rules

A contribution buys a listing and a public display next to your chosen country's flag for that day. There is no prize, raffle, or chance to win money at any stage.

• USD only. Every amount is a whole dollar, no cents.
• $5 minimum per contribution.
• There's no wallet and no stored balance. Every contribution is its own separate transaction.
• Contributions are non-refundable.

• Each round covers one calendar day, UTC.
• A round is scheduled to close at 00:00 UTC the following day.
• Anti-snipe: any contribution confirmed in the final five minutes before close pushes the close forward five minutes from that moment. There's no cap: repeated late contributions keep extending it.
• Every date is equal. There are no premium or specially priced days.

• A country's total is the sum of its confirmed contributions for the round.
• Ranking is by total, highest first. Ties are broken by whichever country reached that total earliest.
• Contributions only push a country up the board; there's no way to push another country down.
• The "overtake" price shown for each country is recalculated live: it's exactly enough to move past the country currently ahead, floored at the $5 minimum. If the price moves between when you see it and when you confirm, your contribution is still accepted in full.

• A contribution can include a public message of up to 80 characters.
• Links are allowed.
• You can post anonymously. That hides your name from the message, not your amount.
• Messages can be reported. We may remove or hide content that violates these rules; removed messages are hidden, never deleted outright.

Abuse of the contribution or messaging systems (fraud, card testing, spam, harassment) may result in content removal or restrictions on your ability to contribute.