basin(chb)
A Buenos-Aries(bue) - Patagonia(pat)
F Chile Basin(chb) Supports F Galapagos(glp)
A Ecuador(ecu) - Loreto(lor)
F Galapagos(glp) Supports F Chile Basin(chb)
A Gran Chaco(gra) - Paraguay(pgy) (*Bounce*)
A Lima(lim) - Beni(bni) (*Bounce*)
A La Paz(lpz) - Beni(bni) (*Bounce*)
A Santa Cruz(scz) Supports A Gran Chaco(gra) - Paraguay(pgy)
(*Cut*)
A Uruguay(uru) Hold
F Valparaiso(val) - Atacama(ata)
F Weddell Sea(wed) - Falkland Islands/South Georgia Islands(flk)

Brazil:
F Western South Atlantic Ocean(wsa) - Cape Verde Islands(cpv)
F Eastern Caribbean Sea(ecb) - Jamaica(jam) (*Fails*)
A Panama(pan) Hold
F Puerto Rico(pr) Supports F Guyana(guy) - Eastern Caribbean
Sea(ecb) (*Fails*)
F Trinidad & Tobago(trd) Supports F Guyana(guy) - Eastern
Caribbean Sea(ecb) (*Fails*)
F Amundsen Sea(amu) Supports F Archipielago of Chile(arc)
A Amazon Basin(amz) - Rondonia(ron) (*Bounce*)
F Aruba(aru) Supports F Golfo De Venezuela(gov)
A Bogota(bog) Supports A Medellin(med)
A Barranquilla(brn) Supports A Panama(pan)
F Golfo De Venezuela(gov) Supports F Eastern Caribbean Sea(ecb)
- Jamaica(jam)
F Guyana(guy) - Eastern Caribbean Sea(ecb) (*Fails*)
A Manaus(man) - Rondonia(ron) (*Bounce*)
A Medellin(med) Supports A 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) - Western South Atlantic Ocean(wsa)
A Sao Paulo(sao) Hold
F South West Atlantic(swa) Supports F Weddell Sea(wed) -
Falkland Islands/South Georgia Islands(flk)

California:
F Guatamala Basin(gub) Supports A Sonora(son) (*Cut*)
A Sonora(son) Supports A New Mexico(nmx) - Chihuahua(chu)
F East Central Pacific Ocean(ecp) Supports F Guatamala Basin(gub)
F Gulf of Alaska(goa) - North East Pacific Ocean(nep) (*Fails*)
F Hawaii(hi) - Midway Island(mdw)
F North East Pacific Ocean(nep) - Hawaii(hi) (*Bounce*)
A New Mexico(nmx) - Chihuahua(chu) (*Fails*)
A Utah(uta) - New Mexico(nmx) (*Fails*)

Catholica:
F Eastern Mediterranean Sea(emd) - Egypt(egy)
F Morocco(mor) Supports F Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena)
F Red Sea(red) - Yemen(yem) (*Bounce*)
F Bay of Biscay(bis) Supports F Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena)
A Budapest(bud) Supports A Warsaw(war)
F Crete(cre) Hold
F Eastern North Atlantic Ocean(ena) Supports F Western South
Atlantic Ocean(wsa) - Cape Verde Islands(cpv)
A Prague(prg) - Munich(mun)
A Ruhr(ruh) - Burgundy(bur)
A Rumania(rum) Hold
A Silesia(sil) - Prague(prg) (*Bounce*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea(tyr) Hold
A Warsaw(war) Hold
F Western Mediterranean Sea(wmd) Supports F Eastern North
Atlantic Ocean(ena)

Illinois:
A Cienfuegos(cie) Supports F Santa Clara(snc) - Guantanamo(gno)
A Coahuila(coa) - Monterey(mon) (*Fails*)
F Eastern Gulf of Mexico(egm) Supports A New Orleans(no) -
Yucatan(yuc)
F Jamaica(jam) Supports F Yucatan Basin(yub) (*Cut*)
F Western Gulf of Mexico(wgm) Convoys A New Orleans(no) -
Yucatan(yuc)
F Anchorage(anc) - Bering Sea(brg) (*Fails*)
F Cascadia Basin(cas) - Gulf of Alaska(goa) (*Fails*)
A Dallas(dal) Supports A West Texas(wtx) - San Antonio(san)
F Greenland(grn) Supports F Labrador Sea(lab) - Norwegian
Sea(nwg)
A Houston(hou) Supports A San Antonio(san) - Corpus Christi(ccr)
F Hudson Bay(hud) Supports F Labrador(lbr) - Labrador Sea(lab)
(*Void*)
F Labrador Sea(lab) - Norwegian Sea(nwg) (*Bounce*)
A Nebraska(neb) - Kansas(kan)
A New Orleans(no) - Yucatan(yuc)
A Oklahoma(okl) - West Texas(wtx)
A Quebec(qbc) Hold
A San Antonio(san) - Corpus Christi(ccr)
F Vancouver(van) - Anchorage(anc) (*Bounce*)
A Wisconsin(wis) - St Louis(stl)
A West Texas(wtx) - San Antonio(san)
A Yukon(yuk) Supports F Vancouver(van) - Anchorage(anc) (*Fails*)

India:
F Arabian Sea(ara) Supports F Gulf of Aden(gad)
F Gulf of Aden(gad) Supports F Yemen(yem) - Red Sea(red) (*Cut*)
F Madras(mdr) - Bay of Bengal(bob) (*Bounce*)
A Oman(oma) - Yemen(yem) (*Bounce*)
F Persian Gulf(peg) Convoys A Shiraz(shi) - Oman(oma)
F Rajasthan(raj) Supports F Arabian Sea(ara)
F Sri Lanka(sri) - Bay of Bengal(bob) (*Bounce*)
F Yemen(yem) - Red Sea(red) (*Fails*)
A Afghanistan(afg) - Baluchestan(blc)
A Aktyubinsk(akt) - Orenburgskaya Oblast(orn)
A Ashgabat(ash) Supports A Tehran(teh)
A Kazakhstan(kaz) Supports A Uzbekistan(uzb) - Aktyubinsk(akt)
A Shiraz(shi) - Oman(oma) (*Fails*)
A Tehran(teh) Hold
A Uzbekistan(uzb) - Aktyubinsk(akt)

Iran:
A Mecca(mec) Hold (*Disbanded*)

Mexico:
F Acapulco(aca) - Guatamala Basin(gub) (*Fails*)
A Chihuahua(chu) Hold
F Gulf of Panama(gop), no move received
A Honduras(hon) Hold
A Monterey(mon) Hold
A Nicaragua(nic) Supports A Honduras(hon)
F Veracruz(vcz) Hold
A Zacatcas(zac) Supports A Chihuahua(chu)
A Corpus Christi(ccr) Supports A Monterey(mon) (*Disbanded*)

Nigeria:
F Angola(ang) Hold (*Disbanded*)
A Chad(cha) - Niger(ngr)
A Congo(con) Hold
F Dakar(dak) Supports F Eastern South Atlantic Ocean(esa)
A Equateur(equ) Supports A Kisangani(kis)
A Eritrea(eri) - Ethiopia(eth)
F Eastern South Atlantic Ocean(esa), no move received
A Ethiopia(eth) - Sudan(sud)
F Gulf of Guinea(gog) Supports F Eastern South Atlantic
Ocean(esa)
F Khartoum(kha) - Eritrea(eri)
A Kisangani(kis) Hold
F Mauritania(mau), no move received
A Nairobi(nai), no move received
F Somalia(som) - Gulf of Aden(gad) (*Fails*)
A Sudan(sud) - Chad(cha)

Oceania:
F Arafura Sea(arf) - Ambon(amb)
A Darwin(dwn) Supports F Perth(per)
F Great Australian Bight(gab) Supports F Perth(per)
F Micronesia(mic) - New Guinea(ng)
F Perth(per) Supports F Great Australian Bight(gab)
F Soloman Islands(sol) - Nauru(nau)
F South Pacific Ocean(spo) - New Caledonia(ncd)
F Central Pacific Ocean(cpo) Supports F Hawaii(hi) - Midway
Island(mdw)
F Pitcairn Island(pit) Supports F South Central Pacific
Ocean(scp)
F Ross Sea(ros) Supports F Pitcairn Island(pit)
F South Central Pacific Ocean(scp) Supports F Central Pacific
Ocean(cpo)
F Tahiti(tah) Supports F Pitcairn Island(pit)

Philippines:
F Bering Sea(brg) - North Central Pacific Ocean(ncp) (*Fails*)
F Guam(gua) - Micronesia(mic)
F North Central Pacific Ocean(ncp) - Hawaii(hi) (*Bounce*)
F Northern Philippine Sea(nps) - Tokyo(tok) (*Dislodged*)
F Saipan(sai) Supports F Guam(gua) - Micronesia(mic)
F West Central Pacific Ocean(wcp) Supports F Northern Philippine
Sea(nps) - Tokyo(tok) (*Cut*)
F Cebu(ceb) - Manila(mnl)
F Mindanao(min) - Southern Philippine Sea(sps)
F Midway Island(mdw) Supports F North Central Pacific Ocean(ncp)
- Hawaii(hi) (*Disbanded*)

Russia:
A Eastern Germany(egr) - Prague(prg) (*Bounce*)
A Finland(fin) - Norway(nwy) (*Fails*)
A L’viv(lvi) - Rumania(rum) (*Fails*)

SichuanEmpire:
A Komi(kom) - Murmansk(mur) (*Bounce*)
A Kazan(kzn) Supports A Aktyubinsk(akt) - Orenburgskaya
Oblast(orn)
A Omsk(oms) - Perm'(prm) (*Fails*)
A Perm'(prm) - Moscow(mos) (*Bounce*)
A Ufa(ufa) Supports A Kazan(kzn)
F Beijing(bei) - Shandong(sdg)
A Chongqing(cho) - Changsha(chg)
A Henan(hen) Supports F Beijing(bei) - Shandong(sdg)
A Hubei(hub) Supports A Chongqing(cho) - Changsha(chg)
F Khabarovsk(khb) - Sea of Okhotsk(okh)
A Korea(kor) Supports F Yellow Sea(yel) - Seoul(seo)
A Sakhalinsk(sak) Supports F Sapporo(sap)
F Sapporo(sap) Supports F Khabarovsk(khb) - Sea of Okhotsk(okh)
A Siberia(sib) - Anchorage(anc) (*Bounce*)
F Sea of Japan(soj) - East China Sea(ecs)
F Yellow Sea(yel) - Seoul(seo)
A Novosibirsk(nsb) - Srednesibirskoye Ploskogor'ye(srd)
A Tibet(tib) Supports A Yunan(yun)
A Zapadno-Sibirskaya Ravnina(zap) Supports A Komi(kom) -
Murmansk(mur)

SongEmpire:
A Akita(aki) - Tokyo(tok) (*Bounce*)
A Changsha(chg) Supports A Shandong(sdg) - Wuhan(wuh)
(*Dislodged*)
F East China Sea(ecs) - Shanghai(sha)
F Guangdong(gdg) - Hong Kong(hk)
A Guiyang(gyn) - Yunan(yun) (*Fails*)
A Hanoi(han) Supports A Guiyang(gyn) - Yunan(yun) (*Dislodged*)
F Kyoto(kyo) Supports F Seoul(seo) - Sea of Japan(soj)
A Nanjing(njg) Supports A Shandong(sdg) - Wuhan(wuh)
F North West Pacific Ocean(nwp) - West Central Pacific
Ocean(wcp) (*Fails*)
F Okinawa(oki) - Northern Philippine Sea(nps)
A Shandong(sdg) - Wuhan(wuh)
F Seoul(seo) - Sea of Japan(soj)
F Taiwan(tai) Supports F Okinawa(oki) - Northern Philippine
Sea(nps)
F Manila(mnl) - South China Sea North(scn)

SouthAfrica:
F Angola Basin(anb) - Angola(ang)
A Katanga(kat), no move received
A Kinshasa(kin) Supports F Angola Basin(anb) - Angola(ang)
A Kivu(kiv) Supports A Kinshasa(kin)
F Madagascar(mds) Supports F Mozambique Channel(mzb) - Somali
Basin(sob)
F Mombasa(mom) Supports F Mozambique Channel(mzb) - Somali
Basin(sob)
F Mozambique Channel(mzb) - Somali Basin(sob)
F St Helena(sth) Hold
A Tanzania(tan) Supports F Mombasa(mom)
A Uganda(uga) - Kisangani(kis) (*Fails*)
F Central Indian Ocean(cio), no move received
F Southern Indian Ocean(sio) Hold
F South West Indian Ocean(swi) Supports F Southern Indian
Ocean(sio)
F Falkland Islands/South Georgia Islands(flk) - South Atlantic
Ocean(sat)
F South Atlantic Ocean(sat) - Lubango(lub)

Thailand:
F Somali Basin(sob) Hold (*Disbanded*)
F Gulf of Tongking(gto) Supports A Laos(lao) - Hanoi(han)
A Yunan(yun) Supports A Laos(lao) - Hanoi(han) (*Cut*)
F Andaman Sea(and) - North Indian Ocean(nio)
F Diego Garcia(die) Supports F Somali Basin(sob)
F Java Sea(jav) - Banda Sea(bnd)
F Kuala Lumpur(kua) - Natuna Sea(ntu)
A Laos(lao) - Hanoi(han)
A Medan(mdn), no move received
F North Indian Ocean(nio) - Java Trench(jvt)
A Padang(pad), no move received
F South China Sea South(scs) Supports F Cebu(ceb) - Manila(mnl)
F Singapore(sng) - Java Sea(jav)

Turkey:
F Black Sea(bla) Supports A Azerbaijan(aze) - Volgograd(vol)
(*Fails*)
A Donets’k(don) Supports A Volgograd(vol) - Moscow(mos) (*Fails*)
A Jordan(jor) Supports A Saudi Arabia(sau) - Mecca(mec)
A Kiev(kie) Supports A Volgograd(vol) - Moscow(mos) (*Fails*)
A Moscow(mos) - Komi(kom) (*Fails*)
A Minsk(msk) Supports A Volgograd(vol) - Moscow(mos) (*Fails*)
A Saudi Arabia(sau) - Mecca(mec)
A Syria(syr) - Baghdad(bag)
A Volgograd(vol) - Moscow(mos) (*Bounce*)
A Azerbaijan(aze) - Volgograd(vol) (*Fails*)
F Baghdad(bag) - Saudi Arabia(sau)
A Tabriz(tab) Supports A Syria(syr) - Baghdad(bag)

UnitedKingdom:
F Antilles(ant) Supports F Puerto Rico(pr) (*Disbanded*)
F Azores(azo) Supports F North Atlantic Ocean(nat)
F Barents Sea(bar) Supports A St Petersburg(stp) - Murmansk(mur)
F Holland(hol) - Hamburg(ham)
F Iceland(ice) Supports F Western North Sea(wns) - Norwegian
Sea(nwg)
F North Atlantic Ocean(nat) Supports F Azores(azo)
F Norway(nwy) Supports A St Petersburg(stp) - Murmansk(mur)
(*Cut*)
A St Petersburg(stp) - Murmansk(mur) (*Bounce*)
F Sweden(swe) - Finland(fin) (*Fails*)
F Western North Sea(wns) - Norwegian Sea(nwg) (*Bounce*)

UnitedStates:
F Guantanamo(gno) - Hispaniola(his)
F Sargasso Sea(sar) Supports F Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna) -
Antilles(ant)
F Santa Clara(snc) - Guantanamo(gno)
F Yucatan Basin(yub) Supports F Jamaica(jam)
A Atlanta(atl) Hold
F Bermuda(bmd) - Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna)
F Gulf of St Lawrence(gsl) Supports F Bermuda(bmd) - Mid North
Atlantic Ocean(mna)
F Labrador(lbr) Supports F Hudson Bay(hud) - Labrador Sea(lab)
(*Void*)
F Mid North Atlantic Ocean(mna) - Antilles(ant)
F North East Coast(nec) Supports F Bermuda(bmd) - Mid North
Atlantic Ocean(mna)
F Newfoundland(nwf) Supports F Hudson Bay(hud) - Labrador
Sea(lab) (*Void*)
A New York City(nyc) - Pennsylvania(pa)
F South East Coast(sec) Supports F Sargasso Sea(sar)