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Hall of the Peoples' Assembly
City of Ilyanograd, Viktorika
Quirina, Sondria
The metropolis is one of the most well-planned cities in Quirina, one which is Panetium, which undergone so many renames, Villa Quirina, with the oldest city name in the country, and of course, Ilyanograd, named after the great general Alexy Ilyanov, known for his militaristic attitude to socialism and choosing to be the pioneer of Quirina's Great Left Movement which still runs today as the symbol of leftist solidarity in the country. The city, like Moscow, is where all activities run - commerce, politics, social life, night life, and not to mention, absence of crime - thanks to the militaristic police who can evenhandedly repel any small crime around.
Viktorikans have always one thing in common, and they always smile to each other, regardless of the situation. Some of them are gloomy individuals, wearing frowns or blank faces, unless they are in the military or in the government, which always have frowned faces opposite to the common folks expressions. This was not an awkward thing in Viktorika. Some leaders believed that smiling is a weakness, and a show of vulnerability and tolerance, and may end up to an undisciplined social norm, thus, the frown, a forced one. Yet, people in Viktorika have two castes, the people in the city and at the rural areas. The city people are happy go lucky, except the hardworking fellows in corporations and the government. Rural folks laugh more from a goat jumping from grassland to grassland, while city people need drinks and revelry to be laughing hard, but not to the extent of being unruly, or they'll get purged by the police.
Currently, the Viktorikan socialist government was recovering from the electoral fraud that happened a year ago, and officials are patching up the damages did by the PFDA, although even their shadows ceased to exist. Their newer concerns were very domestic, which is the growing international reputation of Panatia in a monarchy-only international affiliation, and Etria's recent membership to a rightwing-classified alliance. Only the International, as the government sees it, as both their vanguard and their reputed front in diplomatic success in Quirina. Aside from diplomacy, the continuing claim of the Viktorikan governance over Southern Slavia, the most irreverent of all governments in Quirinese Slavia, wanting to instill their independence despite the claims of the Viktorikans over them through information spread all over the Internet and educational materials, showing Southern Slavia part of Viktorika, which is the contrary to what S. Slavia stands for. Their Robithian origins are their only basis for self-legitimacy, but the Viktorikans base their claim by format of governance. Aside from that, their relations with Panatia turned sour as their senators went into a heated debate ending up into a fistfight. Their senators were replaced with substitute delegates in their place to continue the ongoing Senatorial Session.
The city remained busy as it is. There were only a few preparations, like replacing the frequent government advisory posters with ones showing the Viktorikan premier and the coat of arms, with lots of red banners furling at the background, and the faces of the leaders of the socialist states and their respective flags and coats of arms shown at the foreground near them, with the emblem of the International, with the slogan "Together in Solidarity, Uniting the Power of the Proletariat through Peace and Prosperity of the Great Left Movement!", with a statue of Alexy Ilyanov and his battle-hardened comrades at the background, seemingly leading the red banners furling beauty. The police and military were both alerted to high status, with bomb squads, sniper-scout teams, and armored personnel carriers roaming around or sometimes stationed at any checkpoint in the country were almost everywhere. No wonder this was only a few percentage of the full Viktorikan arsenal. The Hall of the Peoples' Assembly was chosen as the honored place for the International's Congress. The gigantic emblem of the Viktorikan FSR was adjusted to the left to hang the emblem of the International on the right side. Flags of the nations involved in the Congress were seen at the flagpoles of the Hall, located at the center of the garden, near the entrance. Folders, ballpens and the delegates' guide kit were place to each desk in the Peoples' Assembly, the audio systems tested and working, and the mediamen are everywhere in the capitol to capture this historic moment in Viktorika's history.
The palatial reservations for the delegates' stay-in, the itinerary for the scheduled meetings, the materiel for the delegates' arrival, proceedings and departure, yes, they are all set. Barricades of where the people can reach are placed despite the busy citizens around having much no time to deal with this business. The Viktorikan government make sure everything is flawless, and now, they are all set for this grandiose event.
To: Delegates from Comradeships from the Most Deemed Workers' International
From: The Viktorikan Special Commissariat on Delegation for Workers' International
Comrades!, This is our great day to show to the world the solidarity and unity of all workers of the world! Today, we shun from the old ways and step forward to the bright and great future awaiting for us. We are no longer blind, as we see ourselves as clear as our vision to the world's future.
We had set everything in place, like we, the Viktorikan delegation, is expecting to be. Thus, we invite you to enter our magnanimously built city, built by the hands of the people and the workers, toiled hard for the generations to come. We wish you to say and feel the same as each brick of flooring you see is a hardship we had endured for the last decades and centuries.
We also send our deep and warmly gratitude for giving us the privilege to initiate the 2014 Congress here in Ilyanograd. Failure shall be no option and never to encounter no more. We saw the fruitfulness of the Congress last year, and this year is assured to be more fruitful and prosperous for the greatness and future of the workers united for the progress we shall build in this world.