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by **Union of Akoren** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:53 pm

38 confirmed killed as protests spread prompting warning from Supreme Leadership
Seditious elements seize control of protests as government warns of tough response
Murat Bilgin
^{13 January, 2018, 15.00pm | Zahedan, Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics}

Police have increased in their numbers across the country, using water cannon to clear out protests.

The Shariatzadeh protests have grown dramatically overnight, with disturbances being reported in over 80 towns and cities. They have since become dominated by seditious slogans and intents, moving away from calling for the pardon of Majid Shariatzadeh. Consul-General Demitry Solovak has been found unharmed, he was at home during last night’s attack on the Consulate in Zahedan. The State Health Ministry has confirmed that 36 people have been killed since the violent protests began three days ago.

The Supreme Leadership has issued a stern warning to all citizens engaged in “seditious behaviour”, it has further said, that the abuse of the right to protest, to inflict violence and damage to private and state property would not be tolerated. Although several figures, including Prime Minister Qassem Akbari have said that their concerns are legitimate, the means of the expressing them are not.

Incidents already present in Estanban, Erdek and Zahedan have grown in scope, but the numbers of agitators has decreased according to the National Police Command. However, increasing numbers of people have taken to streets in Dol Gasteh, Viranshahr, Qazvin, Kangavar, Bandar Charak, Parvin, Kazadehshahr in Pasdan. While protests spread to Karacık, Seslikaya, Eminlik, Hasangazi, Yelatan, Durak, Yolgeçen, Konaklar and Kelahmet, in Ankoren. No disturbances have been reported in Irvadistan however.

Last night the Ministry of State Security shutdown all social media sites and apps across the Union Republic of Ankoren and Pasdan, with the Irvadi state government saying that it would permit the federal government to do the same, should seditious elements be using Irvadi routers for access.

General Burak Güven, has warned that the Supreme Leadership will not dismiss the possibility of deploying units of the Islamic Revolutionary Army to the streets in the event of further violence. Speaking on Devrim Radio, he said, “we are entirely committed to defending the revolution, the state and the people from vicious, deceitful and seditious elements. We must not let these groups undermine the power of the Union.”
He said further, “all agents of chaos, anarchy and delirium will be dealt with. But if they choose to deepen their violence, we will not hesitate the iron fist of the state.”

At least 12 police officers were injured throughout today, with three reported killed after unknown thugs opened fire on a police station in the provincial town of Çayboyu. Four others were injured in the attack, which is being considered an act of terrorism, those responsible will now face the death penalty.

While most of those on the streets now, have cited corruption, poverty and inequality between citizens as the source of their anger, others have taken to shout anti-government slogans and demanding the fall of the Union. These citizens according to State President Volkan’s televised address this evening, are “foul, undeserving of mercy and will be dealt with swiftly.”

The State President in his address also said that, “the concerns over corruption are valid. I have always said that corruption is a stain and an infectious disease that must be cleansed from the state. A corrupt state cannot function, it cannot serve the people, it cannot guard the nation and it cannot save Nautasia.”

“I have also said that poverty, like corruption, weakens the foundations of the nation. It divides people, it divides society and it divides the national group. These things are being dealt with, perhaps not at speed many would wish, but they are being dealt with. And so, we are listening, but we will not listen to violence or vandalism” he said.

Concerns are growing however, that the protests could return to opposing the trial of Shariatzadeh, who is expected to receive his sentence on Monday. However, unconfirmed reports are indicating that he may not face the death sentence considering his service in Irvadistan’s Civil War.

There have been noted decreases in the number of people protesting in the capital and Zahedan, which is owed to dramatic increase in police presences according to the Interior Ministry.

More as the story develops.

Supreme Leadership denounces Luziycan bill
Union to work with Namor and Xiaodong to oppose the controversial and aggressive bill

File photo: State Councillor Erdin Sacan called the bill "disappointing."

On top of the domestic situation, the Union now faces a concerted effort by Luziycan Islamophobes and racists to embargo the Union. The so-called Katsarou-Vasiliev Bill aims to cripple bi-lateral trade between the Union and Luziyca by introducing a near-prohibition of trade and investment with hostile states above ₤10,000 ($20,000), and severely restricts the ability of Luziycan citizens and citizens of "hostile states" from travelling to each other’s countries to only a list of select conditions.

Namor and the Union’s closest ally, Xiaodong is also included on the list of “hostile states.”

The Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying, “this latest move by Luziyca’s racist and islamophobic movement is unacceptable. If passed, it would constitute a declaration of economic warfare against the Union. If this passes, we will know that we have no friend in Luziyca, no matter the good intention of President Agapov – the Luziycan congress would have shown the nation’s true face.”

Prime Minister Akbari however said, “we will treat our bi-lateral relations as is for now. However, should the bill pass, we will most certainly respond with economic measures of our own. I also know for certain that other elements in the Union will seek to use this as a justification for more confrontation in Mazaristan, which will be something I do not think others in the Supreme Leadership will oppose.

“Furthermore, this not only endangers our own relations, but greatly endangers peace in Borea. These racists have a clear disregard for peace, decency and respect. But we cannot react to something that has not yet come to pass officially. We must wait and be patient” he said during a hearing of the Supreme Assembly’s Committee for Foreign Affairs.

Other senior members of the State Council have expressed anger, State Councillor Erdin Saçan said, “this is truly disappointing. I personally took part in very productive meetings with the Agapov government several months ago, much good will was established. I fear that now faces being extinguished” he told NTV News this morning.

Another State Councillor, Aslan Güner has said in a meeting of MPs, “this is a betrayal, we in the military have always warned that trusting Bethlehem is a mistake. They are perfidious and self-interested, their decline as a superpower is hastening in pace and now its reactionary, racist, imperialist elements are coming to the fore. This is the dying breath of a titan, soon it will be a whisper.”

According to a second statement from the Foreign Ministry, the Supreme Leadership seeks to work very closely with Namor and Xiaodong in opposing the bill. One positive, is that the bill will now bring the Union and Namor closer together.

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by **Razarija** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:45 pm

All worldly transience penetrated thoroughly by our perspicacity

2017-1-14
Rise of Luziycan 'right wing' and KV bill symbol of liberal-subversive panic
The subversive establishment is beginning to enact demagogic deception in effort to self-preserve


Palace of Parliament of Luziyca, Bethlehem

The recent developments in Luziyca, a self-proclaimed 'leader' of a 'free world', where a demagogic right-wing populist movement is beginning to attain momentum and even push through a trade-based legislation directed against perceived opponents of Luziyca, is nothing but a deceptive panic action by the subversive elite to preserve itself as its status is shaken further and further by the rise of powerful polities clearly contradictory to its maxims, and thus by appealing to populism it wishes to stabilize its standing.

It should be noted that the 'Katsarou-Vasiliev act' besides being targeted at Namor which is a long time card for puppets in the Luziycan political stage show is exclusively directed against resistant, truly free nations independent of globalist-subversive influence such as the Auspicious Republic of Xiaodong and the Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics. Indeed this is almost paradoxical when considering the so-called 'National Luziycan Party' has the agenda of supposedly undermining the establishment, though these developments should indicate to all that are perspicacious that this is nothing but a maneuver with controlled opposition.

President of Luziyca Damir Agapov, a weak social-liberal, has since his inauguration as the head of the Luziycan state saw increasing opposition and challenge from the populist NLP which scored a victory in legislative elections that saw it now holding over half of lower-house seats. The NLP's rise was sudden and tremendous. To many this has generated an illusion of opposition forces gaining ground in one of the most powerful subversive states in the world, but indeed, it is but an illusion, and this sudden surge in conservatism-populism is a part of the subversive elite's plans.

Any degree of close survey of the NLP's current platform reveals an incoherent mass of demagoguery intended to herd the Luziycan populace into compliance, discredit proper reactionary thought, and to subtly serve the subversive elite and essentially preserving their platform. The NLP's questionable competency as an entity and its reputation as a laughing-stock of Luziycan stage-shows only further highlight the nature of its rise to power not being an organic reaction but another move by the liberal conspiracy to stabilize itself in a world where it is meeting increasing opposition. Alas Luziyca is far from any semblance of real reaction about to occur anytime soon and the real proponents of it find it difficult to raise a banner to be seen by many.

The KV act of course represents the NLP's service to the Luziycan imperialist agenda in the most blatant way possible as it assures to the world and more importantly its colleagues in Huimont and Kalnaspilis that integrity of Luziyca as a component of the liberal formation is to be preserved. Sadly this deception appears to have functioned well.

But indeed we see that this reaction represents but panic in and amongst the subversives as they struggle to control their subjects when resistant and free nations are beginning to make strides and leaps and assert their power. Now as the UNIR, Xiaodong, Razaria and other resistance forces triumph, leaping over or smashing barrier after barrier imposed by the imperialists, the liberal myth's refutation in the mass graves of Himuka can no longer be countered with arguments of Tuthinan social eccentricity and thus truly integrity of liberals' ideas are being shaken. True opposition is beginning to sprout and the elite worries for themselves. Them going as far as to perform this act is already representative of the tremors their edifice of immorality is feeling.

The rise of false right-wing populism should not be regarded as a triumph, but nor should it be viewed completely negatively; it is another crack in the shell of the enemy exposed to us all and thus with this affirmation to our ongoing offensive resistant forces of the world should accelerate their footsteps and smash imperialist posts on their soil with ever-increasing vigor. This convulsion of the globalist will be followed by more, until the globalist machine turns into a frantic beast at which point in spite of its mighty claws its defeat will only be a matter of time.

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by **Lecistan** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:04 am

ANTI-SUPERSTITION CAMPAIGNS QUESTIONED IN WORKERS' ASSEMBLY
Pragaski, Lewna led argument that campaigns were "unnecessary" in modern day,
but others claimed campaigns remain a critical tool against counter-revolutionism

Kondrat Pragaski (left) and Òłëwir Sërakòjski reconcile after a heated exchange over anti-superstition campaigns,
which have been branded as "persecution of religion" by some, including opponents of the Workers' Republic.

January 14, 2018 | by Małgòrzata Łéczszynski | Lecia's long-running anti-superstition campaigns became a topic of debate within the Workers' Assembly today, as delegates within the democratic socialist, anarchist, and Domianist camps argued that the campaigns had become unnecessary in the modern day while delegates within the totalist and communist camps claimed they continue to be a critical tool against counter-revolutionary thought.

These campaigns- known officially as "Campaigns to Counter Superstitious and Ignorance-Based Thought"- were established by President Szimón Kãszobùski in 1959, and are primarily focused upon ending superstitious traditions such as fortune-telling and divination, folk medicine, belief in the supernatural, and belief in "lucky" and "unlucky" symbols, while promoting logical and evidence-based lines of thinking.

Speaking to the Workers' Assembly, leader of the democratic socialist camp Kondrat Pragaski said that the campaigns had "already served their purpose" and could safely be cut as a result. "When proponents of these campaigns talk about how successful they are, they are not lying," he told delegates. "Superstitious folk medicine has been effectively eliminated in favor of modern medicine, belief in divination has reached all-time lows, and our schools are clearly and effectively teaching logical reasoning to our children. We have now reached a point as a nation where we can consider ending these campaigns, and putting the money used in them somewhere else." This sentiment was echoed by Mirosłôw Chwaszczynski, delegate for the Union of Farmers and Ranchers. "These campaigns have been effective to the point where we need to ask if the money we're spending on them nowadays is really worth it, or if it would be put to better use directly improving the lives of Lecian workers," he declared.

Others, particularly in the communist and totalist camps, maintained that the campaigns were still necessary to prevent counter-revolutionary infiltration. "Those who talk about removing these programs fail to recognize the continuous nature of the reactionary threat," declared Mikòłéta Brzeszinski of the Union of Telecommunications and Infrastructure Workers. "This isn't a process that you can do once, and then it's done forever; the forces of reactionary thought must be fought continuously through programs such as the anti-superstition campaigns." Florión Niémska, an elected delegate from the National Radical Front, took an even more dire tone; "if we end these campaigns now, we will be leaving ourselves open to infiltration and subversion by counter-revolutionary forces."

The anti-superstition campaigns have previously come under fire from counter-revolutionary opponents of the Workers' Republic, including leaders of the so-called "Solidarity Alliance"; Emil Stolôrz, a current leading figure within the exiled reactionary movement, falsely claimed in 2015 that the campaigns "amounted to a systematic attempt to destroy Lecia's cultural heritage". Such claims did not go unmentioned during the debate in the Workers' Assembly; Améla Kirzewski, delegate from the Union of Teachers, Doctors, and Scientists, maintained that "ending these frankly outmoded programs will deprive the reactionary forces of a major talking point", while Édmùnd Błasiewicz, delegate from the Union of Miners and Loggers, maintained that "ending the programs would be taken as a victory by the enemies of the workers' state".

Answering allegations that the campaigns represent an overreach of governmental authority also played a role in today's debate. Sùlisłôwa Lewna, leader of the Lecian Anarchist Federation, told the Workers' Assembly that "no matter its intentions, any policy which represents a top-down effort to control the Lecian people deserves to be called into question," adding that "what we need in this country is more autonomy and less authority, rather than the other way around". Others, such as Niémska, argued that the campaigns remain necessary to guarantee the security of the Lecian revolution. "Much of the world remains in the hands of reactionary forces," he noted. "The revolution is not fully safe yet."

Jigór Kalùza, a delegate for the Young Revolutionaries and a member of the Domianist camp, claimed shortly thereafter that the campaigns represent a persecution of the Rodnéwiary religion, an allegation also made by reactionary forces. "It's often forgotten that many early Lecian revolutionaries- including Andrzéj Kùmiéga and Czésłôw Domiana- believed that Rodnéwiary was perfectly compatible with Lecian socialism, once reactionary religious hierarchies had been dealt with," he explained. "We have already driven these hierarchies into exile and purged religion of its reactionary elements; as a result there is no longer any justification for its continued suppression." Others, however, disagreed; Fridrëch Gãnski, of the Union of Textile and Industrial Workers, maintained that "if Rodnéwiary is experiencing any sort of decline as a result of these campaigns, then all that proves is that Rodnéwiary is superstition", while Dobrosłôw Adómkówski, of the Union of Farmers and Ranchers, argued that "attempting to mix religion and socialism will lead us down the path of the quasi-reactionary Ankoreni regime".

While the debate remained largely professional in spite of the myriad issues involved, a particularly heated exchange occurred between Òłëwir Sërakòjski, Minister of Justice and leader of the communist camp, and Kondrat Pragaski. While speaking, Sërakòjski accused those opposed to the campaigns of "cavorting with counter-revolutionary thought", saying that "the concept that these campaigns are somehow harmful or oppressive is a lie fomented by the Solidarity Alliance, and anyone who propagates it is- knowingly or not- propagating their campaign of reaction"; this triggered an outburst from Pragaski, who called Sërakòjski a "slanderer" from the benches; both men were ultimately gavelled down by the Marshal of the Workers' Assembly, and were later seen making up after the end of the session; a spokesperson for Pragaski said that the two "apologized to each other for their overly-heated remarks and vowed to maintain an atmosphere of decorum in the future", while a spokesperson for Sërakòjski merely said that the dispute had been "resolved".

What will ultimately decide the debate- should it come to a vote in the Workers' Assembly- is how the members of the syndicalist camp decide to vote. The democratic socialist, anarchist, and Domianist camps have established themselves as in favor of ending or shrinking the campaigns, whereas the communist and totalist camps have argued in favor of their continued relevance; however; debate today saw members of the syndicalist camp on both sides. This has been exacerbated by silence from syndicalist leadership- including President Wiktória Maszke and Minister of Education & Science Léch Staniswônrzi, whose ministry oversees the campaigns. If the syndicalist camp adopted a unified line, it would likely decide the course of the vote and the fate of the anti-superstition campaigns.

At present, however, no course has been taken, and a spokesperson for President Maszke merely told Prôwdze Robòtnika the issue was "under consideration". As of press time, it also remains unclear whether or not the Workers' Assembly will move to a vote on the topic, or when such a vote might occur.

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by **Namor** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:54 am

14 January 2018

EDITORIAL What can we do? A lot, it turns out
If the Luziycan regime embargoes Namor, not only can Namor do the same — but it can do much more

Наморайин | English

By the Editorial Board - On Friday, far-right rabblerousers in Luziyca's House of Representatives tabled a bill, titled the "Act for the Respect for International Norms and Relations," that aims to impose an embargo against Namor. According to the logic of the bill's sponsors, Namor falls under the definition of a "hostile state" because it had taken back its own territory (Txotai) and is currently working to take back territory illegally seized by the Luziycan regime (Nantai).

Objectively speaking, Namorese should not worry about the outcome of this bill. For all the Luziycan regime's shortcomings, it is led by rational people who understand the importance of a stable, mutually beneficial relationship with their southern neighbor — as President-General Antelope Shohai has pointed out. Furthermore, the Luziycan regime is prohibited under Esquarian Community law from unilaterally imposing embargoes. Add to the fact that the Luziycan public is deeply divided over the bill, and we can say for sure that this product of crazed Namophobes who never knew a fallen comrade from war will end up in the trash can of laughable melodramas.

But the certainty of the bill's failure doesn't prevent many from asking what Namor can do if the Luziycan regime successfully embargoes Namor — or provokes Namor in any other way — either now or later. After all, the National Luziycan Party which proposed the bill currently controls the House, and Agapov's Liberal administration is not guaranteed to stay in power forever. Under such a circumstance, Namor should always stand ready for the unthinkable and consider its options in the face of the unthinkable.

The most obvious reaction to a Luziycan embargo is a Namorese embargo, as People's First Coalition (PFC) Chia Bovang and various international media have noted. Last year, the Central Council passed the Defense of Namorese Dignity Act, barring Namorese legislators from coming into contact with Luziycan officials while keeping lines of communication between Namorese and Luziycan diplomats open. That is lenient compared to an all-out ban on the transport of goods and peoples between Namor and Luziyca and the suspension of diplomatic ties. The Luziycan regime will be forced to return to the days when it relied on a third party, such as Katranjiev or the Apostolic Catholic Church, to relay messages to Namor. Is this what they want to see?

But the options do not stop there. In November, the Namorese Liberation Air Force resumed flights over occupied Nantai, and in the beginning of the new year, the President-General called on the Luziycan regime to cease dragging the Nantai Question further down the road as the centenary of the People's Republic approaches. If the Luziycan regime decides not to take the administration's latest moves seriously and offers windows of opportunity for warmongers to provoke, Namor can go beyond mere flight patrols to secure its sovereignty and territorial integrity. It would help for the Luziycan regime to remember that their last foothold on the Namorese mainland is an enclave surrounded on three sides.

The Luziycan regime is fighting an expensive war in Mazaristan, where it is covertly engaged in a battle for influence with the Nautasian Union. Though relations between Bethlehem and Estanban appear stable on the surface, the recent attacks on Luziycan diplomats in the UNIR shows there is a rift that can no longer be hidden. The proposed embargo not only targets Namor, but the UNIR and Xiaodong — two of the leading voices in the developing world — as well. The President-General has already stated his intention to establish closer relations with developing states, a move that makes practical sense. The question now is whether the Luziycan regime wants to see increased cooperation turn into a formal Estanban-Namo-Rongzhuo Axis.

People naturally do not like conflict; the majority of Namorese and Luziycans are good, innocent people who see no reason for their countries to clash for whatever reason, and neither do we. Which is why we hope this melodramatic bill will blow over and all sides commit to building a mutually beneficial, mutually trustworthy, and mutually respectful relationship. That way, the options mentioned in this editorial stay words on an editorial.

by **Union of Akoren** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:30 am

UNIR PROTESTS: A DEFINING MOMENT

A protester in the rural town of Qazvin. The majority of protesters now, are drawn from the working classes.

As the streets of the UNIR rile with anger, violence and opposition, there are several undercurrents through which, the UNIR could be dramatically transformed. While the international community has failed yet again to declare support for the people of the world’s most totalitarian state, the regime will not be able to carry on as normal once either the protests have dissipated or crushed.

The protests which have left up to 38 dead, began on the 10th December. Initially they were entirely focused on the trial of Majid Shariatzadeh, the 26-year old former soldier who assassinated the Luziycan Ambassador to the UNIR, Saviley Averyanov. From all evidence that can be found, the initial protests were organised by the Islamic Revolutionary Army’s politicians as a means of weakening and undermining State President Evren Volkan, Prime Minister Qassem Akbari and the so called “careerist apparatchiks” – the civilians of the regime.

The initial protests were very limited in size and scope, primarily focused in Zahedan – where the trial was being held and Estanban, the national capital. The total number of protests was estimated by UNIR state news to be around 30,000 from both cities. However, as is ever the case with the ultra-hardline in Ankoren and ostensibly the UNIR, it grew out of control. Very quickly violence broke out as the hardliner masses grew frustrated at the regime’s refusal to listen to their concerns over what they saw, as a trial of war hero.

Shariatzadeh was portrayed by the pro-Volkan-Akbari press as mentally unstable and even fabricated the claim he was dishonourably discharged from the military. Though they most likely did this to ensure the truth that a fully-stable and, serving soldier would conduct this sort of act, what it did is, defame a soldier, many in the ultra-hardline faction saw as a national hero.

What followed was a show of horror, the ultra-hardliners attacked the State President and Prime Minister as “servants of Bethlehem”, “false-patriots, false-leaders” and went on to attack state institutions, including courthouses, party offices and eventually the Luziycan consulate in Zahedan. The attack left up to 12 staff members seriously injured and the building gutted by fire. The Consul-General was at home during the attack, sparing the UNIR the unfortunate status of having two foreign diplomatic officials killed in the space of a week.

There is growing suspicion that the military ordered the consulate to be attacked, one to further complicate the administration’s position but also to provoke a crisis with Luziyca, perhaps to justify a power-play, in light of the growing in-fighting between the generals and civilians following the forming of the UNIR last year.

It is telling, that the military, the bastion of the ultra-hardline faction, was nigh silent over the initial protests. This aided the exasperation caused by the chaotic response by the Volkan-Akbari administration, who sought to defend the rule of law, while not doing so in such a manner, that would give the ultra-hardliners ammunition to claim they valued friendship with Bethlehem over the dignity of the nation and a war hero.

Then, suddenly it all went wrong. Overnight, the number of protests exploded, and they soon spread to rural towns and smaller cities across the two Union Republics of Ankoren and Pasdan. Gone were the chants about resistance, freeing the war hero, the betrayal of Akbari-Volkan, in were chants of “we starve as you feast”, “where is my pay”, “your children party, as mine struggle.”

What began as a plot by the military to undermine the two most powerful and influential leaders since Javad Jahandar, turned into a uncontrollable expression of frustration by the poorest and the working class.
As Marianne Vannier of Talon University explained, “despite the general view that the UNIR is a prosperous power on the rapid rise, the reality is somewhat different. Wage growth has slowed slightly since 2016 at the bottom level, while higher wage bands have seen strong growth. Inflation has increased to 8.9%, which means for the first time since 1991, it has exceeded wage growth.

“What this means is that the working class, the industrial workers, farmers and some state workers are seeing their wages fall below prices. While, the middle classes are seeing their wages growing dramatically, this effectively perpetuates inequality in the Union and sees poverty rise.”

The new protests are also condemning the corruption still prevalent at all levels of the Union’s state apparatus. Two weeks ago, a provincial mayor was attacked by disgruntled farmers after his $105,000 sports car was spotted on social media. His wage is officially $32,000 a year. This effect the poorest in society the most, as usually bribes are necessary for enrolment into schools, better dental care and in some cases, bribing secret police officials from lodging false charges.

Although corruption has been tackled, relatively successfully by the Akbari-Volkan administration, it has clearly not gone far enough. Many of the protesters are saying through social media (before the government shut it down), that they saw any and all anti-corruption efforts as a means of politicking; this is not without merit after all.

This suffocating inequality, poverty and corruption has resulted in some of these protesters calling for the downfall of the Islamic Collectivist regime, perhaps the first documented case of its type since the regime’s founding 1923.

One thing these protests do not represent is a popular democratic revolution. The number of protesters is minute in terms of the overall national population. Furthermore, protests appear to be dying down in Estanban and Zahedan – the two cities any would be revolution, would need to control. That’s not even considering the complete lack of disturbances being reported in Irvadistan, a message in itself.

Second, there is no alternative being offered. Within the borders of the UNIR, you will not find some organised, nascent democratic underground movement, you will not find any sort of underground movement, regardless of ideology. Culturally speaking, Ankorenis and Pasdanis and to some extent, Irvadis, distrust democratic politics, this is aided by a century of propaganda debasing it as a “celebration of emotion over thought.” The only groups you could consider to be organised for a democratic revolution, are the numerous associations and groups of exiles across the advanced world.

While these immigrants, exiles and descendants of refugees may pontificate against the regime, they’re in no position to influence things on the ground. Many citizens of the UNIR view the diaspora with mistrust and outright hatred, to many they’re traitors, foreign paid spies and spoilers. The hope some exile will return to the UNIR as some liberal messianic figure is laughable as it is impossible.

However, this does not mean to say that the protests have had no effect so far. The initial protests have inflicted considerable damage on the Akbari-Volkan administration, the new protests have embarrassed the regime holistically. No longer is the UNIR this leviathan, invincible and utopian.

Emin Kaya, who heads the Atlian Council on Foreign Affairs said, “these protests have truly dented the confidence of the regime, both the Volkan camp and the military hardliners. The image they both want presented to Nautasia and the wider world, is that the Union is a country prosperous, stable and moving forward, these protests are showing the opposite.”

The protests will force the regime to address inflation, inequality and corruption. Akbari’s Committee for an Egalitarian Union will go far in that regard, if the military allows it. This totalitarian regime has not been in power for almost a century without listening to the people, change is slow and often blood-soaked, but it does come, though only in service to maintaining the regime.

This sense of crisis will only be deepened by the very worrying Katsarou-Vasiliev Bill in Luziyca. The bill which threatens to embargo the Union, will only worsen the poverty of the working class, but perhaps worse in the short to medium term, such an embargo will empower the ultra-hardliners who already view the bill as betrayal.

Whether Akbari and Volkan can weather the ultra-hardliners efforts, or whether they can whether the protests is to be seen. How well they come out of the dual crises will determine the future of the UNIR.

By: Mehmet Ali. Ali is an Ankoreni exile who left for Sjealand in 1988. He now heads the Nautasian Politics and Strategic Studies Department at the Diplomatic Academy of Asgård. He is a highly regarded analyst and researcher of UNIR politics and Nautasian political affairs.

Voice of Free Nautasia is a free newspaper and magazine dedicated to revealing the truth about life in Nautasia, dedicating itself to making sure the world knows of abuses, tragedies, and stories of hope, for a democratic Nautasia.

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by **Sjealand** » Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:30 pm

de Risbæk's absence from Nautasian issues is a strategical mistake without equal
UNDIPLOMATIC: In the last weeks there has been heightened focus on Nautasia as tensions between foreign powers and the native power of the UNIR flare up once more, and from all places there is a growing political focus on the region. Except from de Risbæk's government, which has in all practicality vanished geopolitically from the region.
Rikke Albrectsen (@Rikke_Albrectsen)

^{14 Efterjul, Året 2017 | Asgård, Sjælland}

President of the Rigsdag, Anne de Risbæk has long been bombarded with questions
regarding her in essence silent international stances, especially with the election looming.

Estanban, Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics—In these days dozens of diplomats, attaché´s and of course journalists are storming to the coasts of Nautasia. They all want to a bite of the cake, to be in the middle of the action, as the Luziycan government time and time again is humiliated by the native Nautasians and as the old power of Ainin is challenged by the new power from Estanban. This strategically important region in southern Esquarium is one of the current hotbeds for Esquarian politics.

However we can't say that Sjealand is involving herself. Under the leadership of de Risbæk, the nation has preferred to sit back as a passive observer, and has in most practical senses abandoned its international ambitions in the region. Such is the criticism the government is recieving from many of its own ambassadors in the region. Mainly Rasmus Benfeldt, Ambassador to the UNIR and Vilhelmina Nielsen, Ambassador to Rifat. Hans-Georg Nielsen, head of Fremskridtspartiet has joined in this criticism:

''If Sjealand wants to be taken seriously internationaly it just can not sit idly back and fulfill its own mercantile desires while letting ignoring the international world around it. By not involving itself in the area, even through dialouges, we risk alienating ourselves from both sides in the conflict. You can say that we are in in the region with our ambassadors, but in a geopolitical sense, we don't have any feet on the ground nor any voices involved in any sense. Just as something is happening in the area, the government has decided to downgrade its public statements on the region and just expects the parts to sort it out themselves while Sjealandic businesses continue to make money with all of them.

Yet Nautasia is incredibly interesting in a political sense. Even for a Nordanian nation. There doesn't go a single day without important news or where statesmen from across the moon visits the countries in Nautasia. Among others this can be put on the spread of Ankoreni influence and the rise of islamic collectivism.''

What is paradoxal is that Sjealand's relative silence on the region stands in sharp contrast to its historical and mercantile ties to the region. For hundreds of years Sjealanders and Ankorenis have traded, and many Sjealandic companies have representations and outsourced workers in Nautasia. Rasmus Benfeldt, the ambassador to the UNIR, also points out that as the UNIR and the rest of Nautasia becomes wealthier, other interests, less geopolitical and more economic, rise up. Nautasia presents a growing potential market, with a growing middle-class of citizens with a will to buy, who could very well become future buyers of Sjealandic products, both for the everyman and those with more luxurious taste. We thus need men and women on the ground, both politically, but in every sense also out of an economic drive.

''When speaking with de Risbæk and her government, it is no necessary to listen for long, before you notice that they in no way understand this way of thought. From the private sector you can hear the sighs and grumbles of the businesspeople, because they know the importance of having boots on ground'' he further comments.

The President of the Rigsdag (De Radikale) has yet to answer to the criticism or comment on the situation in Nautasia, but according to Børge Yllerslev (Cand.scient.pol.), professor and researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of Asgård, famous for his work with Mehmet Ali, this follows de Risbæk's non-interventionist and semi-isolationist attitudes as she has tried to keep Sjealand out of major international occurrences that could harm its image abroad as well as its many companies, as well as a more broad focus put on larger markets when laying the deals for the year.

''With Mazaristan at war, and Luziyca sparking tensions with many nations abroad that it knows it doesnt have the spine to stand again, it's simply not worth it in her eyes to even speak about it. In Nautasia, both Ainin and the UNIR are age-old friends of Sjealand and the country has commercial interests in both nations'' he further comments.

He also points to the general inability of both Luziyca and Ainin, as well as others like Tuthina and Namor to bring any kind of stable agreements in place with the regimes in Nautasia, and that Sjealand in no way has the power or relevance to even try where they have failed. He does however criticise this mindset in that while it is correct, it has dampened economic initiatives in the region out of concern of the ideas it pose to the traditional northern powers.

''With an state visit from the regime in Estanban coming closer, the Minister for the Outer Realms, Ragnvald Bjarkesen, has no clear and concrete document or line from de Risbæk that tells him what we want out of it, nor what dialouge he should lead with the Ankorenis, which essentially leaves both him and us, wandering blind in relation to Nautasia. You can say that the only instructions he has recieved is to just not talk Nautasian politics because we have decided to close our ears to the area.'' he also says

''When Ainin and Luziyca then start rattling sabres at Nautasia that creates even greater problems for us, and shows that the continent still lacks the type of stability we and the economic sector prefer. It forces us to either make a choice on who we support or navigate neutrality in an effective mannner, and de Risbæk has just not been able to do that. Nautasia could tip in any direction and the fragile remnants of stability and civil rights could come crashing down without hope of change, and that is now something de Risbæk is equipped nor prepared to handle'' the professor makes clear.

de Risbæk has lately recieved large criticism from not only her opposition in the Rigsdag, but also from within the ranks of her own party and coalition as views and actions on Nautasia has failed to satisfy, the general desires of the public and the Rigsdag. This is a large problem for the President of the Rigsdag, as her government monday last week issued the date of the next general election, the 6th of March. It did not expect this criticism, but with its rise the people who say they will be voting for De Radikale has been diving dramatically, and could spell doom for de Risbæks desires for a second term.

By: Rikke Albrectsen. Albrectsen studied International Politics and Journalism at Wittburg University, specialising in global power politics and Nautasian Politics. She has since march 2012 worked for Hovedstadens Tidende as a political analysists and head of the Nautasian department, during which she has been responsible for orchestrating several news-teams in Nautasia.

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by **Razarija** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 2:13 am

All worldly transience penetrated thoroughly by our perspicacity

2017-1-15
Apotheosis-fraud and heretical cult organizers sentenced to death
24 to be executed, 10 accomplices to receive extensive re-education


Court building in Murvigrad where the
proceedings were carried out.

MURVIGRAD - 24 have been sentenced to death for their roles in the organization of a heretical cult and a massive apotheosis fraud while 14 accomplices will receive re-education for their participation in the crime as well, announced the trial conducted by respected Koshchunist cleric officials.

The cult and fraud was an elaborate scheme where the ringleaders deceived the public with false discoveries and citations from scriptures, claiming that they could organize events that allow individual Theophagy and ascension to be achieved. The 'doctrine' of this organization was most certainly heretical, a disgusting profanity of the Faith, constructed for the sole purpose of perverting individuals from the path of liberation. The cult was also certainly organized with sedition in mind and would no doubt threaten the stability and security of the National Fortification should it be allowed to continue to develop.

Cult members approached citizens in workplaces and during break times, attempting to gather interest in their teachings, while also distributing pamphlets. If people refused to show interest, they would often threaten with force and even attack them, causing several injuries. They were assisted and protected by several workplace managers and other individuals who offered them venues for their activities and also resources.

The fraud scheme claimed that members will be able to ascend by means of a ritual, which would utilize 'shortcuts' exposed from the Demiurge supposedly. The cult's organization functioned to supposedly educate members on how to access this shortcut. Using this as a cover it extorted funds and gifts from members as 'tuition fees'. Posing as regular religious and political education sessions, the group bore a disguise of vague legitimacy and evaded significant publicity for a while.

It is believed that the group had gathered a total of 215 members and collaborators.

The cult would eventually be exposed by a priest, who had spoken with one of its members who evolved suspicion of its doctrine. This was immediately reported to religious disciplinary and public security authorities, who identified and arrested the ringleaders and organizers quickly while also taking in many followers into custody. The cult had practiced worship in several vacated buildings and these areas were searched by local security where its literature and other items were found.

Immediately heresy was found in its doctrines. The cult not only preached of the [unrefined] human's direct capability to utilize holy weaknesses but also spoke of a 'hierarchy' of apotheosis and ascension, claiming that its method was superior to the eschatological transcendence as accepted by orthodox Koshchunism. Other heresies included erroneous definition of Koshchunist morality, perverting the True God and His kingdom's ethics and values to fit the agenda of their group. Such heinous crimes warranted not only immediate death but also condemnation to oblivion as stated by church disciplinary doctrine.

The trial was speedy and by joint agreement of religious and state mechanisms and organs, the 24 leaders were to be executed and condemned to oblivion, while 10 who had assisted the cult to significant capacity will be reassigned and demoted and subject to re-education, both political and religious, while repaying for their crimes by hard labor. Thus the ringleaders' names are no longer to be spoken of. The cult followers received religious re-education as well and for identity protection no detail of them will be released.

This event was indeed a serious one and highlights several major issues: firstly, the need to instil and enforce religious discipline and orthodoxy, and secondly, to strengthen such facilities in rural areas where the fraud was based in. Vigilance of citizens and followers is recommended.

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by **Mazaristan1** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 2:32 pm

President Nasr denounces Huniwaya for its criminal invasion of sovereign Mazaristan
President Nasr vows to repel the invaders when terrorism is destroyed, while influential UNIR cleric declares his support.
Qarim al-Thanam
^{15 January, 2018, 15.00pm | Jalawla, Mazaristan}

President Yusuf Nasr addressing supporters and MPs in the capital earlier today.

President Yusuf Nasr has denounced the public announcement of the Hunawiyan illegal invasion of Mazari territory in the north. Speaking to citizens and members of parliament, the President said, “we will repel you, who are you to take our land. We did not invite you, you are nothing but invaders and criminals.” The President also rejected any call for cooperation with Hunawiya, calling that a “pass at them occupying our nation, our soil and enslaving our people.”

According to the Hunawiyan government mouthpiece, al-Haqiqa, Hunawiyan “special forces” have been operating in Northern Mazaristan since November. While the Ministry of Defence did not deny that it knew of the operations, the President explained during his speech, that “we also hoped that they would leave, they would respect our sovereignty and not turn to the scavenger filth that they now reveal themselves to be.”

The President denounced Hunawiya’s ruler, Mishaari el-Hatem, as a “man truly of disrepute, where is his Arab solidarity? He spits upon Arabism and he spits upon solidarity with a weakened people. He is no different from the so-called Caliph, he’s no different from the Ankorenis or Pasdanis. Except they spit on Arabs with principle”

Ayatollah Ali Khorsani declared his support for the nation today.

President Nasr vowed to expel all invaders from Mazaristan, reminding the Mazari people of his pledge in 2012 when the foreign launched civil war began. “I said we would destroy our enemies, I said we would retake every inch of Mazaristan, I said we would restore strength, dignity and honour to our country. I warned the enemies of our nation not to misunderestimate us.”

Head of the Mazari Defence Forces, General Ayad Akhadi said he would instruct the Senior General Staff to avoid all contact with the Hunawiyan military. He spoke after the President, telling the crowd, “we will not speak to them, we will not cooperate. If they wish to help us destroy terrorism, they will do so as allies, not invaders. If they refuse, we will destroy them as we destroyed all enemies of the Mazari nation.”

At least 300 Huniwiyan soldiers have been killed fighting extremists near Khan Qasyr. The MDF has reported that the Hunawiyan operation has been beset with problems, “they have no knowledge of the land and have suffered at that. We’ve seen entire units be wiped out in terrorist attacks. They’re poorly trained, have poor equipment and just bluster their way through. While we seek the destruction of all terrorists, let it be known that we appreciate the terrorists bloodying of the invader” General Akhadi said, to loud cheers from the audience.

A potential effort to block the invaders may soon come, the Druze separatists have halted their operations, being stalled by valiant defenders of the MDF. After several months of bitter fighting and heavy losses for the Druze, the southern front has frozen, just the same as the so-called Popular Liberation Front in the south-east.

Support for Mazaristan came from an unlikely place today. The Union of Nautasian Islamic Republic’s leading Shi’ite cleric, Ayatollah Ali Khorsani spared time from his denouncing of protests gripping the country, to denounce Hunawiya.

Telling students in the city of Lankaran, “we must look beyond our differences today and see that Mazaristan is being truly abused. Its allies have done nothing against the so-called Caliphate, they waste time playing political games and attacking worthless and weak enemies, while they let Hunawiya invade.

“Mazaristan is alone, never have we seen such opportunism, for what? What does Hunawiya want? What does el-Hatem want? Only God knows, and I suspect he too is disappointed. I would posit that Hunawiya is following the orders of perfidious Luziyca and malicious Ainin, divide and conquer. We are seeing the creation of occupation zones, the partition of Mazaristan. Hunawiya is now an enemy of Nautasia too” he said.

The Foreign Ministry has recalled its ambassador from Hunawiya in protest and has given the country 24 hours to vacate all of its diplomatic staff. The government is also seeking to close the Mandar border crossing, ending access across the border.

The Senior General Staff has also stated that any attempt by the coalition to secure direct links with the invaders will serious “rupture the current arrangement”, the written statement did not go into further detail.

More as the story develops.

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by **Greater Petrea** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:24 pm

PRESIDENT EL-HATEM: OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE DESPITE NASR OBJECTIONS
Responding to Yusuf Nasr's inflammatory speech to his Parliament, President el-Hatem said that he would "ensure the sanctity of civilian life from terror groups" despite objections from the Mazari leader

By: Abdul Kader el-Mohamed, national security affairs columnist | Posted: 11 January 2018 @ 10.00pm (HST) | To share this article, click here.

President el-Hatem gave his remarks at an economic and business forum in Ad Daga.

AD DAGA -- President Mishaari el-Hatem responded to Mazari President Yusuf Nasr's vitriolic and acrimonius speech to MPs and the Mazari press and took the opportunity to "correct the record" today while at an annual business and economic forum in Ad Daga. Speaking to reporters, President el-Hatem was quoted as saying that Nasr "made highly disingenuous and disparaging comments about the Hunawiyan nation and people."

Responding to allegations that the Hunawiyan Army was there to 'take our [Mazari] land' and were now revealed to be 'scavenger filth', President el-Hatem responded that: "our anti-terror operations in Mazaristan are only taking place because the Mazari government has shown itself incapable of both combatting terror groups and ensuring the lives and safety of civilians time and time again."

"Our military forces and civilians have been under fear of terrorism since the Mazari government ceded the border to terror groups. The bombing of the UNIR embassy and the murder of one of our MPs in Ad Daga showed us that decisive action was needed to combat the terrorist threat lying just across our border. Thus we acted."

Responding to personal attacks against him, in which the Mazari leader referred to him as “a man truly of disrepute" who "spits upon Arabism" and "spits upon solidarity with a weakened people [sic]" who was "no different from the so-called Caliph," President el-Hatem merely waved his hand, saying only: "President Nasr may have his opinions on me, and I don't mind that. He should remain aware that my duty does not lie with whether or not he approves of my actions, but to the Hunawiyan people. I will continue to ensure the sanctity of civilian life from terror groups, regardless of the objections from President Nasr."

"Additionally," el-Hatem joked "As a staunch secularist and advocate of secularism in government, I find that President Nasr's description of me as 'no different from the so-called Caliph' to be quite humorous."

President el-Hatem also called the casualty estimates by Mazari Defence Forces head -- General Ayad Akhadi -- "severely inflated," saying that the actual figures of those killed and wounded were closer to 80 (with 28 estimated killed and 50 wounded). "I'm not entirely sure where General Akhadi received his estimates from, but I can definitely say that none of our units have been 'wiped out' or, indeed, seen enough terrorist resistance to have killed 300 soldiers."

When asked about whether or not he was sure that relations between Hunawiyan and Mazaristan, once the strongest in Nautasia, would be able to recover, President el-Hatem said that he was sure that in the long-term "President Nasr will realize the strategic benefits of being a friend of Hunawiyah. I would like to point out that Hunawiyah has been supporting the Mazari government since the beginning of its internal conflict. This includes diplomatically. While we will agree to close the Mandar Crossing, and while we will agree to remove diplomatic and humanitarian aide personnel, it must be warned that these are both major lifelines for the Mazari government and people. It will only harm Mazari civilians to see the military and humanitarian aid corridor that is the Mandar Crossing closed."

On the subject of UNIR Ayatollah Ali Khorsani's comments on the operation, el-Hatem only had this to say: "What I want, what Hunawiyah wants, is safety from terrorism. Minus the aspect of regime change, this is no different from Ankoren invading Irvadistan. I'm sure he understands that, I'm sure President Nasr understands that, and I'm sure the government of the Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics understands that. At the end of the day, I must act to protect the lives of Hunawiyan civilians against terrorism. That's all there is to it, and there really can be no opposition to that."

Finally, President el-Hatem confirmed that Operation Khadah's Shield would be continuing into the future. "We will be continuing our push to Khan Qasyr and the regions beyond until the terrorist forces have been removed from the area."

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by **Namor** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:36 pm

NO PLANS TO EMBARGO LUZIYCA, SHOHAI SAYS
IN FIRST RESPONSE TO LUZIYCAN EMBARGO BILL, PRESIDENT-GENERAL SAYS RETALIATORY EMBARGO NOT IN NAMORESE INTERESTS, BUT LEAVES OTHER FORMS OF RETALIATION ON THE TABLE

President-General Antelope Shohai dismissed reports that the Namorese
government is considering an embargo against Luziyca in retaliation for a
proposed embargo against Namor currently under review in Bethlehem

January 16, 2018 (Namo) - Namorese President-General Antelope Shohai personally responded to a Luziycan bill calling for an embargo against Namor for the first time, denying reports that his government is considering a retaliatory embargo against Luziyca while suggesting other forms of retaliation are possible.

Antelope said at his first press conference of the year that a total embargo against Luziyca is not in Namorese interests, calling the movement of people and goods between the two countries an "irreversible trend."

"There are Namorese living, studying, and working in Luziyca, just as there are Luziycans living, studying and working here. No one seriously thinks this is a bad thing," he told reporters.

"We do not need isolation. What we need is more understanding that can lead to a mutually beneficial relationship," he added.

While ruling out an embargo, Antelope appears to be leaving other possible means of retaliation on the table when asked what Namor can do if Luziyca embargoes first.

"I do not see sanctions against us anytime soon, but if the worst happens we will obviously not sit idly by," he said.

The President-General's language stands in stark contrast to that of a fiery editorial published by The Liberator, the newspaper of the Liberationist Party which Antelope leads.

Titled "What can we do? A lot, it turns out," the editorial contained a list of measures the Namorese government can take in the event of a Luziycan embargo, from cutting ties with Luziyca and imposing a retaliatory embargo to taking military action against Nantai.

"The Luziycan regime will be forced to return to the days when it relied on a third party, such as Katranjiev or the Apostolic Catholic Church, to relay messages to Namor," read the editorial. "Is this what they want to see?"

Analysts say the chances of a Namorese embargo against Luziyca are very slim due to legal and practical constraints.

Mouammed Abbar, professor of international relations at the Free Republican University of Huimont, Ainin, wrote in the Esquarian Journal of International Relations that "unfair trade practices" against Luziyca, a member of the Esquarian Community, may trigger a trade war with the EC as a whole. If counted as an entity, the EC is currently Namor's largest trading partner.

But Shen Wuhong, foreign minister of Namor under Fu Wen, said the actual cause of concern is not a retaliatory Namorese embargo, but smaller-scale sanctions and increasing cooperation with countries that are not only hostile to Luziyca but most liberal democracies as well.

"Namo can put a cap on Luziycan investments in Namor as it did during the 1990s, or it can make it harder for Luziycan citizens to obtain Namorese visas. These moves fall short of a total embargo and may be seen as reasonable enough," Shen said.

"The most dreadful outcome is if the Antelope administration recognizes Ankoreni interests in Mazaristan or helps rebuild Xiaodong's economy, as some Liberationists have proposed. Such moves would frustrate international attempts to isolate the two regimes."

About me · by **Luziyca** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:43 pm

Katsarou-Vasiliev Act passes second reading

Representative Pavlina Katsarou (NLP)

BETHLEHEM - Today, following a few heated days of debate, and comments and contributions from many people across Esquarium, including the President of the Council of Esquarium, Rémi de Finistère, and the leaders of the affected states, the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act passed yet another hurdle, as it is now on its way to the Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The results for the second reading of the bill were as follows:

NLP - 315 YEA
Social Credit - 90 NAY, 23 YEA, 2 ABSTAIN
Whigs - 64 NAY, 10 YEA, 3 ABSTAIN
Liberals - 65 NAY
Christian Luziycan Party - 63 ABSTAIN

Thus, 348 representatives voted in favor of the bill, while 219 representatives voted against the bill. However, sixty-eight representatives chose to abstain.

Response by Damir Agapov
With the proceeding of the bill to the Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee, Damir Agapov told reporters at a press conference that "we are currently working with all affected parties to control the damage that this bill may inflict on all countries targeted by it. We are in contact with Huimont, Namor, and Estanban to ensure that in the unlikely event it does pass both houses, we will be able to ensure that its damage is kept to a minimum."

Agapov also praised Council of Esquarium President Rémi de Finistère for his declaration that the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act was "blatantly and fully against the principles of the Esquarian Community and the Common Market," with Agapov saying that "the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act, even if it may seem to make Luziyca more powerful on the world stage, would only cause Luziyca's reputation and credibility outside of our own borders to disappear, and will greatly harm us in the long-term."

"Therefore," Agapov declared, "we will fight tooth and nail to make sure that this bill does not pass the House: if it does, we shall defeat it in the Senate."

When asked by reporters if Agapov would consider a summit to defuse tensions with Namor, Agapov replied positively, saying that "if the President-General is willing to agree to hold a summit, I am more than delighted to help defuse the tensions between our two nations."

Response by Dorothy Vasiliev
When asked by reporters about the bill passing Second Reading, Dorothy Vasiliev said that "the passage of the bill [through second reading] shows that the Luziycan people have had enough of giving and giving our money and our reputation away to countries that are opposed to our very way of life."

"We have given and given and given, and they have not given us anything to us in response at best, and at worst, they have just taken advantage of the naive generosity presented by both Terezika Pivec and Damir Agapov. There has to be a clear line to make sure that we Luziycans prevent the Agapov regime from providing large sums to nations that will inevitably use our generosity to attack us and exploit us," she stated.

When asked about the opposition to the bill by the Esquarian Community, especially by Council President Rémi de Finistère, Vasiliev stated that "this bill would greatly benefit the Esquarian Community in the long run, as it ensures that countries that violate international norms will not be able to trade with the EC and our close allies in western Borea and in Nordania."

She also warned that "if the EC is unwilling to accept this bill that would benefit the Esquarian Community in the long run, we are more than willing to fight to ensure that the EC recognizes the virtue of basic international norms."

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Namor - Shohai Antelope vows "no embargo" if the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act passes, but leaves open the possibility of other measures
Razaria - Government cracks down on "cults"

by **Union of Akoren** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:45 pm

Protests dissipate as 2 million march in support of the State
77 killed as a result of the eight days of protests, worsened by seditious elements
İbrahim Özgen
^{18 January, 2018, 16.00pm | Estanban, Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics}

The protests that have gripped two Union Republics for almost a week are dissipating according to the Interior Ministry. However, the government reported that 77 people had been killed in the violence, owed to seditious

Seditionists continue to provoke violence and engage in vandalism.

elements hijacking the people’s right to protest. Several major incidents have been reported overnight including two attempted take overs of police stations and the firebombing of an MP’s home. Mass pro-government rallies have taken place in Estanban, Zahedan and Qufeira.

Over 3,400 people have been arrested across the two Union Republics of Ankoren and Pasdan, over the past eight days. 77 people have been killed including 16 police officers according to the Interior Ministry’s statement issued earlier today. The Ministry reported that the number of disturbances in Estanban and Zahedan have declined dramatically, with peace returning to much of both cities. While disturbances have also declined in Erdek, Lankaran, Shiranshahr and Qazvin.

Interior Minister, General Kemal Devatoğlu praised the National Police Command saying, “our brave and heroic police officers have crushed sedition. The foreign plot has been defeated and peace will return to our great nation.”

“I can confirm that over 3,000 citizens have been arrested for vandalism, violence and sedition. However, we are keen to show clemency and mercy to those who were forced to engage in violence at the behest of foreign servants” he said further.

State President Volkan in an address to the Supreme Assembly criticised elements for inciting the initial protests against the trial of Maijd Shariatzadeh.

“There is clear connection between what we suffer now and what we saw regarding the young man who killed the ambassador. Those elements who turned people against the justice system will now feel guilt for the chaos and sedition that followed. No should ever cause a storm and try and ride the waves” he said.

“We have defeated the seditionists, but now we must defeat the concerns of our people. We must go forward and tackle the worries and fears of our great people because without the people, the state will crumble and with it, Nautasia’s hope of redemption, liberation and unification” he told a full session.

Hundreds of thousands attended a pro-government rally in Qufeira today

Prime Minister Qassem Akbari has since announced that he has formed and will chair a committee dedicated to tackling the concerns of the population. The Council for General Reform will including the Finance Minister, the Industry Minister, the Petrochemical Ministry, Education Minister, Transportation and Development Minister, the Science and Technological Innovation Minister and the State Councillor for Economic Resilience and Competitiveness. It is hoped that the CGR will identify the key concerns of the populace and seek to find expert solutions.

The government has already announced a reversal of its decision to reduce the State Income Assistance Fund, which offers $200-a-month to the poorest tax payers. The budget passed on January 3rd aimed to cut the SIAF to $160-a-month in light of the expense of reconstruction in Irvadistan. The government also announced its intention to fast-track reforms to the technical education system, with partnerships being established with Kushan Industries, Shazari Solutions and Muzzam Construction within the next few weeks.

Addressing the State Council, Prime Akbari is reported to have said, “ignoring or rejecting the people’s legitimate concerns is folly and will invite greater fury than we are seeing. We must escape this invincible mood and listen to the people.”

State President Volkan is seeking to establish a separate security service dedicated to investigating corruption. However, some elements of the State Council have opposed this, with General Burak Güven arguing that the General Intelligence Service has proven successful in identifying corrupt figures in the past.

Despite the positive news of the protests dissipating, violent and extremist incidents were reported overnight. Up to 80 seditionists attempted to storm a police station in the town of Alkıntepe, they were beaten back by police who used rubber bullets. The Interior Ministry has denied reports that 4 of the protesters were killed.

A second attempt was made in the Pasdani town of Akramapour, where 20 seditionists attempted to storm the station to secure firearms, at least 8 were detained when extra police units arrived.

The most serious incident took place in the city of Övenler, where up to 100 people took part in the firebombing of Tugan Salı’s home. The entire building was reportedly gutted by flames, fortunately the MP was not home at the time. He is reportedly being housed by a fellow MP. The Interior Ministry has classified the attack as an “act of terrorism.”

Today also saw massive rallies by citizens expressing loyalty to the government. Over 2 million people took part in marches in Estanban, Zahedan, Lankaran, Qufeira, Qush Tepa and Habroun. The government praised the spontaneous rallies as “testament to the unity of the Union, unity of the travellers on the Great Journey”, a message on social media read.

The hundreds of thousands sang patriotic songs, chanted slogans reaffirming their support for the revolution and the state. Many denounced the thuggish elements as seditionists and traitors, chanting, “you burn our streets, we will burn you.” “No to Aininian chaos, yes to order” was widely used.

More as the story develops.

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by **Jathana** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:24 pm

Jathana agrees to cooperation with other states as tensions with Luziyca rise
The Jathani Government agrees to cooperate with Namor, Xiaodong, and the UNIR on important issues
Bharati Waddedar
January 20, 2018, 01:27pm

LAKPUR - Following the aggressive proposal of the KV Act in Luziyca, an act that would embargo "hostile states", prevent trade and investment and decrease tourism between Luziyca and other nations, multiple nations such as the UNIR, Namor, and Xiadong have responded by calling the act racist, isolationist, and a barrier towards better relations in Borea. The proposal of the act was sparked by what Luziyca calls "Namorese agression" and protests in Ankoren over the assassination of Saveliy Averyanov. Jathana has officially responded to the act in a press conference today, saying that "The KV Act is an aggressive move in a world where it simply cannot be justified. The Jathani government is willing to cooperate with other nations in order to restore peace to Borea and Nautasia."

A protester among the smoke in Zahedan, UNIR

Her Most Serene Majesty went on to state that she wishes to meet with the leaders of each state personally and wishes for a summit between the nations to be hosted as well to voice their cooperation against Luziyca and any other aggressors. The government has also stated that they will provide full support to fellow nations involved in the summit if they require it. "This is a desperate time and it requires a swift retaliation," the Supreme Maharakha said "cooperation is key in ensuring that Luziyca fails to pursue this criminal act. I am more than willing to work with the leaders of Xiaodong, Namor, and the UNIR in order to restore peace in a region that has lacked it for so long."

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by **Ceresnia** » Sat Jan 20, 2018 2:48 pm

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by Marek Koledovič · January 21, 2018 · Last updated 00:48 local time

Golovič wins presidential election
National Coalition candidate won the election against Civic Movement's Jan Bukovič

Golovič in Trafov after polling stations closed for the first round
Photo courtesy of Narodna Gromada Čereska

Ceresnian opposition party National Coalition candidate Jozef Golovič won the Ceresnian presidential election on Friday, receiving a vote percentage of 51.5% and will therefore defeated the Civic Movement's Jan Bukovič.

Golovič was announced the winner after the votes placed in first round of voting were counted and therefore the runoff election which was due to take place on Tuesday the 23rd was called off due to the sufficient number of votes received by Mr. Golovič, the first time this has happened since 1989, when Oleg Meda was the first democratically elected President of Ceresnia.

Golovič has received calls of support from both the right and left wings, and describes himself as a 'right-leaning centrist'. He also has a keen interest in agrarianism, which is one of the core tenets of the National Coalition's ideology and also an element of Ceresnia's history.

Mr. Golovič has also called for increased dialogue with the State of Razaria, in response to Perak inciting tensions with the neighbouring country last year by testing an anti-ballistic missile.

Previously relatively unknown in the world of politics, Golovič had, however, set himself up a solid political career placing him as available for becoming a candidate for the presidency.

He was born in Plonova, a village about 30 kilometers from Gralov. His father, František Golovič, and his mother, Marija Bemova, were both factory workers at an agricultural plant. Golovič at first attended a small, rural primary school in his village, but later a major high school, Anatol Antonov High School in Gralov.

He graduated from the University of Gralov, where he had studied politics and political sciences. His first job was as a police officer which he joined in order to be exempted of conscription into the military.

In 1984, Golovič applied to join the youth wing of the anti-communist opposition party, the Civic Movement. He was accepted, but subsequently left in 1986 to form his own political movement, only to be rejected by the government.

Until the fall of communism, Golovič was active as an underground press publisher. In 1990, after the communist regime in Ceresnia fell, Golovič founded the United Ceresnia political party, which was disestablished in 1995 due to divergences in members' political ideologies, brought on by the party's big tent mentality.

Golovič then joined the newly-founded National Coalition party in 1998. He ran for the office of Mayor of Gralov in 2001 but lost to Aleksander Vorogov. In 2005, Golovič ran again and won the office, serving as mayor until 2009, and introducing reforms to the city's infrastructure.

In December 2010, Golovič became a member of the Ceresnian lower house, the House of Representatives, for Gralov. He was subsequently elected to become a member of the Esquarian Parliament in 2014.

Golovič was declared as the candidate of the opposition National Coalition party in the 2018 snap presidential election in October 2017, after the impeachment of Pavel Perak. His major rival will be the Civic Movement's candidate, Jan Bukovič, who is the current President of the Senate and also has served as acting president after Perak's removal from office.

Golovič, 52, will be the youngest elected President of Ceresnia in history after a narrow victory over Bukovič. He has been cited as being more pro-EC than Pavel Perak, who was regarded as an EC sceptic.

Turnout was also the highest since 1989, with citizens flocking to voting stations in many cities to vote for their desired candidates.

Asked about his success in the polls in December, Golovič responded by saying, “It has come to my attention that I am leading in the polls. However, these prognoses are no more than just high hopes. It is not yet apparent who will win this year's election, and the approaching holidays might cripple turnout and give the Civic Movement's Jan Bukovič a higher chance of winning.”

However, it is now clear that Golovič has beaten Bukovič to the presidency. Some of Golovič's campaign promises are the reversion of controversial and 'shameful' policies established during the abolished Perak 'regime', decreasing the unemployment rate drastically by setting up new, domestic businesses and cutting down on 'extreme globalist mentality' which Golovič said causes domestic business to 'collapse'.

He will be inaugurated on Friday the 26th, when Acting President and losing candidate Bukovič is expected to step down from his acting office, which he has held since Perak's impeachment in October.

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by **Krugmar** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:08 pm

BREAKING:BHO SHI MIOMÖ AGREES TO 'FOURTH PATH TO PEACE'
Reports are coming in that Bho Shi Miomö, leader of the Uri Dhi, has withdrawn her amendment and become a signatory to the new constitution

Löi Löbö Lö, Tava | January 26, 2018

Ciciletë Manor, the official meeting house of the National Liberation Council of Tava, and former home of republican hero Ëm Tol Nirubh.

SPRAKHAMS - Breaking news from Ghöboë district of Löi Löbö Lö this morning, as reports that Bho Shi Miomö has withdrawn her amendment to the constitution, specifically on the 'Fourth Path to Peace', and has become a signatory. Impromptu celebrations in the capital began as word spread throughout the city, and are now happening across the country.

There was speculation that major change was happening, when yesterday Hu Phën Tëmecë, Pa Llo Cirö and Youdron Monpa agreed to reform the Republican Action party as the Gihachiegiyo (National Redemption Party), a unity party to be in an electoral pact with the Rishar People's Party and the Dynastic Restoration Movement. The Uri Dhi have since confirmed they will be splitting in two, with the militant armed section of the party being reorganised as the Chiwögh Territorial Guard as part of the Tavan National Army, and the Uri Dhi proper becoming a political party both nationally and in their region.

Reports from Pëshephotë indicate that the Uri Dhi party elders no longer consider the 'Fourth Path to Peace' an obstacle to the peace process, and that concerns over the militant section of the party breaking the ceasefire were growing, and so ibhi-Bhoshi was reportedly informed early this morning to withdraw her amendment and sign the constitution.

What is the 'Fourth Path to Peace'?

The 'Fourth Path to Peace' is a principle within the constitution stating that Tava is a indivisible country of three nations, Möribh, Chiwögh and Dëwëghe (Tinzan), and that therefore no nation or region may separate under any circumstance.

This was deemed unacceptable by the Uri Dhi and Rishar People's Party when first put forward by ibhi-Pallo in 2014, as they desired a mechanism by which they could legally declare independence. The situation almost broke down the peace talks in 2016, with the council unable to meet as Rishar and the Uri Dhi boycotted it for six months, and minor border skirmishes threatening to push Tava back into civil war. Mediation by the Tinzan diplomat Paljor Trungpa allowed for a concession, that ultimately the constitution would have a mechanism for amendment, and this brought the parties back, though the Uri Dhi refused to sign and pushed for an amendment.

Now the Uri Dhi have removed their opposition to the principle, due to internal matters and changing opinion, and have rescinded their amendment which provided a mechanism for independence via referendum.

What does this mean?

The 'Fourth Path to Peace' was the last contended part of the constitution, and now before it can legally comes into effect two things must happen: The Aya Ini must give her blessing to the arrangement, and it must be formally read out in the Senëshë. With this the Tavan Free State, Rishar Autonomous Region and Third Republic of Tava will be dissolved, and the Realm of Tava restored.

It is expected that the Aya Ini will give her blessing tonight, and that on the 28th at the next special session of the Senëshë it will be formally read out and become the constitution.

by **Qianrong** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:13 am

OPINION LUZIYCA'S LOSE-LOSE SITUATION
Katsarou-Vasiliev controversy hides that Luziyca's global power is beyond salvaging, whether it passes or not

A file photograph of the Luziycan House of Representatives, where the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act is being debated.

BETHLEHEM, LUZIYCA | January 29, 2018- The "Act for the Respect of International Norms and Relations", commonly known as the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act, has provoked a worldwide furor in recent weeks. Proposed by members of the far-right National Luziycan Party, and conceived as a response to last year's Defense of Namorese Dignity Act, the bill calls for stringent sanctions and restrictions against three nations dubbed "hostile states" by the bill: the People's Republic of Namor, the so-called "Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics" in Ankoren, and the Auspicious Republic of Xiaodong. It has triggered adulation among fringe extremists, concern among global diplomatic organizations, and even provoked a warning from the Esquarian Community that the bill would be illegal, as EC members have ceded the authority to levy sanctions independently of the EC block.

Yet in spite of this, it's well-known that the bill will never become law, and in all probability will never make it past the Luziycan legislature. The ruling Liberals- who are a minority in the country's House of Representatives, but retain the Senate and the Agapov presidency- have expressed their desire to quash the bill at any cost.

The sheer improbability of the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act passing is important to note, however, because all the controversy surrounding the bill itself hides a deeper issue. It is this issue that has provoked the writing of the bill, but at the same time, an issue that the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act cannot hope to solve. The issue is this: Luziyca, through errors of its own making, has destroyed its international credibility and its power projection. It now is on the decline globally, and will remain on the decline regardless of the fate of the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act. To explore this, we'll begin looking at the consequences of the act passing or failing in the three countries that it targets: Namor, Ankoren, and Xiaodong.

Let's begin with Namor, the country whose "Defense of Namorese Dignity Act" inspired the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act, and what Namor has threatened to do should Katsarou-Vasiliev pass. The Liberator, party newspaper of the ruling Liberationist Party, floated the possibility of a retaliatory embargo, the severing of Namo-Luziycan diplomatic ties, or even an outright military invasion of Nantai in a January 14 editorial. People's First Coalition leader Chia Bovang, when asked about potential responses to Katsarou-Vasiliev, vaguely threatened that "anything that hurts will work". While President-General Antelope Shohai has been more conciliatory than his party and his allies, describing the possibility of a total embargo as unlikely, the melodramatic rhetoric of the editorial is not particularly far from Antelope's own declaration that "there is nothing illegal about retaking Nantai by military force", and fears about a particularly belligerent Namorese response remain open. Fears circulate that passing the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act could make Namor even more belligerent towards its longtime rival.

But even if the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act fails- as it likely will- Luziyca has emboldened Namorese belligerence with a concessionary, even cowardly foreign policy. Luziyca's foreign policy- presumably based on the idea of both sides making sacrifices, to arrive at a mutually-beneficial compromise- might've worked with a Huan administration, but it has utterly failed with the Antelope administration, which is unwilling to make any sort of sacrifice or compromise with Bethlehem. As a result, Luziyca has given and given, while Namor has taken and taken. Luziyca has even gone so far as to forsake its fundamental principles in the name of peace with Namor; it abandoned rule of law when it blatantly fabricated charges of "tax fraud" against Otekian independence activists, so that they could be extradited to face charges under draconian Namorese anti-free-speech laws; it abandoned popular sovereignty, the fundamental principle of democracy itself, when it told the 80% of Nantainese who support remaining in Luziyca- according to 2017 Kenyen Sibo poll- that they had no right to determine their homeland's future. Even military incursions into Luziycan airspace and waters have failed to provoke a Luziycan response. In essence, Namor has learned that it can demand whatever it wants of Luziyca, and Luziyca will meekly comply.

In short, if Luziyca passes the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act, then Namor might do anything from issuing a series of small sanctions against Luziyca aimed at restricting the growth of trade between the two countries, to starting an outright trade war with the Esquarian Community and brazenly invading Nantai, will of the Nantainese people be damned; if Luziyca does not pass the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act, then Namor will continue belligerently making demands of Luziyca, and Luziyca will continue to do nothing but concede, forsaking its basic values in the process. Either way, Luziyca loses.

Next, we will look at Ankoren- the self-declared "Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics". Unlike Namor- which, for all its flaws is generally a functioning democracy in the modern era- the so-called "UNIR" thoroughly deserves its place on this bill, having clearly and blatantly established itself as an enemy both of liberal democracy and of peace through its actions across Nautasia. The Ankoreni regime's reaction to the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act was, as all things regarding the Ankoreni regime are, blatantly hostile and militaristic. Denouncing the bill as "islamophobic" even though neither Namor nor Xiaodong are Muslim and several Muslim nations like Rifat and Hunawiyah are not included in the bill, Ankoren's Foreign Ministry provocatively warned the bill's passage would "constitute a declaration of economic warfare against the Union"; State Councillor Aslan Güner told other members of Ankoren's rubber-stamp legislature that the bill was "a betrayal", adding that "we in the military have always warned that trusting Bethlehem is a mistake". Speculation runs rampant that passage of the bill could cause Ankoreni troops already illegally occupying Mazari soil to launch a campaign against the dysfunctional Nasr regime, backed by Luziycan and Aininian troops, in earnest; this could potentially result in the fall of yet another nation to Islamic Collectivist tyranny.

But this, too, is in no small part the result of a Luziycan policy of appeasement. As with Namor, Luziyca's policy with regards to Ankoren has been to try and make concessions in the hopes of reaching a compromise; but the Ankoreni regime, increasingly dominated by radicals calling for nothing short of world conquest, is even less interested in compromise than Namor. Following the Ankoreni invasion and occupation of Irvadistan- which left Irvadistan utterly in ruins, so that it would be dependent on the Ankoreni regime for survival- Luziyca not only consented to Ankoren's annexation of Irvaidstan, but subsequently made a deal with Ankoren in which the Luziycans gave vast amounts of money to the so-called "UNIR". The first Ankoreni incursions into Mazari soil, coupled with bombing and shelling of Mazari positions, resulted in little more than a disappointed statement from Luziyca's Alina Stasov. Fervent hatred of Luziyca runs so deep in the Ankoreni regime that, when an Ankoreni soldier was sentenced for assassinating the Luziycan ambassador, Ankoren's normally well-controlled state media could not prevent itself from covering the ensuing protests- something the regime's leaders almost certainly wanted to suppress news of. In its continued insistence on appeasement of Ankoren, Luziyca not only failed to realize the tyranny and malice of the Ankoreni regime, it actively enabled a nation that has committed itself to the utter destruction of Luziyca.

In short once again, if Luziyca passes the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act, it will likely provoke a blatantly militant response from the so-called "UNIR", likely involving an open invasion, and possible annexation, of Mazaristan by Ankoreni troops. And if Luziyca does not pass the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act, then the Luziycan government will continue giving money to a regime that will use that money to provoke terrorism against Luziyca and its diplomatic facilities, to fund puppet media sources that spout anti-Luziycan and anti-democratic rhetoric, and to pay soldiers who will march into and annex Mazaristan regardless. Either way, Luziyca loses.

Last and probably least, we will look at Xiaodong. Once an Esquarian Union member on the road to democratization, Xiaodong has fallen into militarism, despotism, revanchism, and genocide denialism under the regime of Yuan Xiannian, who has now formally been styled as "Supreme Leader" by Xiaodong's State Presidium. Yuan has more or less openly threatened war at various points against every single one of his neighbors- against Min and Tinza, who control land claimed by Xiaodongese irredentists; against Senria, Xiaodong's rival and traditional arch-enemy; and, almost suicidally, against nearby world power Tuthina. He has aligned himself with Ankoren, Ambrose, and Razaria against the Esquarian Community, of which Luziyca is a member, and against the very concept of liberal democracy; he has also accused Luziyca of helping Senria and Tuthina "sabotage" Xiaodong by promoting domestic opposition to the Yuan dictatorship, though no evidence of Luziycan involvement has ever been uncovered. The passage of the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act would make Bethlehem the primary target of Yuan's rage for the next week or two, and likely result in the passage of retaliatory sanctions against Luziyca.

As was the case with Namor and with Ankoren, however, this is Luziyca's fault as well. When Xiaodong was still a struggling democracy, and a member of the defunct Esquarian Union, Luziyca refused to try and bolster Xiaodong's democracy, instead allowing it to fall back into the morass of despotism and dictatorship. Furthermore, Yuan Xiannian's totally un-evidenced allegations about Luziyca and the EC "destabilizing" Xiaodong prove that Yuan Xiannian doesn't particularly need a credible reason to shriek about the "inherent evils" of the liberal democratic system; if he wants to shriek at Bethlehem, he can just fabricate one and shriek away. If Luziyca ever had the ability to prevent Xiaodong from going down the road of revanchism and authoritarianism, or any credible influence over Xiaodong at all, it is an ability they lost long before the promulgation of the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act.

In short once more, if the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act passes, then Yuan Xiannian will rage at Luziyca and no doubt accuse Bethlehem of being behind every perceived slight his regime has ever suffered, and the country's rubberstamp State Presidium might begin a trade war with Luziyca and the Esquarian Community. If it does not pass, then Yuan Xiannian will rage at the Esquarian Community regardless, and Luziyca will stand no more chance of regaining its influence in East Borea than it would have had the bill passed. Either way, Luziyca loses.

The ultimate worst outcome, according to former Namorese foreign minister Shen Wuhong, "is if the Antelope administration recognizes Ankoreni interests in Mazaristan or helps rebuild Xiaodong's economy, as some Liberationists have proposed"- that is, if Namo joins the Estanban-Rongzhuo "Axis of Evil". But even then, all of the nations in this hypothetical axis- and potential future members such as Ambrose or Razaria, who are also hostile to the liberal democratic order- are already hostile towards Luziyca explicitly or implicitly. Namor has taken to pushing Luziyca around, demanding it abandon its democratic principles in the name of peace; the so-called "UNIR" wants the total destruction of Luziycan influence within Nautasia, and the annihilation of liberal democracy; Xiaodong has devolved into a chauvinist, revanchist dictatorship seemingly intent on waging war against its neighbors. No amount of appeasement or concession from Luziyca could turn these nations into Luziyca's allies- though the Luziycan government does not seem to be aware of this fact. Besides, the long-term survival of such a pact between Namor and nations which so thoroughly oppose the democratic system that Namor uses nowadays is improbable to begin with.

And regardless of whether or not Katsarou-Vasiliev lives or dies, Luziyca's international reputation is in tatters. The Luziycans have earned a reputation as untrustworthy, cowardly, concessionary, and feckless; nobody wants to cooperate with a nation whose foreign policy seems to be dictated by taking the worst possible course of action. Why hinge your defense or your economy on a nation that seems actively committed to ruining itself? Long-time allies of Luziyca, such as Aucuria, have moved increasingly towards other liberal democratic powers- such as Ainin- in the face of Luziycan incompetence.

In summation, Luziyca has doomed itself. Its influence is on the wane among its former friends, and it wastes its effort attempting to make friends out of nations who will never regard Luziyca with anything but disgust. Its foreign policy has become dictated by appeasement, but the nations it seeks to appease will never be satisfied, no matter how much Luziyca offers. Its global rule is over, in a catastrophe of its own creation. Luziyca has already consigned itself to the history books; it is now up to other nations, such as Ainin, to take up the mantle of democracy, lest the vacuum of power be filled by tyrants and autocrats.

Aslan Güner may be an accomplice to a truly despicable regime, but amidst the furor, his remarks on Katsarou-Vasiliev ring startlingly accurate:

"This is the dying breath of a titan. Soon, it will be a whisper."

About me · by **Luziyca** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:32 am

Katsarou-Vasiliev Act passes committee, report presented to the House

Representative Ulysses Liakos,
Chairman of the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs (NLP)

BETHLEHEM - Today, after nearly two weeks of consultations and discussions concerning the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act within the Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed the bill, and released a report on its effects to Luziyca to the House of Representatives, to much support from the NLP, and to substantial opposition from the Liberals.

Committee report
The report, issued by Chairman Ulysses Liakos, former leader of the NLP until 2016 stated that "[t]he Act for the Respect of International Norms and Relations will help address the concerns of Luziyca's decline as the leader of the free world as a direct consequence of the policies initiated by Presidents Terezika Pivec and Damir Agapov."

In the report, the Committee stated that as of 2016, trade with the nations that would be on the hostile states list as proposed by Dorothy Vasiliev and Pavlina Katsarou was at ₤305.5 billion ($611 billion), with the current largest trading partner of Luziyca, Namor, comprising ₤289.3 billion ($578.6 billion) of trade that year, and the UNIR comprising the remainder.

The report stated that "implementing the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act would greatly reduce the nation's trade deficit," as currently, Luziyca has a ₤154.8 billion ($309.6 billion) trade deficit with Namor, although it is noted that if they included trade with the UNIR, "the deficit as a result of trade would fall to ₤141.8 billion ($283.6 billion)," as a result of the Luziycan trade surplus with the UNIR, currently ₤3.8 billion ($7.6 billion).

As the Luziycan trade deficit is currently ₤251 billion ($502 billion), the effects of ceasing trade with the countries on the list of hostile states would, while resulting in lost revenue in the short term, be:

"...made up with increased trade with the Esquarian Community, who will be guaranteed to follow international norms of diplomatic relations, combined with encouragement of Luziycan companies operating in hostile states to reshore and reverse industrial decline in less well-off states such as Marshiya, Amatrov, and Evpraskiya."

The report also noted the security benefits that this bill would bring, especially as it was noted by the committee that "...by reducing funding to hostile states, the Christian Republic would not be concerned that monies spent on importing goods from these states, or tariffs paid to the hostile states will be used to undermine Luziycan sovereignty, and Luziyca's capability for power projection across the globe."

It also stated that the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act would reduce the proliferation of "Luziycan weaponry and other military technologies sold or given to other countries falling into the wrong hands," citing possibly-fabricated claims that Luziycan weapons given to Ankoren were sold by the Ankoreni government to The Caliphate in the months leading up to their attack in Ankoren itself.

Response by the House
Following its approval by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Dorothy Vasiliev praised the report and its recommendations, stating that "the report presented by the Committee on Foreign Affairs shows that this legislation will benefit the Christian Republic, by reducing proliferation of Luziycan technology and arms to hostile states, by reducing our trade deficit, and by reducing the inadvertent funding of organizations and entities dedicated to the destruction of Luziycan ideals, liberties, and culture."

Socred leader Paul Nikolovich also opposed the bill, stating that "this bill presents an unnecessary governmental intrusion upon our economic freedoms," arguing that the bill as it currently stands will not only plunge Luziyca into a recession, but also "greatly affect international markets, and Luziyca's role within the global economic system."

Liberal House leader Pavel Nuriyev also condemned the report, criticizing the "severe abuse of statistics concerning Luziycan arms shipments to Ankoren," and that any recession caused as a result will cause a "depression that would make the Recession of 1980 look like an ideal financial outcome."

After a vicious debate between supporters and opponents of the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act and its ramifications for Luziyca's economy and for its ability to reverse the decline, the House of Representatives voted to have the third reading for the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act to take place on February 2nd.

In other news
Tinza - Uri Dhi withdraws amendment, to sign new constitution
Ceresnia - Golovič wins Ceresnian elections
Nantai - Nantainese government criticize act as harming detente and Nantai's economy
Opinion - The Katsarou-Vasiliev Act will lead to a hastening of Luziycan decline

by **Namor** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:28 pm

29 January 2018

Leaders of developing states to hold summit in Namo
Anti-imperialism, economic cooperation, sustainable growth to be included on agenda

Наморайин | English

Namo - Namo will host the annual summit of the International Forum for Developing States (IFDS) in March, Namorese Foreign Minister Pao Venzong confirmed today.

The Forum, which includes Namor, Xiaodong, the Nautasian Union and Jathana as among its members, was formed in 2016 to promote cooperation and solidarity amongst developing and newly-industrialized countries.

Pao said the choice of Namo to host this year's IFDS summit not only reflects Namor's commitment to strengthening ties with developing countries but the spirit of President-General Antelope Shohai's latest New Year's Address, in which he called on developing states to have a greater say in world affairs and governance.

"Through this summit, we would like to reaffirm our friendly relationship with other developing countries and our common responsibility to enhance the standing of developing countries as a whole," he said.

Pao said he hopes IFDS member states can find "common ground" on the issue of imperialism, which he identified as an "obstructive factor" in the trend towards global prosperity and stability.

"While it is undeniable that the world has achieved significant progress in undoing colonialization and imperialism, vestiges of these scourges continue to undermine peace and prosperity in developing and emerging countries," he said.

"As a coalition of developing states that have experienced first-hand the effects of imperialism, the IFDS should stick true to its creed and lead the fight for a fairer world where countries can develop without fear of retribution."

Besides seeking commonality on imperialism, Pao said he hopes the summit will lead to more economic cooperation between developing states, calling a free trade agreement between IFDS members — one similar to the Common Market of the Esquarian Community — Namor's most preferred outcome.

"Developing states have a tremendous potential for economic growth, which is why we want to discuss an IFDS common market that can harness the markets and resources we have," he said.

The summit will finally address the issue of sustainable growth, defined by Pao as the necessity of "structural economic and political reforms" in developing states.

by **Eibenland** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:54 pm

Eibenland Planning Application to EC.
Date: 2 February, 2018

The government announced today that it is planning to move ahead with applying to join the Esquarian Community. The Prime Minister’s Office released a white paper explaining the Cabinet’s rationale for EC membership. Prime Minister Mainzer and Foreign Minister Margarethe Karrenbauer held an hour-long press conference to answer questions about their plans. Mainzer said during the press conference that “Esquarian Community membership would benefit our economy and further our relationship with our neighbors. Foreign Minister Karrenbauer said, “I believe it is in Eibenland’s interests to participate in the EC”.

The Moderate-Social Democratic coalition agreement in 2014 had pledged to “consider the merits of Esquarian Community membership”. The government had announced that it had begun conducting more detailed discussions in 2016 and a series of public consultations were held last year to gauge opinions. The Conservative Party, the National Movement, and a faction of the Left Alliance have long opposed EC membership. The Green Party adopted a motion in favor of EC membership in 2007.

Parliament is likely to debate and vote on moving forward with EC membership in the coming weeks. The vote is expected to pass, as parties in support of EC membership make up a majority of Parliament. Polls conducted by Eibenlandtrend during the public consultations last year found that an average of 62% of Eibenlander’s are in favor of EC membership.

About me · by **Luziyca** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:32 pm

Katsarou-Vasiliev Act passes House of Representatives, to move to the Senate

Representative Ulysses Liakos,
Chairman of the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs (NLP)

BETHLEHEM - After a ferocious debate over the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act in the House of Representatives on Friday, resulting in a member being ejected from the day's proceedings, the House called a vote to take place today on Monday, with the House of Representatives voting to pass the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act 315 to 257 against, with fifty-three representatives from the Christian Luziycan Party abstaining.

Debate
After the third reading of the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act took place, a debate broke out between Liberal House leader Pavel Nuriyev and NLP leader Dorothy Vasiliev, with Nuriyev stating that "by passing this bill, you endanger Luziyca's security, you endanger Luziyca's international credibility, and you endanger Luziyca's ability to remain a key economic player in Esquarium."

Dorothy Vasiliev responded to these accusations, by stating that "as I have mentioned on the twenty-ninth of January, this bill will improve Luziyca's national security, it will benefit Luziycans by ensuring that corporations operating in hostile states will have to return, and it will reduce Luziyca's trade deficit."

Vote
Earlier today, the House of Representatives convened to vote on the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act before it progresses to the Senate.

NLP - 315 YEA
Socreds - 115 NAY
Whigs - 77 NAY
Liberals - 65 NAY
CLP - 53 ABSTAIN

While it passed the third reading by a smaller margin, owing to Whig leader Serhoskav's order for all representatives and Senators to vote against the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act, as the bill passed 315 in favor to 257 against, the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act is going to be sent to the Senate, where it will be introduced for first reading later this week.

More as the story develops.

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by **Union of Akoren** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:29 pm

General Guven warns Luziycan forces in Mazaristan they will not be safe should KV Act pass
General Guven told cadets that the Union retains the right to "protect itself and Nautasia from foreign hostile elements with force."
Murat Bilgin
^{7 February, 2018, 15.00pm | Zahedan, Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics}

The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Army was speaking at an event at the Imam Hussein Academy.

General Burak Güven has issued a stern warning to Bethlehem today, saying, “the passing of the K-V Act will shatter our relations and secure Luziyca as a true enemy to the people of Nautasia and the Union. Should it pass, we will not be as so restrained in our position regarding Mazaristan and we still retain the right to destroy any and all foreign occupiers in lands of national interest to the Union.” It comes as the controversial act comes closer passing the lower-house.

Speaking at an event at the Imam Hussein Military Academy he said, “we have to recognise that we are entering a new world. The return of nation rivalries and plots has returned, no longer do we fret over terrorist bands and gangs. Luziyca, a nation in terminal decline is grasping at straws, it is grasping at any option, including economic warfare.

“Economic warfare is warfare of a different kind and several Companions are correct in saying that the KV Act constitutes an act of economic warfare, or perhaps an act of war itself. I would warn Bethlehem, and President Agapov, that any surrendering to these xenophobes and Islamophobes will result in a permanent rupture of relations between them and the Union” he said.

“Should this bill pass, I will urge the State Council and the Supreme Assembly to respond swiftly and strongly. But I will also warn them just the same as Bethlehem, that we would no longer be able to guarantee the safety of Luziycan forces in Mazaristan” he explained.

“The Union maintains the right to destroy any and all threats to its national interest and national security, there are many such threats in Mazaristan, but a passing of this bill, the declaration of Luziyca as a hostile enemy of the Union, will see them become just that in Mazaristan. The Union is a sovereign nation and has every right to do what it must to protect itself and all Eastern Nautasia” he warned.
“If this bill becomes law, if it is enforced then we will have serious problems in Nautasia, we do not tolerate hostiles occupying our continent” he rounded up.

The Union’s most senior general was supported by State Councillor Vahid Namdar who told the Supreme Assembly, “peace, world peace now rests on the shoulders of 82 Luziycans. These senators now have to decide between chaos and peace.”

But he also condemned this saying, “this so-called piece of legislation seeks to make Luziyca important again, well now they are. These 82 people are the most powerful people in the world, at least until the vote is over.”
Self-described pragmatist and MP, Abdullah Mukalla also told the Supreme Assembly, “even if the Senate votes no, I fear the damage has been done. The lower-house passed this with flying colours, which means the Luziycan people support this attack on Namor, the Union and Xiaodong. How can we claim we have close relations with a nation, who’s people wish to see economic ruin upon us? I truly fear our bi-lateral relations whatever the vote.”

Prime Minister Akbari however, again urged for restrain in comments, saying on Good Morning Nautasia, “we need to be level-headed about this. President Agapov retains the right to veto legislation and I am sure he will use it should the Luziycan Senate foolishly pass this. Peace is a two-way street, we must do our bit to maintain stability in Nautasia, no matter the forces pulling us the other way.”

State President Volkan reportedly spoke to President Agapov again via telephone this morning urging him to veto it. However, popular opinion of Luziyca has nosedived according to opinion polls.

Prior to its intervention in Mazaristan, 77% of Union citizens viewed Luziyca positively, this has now dived to just 22% according to averages of six polls taken over the last two weeks. Anger among some popular associations have become a concern to the Interior Ministry, which has boosted police protection over the Luziycan embassy in Estanban.

Murad Aslan, the leader of the General Association for Patriotic Citizens has described the Luziycan government as “utterly devoid of honour, trust and respect. They’re a disgrace, just as bad as their racist people.”
Abbas Aminizadeh, the chairman of the All-Veterans Union also said on a posted video online, “if this bill passes I will be the first man with a rifle to cross the border into Mazaristan, I will be the first to shoot and if God wills it, the first man to be martyred by the scum.”

The State President is expected to address the Supreme Assembly tomorrow to raise the prospect of preparatory legislation to protect the Union economically and if voted by members, retaliatory measures. A statement by the State President’s spokesman today said, “the State President is prepared to recognise that should this bill pass, President Agapov would have failed the Union, Namor and Xiaodong. He will have acquiesced to Islamophobes, racists and white supremacists.

“In that case, the State President will support any measure the Supreme Assembly deems necessary, including retaliatory measures and protective measures alike.”
Several members of the State Council have already begun publicly discussing a dramatic slashing in oil production.

State Minister of the Petrochemical Industry, Mohammad Öktem told the Assembly Select Committee for Foreign Affairs, “we have in our possession the largest reserves in the world, we are the largest producer. There are times sadly, when we must recognise the weapon that this is. If Luziyca decides to attack us, then we must respond, we must defend ourselves and cutting production by 25-30% will certainly do that. We can drive prices up and hurt them, but of course, that is collective punishment, we must not consider it lightly.”

The Office of the State President re-affirmed that the State President is “open to all suggestions should the act pass.”

More as the story develops.

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by **Namor** » Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:19 am

NAMOR TO BREAK ICE WITH XIAODONG AHEAD OF DEVELOPING STATES SUMMIT
SOURCES SAY GOVT PLANS TO REMOVE XIAODONG FROM LIST OF PRO-LUZIYCAN COUNTRIES, DISCUSS TRADE DEALS

Rongzhuo, capital of Xiaodong

February 9, 2018 (Namo) - Namor plans to remove Xiaodong from its list of pro-Luziycan governments and discuss trade with Xiaodongese officials, sources told the Mojing Sibo.

The reports emerge as Namo prepares to host the next summit of the International Forum for Developing States, or IFDS, in March. Xiaodongese leaders will be in attendance.

A source close to the government said Namo no longer sees the reason behind listing Xiaodong as an ally of the Luziycan regime, given recent developments in Namor and Xiaodong.

"It is only a matter of time before the list is changed to reflect current realities," the source told the Mojing Sibo.

Relations between Namor and Xiaodong publicly took a nosedive last year when Namo lightly criticized the Xiaodongese government's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. In June, Namor included Xiaodong on its list of pro-Luziycan governments and organizations that was created by the Defense of Namorese Dignity Act (DNDA). Xiaodong lashed out at Namor, accusing it of spreading "anti-Xiaodongese propaganda."

But behind the heated rhetoric, relations remained stable, at least on the non-governmental level. Last August, two Namorese rice companies were caught repackaging Xiaodongese rice and exporting it to the Common Market, raising concerns that Xiaodong is using Namor as a detour to circumvent EC sanctions.

Now, Namor and Xiaodong appear eager to reveal their rapprochement to the world, especially as both countries brace for a possible embargo by Luziyca.

"The [Luziycan] embargo bill has provided an impetus for Namo-Xiaodongese cooperation. Despite political differences, we are finding some common ground with Xiaodong when it comes to anti-imperialism and the administration hopes to turn that common ground into a formal agreement of some sorts, preferably an agreement on trade," a source from the Executive House told the Mojing Sibo.

The Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the reports.

by **Xiaodong** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:11 am

OPINION - Normalisation is turning out exactly how Yuan Xiannian intended it to

When the Xiaodongese government a year ago announced it would start "Normalisation" - the euphemistic term is describe a crackdown of opponents of the government following widespread protests - it invited scorn and isolation abroad as the economy tanked. The government of Yuan Xiannian which had badly miscalculated citizens frustration of endemic corruption and fiscal mismanagement had reacted in a clumsy, heavy handed manner when it attempted to rig an election and sent tanks onto the streets to deal with resultant protests sending the world to impose sanctions onto an already weak economy. The result was that this time last year Xiaodong's pugnacious leader Yuan Xiannian and his Xiaodong Regeneration Society seemed to be on the brink of losing power.

A year on, there is no question that the Yuan government is secure in its place.

The economy thanks to painful austerity measures and an active anti-inflation policy by the Reserve Bank has had weak growth since the lows of spring 2017. Diplomatically Xiaodong has deepened its cooperation with the Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics whilst entering a rapprochement with Namor to the extent the previously moribund International Forum of Developing States has been revived with the intention of creating a Estanban-Namo-Rongzhuo axis to consolidate the developing economies.

Most importantly however Yuan has essentially wiped out his internal opposition. Through his ruthless purgings of society via extra-judicial courts, police brutality and a tightening of censorship laws to his elimination of internal opponents by accusing members of the bureaucracy and political class of being associated with a Senrian-backed plot to overthrow his government Yuan's position in power is virtually secured. This purge has even led former head of state and the most prominent opponent of Yuan Jiang Zhongyu to be imprisoned for being involved in said plot.

Normalisation should be understood as a process in which the Xiaodongese government has sought to crush all internal and external dissent whilst making Yuan Xiannian the most powerful leader in Xiaodong since the death of Lu Keqian in 1952. To this end in civil society and the government it has succeeded - and there is talk now of the Xiaodongese government expanding normalisation to the economic sphere with plans to open "corruption investigations" into the heads of top Xiaodongese companies and state-owned enterprises.

The fact that normalisation has worked and that Yuan is not going away should not be lightly brushed aside by the international community. Xiaodong is a large country with over 130 million people, a large industrial sector, significant coal reserves, one of the most powerful militaries in the region and a nuclear arsenal - and the fact that Yuan Xiannian, someone notorious for his bellicose foreign policy now has unlimited power over Xiaodong should not be ignored.

by **Namor** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 2:40 pm

13 February 2018

Ministry of Defense announces largest military exercise since 2007
Annual "Northern Shield" exercise to be held near Gulf
Наморайин | English

A helicopter during last year's Northern Shield exercises

Namo - The Ministry of Defense released details of an upcoming military exercise that is held annually to test Namor's self-defense capabilities in the event of an enemy attack.

The exercise, code-named "Northern Shield" due to its defensive nature, will be conducted along the western coast of Shanpei district near the mouth of the Gulf of Gelyevich. This year's exercise will be held closer to the northern border compared to previous exercises, which were held in West Namor starting in 2007.

Northern Shield 2018 will run from late March to early April. The exercise, which involves all units of the Namorese Liberation Army, will simulate an amphibious enemy assault on Namor's northern coast.

President-General Antelope Shohai and Vice President-General Long Jiaoche will both attend the exercise.

Defense Minister Wen Ketze said this year's Northern Shield exercise will be the largest in over a decade, citing the necessity of providing the Namorese Liberation Army with "more practical experience" in deterring foreign threats.

"As the threat of imperialism shows no signs of receding and continues to pose challenges to both regional and national security, the Liberation Army must be abler than ever to safeguard the interests of the Namorese people," she said.

"Northern Shield 2018 will assure our people of their security while sending a clear message to our enemies that any provocation on their part will result in their swift and absolute annihilation."

Wen stressed that the exercises have been annual and routine.

About me · by **Luziyca** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:51 pm

Katsarou-Vasiliev Act introduced, swiftly defeated

File photograph

BETHLEHEM - Today, Senators Andrei Revyagin and Amalia Boytsova of the National Luziycan Party introduced the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act to the Senate after it has passed the House of Representatives. However, following first reading and a brief debate, the Senator held a vote on the bill where it was soundly defeated, thereby preventing the National Luziycan Party's bill from moving forward.

Vote
Following a brief debate, where Senator Boytsova defended the bill, and all three other parties opposing the bill, a voice vote was called, with fifty-two Senators voting against the bill, two senators (from the NLP) voting in favor of the bill, and six senators from the Christian Luziycan Party voting against.

Liberals - 35 NAY
Whigs - 13 NAY
Socreds - 4 NAY
CLP - 6 ABSTAIN
NLP - 2 YEA

Consequences
The failure of the Katsarou-Vasiliev Act, while it gives some sense of relief to Luziyca's strategic partners such as Ankoren and Namor, as well as the Esquarian Community, threatens to increase the perception of Luziyca as being a cowardly nation who will kowtow and give and give to their enemies just to maintain international peace, while alienating its traditional allies, like Aucuria.

President Damir Agapov stated that the "defeat of the bill by the Senate is a very good thing for Luziyca and for international stability."

More as the story develops.

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