Published in Sweden - Political debates and analysis - 23 May 2026 14:38 - 0
Who Is Catching Who Since Day 719?
On Day 719 I checked what happens when we stop looking at raw citizenship numbers and count only active players.
Now, 68 game days later, I ran the same kind of active-only snapshot again.
The map is still recognizable. Serbia is still on top. The NPC bloc is still the strange benchmark sitting above every real country except Serbia. Romania is still the main real second power.
But there are some important movements under the surface.
The main question is not "did total strength go up?"
Of course it did. The game keeps moving.
The better question is:
Who is gaining ground, who is losing depth, and who only looks strong because of a few names?
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TOP ACTIVE COUNTRIES + NPC BENCHMARK
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Day 787 active non-NPC citizens:
1. Serbia - 71 actives (-6)
2. Romania - 30 actives (-1)
3. North Macedonia - 26 actives (+2)
4. Sweden - 20 actives (-7)
5. Indonesia - 19 actives (-4)
6. Turkey - 14 actives (-4)
7. Bulgaria - 10 actives (-4)
8. Argentina - 9 actives (new top 10)
9. Greece - 7 actives (+1)
10. Georgia - 6 actives (new top 10)
NPC benchmark:
All NPC - 67 actives (-2)
Just outside:
11. Hungary - 6 actives
12. Nigeria - 6 actives
13. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 5 actives
14. Peru - 5 actives
15. Saudi Arabia - 5 actives
The top 10 changed in two places.
Argentina entered at 8th with 9 active citizens and very high average strength. Georgia entered at 10th with only 6 actives, but a lot of lifetime damage.
Saudi Arabia fell from 8th to 15th by active count, from 12 actives to 5. Hungary stayed at 6 actives, but slipped out of the top 10 because Georgia entered above it.
Nigeria shows 6 actives, but with total strength of only 6.0 and lifetime damage of 0.0, so I am not treating it as a real power entry.
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MAIN MOVEMENT TABLE
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Country Actives Total STR Lifetime DMG Avg STR Rank
Serbia 77 -> 71 2,751,204.0 -> 2,783,279.5 76.25T -> 102.19T 35,729.9 -> 39,201.1 1 -> 1
Romania 31 -> 30 1,081,551.5 -> 1,148,476.0 16.72T -> 23.52T 34,888.8 -> 38,282.5 2 -> 2
North Macedonia 24 -> 26 now 1,001,428.5 now 20.89T 34,686.2 -> 38,516.5 4 -> 3
Sweden 27 -> 20 973,553.5 -> 803,106.0 13.88T -> 15.17T 36,057.5 -> 40,155.3 3 -> 4
All NPC 69 -> 67 1,816,289.0 -> 1,898,480.5 21.25T -> 27.69T 26,323.0 -> 28,335.5 2* -> 2*
Serbia is still Serbia. Fewer actives than before, but still far ahead.
Romania is stable. It barely moved by headcount and remains the clearest real second power.
North Macedonia is the main climber. It passed Sweden by active count and is now close to Romania in total active power.
Sweden lost depth, but not quality. It dropped from 27 to 20 actives, but the remaining active roster is very strong.
The NPC bloc is still the awkward benchmark. If it was a country, it would still rank 2nd by active count, total strength, total intelligence, and lifetime damage.
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WHO IS CATCHING WHO?
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Compared with Serbia:
- NPC lifetime damage share: 27.9% -> 27.1%
- NPC total strength share: 66.0% -> 68.2%
- Romania lifetime damage share: 21.9% -> 23.0%
- Romania total strength share: 39.3% -> 41.3%
- Sweden lifetime damage share: 18.2% -> 14.8%
- Sweden total strength share: 35.4% -> 28.9%
So no, nobody is really catching Serbia yet.
Romania improved a little compared with Serbia. The NPC bloc improved its strength share, but not its lifetime damage share. Sweden fell back by total power, even though its average player quality is now very high.
The more interesting race is behind Serbia.
North Macedonia is now at 87.2% of Romania's total strength and 88.8% of Romania's lifetime damage, with 4 fewer actives.
That is close enough to matter.
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THE NPC ANGLE
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The NPC bloc is not beating Serbia.
But it is still stronger than every real country except Serbia.
That alone is already worth watching.
The game started on March 28, 2024. From the earlier NPC observation article, most known NPC accounts were created much later:
- California National Guard accounts mostly around July 12, 2025
- Amaterasu accounts mostly around July 27, 2025
- TNT Elite Unit accounts across August 2025
So the point is not only where NPCs are now.
The point is that younger accounts are already sitting together as the second strongest country-scale bloc in the game.
I am not trying to prove the full mechanism here. We all know admin never gave the full explanation. But for power balance, age matters. A young bloc sitting this high means something different from an old veteran country sitting this high.
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SECOND-TIER PRESSURE
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Day 719 second tier by active size:
- Romania: 31
- Sweden: 27
- North Macedonia: 24
- Indonesia: 23
Day 787:
- Romania: 30
- North Macedonia: 26
- Sweden: 20
- Indonesia: 19
Romania held steady.
North Macedonia moved up.
Sweden and Indonesia got smaller.
That changes the second tier. It is no longer Romania and Sweden clearly above the rest. North Macedonia is now directly in that race.
Sweden is still dangerous, but it looks more like a smaller elite core than a broad second-tier country.
Indonesia remains relevant, but its top 5 now carry 63.5% of its lifetime damage.
Turkey stayed 6th, but dropped from 18 to 14 actives. Its top 5 carry 75.8% of its lifetime damage, so Turkey is also more core-dependent now.
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WHO ROSE, WHO FELL
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Risers:
- North Macedonia: 4th -> 3rd, now 26 actives and 20.89T lifetime damage.
- Argentina: new top 10, 9 actives, 41,323.4 average strength.
- Georgia: new top 10, only 6 actives but 6.64T lifetime damage.
- Greece: 6 -> 7 actives, and 3.82T -> 5.25T lifetime damage.
Fallers:
- Sweden: 27 -> 20 actives, 3rd -> 4th.
- Saudi Arabia: 12 -> 5 actives, 8th -> 15th.
- Hungary: still 6 actives, but out of the top 10.
- Bulgaria: 14 -> 10 actives, and now extremely top-heavy.
Saudi Arabia is the funny one. It fell out of the top 10 by active count, but with only 5 actives it still has 7.04T lifetime damage. That is almost the same as Argentina with 9 actives.
Hungary did not collapse. It just lost visibility.
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DEPTH VS QUALITY
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Average strength among the current top 10:
- Argentina: 41,323.4 across 9 actives
- Sweden: 40,155.3 across 20 actives
- Serbia: 39,201.1 across 71 actives
- North Macedonia: 38,516.5 across 26 actives
- Romania: 38,282.5 across 30 actives
- Georgia: 38,070.5 across 6 actives
This is why active count alone is not enough.
Serbia is still the deepest country.
Romania is still broad and heavy.
North Macedonia is no longer just "behind the second tier." It is inside it.
Sweden is smaller, but very elite.
Argentina and Georgia are the new small-but-dangerous entries.
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TOP-HEAVY OR BROAD?
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Top 5 share of each roster's lifetime damage:
- All NPC: 13.6%
- Serbia: 37.5%
- North Macedonia: 44.3%
- Sweden: 49.1%
- Romania: 62.2%
- Indonesia: 63.5%
- Argentina: 73.5%
- Turkey: 75.8%
- Greece: 92.3%
- Bulgaria: 98.4%
- Georgia: 99.6%
- Hungary: 100.0%
- Saudi Arabia: 100.0%
Serbia is still broad. Almost the same top-5 share as Day 719.
North Macedonia looks healthier than before. Its top-5 share dropped from 54.6% to 44.3%, while active count rose from 24 to 26.
Sweden became more concentrated, which makes sense after losing 7 actives.
The NPC bloc is the broadest of all. Its top 5 account for only 13.6%.
That part matters. NPC strength is not sitting only in a few profiles. It is spread across the whole bloc.
At the smaller end, countries like Georgia, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Peru, and Bosnia and Herzegovina are basically defined by their strongest names.
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SMALL COUNTRIES, ELITE ROSTERS
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Strongest average strength among countries with 10 or fewer actives:
- Belarus: 1 active, avg STR 42,567.5
- India: 1 active, avg STR 42,466.0
- China: 3 actives, avg STR 42,373.5
- Slovenia: 2 actives, avg STR 42,187.8
- Italy: 3 actives, avg STR 42,075.7
- United Kingdom: 2 actives, avg STR 42,060.8
- Argentina: 9 actives, avg STR 41,323.4
- Saudi Arabia: 5 actives, avg STR 39,736.2
- Peru: 5 actives, avg STR 38,809.3
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5 actives, avg STR 38,488.6
Small countries with major lifetime damage:
- Argentina: 9 actives, lifetime DMG 7.08T
- Saudi Arabia: 5 actives, lifetime DMG 7.04T
- Georgia: 6 actives, lifetime DMG 6.64T
- Ukraine: 3 actives, lifetime DMG 5.56T
- Greece: 7 actives, lifetime DMG 5.25T
- Italy: 3 actives, lifetime DMG 3.35T
- Croatia: 4 actives, lifetime DMG 3.12T
- Hungary: 6 actives, lifetime DMG 2.74T
Ukraine is smaller than before, but heavier.
China went the other way. Still elite average strength, but less active lifetime damage than Day 719.
Italy stayed at 3 actives and improved.
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TOP MILITARY UNITS BY ACTIVE MEMBERS
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Top MUs by active members:
1. Serbian Special Forces - 35 actives
2. Amaterasu - 31 actives
3. California National Guard - 21 actives
4. Phoenix Legion - 20 actives
5. The Community - 20 actives
6. STRUMFOVI - 17 actives
7. GARUDA CLAN - 15 actives
8. TNT Elite Unit - 15 actives
9. Macedonian Army - 14 actives
10. LEGION Elite TR - 9 actives
Serbian Special Forces is the clear real MU leader: 35 actives, 1.43M total strength, and 62.2T lifetime damage.
The NPC units are still huge by active count. Amaterasu alone has 31 active citizens. California has 21. TNT has 15.
Among real MUs, Phoenix Legion and The Community are tied by active count, but The Community has more lifetime damage: 16.0T vs 14.6T.
Macedonian Army is smaller at 14 actives, but almost equal to Phoenix Legion by lifetime damage.
And then there is ZNG CRO: only 5 active members, but 15.2T lifetime damage. Tiny roster, massive weight.
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METHODOLOGY
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- Active citizen = seen within the last 7 days.
- Country tables exclude citizens in Amaterasu, TNT Elite Unit, and California National Guard.
- Those three units are grouped separately as All NPC.
- Lifetime damage is total profile damage of the currently active roster, not damage dealt only this week.
- Normal game ranking is based on XP. This article is not using that ranking; it is looking at active country power.
- NPC creation timing comes from earlier profile observation work, not from this active snapshot.
- Day 787 snapshot generated from fresh active data collected on May 23, 2026.
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FINAL TAKEAWAY
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Serbia is still out of reach.
Romania is stable.
North Macedonia is the country most clearly pushing into the second tier.
Sweden is smaller, but elite.
Indonesia and Turkey remain relevant, but both lost depth.
Argentina and Georgia are the new visible top-10 stories.
Saudi Arabia and Hungary fell out of the top 10 by active count, but Saudi Arabia still carries huge power for only 5 actives.
The NPC bloc remains the uncomfortable benchmark: 67 actives, 1.9M total strength, and 27.7T lifetime damage. Still second overall if treated as one country.
The important NPC point is not that it caught Serbia.
It did not.
The important point is that the NPC bloc, artificial or not, is now part of the live balance of the game.
That is enough to keep watching.
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NEXT QUESTIONS
========================================
What do you think?
How should countries actually be ranked? Active count, total strength, lifetime damage, average strength, top-5 concentration, MUs, or some mix of all of them?
Another possible next article:
The normal game ranking is based on XP. Next time, maybe we check the top 50 / top 100 like a sports form table: which stars are still on the field, which countries still have active veterans, and which MUs are carried by the old names.
Write your ranking formula ideas in the comments.
On Day 719 I checked what happens when we stop looking at raw citizenship numbers and count only active players.
Now, 68 game days later, I ran the same kind of active-only snapshot again.
The map is still recognizable. Serbia is still on top. The NPC bloc is still the strange benchmark sitting above every real country except Serbia. Romania is still the main real second power.
But there are some important movements under the surface.
The main question is not "did total strength go up?"
Of course it did. The game keeps moving.
The better question is:
Who is gaining ground, who is losing depth, and who only looks strong because of a few names?
========================================
TOP ACTIVE COUNTRIES + NPC BENCHMARK
========================================
Day 787 active non-NPC citizens:
1. Serbia - 71 actives (-6)
2. Romania - 30 actives (-1)
3. North Macedonia - 26 actives (+2)
4. Sweden - 20 actives (-7)
5. Indonesia - 19 actives (-4)
6. Turkey - 14 actives (-4)
7. Bulgaria - 10 actives (-4)
8. Argentina - 9 actives (new top 10)
9. Greece - 7 actives (+1)
10. Georgia - 6 actives (new top 10)
NPC benchmark:
All NPC - 67 actives (-2)
Just outside:
11. Hungary - 6 actives
12. Nigeria - 6 actives
13. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 5 actives
14. Peru - 5 actives
15. Saudi Arabia - 5 actives
The top 10 changed in two places.
Argentina entered at 8th with 9 active citizens and very high average strength. Georgia entered at 10th with only 6 actives, but a lot of lifetime damage.
Saudi Arabia fell from 8th to 15th by active count, from 12 actives to 5. Hungary stayed at 6 actives, but slipped out of the top 10 because Georgia entered above it.
Nigeria shows 6 actives, but with total strength of only 6.0 and lifetime damage of 0.0, so I am not treating it as a real power entry.
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MAIN MOVEMENT TABLE
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Country Actives Total STR Lifetime DMG Avg STR Rank
Serbia 77 -> 71 2,751,204.0 -> 2,783,279.5 76.25T -> 102.19T 35,729.9 -> 39,201.1 1 -> 1
Romania 31 -> 30 1,081,551.5 -> 1,148,476.0 16.72T -> 23.52T 34,888.8 -> 38,282.5 2 -> 2
North Macedonia 24 -> 26 now 1,001,428.5 now 20.89T 34,686.2 -> 38,516.5 4 -> 3
Sweden 27 -> 20 973,553.5 -> 803,106.0 13.88T -> 15.17T 36,057.5 -> 40,155.3 3 -> 4
All NPC 69 -> 67 1,816,289.0 -> 1,898,480.5 21.25T -> 27.69T 26,323.0 -> 28,335.5 2* -> 2*
Serbia is still Serbia. Fewer actives than before, but still far ahead.
Romania is stable. It barely moved by headcount and remains the clearest real second power.
North Macedonia is the main climber. It passed Sweden by active count and is now close to Romania in total active power.
Sweden lost depth, but not quality. It dropped from 27 to 20 actives, but the remaining active roster is very strong.
The NPC bloc is still the awkward benchmark. If it was a country, it would still rank 2nd by active count, total strength, total intelligence, and lifetime damage.
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WHO IS CATCHING WHO?
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Compared with Serbia:
- NPC lifetime damage share: 27.9% -> 27.1%
- NPC total strength share: 66.0% -> 68.2%
- Romania lifetime damage share: 21.9% -> 23.0%
- Romania total strength share: 39.3% -> 41.3%
- Sweden lifetime damage share: 18.2% -> 14.8%
- Sweden total strength share: 35.4% -> 28.9%
So no, nobody is really catching Serbia yet.
Romania improved a little compared with Serbia. The NPC bloc improved its strength share, but not its lifetime damage share. Sweden fell back by total power, even though its average player quality is now very high.
The more interesting race is behind Serbia.
North Macedonia is now at 87.2% of Romania's total strength and 88.8% of Romania's lifetime damage, with 4 fewer actives.
That is close enough to matter.
========================================
THE NPC ANGLE
========================================
The NPC bloc is not beating Serbia.
But it is still stronger than every real country except Serbia.
That alone is already worth watching.
The game started on March 28, 2024. From the earlier NPC observation article, most known NPC accounts were created much later:
- California National Guard accounts mostly around July 12, 2025
- Amaterasu accounts mostly around July 27, 2025
- TNT Elite Unit accounts across August 2025
So the point is not only where NPCs are now.
The point is that younger accounts are already sitting together as the second strongest country-scale bloc in the game.
I am not trying to prove the full mechanism here. We all know admin never gave the full explanation. But for power balance, age matters. A young bloc sitting this high means something different from an old veteran country sitting this high.
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SECOND-TIER PRESSURE
========================================
Day 719 second tier by active size:
- Romania: 31
- Sweden: 27
- North Macedonia: 24
- Indonesia: 23
Day 787:
- Romania: 30
- North Macedonia: 26
- Sweden: 20
- Indonesia: 19
Romania held steady.
North Macedonia moved up.
Sweden and Indonesia got smaller.
That changes the second tier. It is no longer Romania and Sweden clearly above the rest. North Macedonia is now directly in that race.
Sweden is still dangerous, but it looks more like a smaller elite core than a broad second-tier country.
Indonesia remains relevant, but its top 5 now carry 63.5% of its lifetime damage.
Turkey stayed 6th, but dropped from 18 to 14 actives. Its top 5 carry 75.8% of its lifetime damage, so Turkey is also more core-dependent now.
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WHO ROSE, WHO FELL
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Risers:
- North Macedonia: 4th -> 3rd, now 26 actives and 20.89T lifetime damage.
- Argentina: new top 10, 9 actives, 41,323.4 average strength.
- Georgia: new top 10, only 6 actives but 6.64T lifetime damage.
- Greece: 6 -> 7 actives, and 3.82T -> 5.25T lifetime damage.
Fallers:
- Sweden: 27 -> 20 actives, 3rd -> 4th.
- Saudi Arabia: 12 -> 5 actives, 8th -> 15th.
- Hungary: still 6 actives, but out of the top 10.
- Bulgaria: 14 -> 10 actives, and now extremely top-heavy.
Saudi Arabia is the funny one. It fell out of the top 10 by active count, but with only 5 actives it still has 7.04T lifetime damage. That is almost the same as Argentina with 9 actives.
Hungary did not collapse. It just lost visibility.
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DEPTH VS QUALITY
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Average strength among the current top 10:
- Argentina: 41,323.4 across 9 actives
- Sweden: 40,155.3 across 20 actives
- Serbia: 39,201.1 across 71 actives
- North Macedonia: 38,516.5 across 26 actives
- Romania: 38,282.5 across 30 actives
- Georgia: 38,070.5 across 6 actives
This is why active count alone is not enough.
Serbia is still the deepest country.
Romania is still broad and heavy.
North Macedonia is no longer just "behind the second tier." It is inside it.
Sweden is smaller, but very elite.
Argentina and Georgia are the new small-but-dangerous entries.
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TOP-HEAVY OR BROAD?
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Top 5 share of each roster's lifetime damage:
- All NPC: 13.6%
- Serbia: 37.5%
- North Macedonia: 44.3%
- Sweden: 49.1%
- Romania: 62.2%
- Indonesia: 63.5%
- Argentina: 73.5%
- Turkey: 75.8%
- Greece: 92.3%
- Bulgaria: 98.4%
- Georgia: 99.6%
- Hungary: 100.0%
- Saudi Arabia: 100.0%
Serbia is still broad. Almost the same top-5 share as Day 719.
North Macedonia looks healthier than before. Its top-5 share dropped from 54.6% to 44.3%, while active count rose from 24 to 26.
Sweden became more concentrated, which makes sense after losing 7 actives.
The NPC bloc is the broadest of all. Its top 5 account for only 13.6%.
That part matters. NPC strength is not sitting only in a few profiles. It is spread across the whole bloc.
At the smaller end, countries like Georgia, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Peru, and Bosnia and Herzegovina are basically defined by their strongest names.
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SMALL COUNTRIES, ELITE ROSTERS
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Strongest average strength among countries with 10 or fewer actives:
- Belarus: 1 active, avg STR 42,567.5
- India: 1 active, avg STR 42,466.0
- China: 3 actives, avg STR 42,373.5
- Slovenia: 2 actives, avg STR 42,187.8
- Italy: 3 actives, avg STR 42,075.7
- United Kingdom: 2 actives, avg STR 42,060.8
- Argentina: 9 actives, avg STR 41,323.4
- Saudi Arabia: 5 actives, avg STR 39,736.2
- Peru: 5 actives, avg STR 38,809.3
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5 actives, avg STR 38,488.6
Small countries with major lifetime damage:
- Argentina: 9 actives, lifetime DMG 7.08T
- Saudi Arabia: 5 actives, lifetime DMG 7.04T
- Georgia: 6 actives, lifetime DMG 6.64T
- Ukraine: 3 actives, lifetime DMG 5.56T
- Greece: 7 actives, lifetime DMG 5.25T
- Italy: 3 actives, lifetime DMG 3.35T
- Croatia: 4 actives, lifetime DMG 3.12T
- Hungary: 6 actives, lifetime DMG 2.74T
Ukraine is smaller than before, but heavier.
China went the other way. Still elite average strength, but less active lifetime damage than Day 719.
Italy stayed at 3 actives and improved.
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TOP MILITARY UNITS BY ACTIVE MEMBERS
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Top MUs by active members:
1. Serbian Special Forces - 35 actives
2. Amaterasu - 31 actives
3. California National Guard - 21 actives
4. Phoenix Legion - 20 actives
5. The Community - 20 actives
6. STRUMFOVI - 17 actives
7. GARUDA CLAN - 15 actives
8. TNT Elite Unit - 15 actives
9. Macedonian Army - 14 actives
10. LEGION Elite TR - 9 actives
Serbian Special Forces is the clear real MU leader: 35 actives, 1.43M total strength, and 62.2T lifetime damage.
The NPC units are still huge by active count. Amaterasu alone has 31 active citizens. California has 21. TNT has 15.
Among real MUs, Phoenix Legion and The Community are tied by active count, but The Community has more lifetime damage: 16.0T vs 14.6T.
Macedonian Army is smaller at 14 actives, but almost equal to Phoenix Legion by lifetime damage.
And then there is ZNG CRO: only 5 active members, but 15.2T lifetime damage. Tiny roster, massive weight.
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METHODOLOGY
========================================
- Active citizen = seen within the last 7 days.
- Country tables exclude citizens in Amaterasu, TNT Elite Unit, and California National Guard.
- Those three units are grouped separately as All NPC.
- Lifetime damage is total profile damage of the currently active roster, not damage dealt only this week.
- Normal game ranking is based on XP. This article is not using that ranking; it is looking at active country power.
- NPC creation timing comes from earlier profile observation work, not from this active snapshot.
- Day 787 snapshot generated from fresh active data collected on May 23, 2026.
========================================
FINAL TAKEAWAY
========================================
Serbia is still out of reach.
Romania is stable.
North Macedonia is the country most clearly pushing into the second tier.
Sweden is smaller, but elite.
Indonesia and Turkey remain relevant, but both lost depth.
Argentina and Georgia are the new visible top-10 stories.
Saudi Arabia and Hungary fell out of the top 10 by active count, but Saudi Arabia still carries huge power for only 5 actives.
The NPC bloc remains the uncomfortable benchmark: 67 actives, 1.9M total strength, and 27.7T lifetime damage. Still second overall if treated as one country.
The important NPC point is not that it caught Serbia.
It did not.
The important point is that the NPC bloc, artificial or not, is now part of the live balance of the game.
That is enough to keep watching.
========================================
NEXT QUESTIONS
========================================
What do you think?
How should countries actually be ranked? Active count, total strength, lifetime damage, average strength, top-5 concentration, MUs, or some mix of all of them?
Another possible next article:
The normal game ranking is based on XP. Next time, maybe we check the top 50 / top 100 like a sports form table: which stars are still on the field, which countries still have active veterans, and which MUs are carried by the old names.
Write your ranking formula ideas in the comments.
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