Nation reclassified without notice, inconstant across site

[Thistledom]

I was surprised to log in this morning and find my nation Corporate Police State. (Happily surprised, as I was trying to get back to that, but surprised nonetheless.)

My last few National Happenings:

22 hours ago: Following new legislation in Thistledom, all news sources are under strict government control.
1 day 23 hours ago: Following new legislation in Thistledom, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit.
1 day 23 hours ago: Thistledom was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Compulsory Consumerist State".
1 day 23 hours ago: Following new legislation in Thistledom, there is a disproportionate number of poor people in prison.
5 days ago: Following new legislation in Thistledom, wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby.
5 days ago: Thistledom was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Father Knows Best State".

I checked the news posts, thinking maybe some behind the scenes calculations had changed, but I saw nothing there.

I'm not unhappy about this happening, but I really like this site and so I wanted to point this out just in case.

Edit: Hmm, and under my icon to the left of this post:
Thistledom
Political Columnist

Posts: 4
Founded: Nov 04, 2005
Compulsory Consumerist State

Yet my nation page says:

The Borderlands of
Thistledom
Corporate Police State

[Luna Amore]

Resynced your nation with the forum. Not sure about the initial change though.

[Trotterdam]

You can blame me for that one! It's related to this.

Your Social Conservatism is 67.92. You're supposed to be a Compulsory Consumerist State if it's less than or equal to 67, and a Corporate Police State if it's strictly greater than 67. This means that if the calculation rounds it to the next-lower integer (which is 67) then it appears to be "less than or equal to 67", while if the proper value is used (as has now been fixed) then it appears to be "strictly greater than 67", giving a different government categoty.

Or tl;dr: Yes, the behind-the-scenes calculations changed. Your nation's stats haven't actually changed, but the way those stats are converted into text labels has been tweaked slightly, in a manner which matters for a small percentage of nations in an edge case that you happened to fall into.

[Thistledom]

That makes sense. Thanks for the info!