Usually you can have the attacker by the 3rd step the other steps are just extra ways. this is why I think Anonymity  is so useless as a spell. 

Nightmare    <TOP>

This is a great spell, with a few active Rogue personality races who have this spell you can really cripple any opponent. Any kingdom with a group of active Mages should be either into nightmare which will make it easier to attack the target or tornadoes which is explained below.

Tornadoes    <TOP>

Target Finding     <TOP>

There is 2 ways to do this, the Easy way and the longer almost as easy way...

where is says "nw-42" change it to another number like 41, 40 or any and it will load up the lists for THAT island.
 

When thinking about What target you want you first have to look at your own provence.  Are you a good attacker I mean do you have high DPA and OPA? just High OPA and ok DPA or which ever.  IN MY OPINION Never ever hit someone with higher defence than you have when you have army out, ESPECIALLY if your hitting an attacker, why? Most likely they will hit you back and where is the gain in that? Loss of army, loss of built land, gain maybe gain 100 acres from a 500 acre grab and then you gotta pay to build on it. So where is the growth? I mean better off exploring.

General Tips     <TOP>

I could call this section "OTHER" but I think General Tips is fine, this is just a bunch of things that might be said to players while chatting, or in certain situations, so why not write them down and learn them all at once? well now you can and here they are.

Please visit these Utopian Fansites...
Some good utopian sites to visit. 

www.UtopiaTemple.com  ******** 10/10
- Best Utopia Related Site On The Net, got everything Programs, Forums, Strategies, Picture gallery, Target finder and so on.

http://utopiafreaks.cjb.net/  ***** 5/10
http://www.firest0rm.com/  *** 3/10 
http://www.zoncon.com/utopia/  * 1/10

Science Pump     <TOP>

Science pumps -
explorers shouldn't have to science pump if they are good enuff - just run 20 % libraries all age and you should be able to keep good sciences
If your doing a science pump run this
25 % unis
10 % farms
rest banks/farms

During a science pump, max out income and housing first - then move on to the rest
if your an attacker get war and no real need for Crime or Channeling

War Strats     <TOP>

So your a new monarch and want to know some nice tips on how to beat that opposing kingdom, I will give you some Simple strats, made for working class wars and ghetto wars. Top kingdoms usually have there own strats as they are all so active.

First you need to look at your opponents kingdom, see those big enough to make attacks (e.g. big Orcs, Avians, Dwarfs, Undeads), see who looks like a thief (usually higher honor) then you as a monarch can usually do most of this but its good to have another 1 or 2 people online go through the whole kingdom getting "Crystal Ball" of all the members. make sure you first load up utopia angel and go to "KINGDOM" and then input the WAR kingdoms location press CTRL-A then CTRL-C this will copy the kingdom page of the opponents and when you get CB's it will estimate the thief ratio and wizards. now once you have all the cbs or most if its just you, then post it all in the forum under maybe "CB data" then make a thread called "WAR ORGANIZATION" in here you will have gone over all the cbs info and see who has the lowest thieves so you steal there food and resources, see who are the thief's in the war kingdom and see who the attackers are and weigh up who might attack who. You should know what spec your kingdom mates are if they are Attackers or Thief/Mages so you can assign certain people to certain people in the war kingdom.

Secondly now that you have all the CB data in a post under your WAR ORGANIZATION you post a formatted CB DATA info list. This will take about 1 hour but is worth it as your kingdom will love you for it, make it look something like this.

LOWEST TO HIGHEST DPA (Defense per acre)

Enemy Province - 23 DPA / 445 Acres

Enemy Province 3 - 29 DPA / 700 Acres

Enemy Province 2 - 45 DPA / 1,150 Acres

LOWEST TO HIGHEST TPA (Thieves per acre) (2:1 = 2 Thief per 1 Acre)

Enemy Province 2 - 0.6:1 TPA

Enemy Province - 1:1 TPA

Enemy Province 3 - 4.2:1 TPA

HIGHEST TO LOWEST GOLD

Enemy Province - 1.5 Mil / 1:1 TPA

Enemy Province 2 - 600k / 0.6:1 TPA

Enemy Province 3 - 20k / 4.2:1 TPA

HIGHEST TO LOWEST RUNES

Enemy Province 3 - 80k / 4.2:1 TPA

Enemy Province - 10k / 1:1 TPA

Enemy Province 2 - 0 / 0.6:1 TPA

HIGHEST TO LOWEST FOOD

Enemy Province - 600k / 1:1 TPA

Enemy Province 2 - 200k / 0.6:1 TPA

Enemy Province 3 - 30k / 4.2:1 TPA

I will not lie to you, it takes time, and allot of concentration, BUT if you want to be a great monarch you are going to have to put in the time, sure you can get a program to do this and maybe some already have (I would love a copy) but doing things like this will help out immensely in war, you can look at this small list and say I want gold and I have 2:1 TPA so Enemy Province is a good target.

Another Kingdom war strategy is to collect up soldiers and send them to 1 player a more smaller player who can then cast aggression and hit provinces allot bigger than him taking lots more land. This strategy is frowned upon in the higher ranks but from working class to ghetto its fine, do it, sure it messes the trade balance but just send the soldiers back when they return. You should have enough defense by then.

Remember Nightmare, its an amazing Mage ability, read my section on it and use it in war.

The Plague, this is funny, I like it, if you give it to someone they can then give it to someone else. E.G. I hit an opponent and give him the plague, he now has reduced defense so another member of my kingdom hit him, and they contract the plague, so they have reduced defense and then someone from the opposing kingdom hits them, and contracts the plague. Funny? Hell Yeah, I seen it done several times, Basically is the plague is good but if your not a sage, be careful.

Make sure everyone in your kingdom has cast "Reflect Magic" this is an awesome defensive spell, I have seen 8 meteors be reflected back upon the sender. that's defense! and cast Magic Shield or Mystic Aura these help as well.

Remember in war that COMMUNICATION, KEEPING DEFENSE, HONOUR AND FAIR PLAY are the key to getting the enemy to surrender, if you keep the information flowing, your defense up and you don't do things that could cause them to call in allies then you will have no problem getting them to surrender.

Alliances... The Good and Bad     <TOP>

In my experience as a 16 Age player, Alliance leader for 11 or 12 ages and monarch/regent of countless kingdoms I have found Alliances to be a waste of time, most alliances are formed around its leader, meaning he will Offer help if they offer help in return which is mainly what they ask for your help in this and that, most of the time to protect them in war.

Joining an alliance makes you Obligated to help them when they say, putting you in positions where your kingdom loyalty, friendship loyalty and honour loyalty is in question. I mean say your a member of AAC (Alliances Are Crap) and your kingdom is not, your Monarch decided to war an AAC Kingdom, what do you do, Fight against this alliance being loyal to your kingdom and kingdom mates or loyal to your alliance and forget your kingdom and abstain from the fight, I mean there is no exception here.

Say your kingdom joins an alliance you are obligated to do things that may not be in favour of kingdom growth and you may not be in the right, your alliance leader could have started a war over nothing been in the wrong and just to defend his/her lies they declare a war. I mean is it worth it?

The best alliance is your kingdom, you all can work together and take on any opponent, an if say some pathetic alliance decides to bash your kingdom for no reason then call on friends, message large kingdoms and ask them to message the offenders and have them stop, don't ask them for military support until they have had a shot at trying to resolve the issue.

Age 22 Update - I have spent 1 year training a AWESOME kingdom and to be in top ranks these days you either need alot of friends or an alliance, YES I still believe alliances are bad and should not be in Utopia but you need them for protection if you have a small member but good growing kingdom (like mine 15 players but always ending top of island)

Q&A (credit to Odd Faery Age 20-21)    <TOP>

Q. More than half my land is built. Why can't I explore?
A. For some reason, you now have to have more land built/in progress than double the
land in exploration + barren land. So if all my land is build and I have 100 acres in
exploration, I'd have to have more than 200 acres built/in progress in order to explore.

Q. I'm playing a thief, so why do I have to worry about my peasants dreaming of large
armies? If I'm playing attacker why do I have to worry about peasants being happy with
my thief successfulness?
A. You can focus on thief ops to gain happiness as well. Happiness isn't necessarily
something you can satisfy on all fronts (attacker, mage, thief, explorer).

Q. why is my happiness below Happy if I don't have any messages under the Civilian
advisor?
A. The civilian advisor only displays "Noteworthy" concerns. Even though a concern is
not Noteworthy, does not mean that it doesn't exsist. Most likely there are many little
things wrong that are making your peasies not happy...

Q. Why is my max population more than my total population, but I am not getting any
peasants when the hour changes?
A. You have the plague, from either attacking an undead province or an already plagued
province, or being attacked by one of these.

Q. Why isn't my income 3.0gc x Peasants when the advisor says it is.?
A. "Peasants" is poorly worded. The game should state that "employed peasants" or
"filled jobs" earn 3.0gc per hour. You take the smaller of your peasants and jobs. Since
later on, # of peasants is often smaller than # of jobs, the choice was probably made to
oversimplify it. But peasants only provide income when employed. Also, you have to
factor in bonuses such as being human, science, banks, and mines.

Q. My income still isn't right. Why not?
A. You might have riots on you, or if you're in war you have an income defecit.
 

*SPELLS*
 

Q. Why did I lose "paradise" from my spell list?
A. You are at war - see the Relations section of the guide.

Q. Why isn't mind focus working?
A. Mind focus boosts science points as they arrive. Casting it has no immediate, visible
impact. Arriving points are boosted by +10% for the duration of the mind focus spell.

Q. Why doesn't builder's boon work?
A. After you cast it, your build time will be reduced. The figure usually quoted is 10%,
although some people have complained of it having no effect with build times of around
10 hours. Also, you have to build AFTER you cast the spell to have any effect.

Q. How does Nature's Blessing's 20% chance of curing plague work?
A. Each time you cast the spell, if you have the plague you have a 20% chance of getting
rid of it. It does NOT help prevent the plague, and leaving it on won't give u a 20%
chance of curing it each hour.

*THIEF OPERATIONS*

Q. Why do I have riots, when I'm a Merchant?
A. Riots will still happen. The message about reducing your tax revenues is erroneous.
As a Merchant, your income is not impacted by riots.

Q. Why when I use propaganda do I return with 0 of whatever I'm taking sometimes?
A. Propaganda is an operation that randomly chooses between thieves, wizards, elites,
specs to take. It will often select units that the target has zero of or just plain very
few. This is why you should be selective when choosing this operation. Also, if you do
not send enough thieves it is possible for you to return with zero. Regardless, you will
still get honor from this.

*ATTACKING/MILITARY*

Q. Why didn't I gain elites during my attack?
A. You need to pick challenging targets near your size. Targets with low defense, or
smaller than your province, will not likely yield elites. Elite conversion is a reward
for attacking worthwhile opponents.

Q. Why can't I send mercenaries on my attacks?
A. You are a dwarf and dwarves can not send mercenaries, or you do not have enough money
to pay for them. Dwarves CAN send prisoners, though.

Q. I failed an attack using mercenaries, but after the attack I still had the money. Why
didn't they go to combat?
A. For some reason, when you fail an attack with mercenaries, you do not have to pay for
them.

Q. Why do my elites cost more than what the guide says they do?
A. Elites cost $1 extra for every 3 acres you grow past 500 acres.

Q. I got elites that I never trained and didn't convert from attacking. How?
A. If you have armories you have a chance of some of your specialist units converting
into elites each hour.

*BUILDINGS*

 
Q. Why can't I build stables?
A. You are an avian and avians do not have the option to use stables.

*RACE/PERSONALITY*
 

Q. What good does it do to be an Undead Rogue?
A. Undead Rogues have access to all thief operations.

Q: Why can dwarves build dungeons in they cant use mercenaries?
A: Dwarves CAN use prisoners as free mercenaries, they cannot get third-party paid
mercs.

Q. Elves have -35% military losses, and hospitals give up to -60%. Does that mean that
elves with 15% hospitals have -95% combat losses? (This also applies to Sage/IA, tool
science/BB, etc.)
A. Bonuses are multiplicative, not additive. In other words, the elf with 15% hospitals
would have .4 * .65 = .26, or -74%, combat losses.
 

Q. Does +100% avian elite conversion mean all my specialists will become elites
A. No, this means you will have double elite conversion if you're an avian.
 

*RELATIONS*

Q. Why can't I surrender when there have been no attacks by my kingdom for 3 Utopian
days?
A. The time limit is based on real time. So if somebody attacked at the very END of an
hour, you would have to wait to surrender after the very END of the hour 3 hours later.
(ie. last attack at 4:28, can't surrender till after 7:28)

Q. Do thief ops and spell move the hostile meter? the war meter?
A. Hostile: yes. war: no, except land lust

*OTHER STUFF*

Q. What is vacation mode?
A. By going into vacation mode you put your province into protection for a minimum of 3
days. During this time you will not be able to log in, and everything in your province
will stop (simply put, your province will be the exact same size, have the same money,
peasants, military, etc as when u left)

Q. I set vacation before I left for holidays, then when I was back I realised I never
was in vacation, why?
A. Your province will NOT go in protection mode if you do ANY spells, thief ops, or
attacks on ANYBODY after you set your province to go into vacation.

Q. Why when I try to make an account it says that the game is full?
A. The game is not actually full, but the server thinks it is because the method the
server places new provinces in the game. If you can't create an account just keep
trying, soon it will give you a spot.

Q. When I first log in to my province (transferring in beginning of age only I believe)
Why does it say my email is wrong?
A. If you have a SWIRVE email account, the address is YourEmail@swirvemail.com. This
changed an age or two ago and u're just not used to it.

Q. Why can't I defect?
A. You have either used up your 3 defections already, or the server believes that there
are no spots because it randomly selects kingdoms. Just keep trying.

Q. How many soldiers do I need to send to damage a dragon?
A. In order to make 1% damage to a dragon, you need to send X soldiers such that X=YOUR
kingdom's networth divided by 3000.
 

Q. Why did Angel say that I would gain _____ acres but I gained less? Why did Angel say
I had 100% chance of success but I still failed my attack? Why did Angel say anything
would happen that didn't actually happen?
A. Angel is not made by Utopia, therefore nothing it guarantees is something you can
rely on in the game. Though it is useful, it is not as perfect, so don't rely on it
completely. Your Utopian experience will be far more enjoyable if you learn how the game
works and can do all your calculations yourself.

Q. Why does it say I can't get in my kingdom forums?
A. Depending on the situation, you can, but you'll need to clear your cookies, check
browser security settings, delete your temporary internet files, and/or exit out of your
browser. Having done that, if you have a problem try rebooting your computer and try
accesing your kingdom forums after that. Also, generally this only comes up in 1-2
circumstances 1: more than one account is being played from your computer, 2: somebody
changed the monarchy to or from yourself.

Q. What does (place acronym here, such as MP, TTT, etc) mean?
A. Utopian Acronyms can be found at
http://boards.swirve.com/board.cgi?boardset=utopia&boardid=faq&thread=8&spec=4406945
not mentioned there is TTT, To the top, in order to move a thread to the top of the
forums.

Q. Will I get deleted if somebody I live with or a friend plays their account on my
computer?
A. As long as you're not hitting each other, helping each other, or hitting the same
people, you should not have any problems getting deleted.

MORE Q/A

*SPELLS*
Thalius, alliance leader of VAT, asked the good question: If my my spell says, "(Estimated: 1 more Days)," do I need to cast it again before the hour changes or should I wait until after?
A. It really depends on the spell. Spells like Fertile Lands, Love and Peace, and Mind Focus are all spells whose effects occur right at the hour change. For these spells, their last effect will take place on the hour it expires (ie. Thalius's Love and Peace will give him extra peasants the next hour change, but he'll need to re-cast it next hour for continuous effects). However, Spells like Inspire Army, Minor Protection, and Builders' Boon have their effects DURING the hour. So if this were one of these types of spells you need to do one of two things: Cast it as soon as the hour changes if you want non-stop effects, or cast it before the hour changes so you don't have to worry about it. But after the hour changes, you will no longer have faster-training troops, faster building time, or +10% protection. On a side note, Inspire army is both types of spells, so when the hour changes, you will no longer have faster training, but for the expiring hour change, your maintenance will still be lower.

*MILITARY*
Q. Why do my elites cost more/less than what the guide says they do?
A. There are 3 reasons this would happen. 1:Elites cost $1 extra for every 3 acres you grow past 500 acres. 2: Elves have -30% military costs, so their elites are 30% cheaper than the guide says. 3: Likewise, Avians have +10% military costs, so their elites cost 10% more than what the guide says.

*OTHER*
Q. Why am I not listed on the world charts, even though my NW should put me on the chart?
A. During protection, everyone's NW grows very rapidly. The updates only happen every 6 hours, so you could be looking at where the top provinces were 5 hours ago. Also, the game only updates your acres/NW when you logon, so the charts might have been updated based on old data from your province.

Q. How much of my TB decays per hour?
A. 0.25% of your TB decays per hour.

Q. How do you calculate your NW?
A. Add these up
Peasants = 1gc
Soldiers = 2gc
Gc = 1/1000gc
Land = 15gc
Buildings = 15gc
Science = 1/35gc
Specialists = 5gc
Elite = 8gc
Thief = 6gc
Wizard = 6gc
Horses = 1/5gc

Take that and multiply by 1.1, it may be a few points off, but only due to rounding.
(I just checked mine, and came up with a NW of 756,103 and my actual is 756,102gc)

Here is a list of the most commonly used Utopia-related acronyms & abbreviations (updated for Age 15):

Anon - Anonymity (Spell)
Arm - Armoury (Building)
AW - Assassinate Wizards (Thief op)
BB - Builder's Boon (Spell)
BF - BattleFields (Server)
BG - Bribe Generals (Thief Op)
BL - Bloodlust (Spell)
BM - BeastMaster (Faery Elite)
BT - Bribe Thieves (Thief Op)
CB - Crystal Ball (Spell)
CE - Crystal Eye (Spell)
CS - Clear Sight (Spell)
Def Spec - Defensive Specialist
Dice - Paradise (Spell)
DPA - Defense Per Acre
ET - Expose Thieves (Spell)
FG - Fool's Gold (Spell)
FL - Fertile Lands (Spell)
GP - Greater Protection (Spell)
GW - Ghost Workers (Spell)
HG - Half-Giant (Halfling Elite)
HT - HammerThrower (Orc def spec)
IA - Inspire Army (Spell)
KD - Kingdom
L&P - Love & Peace (Spell)
LL - LandLust (Spell)
MA - Mystic Aura (Spell)
Merc - Mercenary
MM - Miner's Mystique (Spell)
MP - Minor Protection (Spell)
MS - Meteor Showers (Spell)
NB -Nature's Blessing (Spell)
NW - Net Worth
Off Spec - Offensive Specialist
OOP - Out of Protection
OPA - Offense Per Acre
PPA - (Science) Points Per Acre
Prop - Propaganda (Thief op)
RtG - Rob the Granaries (Thief op)
RtT - Rob the Towers (Thief op)
RtV - Rob the Vaults (Thief op)
SKD - SuperKingdom
SoM - Spy on Military (Thief op)
SoS - Spy on Sciences (Thief op)
Spec - Specialist
SW - Sabotage Wizards (Thief op)
TB - Trade Balance
TD - Thieves' Dens (Building)
TF - Torch Farms (Thief op)
TM - Traditional March (Attack)
ToG - Tree of Gold (Spell)
TPA - Thieves Per Acre
TW - Town Watch (Spell)
Uni - University (Building)
Util - Utilization
WoL - World of Legends (Server)
WPA - Wizards Per Acre
WS - War Spoils (Spell)
WT - WatchTower (Building)
Zerk - Berzerker (Dwarf Elite)

Happiness  PRETTY OLD NOW   <TOP>

Happiness is a new addition to utopia, it replaces Utilization, Both are heavily flawed. The unfortunate thing about Happiness is that if you are hit allot, its allot harder to get the people happy again that it was to get Utilization back up.  Happiness relies on several factors. In short, if your province is prospering then your people will be happy, if your province is going backwards your people will not be happy.  There is no set figures for this because its something Mehul is trying to hide from the players.

N.B. I personally think Mehul should change Happiness so that if you are gangbanged to a certain % of your acres there are levels of "Patriotism" where your peasants know your province is being attacked hard and will work harder to fix up the province, this will help those being hit hard to getting back on track. Take a real life example, September 11th 2001 when the World Trade Buildings were destroyed by terrorists the people of New York and all across the country worked HARD and FAST to clear the site and repair and keep the economy moving. If this was reflected in utopia it would be very beneficial to the game I believe. Anyway back to the Happiness...

From my short experience with Happiness I have seen that it is effected by these factors.

Trade Balance, If you have a very large negative trade balance it will cause more unhappy people.

Economy, If you are not making much gold each hour the peasants will be more unhappy that if you were making lots of gold       each our after expenses.

Draft Rate, It seems if too higher a % of your population is drafted into army your people will be unhappy.

Attacking, It seems that if you hit provinces smaller than you around 50% (Half) your size and smaller the people will be unhappy because of your unfair play, I believe its also in the "HISTORY" the average size of your opponents you hit. 

Monarchy, I believe this adds a slightly positive effect to happiness as you are the leader of the kingdom, your peasants think they are somewhat higher than other peasants.

Employment, This is a LARGE factor in happiness, if you have near perfect employment all peasants being employed then the happiness rating will soar, but the more unfilled jobs the more unhappy peasants.

War, it seems Mehul really wants to encourage war among kingdoms so if your at war the people will be more happy.

Thievery, If you thief allot and have a high % success rate the people will be more happy

Growth, If your province grows a certain amount each day the people are more happy

Mystics, If you have good success rate and do lots of magic happiness goes up.

Civilian Advisor     <TOP>

Ok this is a new part to the site, I am going to add in all the Happiness messages I get here and what they mean and how they can be changed for the better or what will make them unhappy. I will try and get the % on some of them as the age goes on.

There are a few things which could influence the changes of these messages either a % based on the province or a certain number or maybe its compared to the rest of the server. As more information comes in on actual figures I will update this area more

NOTE: I did put in allot of effort into this happiness section at first but I find that its not so much needed for newbie's I mean its more a top player discussion. I can just suggest things that MIGHT help the happiness level improve. What I have now done is get premission from BloodRaven to copy in a section on happiness that he has Researched in the Utopia Temple forums.

Also if you find some data here that you think might not be right, please email all proof and data to BloodRaven

AGE 21 HAPPINESS RESEARCH BELOW
 

Explenation of the colors with the messages:
White: is for which happiness message is written about.
Lime: is used for marking the general type of this happiness message.
Blue: is the description of what causes this message to pop-up.
Green: is the effect of the message in happiness levels.
Red: is for what relation it can be achieved in (all relations or hostile/ war relations only).
Coral: is for the duration of this happiness message.
 

*~* Military *~*
Our people feel you are brave and bring great pride to these lands! Military - Attacks
Land increased by 9.5% and more through combat, not during hostile/ war, when target has a larger army (whether this is absolute (in numbers) or with defense points is not clear yet).
Happiness effect is +0.5 to +1.0 level.
This message can only be achieved outside hostile/ war relations. Hostile relations cancel this message (it goes away within 3 hours).
Timeframe of the message dependant on amount gained and difficulty of attack.


Our people feel it is cowardly to pick on smaller and weaker enemies. They dream of a leader who is bold and daring. Military - Attacks
When attacking a province through TRADITIONAL MARCH which is less then 80% of your current LAND size.
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
This message can only be achieved when having no relations with another kingdom.
Timeframe seems to be around 12 to 18 hours.


Our people are proud that our empire grows so much! Military - Growth
Land increased by more then 30% through combat (without retals) or exploration within 36 hour timeframe.
This indicator source was found by Pleshy!
Happiness effect is +0.5 to +1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Timeframe of the message between 12 and 18 hours, or untill land is lost in combat.


Our people wonder why our lands are shrinking and question your leadership abilities. Military - Growth
50%(?) or more land lost within 24 hours (might be 36 or 48 hours too). (rumors indicate that also with 40% land lost this message appears)
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level. (could also be -1.5 to -2.0)
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Timeframe of the message seems to be 24 hours, or untill the percentage of land lost is under 50%.

Our people are proud of the army's potential to overrun mighty enemies. Military - Status
A co-researcher claims this indicator to appear when having 2.5 offense point to 1 defense points, soldiers not counted. There is however still not enough information to know for sure.
This indicator might be found by Tappaja.
Happiness effect is +0.5 to +1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.


Our people dream of armies that can conquer great opponents! They feel we are too defensive right now. Military - Status
For Halflings there is a confirmed need to have 17.5 raw OPA (including happiness) before the message dissapears. Raw means here that the total offense points are split by the acres, and no bonuses or penalties are included.
For Avians, Dwarves, Elves, Humans and Undead the amount of offense is 20 raw OPA (including happiness) from elites only.
I have not got enough information from Fearies to know for sure if they need either 17.5 or 20 raw OPA to get rid of this message.
For Orcs i still haven't got any data, but since there are hardly any exploring orcs, i doubt this is necessary to know.
There is not enough information at hand at this point to estimate if this message also goes away with elites and offense specialists, or offense specialists only.
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.


Our people are annoyed with the size of our military. Military - Status
When amount of military including wizards exceeds 65% of total population for a period of 48 hours. This message takes the balance over the ENTIRE 48 hours.
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.

 

 *~* War related *~*
Our people seem bored and crave war. War
After six reallife days after the Age starts. Also when not at War for more then 20(?) real time days.
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations except war.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.


Our people tire of war. They dream of a life of peace and stability. War
After seven reallife days of WAR relations with another kingdom (non-stop). This might also be true when having WAR relations for more then seven reallife days within a 10 days timeframe.
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
This message can only be achieved during WAR relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met. Otherwise untill about 18 hours after it was last met.


Our people disapprove of our kingdom's failures in current and recent declared relations. War
This message might pop-up when during war relations there have been no attacks from the declaring side for more then 10 hours. Since information about this is rare, this is not being investigated actively.
This message was reported by Prince Vegeta!
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level(?).
This message can only be achieved during hostile and war relations.
Maximum duration is 24 hours(?), if requirement is met, after when the relations are automatically ended.
 

*~* Thief and Mage *~*
Our people are proud of the reputation of our thieves' guilds. Thief and Mage
When having done 15 succesfull offensive points above the amount of succesfull points against you.
ALSO: failure is calculated as offensive points against you!
Happiness effect is +0.5 to +1.0 level.
Happiness effect MIGHT increase when amount of points exceeds +100 with +1.0 level.
This message can only be achieved during Hostile/ War relations.(rumors claim this also to be available during no relations)
Timeframe is 48 hours after last time the requirement was met.


Our people talk highly of our wizards and their abilities. Thief and Mage
When having done 15 succesfull offensive points above the amount of succesfull points against you.
ALSO: failure is calculated as offensive points against you!
Happiness effect is +0.5 to +1.0 level.
Happiness effect MIGHT increase when amount of points exceeds +100 with +1.0 level.
This message can only be achieved during Hostile/ War relations. (rumors claim this also to be available during no relations)
Timeframe is 48 hours after last time the requirement was met.


Our people are annoyed with the apparent failures of our thieves. Thief and Mage
When the amount of succesfull OFFENSIVE points against you minus your succesfull offensive points is 15 or greater.
ALSO: failure is calculated as offensive points against you!
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
Happiness effect MIGHT increase when amount of points exceeds -100 with -1.0 level.
This message can only be achieved during Hostile/ War relations.
Timeframe is 48 hours after last time the requirement was met.


Our people complain about our inability to compete with others in the art of magic. Thief and Mage
When the amount of succesfull OFFENSIVE points against you minus your succesfull offensive points is 15 or greater.
ALSO: failure is calculated as offensive points against you!
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
Happiness effect MIGHT increase when amount of points exceeds -100 with -1.0 level.
This message can only be achieved during Hostile/ War relations.
Timeframe is 48 hours after last time the requirement was met.

 

 *~* Aid/ Economy *~*
Our people appreciate your willingness to maintain a strong, yet reasonable military. Economy
Co-researchers have informed me they are investigating this message and found that this message requires the amount of peasants to exceed 60%.
It's not confirmed in any way yet, so please provide me with PROOF about this subject.
This indicator source MIGHT have been found by Thunderaze and Wimp!
Happiness effect is +0.5 to +1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.


The people are happy with your handling of the economy. Economy
When you have less then 20% unfilled jobs, and expenses are less then 25% of modified income (shown before expenses at the council page). There is a balance time frame here, how long is not clear yet (might be about 24 hours)
This indicator source was found by Russian Sputnik! It is however not full proof yet.
Happiness effect is +1.5 to +2.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Limited duration, untill the below message appears.


The people are happy with your general economic policies. Economy
When you have the happy with handling of the economy message for several reallife days (see above)
Happiness effect is not available
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.


Our people are worried about the lack of a vibrant economy in our society. They feel that there are not enough jobs for a province our size.
This indicator might be related to having less then 20% unfilled jobs and less then 20% unemployed peasants for at least 3 reallife days. Confirmation of this is still proceeding. If you want to contribute, feel free to add to the research! Please provide as much information about your province if you feel you want to contribute to the research. Include CB, council page, building page, land lost and gained for 5 reallife days (your recent news summerized at the UtopiaTemple will be a great resource for instance) and anything else you can think of which might affect it
Happiness effect is -1.5 to -2.0 (could be even more)
This message can be achieved during all relations.
This message is reported to last at least 3 reallife days.
 

Our people seem to be concerned about the number of unfilled jobs. They complain of having to work too hard and want assistance. Economy
When the amount of unfilled jobs is equal to or exceeds the number of peasants.
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.


Our people are worried about the lack of a developed economy in our society. Economy
When you are razing and rebuilding large amounts of land in a relatively short period of time.
Happiness effect might be -0.5 to -1.0 level.
When this message can be achieved is still under investigation.
Duration seems to be at least 4 real time days.


Our people are proud of your generosity and willingness to help friends in need! Economy - TB
A co-researcher has informed me that they found out that this might be related to +650% of your NW to achieve, and +450% of your NW to maintain. Further investigation as well as confirmation on this is still in progress.
This indicator source was found by BlackArrow!
Happiness effect is +0.5 to +1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.


Our people are frustrated with our dependence on other provinces. They wish our lands were self-sufficient. Economy - TB
This seems to be related to a negative trade balance and receiving large amounts of aid. Level at where you will achieve this is still unclear.
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.



 *~* Other *~*
Our people are extremely upset about living conditions within our lands! Other
When the amount of peasants is greatly lowered due to overpopulation.
When the peasants are dying for several reallife hours due to starvation.
When the amount of peasants is less then 10% of the total amount of population.
Happiness effect is -0.5 to -1.0 level.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.


Our people are proud that they are led by such a noble leader! Other
When reaching viscount honor level. Timeframe is endless, or untill the requirement isn't met anymore.
NO happiness effect.
This message can be achieved during all relations.
Endless duration, if requirement is met.


** Happiness Level Change **

Happiness does change fairly slowly. I do not know for sure yet, but it seems that the levels between unhappy and joyous are rising/ falling faster then from unhappy down and from joyous up. It seems to be that happiness levels are changing with 0.08 level per hour at max. That means they change in 12 hours after their last change has occured.

** Happiness: Gradation in levels or not? **

Quite a lot of people have been asking me whether there might be a relation between a gliding scale and happiness effects.
I am sure there is not for several messages (pride with bravery, empire growing fast, shrinking land, craving and annoyed with war and living conditions).
This could however be true for some other messages.
I already assumed this from the very beginning, stating the happiness effects as a gradation (between 0.5 and 1 entire level)
As you can see, some messages have even received 1.5 to 2 levels.
I have however no hard evidence that there is indeed such a gliding scale.
Finding it would be very very hard to proof, since the growth of happiness is slow, and most people including myself cannot log in for 12 hours straight for weeks (neither would i want anyone to do that!)
That makes the fact that Mehul COULD have implemented a gliding scale an option.
I don't feel however that it will in any way hamper the research whether is does or does not
 

** Happiness Research: How to get a Source Code? **

(IE/ Netscape/ Mozilla/ Konquerer):
rightclick on the page => select 'source' or 'view source' => use 'ctrl' + 'a' and 'ctrl' + 'c' => start notepad/ wordpad (program!) => use 'ctrl' + 'v'.
(Opera/ Safari?):
rightclick on the page => select 'frame' => select 'source' => use 'ctrl' + 'a' and 'ctrl' + 'c' => start notepad/ wordpad (program!) => use 'ctrl' + 'v'.

DO NOT USE the View => (Page) Source (IE/ Opera/ Netscape/ Mozilla) from the top bar, since Utopia is displayed as a FRAMED page (4 pages shown at your screen at once), meaning that when you get the source code through this way, it's useless to me.


** Points per operatio