Bullet Points - Yesterday News

July 13, 2026

South Korea announced itself as a serious power

South Korea crushed Japan 104.5 million to 87.2 million, the day's largest confirmed battle and a clear statement of intent from a country that hadn't previously featured prominently in our coverage. Turkiye beat Ukraine in a tight big battle (74.3M to 70.6M), and Romania beat Bulgaria (9.0M to 7.1M).

Iran and Lithuania fought again, with Iran winning 10.3 million to 4.4 million in a battle that started mid-morning and concluded in the evening. The two countries have now clashed multiple times over the past several days, and Iran has had the better of most of these encounters. Lithuania made peace with Mongolia the same day, and Poland edged out Iran in a separate big battle (64.7M to 62.1M).

South Korea announced itself as a serious power, crushing Japan 104.5 million to 87.2 million in the day's largest confirmed battle. Turkiye beat Ukraine in a tight big battle (74.3M to 70.6M), and Romania beat Bulgaria (9.0M to 7.1M).

Guatemala kept up its remarkable run, beating the United States again (2.6M to 197K) and declaring war on both Russia and Mongolia in the same day — though it broke its pact with Russia just minutes before turning on it. Bahamas beat the US again too (3.2M to 265K), extending its long unbeaten streak against the larger power.

Serbia had a mixed day: it made peace with Vatican, but opened new battles against Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Italy almost simultaneously. Despite the pressure, Serbia climbed to 2nd place in this week's country damage rankings, behind only Germany.

Puerto Rico's ongoing assault on Venezuela remains a serious territorial threat — losing this region would cut off five other Venezuelan regions from the capital.

The alliance rivalry race tightened dramatically: ATLAS vs Reservoir Dogs (3.36 billion, 43 battles) and B.E.E.R vs The Inglourious Basterds (3.37 billion, 14 battles) are now nearly tied at the top, though ATLAS vs Reservoir Dogs remains far more persistent in terms of battle count.

A quiet wave of new leadership

Two countries got new presidents: Guritz-Nomad in Saudi Arabia and Lukrake_Komkommer in Zimbabwe — the only leadership changes of the day, in an otherwise diplomacy-heavy 24 hours dominated by the Vanuatu and Egypt bankruptcy fallout (see War).

Beyond that, the day was full of smaller moves: Ghana joined The Federation alliance, Peru joined Frente Unido de Autodefensa, South Sudan joined The Inglourious Basterds, and both Belarus and Palestine joined the same alliance earlier in the day. Seven peace deals were signed, including Vatican-Serbia, Iran-China, Iran-India, and the UAE-Yemen. Iran also quietly broke its remaining pacts with Gambia, Finland, and Turkmenistan — continuing its retreat from the coalition it built just days ago.

Two more countries went bankrupt at midnight

Vanuatu and Egypt both declared bankruptcy at exactly midnight, and both saw their pacts collapse in the same instant — Vanuatu lost five (Turkiye, Mali, South Korea, Guyana, Panama), Egypt lost seven (Lithuania, South Sudan, Netherlands, Poland, Cyprus, Morocco, Belgium). Egypt, like Lithuania before it, spent the rest of the day rebuilding — re-signing with Poland, Belgium, and even Lithuania again by evening.

Without a single dramatic headline attached, Hungary pulled in small donations from at least eleven different countries today — Croatia (three times), Kyrgyzstan (twice), Italy (twice), plus Malta, Tunisia, South Africa, Morocco, Turkiye, Greece, and Bulgaria. None of the individual transfers were large, but the sheer breadth of support was unmatched by any other country today.

Elsewhere, Malaysia sent 28,954 to Sweden — the single largest transfer of the day by a wide margin. Germany continued backing Iran with another 5,000, and Sweden and Ireland also sent funds to Tehran (5,000 and 3,000 respectively). Romania sent Serbia two separate payments totaling 6,800, and Ukraine sent Serbia 5,333 across two transfers — consistent economic support matching their battlefield ties.

Two regions changed hands peacefully today: DR Congo liberated a region back to Zambia, and France liberated one back to Italy.

Yemen and India led another strong day for production bonuses

Yemen kept the top spot at 61.5% (limestone specialization), narrowly ahead of India at 60.75% (iron) and DR Congo at 60% (also iron). Serbia followed at 55.5% (steel), with Namibia, Burkina Faso, and Djibouti all tied at 50%.

Looking at individual strategic resources, India, Venezuela, Yemen, and China each led a specific category with three deposits of their respective type (coal, diamonds, lithium/rare earths, and uranium respectively) — each translating to a 35.75% combined bonus once the party contribution is included.

For workers, Yemen and India again offered the strongest overall earning potential, with India's low 4% income tax making it especially attractive compared to Serbia's steeper 10% rate.

EXTRA

Knights Hospitaller took over the top spot in the Military Unit rankings this week at 42.1 million weekly damage, narrowly ahead of SPECTRE (41.6M) and Padobranska Brigada (41.4M) — a tight three-way race, with several other units close behind.

Serbia and Libya are now tied for the most bans of all time at 15 each, with the Philippines close behind at 14. Multi-accounting continues to dominate as the top offense, now with 112 confirmed cases since we started tracking.

Community press: the day's most-read piece was Gruselmonster's fundraising appeal for Iran's war chest (651 views, 50 likes), followed by Aariz's commentary on the fallout from the US being repeatedly beaten (436 views). Sturmwehr's announcement of Austria's official mobilization program also drew strong attention (354 views) — worth watching if Austria becomes more militarily active in the coming days.

Bullet Points - July 13, 2026