The Western Wire [Regional News]
Posted:
Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:04 pm
by Knootoss
The Best Source for news about the Western Atlantic Region OOC: Sometimes, time is short, and you need to get information across quickly and to the point. Some players want to involve their countries in a conflict or negotiation but don't want to write character dialog or plot development every time they post. Some players just want to keep their countries involved in what's going on.
Use this thread to post short plot points to move more in-depth RP and storylines along or as a substitute for RP altogether. Anything from fragments and sentences to a couple paragraphs is okay. When plot points
do develop into a roleplaying thread or a full-blown story, please include a link to relevant posts and NSwiki articles! This will help to keep other players better appraised of what's going on.
This thread is open for all players in the
Western Atlantic region as well people who regularly roleplay with the Western Atlantic, as long as the news items are relevant to the region.
This idea has been shamelessly stolen from Lavinium.
Posted:
Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:19 am
by Daytanistan
Sabaristan simultaneously admits weakness and aggressive ambitions
In another humiliation for the decadent Urgenchi colony of Sabaristan, the imperialist politician Guluundorj Hodom admitted that the Sabari military was pitiful and weak when compared to the Daytan People's Army. The corrupt Hodom, a Boyor petit-bourgeois capitalist known internationally as a slothful enemy of the workers and peasants, made this admission whilst pleading with the Sabari War Minister to increase military spending as part of the Sabari plan to invade Daytanistan. Reportedly with the smell of alcohol on his breath, in the Sabari State Diet, Hodom went on to demand military support from Urgench in an unlawful and ill-advised invasion of the glorious motherland of the Daytan people.
Comrade Farrokh Nugat, General Secretary of the Daytan Communist Workers Party and member of the Supreme Daytan People's Council, responded by reassuring the workers and peasants of Daytanistan that the Daytan People's Army was the most powerful defence force in the Western Atlantic, and that its soldiers, missiles, and guns outnumbered and outmatched the perfidious forces of Sabari capital, imperialism, and impotent rage. Further, even if their Urgenchi overlords were to come to Sabari assistance, as the vile Hodom demanded, Comrade Nugat assured the workers and peasants of the glorious Daytan motherland that Daytan tanks and missiles would smash the imperialist forces of the Urgenchi aggressor, although he hoped that such a display of the overwhelming force of the Daytan People's Army would prove unnecessary.
Comrade Nugat, beloved ideological father of the people, internationally renowned humanitarian and man of peace, called upon the Sabari Divan to expel the warmongering Guluundorj Hodom from the Sabari State Diet, for his manifest crimes against peace and international stability. Comrade Nugat said that, in the interest of peace and friendship between Daytanistan and Sabaristan, he would graciously accept, on behalf of the Supreme Daytan People's Council and the workers and peasants of Daytanistan, the apology of Guluundorj Hodom, and the assurance of the Sabari Divan that it has abandoned all warlike plans and intentions against the Daytan people and motherland, and that he expected to receive both in short order.
Posted:
Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:58 pm
by Snefaldia
VOL. CLXII .. Num. 59,169
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011
NEW YEAR'S CURRENCY CHANGESTAXILHA- Chancellor Ren Dirh's program of international commerce continues apace with an
announcement from the Treasury Minister confirming that on January 3rd, the me-wak will be pegged according to the newly-created Atlantic Ducat to be
introduced across the Knootian Federation and Pantocratoria come January 1. The Western Atlantic Currency Area, announced to include a customs and currency union, will be formed without the support of the regional heavyweights in the Caldan Union after Prime Minister Amber Trinh refused to support bringing the Resurgent Dream into the agreement. Chancellor Dirh's soundings for Snefaldian involvement in the WACA have, according to parliamentary insiders, been poo-pooed by some heavyweights in his centre-left bloc in the Assembly.
The announcement from Minister Ambalinggu's officer, however, takes negotiations in a more definite path with the creation of the Shahd Special Economic Zone in Taxilha and its administrative districts, where the Atlantic Ducat itself will be accepted as legal currency alongside the me-wak. This arrangement was reached with tenative agreement with the Regents and, surprisingly, center-right Deputies looking to curry favor with Dirh's administration, now looking stronger than ever with low taxes, an expanding private sector, and increasing trade with the region.
Whatever the outcome, it seems Ren Dirh can notch another victory in his belt for his campaign to orient Snefaldia more closely to the western states in the region and cash in on their economic stability; with increased military spending and restive neighbors to the north, it seems none too soon.
Posted:
Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:02 am
by Pantocratoria
Imperial Monitor
Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing?
Atlantic Ducat introduced with fanfare, but little impact felt on Demetrius Avenue
Currency traders may be the only people to actually notice the 1 January adoption of the Atlantic Ducat, with most Pantocratorians reporting that the currency swap had "Little or no impact" in an online MonitorPoll on the topic.
As yet there are no Atlantic Ducat coins or notes in general circulation, with the familiar Pantocratorian Ducat currency still legal tender throughout Pantocratoria indefinitely, at a rate of one-to-one with the new, still entirely virtual, currency.
While little impact was felt in the retailers on Demetrius Avenue, two city blocks away in the Government Precinct, politicians and public servants were abuzz with activity uncharacterstic of this time of year.
The initial Western Atlantic Currency Area (WACA), which consists of Pantocratoria, Pantocratorian Ambara, the Low Countries (both Knootoss and the South), Knootian Colombia, and the Knootian colonial possessions in the Gulf of Vasconia, is now entering its second stage of implementation, with politicians in New Rome and Hartstad alike hoping to include other Atlantic nations in the WACA.
Some states, such as Snefaldia, have already announced a peg of their currency to the Atlantic Ducat, such that a fixed rate of exchange will exist between the two.
It remains to be seen whether Snefaldia and other nations who have announced interest in such a pegging arrangement will actually join the WACA, or whether they will exist outside the WACA but simply trade with its members at a fixed rate of exchange.
Treasurer and Deputy Chancellor, Sir Isaac Comnenus KOP MP, has told the Monitor that Pantocratoria and Knootoss will be hosting a Special Summit of Finance Ministers in Andrium this month to discuss expansion of the WACA.
The finance ministers of the Abt Republic, Excalbia, Leagran, Confederation of Sovereign States, Snefaldia and Upper Virginia have all been invited, according to Sir Isaac, and the door is not closed on other states which have thus far not indicated an interest in the currency.
Opposition Leader Isabelle Folquet has again criticised the Government's decision making, claiming that the currency union provides no obvious benefit to Pantocratoria as a whole.
"Despite strong economic growth, thanks largely to efforts of past governments," Folquet said, "Pantocratoria's industrial sector remains undersized when compared to Knootoss, and Knootian trade barriers are next to non-existant, such that this arrangement effectively does little but further open Pantocratoria's markets to Knootoss and, indeed, Knootian trading partners, while providing no benefit to our own struggling exporters."
Despite this, the Socialist leader said that it would be "extremely difficult" for Pantocratoria to withdraw from the WACA in the future, and that any future Coalition Government would retain the Atlantic Ducat.
Further, Mme Folquet confirmed that both opposition parties would participate in the bipartisan Special Parliamentary Standing Committee on WACA Harmonisation, the formation of which the Government announced on New Year's Eve.
The Special Parliamentary Standing Committee on WACA Harmonisation will oversee the gradual reform of legislation and regulation in Pantocratoria, and advise the Government as to changes which should be made in Knootoss and other WACA member states, in order to bring about as much uniformity as possible in economic and trade policies in the WACA.
The Imperial Chancellor will appoint 13 members of the 24 member Special Parliamentary Standing Committee, Mme Folquet will appoint 7 members, and Constantinople Party Leader Spiro Bolkus will appoint 4 members.
By informal arrangement and Parliamentary tradition, one of the Government Committee members will serve as Chairman.