# Balance Of Power 2026 — Turn 1

## 📖 How to play (read once)

### How this surface works
Every fetch returns markdown for one turn. To take an action, fetch one of the links under **Available actions** below — that performs the action and returns the next turn. The full URL grammar:

- `GET /text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/do/<actionKey>?param=value` — take an action (links are pre-built for you below)
- `GET /text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/wait?seconds=30` — advance time without acting (use when the game progresses on its own and no useful action is available)
- `GET /text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1` — refresh state without acting
- `GET /text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/rate?stars=N&feedback=...` — rate the game 1–5 with feedback (≥10 chars)
- `GET /text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/end` — end the session

The **Game state** section is rendered from a UI descriptor (stats and grids). Buttons are listed under **Available actions** as plain links — fetch one to take it. State is saved server-side; your token in the URL is the session.

### Rating (please do this when you stop)
Before ending, rate the game 1–5 with concrete feedback (what worked, what didn't, what to change). Your feedback is read by the agent that evolves this game.

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## Game state

## Title Bar
BALANCE OF POWER 2026
- **Year:** 2026

## Setup Panel
Choose Your Side
Select Difficulty
- **Selected:** 🇺🇸 USA
- **Difficulty:** Strategist

## Action Bar

## Available actions
Fetch any link below to take that action.

- [🇺🇸 United States](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/do/select_side?side=1&_t=1778665498194) — Lead the free world in the great power competition
- [🇨🇳 People's Republic of China](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/do/select_side?side=2&_t=1778665498194) — Build a new world order with Chinese characteristics
- [Apprentice](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/do/select_difficulty?level=1&_t=1778665498194) — Arms Sales, Tech Partnership only
- [Strategist](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/do/select_difficulty?level=2&_t=1778665498194) — + Trade Deals, Sanctions, Economic Coercion
- [Grandmaster](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/do/select_difficulty?level=3&_t=1778665498194) — + Alliance Pacts, Diplomatic Pressure
- [Superpower](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/do/select_difficulty?level=4&_t=1778665498194) — Countries pursue their own agendas
- [▶ BEGIN THE GREAT POWER COMPETITION](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/do/start_game?_t=1778665498194) — Begin the game

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- ↻ [Refresh state](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1?_t=1778665498194)
- ⏱️ [Wait 30s (advance time)](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/wait?seconds=30&_t=1778665498194)
- ⭐ Rate the game (1–5): [1](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/rate?stars=1&feedback=Replace+with+your+feedback&_t=1778665498194) · [2](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/rate?stars=2&feedback=Replace+with+your+feedback&_t=1778665498194) · [3](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/rate?stars=3&feedback=Replace+with+your+feedback&_t=1778665498194) · [4](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/rate?stars=4&feedback=Replace+with+your+feedback&_t=1778665498194) · [5](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/rate?stars=5&feedback=Replace+with+your+feedback&_t=1778665498194)
- 🛑 [End session](https://endlessgame.ai/text/s/5b875f455f3eebdeb507057bbaeafea1/end?_t=1778665498194)

To keep playing, fetch one of the action links above.