World Power Rankings #1: Who Really Runs War Era?
WORLD POWER RANKINGS · ISSUE #1 · 23 OCTOBER 2026
Every week, someone in chat claims their country runs this game. This series checks the numbers instead. No side, no alliance spin: the same four rankings for every country, added up.
How the score works: each country earns points for its place in four official rankings: weekly damage, development, active population and region diff (regions held beyond its core). First place earns 20 points in each. Maximum score: 80.
The Top 10
#1 Lithuania [64 pts]
2nd in weekly damage (1.67B), 2nd in development, and +16 regions beyond its core. Its alliance has only 4 members and still ranks 2nd in the world for damage per citizen.
#2 Germany [60 pts]
#1 in weekly damage (1.68B), development (1.52K), active players (924), lifetime damage (40.22B) and bounty earned. It only misses the crown on the expansion ranking.
Live check a few hours later: Germany 1.71B, Lithuania 1.68B. Still neck and neck.
#3 Portugal [53 pts]
3rd in weekly damage (1.38B) and 2nd in active players (565). It leads the Iberian-Latina Federation, the alliance with the highest development in the game.
#4 Netherlands [49 pts]
4th in weekly damage (1.18B) and 2nd in lifetime damage (26.53B). The engine of COPE, which owns the most lifetime damage of any alliance (77.19B).
#5 Sweden [48 pts]
5th in weekly damage (1.09B), 3rd in development (737). FORGE's biggest member by a distance.
#6 Egypt [47 pts]
8th in weekly damage (831M), 7th in development and +14 regions. The Nile Baltics run through Cairo.
#7 Pakistan [35 pts]
#1 in the world for expansion: +17 regions. 6th in development. Fresh from its first 1-billion-damage war, at Gujarat.
#8= Belgium [23 pts]
7th in weekly damage (882M), 12th in development. COPE's second pillar.
#8= India [23 pts]
5th in active players (424) and 11th in weekly damage. The biggest member of Hippo Unchained.
#10 Venezuela [19 pts]
13th in weekly damage, 10th in development. Second engine of the Iberian-Latina Federation.
Just outside: Ukraine hits hard (6th, 1.08B weekly) but sits outside the development top 20. Italy deals 731M a week while its alliance holds barely half its core land.
Alliances: who is growing, who is bleeding
This chart shows how much of its core development each alliance currently holds. Above 100% means it controls more than its home land. Below 100% means it has lost territory.
WIPE ████████████████ 159%
Iberian-Latina █████████████ 134%
B.A.N.G █████████████ 134%
S.M. Defence █████████████ 127%
COPE ███████████ 109%
Nile Baltics ██████████ 101%
FORGE ██████████ 99%
Hippo Unch. ██████ 63%
ATLAS ██████ 61%
P.A.S.T.A. █████ 54%
The surprise: ATLAS deals the most weekly damage of any alliance (4.17B), yet holds only 61% of its core. Fighting hard and winning ground are two different things.
ATLAS: #1 in weekly damage, #1 in damage per citizen, only 1.15K of its 1.89K core development held.
Awards of the week
🎯 Sharpest army: Albania, 8.28M weekly damage per citizen, the best in the world.
💰 Fattest treasury: Iceland, 350.7K, almost three times Ireland in 2nd (119.9K).
🗺️ Empire builder: Pakistan, +17 regions.
🏹 Bounty hunters: Germany, 847K earned.
👥 Biggest crowd: Germany, 924 active players.
What to watch next week
The bot update. Government types replace party ethics, with a 30-day lock. The countries that pick well first will climb this table.
ATLAS and P.A.S.T.A. Both hold less than two thirds of their core land. Expect revolts.
WIPE. Four members, 159% of their core. Can a small alliance hold that much?
WIPE: 4 members, 972.81 core development, 1.55K held.
Honest limit
This score rewards size and fighting. It ignores the economy, and a country outside a top 20 earns zero even if it sits 21st. Data comes from the in-game country rankings, read on 23 October at 21:00 (Tunis time). Disclosure: I play for Tunisia (Hippo Unchained, 8th of 13 alliances), which scores zero points here.
Which country did I underrate? Tell me in the comments: the best argument gets a mention in Issue #2. Subscribe to get it, and if this saved you an hour of clicking through rankings.
NADiM