[b][center][h3]January, 2018[/h3][/center][/b][center][b]Global GDP Change[/b]: [color=green][b]+1.41%[/b][/color][/center]
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[i]the Known World, 2018[/i][/center]
[u][b]January 2nd[/b][/u]
[indent]Announcements for the [b]2022 Sporte Internationale[/b] are made. An event of monumental prestige, where athletes from all over the world come together in hopes of bringing glory and honor to their nation, the Sporte Internationale is nominally held ever two years in the Spring and Fall games. Bids are awarded to nations based on charitable donations to the organization.

Any nation interested in hosting the [b]2020 Sporte Internationale[/b] may do so by putting a [b]private bid[/b] to the [b]Sporte International Bid Authority[/b] ([i]SIBA[/i]) in any sum they want. Every $15,000,000 donated will allot for [b]1 Bid[/b] to be entered into the allotment. The first five ballots will be drawn in June, 2018.[/indent]
[u][b]January 5th[/b][/u]
[indent]With elections only four months away, the [b]United Survaekom Socialist Party[/b] begins campaigning on a [b]NEW WAVE[/b] platform, promising a new generation of socialists from the party's left wing. These new candidates will bring fresh names and faces to the fore, but at the risk of being alienated by lack of name recognition. Preliminary local campaigning begins in many candidates home territories in the cool Survaekom weather.
[+5% Support for [u]United Survaekom Socialist Party[/u] for April, 2018 [b]General Election[/b]][/indent]
[u][b]January 11th[/b][/u]
[indent]A terror attack in Southton, Calloway leaves 14 dead and 44 wounded when a car bomb explodes in a metropolitan marketplace. An investigation gets underway to determine who and why such an attack was carried out. The public awaits the response from the Everett administration.[/indent]
[center][[u]January, 2018[/u] is [u]ongoing[/u].][/center]