I've been thinking a lot about the maximum potential of each strategy and how gov't type can effect that recently. I thought it would be interesting to look at the all-time NW records for each gov't type and strategy to help put things into perspective. I gathered this data by including the top 10 from every set 8 to current. (Yes, this overview is somewhat inaccurate due to the fact that a lot of people switch to H to jump. However, I'm hoping that others can point out any countries with higher NWs that these that played a different gov't type and then jumped as an H for the record.) I'll update this list as new information becomes available and new records are set.

All-time NW records by gov't type:

Communism
-N O I T A N I M O D Y N D I (#58) $32,050,000, round 56, played by JJ23

Republic
-RachelsEhhButCarrieUnderwoodsOMG (#23) $33,112,000, round 55, played by JJ23

Theocracy
-Test strat (#79) $27,241,822, round 9, played by ??? (if just jumped as H, highest H NW is Rampant Syphilis (#8), $26,685,356, H, round 59, played by dantzig)

Democracy
-giant flufffluff (#93) $24,263,829, round 54, played by dantzig

Fascism
-express play in express (#66) $24,716,555, F->H, round 58, played by ??? (Slagpit?)
(Highest F finish is Mr Perlwhite (#99) $21,081,229, round 29)

Dictatorship
-Green Midget Microblast (#6) $20,000,000, round 9, played by ???

Tyranny
One Hundred (#100) $14,759,660, round 60, played by ???


Monarchy
-No top 10 finishes in Express ever LOL


All-time NW records by strategy:

Cash: RachelsEhhButCarrieUnderwoodsOMG (#23) $33,112,000, R, round 55, played by JJ23

Indy: N O I T A N I M O D Y N D I (#58) $32,050,000, C, round 56, played by JJ23

Tech: Rampant Syphilis (#8), $26,685,356, H, round 59, played by dantzig (unless Test strat (#79) from round 9 was a techer)

Food: express play in express (#66) $24,716,555, F->H, round 58, played by ??? (Slagpit?)

Rainbow: LOL

Any all-x strat:
-Meriton (#14) $28,727,503, round 14, played by achan



The breakdown of number of top 10 finishes by each gov't type is:
C 92
D 57
F 20
H 208
I 4
R 146
T 3

this should be a good tool to discuss the relative merits of different gov types and starts

thx for the effort dantzig

i think including JJ's "records" which were obtained outside the rules blurs one's abilities to truly understand the data

Maybe JJ23's records should have asterisks by them but I'm including them as the admins allowed those countries to stand.

The next highest R was
Meriton (#14) $28,727,503, round 14, played by achan

And the next highest C was
JJ the impotent little kitty (#34) $31,152,768, round 53, played by dantzig


Also, one reason I posted this was that I'm becoming more interesting in obtaining the highest possible NW with any given gov't+strat vs just obtaining the highest NW that round. Sort of like bracket racing, I suppose.

You forgot oiler!

This is interesting data, but keep in mind that game rule changes and cheaters can skew the results.

Best all-X countries to my knowledge are:
Meriton (#14)
winner of round 57

speaking of rule changes

dantzig can you possibly break down the data by the following criteria

a)before the feb10 changes,
b)after feb10 before tpt change,
c)after tpt change before ALCSA
d) after ALCSA

or did you count it all out by hand?

i would love to crunch some numbers to see the results of the rule changes

Nice work, dantzig.

And I had no idea that I own the best Tyranny finish. I'm honored.

My 6 year old nephew could break 50m NW using casher if he plays like jj23 and leech tech and market buyouts

Nice but frustrating.
The government does't give the strat:
Demo can be techer, farmer or casher
Commie can be indy or techer
Rep can be casher and also farmer
Theo techer execpt end switching

Dantzig I am curious what did you play for Giant fluffffff...

given the number of players this set
given the low price of forces this set

the all time NW record falls

OP slightly updated.



Yeah that's true but most of the NW records are fairly recent and I know what strat they ran. giant flufffluff was a farmer :)


lincoln-I'd be happy to break it down any way you want. Can you give me the round numbers of those changes?


Did JJ23 also have other countries doing buyouts for him? If so, that's super lame. Tech leeches are legal according to the current rules but buyouts are just FA.

We have a new record for a T! One Hundred (#100) $14,759,660

Anyone know who played it?