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[Nouvelle Valcluse]

Government to Evacuate Citizens and Provide Assistance in Jungastia

Santo André: The unfolding nuclear disaster at the Alandroal Nuclear Facility is becoming one of the biggest disasters of its kind in Maredoratic history. Already, thousands of people have been evacuated from the smaller towns and villages around the plant with air force and other personnel responding to the fires that continue to burn in Reactor C. In addition, potassium iodide distribution has begun in the neighboring city of Torre, which is popular among tourists from Alisna and Wilassia.

The Royal Jungastian Air Force has completed a series of fly-over operations over the burning reactor and has reported back high readings of airborne radiation, although they refused to comment on the exact nature of the readings.

In Torre, warning sirens were heard across the city and there are reports that 32,000 people have been placed on alert for potential mandatory evacuations.

The explosions began not long after midday on February 27, after personnel monitoring the plant reported a power spike in Reactor C and an explosion to the left of it. Since then, several more explosions have occurred with fires spreading to other buildings at the complex.

No further information has been released from the Jungastian government on the affected area around the nuclear power plant, although many fear that they are already living in areas with dangerous levels of radiation.

Elsewhere, authorities in Guurdalai have issued warnings to the residents of Gadnyn Aral, one of the westernmost islands in the Carolines about the potential danger posed by radiation emitted from the plant. Social media reports surfacing from Soufia have suggested that the authorities there are also very concerned about the spread of radiation, with one photo showing personnel from the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) setting up monitoring equipment on an undisclosed beach in eastern Soufia.

Foreign Minister Aline Maury said that the government had been in contact with the embassy in Santo Andre and said that they had offered the Jungastian government any assistance it required. Maury also said that the government was prepared to provide emergency charter flights to Valclusians on Santa Helena who were unable to get out by other means.
“At this stage we can only say what the possibilities are based on what we know,” she said. “But we will provide flights for Valclusians to return home if they have received evacuation orders or enough requests have been received by the embassy to make said flights necessary.” Maury stressed that all Valclusians on Santa Helena should contact the embassy in Santo Andre if they wish to return to Valcluse.

[Questers]

The week-long battle between the General-Secretary and the Ministry of Defence reached new heights today when General-Secretary Baker, speaking in The Commons, ordered Lieutenant-General Ipswich to hand over all records and information on Emergency Detention Centres to his office by noon on the 11th of March or face dismissal. The Lieutenant-General, who is Officer Commanding all Emergency Detention Centres, has not replied, but is expected by inside MoD sources to refuse and resign as soon as tomorrow.

Secretary Baker's promise to investigate and possibly close Emergency Detention Centres, and reform Sections 51 and 55 of the Defence of the Commonwealth Act, which allows the state security apparatus to detain individuals who pose an 'immediate danger' without trial or charge 'until they no longer pose a danger' has not gone down well with the Ministry of Defence, who administers the ED Centres. 'The Ministry of Defence follows the law, above all,' a MoD spokesperson said on Friday evening. 'When there is a legal requirement to release information on national security, we shall do so.'

The Secretary hit back on Sunday, saying in an interview on television: 'I am the Chief of State. I am Commander of the Combined Forces. This is a direct order.' Baker assured the country in the same interview that there would be 'truth and clarity on Emergency Detention, come hell or high water. The Questarian people deserve to know the truth about their missing people.' But the MoD doesn't agree, even going so far as to say this morning, after Baker's order to Ipswich, that 'national security would be imperiled if critical information on Emergency Detention was hastily released.'

The battle between the elected Secretary and the Ministry of Defence represents what some view as a clash between the Questarian deep state and a series of new, young reformers who have, in the past two years, entered important offices such as the Chairman's Office, General Secretary's Office, the Department for Strategy, and the Civil Service's Senior Administration Board. The culmination of the views of these new reformers is represented by Secretary Baker, who won with a clear majority in the election in February.

The division has been characterised as one of a more libertarian, democratic socialism against a more communitarian, authoritarian vision of a Generalist Questers. It is nowhere more clearly expressed than the battle over Emergency Detention.

[Pollona]

President Lazlo arrives in Sondstead for State Visit
Meeting, marked with high anticipation, marks the first between Pollona/Sondstead since the 1950s

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5.3.16

Windstrand - President Laszlo arrived in Sondstead this morning to start his weekend long state visit in the country. Accompanied by the First Lady and a diplomatic corp, the Presidental delegation were greeted at Nörditser Airport by King Christopher IX, Queen Jöhänä, Crown Prince Erik, and a Sondsteadish welcoming committee. The delegation was escorted to Windstrand Palace, where thousands of frenzied spectators gathered to catch a glimpse of the President's limousine. "Security measures for [this] entourage were exceedingly tight," one official told PTS news. "Not only was this a high profile - and perhaps controversial - state visit, but the President's last assassination attempt had many on edge." The last Pollonan state visit to Sondstead was made by President Kucera in 1953.

Less than 1 km away from Windstrand Palace, the event's polarization was evident. Organizers for Le Guarde des Droits Humains staged a protest against Pollona's poor treatment of its ethnic German minority. Under the banner "Can you hear us Mr. President?", the group of several hundred protesters demanded immediate action to end Odveta. A referendum to phase out the system is scheduled for as early as next summer, and is bitterly dividing the country.

Opinion: Can a criminal DNA
database be comparable with liberty?

Coalition budget sails past
opposition/delay by Federal Council

Pollonan Idol 2016: Final round for
contestants expected next week

The President dined with the Pollonan-Sondsteadish Chamber of Commerce and Minister for Commerce Elfred Wirt, a colleague in the Maredoratic alliance of liberal parties. Pollonan and Sondsteadish deputies praised the potential for greater bilateral trade in areas like financial services, machinery, and petrochemicals. "We recognize a bright future for cross-border business and investment between our two countries," the chamber announced. "It's a position we believe both Minister Wirt and the President acknowledge and will support." The dinner follows an pledge by Sondsteadish and Pollonan companies to invest $6.5 billion over the next year in reciprocal trade.

For the rest of the day, the President visited the Dr. Hans Jonas Fisjer Institute. Meanwhile, the First Lady toured the Humanistic Foundation Aid Centre and the Ähägen Gymnasium in Windstrand. The First Lady's most memorable stop was to a Music Studio in at the Gymnasium, where she played the piano alongside the student orchestra and choral group. The First Lady met with the heads of several student groups at Ähägen and the State Minister. "Music is my creative outlet," she explained to the kids around her. "Music is a higher language: crossing borders and soothing souls. No matter who you are, it can awaken so much in you."

The Executive couple met for a tour Kunsbankjr in Windstrand, a neighborhood with a large Pollonan expatriate community and the site of a Moravian heritage museum. The President and First Lady were able to walk about the neighborhood, known as "Little Moravia," to meet with what the President described as "our people." One lucky pastry shop owner was surprised to find the couple entering their shop and buying kolaches. "I didn't notice their extra security at first and read them as any ol' younger couple," Mila Ondrá, the shopkeeper explained to PTS, "then I realized - oh hey I've seen them before - oh wow - oh my god. I was speechless the whole time, I just had to get a picture." Several 'selfies' have reportedly gone viral on the internet following this walk about tour.

Many however, believe that the visit goes beyond simple photo-ops and state dinners, and is instead a push by President Laszlo for a tactical realignment of continental politics. Following the dissolution of the Jesselton Pact, world tensions have escalated, particularly in Alisna. Pollona has recently been at the forefront of a "democratic movement against Alisnan aggression and totalitarianism," forming coalitions and thaw chilled relationships. This follows the suprise re-opening of Pollona's Styrian embassy, and the ongoing negotiations to form the Southern Alisnan Community (or SAC) with Berry and Borgosesia. The end goal, many assume, is a continental wide front to protect the sovereignty of Alisnan states from "aggression" (hinting at Questers). This state visit may be the opening salvo of a Pollonan attempt to "woo" the Sondsteadish for (soft) diplomatic support.

As it stands however, the situation is complicated by Odveta. Politicians from both countries eagerly await the President's visit and address to the Federal Diet in Asteriopol on Monday. The President is scheduled to meet with several government leaders, including Prime Minister Lindkwist, intending to "set out a vision" for not just both countries, but for "the broader Alisnan community."

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[Rochehaut]

[Questers]

Lieutenant-General William Ipswich, Officer Commanding all Emergency Detention Centres, resigned this morning over the General-Secretary's demand to hand over all records on Emergency Detention Centres. The General met with the Chief of the Combined Defence Staff, where he tendered his resignation personally, and gave a brusque, factual demonstration to the press. After this resignation, the Lieutenant-General met with friendly press members for lunch at the Manborough Hotel.

One hour and forty five minutes later, officers of the Republican Military Police escorted the General out of the hotel and into detention. He has been arrested under military law, although the Ministry of Defence refuses to say why. At least one inside source has informed The Times that General Ipswich threatened to put 'troops onto the streets' if Emergency Detention Centres were opened and an official inquiry began and that he was arrested for subverting military discipline. The Ministry of Defence refuses to comment until 'a full charge has been laid out.'

Appointment for a new Officer Commanding EDCs will begin, but it is a closed process. The Combined Forces administer the Emergency Detention Centres, and the Chief of the Defence Staff shall choose the next man for the job. Whoever is next promoted to the position will also show the Chief of the Defence Staff, Nathanial Clarke-Phillips', view on the government and on EDCs. Clarke-Phillips, who backed the democracy movement in the 2014 emergency, has widely been portrayed as a democrat, although some view him more as a pragmatist.

The General-Secretary's Office has not commented on Ipswich's arrest. A spokesperson for the General-Secretary re-iterated the demands of the past few days, saying 'If the information requested by the General-Secretary is not handed over, the General-Secretary will have no choice but to remove from command any officer who doesn't follow his orders.' This time, a new, and more serious demand was added: 'If the General-Secretary believes the selection of a new [Officer Commanding of EDCs] is being intentionally delayed, he shall seek alternative legal avenues.'

[Borgosesia]

Polizia giudiziaria
Federazione borgosesiana

COMUNICATO STAMPA -- 19 MARZO 2016 -- PER RILASCIO IMMEDIATO

ITALIANO | ENGLISH

PRESS RELEASE -- 19 MARCH 2016 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mirco Palazzi, former First Lieutenant-General of the Republican Guard, was found dead in his cell early on Sunday, the 20th of March, while in the custody of the Judicial Police.

Corrections officers assigned to the 3rd Inmate Transport and Control Squadron of Bargagli Federal Penitentiary discovered Palazzi unresponsive in his cell at approximately 07:45. Medical officers attempted unsuccessfully to revive Palazzi, who suffered fatal injuries consistent with suicide by hanging.

Foul play is not suspected, but the Judicial Police are conducting and investigation into the death of Palazzi in coordination with the National Police.

Mirco Palazzi was arrested in June of 2014 on over 230 charges related to his role as commander of the Republican Guard, the most severe of which include extermination, use of slave labor and torture. His arrest followed reforms instituted in Borgosesia in 2014, which were further solidified by the establishment of the Borgosesian Federation.

Palazzi, who appeared before a military tribunal several times throughout the investigation of his case, consistently maintained his innocence. He was found guilty of most 195 charges brought before him last week, and he was to appear before a tribunal on Monday, 21 March 2016 for sentencing.

In response to this event, the Judicial Police has increased its vigilance in its care of all other inmates, especially the 1,515 inmates presently charged with crimes against humanity committed under the fascist-era government.

The Judicial Police are dedicated to providing a safe environment for inmates so that the examination and force of law may be applied swiftly and equally to those under its care.

[Mont Jumieges]

BREAKING NEWS: Rebel group declares a Generalist Republic to succeed the 1030-year-old Grand Principality of Jumièges, General Thibodeau furious

02.04.2016

BREAKING NEWS: The so-called rebel vigilantes of the escalating conflict in the Grand Principality have published an open document to the governments of the world requesting recognition of their independent state – the Union of Democratic Social Corpities. This state claims jurisdiction over all federal states and territories of the Grand Principality of Jumièges and promises to bring sweeping changes to the nation, including the removal of the monarchical establishment and the implementation of Generalism. Martial Law continues to have a firm grasp on the country and our Princess who passed away over two months ago has not yet been buried or given a state funeral.

Jumièges intelligence released a statement early last week detailing of the whereabouts of a steadily-growing rebel army led by an individual named Théogène Vieuxbois based in the Brecques of Caissarches. It has been reported that Vieuxbois' identity has not been uncovered on any official Grand Principality census records nor medical identification documents, thus it can be deduced that the name is in use for protection purposes and is merely a pseudonym. Nonetheless the number of supporters of this Generalist state is believed to be increasing at a rapid rate. The strict curfews and commonplace arrests and killings of civilians is influencing Jumiègers' decisions to join the rebel forces.

Martial law Administrator General Jean-Henri Thibodeau however is disturbingly overconfident that the trust of the Jumièges people remains in the government of the Grand Principality. Thibodeau answered questions at a heavily guarded press conference at the Toussaint Tower in Pioche. Most notably, when asked whether Jumièges was being plunged into a civil war or not, he stated that "the capabilities of these criminals, both militarily and otherwise, is vastly inferior to that of the Royal Army who pledge allegiance to the crown. They are not worthy opponents therefore this cannot be a civil war, at least not in my eyes."

The so-called U.D.S.C. refer to themselves as peacemakers and defenders of justice, but their affiliations with organisations who were responsible for the most atrocious terrorist attacks ever seen in our country suggest the contrary.
"How this came to be, all this wanton violence in a first world nation is terrifying. The authoritarian ways of our Martial Administration does nothing but aid these rebels and damage our reputation overseas," says Political Science lecturer Marie-France Tessler. It seems that the conflict has no indication of ending anytime soon. Maintenant will continue to provide you with information as it is supplied to us.

[Borgosesia]

retconned

[Questers]

Financial Times

The Questarian Ministry of Industry, Trade and Research today announced a ban on the import of goods from Berry and Borgosesia and the sale of goods to those countries, with a number of minor exceptions. The measure is intended to bring the two states in line with existing policy on Pollona, according to a Minitre spokesperson. 'Since Berry and Borgosesia are now in economic union with Pollona, trade policy with Pollona must be extended to those countries,' a spokesperson told the Times.

[Borgosesia]

Marina Militare
Ministero per la difesa
Federazione borgosesiana

COMUNICATO STAMPA -- 2 MAGGIO 2016 -- PER RILASCIO IMMEDIATO

ITALIANO | ENGLISH

PRESS RELEASE -- 2 MAY 2016 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Elements of the Borgosesian Navy are en route to the northern reaches of the Eastern Maredoratic sea to conduct training operations.

Elements of the First Naval Group, including the frigates MM Bargagli and MM Leonhard, along with various support vessels and elements of the 1º Flotilla of Coast Guardians, will sail into international waters approximately 300 kilometers north-east of Karaman to conduct training operations in blue water emergency response and rescue of vessels.

"These operations keep our sailors and coast guardsmen ready for any possibility and eventuality regarding the maintenance of safe coastlines and shipping lanes," said Admiral Nicomede Tivoli, who serves as Chief of Staff of the Navy.

The training operation will include intentionally damaging an aged freight vessel to simulate a distress situation. Naval forces will be tasked with locating and saving a number of dummy sailors on-board who will represent injured individuals. Although the sailors involved in the operation will be in little credible danger, the operation is designed to accurately simulate the stress and rigors of a real-world rescue operation.

"As Borgosesia develops as a democratic, functioning member of the international community, these operations will also ensure Borgosesia is equipped to take part in future peacekeeping exercises and support operations in the future," Admiral Tivoli added.

Minister for Defense Adriano Cavallo said he is "working closely" with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to notify sovereign states and private shipping companies of the operation to avoid the possibility of interference or misunderstanding.

"This operation in no way represents an aggressive action on the part of the Borgosesian Federation," Minister Cavallo said.

Press contact:

Fulvia De Luca
Media Coordinator
Ministry for Defense
+131 0382 9112518
fulviadeluca@md.ba

[Traxa]

Styrian Troops Engage New Free State Army forces in Galkayo

Elements of the 39th Division's 1st Brigade, which transferred to Galkayo from Guurdalai earlier this year have had their first contact with members of the rebel group known as the New Free State Army or NFSA. The NFSA, classified as a far-right ethnic nationalist terrorist group has operated in Galkayo since 2008. Earlier in the week the NFSA claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on railway worker camps as they carried out construction on a line that will eventually connect the Galkayn capital of Israac and the inland city of Garsoor.

The attacks claimed the lives of some thirty six workers, with dozens more wounded, prompting a response from Galkayan units with embedded advisers and elements of the 1st brigade in support coupled with gunship and ground attack support aircraft. For three days the joint Styria-Galkayan units pursued rebel forces, finally cornering a number in a farmstead area just north of the dense southern Galkayan jungles, which the NFSA uses as a base for operations. A fierce firefight followed, with NFSA forces reluctant to surrender or give ground, however the presence of A-10 ground attack craft ensured a coalition victory. When the dust settled, some forty six NFSA rebels were killed, with another seventeen captured, three Galkayan soldiers were killed, and one Styrian adviser was wounded in the fighting.

In response to the attacks, the commander of the 39th's two brigades in Galkayo, Generalmajor Eckhart Mannheim, announced today during a press brief, that discussions with the Galkayan military will be ongoing, and that a plan will be drafted which will ensure the "absolute destruction of the New Free State Army as an operational entity". Generalmajor Mannheim also spoke highly of the Galkayan forces, saying that "they (the Galkayan armed forces) had performed remarkably well, and had shown a high level of professionalism and bravery in combat with a determined enemy"

[Borgosesia]

An honor guard of Galkayan soldiers laid three of their fallen comrades to rest early on May 18. Three Galkayan soldiers were killed in
fierce combat against NESL on May 17.

BREAKING: Borgosesian nationals among slain NESL fighters in central Kenitrashka
Foreign Minister demands "immediate presence" of Borgosesian ambassador | Slain service members laid to rest with full honors | Military to cooperate more closely with Styria
By Dejen Cattaneo | 18 May 2016

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Despite an increase in Galkayan military patrols across the country, NESL attacks have steadily increased
since hostilities began last year.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has reportedly summoned the Borgosesian ambassador to Galkayo in light of new evidence that suggests Borgosesian nationals were fighting under the banner of the so-called New Free State Army (NESL).

Secretary of Foreign Affairs Nazario Sultana tweeted earlier today that he was "deeply disturbed" by the discovery of 10 Borgosesian NESL fighters slain yesterday after fierce combat with Galkayan-Styrian coalition forces. The 10 individuals, whose identities have not yet been made public, were allegedly carrying Borgosesian passports and documentation suggesting they had entered the country through legal means in order to fight with NESL.

"We [the Galkayan government] are cooperating closely with the Styrian government to ensure Borgosesia comprehensively answers to these allegations," Secretary Nazario said earlier today in a brief statement to the press outside his office in Israac.

The so-called New Free State Army is a far-right ultra-nationalist terrorist organization that is seeking to establish a state for Alisnans and Alisnan descended Alqosians in Galkayo. It models itself after the government of the Galkayan Free State, which was a puppet state of fascist Borgosesia during the Borgo-Galkayan War.

Combat between coalition forces and NESL took place yesterday in central Kenitrashka when a company sized force of NESL fighters, numbering around 80, ambushed a camp of Galkayan and Styrian railroad employees who were constructing a rail line from Israac to Garsoor. The railway workers were beset on all sides by small arms fire and rocket propelled grenade attacks. In total, 36 workers of both Galkayan and Styrian descent were killed.

In response, the 1st Cavalry Battalion and the 3rd Motorized Infantry Battalion, both of the 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade, pursued NESL fighters over several miles with the aid of the Styrian 1st Brigade. The NESL fighters were cornered at a farm house in central Kenitrashka where a fierce fire fight ensued. The fight was eventually broken with the help of Styrian air support. Three Galkayan soldiers were killed and one Styrian was wounded. Forty-six NESL fighters were killed and 17 were captured.

Since hostilities began in July 2015, 130 Galkayan service members and 86 civilians have been killed.

"We value closely the support and bravery of the Styrian military in our cause of ridding Galkayo of terrorists," said General Berko Romero, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Galkayo. "We not only honor the lives lost by our own service members, but the lives lost of civilians from both of our countries."

The discovery of Borgosesian nationals among the dead in central Kenitrashka confirms long held suspicions by Galkayo that far-right white nationalists in Galkayo fighting for the establishment of a white state are coming from Borgosesia, which has recently adopted democracy and decried its fascist past.

"It's clear that these fascists think they can escape Borgosesia and come here and establish a new fascist state," Secretary Nazario said during his press conference this morning.

Borgosesian sources could not be reached for direct comment in time for the publishing of this story. The Borgosesian government has in the past categorically denied any knowledge of Borgosesian nationals fighting in Galkayo, but recent evidence could make it harder for Borgosesia to ignore events in Alqosia.

[Traxa]

Borgosesian ambassador summoned after combat action in Galkayo

The Styrian Foreign Ministry summoned the Borgosesian ambassador today, over confirmed reports that Borgosesian nationals were found among the dead NESL fighters after a a clash between coalition Styrian-Galkayan forces and NESL rebels in central Kenitrashka, last week. Rumor that Borgosesian nationals were among the NESL fighters were initially stated by Galkayan forces almost immediately after the fighting ended. The claims were then verified by Styrian forces on the ground, and later confirmed yet again by the state security directorate that the passports and persons found were Borgosesian nationals.

The Borgosesian Foreign Ministry declined to comment. Styrian officials stated that there must be some measure of accountability, and that they wished to discuss measures with Borgosesian representatives on what steps could be taken immediately to stifle support both in terms of manpower, and materials to the NESL.

The news comes at a time when the previously decided joint transportation network is still under construction, but will soon be facing possible budget constraints which could lead to a slow down of progress. Relations between the democratic republic and Borgosesia have been further strained by an increasing autonomy movement in the primarily germanic regions of Burgenia situated along the Styria-Borgosesia border, as well as the perception of Borgosesian warm relations with Pollona.

The latter has been harshly criticized by chancellor Wilhelm Adler, since before his and the SHVP election victories last September.

Government to implement "Baby Bonus" and "Bachelor Tax" As part of Fountain of Life program

The national people's congress voted in favor of the proposed "fountain of life" measure proposed by the state council last week. The proposal offers a number of incentives to women and families for having multiple children. The proposal also implements a $1.50 mark tax on all fatherless males over the age of thirty three to sixty unless proof is provided that medical reasons prevent them from fathering children. Under the new laws by having two children, a middle-income Styrian household may receive various incentives which are equivalent to a total of $166,000 marks. For third and subsequent child, the household will get an additional $5,000 as bonus and $25,000 as a parenthood tax rebate. Childcare subsidies and assistance will be granted to mothers, or families until the child reaches the age of twelve.

The new law also provides for four months of paid maternity leave, and one week of paid paternity leave, subsides for child care, housing, and education. Additionally the government will contribute a dollar for a dollar matching the amount of savings that parents contribute to their child's savings in a youth development account. For first and second born children the amount is capped at $5,000, for third and fourth children the amount is $10,000 and for every subsequent child the amount is capped at $15,000. Youth development account funds may be used to assist in continued childcare, healthcare, and education beyond the age of twelve. All bonuses of $5,000 on from the third child on, may be spent without restrictions.

Families may also receive up to a $25,000 mark tax rebate, roughly $5,000 marks per child. The law also creates the orders of Paternal and Maternal honor, official state decorations and civil orders of merit to be rewarded to those exceptionally large families, or to mothers who may die in childbirth. Recipients of the order are also entitled to a $35,000 mark unrestricted reward from the state.

The new law also makes it part of education to discourage the use of contraception, and discourages abortion, it does however stop short of banning either.

[Mont Jumieges]

Link to Société's Latest Newsletter: http://i.imgur.com/2N3mjeU.png

[Tippercommon]

The following is an article written by Patrick Session and Donna MacDougal of the Journal of the Union. The Journal of the Union is a newspaper that is published in Anderin but that covers issues primarily concerning Tipperay.

EXILED OPPOSITION GROUP RELEASES REPORT ON SUPPRESSION OF CELTS IN NORTHERN TIPPERAY
Report details testimony from victims of gov't atrocities and catalogs military led attacks on Celtic communities.
Patrick Sessions (@nothisispatrick) and Donna MacDougal (@DM1982)
^{13 July 2016 10:40 pm | Áthbreann, Anderin}

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A formation of riot control officers of the Point Waverly Constabulary block off a major intersection in the city's Commerce District at the beginning of a mass demonstration in April of 2016. The protests that lasted from 14-21 April in the capital resulted in the deaths of 56 demonstrators and thousands of injuries at the hands of local police and state-funded contractors.
(Courtesy of the Point Waverly Constabulary)

ÁTHBREANN — The League of Tipperayn Celts for Democracy has released an 8 volume inquiry detailing the past century of Celt suppression by the Crown of Tipperay.

With its production beginning in 2005, the eight volume inquiry includes testimonials from witnesses and victims of allegedly heinous government acts against the country's Celtic population dating back to 1943. Minister of Values Frederick Miller denounced the report as, "a contemptible attempt by a band of heretics to subvert the authority of the Crown and sully the good name of the holy Matriarch Lena Oakley II and her administration."

The inquiry was published in Anderin with the first physical copies being unveiled at a TCD press conference in Áthbreann this morning. Tipperayn Celts for Democracy is an alliance of exiled opposition groups currently based in Anderin and Cockaygne. As such, the Ministry of Values has denied the report's publication within Tipperay and ordered internet service providers (ISP) to limit their customers' access to it. Even so, all of the 35 pdf files that were included in the report's digital release have been shared via peer-to-peer sharing on the deep web.

The report outlines some 130 specific incidents of "unjust," "unlawful," and "inhumane" uses of military force against civilians by the Tipperayn government, as well as brief overviews of over 3,400 incidences of civilian encounters with Tipperayn law enforcement that resulted in summary executions. Further, it investigates the widespread suppression of political movements and the outright banning of opposition political parties.

Since 1976, the only party sanctioned by the Crown has been the Ecclesiast Bloc with all other opposition parties having their leadership either imprisoned, executed, or deported. The League of Tipperayn Celts for Democracy itself includes some 14 pro-democracy parties in exile.

The majority of the incidents detailed in the report have been censored from Tipperayn search results by the Crown. Although information regarding arrests made by law enforcement is available publicly depending on the policy of individual duchies, such records reveal little information about the events surrounding each arrest. Courtroom proceedings are not made public. The only information typically made available to the public is the individual’s name, the charges brought forth, and the verdict passed down by the Ecclesiastical Courts.

The inquiry gives an extensive historical overview of racial tensions in Tipperay, covering the history of Celtic slavery following the monarch's independence from the Questerian Kingdom in 1692 to the beginning of the ongoing low-boil civil war in 1922. The first witness testimony was given by Augusta Lawrence (1924-2009) in reference to the Sussex Square bombings on 7 August 1943 where government forces fired white phosphorous artillery shells into crowds protesting the military occupation of northern Tipperay, killing 103 people and maiming 459.

Four mass graves have been discovered by civilians in the wilderness since 1990. The report has claimed that all four of the graves contained “a significant number” of residents from villages that were swept by military forces in search of insurgents and deserters. The Crown has not released details regarding the size of the graves and has not allowed investigators unbridled access to the areas in question.

In 2013, the Ministry of Values and the Ecclesiastical Council made a joint statement, claiming that the graves contained a number of the 2,100 who are executed in Tipperay each year for crimes such as murder, rape, homosexuality, treason, and heresy.

The TCD has rejected this statement, citing witness testimony claiming that infants and young children were among the dead - the minimum age for capital punishment in Tipperay is 13 years old. Further, witnesses claimed that many of the bodies had either been shot or been struck by shrapnel while the Crown officially prefers hanging, drawing, and quartering as its method of execution for the previously mentioned offenses. These incidents have been particularly effective at fueling the rhetoric of the TCD who have accused the Crown of actively targeting and exterminating Celts and pagans in the country’s rural regions.

These types of incidents have not been uncommon throughout Tipperay’s history. The TCD has claimed that as many as 40,000 pagans have disappeared since 1970. Areas with high concentrations of pagans and Celts boast the largest military presence in the nation, with 4 out of the country’s 7 joint ground and air military bases being located in the north.

Two RAS Lioness fighters on a combat air patrol over
Tipperayn natural gas fields in the Gulf of Serenity.

The Tipperay-Anderin border is one of the most militarized in the region, with as much as 30% of the Royal Guard and Royal Aero Service being dedicated to its defense. With its pro-democratic values and its large pagan/Celt populations, the Crown has been openly hostile towards Brigantia and Anderin for centuries.

Minister of the Sword Georgia Seiter has cited the need to, “guard God’s people from those who seek to corrupt” as a primary cause for the Tipperayn military’s current stature.

Field Marshall Warren Hunter, Supreme Commander of the Royal Guard, as also claimed that his forces have a mandate to, “halt the flight of heretics, cowards, and undesirables who have sought to weaken the monarch and then scurry back into the cold embrace of our enemies.”

This report does not do anything to sooth the heightened tensions between Anderin and Tipperay. One potential incident - the alleged execution of the Ó Néill family - has already sent a shockwave through Anderian media and has incited calls for retribution.

Ahearn (34), Ida (32), Kaarina (14), and Kaarle (15) Ó Néill reportedly disappeared from a small encampment on the Anderin side of the Tipperay-Anderin border on 8 April 2008. Local law enforcement had suspected that the family was kidnapped in the night by a local gang, but the investigation net little information.

Based on the testimony of defector and former Royal Guard Signal Corps Warrant Officer Gregory Willems, Tipperay Celts for Democracy has attributed the disappearance to an illegal cross-border operation conducted by a Royal Guard special forces unit.

Willems asserted that on the night of 7 April 2008, a Royal Guard team crossed the demilitarized zone under the authority of the Ministry of the Sword with the objective of capturing a family who had defected a month prior. In his testimony, he alleges that the entire family was then tried in secret by an Ecclesiastical Court, executed, and buried at sea.

It is unknown if the team had intentionally or mistakenly arrested the Ó Néills as the family had never been to Tipperay according to Anderian records. None of the statements included in this section have been confirmed by either governments or a third-party investigator, but its implications could be immensely consequential for peace in the region.

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[Pollona]

OUR LEADERS, THEIR SECRETS: PRINCE SUBUTAI, GAY BOTTOM?
PALACE SCANDAL REVEALS GUURDALAI PRINCE FREQUENTED HOMO DATING APP "SPOONER"

• Culturally conservative Guurdalai "rocked" by royal gay sex scandal
• Prince Subutai, 25, married to Crown Princess Naidene, 27, and son of Crowned Prince Naranbaatar, 48, frequented sexual dating app "Spooner" for several years
• Gay App "Spooner" connected Subutai to various sexual degenerates; revelations from attendants closest to Royal Family
• Rochehautese Sailor Involved?! The latest gossip from Rinchinbal

By David Mánek
Published: 11:30 4 August 2016

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In the civilized spheres of Maredoratica, those nations of free people usually concentrated in Alisna, society have come to endorse the gay agenda. This sexual conduct, we've realized, is more defensible than the polygamous Prekovi peasant or the molesting Tipperayn Cardinal. But it is not the same for every country. In a "conservative" culture like Guurdalai, while homos may be marginalized, they're not threatened with execution (which is a popular punishment in countries where dirty towels are considered formal headgear). But let's continue the example of Guurdalai. Suppose your son or daughter was suddenly exposed as a serial adulterer, a serial homosexual adulterer. How would ordinary reader of DV react? Magnify that fallout to one of the most prominent families, in a prominent but socially "sensitive" country, and the revelation is all the more tragic than before.

But for the rest of the globe, it is yet another source of amusement. This time in "Our Leaders, Their Secrets" we take you inside the explosive allegations surrounding Prince "Sub"-utai of Guurdalai. Is he living the double life of a pious young family man, and raunchy gay bottom?

Subutai (25) is 2nd in line to the throne of Guurdalai after his father: Crown Prince Naranbaatar (48). Subutai is known for unbridled devotion to his wife, Crown Princess Nadine (27), currently pregnant with the couple's first child. Subutai, popular with younger Guurkhuns, maintains a high public profile and is widely lauded by the Guurkhun press. However, shocking new allegations from inside the Guurkhun Royal Household reveal, for the very first time, that the young heir is not as "straightforward" as one might think. In a series of special DV interviews, conducted with retired or dismissed attendants of the Royal Family, DV learned that Prince Subutai uses a popular gay social networking app.

"Subutai kept many personal things away from Nadine, like his real . . . 'preferences' . . ." one anonymous attendant claimed. "to live life in such a public sphere, it's understandable. He always preferred the company of young male favorites." When pressed further on the subject, a guard revealed that the Prince would often go out in public "disguised as one of the workers" several times a week. "I never gave much thought to it," the watchman replied, "what the Prince did in his private life was his own business. Many of us didn't think much of it, perhaps he wanted to go out and live a regular life like anyone else. Though when he returned I could guess what- or who- he had been doing. . . probably from Spooner."

Sponner is a popular social media app where gay or lesbian users can "hook up" for acts of a sexual variety (in the name of basic decency, DV will not list examples). Users create a profile of themselves and their interests in another "partner", eventually "swiping" along a screen until the app matches them with other users. Since launching in 2012, the app has over 20 million active users a month across Maredoratica as of 2016, making millions of "matches" a day. Spooner's marketing agents claim at least 1 in every 10 users lives in Gurrdalai; Morieux is the country with the most "matches," while Cockaygne has the highest number of users per capita.

According to special investigators hired by DV, intensive scrutiny of the Spooner application and profile network (*) exposed an unusually high number of profiles for members of Subutai's household. Many of these profiles have been activated or deactivated quite frequently and rotated from person to person. Almost all of the profiles were marked for a sexually "Bottom" preference. Sheer number and type of profiles did not correspond to household's general sexual preferences. This pointed to a repeat user of Spooner, one who kept several identities to hide their own repetitive "behavior." Backed by anonymous testimony, the real identity of this user can be non other than the Prince himself; his "deviance" was protected by the acquiescence of close friends and servants of the Royal Family.

An anonymous housekeeper claimed the Prince's addiction to Spooner explained why the couple "rotated staff members and guards so often," an unusual phenomenon first noted by the Guurkhun press. Rumors of bribes, kickbacks, and "hushmoney" in millions of Ecus have never been validated by sources. Yet, this would point towards Subutai's need for privacy. "He kept his cell phone on his person at all times," one official revealed to DV. "If you had a chance to hold his phone and scroll to the right, you'd see the Spooner app tucked away in a corner. Naidene is completely oblivious for sure. She is not the type of wife who snoops through her husband's phone to find texts from another lover."

Speaking of lovers, Subutai was quite active with a number of other men. If all of these Spooner profiles do indeed belong to the Prince, then the Prince had no fewer than 3 unique sexual encounters a week. At such a rate, the Prince averaged 156 sexual encounters a year (approximately 155 more than the average Questarian male, though half of the average Rochehautese female). A technical investigation of these profiles (*) revealed continuous matches to young military officers. "Sub"utai appeared to have a "sub"missive preference for perhaps more commanding individuals.

DV has reached out to the Spooner profiles "matched" to those belonging to the Prince, but as of yet no one has stepped forward. Understandably, the Guurkhun military is quite protective of the Royal Family as it has been in Guurdalai for centuries; on the other hand, shagging a royal may be something Subutai's lovers want to keep secret. DV can only add to the speculation at this time.

One very explosive and politically controversial "Spooning" was revealed to DV only several days ago. In late January 2016, one of the Spooner profiles flagged to the Prince was matched to a profile at Rinchinbal Naval Hospital. Rinchinbal Naval Hospital was where the sailors of the Adrienne, a Rochehautese submarine which ran aground near Guurdalai, were taken for treatment. An analysis of available phone metadata (*) points to a potential Spooner profile of a Rochehautese sailor on the Adrienne. DV journalists have confirmed all sides have refused to comment on the alleged incident. There's no telling how this seamen will stain the Prince's reputation (among other things).

A gay Guurkhun prince hooking up with a Rochehautese sailor is something generally thought of as "fanfic material." Yet the internet has made all sorts of these strange fantasies become reality. Bitter enemies turn star crossed lovers, and powerful princes become submissive sex addicts.

What more can we say? They're our leaders, and these are their secrets.

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(*) DV does not endorse nor condone the use of illegal or unethical means to write or validate its publications. All actions therein are undertaken for the best of intentions for our readers and the pursuit of the truth.

[New Valcluse]

Maredoratic League Referendum Announced

Valence: The government has announced that a referendum on Valcluse’s membership of the Maredoratic League during a press conference held by President Michel Dubois earlier this morning.

Dubois said that the referendum would occur on October 1, later this year, which gives both sides of the membership debate just over a month for campaigning. He said that he personally did not feel that this was the right choice, but said that public pressure was too great to ignore.

It comes amid calls for Valcluse to leave the Maredoratic League after controversial issues surrounding the handling of the peacekeeping mission in Karaman as well as the widely unpopular Global Trade and Finance Protocol (GTFP).

Recent polls have indicated that Valclusians have a generally negative opinion of the League. 62% of Valclusians opppose the Global Trade and Finance Protocol (GTFP) compared with 23% of it who approve. Nearly 50% of Valclusians oppose the current deployment of Valclusian troops as part of MASTAMIK forces, with 37% who do not oppose. However, the most significant poll data released showed that 50% of Valclusians want Valcluse to leave the Maredoratic League. 48% of those polled wanted to remain in the League.

Socialist Party senator Maxime Briand, the main proponent of the League exit movement within Parliament, said that referendum was the “best news he’s heard all year.” He said that the government was making a wise decision. Briand is among the most vocal critics of Valcluse’s continued membership in the Maredoratic League. Despite being a member of the ruling Socialist Party, he had consistently voted against all recent proposals with regards to the supranational organization. Although he voted in favour of sending peacekeepers as part of the League’s MASTAMIK mission in Karaman, he later voted against the government’s troop increases, as well as voted against the proposal to ratify the GTFP. He has called the League “impotent” after its handling of the Karaman crisis. He also severely criticized the GTFP, calling it the “worst economic plan ever”.

Proponents of the exit also say that Valcluse would be better off economically and it would give Valcluse more freedom to pursue independent trade policies and trade negotiations with non-League members. Briand said that Valcluse already adheres to the regulatory standards that have been proposed in terms of products that can be sold in League markets as well as financial regulations.
"As an industrialised first world nation, Valcluse already meets League requirements for products of any kind to be sold in any other League markets," he said. "Leaving the League would not put our exports at risk because we would be able to meet those requirements and not be subject to the fines or tariffs imposed on nations that don't. At the same time, Valcluse would acquire greater trade security by not subjecting our largest trade partners to those tariffs."

Madeline Pellet, the current Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Radical Party, has said that any moves to leave the Maredoratic League would spell economic disaster.
"Imagine what would happen to domestic and international markets if we left? Valcluse would experience an economic crash worse than we have ever experienced," she said. "Not to mention the small but significant progress regional economies have been making since the 2014 Questarian crisis would be undone. The region would fall back into recession. It'd create instability in Respumois and in Prekonate and that would already compound the economic issues we're already experiencing." Pellet, who deployed Valclusian troops to Karaman as part of MASTAMIK forces said that she agreed that there were changes needed, the League was still a force for good in international politics.
"I agree that the League needs to change the way it handles international crises and relations with major regional powers," she said. "But that has not stopped our troops or our commitments to regional peace, security and stability and leaving the League would make us unable to make any positive contributions."

Pellet also said that Valcluse would not be putting its trade relations at risk because not all products would be included in the Harmonised Trade Schedule (HTS) and that opt out clauses were present.
"Our energy imports are not at risk from price rises or being reduced," she said. "We have been in contact with our supply partners and we have assured them that they would not be affected by any tariffs or fees against their products and businesses."

Criticism has been levelled at the government for the short time allocated for campaigning between the announcement and the proposed referendum date. Pellet said that although she recognized that this was the best available date before the onset of winter, she said that it would put the "Stay" camp at risk of losing the referendum.
"We're already behind in the polls so we need as much time as possible so we can get a campaign going that can convince the undecided or convince those that may be wavering that staying within the League is in our best interests," she said. "If we can't do that, we'll have made the worst mistake in our history."

[Pollona]

Odveta opponents to public: End 80 years of shame
President and allies open "Yes" campaign for Odveta repeal referendum

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Yes Campaign supporters held their first rally in the Kapr Symphony Hall, Liberec

28.8.16

Liberec -

"Yes" Campaign for the Odveta Repeal Referendum launched their first official rally in Liberec today in the backdrop of the 80th anniversary of Odveta's enactment. The Campaign guests, including journalists, politicians, actors, business-leaders and diplomats, spoke to a packed assembly hall of 3,000 supporters, calling for the end of Pollona's discrimination against its ethnic Styrian minority. Yes Campaigners had hoped the timing of the event would coincide with a full list of well known public figures, to kick off what they expect to be a very aggressive and tight campaign.

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"We've lived in a world of fear and hatred for 80 years, all Pollonans deserve better." Actress Klára Lounová declared to the audience on stage. Lounová (38), star in Never Die Again and Cosmos 2: The Reckoning, shared her experience working with Styrian actors in Pollona. "You may see their face on the screen, but not recognize who they are. They play minor roles, to not risk censure. Every day these men and women of great talent, some of my closest colleagues, live in despair, wondering if we will ever appreciate them." Though the original Odveta laws from 1936-1940 have been reformed, Styrians are still not equal to their Czech counterparts, making it difficult for them to work in fields like acting.

A particularly electric speech was delivered by Cardinal František Beran, the Catholic Archbishop of Pollona. "I must give a frank assessment. There can be no denial, no spin, no hesitation: Odveta is a crime against God, and a stain against all Christian ethics. This anniversary is marked with the blood of sinners, and the hopes of all those wishing to walk the righteous path."

The inclusion of religion into the Odveta debate has proven controversial; the Catholic Church has been a primary target due to its large ethnic-Styrian membership. Advocates of "Better off No" denounced Beran's speech and the referendum as a "Popish Plot" against Pollona.

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The penultimate speech from President Laszlo, laid out his "clear-cut case" for civil, legal, and constitutional reforms to a "system which has darkened our democracy" for decades. "We've already seen the fallout of just announcing the referendum: relations reopened with Styria, cooperation with Moreiux, treaties with Berry and Borgosesia . . . we will continue to gain security abroad by delivering on equality at home." The President ended with a direct appeal to voters, calling it a "once in a generation chance to set right one our republic's most egregious wrongs."

The Yes Campaign has expressed it will draw heavily on the support of President Laszlo, personally popular with the general public, and other key Pollonan figures in order to carry a campaign dubbed "project hope." Supports believe their campaign will win over the critical demographics which will decide the outcome: middle class households, degree holders, and religious voters. "This rally is just the first of many on our cross-country tour in to educate Pollonans," a source close the "Yes" Campaign claimed. "We have a year to convince Pollona our cause is just."

The Odveta Referendum Bill was passed by the Coalition Government in January of this year. The referendum, taking place on August 19th, 2017, will ask for voter's approval of a series of constitutional amendments nullifying current Odveta restrictions. Amendments to the Pollonan constitution require a majority of voters in a majority of the states to ratify.

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[Traxa]

Premier Issues Address to the Nation

Speaking from the Domsplatz in front of the Sheiliesn Cathedral, Premier David Brackmann spoke to the nation earlier this morning. Touching on a number of topics from the recent events in Galkayo, to the start of the "yes" campaign in Pollona, which is seeking to bring about the end of Odveta.

Brackmann continued calls demanding the Borgosesian government do more to stop the spread of volunteers and material support to the NESL in Galkayo.

"The New Free State Army is a terrorist organization, seeking to undermine and remove the legitimate government of Galkayo. There is ample evidence to support claims that this deplorable organization has support from persons inside Borgosesia. The Borgosesian government must accept responsibility and do its job to cut off support for this terror organization, and prosecute those persons or organizations which are caught lending aid to it."

The speech comes as the foreign office has again summoned the Borgosesian diplomat in regards to Borgosesian nationals again being found among NESL dead and captured, the latest firefight resulting in the death of one Styrian soldier and the wounding of two others.

Brackmann continued in his address touching on news that the "yes" campaign to end Odveta in Pollona had officially began its campaign.

"The struggle must continue. It is our hope that the people of Pollona will heed President Laszlo's words, and right the wrong which the Germanic peoples of Pollona have endured for so many years. Irregardless of ones religious views, it is your duty to the cause of humanity to promote a world of equality, safety, and equal consideration and protections under the law.

Czechs in Styria live as equals, holding positions in the government, at universities, in courts of law, they are doctors, teachers, factory managers, true pillars of our society. They are artists, musicians, actors, they hold festivals and holidays we all enjoy, and provide different points of view on many issues and we Styrians as a whole are a richer people for it. It is my hope that Pollona may be enriched in the same way when it allows its German minority to contribute to and re-join its society."

Brackmann also briefly issued a statement at the Q and A following his address on the announcement that President Michel Dubois of Valcluse had started a referendum to leave the Maredoratic League stating

"It is nice to see that people are finally starting to see the Maredoratic league for what it is. I wish President Dubois best of luck in his efforts to convince the people of Valcluse to leave or at least stop cooperating with such an inept, incompetent, and corrupt institution as we have done here in Styria."

[Varnia Prime]

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VARNIA AND POLLONA SIGN DEFENSE PACT

BJERGVIN/ÅLESUND — Following ‘weeks of talks’, Foreign Affairs Director Jens Hagerup and President of Pollona Josef Laszlo, announced that Varnia and Pollona had agreed to reaffirm the Ålesund Accords in the face of increased threats to both countries’ national security.

Pollonan President Josef Laszlo remarked that the reaffirmation of Varnian-Pollonan
military relations was 'a measured response by democratic countries' in lieu of 'increased aggression
by illiberal states'

The Ålesund Accords originally grew out of the rescue of almost 600 Varnian sailors by the Pollonan navy, after the Varnian cruiser Ålesund sank in 1954. The action formed a strong bond between the Varnian and Pollonan military, and an extensive set of treaties were signed over the following two decades.

The reaffirmed accords, which are understood to have been renegotiated, most significantly include a defense agreement, which commits either country to come to the other’s aid in the case of a military attack. The move to sign such an agreement has sparked controversy in some circles, which have accused the Foreign Affairs Director to over-step his authority.

Varnia has, in recent history, avoided making formal commitments to use military force abroad. In 1997 a proposed mutual defense agreement with Morieux fell through, over concerns about a public veto, and Varnia never joined the Jesselton Treaty Pact’s mutual defense agreement over similar concerns.

Experts VSKR have spoken to generally agree that a public veto is unlikely in the modern climate, citing the recent war in Karaman, the remilitarization of the Questarian border and the recent revolution in Jumieges, as events that have pushed the Varnian people towards the view that cooperative defense is beneficial.

Regardless of any potential legal challenge in Varnia, the agreement sends a strong message that the Directory sees a worsening national security situation. At the press conference, President Laszlo stated that the agreement was a ‘measured response’ in the face of ‘increased aggression by illiberal states’, a sentiment that was further reinforced by Director Hagerup.

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[Oseato]

Politique Étrangère

ARGUMENT

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The Importance of Friends
Or Why Morieux Needs an Internationalist Perspective

By Marcel Pierre Richelieu III

With the recent development of the Varnian and Pollonan Republics formalizing the mutual defense clauses of the Ålesund Accords questions need to be raised as to why the Morivaine Republic has not succeeded in securing a similar deal with the like-minded states of Alisna. With the repugnant stain of the Jesselton Treaty rapidly being cleansed from the reputation of the Republic, it will be the government's primary focus to engage in the build up of bilateral and multilateral relationships with the liberal states of Alisna and the world. The rise of Communist and Generalist regimes in Styria and Jumieges demonstrates the imperative and urgent need for Morieux to engage in international coalition building. Tyranny is on march the world over and liberty is seen everywhere to be in retreat. This is unacceptable to the Committee for the Security of Liberal Maredoratica and unacceptable to the Morivaine people in general.

The death of Jesselton Treaty has freed the Republic from the need to compromise with the bureaucrats in Jesselton in their quest to undermine the basis for our entire world. Despite the large number of Communist troops in Karaman, the Morivaine position remains clear and firm. It is time to reach a final accommodation with the Communists in Karaman that will once and for all establish the National Republic of Karaman as a free, sovereign, and tolerant society for all Karamanites and Vyzantis. Outside influence should be reduced and a gradual drawn down of forces should be enacted once the Constitution is ratified. Outside manipulation in this process will be resisted and confronted at every turn. We should like to see our former friends depart Karaman on good and peaceful terms, but only if they respect the wishes of the Karamanite government in its pursuit of a liberal and inclusive constitution. Should peaceful means of negotiation and conflict resolution fail, perhaps it is time for the Morivaine government to once again seek to formalize its military cooperation with the Varnian Republic, as well as entertain the idea of a rapprochement with the Pollonans.

"The death
of the
Jesselton Treaty
has freed
the Republic."

The nascent relationship between our Republic and Borgosesia will be strengthened. Our current deployments and rotations under the basing agreements will be stepped up. We in government will demand a peaceful existence for Alisna focused on national self-determination and non-interference of malicious states. Co-existence with the Generalists and Communists will be our goal, but we will not hesitate to confront their perfidious actions with firm resolve and the promise of fierce opposition. The Duclerc government has taken Morieux to the forefront of world power and must secure our position in the world. No longer can we accept the wild machinations of Questers and Prekonate that have undermined peace and prosperity for so many. It is time to assert our power to secure a safer, freer, and more prosperous Maredoratica for all who inhabit it. While the precise path that led to freedom and prosperity in Morieux cannot be simply dictated or transferred to other states in Maredoratica, it is time that all states begin to march toward increasing freedom and justice for all; toward a society of nations strong and flexible enough to meet the demands of all freedom-seeking peoples.

Each nation in this world faces different challenges and posses different aims, shaped by the random chances of history and the human experience. However, we should all proceed toward the common goal of human development. No longer can we tolerate the constant squabbling and short-sighted dreams of petty tyrants. We must secure for all men liberty and economic prosperity. We must overcome injustice, hate, and tyranny in any way which we can. The political repression in Prekonate, the execution of former royalists in the Generalist bloc, and the criminal discrimination in Hervenbosch should no longer be tolerated as a simple fact of life. The imperfections of human justice and the inadequacy of human compassion should no longer be used as an excuse for inaction. It is time to vigorously advance our agenda in the same spirit of the 1727 Revolution. No tyrant, in Alisna or elsewhere, should ever feel comfortable in their position every again.

The Parti Révolutionnaire and the Duclerc government will seek to set Karaman on the path to peace and prosperity in the coming months with an ardor that has not been previously demonstrated. Additionally, we will proceed to build a lasting relationship with our fellow liberal republics in order to secure for our common defense against the tyrants that seek to undermine those tenants and beliefs we hold the most dear. We will work to resolve our common differences and historical issues in a manner that is both peaceful and advantageous for all involved. We will work to insure that our military might and power projection is not rolled back or inhibited by any state. We will continue to be flexible in the face of all challenges but never forget our resolve to see that liberty and justice are held in high regard across all of Maredoratica. This endeavor will almost certainly prove to be difficult and arduous but the public should always remain convinced of the necessity and righteousness of our cause.

Marcel Pierre Richelieu III is a Parti Révolutionnaire delegate for Mers-el-Kébir and is a current serving member of the Committee for Public Safety. This article was originally published in the September-October issue of Politique Étrangère Magazine.

[Mont Jumieges]

UPDATE REPORT: JUMIEGES COUP D’ÉTAT

The Grand Principality of Jumieges has fallen to a socialist state just under a year after former ally the Kingdom of Styria. The coup d’état took place over the course of thirty-nine days and resulted in tremendous loss of life and infrastructural damage. The Provisional Government of the new state, the Union of Democratic Social Corpities (UDSC), guarantees a peaceful process of reconstruction and transition.

It has been seventeen days since the so-called ‘Fall of Jumieges,’ when the Martial Administration overseen by General Jean-Henri Thibodeau was ousted by the Mouvèmon ruge and the mutineers of the Royal Armed Forces. Despite the swiftness of the coup d’état over the course of the past month, it was far from bloodless. Following the Royal Armed Forces mutiny on 6 July, the rebels could afford to abandon guerrilla warfare which they had been engaging in since the declaration of Martial Law on 28 January. Direct confrontations between loyalist troops and rebel forces were steadily becoming reminiscent of a full-scale civil war. However, the cause of loyalism and monarchism lost a tremendous amount of support owing to Thibodeau’s draconian handling of the civilian population. Countless reports clearly indicated that ordinary Jumiegesmen and Jumiegeswomen of all ages were taking up arms (possibly obtained north of the border) against the Martial Administration. Widespread media coverage of government forces setting fire to a family home in Rumbeck-Eisendorf killing parents and their five young children exacerbated the worsening situation. Wilhelm Gustave, the Mayor of the small Leiselheim town of Eisendorf in which the senseless killings took place, penned an open letter to General Thibodeau condemning him for “morphing into a cold-blooded barbarian.” The absence of Claudette Deschamps, the elected First Minister of State who recently passed her one-year anniversary in office, compelled thousands of demonstrators to take to the streets of Pioche, T.C. To many, the Grand Principality was no longer the place it used to be. To much more, it was simply displaying the ugliness of its true colours. For this coup d’état has most certainly not emerged from the blue.

For decades, ethnic minorities across non-Jumieger regions of the country campaigned hard for equal rights. Many instances have been documented that demonstrate employment inequality, with the favouring of Jumieger workers ahead of Styrians and Geringers in waiting lists. The sweeping under the carpet of police sexual assaults committed towards young Isiban women from the mid-1970s to late-1990s encouraged the foundation and steady growth of the Isiban Freedom Fighters. The organisation’s founder Rabbi Koppel Katzenell was sentenced to life imprisonment and hard labour in 1978, following the linking of his name to the bombing of a federal institution on the island of Taussig. General election after general election resulted in the inauguration of a conservative ethnic Jumieger with next to no regard of ethnic minorities. In April 1998 peaceful civil rights demonstrators in the Geringland protesting economic inequality and institutionalised racism were infamously dismissed as “dissident republicans” by former Minister of State Albèr Harmon. Harmon’s hate-filled views towards Styrian unionists in southern Jumieges resulted in him being branded as the “perfect example of a Jumieges supremacist” on social media. Harmon also annexed 87% of all lands held by First Peoples in reservations designated to them in centuries’ old treaties. His successor, Lord Louis Charbonneau implemented the controversial nationwide policy of forcing the Jumiegeois language onto ethnic minorities in private-run minority schools. The policy was not lifted for seven years until the attainment of office by self-identified Socialist Claudette Deschamps. Deschamps herself proved to be the final straw for the vast majority of Jumieges people. With her lack of control and leadership over her own party, the Partie démocratique socialiste progressiste (PDSP), topped with downright bombast and ignorance, she proved to be a failed last hope. Her running for cover after Martial Law was declared undeniably accelerated the inevitable.

However, the problem transcended far beyond Jumieges’ status of a disunited melting pot, the issue also involved the Royal Family, the Du Fresnes. While Margaux, Princess of Jumieges was much more popular than her father and her grandfather before him, she did not appeal to a substantial percentage of the people. Her son Hereditary Prince Olivier is widely viewed as a racist, homophobe and all-around bigot following years of troubling public comments. The country’s dark past the Du Fresnes were largely responsible for came back to haunt his mother, the princess, and no number of nationwide tours and Styrian language lessons could ever begin to change that. The widespread starvation experienced during the Great War, which involved the death of more than 500,000 people, particularly in the north, still remains to this day very raw in many people’s minds. Make no mistake, however, there was no famine in the Grand Principality during this period, there was plenty of food being exported to affluent estate owners in Kirinyaga (then Côte-Sauveur.) In fact, historians have claimed, with arguably sufficient evidence to back them up, that food supplies such as corn were being wasted by the royal government. The ruling prince at the time, the ‘Steel Prince,’ Bénédicte was notoriously known for his backward views and lack of compassion towards the peasantry. Cannibalism, disease, premature death and suicide do not die quickly in the hearts of affected family members. Some have taken their grief to federal courts as recently as September 2014, demanding compensation be offered for the “genocide of First Peoples, Nordistes and Varnians.” Such requests have been laughed off by aristocratic Jumiegers from the eastern heartland of conservatism and monarchism. Additionally, it is rather quite fair to say that some people find monarchism to be outdated and preposterous in the modern world. Some have referred to the Lac La Belle Palace in Libreville as the “biggest house on benefits street.” The discontent of the monarchist system by Jumieges people was only inflamed by the transitions of Questers and Styria into republics. Polls conducted by a handful of national newspapers after 2004 indicated that an increasing majority wanted to see the Grand Principality become a republic. The federal government paid no heed until the Deschamps administration, but even the promise of a 2017 referendum could not prevent the significant terrorist attacks witnessed in both Coswiller and the Havanes. A misleading headline by Maintenant backed up by a poll in 2015 boasted that “61% of Jumiegers stand loyal to the Good Ol’ Princess,” however the poll only included ethnic Jumiegers from rural areas in the east. By this stage, the complete opposite was unfolding and the Mouvèmon ruge were emerging from the underground. There is no dodging from the fact, a Jumieges republic was long overdue.

From 6 July onwards the majority of the Royal Armed Forces worked alongside the Mouvèmon ruge’s civilian volunteers in ‘liberating’ towns and cities across the country. A national flag, anthem, motto and written constitution has all been prepared by the movement’s leaders for well over five years. The take-over of Jumieges by these combined forces first took place in the north and then in the west, with a three-day standoff at Port-National on the Kalte Sea near the border with Styria. After twenty days of confrontation between loyalists and rebels, estimates put the death toll at ~1,625 and damage to infrastructure at 450 million Jumieges cailloux. By the end of July, the movement had taken over virtually all of the west and begun the extrajudicial executions of western-based aristocrats. The Hereditary Prince Olivier and his family, who were based in Havre-de-Grâce, escaped the violence by a matter of weeks, after fleeing to the sanctuary of their delusional and equally-problematic cousins, the Buaduas of Boaga. However, executions of non-offending aristocrats and affluent landowners have not been overly encouraged by the Provisional Government of the rebel state, the Union of Democratic Social Corpities. Throughout the first week of August the south and central plains were acquired, and on 12 August the so-called ‘Liberation of Lisieux’ took place. The last strongholds of the Martial Administration were predictably the cities of Pioche, T.C. and Libreville, both of which were taken over by rebel forces on 14 August after days of crossfire and casualties. The death toll reached ~2,500 by the end of the coup d’état and the de facto absolute take-over of the Union of Democratic Social Corpities. The state identifies itself as the successor state of the 1030-year-old Grand Principality and has a well-established, functioning Provisional Government now based at the partially shelled Avenue des aigles.

The natural leader of the Mouvèmon ruge and Provisional Government, an ethnic Varnian Jumieger who goes by the name of Théogène Vieuxbois, pressed for an uprising “as bloodless as possible” and even spared the life of General Thibodeau, much to the ire of some of his comrades. The disgraced General has since been banished to Züri, Schaumburg where he resides temporarily in the now defunct Jumieges embassy. Vieuxbois has had a military past but poses himself as a progressive environmentalist and peacemaker, which has aroused the distaste of monarchists across the continent. He is the President and General Secretary of the so-called People’s Party and will remain so until the UDSC can undertake a nationwide general election which, pragmatically speaking, may take more than three months to organise. The People’s Party is the only authorised party of the state and the political system is heavily reminiscent of Styria’s. Already, the respective government ministries are being set up, and renovation of an opera house in downtown Pioche is taking place for the establishment of the national parliament. Vieuxbois has selected Germain Rapace to be his People’s Representative, an equivalent to a premier. He has also put forward policies that will include the rapid demilitarisation of Jumieges’ border with Questers and the dramatic decreasing of military expenditure and personnel numbers. Predominately, though, as is to be expected, it appears Vieuxbois is keen to see Jumieges undergo a rapid reconstruction process. Having personally developed a sophisticated foreign relations system for the UDSC, Vieuxbois has a thing or two to say about those who oppose the movement’s rise to power. In a television broadcast on Sunday, 28 August, he stated: “We cannot entertain to the unsound command of language utilised by those who condemn us. We are beginning as we mean to go on, we will take no unfair play from anyone.” The rebuilding of infrastructure where great damage has occurred is also a top priority and the internment of loyalist offenders. More updates like these will be provided in the coming weeks.

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Masxime Briand delivers his keynote speech at the launch of the Oui campaign.

Oui Campaign Begins

Valcluse: In what seemed like an imitation of the launch of a bid for the presidency, the Oui campaign got underway today following a convention inside the Hotel Deschamps in central Valence. It had been timed to coincide with the official release of the referendum question: Should Valcluse leave the Maredoratic League? Prominent Maresceptic politicians, including senator Maxime Briand, National Front leader Jean-Marie Lesage and Republican Party leader Antoine de la Croix spoke to a crowd of 500 invited guests and supporters, most of whom were members of delegations from a variety of political parties.

"We have finally been given a chance to take back what is ours," Maxime Briand said in the keynote speech at the conference. "Valclusians deserve to have their nation given back to them, their livelihoods protected, their jobs secured. When they ask us if we should leave this corrupt morass, we say Oui!" Briand also said that campaign would promise to redistribute the taxpayer money spent on maintaining membership in the Maredoratic League, as well as Valcluse's financial contributions to different Maredoratic League projects.
"Every year, over ₣3.5 million of our hard earned wages leaves Valcluse to be spent on bureaucrats in a foreign country. A Oui vote will ensure that the taxpayer money that goes overseas will be spent here, in Valcluse, for Valclusians that deserve it. A vote for Oui will ensure that our most vulnerable citizens get the help they need. A Oui vote will ensure our children receive better education, better health and a better quality of life."

Republican Party leader Antoine de la Croix delivered a speech that emphasized what would happen to Valcluse if it stayed within the Maredoratic Union.
"We would face a crisis unprecedented in our history," de la Croix said. "Our neighbour to the north would declare economic war on us. Our economy will be crippled. Our cities will be crippled. There is nothing that we can do to stop this if we stay in the Maredoratic League. Valcluse would be signing its death certificate." de la Croix went onto say that Valcluse's participation in the Maredoratic Stabilisation Mission in Karaman (MASTAMIK) was a "mistake" and that further League peacekeeping missions were impossible in the current political climate.
"I supported the peacekeeping mission in Karaman on principle but I cannot sit back and say with good conscience that the current situation is one in which Valcluse, or any other state, is preferrable. The League has no teeth. How can it protect the innocent and the most vulnerable in Maredoratica if it is subservient to the will of non-members? Valcluse cannot bear part of the responsibility for the thousands of innocent civilians killed in the bloodshed in Karaman because bureaucrats in Van Luxemburg won't tell soldiers to do their job. How can we sit back and let this happen?"

Another speech was delivered by National Front leader Jean-Marie Lesage, who emphasised the encroachments on national sovereignty that were being made by agreements such as the Global Trade and Finance Protocol (GTFP).
"They want us to impose sanctions on Prekonate, our largest and most important trading partner," he said. "Although I firmly disagree with their government it's undemocratic and authoritarian nature, I firmly believe that maintaining trade relations with Prekonate is essential for our economic survival." Lesage said that it was only a matter of time before the League began to implement other measures that eroded national sovereignty.
"Where does it end? It begins with a broad and vague standardisation policy and soon we'll be told what to say, how to dress, what products to buy, who to vote for. What kind of undemocratic society does the League want to impose on Maredoratica?"

Outside the convention, a number of protesters had gathered. A significant proportion of them were from the Maredoratic League's International Children's Education Fund (MLICEF). Currently, MLICEF employs 457 administrators and other staff at its headquarters in Valence. Marie Landry, who is employed by MLICEF, said that a yes vote would put her and hundreds of others out of a job.
"What the hell is going to happen to us if Oui wins?" she said. "There are hundreds of people employed just by this organisation alone in Valence and they're willing to turf us out onto the streets just to serve their paranoia? It's insane. Have they said what will happen to us if they win? Have they found us alternate employment? Will they provide us with compensation? Or are we expected just to be left to ourselves? My husband and I both work hard to put food on the table for our family. How is he expected to provide for me and our two children?" Landry said that the job market in Valence was "too competitive" for her to find new employment if MLICEF's headquarters was closed.
"If I can't find a job, how am I supposed to live? How am I supposed to feed my family? Pay for our mortgage? We'd have to sell our house and move but even then, we'd barely afford a new place in any of the larger cities." She said that one of the main issues with the Oui campaign is their lack of consideration for the consequences of leaving the Maredoratic League, especially for the personnel who are employed by it. She also said that the Oui campaign ignored the political and economic impacts of leaving the League, especially with current economic struggles.

Other protesters included members of various trade unions, including the National Factory Workers Union (SNTU). Union spokesperson Pierre Laporte said that SNTU and other unions opposes the Oui campaign because of the tariffs levied against non-member states. He said that Valcluse's manufacturing base had been gutted over the last three decades.
"Our country has lost so many jobs thanks to predatory neoliberalism," he said. "We are here to stop those vultures from stripping the carcass any further." Laporte said that the Valclusian people should vote to remain a member of the Maredoratic League if they believed in their country.
"Our manufacturing industry is one of the best in the world," he said. "Anyone that believes in Valcluse should vote to remain, because without guaranteed protections, we can't be the great country we should be."

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NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN OSTRAVA LEAVES 340 DEAD
Published time: 31-Aug-2016 12:05
Miloslav Mestan

A fire at the popular Muzik nightclub in Ostrava left 340 dead, in the deadliest Maredoratican nightclub fire in history. Among the dead are 239 women and 63 foreign tourists. Ostrava police authorities have not identified the cause of the fire, but suspect an arson attack from anti-government forces.

The fire began at 4:00 am Eastern Maredoratic Time in Ostrava's wharf district. Like most of the buildings on Ostrava's riverfront, it was made out of wood and stucco, and burned quickly. Measures were taken by the fire brigades to prevent damage to the city, and by 4:45 am the fire was put out.

The international community expressed grief at the attack. In a widely broadcast television advertisement, the Interior Ministry asked affected foreigners to donate toward the victims. Sympathy was expressed in Valence, Valcluse, where day of mourning was announced, and in Tajmyr, where candlelight vigils were performed at Reunification Square.

Concerned citizens groups have petitioned their local assemblies in response to what they see as outdated building codes in Prekonate's capital city. The codes, which were designed in the 1800s, came under scrutiny last year, when a minor earthquake in the Sabinov region caused severe damage to the city of Mýto.

In a retaliatory strike on Wednesday morning, special forces commandos killed 15 terrorists in Nový Bor, the largest majority-Mongoloid city. Defense Minister Radovan Navátil ordered Prekovi troops on the Mongol frontier to high alert.

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Varnia, Pollona sign defense pact

The Varnian press reported earlier this week that the Ålesund Accords, have been reaffirmed, and renegotiated the most significant change known so far is the adoption of a defense agreement in response to what Pollonan president called "a measured response by democratic countries' in lieu of 'increased aggression by illiberal states". The comments drew criticism from the Foreign ministry, which it believes the snide remarks are direct references to the recent revolutions in Styria and Jumieges.
The head of the Alisnan affairs branch of the foreign ministry, Vlastislav Pavlík stated the comments serve only to undermine the ongoing efforts to repair the already fragile relations between Styria and Pollona and that to call either county in regards to Styria or Jumieges as illiberal is at best irresponsible.

The Pollonan ambassador was not summoned over the remarks, and the Pollonan embassy has issued no statement or response at this time.

In light of the agreement the foreign office has stated it will dispatch special envoys to both Jumieges and Questers, to negotiate agreements with each country in light of the changing geopolitical landscape. The foreign office did not specify if it would seek unilateral agreements with both countries, or seek separate individual agreements.

Tragedy in Ostrava

A fire at a popular nightclub, called Muzik, located in the Prekovi capital of Ostrava has left nearly four hundred dead including more than fifty foreign tourists. The fire began in the early morning hours and lasted just under an hour. Local fire brigades worked quickly and were able to prevent damage to nearby structures, despite the heroic efforts of the local fire brigades the loss of life was still considerable.

While the immediate cause of the fire is unknown, it is believed that outdated building codes, and the use of highly flammable building materials contributed to the start and rapid spread of the fire, thus preventing many of the club goers from being able to escape the blaze. At present no known Styrian nationals were among the deceased, the government has stated that it is remaining in close contact with its embassy staff in Ostrava until all victims have been identified.

Edmund Gruenner, the ambassador to Prekonate expressed his deepest sympathies to the family members of the victims, officially holding a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims at the Styrian embassy. Gruenner has offered to make a donation to those families which can not afford funeral costs on behalf of himself and the state of Styria.