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[United World Order]

EXCERPT FROM THE 'DIE ORDENUSCHE WOCHENSHAU': FOURTH REICH STATE MEDIA BOASTS CONFIDENCE IN THE ORDEN YOUTH PARAMILITARY TO FILL IN ANY AMOUNT OF SOLDIERS NO MATTER THE CASUALITY RATE. THE ORDEN YOUTH AS OF 2015 COMPRISE OF OVER 470 MILLION MEMBERS RANGING FROM 9 TO 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Symbol of the Orden Youth who up until 1985 were still historically known as the 'Hitler Youth' since the mid 20s.

BERLINA -- In the wake of what is being labeled as the 'Ordenite War' recently discovered leaks of the Fourth Reich state media giant, "DIE ORDENUSCHE WOCHENSHAU" which stands for 'The Ordenite Newsreel' had recently covered a story on the Orden Youth which is the Reich Party's youth wing and the Reich's youth paramilitary apparatus that has existed since the days of the Grand Fuhrer. It explained how their was nothing to worry about and that any belief in the Fourth Reich possibly losing the war to the coalition have been dismissed and discouraged to believe and labeled 'communist propaganda'. The Ordenites have been increasingly boasting confidence and praising it's paramilitary youth organization as one of the keys to winning the war against the coalition led by the People's Unified Federation. In a Orden Youth rally at a sports stadium in Berlina it was made clear that the 470 million strong youth paramilitary were gearing for war physically and mentally along with ideologically of course.

It is known already that the members of the paramilitary are mostly in school and do receive training in school and outside of school at Orden Youth camps that are usually partaken in the summer and offer the member a chance at physical endurance training, basic military and firearms training along with tough ideological hardening and education. The Orden Youth are considered the next great generation of Ordenites and the continuing of the Fourth Reich along with also being the pinnacle of their extreme racial superiority. It was also mentioned that any amount of casualties suffered during the war could be easily replaced with conscripted members of the Orden Youth who pour confidence in the opinion that by the time they are picked for conscription they would be one of the best future soldiers of the Ordenite Wehrmacht.

From what is publicly known about the Orden Youth apparatus and the inner workings of the Fourth Reich, it is believed by most political analysts that the Fourth Reich is boasting what advantages it has as a National Socialist state which that being a dictatorship has some advantages most democratic governments and societies wouldn't. War has been known as a dictatorship's greatest friend in that in a war time setting the Fourth Reich is able to enact war time legislation and policies quicker than a democratic one which would involve a legislation sit down and a run through the democratic beauracracy before the head of state decided whether it be passed or not. It's economy however not in good shape compared to most democratic economies which mostly are stable and flourishing due to the concept and continued practice of free trade. However the Fourth Reich in a war time setting could rely on it's industrial complex to adapt fairly quicker and easier into a functioning war time economy than a democratic one could due to the Fourth Reich's passive aggressiveness nature in the workings of the entire fabric of it's government, economy and society.

It is also generally known that the remainder of the war and even the beginning of it would have made it truly to the televisions and radios of the people living in Germania. It would be chewed and then spat out by the Reich's propaganda machine which works constantly to maintain a positive and strong attitude and image of the Fourth Reich that a common person lives in. However in a democratic setting with the rise of the liberal media and the anti-war movements and the long time belief in pacifism can change the attitude and feelings about the government with the turning on of a television or simply reading about the news on the war and the losses sustained. Such freedoms of press and speech that is entirely holy to the entire fabric of democratic society can also be a crutch to such governments in a setting of crisis.

[Palmyrion]

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BPP Angeli Tanalgo "Performing Well in Combat"; Congress Names 3 Future Angeli Tanalgo-class DDGNs, Discloses One
By: Alexis Magdayao
September 8, 2016

BENEVOLENCIA, UNITED PALMYRIAN FEDERATION - Ever since the BPP Angeli Tanalgo saw its first combat on August 12, 2016, the Angeli Tanalgo has proven itself in the trial by fire. It has supported the landing of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Corps, as well as engaging Yuktobanian vessels west of Ultranationalist-held Palmyrion.

"The Angeli Tanalgo has provided an example to her succeeding ships as a role model of what Palmyrian destroyers can do. It has more than satisfactorily engaged enemy targets such as surface and subsurface naval vessels, and crucial land targets such as bunkers, supply depots, hostile railways, artillery positions, and large troop concentrations." Supreme Admiral Guzman said. "The Congress has named three future Angeli Tanalgo-class destroyers, but only one has been revealed to the public: Elizabeth Lustre".

The Elizabeth Lustre's keel has been laid yesterday on 12:00 noon, and a ceremony marking the start of the fabrication of the Elizabeth Lustre has been held at the Hernando Shipyards' main shipyard at Templonuevo Occidental. She is named after Elizabeth Lustre (January 5, 1988 - August 5, 2016), a deceased female member of the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) of the Palmyrian Marine Corps. Present during the commencement ceremony is her brother and the ship's sponsor, Gerald Lustre. The Elizabeth Lustre has been given the hull number DDGN-501, being the second ship of the Angeli Tanalgo-class DDGN and the first ship to bear her name.

Like her predecessor, the Gregorio Baladad-class DDG, the Angeli Tanalgo-class DDGNs are the United Palmyrian Federation's foundation for naval warfare, acting as players in global maritime security, engaging in air, undersea, surface, strike and ballistic missile defense, but the Angeli Tanalgo-class has improved capabilities compared to the Antonio Valzado-class. BPP Elizabeth Lustre is an Angeli Tanalgo-class DDGN, which like her sister ship the Angeli Tanalgo has improved air, undersea, surface, strike, and ballistic missile defense capabilities compared to the Gregorio Baladad-class DDG.

"The Angeli Tanalgo-class destroyer is set to be the next-generation destroyer of the Palmyrian Navy, and is potentially a good long-term investment not only for private contractors but also for the entire United Palmyrian Federation." the Supreme Admiral said. "Like her older predecessor, the Gregorio Baladad-class, the Angeli Tanalgo will soon become a symbol of Palmyrian maritime supremacy and excellence in maritime warfare."

[The Macabees]

The Zarbian Insurgency One Year Later

While the Zarbian insurgency has been overshadowed by ongoing conflict in Holy Panooly,
pockets of resistance continue to carry out anti-Macabean operations
in the thick jungles of southern Zarbia and Nuevo Leon.

Imagine a life where you may eat only once every two days, and where ammunition is so scarce that you oftentimes go to war with nothing else but a cudgel. Despite its stubborn resistance to the Golden Throne's occupation, the Zarbian insurgency is unquestionably going through a long, painful death. Fighting with whatever they can get their hands on, militants in the southern Zarbian territories nevertheless continue to delay infrastructural improvements and still harass Macabean military convoys moving supplies through the area. With combat-intensive operations in Holy Panooly and Indras, the Golden Throne had left the Zarbian insurgency to wither on the vine. This strategy has not found complete success and with the stabilization of the Empire's foreign policy, the Fuermak is now exploring a series of military operations to finally root out rebel remnants in the two territories.

Last year's territorial expansion by the Golden Throne came at quite the cost, and part of that cost has manifested in the form of three insurgencies. At its origins, the Zarbian resistance had been the most violent. Its militants had already been fighting a ten year with the Empire over a small stretch of land that had been occupied during the War of Golden Succession, and their accumulated experienced allowed them to melt into the southern jungles and put up an organized fight that has to date made it difficult for the Fuermak to enforce the Empire's rule in the most secluded parts of the region. But while the Panooly and Indran insurgencies have benefited from a black market that has been relatively easy to access, along with active support from the Fourth Reich, the Zarbians are isolated and have found resupply exceedingly difficult. Indeed, even supply routes from Safehaven must first pass through the Havenic territories, where caravans entering southern Zarbia are subjected to thorough inspections by regulares.

While the Indran and Panooly militants continue to operate with some effectiveness, despite the Ejermacht's success in containing them, the Zarbian resistance has largely dried itself out. Without access to the supplies it needs, which include ammunition, food, and water, their ability to continue operating has been severely compromised. As a result, their territory has shrunk considerably over the past year.

In an effort to mitigate the lack of resources, insurgent groups have turned to extorting capital from local residents. These are used to pay smugglers willing to make the risky voyage from Safehaven or through commercial maritime ports along the eastern coastline of Monzarc and Guffingford. This policy of taxation has hurt local support for the insurgency, which works as an invitation for the Golden Throne to eject the militants and strengthen the Empire's hold over the backwater prefectures of these territories.

However, with obligations in overseas territories, the fresh pirate uprising in southern Theohuanacu, and the epic deployment of personnel and material to Gholgoth, the Fuermak has only been able to apply limited manpower towards the occupation of Zarbia. There are about 150,000 troops total in what are now the territories of Zarbia and Nuevo Leon, most of which have been arrayed along the Gus'Liam highway, which is still under construction and is probably the most significant investment currently in progress. Thus, about 120,000 soldiers are garrisoned in the northern parts of the territory, with the majority of these actually facing north in fear of a potential amphibious invasion of Sarcanza by the Fourth Reich. That leaves only 30,000 Theohuanacu auxiliaries to patrol the southern areas of the territory, and of these only 10,000 are actively involved in offensive operations.

Because of the composition of Macabean forces, which have been built to fight large conventional conflicts, even these limited forces have been made largely ineffective. Without the correct tactical framework and without the necessary men to block large scale movements in areas where air support is inherently problematic, the withdrawal and reallocation of enemy forces have largely gone unhindered. And so even the limited gains made by the ten thousand strong force have not really damaged the insurgencies ability to wage war, apart from the aforementioned natural limitations imposed on the militant war effort.

This policy of timid counter-insurgency operations has created a stalemate. The Golden Throne hopes that the insurgency will eventually die out, as fighters run out of the supplies necessary to resist and more-and-more of the southern Zarbian population migrates to the northern regions of the territory, into into the provinces and Guffingford. While somewhat successful, the strategy has also allowed these militants to continue ambushing military convoys and civilian industrial traffic, retarding the process of infrastructural investments. This has resulted in a bifurcation of development paths between the north and the south, which may work to revive, and give credence to, the ideology of the resistance.

In a renewed effort to crush the insurgency before it gains newfound legitimacy, the Fuermak had started to pick up operations in the Arangazar and Castilleros prefectures, in southern Zarbia, and in the Torrevieja prefecture of Nuevo Leon. Due to manpower constraints, however, the Golden Throne's high command has instead determined to radically increase the size of its special forces, with the intention of escalating small-unit operations in the thick jungles, while using conventional forces to encircle militia pockets and impede their withdrawal. These tactics have been adopted after witnessing their effectiveness in Indras and southern North Panooly, where Koro Kirim units deployed via airship and tilt-rotor have been able to ambush and destroy numerically superior resistance forces.

However, even special forces operations are constrained due to manpower requirements in the Gholgoth theater. Already, two thousand Koro Kirim have been deployed to combat operations in Scandinvan. While the Imperial government has worked hard to stop casualty intelligence from slipping into civilian hands, it is understood that the majority of soldiers already in combat are dead or captured. More special forces are expected to be inserted soon, and the gargantuan manpower requirements there have made it difficult to deploy limited special forces to the territories. And while the Fuermak had expanded recruitment for its different branches' special forces, the fruits of these endeavours will only be seen in one or two years. And so even the new strategy in Zarbia may see itself compromised by the inability of the Empire to provide the minimum forces required for a swift victory. It will be interesting to see how the Fuermak will juggle these different commitments over the coming months.

To this end, the Ejermacht has already approved the deployment two division-size regulie units: the Nicaroan 'Rey del Manzar' and the Ordenite 'Urnstellung Kreiger.' These 34,000 soldiers will reinforce the 10,000 Theohuanacu auxiliaries currently operating in the Arangazar, Castilleros, and Torrevieja prefectures. The Fuermak hopes that these elite forces will be sufficient to further contain and destroy the remaining pockets of Zarbian militiamen, which are estimated to be between 50-60,000 strong.

Whether these forces will be strong enough in the interim to make headway against continued violence only time will tell. But with growing manpower requirements in Gholgoth, and the growing threat of a war with the Fourth Reich, the triple insurgency may soon take its toll on the Macabean military if the Golden Throne cannot successfully defeat them in time.

[Haishan]

KUT-KUZYA, 13th SEPTEMBER, HSNS - Kut-Kuzya Machine Concern have recently pitched a new armoured vehicle in response to Haishan Defense Ministry request for proposal for the Haize Army next generation assault vehicles. The proposed vehicle was planned to be armed with a two-meter bore gun, the largest of its kind in Greater Dienstad.

"This new tank is breakthrough tank. To demolish fortifications and enemy supertanks such as the Lyran LY4 and LY6 in a single shot." as quoted from the Concern spokesperson Lazarev-Keyo. Other planned armament for the Haize supertank were a medium caliber railgun and high energy laser as the proposal seek an universal heavy combat chassis.

Contrary to most foreign supertanks, the Ministry put a strict limit for the proposal submission; the tank must not exceed eighty tonnes and the lower is better. The Ministry also demanded equal if not higher protection values than current known supertanks. Additional information was not clear at the time of press as the request for proposal was preliminary in nature.

Read more at HSNS official site.

[Stevid]

Imperial Broadcasting Corporation News

Abortion Officially ‘Criminalised’ in Stevid
New statute law ‘criminalises’ abortion and hands legal
authority to the Holy Office and Canon Law

Tue 13 Sep

The Church is gradually attaining more civil powers

In a shocking development within Stevid, the act of an induced abortion is effectively criminalised in lieu of exceptional circumstances to be determined under new statute and pre-existing Canon Law. This effectively makes the act of abortion illegal unless pre-authorisation from the Stevidian Catholic Church is granted on exceptional circumstances.

The laws add to a currently existing act of Parliament known as the Act of the Holy Office 1992, which effectively brought in Ecclesiastical Courts and replaced Civil Courts, plus a revival in the Holy Office of the Inquisition; but they also amend the Abortion Act 1987 that formally legalised abortion but has now been amended to include that whilst it is technically legal to perform, permission must be sought from the Church. The new sections of law under Abortion act does not affect vassal or dominion states in the Holy Empire and affect only Stevid and Rubet, however the amendments to the Act of the Holy Office does.

The news has been greeted with praise from the Church and Ministers of Parliament who hold clerical positions throughout the country but has brought mixed views from the public, especially from pro-choice campaigners across the Empire who have already been very vocal in their opposition to the new sections of law.

Deputy Prime Minster Cardinal Houston proposed the changes and saw that the party’s sweeping majority forced the controversial changes through Parliament. Opposition MPs and public pressure groups have lambasted this act of Parliament as a sham and undemocratic as it is members of the Clergy in the Ecclesiastic Upper House (a chamber of Catholic ministers who vet and scrutinise laws) would never vote down such a motion given their religious beliefs.

Before the motion was passed, under Section 1 of the Abortion Act 1987 it states that a woman could seek a professionally and medically induced abortion should with proper medical authority and recommendation against a birth taking place. Further sections outline the possible reasons for an abortion including medical reasons, health defects and mental problems.

However the amendments to the Act, now known as the Abortion Act 2016[2026DC], fundamentally change the legality and reasons for abortion. The first section outright declares any act abortion illegal, irrespective of reasoning or intent. It further states that exceptional circumstances, outlined in the 1987 Act, can be brought to Ecclesiastic Court and heard by an Auditor for either blessing for the act of abortion or denial. Such proceedings did not already exist in the Act of the Holy Office as the reasons for abortion were discussed and concluded between patients and doctors. Now, under the new amendments, mothers and fathers to-be have to get the relevant aforementioned medical opinions agreeing with the termination of a pregnancy to then bring it before an Ecclesiastic Court.

This, in effect, gives the Church sweeping new powers over the populace and Stevidian family planning. Further consequences of the amendment are far reaching as it directly affects every vassal state and dominion in the Holy Empire. But this amendment relates solely to the Abortion Act which is not yet in force Empire wide, but it leaves the open the possibility of ‘Acts of Imperial Legislature’ to enforce the Abortion Act 2016[2026DC] on the rest of the Empire.

Analysis
Octavia Brutii
Theopolitical Correspondent

The new laws have major consequences for Stevid and Rubet and possible future implications for the rest of the Empire. The most obvious of these effects is the major infraction upon the civil rights of Stevidian citizens. Many pro-choice pressure groups and NHS state doctors have come forward and suggested that the act of abortion is perhaps more a human right than just a civil liberty left at the mercy of government.

The fact this has caused uproar is also of major significance. The Holy Empire of Stevid is the most powerful and long standing ‘theocratic parliamentary democracy’ in the region. With a population that identifies as approximately 88% Catholic Christian, the subjects of contraception and abortion are extremely contentious. But with the church holding so much political sway in government legislature and providing hundreds of billions of pounds to Catholic affiliated schools, hospitals and welfare services, the public usually have little choice but to accept the church for what it is. But never before has the Church imposed itself so heavily on the population by force of law rather than moral virtue.

Before today the stance from the church on abortion and many other ‘vices’ was well known but more advisory guidance and not policed. Now the stance of the church is actual law and likely to be policed by the Inquisition. There have already been parallels drawn between the Abortion Act 2016[2026DC] the Nuremburg Laws and the Berlina Race Accords – all these comparisons have been waved away by Church and government officials.

However the most vocal of all groups have been those raising concerns for fundamental civil rights. Holy See Canon Law 1398 forbids the act of abortion outright in all its forms and declares the mother plus father, assuming he is aiding, abetting or has knowledge of the termination, or any other cooperative third parties latae sententiae excommunicate. Therefore any case for abortion brought before an Ecclesiastic Court is likely to be quashed.

Probably worst of all, the law also criminalises the act of leaving the Empire to have an abortion performed with arrest likely on return should it be proved an abortion has taken place.

Further Laws and Powers to the Holy Office?

The same pressure groups, though still not unified as a group, campaigning for pro-choice and civil liberties have raise further concerns about the direction of government in light of these new laws. The use of male and female contraception is wide spread throughout Stevid and the Holy Empire despite Church’s negative stance towards it. These pressure groups believe that it is only a matter of time before these new laws enacted today are made Imperial Law but that it is also only a matter of time before contraception is outlawed too. Additional claims made by the groups, although far less vocally, are that common practices such as extra-marital sex, children born out of wedlock and even casual blasphemy could also be made illegal in time paving way for the Church to effectively control the country.

Whilst there seems to be little evidence that is the overall direction the country is headed (due mainly because such legislation has not been mentioned or tabled by the government), there is clear indication that the Stevidian Catholic Church is asserting itself more and more on the average Stevidian and the government.

The sections to the Act of the Holy Office give the Inquisition further powers of investigation over state and Church hospitals and clinics. It also means that what was once personal medical information now has to be declared in open Ecclesiastic Court and put on official record. The fact that the Church, not the state, enacts judicial punishments and rulings in civil court cases may also unnerve the public. State sanctioned capital punishment is abolished but still a possibility through the Ecclesiastic Court – although rare.

The real fear many will have is that the laws will almost certainly expand to include the whole Empire known as an Act of Imperial Legislature that forcibly exerts Stevidian law on an Imperial holding with further complications regarding Dominion status states. But there is clear evidence that is the direction of the government but there is still no word on when the government will table such legislation. For now, Stevidians and Rubetans can simply travel cheaply to another Imperial state or nation state in the region and have an abortion performed.

However, in reference to the above, Stevidians can travel to another imperial state for an abortion but not a foreign state. The medical conditions for persons leaving the country are almost always recorded by companies providing the service. Under the new powers granted in the Act of the Holy Office the Inquisition can view these records. Pregnant women travelling to a foreign state but returning to Stevid no longer pregnant are then likely to be arrested. Once the laws are implemented Empire wide this will affect people returning to any imperial state.

It has still not been outlined by either the Church or government on how these laws will be enforced.



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IBCN - Imperial Broadcasting Corporation News
"God Save the King"
"God Save the Empire"

[Homofront in Dienstad]

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<Four armed men enter scene and orderly turn, presenting arms, then stand at rest. Then a black, topless man in rainbow colored balaclava enters. One of the homofront members salutes him:>

MASKED HOMOFRONT MEMBER: "Homosexual revolutionary band Socrates reports for review!"

COMANDANTE CIMON: "Rest! Long live homosexual revolution!"

MASKED HOMOFRONT MEMBERS: "Long live homosexual revolution!"

<the man sits, reaches his pocket for a piece of paper, and begins to read.>

COMANDANTE CIMON: Greater Dienstad, you have been given your last warning before the tide of homosexual revolution will sweep your land, like a massive rainbow tsunami wave destroying all homophobia, backwardness and intollerance in the region. We are here to announce that today all minor homosexual revolutionary groups in the region united to carry on the fight under one rainbow banner as the united Homofront in Dienstad, the HiD, fighting one revolution against the heterosexual oppressor, and this is our official message directed at the Dienstadi governments. We wish you to understand deeply our situation and why we are doing so desperate acts. What is the sense in this?

What is the reason for this fight? We have to go back millions of years ago, to the very beginning, when mankind abolished the primitive communes, where homosexuality was rampant and practiced widely, to live in agricultural societies. Those societies created a new kind of structure - one where a minority always oppressed majority, ruling over it. Marxists seen only a small part, and sadly confined it to the terms of economy; truth is that economy was never a tool of the minority to oppress majority - the culture was always the reason. All products of the culture - family, governments, religion, morality, ethics. etc. - are nothing else than worthless social constructs created to deny man's natural right of expression and doing his will as much as he pleases! Economic relations are, like everything else, a social construct that should not be discussed in as big detail.

The major idea behind the oppression was to cofine man's active power - the sexuality and will to reproduce, most primal and animal - like instincts - into bounds, to deny him pleasure and focus on different tasks. As the result, social constructs as the familly were created to support the society, which ultimately produced the patriarcho-religious complex we always spoke about. And yet, today, despite all LGBT rights groups, feminists, etc. - it still exists and dominates entire lands! Yet today a new dawn has arrived. The technological progress so feared by backwards homophobes brought all the technology needed to build post-gender society, and only thing lacking is courage to use it!

We have to understand that we do not need to demolish just the hate to end Homophobia - the social structures were created to generate Homophobia, intollerance, hatred and bigotry. Our revolution is a revolution against society itself. To destroy the patriarchal society, shatter familly, and create a society of truly free people whose selves will no longer be confined to slavery by meaningless terms as man, woman, wife, husband, etc. Everybody will screw whoever he wants, without repercussions.

The homophobic enemy wishes to deny us that. Let him. Let him known that we are not a weak tribe of feeble cowards like they portray us, but an army united by homosexual love so fearsome as ancient spartans, who often sodomized each others proudly. The process of sodomization shall be initiation of the individual into the new order of freedom and tolerance for all!

With this, our organization wishes to announce beginning of an armed homosexual revolutionary struggle against the homophobic oppressors of greater Dienstad. After years of Discrimination homosexuals deserve venegeance, which we shall take by cutting off your heads and sodomizing the remains! LGBTs of all counties, unite in the revolution. You have nothing to loose but your slavery, and to win - whole Dienstad!

The counties targeted soon will be:

- The Macabees
- Stevid
- United World Order
- Wanderjar

[Stevid]

Imperial Broadcasting Corporation News

Major Stevidian LGBT Group Leaders
Arrested for Questioning
Vocal LGBT leaders and civil rights groups curtailed
amid terrorism threats from Homofront in Dienstad

Thu 15 Sep

Houses and offices affiliated to LGBT groups were
raided by the Police and Inquisition

In light of the recent threats made against the Holy Empire by Homofront in Dienstad, the Imperial Home Office has authorised the arrest and questioning of nearly a hundred individuals belonging to vocal LGBT civil rights groups across the Empire. It is believed that the arrested persons occupy leadership and or management roles within these civil rights groups. Further arrests have been made on known LGBT supporting journalists and community leaders in major cities that have been outspoken against the perceived marginalisation of the LGBT community in a predominantly Christian country.

HFD is an offshoot of the grander and heavily decentralised Homofront that came to prominence a little under a year ago. Sharing similar ideological beliefs to their parent organisation, HFD broadcast a threat to Greater Dienstad and individually named the Holy Empire of Stevid, among others, as direct targets. The declaration was made at 0730hrs and within a few hours Stevidian police, other security forces and the Inquisition had been given authority for morning raids.

There has been no suggestion that HFD has any hard connections within Stevid or that they have the ability to launch direct attacks beyond primitive street assaults. However a spokesperson for the Imperial Home Office stated that HFD have sympathisers in Stevid.

“His Majesty’s Government is aware of the threats made by Homofront in Dienstad and are taking them seriously. We are confident that there are no links between the Empire’s LGBT communities and Homofront beyond shared ideals and sympathies. However because of this the government has decided arrest and question those with known sympathies or shared radical thoughts with Homofront.”

Homosexuality is not illegal in Stevid or the wider Empire however there is a social shunning and stigma attached to those that identify as ‘so inclined’. There are also political policies that target and marginalise the LGBT community due the Christian beliefs of the state and public. These include barring from use of religious affiliated buildings, companies or government buildings, Church sponsored programs such as welfare and healthcare, LGBT couple child adoption, and prohibition of gay marriage or civil partnerships.

These policies are not unique to Stevid and given that Church and state are practically entwined it is logical for HFD to deliberately target the Holy Empire. The government is stated that it may table additional acts of parliament to further curtail radical LGBT movements and quash freedoms of speech over the matter. The Holy Office of the Inquisition has welcomed the news of new acts and the arrest of prominent LGBT activists and supporters.

Analysis
Octavia Brutii
Theopolitical Correspondent

Homofront is unique and obvious threat to Stevid and the Stevidian establishment. The very essence, and even appeal, of the country and wider Empire is its staunch faith in Christ and its adherence to Catholic dogma. This socio-religious setup intermixed with a legitimate democracy means the government and Church are regularly at odds with political and civil rights pressure groups on some fundamental issues, especial civil rights and freedom of speech. With almost 90% of the population identifying as Christian and over 70% of that as Catholic, it’s obvious that support for the LGBT community in Stevid and the Empire is low.

But the political set-up in Stevid, as it is, means that the LGBT community can and does exist even if it does not thrive. Clergymen in parliament, the Inquisition and some outspoken MPs and counter-pressure groups, describe the Stevidian LGBT community as a ‘rot’ within Stevidian society. This notion my seem harsh but the description may have some value in that because the LGBT community finds itself so marginalised, shunned and affectively drowned out, they have to make waves and be overly vocal just to be heard. This can make them seem extreme even if they are actually inherently moderate.

However the declaration by Homofront is clearly meant to galvanise rogue elements and radicalise the moderates into action. This has the effect of forcing the government’s hand to protect its citizenry from terrorism but in so doing victimises the LGBT community further and radicalises the moderates themselves.

It might seem like a lose-lose situation for the government but the LGBT community is so small anyway that it is unlikely to have immediate and major ramifications. However the community is only made up of those who openly identify – the government believes that between 20 and 30% of the population may privately identify as anything other than heterosexual and so the moves and methods of both HFD and the government may swell the ranks of the Stevidian LGBT community.

It is worth noting that even though HFD may have no overt links to Stevid and lack of available market weaponry, due to strict gun control laws and border controls, localised infighting and street attacks may be instigated. Should this take place then Stevidians should expect a very hard response from the government and the Church.

The Silent Minority

Because of Stevidian laws governing taxes, marriage, child adoption etc. the Empire has one of the lowest LGBT identifying populations in the free and democratic world. But the laws themselves do not eradicate homosexuality or transgender people or even try to, but it does suppress it. Many citizens may harbour such personal identities and be Christian, to identify openly would strictly limit what they could have access to from the state

Armed police were used due to the high terror threat from Homofront

or from life, including a job. The risks and benefits of this mean that many kept their private affiliations a secret. This mirrors unofficial government policy of don’t ask don’t tell, which can be read into many acts of parliament.

Because of this ‘fear’ of identifying as not heterosexual or otherwise there are an unseen silent minority of the LGBT community that LGBT groups reference regularly but have little idea about. Government studies suggest that between 20-30% of the population fit into the LGBT category. The Church ridicules the studies as it believes that such identities are impossible and is a mix of mental health problems, sin and poor education.

The acts of both the government and HFD may encourage more of this silent minority to open up and formally identify their personal feelings in spite of the financial and social consequences. In contrast though the immediate acts of arrest and questioning may force many to remain quiet; should HFD carry out their threats the government and Church will likely take very overt and powerful measures to quash rebellion and terrorist cells affiliated to HFD. The current political direction of the Empire, one which is moving to even closer state and Church integration, might mean that identifying as LGBT could one day be illegal.

This notion is not lost on civil rights critics and generic government critics who now draw parallels to Nazi Germany’s treatment of the Jews and how quickly the country fell into such tyranny. These notions have been officially denied by both the government and the Church.


SBCN - Stevidian Broadcasting Company Network
IBCN - Imperial Broadcasting Corporation News
"God Save the King"
"God Save the Empire"

[Homofront in Dienstad]

OOC: This post has to emulate the propaganda terrorist groups like to spread around.

( a voice sounds, like announcing something on major cultural event)

Masked Homofront Member: This is your end, heterosexual enemy. The discrimination ends today. You will stop it, or you will die. The choice is yours....

<SONG BEGINS TO PLAY>

"In the ancient times people free were,
Homosexuality was a common thing out there,
Now until religion is gone the progress won't start,
Thus it is time to declare the great culture war!

Under the rainbow flag we will march to the gates,
Of their churches with in hands our long and sharp blades,
Homosexual revolution is the progressive vanguard,
Let the final cultural battle start![/i]

<The song still plays while the video portrays men in rainbow - colored balaclavas crawling through the mud under the barbed wire, then jumping over obstacles. As the music plays masked homofront fighters jump over fences, pass through rings of fire, perform pushups with their chests bare::>

Kojiro's tenshinei and fanatics of the church,
None of them could us in battle crush,
Homophobes cried when they hard our voice,
Knowing that except progress they has no real choice,

Under the rainbow flag we will march to the gates,
Of their churches with in hands our long and sharp blades,
Homosexual revolution is the progressive vanguard,
Let the final cultural battle start!"

<The video shows Homofront's fighters training martial arts. Boards fly around as the massive and well build, naked fighters clad only in balaclavas shatter the concentrate blocks with bare fists. The fighters train disarming the knife, baton and a pistol, before practicing blows on a dummy clad in uniform resembling the one worn by the Ordenite SS.>

Stevidian churches - all of them will fall,
Countless homosexuals are waking up to the revolutionary call,
With the guns and explosions we will force you to fear,
Knowing that our vengeance for discrimination draws near!

Under the rainbow flag we will march to the gates,
Of their churches with in hands our long and sharp blades,
Homosexual revolution is the progressive vanguard,
Let the final cultural battle start!"

<the video shows homofront fighters practicing shooting with various weaponry; SMGs, Assault rifles. Once scene portrays homofront terrorist practicing shooting from quick draw on a dummy hidden in car - having poorly imprinted face of Fedor I of the Macabees. On other homofront fighters shoot an RPG round into a model church with Stevidian flag on it.>

Homosexual brothers, whoever is gay,
The revolution is our only victorious way
To shatter the homophobes and end the discrimination,
We will destroy every backwards homophobic nation!

The Rainbow flag will on the wind float,
While we will from our victory gloat,
The sexual liberation draws finally near,
Let our combined voice every nation hear!"

[Mokastana]

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High Ranking Military Official of the PUF responds to Homofront's video: "their actions are intended to create backlash"

Press Room of the Queen's Palace
Mac Anu, Aqua Anu
People's Unified Federation

An older woman appears on screen, her grey hair wrapped in a bun under a military cap. She stands upright behind the podium with military posture, the Green Naval Uniform of the PUF she wears has no defect or wrinkle. Her movements are quick but direct, her eyes are alive with a fire burning inside. Behind her another woman of similar age stands, dressed in a blue and white silk kimono. Her long hair, also grey, flows down past her shoulders, her face remains solemn, sad. Soon the military officer behind the podium speaks.

“Ladies, Gentlemen, nonbinaries and others. My name is Primary Admiral Dutch Marie Payton, commander of the Queen’s Navy in Aqua Anu. I am the former First Lady of Aqua Anu, and a proud Citizen and Officer of the People's Unified Federation. I have served the Queendom since I was old enough to sail, and I will continue to do so until my dying day.

I am also a Lesbian woman who is deeply in love with my wife, the Former High Dutchess Marina Sofia Antonioni, who now advises our Queen on the Queen's Council.”

The military officer turns to face the woman behind her and smiles ever so slightly, before returning her iron gaze to the camera.

“Before I begin, know I have no love for the government and Church of Stevid. I fought against their navy during the war of Independence for AHSCA and I have witnessed what the Stevidian Church calls ‘acting on the will of God’. I can understand why some will sympathize with Homofront’s recent ‘call to arms’ video, but I have ALSO seen what Homofront calls fighting for Freedom. They have attacked hospitals, civilian gatherings and weddings. I see no difference between the way the Stevidian Catholic Church and Homofront treat those who are different.

Let me be clear, Homofront is not fighting for homosexual freedom. They are terrorists and monsters, their actions are intended to create backlash against those they claim to serve. As demonstrated in Stevid, without even launching an attack, they have undercut all the peaceful progress fellow homosexuals have made in that backwards country. Their threats alone have caused mass arrests and incarceration.

Homofront will not liberate you from the Church, they will not rebuild your communities, they will not help you find a place to live life as you are. Their only purpose is to give the world a reason to hate us, so they can point to that hatred and claim they were right all along.

I urge my fellow homosexuals around the world to keep fighting for equal rights where they do not exist, but also recognize Homofront’s true purpose. It is not to help you, it is to kill anyone who disagrees with them. They will make your fight harder, not easier. Don't fall for their deception.

Thank you all.”

[United World Order]

BREAKING NEWS: OUTBREAK OF WAR NOW CONFIRMED BETWEEN THE FOURTH REICH AND THE GOLDEN THRONE OF MACABEES IN HOLY PANOOLY, ORDENITE INVASION OF NORTH PANOOLY NOW UNDER WAY.

Die Amt für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten von Vereinigte Weltordnung

To: Whoever it concerns within the Imperial bureaucracy within The Golden Throne.
Subject: Declaration of War against The Macabeean Satrapy of North Panooly and The Golden Throne of Macabees.

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It has come with unfortunate circumstances that the Reich Ministry of Foreign Affairs with I, Valentin Voelker it's Minister have to write this communique to those within The Golden Throne of Macabees. Recent geopolitical changes and moves conducted by several Dienstadi powers have conflicted and caused an out break of war between them and the Fourth Reich. It comes with a heavy heart that the Golden Throne of Macabees is also now one of the causes of a more recent outbreak if not escalation of the already on-going conflict in Kashubia. As a representative and a official voice for the Reichsfuhrer Richtofen, he has put into motion with the best of interest in survival and the self preservation of the Fourth Reich and it's place in Dienstad, a declaration of war which now exists between the Fourth Reich and The Golden Throne along with it's 'satrapy' in North Panooly. Our Fuhrer has exhausted every possible measure and tool to preserve peace between our two empires although it seems that peace was not destined to last.

It cannot be overlooked about the increasing level of aggressive posturing against a sovereign territory of the Fourth Reich, in question being South Panooly which was rightfully annexed from the collapsing Templeton Fascist regime in Holy Panooly. Those in the Golden Throne consider the annexation and occupation of the South a act of imperialism and that the Fourth Reich did not submit to the terms the Golden Throne wished the Reich to follow by in coordination with the partitioning of Holy Panooly. The Fuhrer could not and would not allow the Reich to follow through with the terms The Golden Throne had encouraged our Reich to follow by, It could not allow the endangered population of pure blood Aryans although not of Ordenite blood, the White Panoolie shares many traits and similarities with a Ordenite. Therefore initial interactions between the two newly formed states were rocky and on the edge of cold relations until further interactions between the Reich and the Golden Throne ensued and thus the continent was experiencing a moment of peace.

However for reasons not even the Fuhrer or I understand, the Golden Throne decided to allow non state actors such as the People's Unified Federation which since the beginning of the 1st war in the former Red Star Union had been classified as a rouge pariah state. The fact that the Golden Throne despite what it had built up with the Reich a progressing fellowship between the two powers had thought it could take advantage and exploit the Reich and it's claim on Holy Panooly through allowing PUF involvement. The sweeping of Panoolie rebel forces towards the south in hope they would leave sovereign Macabeean territory and instead raise havoc and spread destruction in the South showed the true colors of the Macabeeans and it's arrogant head of state, Fedor. Recently as well it has been seen that the Golden Throne with it's decisions to pursue some sort of façade in the distant region of Gholgoth had begun acting increasingly aggressive towards the Fourth Reich with it's bolstering of occupation forces that were positioned on the Demarcation line as if the Golden Throne was looking to stab the Reich in the back in Holy Panooly and while the Reich would be pre-occupied bringing the downfall of Mokastana and it's criminal empire in Dienstad, Fedor and his noble stooges looked to claim back their former 'glory' through a invasion of South Panooly.

Now the Ordenite Wehrmacht as this declaration of war is being written are now crossing the Demarcation line in Holy Panooly and bringing an end to the Macabeean puppet otherwise known as it's 'satrapy' North Panooly that has seen a drastic increase in the persecution and senseless murder of thousands of innocent White Panoolies trapped in the hellish, anarchic jungles. The Fuhrer wishes to let those know in the Golden Throne and especially the Royal Family in Fedala that this war was brought upon themselves and the blood of hundreds of thousands now soak their hands. We hope that Fedor, his family and those in the Imperial bureaucracy come to their senses and immediately sue for peace and the surrender of the North Panooly Satrapy to the Ordenite Wehrmacht. The Fuhrer and I sincerely hope that you accept our terms of surrender upon agreement for peace and that a meeting between the two parties can be arranged at a future date to discuss Holy Panooly's future and the disarmament of the Macabeean military on the continent.

Sincerely signed,
Valentin Voelker, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Rupprecht Strobl, Reich Minister of Defense.

[Greater Themis]

Homofront, ΠΚΔ Banned in Themis
15 - 9 - 16
Reisoal Tanaphi
Policing Correspondent

Asteria - In a quietly announced move last night, the National Criminal Intelligence Agency (NCIA/ΕΥΠΠ) updated its list of banned organisations to include the 'Homofront' movement, and the Social Justice Warriors (ΠΚΔ). Both groups identify themselves as so-called liberation movements for 'oppressed' minorities, and in the past months have increasingly advocated the use of violence and sabotage in order to convey their message.

The move by the NCIA is thought to have been triggered by the latest antagonising Homofront statement, directing specific threats towards four Dienstadi nations, including the Holy Empire and the Golden Throne. Whilst no action is thought to have been taken yet, this first step by the secretive Themisi policing agency may see recruiters to these organisation imprisoned, assets frozen, and the arrest of key leaders on Themisi soil.

The NCIA have not commented on their inclusion of Homofront in the banned organisation list; however, it is thought that as relative haven of equal rights for homosexuals, there is a risk that Homofront may attempt to recruit from the nation's gay and lesbian communities. International criticism of supposed state intolerance for sufferers of Gender Dysphoria is thought to have been the key driver for Homofront sympathisers ΠΚΔ in their recent violent protests.

In a statement released by Social Justice Warrior representative Sofie Andrea, the NCIA move was described as :
'...a move by the patriarchal oppressors in the police and government to stifle freedom of speech, and the revolutionary struggle for freedom of expression.'
The statement went on to add that:
'All those who seek to imprison our sisters, brothers, otherkin and allies, should know that we are willing to carry on the fight to rid the Themisi mindset of the white male privilege that oppress our rights.'

LGB in Themis

• Homosexuality has been legal since 1841, though the last known prosecution brought by the state was in 1771.
• Same sex marriages, adoption, parenting, and access to IVF are all available on equal terms.
• Some opposition to LGB practices remain in religious bodies, though long-standing equality laws in contract and employment law have all but abolished discrimination.

Other 'Sexual Orientations' and Themis

• Transgenderism (Gender Dysphoria) and additional/agenders are not acknowledged by the Themisi state.
• Gender reassignment and hormonal therapy are not available through the Themisi Health Service, and are banned for persons under the age of 16 (with the exception of those with a recognised medical condition).
• Few individuals in Themis are thought to identify as a 'different' gender, often seeking treatment and residency abroad.
• Despite this, the law considers crime motivated by a victim's gender as aggravated, and offers numerous protections for these individuals.

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[Haishan]

ICTURK CITY, 17th SEPTEMBER, HSNS - The Lower Assembly will convene today on discussing plausible extension of Haize involvement in Eastern Dienstadi Trade Organization (EDTO). EDTO was formed on basis of creating harmonized market for Eastern Greater Dienstad major economies which core members include Mokastana, Haishan, Morrdh and Coltarin respectively.

The new proposed bill termed as "Security Augmentation" seeks to include operations of Haize Armed Forces or components of it in Haize participation in the bloc. "These are turbulent times we live in. While Haishan maintain strict neutrality in international organizations, we will see." as quoted by Interior Minister Kyvalov-Tei.

The Haize Military Commission was initially set to motion the bill but decided to pass it to the Lower Assembly, the first in Haize history since the collapse of Haize Technocracy. The exact wording of the bill was not clear at the time of press but many worried that it could drag Haishan into pointless war which most Haize would rather avoid. The parliamentary session will begin shortly after the time of writing.

Read more at HSNS official site.