diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6e47a0..01505e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ panel issue is the source of truth for the wire field set.
     "version": "2.0.0",
     "git": "abc1234",
     "dev": false,
-    "theme": "default"
+    "theme": "default",
+    "region": "eu",
+    "exported_30d": true
   },
   "env": {
     "php": "8.2",
@@ -69,7 +71,25 @@ panel issue is the source of truth for the wire field set.
     "comms_active": 412,
     "comms_total": 5108,
     "submissions_30d": 23,
-    "protests_30d": 0
+    "protests_30d": 0,
+    "bans_30d": 311,
+    "admins_active_30d": 5,
+    "ban_history_months": 74,
+    "web_bans_majority_30d": false,
+    "games": {
+      "tf": true,
+      "cstrike": false,
+      "csgo": true,
+      "garrysmod": false,
+      "left4dead2": false,
+      "other": true
+    },
+    "perms": {
+      "web_groups": true,
+      "server_groups": true,
+      "overrides": false,
+      "immunity": true
+    }
   },
   "features": {
     "submit": true,
@@ -121,6 +141,11 @@ the load-bearing trust contract from
 `request.cf.colo` (the edge node id) is allowed — it identifies our edge, not
 the client.
 
+`panel.region` is not a geolocation of the request. The panel derives it from
+its own configured `config.timezone` and sends only the continent code (`af`,
+`as`, `eu`, `na`, `oc`, `sa`) or omits it; the Worker never reads
+`request.cf.timezone` or any other `request.cf` location field to fill it.
+
 The Worker is structured so the AE data point is built _only_ from the
 validated body. Headers and `request.cf` are never read on the ingest path.
 That makes "no IP data path" the default, not an opt-in. The IP-stripping
@@ -168,7 +193,8 @@ edit policy):
    `lock.blobs` / `lock.doubles` at the next free position. Until promotion,
    queries reach it via `json_extract(blob<extras>, '$.new_field')`.
 2. **Slot exhaustion.** Schema-1 reserves 20 blob slots and 20 double slots.
-   Currently 11/20 blobs and 13/20 doubles are committed. Once an addition
+   Currently 12/20 blobs and 16/20 doubles are committed, and 39/53 bits of
+   `panel_features_bits`. Once an addition
    would push past the cap, the field lives permanently in `extras` until a
    schema bump. **We never reshuffle existing slot positions** — AE indexes
    are positional, and historical rows already use the current layout.
@@ -201,7 +227,8 @@ deep-equality both directions.
     "env.web_server",
     "env.db_engine",
     "env.db_version",
-    "extras"
+    "extras",
+    "panel.region"
   ],
   "doubles": [
     "schema",
@@ -216,7 +243,10 @@ deep-equality both directions.
     "scale.comms_active",
     "scale.comms_total",
     "scale.submissions_30d",
-    "scale.protests_30d"
+    "scale.protests_30d",
+    "scale.bans_30d",
+    "scale.admins_active_30d",
+    "scale.ban_history_months"
   ],
   "bits": [
     "panel.dev",
@@ -245,7 +275,19 @@ deep-equality both directions.
     "env.host_panel_plesk",
     "env.host_panel_directadmin",
     "env.docroot_user_home",
-    "env.sapi_per_user"
+    "env.sapi_per_user",
+    "scale.games.tf",
+    "scale.games.cstrike",
+    "scale.games.csgo",
+    "scale.games.garrysmod",
+    "scale.games.left4dead2",
+    "scale.games.other",
+    "scale.perms.web_groups",
+    "scale.perms.server_groups",
+    "scale.perms.overrides",
+    "scale.perms.immunity",
+    "scale.web_bans_majority_30d",
+    "panel.exported_30d"
   ]
 }
 ```
@@ -261,16 +303,20 @@ deep-equality both directions.
   `panel.version`, which gives bounded cardinality and is the field most
   queries filter on.
 - `bits[i]` is bit `i` (LSB = 0) of the `panel_features_bits` double.
-  27 booleans pack into one double (well under the 53-bit safe-integer
-  ceiling), leaving 7/20 doubles free for future scale dimensions.
+  39 booleans pack into one double (under the 53-bit safe-integer
+  ceiling), leaving 4/20 doubles free for future scale dimensions.
 - Missing typed strings → `null` in the corresponding blob. Missing scale
   numbers → `null` in the corresponding double (so analysts can distinguish
   "not sent" from "zero"). Missing booleans → `0` bits in
   `panel_features_bits`. The `panel_features_bits` double is always present.
-- `extras` (last blob) is `null` when there are no unknown top-level keys,
+- `extras` (`blob11`) is `null` when there are no unknown top-level keys,
   otherwise a JSON-stringified object of every unknown top-level key. AE
   stores nothing rather than `{}` so analysts don't have to coalesce empty
-  objects out.
+  objects out. It is no longer the last blob: slots promoted after it (e.g.
+  `panel.region`) append behind it, because positions never move.
+- Nested objects flatten to dotted names: `scale.games.tf` reads
+  `payload.scale.games.tf`. Rows written before a slot existed read as
+  `null` (doubles / blobs) or `0` (bits), the same as "not sent".
 
 ## `featureFlag(name)` SQL macro for AE
 
@@ -447,9 +493,9 @@ curl -i http://127.0.0.1:8787/v1/ping \
   -d '{
     "schema": 1,
     "instance_id": "test-instance-0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-    "panel": {"version":"2.0.0","git":"abc1234","dev":false,"theme":"default"},
+    "panel": {"version":"2.0.0","git":"abc1234","dev":false,"theme":"default","region":"eu","exported_30d":false},
     "env": {"php":"8.2","sapi":"fpm-fcgi","db_engine":"mariadb","db_version":"10.11","web_server":"litespeed","os_family":"linux","memory_limit_mb":256,"max_execution_time":30,"disable_functions_count":7,"zts":false,"php_64bit":true,"open_basedir_set":true,"allow_url_fopen":true,"opcache_loaded":true,"suhosin_loaded":false,"posix_available":true,"host_panel_cpanel":true,"host_panel_plesk":false,"host_panel_directadmin":false,"docroot_user_home":true,"sapi_per_user":true},
-    "scale": {"admins":1,"servers_enabled":1,"bans_active":0,"bans_total":0,"comms_active":0,"comms_total":0,"submissions_30d":0,"protests_30d":0},
+    "scale": {"admins":1,"servers_enabled":1,"bans_active":0,"bans_total":0,"comms_active":0,"comms_total":0,"submissions_30d":0,"protests_30d":0,"bans_30d":0,"admins_active_30d":1,"ban_history_months":0,"web_bans_majority_30d":false,"games":{"tf":true,"cstrike":false,"csgo":false,"garrysmod":false,"left4dead2":false,"other":false},"perms":{"web_groups":false,"server_groups":false,"overrides":false,"immunity":false}},
     "features": {"submit":true,"protest":false,"comms":false,"kickit":false,"exportpublic":false,"publiccomments":false,"steamlogin":true,"normallogin":true,"groupbanning":false,"friendsbanning":false,"adminrehashing":false,"smtp_configured":false,"steam_api_key_set":false,"geoip_present":false}
   }'
 ```
diff --git a/schema/1.lock.json b/schema/1.lock.json
index 84cc151..c3bb4a4 100644
--- a/schema/1.lock.json
+++ b/schema/1.lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     "env.web_server",
     "env.db_engine",
     "env.db_version",
-    "extras"
+    "extras",
+    "panel.region"
   ],
   "doubles": [
     "schema",
@@ -25,7 +26,10 @@
     "scale.comms_active",
     "scale.comms_total",
     "scale.submissions_30d",
-    "scale.protests_30d"
+    "scale.protests_30d",
+    "scale.bans_30d",
+    "scale.admins_active_30d",
+    "scale.ban_history_months"
   ],
   "bits": [
     "panel.dev",
@@ -54,6 +58,18 @@
     "env.host_panel_plesk",
     "env.host_panel_directadmin",
     "env.docroot_user_home",
-    "env.sapi_per_user"
+    "env.sapi_per_user",
+    "scale.games.tf",
+    "scale.games.cstrike",
+    "scale.games.csgo",
+    "scale.games.garrysmod",
+    "scale.games.left4dead2",
+    "scale.games.other",
+    "scale.perms.web_groups",
+    "scale.perms.server_groups",
+    "scale.perms.overrides",
+    "scale.perms.immunity",
+    "scale.web_bans_majority_30d",
+    "panel.exported_30d"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/schema.ts b/src/schema.ts
index a7fc53d..d974a76 100644
--- a/src/schema.ts
+++ b/src/schema.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const schema1Panel = z
     git: z.string().optional(),
     dev: z.boolean().optional(),
     theme: z.string().optional(),
+    region: z.string().optional(),
+    exported_30d: z.boolean().optional(),
   })
   .passthrough();
 
@@ -48,6 +50,26 @@ const schema1Env = z
   })
   .passthrough();
 
+const schema1ScaleGames = z
+  .object({
+    tf: z.boolean().optional(),
+    cstrike: z.boolean().optional(),
+    csgo: z.boolean().optional(),
+    garrysmod: z.boolean().optional(),
+    left4dead2: z.boolean().optional(),
+    other: z.boolean().optional(),
+  })
+  .passthrough();
+
+const schema1ScalePerms = z
+  .object({
+    web_groups: z.boolean().optional(),
+    server_groups: z.boolean().optional(),
+    overrides: z.boolean().optional(),
+    immunity: z.boolean().optional(),
+  })
+  .passthrough();
+
 const schema1Scale = z
   .object({
     admins: z.number().optional(),
@@ -58,6 +80,12 @@ const schema1Scale = z
     comms_total: z.number().optional(),
     submissions_30d: z.number().optional(),
     protests_30d: z.number().optional(),
+    bans_30d: z.number().optional(),
+    admins_active_30d: z.number().optional(),
+    ban_history_months: z.number().optional(),
+    web_bans_majority_30d: z.boolean().optional(),
+    games: schema1ScaleGames.optional(),
+    perms: schema1ScalePerms.optional(),
   })
   .passthrough();
 
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/ae.test.ts.snap b/test/__snapshots__/ae.test.ts.snap
index 637453f..2c1a991 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/ae.test.ts.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/ae.test.ts.snap
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ exports[`mapDataPoint > maps the canonical payload to the snapshot data point 1`
     "mariadb",
     "10.11",
     null,
+    "eu",
   ],
   "doubles": [
     1,
-    107968910,
+    374441212302,
     256,
     30,
     7,
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ exports[`mapDataPoint > maps the canonical payload to the snapshot data point 1`
     5108,
     23,
     0,
+    311,
+    5,
+    74,
   ],
   "indexes": [
     "2.0.0",
diff --git a/test/ae.test.ts b/test/ae.test.ts
index bea3f47..f5d66ab 100644
--- a/test/ae.test.ts
+++ b/test/ae.test.ts
@@ -186,3 +186,117 @@ describe("env.* shared-host fingerprint round-trip (issue #3)", () => {
     expect(bits).toBe(Math.pow(2, lock.bits.indexOf("env.sapi_per_user")));
   });
 });
+
+describe("scale activity / game mix / permission shape / region / export round-trip (issue #6)", () => {
+  // Same contract as the env.* block above: every new slot reads through the
+  // existing readPath / bit-pack path, including the two-level nesting under
+  // scale.games / scale.perms. These tests pin each slot to its lock-derived
+  // position and pin the sparse-payload defaults.
+
+  const NEW_DOUBLES = ["scale.bans_30d", "scale.admins_active_30d", "scale.ban_history_months"];
+
+  const NEW_BITS = [
+    "scale.games.tf",
+    "scale.games.cstrike",
+    "scale.games.csgo",
+    "scale.games.garrysmod",
+    "scale.games.left4dead2",
+    "scale.games.other",
+    "scale.perms.web_groups",
+    "scale.perms.server_groups",
+    "scale.perms.overrides",
+    "scale.perms.immunity",
+    "scale.web_bans_majority_30d",
+    "panel.exported_30d",
+  ];
+
+  const bitSet = (bits: number, name: string): boolean =>
+    (Math.floor(bits / Math.pow(2, lock.bits.indexOf(name))) & 1) === 1;
+
+  it("appends the new slots after every pre-existing slot", () => {
+    // Append-only: the new names occupy the tail of each lock array, in the
+    // order the issue lists them.
+    expect(lock.blobs.slice(-1)).toEqual(["panel.region"]);
+    expect(lock.doubles.slice(-NEW_DOUBLES.length)).toEqual(NEW_DOUBLES);
+    expect(lock.bits.slice(-NEW_BITS.length)).toEqual(NEW_BITS);
+    expect(lock.blobs.indexOf("extras")).toBe(lock.blobs.length - 2);
+  });
+
+  it("round-trips every new signal to its lock-derived position", () => {
+    const dp = mapDataPoint(canonicalPayload);
+
+    expect(dp.blobs[lock.blobs.indexOf("panel.region")]).toBe("eu");
+
+    expect(dp.doubles[lock.doubles.indexOf("scale.bans_30d")]).toBe(311);
+    expect(dp.doubles[lock.doubles.indexOf("scale.admins_active_30d")]).toBe(5);
+    expect(dp.doubles[lock.doubles.indexOf("scale.ban_history_months")]).toBe(74);
+
+    const bits = dp.doubles[lock.doubles.indexOf("panel_features_bits")] ?? 0;
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.games.tf")).toBe(true);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.games.cstrike")).toBe(false);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.games.csgo")).toBe(true);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.games.garrysmod")).toBe(false);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.games.left4dead2")).toBe(false);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.games.other")).toBe(true);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.perms.web_groups")).toBe(true);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.perms.server_groups")).toBe(true);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.perms.overrides")).toBe(false);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.perms.immunity")).toBe(true);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "scale.web_bans_majority_30d")).toBe(false);
+    expect(bitSet(bits, "panel.exported_30d")).toBe(true);
+
+    // The nested games / perms objects are typed, not unknown top-level keys.
+    expect(dp.blobs[lock.blobs.indexOf("extras")]).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each(NEW_BITS)("places %s alone at its lock-derived bit", (name) => {
+    const payload: Record<string, unknown> = { schema: 1, instance_id: "abc" };
+    // Build the nested object for `name` (e.g. scale.games.tf -> { scale: { games: { tf: true } } }).
+    const segments = name.split(".");
+    let cursor = payload;
+    for (const seg of segments.slice(0, -1)) {
+      const next: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+      cursor[seg] = next;
+      cursor = next;
+    }
+    cursor[segments[segments.length - 1]!] = true;
+
+    const dp = mapDataPoint(payload);
+    const bits = dp.doubles[lock.doubles.indexOf("panel_features_bits")] ?? 0;
+    expect(bits).toBe(Math.pow(2, lock.bits.indexOf(name)));
+  });
+
+  it("emits null/0 for the new signals when the panel sends an older payload", () => {
+    const older = {
+      schema: 1 as const,
+      instance_id: canonicalPayload.instance_id,
+      panel: { version: "2.0.0", git: "abc1234", dev: false, theme: "default" },
+      scale: {
+        admins: 12,
+        servers_enabled: 7,
+        bans_active: 2847,
+        bans_total: 18394,
+        comms_active: 412,
+        comms_total: 5108,
+        submissions_30d: 23,
+        protests_30d: 0,
+      },
+    };
+    const dp = mapDataPoint(older);
+
+    expect(dp.blobs[lock.blobs.indexOf("panel.region")]).toBeNull();
+    expect(dp.blobs[lock.blobs.indexOf("extras")]).toBeNull();
+
+    for (const name of NEW_DOUBLES) {
+      expect(dp.doubles[lock.doubles.indexOf(name)], `expected ${name} to be null`).toBeNull();
+    }
+
+    const bits = dp.doubles[lock.doubles.indexOf("panel_features_bits")] ?? 0;
+    for (const name of NEW_BITS) {
+      expect(bitSet(bits, name), `expected bit ${name} to be 0 for older payload`).toBe(false);
+    }
+
+    // Legacy scale doubles still serialise.
+    expect(dp.doubles[lock.doubles.indexOf("scale.bans_total")]).toBe(18394);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/fixtures.ts b/test/fixtures.ts
index f2abd85..a8e7efe 100644
--- a/test/fixtures.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export const canonicalPayload = {
     git: "abc1234",
     dev: false,
     theme: "default",
+    region: "eu",
+    exported_30d: true,
   },
   env: {
     php: "8.2",
@@ -48,6 +50,24 @@ export const canonicalPayload = {
     comms_total: 5108,
     submissions_30d: 23,
     protests_30d: 0,
+    bans_30d: 311,
+    admins_active_30d: 5,
+    ban_history_months: 74,
+    web_bans_majority_30d: false,
+    games: {
+      tf: true,
+      cstrike: false,
+      csgo: true,
+      garrysmod: false,
+      left4dead2: false,
+      other: true,
+    },
+    perms: {
+      web_groups: true,
+      server_groups: true,
+      overrides: false,
+      immunity: true,
+    },
   },
   features: {
     submit: true,
diff --git a/test/schema.test.ts b/test/schema.test.ts
index 6ba4cf5..7a61d14 100644
--- a/test/schema.test.ts
+++ b/test/schema.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,22 @@ describe("validate (dispatch + zod boundary cases)", () => {
     expect(() => validate({ schema: 1, instance_id: "" })).toThrow(ZodError);
   });
 
+  it("accepts the nested scale.games / scale.perms objects and rejects wrong-typed leaves", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      validate({
+        schema: 1,
+        instance_id: "abc",
+        scale: { games: { tf: true }, perms: { immunity: false } },
+      }),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() =>
+      validate({ schema: 1, instance_id: "abc", scale: { games: { tf: "yes" } } }),
+    ).toThrow(ZodError);
+    expect(() => validate({ schema: 1, instance_id: "abc", scale: { bans_30d: "311" } })).toThrow(
+      ZodError,
+    );
+  });
+
   it("rejects wrong-typed required scalar fields", () => {
     expect(() => validate({ schema: 1, instance_id: 42 })).toThrow(ZodError);
   });