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by **Razarija** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:39 am

Combined arms exercise concludes
Readiness and capability of national military organism affirmed once more
2017/07/26

A combined arms exercise that took place from July 19 to 24 has officially concluded and its existence disclosed to the public. The exercise involved some 5 brigades of the Eastern Command of the National Armed Forces as well as 2 aviation brigades. In the exercise the units involved practiced the application of combined arms warfare, using strong cooperation between infantry, armor and aviation forces to attain strategic objectives. In addition to regular rehearsal of conventional warfare, extraordinary challenging situations in which the RNAF may face in field action has also been simulated.

The exercise took place on an area with a mixture of flat, forested and rugged terrain as well as featuring streams and rivers. Several buildings were constructed to create simulated villages and towns. BLUFOR units of the RNAF were positioned to the southern and western areas of the exercise zone while OPFOR units were stationed to the center and northeast. The theatre spanned 68 square kilometers.

In the simulation, RNAF BLUFOR units were ordered to attack and break through OPFOR lines and positions to capture towns and strategic communications posts located in the rear of the OPFOR ranks. The OPFOR units were of roughly equal strength compared to the BLUFOR forces and also similarly- to better-equipped. BLUFOR units were presented with challenges that not only came from the strength of the enemy and the terrain alone, but also enemy air support and the shortage of fuel as a result of logistics problems, in which they found answers to in the simulated battle.

The RNAF forces' main echelon attacked and pushed through the lines of the OPFOR using tactics already part of the routine RNAF combined arms strategy, with air support, but confronted the failure of their logistics that led to their vehicles running out of fuel and becoming no longer useable; the exercise intentionally started with the tanks of the vehicles nearly empty. The armoured troops were forced to proceed afoot, where they then confronted enemy reinforcements that had begun to arrive. The simulated battle that then proceeded was described only as 'intense' by commanders. The battle was very challenging to the BLUFOR troops, who had to make use of anti-tank weapons extensively. Here training versions of new anti-tank missiles were tested and their reliability and performance verified and validated.

Meanwhile, BLUFOR's the second echelon, a motorized unit, moved to rescue the first echelon still under fierce attack. The first echelon had lost some ground but managed to hold its positions overall firmly against OPFOR in the time that its aid had arrived, and successfully passed the test designed by the RNAF high command. The second echelon managed to fight off enemy counterattacks while the first echelon was able to be logistically replenished. After this, the offensive began again and the whole theatre was seized by BLUFOR.

Concerning the situation the RNAF encountered in the exercise, military staff have addressed it, stating that it is a 'very probable situation' RNAF troops might encounter in hypothetical engagements. "We are working on solving the issue itself, but we should also be prepared if it happens." said a general. The designed response routine used by BLUFOR units in this challenging situation had apparently worked effectively.

It is believed that the satisfactory performance of RNAF equipment and doctrine in the simulation is indeed a validation of the RNAF's capabilities and strategy, and it is greatly hoped by us that such success is replicated in actual combat situations should such ever be seen.

by **Xiaodong** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:23 pm

Nautasia's future is in the Nautasian Union
Only within the UNIR can Nautasia escape war, poverty and imperialism
August 2, 2017
By Chen Xilai

ESTANBAN - Nautasia is a troubled continent. It is beset by civil war and destabilisation, corruption, underdevelopment, perpetual economic crisis, incompetent governance and domination by foreign powers hostile to the idea of the welfare and the development of the Nautasian people.

Yet the general troubles that prevail the continent are absent in the jubilation in the newly-created Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics. The streets of Qufeira - the former haunt of the brutal socialist dictator Amin Kamel - are filled with citizens celebrating the creation of what is the only hope for Nautasia to escape from its current malaise.

The Nautasian Union is the product of decades of attempts by the Ankoreni government to spread its successful political socio-economic model onto the rest of the continent. Unlike the rest of Nautasia - the domain of colonies, puppet states and tinpot dictators - Ankoren has since the 1923 Ashura Revolution managed to possess a benevolent, stable state that cares first and foremost in socio-economic development and the welfare of its citizens. Its inaugural leader Haşim Taylan, one of the most outstanding leaders of the 20th century, formulated the doctrine of Islamic Collectivism which called for the unification of Nautasia, overseeing the people's welfare ad ensuring a strong, stable state.

Under Islamic Collectivism Ankoren flourished. Social stability was achieved as sectarian and ethnic tensions were dissipated as traditional Islamic norms were retained without the fundamentalist characters of the religion that developed in neighbouring countries. Under the reformist government of Javad Jahandar the economy was diversified and liberalised to avoid becoming a petrostate with the associated economic problems (high unemployment, over reliance on the oil market). Foreign policy wise the government pursued a pragmatic approach forging relations with developing countries such as Namor and Xiaodong. When the Caliphate started to destabilise neighbouring Mazaristan and Irvadistan over the course of 2014 as other regional players such as Rifat and Litorea dithered Ankoren under Evren Volkan took decisive action sending in troops in Irvadistan and beating back Caliphate forces. Internally, Volkan has reformed the economy to encourage investment and growth whilst a social revolution - the Hurricane - saw the rejuvenation of society and return of the revolutionary spirits to the populace.

The unification of Irvadistan with Ankoren was predictable as soon as the referendum was announced. Whereas Ankoren has flourished under Islamic Collectivism, Irvadistan has been for decades beset by instability - its short lived Sultanate was overthrown in 1975 by the Democratic Republic of Irvadistan. The so-called Democratic Republic was in fact a single-party state under a communist dictatorship, whose socialist policies and widespread repression led to economic collapse and social unrest. The slide into civil war in 2011 was predictable and long expected - the survival of the government until it underwent a coup d'état earlier this year was unusual in its longevity give the brutal state of affairs and lack of popular support the government held.

Since unification, the Nautasian Union has seen billions invested Irvadistan to repair its economy, whilst support for Islamic Collectivism (as exhibited by the popular support for the United Irvadi Alliance and its leader Abdul-Tariq Samad) is overwhelming. The large oil results of Irvadistan alongside the benefits of merging with the Ankoreni economy mean Irvadistan's economy is expected to grow and develop.

Comparably, the rest of Nautasia is in chaos or stagnant. Litorea suffers from ethnic tensions between its black and white settler population whilst its government is impotent in taking any sort of leadership in the continent. Mazaristan is embroiled in an intractable civil war, similar to Irvadistan prior to unification. Rifat is beginning to enter a state of collapse as separatists attempt to position the country closer to Ankoren over the corrupt, pro-Aininian government. Nautarya suffers from social tensions and like its neighbour Saheil is little more than an Ainian puppet. Pisdara is undergoing crisis after crisis and is politically unstable.

No Nautasian leaders other than Volkan offer a vision for Nautasia that does not preclude supporting the current state of affairs - corruption, economic incompetence and prostituting themselves to Aininian interests who have no regard for the welfare of the Nautasian people. Comparably the Nautasian Union offers Nautasia hope for prosperity, stability and freedom.

Nautasia has huge potential, but such potential is only being exercised by the Nautasian Union. If Nautasians want to develop and grow as nations, they should do better to support their corrupt, impotent governments and embrace the hope the Nautasian Union represents.

by **Razarija** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:24 am

OPINION: Nautasian Union should not disappoint the people and Nations of Nautasia
The only decisive force of awakening must live up to its strength and the trust millions have vested in it
2017/08/02

It is no doubt with great enthusiasm did millions of the Ankoreni, Pasdani and Irvadi nations, and those sympathetic to the cause of national and continental awakening in Nautasia, celebrate the foundation of the Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics (UNIR) on July 28, which will certainly be remembered as an important date in the future. Indeed, the emergence of the UNIR represents the consolidation of the Islamic Collectivist herald-state as a power that can bend the world if it wishes to, but more importantly a nation of unparalleled power in Nautasia, which directly defines its role in current events.

The Union has become the only decisive force of the awakening and resistance of the Nations and Peoples of the Nautasian Continent, it has become this cause's ultimate vanguard in the fight against globalist, exploitative capitalist forces and scheming sociocidal communist-syndicalist forces. It has become perhaps the only hope of the Nautasian peoples to escape the agonizing state of their continent created by the two aforementioned forces, and indeed millions rest their eyes upon this new titan that is unshackling the Nautasian continent as we speak. Millions of men and women look towards the banner of the Union and the portrait of Evren Volkan with the light they would rest on the ultimate Liberator of their nations, they expect that the Union's might will annihilate what binds them to oppressive systems and forces and deliver them to a life of national liberty and prosperity. They vest faith in the Union.

But can the Nautasian Union fulfil its promises and satisfy its onlookers? The Union is the owner of great power, spanning millions of kilometers of mountains, rivers and plains, encompassing a population of over one and one quarter of one hundred million souls, and wielding the mightiest military on the continent that is emerging to be the army of a worldwide power, while also possessing one of the most important economies in the world. It has the resources and minds that it needs to achieve its ultimate strategic objectives. Any move by this indisputable titan will shake the continent - and even the world - at minimum.

The Union's founding nation, Ankoren, has displayed to the world its truthful commitment to national liberation in Nautasia in the emancipation of Irvadistan from the threat of terrorism and the disease of an incompetent leadership, and its aid to the country's reconstruction has resulted in millions departing a life filled with war and disaster. But Estanban needs to continue to not only display, but cordially follow, the path of loyalty to this cause. The Union should become an assembly of equals working together to consolidate and ensure the independence of its members against dark forces, and not yet another imperialist entity exploiting less powerful nations; yet however there is the probability of such a nightmare occurring. The misguided ideology of a 'pan-Nautasian state' may be abused by imperialist forces to justify an all-powerful Union used to maximize the power of Ankorenis at top, and its existence might just arrive when its proponents distract the independent peoples of Nautasia with the so-called 'struggle of continental freedom' while moving in to snatch their liberties. The need for unity amongst Nautasian nations is clear and apparent in a time like this, but attempts to pervert the Union's nature must also be monitored.

If the Union becomes such an imperialist entity, then great disaster would dawn upon the Nautasian nations, a tyranny of those from oceans away changed to a tyranny of those on the same landmass, what in the natures of these ruling forces have changed? Nothing. If the Nautasian Union becomes a 'Greater Ankoren', then it will have betrayed its promises and let down those who have placed faith in it decisively bringing about liberation for Nautasian peoples. The Union might become no different to the Aininian imperialists that are puppeteering so-called 'democracies' of Nautasia right now, either it will control Nautasia through a network of subordinate proxies or directly assume power as an unified superstate. Either way, it is a continent betrayed, countless nations and peoples betrayed.

But if the Union does stay true to its mission, imperialist forces in Nautasia will receive a great blow in the coming battle between awakened resistant forces and those that wish to suppress them. The success of a Nautasian resistance will strike a blow to imperialist forces worldwide, as the power of an independent Nautasia and the loss of imperialist assets in the region would both be game-changing events in the ongoing struggle between free nations and conspirators. The Union is fully poised to bring the whole continent under its banner as the petty puppets of Nautarya, Rifat and Litorea squabble over how they divide over the imperialist payment, while their masters falter in their power as the Union rises. A bright future awaits for all men and women from Polonia to Caerylan and only the decisive force in Volkan's hand can open the way to that future.

The Nautasian Union is an important gear in the future of the Nautasian peoples, and its direction will ultimately determine the continent's direction; let's hope it will steer towards the one of light, liberty and prosperity and lead to a Nautasia finally no longer on the dinner table of the powerful. It must not disappoint the millions that have vested faith in its capability to achieve what it promises.

by **Aucuria** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:38 pm

ON THE OTHER HAND
Prompt: in the wake of the formation of the UNIR, can Nautasian democracy be saved?

Ankorenis at a pro-government rally amidst the recent "Hurricane" political purge.

Nautasian democracy can be saved- if we can demonstrate that democracy works
By Muhemet Hasanoğlu | Premier of Atlia
The rise of the so-called Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics has triggered a wave of doom and gloom in the free world, and a wave of adulation in praise in the world's most infamous despotates and tinpot dictatorships. Newspapers in democratic coutries- including this one- are running articles about the rise of a new "evil empire" in Nautasia, one whose capacity for malice and brutality is on par with Teutonia, Koyro, and Tuthina; the state presses of kleptocratic authoritarian regimes, like Xiaodong and Razaria, are running stories of full-throated praise for the new regime. This is perhaps unsurprising; the Ankoreni rise to power was always backed by the Iron Pact regimes and their weaker but equally despotic allies, and always opposed by the democratic nations of Nordania, Conitia, and Velkia.

But is it maybe too early to say that Nautasian democracy is dead forever? It is no doubt true that it seems to be on the retreat in the face of the scorched-earth campaigns of Ankoreni expeditionary forces, but I would argue that those who claim that it is beyond saving are perhaps too cynical. I would argue that there is still a chance for us to save Nautasian democracy: if the world makes it clear that democracy is a viable solution for Nautasia's problems, one that is compatible with their religion and their ways of life.

Right now, to many Nautasians, Ankoren looks like the only viable solution to the issues faced by the continent and its people. This is not to deny that the Ankoreni regime is frequently brutal, cruel, and repressive; it is all of those things and many more. But when many Nautasians look at it they see a nation whose citizens are well-fed, housed, secure, and comparatively wealthy. In the face of decades and centuries of poverty, turmoil, and suffering, Islamic Collectivism may indeed look like the best- and only- possible way out of a thoroughly miserable situation.

What we have to do is make it clear that there is another way for Nautasia, that there is a way that can guarantee not only prosperity and security but liberty as well, and that that way is democracy. And I would like to once again humbly submit my homeland as proof that Islam and democracy can coexist, that democratic governance can create security and prosperity better than lockstep autocracy, that Islamic Collectivism is not the best or the only future for Nautasia.

In the past I was accused of making a name for myself and my province by using Atlia's example as an argument against the claims made by xenophobes that Islam and democracy were incompatible. It is true I am not shy about the land that I call home, the land that I have been honored to serve as premier of; it is equally true that I am deeply proud of the fact that it is a stable, tolerant, prosperous Islamic democracy that respects the rights of its people; it is also true that I have not been afraid to cite it as an example against those Islamophobes in Nordania, Velkia, and Conitia who would claim that Islam and democracy cannot mix.

But now it is clear there is another group of people who need to see the example of Atlia as a functioning Islamic democracy: the people of Nautasia.

Thus far, most Nautasians have not seen democracy succeed in a country like theirs. The short-lived republic formed after the fall of the Erkemen Empire was oligarchic; the ostensibly free regimes in Mazaristan and Irvadistan proved themselves to be tinpot dictatorships; Siphrian democracy came blended with theocracy and was too prone to military coups; Rifati democracy has, for all its successes, failed areas like the rural Naghbaghasset region; Pisdari democracy is too young and too plagued by violence and paralysis. Atlia is a chance to prove that democracy can succeed in a Muslim country, that Muslims can coexist with non-Muslims in a democracy, and that a Muslim democracy can have peaceful and civilized political discourse.

After the Esquarian Summit in Kalnaspilis, I met and talked with Ankoren's Evren Volkan. While I did raise my concerns about human rights in his regime, the primary topic of discussion was promoting cultural exchange between Atlia and Ankoren- two Muslim Turkic nations separated by thousands of miles but nevertheless sharing a common heritage and a common faith. The primary goal of this proposed cultural exchange, naturally, would be to promote mutual understanding.

But it has a secondary possibility, one that I was cognizant of when I proposed the possibility of cultural exchange: it gives Ankorenis a direct experience with a functioning Islamic democracy, with books and works of art that are banned in Ankoren, with an open political environment, with Muslims living peacefully as equals alongside non-Muslims, with a nation that is democratic but also secure and prosperous. It will give Ankoreni youth- people who have been raised in the cradle of modern Nautasian autocracy, and subjected to propaganda and misinformation their entire lives- a chance to see that Islamic Collectivism is not the only way, nor the best way.

It is my hope that I will be able to initiate similar cultural exchange programs with other Nautasian countries, so that as many Nautasian youth as possible will be able to see firsthand what democracy can be, and what a democratic society can be. The first-hand experiences of Nautasian youth, who could then return home and tell their friends and family what they saw, could be a powerful in changing Nautasian mindsets about democracy.

At the same time, the nations of Velkia, Conitia, and Nordania must now take active actions to support and strengthen the democracies that do exist in Nautasia, and turn them into strong, functioning states. We should openly and extensively support the governments of countries like Litorea, Rifat, and Pisdara, to try and strengthen their democratic transitions. We should tie this aid to protecting human rights, holding open elections, combating corruption, opposing dictatorial regimes, and other standards so that we can incentivize adhering to democratic governance and bettering the lives of one's citizens. We must actively work to end racial tensions in Litorea, restore democratic elections in Siphria, improve the lives of Rifatis who have been thus far left behind, and depolarize political discourse in Pisdara. If we are successful, then we will be able to provide multiple clear examples of democracy succeeding in Nautasia, among a litany of ethnic and religious groups.

I'm hopeful that if all of us in the free world take a clear stand, back up our words with our actions, and work alongside the countries of Nautasia as equals, Nautasian democracy still has a chance. But we must make it clear to the people of Nautasia that democracy is a viable alternative; that the future it provides is more secure, more prosperous, and more free than the future supposedly provided by Islamic Collectivism; that democracy can not only function but thrive in a variety of environments, among all sorts of peoples and nations; that we are willing to work with them, as brothers and sisters, in building them a better future. If we can take a stand where it matters, Nautasian democracy can yet be saved.

For the immediate future, Nautasian democracy is a lost cause
By Dominykas Margraitis | 2017 presidential candidate
It is a true shame that this is now a question we are having to ask, but it is a shame we have brought upon ourselves.

The sane and decent nations of the world- and, for that matter, the semi-sane and semi-decent nations of the world too- were given numerous chances to stand up and oppose the psychotic death cult known as "Islamic Collectivism", to try and contain the violent terroristic despotate that reigns over Ankoren. In that, every single one of them has failed. If our leaders had done more at their pompous summits and conferences, had used the halls of power to exert influence, had stood up for the ideals that we all believe in, then maybe we could have stopped this question from being asked. But it's too late for that now, isn't it? Our inaction did not prevent world events from moving on without us, and now we must deal with the consequences. Rather than asking how we can bolster Nautasian democracy, how we could have spread it to the remaining dark corners of that continent, we are now asking whether or not it can survive it all. And the answer to that question is not a pleasant one.

Before we go any farther, we- "we" being the inhabitants of the democratic and decent nations of the world- should make a covenant to never refer to the engorged despotate reigning over large stretches of Nautasia by the moniker it attempts to apply to itself. Such a name as the "Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics" creates a series of false impressions: that this regime is somehow a union of equals, rather than just the New Erkemeni Empire; that this regime has the right to rule over all Nautasians; that this regime has the right to rule over all Muslims; that this regime in any way adheres to the principles of rule of just law. Ideally, we should continue referring to this regime simply as Ankoren. But if we must use the string of lies that Evren Volkan would have us use, then we should refer to his despotate as the so-called "UNIR", in the same way we once talked about the so-called "Caliphate", in recognition of the fact that both this Ankoreni empire and the so-called "Caliphate" were militarist states driven by religious fanaticism whose end goal was to enslave all Nautasia under their reign.

Firstly, we must acknowledge the type of regime that Evren Volkan has been able to establish in Ankoren and the Ankoreni-occupied territories. This is a regime that, aided by the apathy and inaction of the global community, now stands as one of the most despicable and disgusting regimes in Esquarium. It is a horrific mix of Koy authoritarianism, Teutonic militarism, Nevan egotism, Xiaodongese genocidalism, and the so-called "Caliphate's" religious fanaticism. The only man better than Evren Volkan at whipping the populace into a bloodthirsty fervor in preparation for fevers and purges is Yunglang Antelope himself. Its capacity for nepotism is greater than that of Tuthina; its tendency towards corruption greater than Senria's.

Ankoren's regime is one utterly opposed, in every shape and form, to every single human right that has ever been promulgated, decreed, or declared. Speaking against the government is to sign one's own death warrant, whether at the hands of a government executioner or a mob of criminal thugs; publicly protesting is essentially a suicide attempt. The press is a spineless, gutless puppet of the state with no independence whatsoever. While Ankoren touts a few token religious minorities to prove its supposed "tolerance", the vast majority of Christians, Druze, Yazidi, Jews, and Baha'i under its rule are subjected to varying degrees of harassment, dehumanization, and persecution. The country's judiciary consists entirely of kangaroo courts, hosting sham trials and fabricating charges to silence Evren Volkan's personal opponents. Those doomed to die by these sham courts are subjected to constant brutalization and torture. There is no right to privacy, no right to counsel, no right to a jury trial. Evidence suggests that the Ankoreni regime runs a network of labor camps, large enough to dwarf the "extermination zone" system of the Senrian Genocide, where dissidents and activists are used as slave labor until they are simply worked to death.

In short, Ankoren is easily one of the most horrific and autocratic regimes in Nautasia and Esquarium. It might ultimately have been better to live in the Erkemen Empire- backward and autocratic as it was- than modern Ankoren, simply because the Erkemen dynasty lacked the modern tools of surveillance, persecution, and repression that Evren Volkan relies upon.

And now it is this atrocity of an autocracy that stands as the supreme ruler of the Nautasian continent- and it cannot be denied that this is, in part, the fault of the free world. The democratic powers of the world- Luziyca, Ainin, Vjaarland, Lyonsland, et cetera- repeatedly and cripplingly failed to counter the Ankoreni regime in any consequential way. All the upset statements and stern warnings and lines in the sand amounted to nothing in the face of a determined, ruthless, soulless juggernaut of expansionism and militarism. The leaders of the free world, one by one, proved themselves to be utterly feckless. One by one, the nations of the free world failed to stand up for their values and morals.

Now, thanks to our shocking and spineless inaction, Nautasia stands under the shadow of tyranny and despotism. Millions have died, and millions more will die, at the hands of Ankoren's bloody sultan Volkan. And the blood is just as much on the hands of the cowards who let Ankoren rise to power unopposed as it is upon the gang of tyrants, kleptocrats, and terrorists that calls itself the Ankoreni Union.

Some, nevertheless, protest that the continent can still be saved, that the people of the continent not yet under the Ankoreni yoke can miraculously turn the situation around and save their compatriots and their continent from enslavement by Islamic Collectivism, that these few surviving countries might yet shelter the torch of liberty in Nautasia.

But honestly, what countries are these naive few talking about? Are they talking about Litorea, a poor, barren country with endemic corruption and a tendency for race rioting? Siphria, a country that suffered its sixth military coup recently, and whose government is ultimately just Ankoren's but weaker, less competent, and Baha'i? Mazaristan, a corrupt and failing autocracy only kept alive by Luziycan support? Rifat, which seems to be on the verge of falling to radicalized Ankoreni-backed terrorist cells operating out of the country's desert south? Pisdara, whose legislature and foreign policy ministry are dominated by a political party dedicated to shackling Pisdara as a slave to Ankoren in perpetuity? Nautarya, whose main achievement is continuing to exist in spite of crippling irrelevance?

The simple truth is that there is no nation to carry the torch of liberty in Nautasia, at least at present. All the "potential candidates" are either deeply flawed democracies, not democracies at all, on the verge of falling under Ankoren's yoke, or too small to be taken seriously. Across the entire continent, democracy is on the retreat- and all the evidence says it will be driven back across the oceans from whence it came by the forces of evil.

This is not to say that democracy is gone from Nautasia forever. Democracy comes and goes in waves, falls and rises like a phoenix, reminding us that it must be fought for and sacrificed for; that periodically the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants. Democracy is dead in Nautasia now, and Ankoren has killed it; disputing that is folly. But no regime lasts forever, and no regime ever will. One day, Ankoren- the entire rotten, filthy edifice- will come crumbling down, as all regimes do. It will not be soon- a tragedy for the millions who will toil and die under the Volkan dictatorship- but one day, there will be a chance for democracy's return to Esquarium's longest-suffering continent.

And I pray to God that whoever leads the free world when that day comes has more of a spine than the people who lead it now.

by **Namor** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:50 pm

XIAODONG'S NAMORESE DETOUR
XIAODONG WAS SLAPPED WITH SANCTIONS FOR SILENCING DISSIDENTS
BUT IN NAMOR, RONGZHUO FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO REACH THE COMMON MARKET

The rice warehouse in Minjian is one of several centers
across the country that has seen an increase in Xiaodongese rice
imports

August 2, NMR 2382 (Yucheng) - It was business as usual for the worker at a rice mill in Yucheng, Minjian. The mill was filled with bags bearing the words "Vetnan Rice" on them - the name of a major Namorese rice company. He did not want to be named, but introduced himself as one of several workers tasked with packaging Namor's number-one crop before it gets shipped to the outside world.

"More like Xiaodong's number-one crop," the worker said, in a hushed voice. "But we call it Namorese."

What the worker said is something few families would care about as they eat rice at the dinner table, but it's a revelation that should alarm policymakers who do not want police states to make a profit.

The worker then showed Mojing Sibo around the mill, revealing how Vetnan Rice had lately begun to take in large amounts of rice from Xiaodongese companies. That isn't the shady part of the story - Namor is Esquarium's largest importer of rice, owing to its large population and high demand for rice - but the law requires that imported goods be labelled so that their country of origin is identified. What began as a tour of rice mills across the country to see how the June 10 tidal wave impacted the Namorese rice industry turned into a months-long investigation into reports that Namorese companies have been importing Xiaodongese goods at cheap prices and repackaging them as Namorese-made products before shipping them to places where Xiaodong had been shut out from. And these goods, it turns out, are not limited to rice.

The Namorese Detour

Xiaodong's regime had long been regarded as an autocracy, but an improving one. In its 2016 assessment of human rights worldwide, the EHRM noted "the noticeable growth of an open, civil society" under the rule of Yuan Xiannian, the paramount leader of Xiaodong's ruling Regeneration Society. As Xiaodong was preparing for its general election, officials and pundits both shared a cautious optimism about the state's political future.

Then it all fell apart - Xiaodongese troops opened fire on protesters who were demanding a recount of a vote that saw the Regeneration Society retain its power. A larger crackdown followed; dubbed "normalization" by the regime, it saw thousands of people branded as terrorists and jailed and progressive-minded elements within the Regeneration Society purged.

Fortunately for those who were languishing behind bars, the world did not turn a blind eye to the atrocities. Multiple states imposed sanctions on Xiaodong; the most painful hit came in late March, when the Esquarian Community passed a resolution suspending Xiaodong's from the Common Market - the largest free trade area.

As Rongzhuo ranted and raved about foreign enemies undermining its sovereignty, Xiaodong's state-run enterprises held meetings with Vetnan Rice, Pangchu Foods and a host of Namorese companies. The Mojing Sibo was able to obtain transcripts of these meetings; besides offering to increase investments in Namor, the Xiaodongese offered to sell their goods at lower-than-usual prices, while the goods would be repackaged upon their arrival in Namor before their shipment to Common Market members. A percentage of the proceeds would return to Xiaodong, allowing Rongzhuo to benefit from the Common Market without directly participating in it.

For all of its anti-Namorese rhetoric, Xiaodong sees Namor as the ideal detour through which it can circumvent international sanctions. While Namor joined other democracies in criticizing the January crackdown, President-General Antelope declined to sanction Xiaodong and encouraged its leaders to reform instead. Though this did not spare Namo from Xiaodongese counter-criticism, analysts say Rongzhuo saw through Namo's response and found a more cooperative attitude.

"Privately, the regime does not see Namor as a major threat. The statements it makes against Namor in public stem from a need to reassure the Tuthinans that they are not embracing the Namorese," Ke Wenying, a professor of Borean studies at Xiangmen University. "The lack of genuine mutual distrust allows Xiaodong to quietly broker deals with the Namorese."

Other factors also play a factor in enabling such quiet deals to take place, says Ke. "Namor enjoys preferential access to the EC and the Common Market, all while maintaining good relations with developing countries, even those with questionable human rights records. This has become even truer since the 'pro-Third World' Liberationists took power."

To label or not to label?

The Mojing Sibo was unable to determine exactly how many Xiaodongese goods entered the Common Market through Namor. But figures provided by the Ministry of Economic Development show that trade between Namor and Xiaodong totaled 238 billion ramon (34.2 billion USD) - an increase from last year, making Xiaodong Namor's 25th largest goods trading partner. Among the top imports from Xiaodong include rice, coffee, clothing and timber - some of the goods that were found to have been repackaged on their way to another country. And though sanctions are still taking their toll on Xiaodong's economy, economists believe Xiaodong's exclusion from the Common Market did not hurt the country as much as it should have.

Whether the repackaging is allowed to continue into the future will reflect where Namor stands in the standoff between profit and human rights. It's a question policymakers in Namo do not want to answer, but companies like Vetnan Rice seem to have made up their minds.

"I'm not a political person," the mill worker from Yucheng said when asked how his company's actions may affect the international community's response to the ongoing repression in Xiaodong. "What's most important is that we make ends meet."

by **Greater Petrea** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:00 pm

REBELS SIEZE ABU KAQIYA, DECLARE MILITARY IN RETREAT
Rebel forces have reportedly siezed over 75% of Abu Kaqiya, prompting military withdrawl
By: Saqr al-Pashia | Bendigha, Rifat
Date: August 3rd, 2017; 19:00pm

Rebel propaganda arm THAWRA released these images shortly after the city's capture, claims to have captured "thousands" of soldiers in Abu Kaqiya.

ABU KAQIYA - Following a fierce onslaught utilizing human wave tactics, artillery barrages, and targeted airstrikes on both civilian and military infrastructure, rebel forces appear to have siezed over half of the town of Abu Kaqiya and raised the flag of their so-called state (the Rifati Civil Administration; RCA) over the town's center. The rebels, who claim to have killed upwards of 690 soldiers (while also somehow taking only 2 casualties), report that they have "expelled the traitors masquarading as soldiers" from the city.

Government forces, according to the Ministry of Defense, "withdrew from the Al-Hurawi, Halatoum, and Sabri al-Niazi city districts in the early hours of this morning." Citing significant casualty figures, thinning resource lines, and the increased risk of civilian loss of life as the primary reasons for their departure, the withdrawal gives the rebel forces loyal to the RCA control of over seventy-five percent of the city itself. The announcement comes as much of the government forces in Orasaoud Wilayah find themselves being pushed north up the I-29 roadway towards the capital of the Wilayah; Umm Shanhir. The movements, and the appearance that the central government in Bendigha has been put on what many would call the "back foot", has become the source of great anxiety of those in the government-controlled portion of the Nabaghassett region. Many of whom, seeing that they may be called upon to take action on their own, have begun to form ad-hoc pro-government militias throughout the south. Many of these militias, it's said, have the capacity to operate without the bounds of the government support and thus government laws.

Al-Jumhuria was able to have an interview with one of the militias and their leaders. The militia in question, operating out of the Beni Sudah district of Ourasoud Wilayah, refers to themselves as the "Guardians of Peace". The leader of the GoP, a man who simply gave us the name "Yasir Al-Fulani", stated his reasons for founding the group: "The fact of the matter is simple, and it is this: the terrorists and radicals that are advancing upon our position backed by the UNIR. There's plenty of evidence for this! You just have to look and you will see it. These rebels have high-tech equipment and seem trained and directed. Who else could do this but the UNIR? The rebels have faced little to no stiff resistance from the government so far, as they've been too busy running away to fight. We will fight."

Many experts on both military, as well as political and social, history are beginning to warn towards what some refer to as the "fracturing of the South." According to Mahomet Ouyahia, director of Military Theory at the University of Bendigha, the situation "risks devolving into a messy civil war."

"The more militia forces that are in existence in the country then the less likely it is that the government will be able to control them. The less control the government has over militias, the more likely it is for abuses to occur. The more likely it is for abuses to occur, the more likely it is for retaliation. Violence begets violence, and that begets civil wars. We have seen it in both Mazaristan, we've seen it in Nautarya, and we've seen it in Irvadistan. It would be a shame and a tragedy to see it here as well."

by **Gibberan** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:05 pm

ELSBRIDGE, THURSDAY 3 AUGUST, YEAR OF OUR LORD 2017 AD

SECOND BATCH OF COUNTER-INSURGENCY AIRSTRIKES BEGIN
CLEBURNE CALLS INITIAL RESULTS "MASSIVE SUCCESS"

A Confederal Air Force Fjellving JAS 45 Tigeren flying daylight
counter-insurgency bombings, 2014

ELSBRIDGE, BRUNSWICK - The Northumbrish Republican Army (NRA) terrorist organization has been the target of a renewed offensive by the Confederal Armed Forces, as it has come to light that a series of airstrikes last night and this morning were targeting several hideouts in the Northumbrian foothills and tundra, apparently devastating the regional activities of the group.

Overnight, between 3:30 and 4:00 AM, Northumbrian farmers in Ulfstead Canton reported distant explosions as well as the roar of aircraft. Today, spokesmen for the War Department have confirmed that these were targeted incendiary bomb attacks flown by Confederal Air Force Fjellving JAS 45 Tigeren fighter-bomber aircraft. Three different guerilla camps and hideouts of the separatist dissident group calling themselves the NRA were the targets of the attacks, which were followed up by a mop-up deployment of Home Guard troops. The bombings mark a resumption of active aerial bombing campaigns against the NRA and other seccessionist terrorism fronts, after a temporary halt to domestic strikes in early 2015.

President Cleburne further confirmed that he had personally approved the renewed airstrikes, going on to praise the effectiveness of the in a move widely seen as a victory both for the nation and for his own re-election campaign. He extolled the efforts of the pilots and servicemen of the Confederal Air Force, saying "Yet another blow has been dealt to the terrorists who wish to tear this country apart."

However, not all reaction to the raids has been positive. Members of the Northumbrish Free Soil Party decried the move, with leader Harold Petersen suggesting that the effort would ultimately be futile. "How exactly does the President think we are supposed to bring an end to a centuries-long history of distrust and alienation with our confederal system when we have resorted to bombing the farmland, the homes, the very livelihood of the alienated? Those are our homes, our livelihoods, and they are Ambrosians just as us. Elsbridge cannot hope to persuade the insurgents to a dialogue if that invitation is sent with bullets and bombs."

It is as yet unclear the extent of damage to separatist positions, and the War Department declined to elaborate on any details more specific than the ones provided to the press, citing operational security. Casualty lists were not publicized, and, though confirming the unfortunate deaths of several cows, the spokesmen declined to comment on the possibility of potential civilian casualties; however, the press was assured that only necessary sacrifices were given.

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by **Union of Akoren** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:57 pm

Evren Volkan and Qassem Akbari confirmed as State President and Prime Minister
Both men secure their offices, while the Supreme Assembly of the Union passes first law.
Mehmet Erbakan
^{04 August, 2017, 14.40pm | Estanban, Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics}

Members of the new Supreme Assembly of the Union swearing in.

The new federal government of the Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics was formally founded today with the first sitting of both the State Council of the Union Republics (SCUR) and the Supreme Assembly of the Union. Both State President Evren Volkan and Prime Minister Qassem Akbari were sworn into their respective offices. In his first address to the legislature, Prime Minister Akbari vowed to “expand our joyful success and revolutionary victory to all four corners of Nautasia”, yet also warned “any nation or plot that seeks to divide the Union will be destroyed.”

First, the Supreme Assembly of the Union was formally opened with all 630 members swearing their oath to serve the Union and its peoples. As per the constitution and the Treaty of Unification, the Supreme Assembly sees each Union Republic contribute 210 members each, to ensure equal power and influence between each state, regardless of population. Ibrahim al-Fahim, an Irvadi deputy with the United Irvadi Alliance was confirmed as Speaker of the Assembly.

His first act was to confirm the temporary nature of the current Assembly, with federal elections and appointments dated for next year.

Following the opening of the session, the Assembly was then tasked with electing the State President of the UNIR. As Evren Volkan was the only candidate, he won by default. His first task was to then appoint his Prime Minister; in which he selected Qassem Akbari, who duly received the backing of the Assembly with 630 votes and none in opposition.

Following their respective confirmations, Prime Minister Akbari, as the government’s chief representative to the legislature was granted the opportunity to address the legislature.

“This great chamber will now be the beating heart of our new nation, it shall be here that the voice of the peoples shall be heard by the state, it is here that the state will serve the peoples of the Union. It is here that great decisions will be put to you, to decide whether they are indeed in benefit of the Union” he said.

He went on to say, “our task now is not just govern to the best our ability, our task now is to govern so that our best abilities are bettered, our task now to expand our joyful success and revolutionary victory to all four corners of Nautasia. We must expand the boundaries of our prosperity, security and social harmony to all four coasts of our continent.

“Where there is discord, chaos, uncertainty, fear and misery, all Nautasians will know that this Supreme Assembly will always seek ways to aid them, regardless of they be. Our task now is to ensure that we continue to be the beacon of hope and national freedom for all Nautasians. Let the Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics be a bright lighthouse guiding Nautasia to calmer waters, and we, as the representatives of the UNIR’s peoples, be the light house keepers.

“And so, let this be known, any nation, any government, cabal or gang that plots to divide the Union, will be confronted and destroyed. For us being the leaders of our continent, requires alertness and awareness of the forces that will soon come for us. Be they here in Nautasia, beyond Siphria to the West, beyond the borders of Pasdan to the north, or beyond the islands of Pisdara, all enemies will be confronted. All opponents to the new Nautasian order will be defeated. And so, let us begin” he said.

The Supreme Assembly’s first legislative act was the passing of the Popular Mobilisation for Reconstruction Act, proposed by the State Council of the Union Republics; the act legally forms the Popular Front for Reconstruction and Development (PFRD), which will mobilise hundreds of thousands of Irvadi young men into assisting private companies rebuilding Irvadistan’s devastated towns and cities.

The PFRD will join Gültekin Construction Services, Kirdar Development and al-Qarn al-Jadid Services in rebuilding roads, homes, schools, factories and hospitals. The Islamic Revolutionary Army Engineer Corps and specialist teams from AGEN – the Union’s petrochemical company, have already begun rebuilding Irvadistan’s oil producing facilities. AGEN, which last week merged with the Irvadistan Petrochemical Corporation, has stated that 4 oil and gas fields are now “fully operational and actively producing exportable fuels.”

The SCUR has since announced that revenues will greatly assist in the rapid reconstruction of Irvadistan. The General Reconstruction Plan, which was devised during unification negotiations in June has been published, indicating that reconstruction will hopefully result in dramatic expansion of non-petrochemical industries in Irvadistan. Construction has begun on the construction of six major industrial sites, which will allow for the opening of businesses producing light and electrical goods, greatly expanding the manufacturing base found in Ankoren and Pasdan.

The Central Bank of the Union has since upgraded the UNIR’s GDP growth rate from 5.5% to 6.7% for 2017, noting positive indications from the GRP and improved output in Ankoren and Pasdan, as well as the construction boom from rebuilding Irvadistan.

Government calls for restraint in Rifat

Chaos and carnage continues to grip southern Rifat as rebel forces inflict heavy losses on the poorly trained and armed Rifati armed forces, as they push northwards from their territory in the majority of the Naghbaghesset region. According to Rifati sources, the rebel forces; known as the Revolutionary and Resistance Forces (RRF) have made dramatic gains, coming close to seizing control of the town of Abu Kaqiya.

Rebel forces have shown great skill and resilience in defeating government forces which continue to use civilians as human shields, with growing evidence that the Rifati Army has committed atrocities against the citizens of Abu Kaqiya, primarily executing at least 89 people for siding with rebel forces.

The Foreign Ministry has issued a statement, once again calling for calm, restraint and an effort to secure a ceasefire through negotiation.

“The Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics urges for both sides in the Rifati Crisis to come to the negotiating table. The UNIR urges for an immediate ceasefire, so that diplomatic talks can offer a chance of success. Rifat must be responsible and seek peace, for instability in Rifat invites instability across all of central Nautasia.

“The UNIR is willing to be a neutral mediator in any discussion of peace. The time is now, for all nations of Nautasia to respect that peace is not guaranteed and that takfiri terrorists thrive in chaos and mayhem” it said.

Neither side has yet commented on the Foreign Ministry’s offer of mediation.

More as the story develops.

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by **Union of Akoren** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 4:53 pm

"SULTAN EVREN I": The danger of making him an autocrat

By centralising all power in Volkan, commentators pardon others in Ankoren of their complicity in crimes

Evren Volkan’s victory in the creation of the Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics is profound and will secure his legacy within Ankoreni and global history, sadly, it has unleashed a focus upon him, that clears his colleagues of all-wrong doing and this invites a very dangerous precedent. Volkan is not an autocrat, he is mere the very loud and public face of a greater entity that is responsible for the repression and violent tyranny of the UNIR.
Immediately in the wake of the UNIR’s founding, the global commentariat and indeed world leaders have taken to analysing Evren Volkan’s new position and his role in the world, though all universally view him as if here the single-man autocrat of the new nation. Dictator, autocrat, strongman, triumphant tyrant, are among a few condemnations of him. Yet, by addressing him within Ankoreni/UNIR politics as the equivalent of Ulrich, Ohanka or indeed Yuan Xiannian, these commentators are pardoning the other key figures in the Ankoreni regime, who made the UNIR possible through blood and iron, and indeed the daily crimes against the Ankoreni people.

According to its universal definition, an autocrat is an individual with absolute power over state and subjects. This definition is certainly in place today, through the leaders listed above, though Yuan perhaps lacks the truly limitless power of Ulrich and Ohanka. Yet that definition does not fit Evren Volkan. Yes, he is a very powerful man politically speaking in Ankoren, but he alone does not wield absolute power, that belongs to the entire Ankoreni state, or more specifically the State Council of the Union Republics (the UNIR’s legal successor to the State Council of Ankoren). The UNIR, much like Ankoren is a collective-dictatorship, some say that its dominated by Volkan and Akbari, or Volkan, Akbari and General Burak Güven. Yet, in truth, it is the entirety of the SCUR that dominates the UNIR.

While on the face of it, Volkan appears to be the supreme overlord of the UNIR, mostly due to his very loud, overt and boisterous presence, he as an individual office holder in Ankoren can do nothing. By depicting him as an autocrat, a singular supreme tyrant, people are pardoning his SCUR comrades of all complicity in the 93-year long crime against humanity that is Ankoreni totalitarianism. And that is a travesty.

Aucuria’s equally detestable Dominykas Margraitis was correct in his assessment of the Ankoreni regime in his op-ed in Aukurija Šiandien, in that he said, “It is a horrific mix of Koy authoritarianism, Teutonic militarism, Nevan egotism, Xiaodongese genocidalism, and the so-called "Caliphate's" religious fanaticism.” However, he is wrong in his claims that this has suddenly been born in Volkan’s two-year long rule of Ankoren. Ankoren has been a totalitarian nightmare since 1923, though the extremity of the tyranny has indeed deepened under Volkan, it is not new nor the work of one man.

It would also be surprising to many now, due to the coverage of Ankoren through the Supreme-Evren Volkan narrative, to know that there are politicians in Ankoren, much worse than him. There are some who want more militarism, others who want the return of public executions, those who want mass surveillance of people’s homes through the mandatory placing of listening equipment, others who believe it would be morally right to wipe out the Azkuri race with nuclear weapons and others who believe that mass sterilisation of minorities would be beneficial due to the “innate fraternity between the Arab, Ankoreni and Pasdani.”
By presenting Ankoren and now the UNIR as the personal fiefdom of Evren Volkan, people dismiss these darker characters and apply all blame and responsibility upon one man.

One person in particular is just as guilty as Volkan, and that his close friend and Prime Minister, Qassem Akbari.

The ever smiling, cheerful, turbaned Pasdani has been at his side every step of the way since they assumed power in 2015. Some say that Akbari is more moderate than Volkan, a calming force upon the State President – this is incorrect. Akbari is merely more articulate, refined and smooth, compared to the brutish and gruff nature of his State President. Last year, at a public Q&A with MPs, Akbari not only backed mass surveillance of the general population through mandatory listening devices in all new homes, but went further saying, “I believe it would be prudent, for our social and moral standing as a nation, to expand such a system into the bedroom, that way the state could be certain of refinement of married couples” – he wants the state to watch citizens engage in sexual activity, not for perverse voyeurism (though this is debatable), but to ensure that they’re not engaging in sexual deviancy; since in Ankoren that basically means homosexuality.

Akbari, the so-called moderate has previously called human rights, a “stain upon the human condition”, plus stating that it is a “fabrication created by the imperialists to deflect view from their own failings and to beat developing states.” He’s called freedom of speech and freedom of thought the “greatest obstacles to human development” and openly supports the Islamic Collectivist position that democracy is the “tyranny of emotion.”
Three months ago, a leaked document revealed that during the Hurricane, Prime Minister Akbari personally signed the death warrant of 340 people. The document known as the “Confirmation List for the Emergency Administration of Justice” asked the Prime Minister for the Ministry of State Justice to expedite the “application of justice”, i.e.; requesting permission to shoot or hang the listed names within 24 hours. Volkan was not even listed as a signatory. With just that one leak, we can say confidently that Akbari was responsible for the murder of 340 people.

Besides the Prime Minister, there is General Burak Güven and his fellow “Totalist officers”, including the infamous Colonel Vahid Namdar and General Adnan Terim; as well as an assortment of generals who serve as MPs in the rubber-stamp Supreme Assembly of the Union. Those three men in general however, personify the hideously dark face of Islamic Collectivism.

We all know Güven and Terim as the two masterminds behind the Ankoreni blitzkrieg against the so-called Caliphate in Irvadistan, we also now know that they played central roles in the coup that overthrew Amin Kamel and paved way for the founding of the UNIR. Yet, through their roles in the war, we can apply blame and responsibility for the deaths of between 35,000 and 60,000 Irvadi civilians. Neither were ever concerned by the ultra-violent nature their soldiers prosecuted war, neither seemed concerned nor penitent for the endless reports of massacres, systematic rape of Jihadi brides or the torture of captured jihadi fighters. Neither were they concerned by the brutal bombing and bombardment of Irvadi towns or villages.

In fact, both men appeared at times to support these measures. Colonel Namdar in parliament in 2016 told his colleagues that, “the Islamic Revolutionary Army is prosecuting the war with the necessary violence and bloodlust. No one is spared from our wrath, for violence and bloodletting is necessary for a good revolution.” While General Terim reportedly told a meeting of field commanders “do not hold your men back, the kids brainwashed by the terrorists will just stab us, bomb us or shoot us years down the line.” While General Güven told MPs, “we do commit crimes, most likely, but we need the world to know our might through sheer brutality.”

Violence is an integral part of Islamic Collectivism and Ankoreni totalitarianism, the Islamic Revolutionary Army itself, is violent even in peacetime. Ankoreni soldiers are incredibly disciplined and trained because even the slightest sign of mediocrity is quite literally beating out of the soldier. It is widely known that the IRA promotes “unit cohesion and brotherhood” by demanding a soldier from a squad offer himself to be caned so that another not suffer. While collective punishment for any issue is commonplace. This is not the work of Volkan, this the culture of a revolutionary state, well before he was even conceived.

Then there are others, including Foreign Minister Hüseyin Dündar who is reportedly the mastermind of the Hurricane movement, that killed up to 1,300 people and decimated the possibility of political reform. Not only that, but he is also behind the scenes a true hawk. It has been rumoured that following the Irvadi coup, he pressured the State Council into backing his suggestion for a swift and immediate invasion of Mazaristan, while he has also proposed the insertion of Ankoreni special forces into Pisdara to “promote radical change.” It was rejected, ironically, by the supposed autocrat.

State Councillor Erdin Saçan, another beautiful soul who has regularly proposed the backing of black nationalist terrorist groups in Litorea, as well as the ultimate annihilation of the Azkuri race, both genocide of the Union’s Azkuri minority and the complete obliteration of Siphria.

General İsmet Öcalan, the head of the Popular Committee for Combatting Extremism last year proposed that school children be mandatorily required to view executions so that they come to fully “appreciate the power of the revolutionary state and evolve into loyal citizens.”

What the point of this argument is, that despite Volkan’s very public image as the leader of the Union, he is not an autocrat, he has no individual legislative initiative, he has no individual decree-like powers, he has a one-man-one-vote power like every other member of the SCUR. He is also not the source of all Ankoreni evil, he’s merely the public face of it. But, by presenting him as an all-powerful man with absolute power, you strip his colleagues of their own responsibility and guilt in the crimes and would-be crimes against human life. If we wish to confront evil, we must not personify or centralise it in one man, we must confront it as it is – the entire Ankoreni elite.

By: Ali Chibane. Chibane is a Rifati academic and activist, with ties to the Ankoreni democratic underground movement and a former policy advisor to the Rifati government. He is a leading expert in Nautasian politics and strategic studies at the University of Zagier.

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 **Greater Petrea** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:49 pm

EDITORIAL | OP-EDs | HUMAN RIGHTS | TECHNOLOGY | NEWS

BY: Abdul Fattaah el-Sadek on AUGUST 5TH, 2017 @ 10:49PM BT

REVOLUTION, FERVOR, AND TERROR: The Rifati Civil Administration
I managed to embed with rebels fighting the Rifati government, here's what I saw

A masked smuggler guided us through one of many "illegal" tunnels along
much of the Édouard-Jourdain border line. PHOTO CREDIT: Sharaf el-Faris

TAMDJERT - Under the cover of darkness a motley crew of men, armed with rifles and pistols, led me to a structure they referred to as "the Tunnel." The Tunnel is just that, an earthen tunnel dug twenty feet underground that runs between the Union Republic of Pasdan and the Rifati Republic. Of who constructed the tunnels, thousands of which line the border, no one is sure; but whatever it's constructor and purpose, it now appears to be an illicit humans, drugs, and weapons trafficking location. The tunnel is designed simply; bored through tons of stone with rudimentary electrics and lighting running the entire length of the walls and ceiling. The tunnel leads my handler's and I directly to Ilyaas el-Salama, our Rifati handler, and the Rifati Civil Administration.

My handlers and I emerged on the Rifati side of the border roughly thirty minutes later, close to the town of Abu Gharawi, and were swiftly handed over to members of the Rifati Alliance for Islamic Liberation or RAIL. RAIL, comprising the vast majority of both wings of the rebel "government", effectively controls the border between Rifat and the UNIR. The members of RAIL, armed with captured weaponry and driving in a mixture of both civilian and military vehicles, give off the appearance of a militia more so than a legitimate national government. After taking me, some weapons, and significant amounts of contraband (which I could only presume was drugs and drug paraphernalia) off the hands of the smugglers, the members of RAIL began a terse discussion over payment and whatever agreement they'd come to previously. Several minutes and just as many greased palms later, I was riding in a vehicle driving on the I-93 on my way north to Tamdjert, and from there to Wad Medawaba.

Even in the town of Tamdjert, the signs and sights of rebellion was obvious even now; burned-out husks of vehicles lined the highways -- some in the process of being moved and converted to scrap, bullet holes lined many walls, and many buildings showed signs of fire and looting. Pro-Islamic collectivist banners and propaganda lined the walls of buildings, with such statements as 'PEOPLE OF RIFAT, ARISE!', 'ISLAMIC COLLECTIVISM IS THE FUTURE OF RIFAT', 'YOUR LIBERATION HAS COME!', and 'NOW YOU ARE FREE, LIBERATE YOUR COMRADES' emblazoned upon them. In between Adhan Fight! Liberate the Fatherland!, the "revolutionary hymn" and anthem of the Rifati Civil Administration, filters from the town mosques on a regular basis. Armed gunmen patrol up and down the street, escorting members of the Rifati Army still loyal to the Bendigha government by gunpoint. Due to the sheer amount of gunfire I heard, in what Ilyaas referred to as "one of the cities first liberated fully by us and our comrades," I can only presume they were executions.

Stopping for a brief respite at a local teahouse, I was able to speak with some of the civilians under the rule of the Rifati Civil Administration.

Identifying myself as an Ankoreni Pasdan journalist under the pseudonym of "Reza Ali", I was able to take aside and speak to one of the many men at the teahouse. I will call him "Muammar" due to concerns for his safety and security, as well as the safety and security of his family. I asked him about numerous subjects, such a security, life under RAIL, and concerns he might have for the new government. The following is a transcript of the conversation:

TRANSCRIPT
RA = Reza Ali, M= Muammar. Most external sounds have been removed.
RA: Were you in Tamdjert during the uprising?
M: Yes, I've lived in Tamdjert in [REDACTED] District my whole life. Pause. Never considered leaving.
RA: How did you know that the revolution was... Pause. Going forward, I suppose?
M: Well... Pause. I was out walking with my family, as I normally do when I have free time, when multiple vehicles with armed men in them drove past quickly. I think they went to the police station.
RA: What happened?
M: Long pause. I do not know. I heard gunfire, so I can only guess they killed them.
RA: How often did that happen?
M: Often.
RA: If you had to say, would it be daily, weekly, monthly-
M: Daily. At least five or six times a day they would execute [someone]. It calmed down since then.
RA: How often is it now?
M: Maybe three times a day?
RA: Is anyone in fear because of this?
M: Yes, many people are afraid. We keep our heads down now, in order to not offend the authorities.
RA: The authorities?
M: Yes, the men with guns you see walking about. For a while, they would patrol and spy on people.
RA: What happened if they... Pause. Offended the authorities.
M: They were hauled from their homes-
RA: In broad daylight?
M: Yes. Never heard of them again, but some say that they were executed.
RA: Has that stopped?
M: A bit, things are quieter now. The authorities still patrol, though.
RA: What about-
M: I don't think I can go into more than that. Someone might hear. You understand
RA: Yes, I do. Thank you, anyhow.

While I was here in Tamdjert, I happened upon a political rally in the town square. Between one thousand and two thousand people were in attendance. Many of whom had guns and were presumably members of the many Islamic collectivist militias making up the rebellion. The rally itself was led by a man who referred to himself as 'Comrade Abdul'. He wore military fatigues and appeared to have an omnipresent contingent of armed men with significant amounts of weapons and ammunition, so I can only suppose he was the party leader for the town. He gave what I felt, based on the crowd's reaction, was a rousing speech denouncing the elected government in Bendigha, far to the north; Ainin,
Luziyca, Lyonsland, and a myriad of other "imperialist" nations. He praised, however, the "revolutionary and patriotic examples" set by the UNIR, pre-UNIR Ankoren, and Islamic collectivist Irvadistan. Repeat ad nauseum for several hours, and you've got the speech.

But I couldn't stay in Tabdjert forever. Before long, I was recalled back to my handlers and whisked away. This time, I would be going to the heart of the Rifati Civil Administration; Wad Medawaba.

THIS IS PART ONE OF A MULTI-PART SERIES OF EDITORIALS ON LIFE WITHIN THE RIFATI CIVIL ADMINISTRATION AND WITH THE NABAGHASSET WAR. THIS EDITORIAL WILL BE PERIODICALLY UPDATED. ALL NAMES IN THIS EDITORIAL ARE PSEUDONYMAL IN NATURE.

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by **Xiaodong** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:39 pm

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Minister of International Trade says government is investigating potential criminal activity in state-owned enterprises
By Li Rongchung | Baiqiao, Xiaodong
Date: August 6, 2017

Minister of International Trade Huang Weida

Following revelations that Xiaodongese products are being rebranded as Namorese to enter the Esquarian Community's common market, the Ministry of International Trade has issued an official statement saying it is "nonsense" that the Xiaodongese government colluded with Namorese companies to such as Vetnan Rice and Pangchu Foods (the company formerly owned by former Namorese President-General Fu Wen) to give Xiaodongese products a discounted price to Namorese companies and allow them to be sold to the Esquarian Union.

"The Ministry of International Trade and Ministry of Finances have spoken to the heads of state-owned enterprises such as the Farming and Agriculture State Bureau, and we can find no evidence that collusion with Namorese businesses in regards to this affair. As such we can say that the Xiaodongese government and state-owned enterprises has no role to play in in regards to repackering" Huang informed the press, and stated that the papers of meetings that the Mojing Sibo claims to own have "likely been fabricated".

"Xiaodong has normal trading relations with Namor despite political differences between us and Namo. However we have never tried to deceive the Namorese government over trade nor the Esquarian Community".

First Minister Xi Yao-tong in an address to the State Presidium has stated that the Xiaodongese government will "investigate potential corruption in state-owned enterprises, but preliminary findings from the public prosecutors office indicate that there has been no corruption nor collusion with Namorese companies within state-owned enterprises".

In economic terms, Xiaodong is Namor's 25th largest trading partner with an a $11,500 million trade surplus with the People's Republic mainly selling foodstuffs, textiles and timber. Whilst Namor has preferential access to EC markets, since the 2016 Esquarian Summit Xiaodong has initiated several negotiations on trade deals with other countries including EC member states such as Karawaza. Prominent economist Chen Zemin from the University of Baiqiao has said repackaging would be "against the Xiaodongese governments interests".

"The current government under Yuan Xiannian and Xi Yao-tong has pretty conclusively purged SOE's of corrupt elements and prioritised economic reform above all else. The insinuation that either would greenlight a scheme as risky as this is fairly farcical. More likely the products in question failed to meet EC standard in regards to regulations and to save face an elaborate scheme involving Xiaodongese smuggling has been concocted."

State Chairman Yuan has said he will speak with his Namorese counterpart to "smooth this whole affair out" but predicts this will "not alter our basic stance to cooperate in terms of trade with all nations".

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by **Tuthina** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:01 pm

17th day of the 6th month
6th year of Sumun
3,327th Year of the Imperial Calendar
8th Day of Lipcyu

Annual Exodus Boat Race Begins
Participating Team Number Reaching Historic Height

Yesterday, under the blessing of His Most Serene Majesty, more than two hundred fully-equipped canoe set sail from the eastern coast of the continent towards the Home Islands, marking the official beginning of the Exodus Boat Race of this year.

According to the Imperial Ministry of Rites, who has been supporting the race since its official inception more than a century ago, there are 238 registered boats with more than a thousand sailors in the race of this year, the largest number to date. Embarking from Weigang of northern Xiaodong to Luncheon of southern Koyro, these brave sailors are to reenact the manifest destiny of our sacred ancestors more than three millennia ago.

As the last stop of the Great Monic Migration, our ancestors transformed themselves from people of the saddle to people of the sail as they integrate themselves with the native, sea-faring Pongpathic population. As the threat from both human and nature seek to chase them off from the continent, like they had for more than a millennium, the passionate souls of our ancestors decided to chart the unknown water with little more than the Ama watercraft, hoping to find the fabled ever-fertile land beyond the rough waves.

As the poetic name of the Tuthinan Sea suggested, the vast ocean granted 8,000 souls their well-earned resting place, leading to the foundation of our holy Empire. In order to commemorate the divine providence of our ancestors, the Exodus Boat Race seek to reenact the journey in the modern day, with the only difference being the certainty of the existence of their goal, as well as modern recording and tracking equipment to relay their progress.

With an average sailing distance of more than 4,000 kilometre, most participants of the race are expected to forfeit before they reach their goal. His Most Serene Majesty's Sea Forces have been dispatched in order to both track the progress of the racers, as well as to rescue them when distress signals are detected.

His Most Serene Majesty will grace the city of Phyennay with His presence for the duration of the race, to congratulate and honour anyone who succeed in their journey.

Thought Reinforcement of the Day
We are the children of a great power, and we forsaken not our ancestors' teaching.

by **Razarija** » Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:59 pm

815th anniversary of establishment of Razarian empire observed
Tvrdjavate issues statement on current doctrine and positions as celebrations proceed
2017/08/08

August 8 marks Goran Komljenović's proclamation of himself as the Emperor of Razaria and Razarians as well as the Razarian nation as an Empire in 1202 AD. Goran I's rule as Emperor saw not only great economic and cultural prosperity in Razaria but also the rise of Razaria as a prominent power in western Borea, and even the consolidation of a post-despotic government that included an Imperial Council, some of the first parliaments in the world, as well as an unique bureaucratic system that simplified administration and increased efficiency. The establishment of the Empire of Razaria would be remembered as a major roadstone on this nation's long historical highway.

This year marks the 815th anniversary of Goran's proclamation at Kvonigrad. In celebration of the beginning of one of the most prosperous ages of the Razarian people in history, citizens across the country have took to celebrations with the day being a public holiday. Massive rallies have appeared in Čirograd, Grabovica, Kvonigrad, Rakovar, Kospan and many other cities, attended by people of all ages and professions, united only by their Razarian blood and heritage which has been given glory by Goran I and his successors' work. Many Razarians have appeared in their traditional dress as well. Floats and parades commemorating the glory of Imperial Razaria move through the now packed streets of various cities.

The Tvrdjavate has also issued a statement concerning doctrine and positions of the Tvrdjavist state on this moment. Clarifying the direction of the tvrdjavist state in the current day in face of new challenges and an increasingly unpredictable world, the statement is expected to provide ideological guidance to comrades of the fortress-state and reassure them on their intended path. The statement talks about the rise and successive recent victories of worldwide forces of national awakening as well as increased friction between decadent capitalist and communist-syndicalist forces, offering renewed opportunities for nationalist forces to strike at the crumbling imperialist-globalist oppressor, although securing the fortress against subversive forces is still important and should remain a priority. The statement also talks about development directives for Razaria in the next year, as well as speculations concerning the next five years.

A simplified version of the statement including its key points was the content of a speech by Paramount Leader Trifunović at a special assembly of Tvrdjavate comrades and soldiers of the nation. The speech took place in Čirograd on the Jastrebović square, and was attended by over 50,000 persons, official, military and civilian. Paramount Leader Trifunović addressed key focuses the nation must dedicate its strength to in order to repeat another golden age as initiated by Goran I.

As part of the celebration, Radio Razaria International broadcasted songs commemorating Imperial Razaria for the entirety of the day, while a documentary series on the history of imperial Razaria and its innovations and achievements will premiere on Razarian television on this day. Discounts have also been offered at markets and exchanges for both markas and ration tickets.

by **Xiaodong** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 6:59 am

How Duljun became a model for the rest of Xiaodong
8 August 2017

Duljunese Governor Longkodo Ukudenggi in 2017

Duljun is set to hold an election for its regional government in less than a week - but for all concerned, the result will a nigh-inevitable victory for the Motherland Party, the Regeneration Society's branch in Duljun. For the majority of Xiaodongese, the Special Autonomous Region of Duljun may as well be a different country. Compared to the rest of the country, it is hopelessly underdeveloped with the majority of its population in poverty; its people follow a different culture, speak a different language and often display a visceral hatred to their supposed countrymen. But most different - until early this year - was the blatant dictatorship in the region relative to the rest of Xiaodong.

In 1988, the Orchid Revolution led to an imperfect democracy to function in Xiaodong proper, with free (if not exactly fair) elections being held regularly. Yet this did not occur in Duljun - rather, the Orchid Revolution there instead led to a botched attempt at independence that was rejected by the central government. This set the stage for the third Duljunese-Xiaodongese war from 1988-1997, where over 150,000 people were killed, with widespread ethnic cleansing, rape and attempted genocide committed by both sides. The war brutalised the Duljunese population and led to a political atmosphere tainted by ethnic hatred and little appreciation for pluralism. As such, when in 2002 the region was once again granted devolution it did not develop into a functioning democracy like East Thianchin, but instead devolved into autocracy.

Duljunese autocracy in particular was built by one man - Longkodo Ukudenggi, Duljun's first and as of 2017 only Governor. Ukudenggi, of mixed Xiaodongese-Duljunese heritage, was the Chief of Xiaodongese forces in Duljun during the war and directly responsible for much of the brutality unleashed by Xiaodongese forces during the war. As such, Ukudenggi was Rongzhuo's go to man regarding Duljunese affairs - and it was because of this that he was appointed Governor in 2002. Rather than focus on economic reconstruction the Ukudenggi government has instead deliberately stoked ethnic tensions, with Ukudenggi himself favouring the ethnic Xiaodongese population over the majority Duljunese one.

Despite Duljun for the past decade and a half nominally being democratic (it holds regular elections with multiple parties contesting) its democracy is an utter sham. Ukudenggi's government has been well documented in its use of harassment, bribery and flat out rigging of polls to ensure the survival of his Motherland Party (a puppet of the Regeneration Society) in government, with Ukudenggi using his vast web of patronage to ensure state authorities and criminal gangs keep him in power.

Such a model of course has been challenged by democratic activists in Duljun. But Ukudenggi, perennially incapable of receiving criticism, has continually suppressed protests on the grounds that they are "terrorist activists". Media in Duljun is tightly controlled by oligarchs loyal to Ukudenggi, and numerous corruption and human right abuse cases brought against Ukudenggi are waved away by higher courts pressured by central government influence.

Normalisation - as practiced by Yuan Xiannian - has so far seen a attack on democracy and reassertion of power by the Regeneration Society without an explicit return to the single-party state, with civil society, party rivals and the bureaucracy being purged. This echoes exactly what Ukudenggi did upon taking power in 2002. The cult of personality around Yuan to echoes that which Ukudenggi has created. Yuan has spoken highly of Ukudenggi before - in 2013, he called the Governor "one of the most outstanding patriots of this country" and held Duljun - mired in poverty - as a model for developing countries. Noticebly he did not say the same about wealthy East Thianchin, which was then under a non-Regeneration Society coalition.

Yuan did not appoint Ukudenggi, but the two men share similar views of the world. Both are fervently nationalist, quick to stoke ethnic tensions and have a instinct for autocracy over pluralism. The difference is prehaps their backgrounds - Yuan, the scion of a political dynasty, has been more often than not content to strike deals rather than use blatant force to achieve his aims. Ukudenggi meanwhile in his role as a former military commander has been more than willing to use the Duljunese Police Corps to impose his will over Duljun's population.

Prior to 2016, Duljun appeared to be a backwater whilst the rest of Xiaodong marched towards democracy. However, as Ukudenggi will achieve another five year term off the back of his government heavy handed repression, it is hard not to say that his model of autocracy is far from a throwback but the blueprint for the current regime.

by **Karazawa** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:38 am

Panka Tzunku

Cirdian, Karazawi, Korizian, Oelian and Pavonistadian ambassadors given 48 hours to leave Alemannia !

Yrateq Obraq Sokkan

While they celebrated the 92nd anniversary of the installation of the Syndicalist Regime in Alemannia, the Weichltal Commune also recalled and closed its embassies with the five member-states of the South Nordanian Alliance. To definitively cut all contact with thoses nations, Weichltal also left 48 hours to all of their ambassadors and their teams to leave Alemannia.

The Weichltal Regime justified its decision by saying that "detente with Capitalism was no longer feasible." Adding that "there can be no rapprochement possible and that there can be no peace with the SNA, the CENBA, or with the social imperialists in the EC until capitalism has been eradicated, the last incestuous tyrant killed and our brothers and sisters liberated throughout the globe. [...] It is up to us to liberate our brothers and sisters by any means necessary."

This declaration by the Second Secretary Von Osterdal was the culminating point of the organised fervor that animated the street of the Alemannian capital yesterday. The leader of the Sinister League (the union of Karazawa's Left) commented that : "Thoses declarations are the sad but understandable reaction to the election of De Mona as High Commander of our Millitary. His bigotry and his backward opinions when it comes to international relationship are the reason why Weichltal now feel threatened by its neighbors. It compromised decades of work to bring back peace. It was a mistake to give supreme command over our army to such a man and I'm proud to say I haven't voted for what ammounted to a vote for war and i send a call to General De Mona to stop his madness and to recuse himself publicly before the situation get out of control."

General De Mona accepted to give an answer to the Sinister League accusation through our journal :

I find it incredible that a man so high in the hierarchy of our government lack such a basic understanding of diplomacy and history. The declarations made by the Second Secretary of Alemannia is only the Fifteen time since the beginning of this year that Weichltal declare war on "Capitalism" and call for the extermination of all that is not syndicalist. I find it hard to believe decades of peacetalks have been compromised now when, do I really have to remind you, Fall Lila and the dozen of casualties that resulted from this very real Alemannian aggression was not even a month ago ? I would really advise your electors to reconsider their vote during the next election, as it is criminal to let a man that believe that days are years, and that it is better to be blind than to have to face the facts rule over anything. See, I said it before and I will say it again : This is what I call "the little bubble" that politicians create around them so they can live their life without pesky things like "reality" or "truth", without the responsibilities that were given to them with their powers. And I shall add that I hope that the Sinister League knows where it stand and what's more important for them : the life of their compatriots, or their ideology."

Meanwhile, the spokeperson of the Yrateq Cabinet only thought the decision of Alemannia was "regretable" and that the Cabinet "will re-adapt their politic through the light of thoses recent changes."The true extend of this change of plan is yet to be known.

by **Khokarsa and Guadec** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 2:45 pm

Many worry with upcoming election
With the formation of the UNIR and the Pan-Nautasianist "United Peoples of Nautasia" (UPN) Party gaining support, many worry with the upcoming Presidential Election
Ishya Haldya
August 8, 2017

Pro-UPN Rally in Kaolo, Khokarsa and Guadec

Undoubtedly, the people of Esquarium we're shocked after the formation of the Union of Nautasian Islamic Republics, with Ankoren's Annexation of Irvadistan as a Pro-Ankoreni Coup ousted Amin Kamel's Regime. This saw mixed reviews from many outside the continent, with some praising the new Nautasian State, believing it to be the continent's only hope to rid it of conflict, underdevelopment and corruption, while others, more specifically in more democratic states, believing this to be a totalitarian regime that's endangering the future for a fully democratic Nautasia. In Khokarsa and Guadec, the creation of the Proto Pan-Nautasian State resulted in the United Peoples of Nautasia (UPN), one of the few legal and largest Pan-Nautasian Parties in the country's legislature, gaining tremendous support with the upcoming presidential election

The UPN has historically been a party that has always seen Ankoren as the continent's only hope to rid it of its problems, especially after the election of Evren Volkan as it's state president, due to its recent attempts to unify the continent. With the nation suffering Pan-Nautasian Insurgencies since the 80s, they have traditionally kept a bad reputation in the eyes of many in the nation. Early polls in March have stated that 44% of the nation's population support the idea Pan-Nautasian State, however, a mere 7% believed that they would see such a state in the future. With the creation of the union, that figure has jumped to 23%, with 48% of the population supporting the creation of such a state. What's causing the most worrying is the coming of the Khokarsan-Guadecese Presidential Election next month, which has made many believe that the UPN will win the election. UPN members have always called for the nation to start the forming of relations with Ankoren, and extreme members of the party have even called for the nation to assist the UNIR with its agenda to unify the continent, acting as the continent's Western Unifier.

Much of the population fears that the election of UPN Candidate, Afousa Kanu, will result in Khokarsa-Guadec becoming a Ankoreni puppet state, resulting in the limiting of civil liberties, turning the nation into a authoritarian regime similar to the UNIR's, while others fear the nation's possible, but unlikely, integration into the Union, under his presidency, and the marginalization of the Christian Majority population and the instalment of Muslim-only government in the nation. Massive Rallies occur across the country, with UPN Supports chanting "For Nautasia!" during every rally. Several fights have occurred on the streets of the nation, with UPN Supporters fighting Anti-Nautasianist and Pro-PP (People's Party, current ruling party) supporters, often ending in the calling of the authorities to end the fighting. Much of the nation is getting divided on the issue. Many hope and pray for the nation to come out of the election peacefully.

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Great, now Khokarsa and Guadec will become a puppet to Volkan's Evil Empire
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How did Nautasia become THAT MUCH of a hellhole to look up to a totalitarian regime for hope in its future? What went wrong?
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Because of Nordanian Imperialism, if those fucking blondes stayed on their continent then the world would have been a better place
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by **Jathana** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:00 pm

Years Ago Today: Remembering the Second Jathani Civil War
The failed revolution that almost tore apart the nation and devastated her people.
Pranjeet Sakkil (@PJSakkil)
August 8, 2017

Twenty-Four years ago today, Jathana saw an end to the civil war that plagued her cities and countrysides for years. In 1983, a radical insurgent group known as the Javani Tēciya Viṭutalai Vīrarkaḷ (JTVV) launched an attack on multiple cities and facilities, causing hundreds of thousands in property damage and ending hundreds of lives. The goal of the JTVV was to overthrow the monarchy and establish a People's Republic, focusing their attacks on government owned areas in order to loosen control of the monarchy and overthrow the current king, Sajool Rattanavongsa. Backed by Kaona and led by Dushwari Sindha, the JTVV carried out bombings, shootings, and other acts of terrorism as the war progressed. Multiple cities and smaller towns forced a curfew and military could be seen constantly patrolling the streets and sweeping for mines planted by insurgents in the night. Royal Police conducted raids of homes regularly, purging and arresting residents they believed were associated with the JTVV. Over 200 people were imprisoned for their supposed association with the JTVV, innocent or not, and dozens more were murdered or injured by their neighbors and friends due to paranoia.

A JTVV rebel girl holding her rifle, c. 1991

The war ended in 1992 when Dushwari Sindha was shot and killed by special operations soldiers at 1:09 AM on August 8th, 1992. His affiliates were injured in the firefight, but where captured and tried with treason. Ones of Sindha's associates, Kajal Gujari, was executed in connection with multiple mass shootings. Two other associates, Malak Chettavanyongsa and Yilon Bhuvapett, committed suicide in prison by hanging themselves with bed sheets.

The end of the civil war is recognized as a national holiday in Jathana, celebrated with parades and fireworks, but also with loved ones holding candlelight vigils for their deceased family members, military or otherwise. As of 2017, JTVV supporters still exist, as well as other communist parties and groups, but they have been relatively dormant so far. With any luck, such a damaging war will not happen in the future.

by **West Cedarbrook** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:55 am

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Radio West Cedarbrook Overseas Service 11:00 AM News
From Radio West Cedarbrook Overseas Service in Wrycova, this is the 11:00 AM News

Presidential Elections: 39 Days to Go: Feld Leads Steinberg
Last week’s polling by Polling by the NKDF Organization and J. Robert Oppenheimer University show incumbent President Issac Feld leading former President Louis B. Steinberg 32% to 27%, with 19% of the sample undecided. The remainder falls to Civic Alliance candidate retired General Anatole-Louis Davis at 19% with Social Democracy’s Margeurite Eitan, a Wrycova criminal attorney at 3%. President Feld remains strong throughout the north, outside of Wrycova and Port Yehoshua, and is favored by older and rural and small town voters. Much of Mr. Steinberg’s support comes from the Wrycova and Port Yehoshua Libertarian machines, and among the Alsatiano population in the south. General Davis scores well among younger and upper middle class voters, with the Civic Alliance cutting into Libertarian totals in those segments. Issues scoring as most important in the sample were inflation, chosen by 24%, followed by infrastructure renewal at 15%, and education with 12%. The candidates, except for Mrs. Eitan have trenched back their personal appearances for the next three weeks, while their Vice Presidential running mates, Paula Davidoff for the Conservatives, Sara Miller for the Libertarians, and Civic Alliance’s Genevieve Reunolds carrying the message to the voters. Among the Vice Presidential candidates, Port Yehoshua Mayor Miller is generating the most interest. It has been rumored that in the event of a Libertarian return to Kramden House in September Mr. Steinberg would announce that he would serve for only one 5-year term, implying assignment of major responsibilities to Mrs. Miller.

Wrycova Mayoral Elections: Race Remains Tight

Civic Alliance's Brewer with Council President Hopeful Stanislaw Armel
The Wrycova Mayoral race, already overshadowing the Presidential contest by 21% in terms of campaign spending, continues to be too close to call. With 18% undecided, Libertaian incumbent Harry Kaplan is holding on to a slim 28% to 25% lead over Civic Alliance’s Saelac Brewer, with Conservative Avrom Fisher close behind at 24%. The Social Democracy candidate, Electrician Yitzhak Occitanie lags behind at 5%. The race is as personally contentious as ever, with Mr. Brewer, a financial wizard and one of the nation’s leading investment fund managers telling a panel discussion yesterday that “It is time to retire the tired old men running City Hall, and replace him with a man of real imagination, not some electric utility time server. All city services, from the T to education, to public health, to fire protection need to come into the 21st century if we’re going to compete with Port Yehoshua for the jobs of the future, and not only with PY but with overseas competitors. Only a man tested in the creative financial world can do this job”. Mr. Fisher, the Wrycova Power and Light Board Chair, when confronted with Mr. Brewer’s remarks at the Chemish Street T station snorted and returned to greeting early morning commuters. Mayor Kaplan, campaigning in the Midbar neighborhood scored both Brewer and Fisher as “servants of big money”. He went on to say “I’ve been on the front lines in this city, negotiating every budget and listening to the people of Wrycova. It’s been my job. While the amateurs have been collecting fees and raising rates, I’ve been serving the people. And the people know that”.

Hyporian Basin: Joint Chiefs Announce Excercises with South Nautasia, Polonia
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced this morning a series of military exercises with South Nautasia and Polonia. The announcement by Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Thomas Ben-Asher came as a result of negotiation with both nations over the last several months. In his statement, Ben-Asher said “I am pleased to announce the Tripod exercises, to be conducted in all three countries, and in the adjacent Hyporian Basin. These will cover all four branches concerned with security; land, sea and air forces, and military intelligence, including cybersecurity. We, along with our partners in Tripod, aim to coordinate communications, share knowledge, and improve interoperability of weapons systems. I would like to thank External Affairs Secretary Kansky, along with the foreign ministries of South Nautasia and Polonia in setting the stage for this important activity. We believe that it will add to stability throughout the Hyporian Basin, and will build confidence in the ability of the South Nautasian and Polonian militaries and intelligence services to provide security for their citizens.” Admiral Ben-Asher made the announcement at the Robert M. Levy Barracks in Wrycova simultaneously with his counterparts’ announcements of the Tripod Exercises in Barton, Polonia and Nova Tarnavdo, South Nautasia.

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