A whole new WarUrna: verify yourself, run polls, in your language
Last time I wrote, WarUrna did one thing well: give you a campaign HQ for WarEra elections. I went quiet through the last congress elections, but not idle. Since then I have shipped a full redesign and a pile of new features, and the site barely looks the same. Verify yourself in 30 seconds, browse every candidate, run your own polls, all in your own language. Here's everything new.
1. Prove it's really you, in 30 seconds
No more waiting for the game to open the race to get your ✓ verified badge. Now you prove you own your WarEra account yourself:
Open your candidacy and hit Verify.
I give you a short code. Rename one of your in-game companies to that code.
Click confirm. I check it against WarEra and stamp you ✓ verified. Done.
Lose access? Just re-verify in 30 seconds. Nothing to safeguard, no passwords, no admin in the loop.
Big thanks to @69bdf06ea5a0c0727884dcb4 for helping me get this one right.
2. Every candidate has a profile
Your campaigns now live at one clean link: warurna.trinkes.pt/u/yourname. One page, every race you're in, past and present. Share that single link instead of a dozen.
And there's a full candidate directory: browse the whole field, see who's running where, and jump straight to anyone's profile.
3. Run your own polls
WarUrna isn't just elections anymore. Create your own poll, share it, and let your country vote. Ask anything: policy, war targets, who should lead the party. You can moderate it, and each poll gets its own shareable link.
4. A ground-up redesign
I rebuilt the site from the ground up. The home page is now a proper nation hub: your country's elections, candidates, and activity in one place, plus a new World feed showing what's happening across every country at once. A persistent nav with a nation switcher and search follows you everywhere, so you can jump to any country, in any election phase, without losing your place.
5. Now in ~20 languages
WarEra is global, so WarUrna is too. The whole interface now speaks ~20 languages. Hit the language picker, pick yours, done.
6. See why the forecast says that
No more black box. A new How it works page explains exactly how WarUrna builds its forecast. Open any race and you'll see a per-candidate factor breakdown showing what's pushing each number up or down, plus live crowd vote counts so you know how many people weighed in.
From shouting in chat to a verified profile in your own language. That's the glow-up:
Found a bug? Tell me.
If something's broken or just annoying, let me know. DM Trinkes in WarEra or drop a reply on this article.