Zombie Apocalypse Explanation

[New Kvenland]

Alright, I'm sort of new to NationStates (founded mid-July this year), and I'm still kind of new to some of these traditions. What is this Zombie Apocalypse thing? How does it work? What happened with it last year? I really want to participate, but without this information, I can't.

Thanks!

[West Aurelia]

Actually, it's completely different. On the date of the event, a special page comes up that looks like an issue with options to cure, exterminate, or join forces. Depending on which you pick, you'll unlock a different "superweapon" (cure missiles, tactical zombie elimination squads, or hordes, respectively) which you can use on your region-mates to help them out (or wreak utter chaos).

There are a bunch of graphs on every nation and region page showing the number of survivors, infected, and dead. Your national population will also subtract the number of dead, and have a line about how many are infected. The more infected in a region or nation, the faster the plague spreads to other survivors. Infection rates are based on how many nations in each region are pursuing each option. Regions with large inactive populations, or poor coordination (such as the one you're in) are usually the first to fall. Small, active regions are usually the safest. A special subforum will be opened shortly, where you can get more information of dedicated curing regions and other survival strategies.

Hope this helps.

[New Kvenland]

Actually, it's completely different. On the date of the event, a special page comes up that looks like an issue with options to cure, exterminate, or join forces. Depending on which you pick, you'll unlock a different "superweapon" (cure missiles, tactical zombie elimination squads, or hordes, respectively) which you can use on your region-mates to help them out (or wreak utter chaos).

There are a bunch of graphs on every nation and region page showing the number of survivors, infected, and dead. Your national population will also subtract the number of dead, and have a line about how many are infected. The more infected in a region or nation, the faster the plague spreads to other survivors. Infection rates are based on how many nations in each region are pursuing each option. Regions with large inactive populations, or poor coordination (such as the one you're in) are usually the first to fall. Small, active regions are usually the safest. A special subforum will be opened shortly, where you can get more information of dedicated curing regions and other survival strategies.

Hope this helps.

Thanks!