[ WP ] Every month , world leaders gather in secret to play their turn in a board game . Each leader must then act on the events of the game in real life .

`` Damnit Jong-Un, where the hell am I going to find a'New York Avenue' in Germany?'' Chancellor Angela Merkel casts a sidelong glance at the North Korean dictator, who is cackling with laughter. 
 
 `` You bought it, Fraulein.'' Says Kim Jong-Un in his best German accent. `` You landed on it, you must buy it now, that's the rules.'' 
 
 `` Do we really have to play this stupid game every time?'' Chancellor Merkel looks for help around the room. 
 
 It's a large auditorium, and sitting at tables just like the one in front of Chancellor Merkel are the heads of the UN-recognized countries. In the wings stand the leaders of off-shoot republics; Nagorno-Karabkh, Transistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Palestine, and Kosovo. They just stand around waiting for a spot to open up, so they can play the **Games of Diplomacy**. 
 
 GOD, the bimonthly gaming consortium of the planet has been played since the 1950s. Although the players and games have changed, the rules have remained the same. If it happens in the game you are playing, it happens in your country, or in the world in real life. Each new leader gets to choose the game they'll play. 
 
 As Chancellor Merkel looked around, she saw Vladimir Putin smiling broadly as he was playing battleship with Ukrainian Prime Miniter Yatsenyuk. *Another shooting war next, I imagine* At another table, Swiss president Didier Burkhalter and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper were playing a rousing game of Candyland. Someone's country was about to get a massive amount of free chocolate. 
 
 In front of Merkel sat Kim Jong-Un, American President Barack Obama, and Palau president Tommy Remengesau. 
 
 After Merkel forked over the money for New York Avenue to Kim, it was Obama's turn. With a roll of only one, Obama landed on Remengesau's heavily improved Park Place. 
 
 `` Oh, come on Tommy. Not this, not now. We just got things sorted out.'' Obama started whining. 
 
 `` You landed on it, you pay up.'' Remengesau had a giant smile on his face. 
 
 `` Alright, but the consequences are on you.'' With that, Obama was forced to mortgage all his properties and was effectively out of the game.'' 
 
 `` See you in August, suckers.'' said Kim Jong-Un as he cleaned up the board. 
 
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 **USA Today** 
 
 **America SOLD?! To Palau? **
