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Balance of power, an Uncommon card
The balance of power theory in international relations suggests that states may secure their survival by preventing any one state from gaining enough military power to dominate all others.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 64,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Balance of power quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Balance of power card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Balance of power. Balance of power 83 · Ahvaz 80 · Benin City 77 · Cap Anson 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Ahvaz. Ahvaz 110,000 · Balance of power 64,000 · Durango 41,000 · 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans 24,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- If one state becomes much stronger, the theory predicts it will take advantage of its weaker neighbors, thereby driving them to unite in a defensive coalition.
- Some realists maintain that a balance-of-power system is more stable than one with a dominant state, as aggression is unprofitable when there is equilibrium of power between rival coalitions.
- When threatened, states may seek safety either by balancing, allying with others against the prevailing threat, or bandwagoning, aligning themselves with the threatening power.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Balance of power article was read about 64,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Balance of power
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Cap AnsonUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 95
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Balance of power (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Honoré Daumier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
