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1. Chaconopia (Chaos Construction): The grid contains the nine tribes of Chaconopia. A tribe is an orthogonally connected group of cells. Each row, column and tribe contains the digits 1-9 once each.

2. Roles: If certain conditions are met, cells take on roles. These roles increase the value of those cells. The roles with their conditions and values are described below. If none of the conditions is met, the value of a cell is its digit.

2.1 Role Mechanics and Values (X = Digit in a cell):
- Farmer (F): If there are at least X cells, of the same tribe as the considered cell in the 3x3 area centered on that cell including the cell itself, this cell can be a Farmer and its value is 2X.
- Merchant (M): If a cell orthogonally and/or diagonally touches at least X cells of one other tribe, this cell can be a Merchant and its value is 3X.
- Diplomat (D): If a cell orthogonally and/or diagonally touches cells of at least X different other tribes, this cell can be a Diplomat and its value is 4X.

2.2 Maximization Rule: Each cell has to take the role with the highest value possible for the conditions.

3. Clues: Clues outside the grid give the sums of all contiguous segments of cells of a tribe in order of their appearance in the respective row or column. A (?) replaces exactly one such clue. A (...) represents zero or any number of clues.

Have fun solving!