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THE CHALLENGE: 31 July 2026 Snapshot of THE CHALLENGE Ladder, Top 150

N-Day? That zombie thing? Cards? Who cares about any of that nonsense? All that really matters is

THE CHALLENGE

But there's no way to see who is on the rise. Is someone new trying to take the lead? Or at least get onto the front page/Top 20, given the points differences at the top. Has a new rising star entered the top 100? There's no way to know. Unless we occasionally stop to take a snapshot of the ladder. I'm marking this occasion as the day I myself just became the new #50. Alright, enough opening paragraph, time to show I can totally be one of those programmer types by mastering creating this table thingy without anyone helping me.

Rank	Nation	Level	Points	Specialty	Wins	Losses	Win Rate
1	The Nomadic Peoples of Kriegiersien	71	10,605,291	Black Market	189,126	11,583	94.2%
2	The Hive City of Rho Ophiuchi	77	3,690,919	Economy	89,057	29,802	74.9%
3	Desiccation	25	3,357,749	Weaponization	152,412	5,538	96.5%
4	The Catholic Kingdom of Texaska	57	3,091,761	World Assembly Endorsements	53,443	11,737	82.0%
5	The Unicorns have taken over of Aerilia	77	2,967,642	International Artwork	50,786	1,030	98.0%
6	The Dragon's Realm of Demoness	73	2,345,678	Population	40,607	1,951	95.4%
7	The People's Paradise of The United Good	64	1,966,000	Taxation	39,696	16,240	71.0%
8	The Dominion of Xyveria	65	1,934,870	-	46,870	604	98.7%
9	The Fdration of Australian rePublic	74	1,469,429	Industry: Retail	57,771	4,803	92.3%
10	The Second Best of Noahs Second Country	82	1,434,976	Rudeness	28,813	813	97.3%
11	The Barbaric Empire of Xeraph	38	1,365,165	Residency	61,296	27,152	69.3%
12	The Chronic Hatewatcher of BearStackof2015	76	1,178,024	Political Freedom	39,255	14,303	73.3%
13	The Melthing of Ratateague	75	996,102	Integrity	14,580	17,130	46.0%
14	The Confederated Districts of Treir	70	978,916	Rudeness	24,352	12,344	66.4%
15	Kurkiana	25	960,952	International Artwork	22,693	3,909	85.3%
16	Trolleborg	25	933,774	Compassion	11,093	888	92.6%
17	The Great Empire of Kandorith	73	876,512	World Assembly Endorsements	19,066	33,329	36.4%
18	The Smokin Green Land of DiscGolfLand	77	750,748	Inclusiveness	9,763	7,525	56.5%
19	The Let's All Just Get Along of Raghallaigh	71	712,595	Secularism	10,722	5,857	64.7%
20	The Warlords of Vhammpyr	45	640,084	Population	21,818	8,222	72.6%
21	The Nation of Velenar	84	635,882	Average Income of Rich	12,327	367	97.1%
22	Dabberwocky	25	631,786	International Artwork	12,403	749	94.3%
23	The Apostolic Commonwealth of New Luciannova	74	608,267	Religiousness	12,993	5,745	69.3%
24	The Republic of Madballerinas	71	570,635	Sector: Agriculture	11,170	1,053	91.4%
25	Paradeavenlisian states	25	489,471	Integrity	8,515	590	93.5%
26	The Legendary Revolution of Omnistria	73	483,654	World Assembly Endorsements	10,846	2,449	81.6%
27	The Optimistic Republic of Ptarmigans	67	444,444	Weather	6,921	1,222	85.0%
28	The Enlightened Nation of Il Sonno della Ragione Genera Mostri	78	438,684	Industry: Basket Weaving	13,006	280	97.9%
29	The Republic of Wysrod	72	413,945	Influence	12,282	861	93.4%
30	The Zombie Nation of Soviet Federative Socialists	80	407,641	Government Size	6,038	401	93.8%
31	The People's Republic of Riotania	66	371,201	Secularism	6,832	7,329	48.2%
32	The Sarcasm Tag of Canaltia	74	360,337	Influence	6,074	768	88.8%
33	The Imperial Federation of Ecalpa	72	359,000	Religiousness	6,578	1,195	84.6%
34	The Eternal Forest of Typica	72	358,769	Compassion	3,157	320	90.8%
35	The Mystery Cult of Demeter	71	352,148	-	17,031	3,382	83.4%
36	The Most Ancient and Noble House of Lancaster of Wessex	70	347,686	Population	6,903	1,276	84.4%
37	The Community of Sougra	73	346,589	Inclusiveness	3,888	4,223	47.9%
38	The Queendom of Celdonie	60	332,957	Environmental Beauty	14,939	9,757	60.5%
39	The Republic of Nation of Urie	69	319,519	World Assembly Endorsements	8,066	7,097	53.2%
40	The Frequently Inebriated Nation of Saugeen	79	319,121	Intelligence	8,025	662	92.4%
41	The Walking Dead Horde of Ostro-Visigoth	66	316,185	Wealth Gaps	10,050	362	96.5%
42	The Most Gilt Republic of Fhaengshia	87	286,970	Sector: Agriculture	5,179	349	93.7%
43	The Free State of Topid	66	285,424	Freedom From Taxation	5,572	24,579	18.5%
44	The Numerical Set of Complexo	71	285,244	Culture	8,817	393	95.7%
45	The United States of Pichu23	52	283,676	Public Healthcare	11,774	1,687	87.5%
46	The 15 Kingdoms﹠Colonial Empire of The Terren Dominion	86	281,024	Industry: Cheese Exports	5,975	762	88.7%
47	The Queendom of Thorvel	62	276,243	Religiousness	12,099	14,494	45.5%
48	The Third Social Alliance of Kyldellian Halon	81	270,866	Patriotism	8,117	1,312	86.1%
49	The Democratic Republic of Silver-Tree	74	270,184	Industry: Basket Weaving	3,480	3,742	48.2%
50	The Bardic Lorekeepers of Aethelia	70	265,004	Public Education	6,226	376	94.3%
51	The United Nations Space Command of Geidi Centauri Prime	79	264,097	Black Market	6,748	850	88.8%
52	The Indipendant World of The San Francisco Bay Area	67	262,445	-	7,512	651	92.0%
53	The Golden Throne Room of Ethnon	68	257,164	World Assembly Endorsements	11,807	5,500	68.2%
54	The Yonbankonghuaguk of Dacarbatia	65	254,232	World Assembly Endorsements	4,772	356	93.1%
55	The County of Santa Clara	70	250,142	Economic Output	5,312	151	97.2%
56	The Constitutional Republic of Urran	80	241,812	Religiousness	5,500	338	94.2%
57	The Mind of Charlotte Ryberg	49	240,453	Secularism	4,933	7,692	39.1%
58	The Republic of Concordare	73	236,447	Culture	3,192	1,560	67.2%
59	The 𝔅𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔬𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝕲𝖔𝖉 of Yodle	74	223,274	International Artwork	3,504	1,273	73.4%
60	The Republic of Portsville	83	218,470	International Artwork	603	153	79.8%
61	The Colony of Forever Peaceful	62	217,855	Pacifism	7,913	1,440	84.6%
62	The Final of The Champions League	73	214,617	International Artwork	2,840	485	85.4%
63	The Republic of Vupaguun	65	213,588	Youth Rebelliousness	4,120	1,712	70.6%
64	Temple state	25	213,325	Religiousness	6,001	534	91.8%
65	The Private Stash of Cocaine	73	213,229	-	5,050	137	97.4%
66	The Emoticons of Smiley Bob	74	203,028	Political Apathy	5,265	891	85.5%
67	The Lethadone Clinic of Drecq	79	201,511	Scientific Advancement	5,242	380	93.2%
68	The Federation of The Solid Members	57	200,644	Business Subsidization	2,379	3,101	43.4%
69	The Fantasy Worlds of Dungeons And Dragons	66	195,308	-	5,000	99	98.1%
70	The City of San Jose	77	189,704	-	5,404	116	97.9%
71	The Unitary Sovereign Republic of The Hanzanburg Union	67	187,779	World Assembly Endorsements	4,607	2,466	65.1%
72	The Easter VrijStaat of Ownzone	70	185,924	Environmental Beauty	5,498	240	95.8%
73	The Noocracy of Roliganistan	77	185,436	Secularism	4,154	628	86.9%
74	The Memorial Nation of of NewTexas	68	180,884	Residency	4,984	1,073	82.3%
75	The People's Socialist Republic of Urgabah	73	180,326	Public Transport	3,281	657	83.3%
76	The Beach Community of The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk	71	177,251	-	4,000	204	95.1%
77	The Ceòltas Tìrastrāl of Syndic Australia	68	174,883	Foreign Aid	2,846	700	80.3%
78	The Charlie Brown State of Peanutsland	44	174,882	Religiousness	12,892	4,364	74.7%
79	The Neighborhood of San Carlos	71	173,582	-	5,055	363	93.3%
80	The Union of Yungerdash	67	171,237	Inclusiveness	3,270	510	86.5%
81	The United States of Greater Somalia	82	171,157	Industry: Cheese Exports	2,288	241	90.5%
82	The Empire of Nunnystan	50	170,365	Rudeness	5,866	1,797	76.5%
83	The Social Republic of Republic of La boca	64	170,255	Inclusiveness	1,758	961	64.7%
84	The Liberal Socialist Republic of YugoslavUnion	64	169,619	Influence	3,715	3,196	53.8%
85	The Kozáctví of Czechostan	75	168,340	Culture	2,184	264	89.2%
86	The Wonderful World of Cannabis	73	166,752	-	3,859	184	95.4%
87	The Principality of Eghoo	59	165,942	Industry: Trout Fishing	4,273	198	95.6%
88	The Nomadic Peoples of Dinner Theatre Actors	63	165,000	Industry: Basket Weaving	3,109	803	79.5%
89	The Interstellar Ecumene of Ninjitsutopia	75	159,045	Cheerfulness	2,801	439	86.5%
90	The Seventh Reich of Nordegard	78	157,373	Economy	3,152	172	94.8%
91	Kosanx	25	154,046	Industry: Trout Fishing	945	44	95.6%
92	The Empire of Koem Kab	82	147,545	International Artwork	2,418	562	81.1%
93	The ឵឵឵឵ of Island Zero	75	146,138	Scientific Advancement	4,895	371	93.0%
94	The Magic of Winx club	65	145,595	Sector: Agriculture	3,736	572	86.7%
95	The Velayati Republic of The Imagination Animals	67	140,285	Patriotism	1,272	297	81.1%
96	The Cozy Reptiles of Spode Humbled Minions	66	140,101	Industry: Information Technology	2,523	1,637	60.6%
97	The Kingdom of Craff	68	139,185	Secularism	1,400	1,396	50.1%
98	The Republic of Siwale	69	134,062	World Assembly Endorsements	2,297	463	83.2%
99	The Indomitable Borderlands of The Grendels	73	133,895	Industry: Automobile Manufacturing	5,092	936	84.5%
100	The People's Republic of Huosheng	67	133,285	Law Enforcement	4,517	938	82.8%
101	The Kingdom of Rwizikuru of Luziyca	71	130,622	Average Disposable Income	1,901	7,570	20.1%
102	The Supine Socialist Slothland of Maowi	67	129,807	Foreign Aid	1,176	1,213	49.2%
103	The Grumpy Sage of Mediobogdum	60	129,491	Industry: Pizza Delivery	5,047	1,531	76.7%
104	The Grand Duchy of Spooks basement	68	127,816	Secularism	1,142	1,921	37.3%
105	The Anarchy of Blogotopia	73	127,814	Youth Rebelliousness	4,348	1,401	75.6%
106	The Psychedelic Daydream of Peoples of Waskar	73	124,609	Average Income of Poor	3,847	216	94.7%
107	The Kingdom of Bacopa	66	123,837	Safety	6,820	96	98.6%
108	The Regional Defence Council of The Anarchist Federation of Spain	69	122,951	Welfare	2,295	1,208	65.5%
109	The Kingdom of Rylland	56	121,799	Averageness	2,540	786	76.4%
110	The Smash Hit Movie Version of Brocklandia	73	120,978	Nudity	3,125	640	83.0%
111	The Free Republic of Caperdia	67	120,388	Civil Rights	866	262	76.8%
112	The Stimulated Nation of Caffeinated	70	119,393	International Artwork	2,456	569	81.2%
113	The Burnt World of Athas	66	118,846	-	3,000	101	96.7%
114	The Confederacy of Pirates and Raiders	71	117,811	Industry: Arms Manufacturing	1,632	37	97.8%
115	The Nuclear Wasteland Crater of Brakograd	67	115,174	Employment	3,414	511	87.0%
116	The Holy Red Ecstasy of Jamulah	72	115,001	Foreign Aid	2,232	177	92.7%
117	Flying-penguins	25	114,635	International Artwork	2,147	124	94.5%
118	The Federal Republic of Hamburg Neo	74	111,863	Accessibility	4,593	107	97.7%
119	The People's Republic of Invernessia	84	111,620	Influence	1,496	1,477	50.3%
120	The Blue Islands of Corindia	66	109,729	Influence	2,347	531	81.5%
121	Innato	25	107,831	Compassion	1,460	619	70.2%
122	The Constitutional Republic of Bilancorn	73	107,757	Health	1,257	345	78.5%
123	The Armed Republic of Crazed monkies	59	105,772	Environmental Beauty	2,047	397	83.8%
124	The Awesome People of Rancho San Diego	68	104,737	-	2,702	104	96.3%
125	The Democratic Republic of Ortaria	51	102,879	Civil Rights	5,497	530	91.2%
126	The Republic of Lepreconia	53	101,340	Wealth Gaps	4,752	1,367	77.7%
127	The Parliamentary Republic of Indian Empire	71	101,254	Weather	2,270	1,493	60.3%
128	The Trenchant Order of The Voltarum	68	101,188	Residency	1,401	878	61.5%
129	The Incorporated States of Landing Site Alpha	71	100,302	Secularism	1,355	664	67.1%
130	The Holy Empire of Farrakhan	79	100,242	Human Development Index	2,670	199	93.1%
131	The Dominion of Bardo	61	100,097	Nudity	3,025	2,311	56.7%
132	The Constitutional Monarchy of Fungsland	63	100,000	Influence	1,612	78	95.4%
133	The Northern Batangueño Republic of Realm of Maria clara and maria dragona	55	99,607	International Artwork	2,535	2,314	52.3%
134	The Easter of Bali Kingdom	68	98,710	Integrity	932	597	61.0%
135	The Commonwealth of Hippie Kiwis	69	97,987	Black Market	2,192	706	75.6%
136	The Christmas Zombie Horde of Chemung	70	97,284	Public Education	1,271	448	73.9%
137	The Glorious Republic of Banaria	65	96,656	Cheerfulness	1,665	240	87.4%
138	The United States of Fat Angel	70	94,702	Youth Rebelliousness	2,253	165	93.2%
139	The Multiversal Nexonate of Neo Lunatea	46	94,653	Cheerfulness	3,860	1,425	73.0%
140	The Transoceanic Republic of Aguaria Major	73	94,352	Integrity	1,432	822	63.5%
141	The Kingdom of Kkorea	56	93,956	Influence	1,608	1,237	56.5%
142	The Capitalist Alliance of The-CID	67	93,496	Industry: Automobile Manufacturing	1,351	577	70.1%
143	The More Purrfect Union of Elucubria	63	93,313	Foreign Aid	1,680	177	90.5%
144	The Kingdom of Danelag	69	93,156	Industry: Trout Fishing	1,714	2,189	43.9%
145	The Modern Consulship of Respublica Veneta	69	91,991	Niceness	1,451	1,618	47.3%
146	The Bugger All of Peoples Republic of Templelandia	68	91,323	Foreign Aid	773	332	70.0%
147	The Filthiest Homeless Shelter of RITHS	51	90,592	Secularism	3,312	12,146	21.4%
148	The Magnificent Mango Matriarchy of Mangolien	47	90,090	Pacifism	1,959	652	75.0%
149	The Capitalist Dystopia of Union of Rossiya	70	89,473	Industry: Cheese Exports	2,638	351	88.3%
150	The Armed Republic of The Cutest Bunnies	64	89,000	Nudity	1,955	762	72.0%

Notes:
It has been 5009 days since the beginning of THE CHALLENGE, so if #1 Kriegiersien has been getting 38 wins a day literally every day since THE CHALLENGE started... actually that is 100% doable and some people really are that into NS so probably no problem here, but still I hope nobody anywhere in the ladder is using "macros". Either way, probably not realistic to spend over 1000 hours trying to take the #1 spot, might settle for being in the top 20 someday. I guess that might make current #20 Vhammpyr my inevitible rival, but I'll worry about that when I get closer.
"Aerilia" is a very cool name, and they like rainbows and unicorns? TODO: Find out if I have a split personality and am also #5 Aerilia.
#7 The United Good is the highest ranked in THE CHALLENGE to have a nice round number of points. Intentional? Accident?
#8 Xyveria is the highest ranked to not have a specialty set. Brave? Or did they not know that they can do that?
Looks like many use the Ladder to pick targets, as the Top 20 tend to have a lot of losses. Who has been beating up on #17 Kandorith? Many individuals, or a few who challenged 10000 times?
Dungeons And Dragons is currently #69. Nice.
"World Assembly Endorsements" and "International Artwork", whatever that second thing even is because I don't remember seeing that when I answer issues, are the most common specialties among the top 150.
#132 Fungsland stopped at exactly 100,000 points. I did too, for a time, before deciding to move on.
Stopping the list at 150 was arbitrary, but since The Cutest Bunnies happens to be #150 right now, I'd like to see if they move up or down later. Bunnies ARE cute, that's a good nation name. A lot of these are good nation names.

Edit: ...okay so APPARENTLY using the Nation tag... might send telegrams to everyone tagged? Did I send 150 minus TheInactives telegrams? Also minus myself, as I didn't get one from myself. Okay, not doing that next time. Or EVER again. NS did NOT warn me that that would happen, though still I'm sorry if I just... spammed. I wonder if I can avoid accidental spam by posting without the Nation tag, then editting it in later, will test that another time. I know "Dispatches" were added to NS like 14 years ago, but I didn't look into what they actually were or what they were supposed to be used for or how all these bracket tags work until a few days ago so I'm still new to this.

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