Your Reaction to AN's News (III)

[Doslonsu]

“It is certainly concerning that an apparently military official in Atlanta has unilaterally announced the extension of his own term, in contravention of the basic principle of civilian control over the military. I urge the American authorities, including President Trump* and Secretary Brown** to clarify the situation and to ensure that the mentioned Commandant does not pursue illegal or unconstitutional means for extending his tenure.”

*Donald Trump, President since 2016
**Sam Brown, Secretary of Defense

I still must say. I'm quite sorry for not putting in a more detailed response. I'll do so next time, when I'm not writing and editing factbooks, ok?
/skipme

[Continental Free States]

In a press conference held in Beijing, the Grand Secretary Su Huan made a public reveal of China's grand reunification proposal. This proposal, broken into sections of importance, highlights China's ambitions to reunify with Guangdong (The Cantonese Republic) and Taiwan by the end of the century. The proposal differs greatly from prior rhetoric as it takes a more conciliatory and peaceful tone, compared to the war hawkish declarations of the past. It is still to be seen if this change in approach will curry favor with the governments in Hong Kong and Taipei, but the move has seen near universal support within the LN.

"China can swear they'll forone^[1] frithsomely^[2] and with tostevening^[3] of all lands that've broken away from them that they would want to have back, but I've never known even one Asianer from outside China—whether this is formerly-Chinish^[4] lands such as Mongoly^[n1], Thibetia^[n2] or Turkia^[n3] or neighbours like Japan, Indochina^[n4], Indey^[n5], Siam^[n6] or what have you—to see China or Chinamen^[n7] in a good light, much less want to be ruled by them. What will Peking do when Dufthaven^[n8] wants not to forone with them or Japan won't give them Formosa^[n9]? Build up the hawkish redecanst^[5] once more?"

Martha Browne, Americanerine in Boston

[1] unite
[2] peacefuly
[3] agreement
[4] Chinese
[5] rhetoric

n1 refers to the State of Mongolia, until 1911 a de jure territory of China
n2 refers to the State of Tibet, until 1912 a de jure territory of China
n3 refers to the Republic of [East] Turkestan, until 1955 a de jure territory of China
n4 refers to the Republic of Indochina
n5 refers to the Republic of India
n6 refers to the Siamese Social Republic
n7 "Chinaman" is a common exonym for person hailing from China and does not have a negative connotation in the way it does IRL
n8 calque of Hong Kong, meaning "fragrant harbour", belongs to the Kingdom of England
n9 refers to Taiwan, belongs to the Empire of Japan

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[The Unitary State of Erudito]

Hutchinson wins.

Hmm, who is that? Is he a governor of Ark-A or something. I don't really know, but hope he keeps his presidential spot intil the next Presidentwale.

-random civilian

[Continental Free States]

Hutchinson wins.

Hmm, who is that? Is he a governor of Ark-A or something I don't know?

-random civilian

Seriously? You could at least put some effort into it.
/stillme, or not

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[Freedom Freelandia]

Hutchinson wins.

Hmm, who is that? Is he a governor of Ark-A or something I don't know?

-random civilian

Seriously? You could at least put some effort into it.
/stillme, or not

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Croatian troops pushed the Serbs back after the latter's Autumn Offensive 'lost steam' only two weeks after beginning, lifting key strongholds such as Tuzla, Sarajevo, and Zenica, before chasing the Serbs back to the Drina, which marks most of the Serbo-Croatian border. Croatian artillery has already begun shelling towns and villages along the border.

Holy crap. How many wars does your country fight? And how much territory does your country hold? It seems that every time I react to one of these, you seem to be discussing some kind of war. What the hell is going on? Either your country needs to get its shit together, or you need allies who are going to help you defend yourself

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Over the past month, state sanctioned 401 scammers scammed the equivalent of $400,000,000 USD from hostile and neutral countries all over the world, making up more than 80% of Freelandia's economy. There is every chance that a measurable proportion of that came from YOUR nation

[Elfilin]

We must arrest these frauds immediately!



BREAKING NEWS: Elfilin declared war on Doslonsu, codenamed Operation Blue Chinchilla, starting the Elfilish-Doslonsuan war, jokingly referred to as World War 2/3rds

[Archipel Sempi]

War, war war, blah blah blah. Can we stop it now? There is no legitimate reason for war of any kind.

-Definitely a pacifist



BN, here's your news No one-liners please

Researchers sent out to explore the unexplored and uncharted Polynesian Trench
Researchers have been sent out to explore the unexplored and uncharted Polynesian Trench. Researchers are going to study the unknown species of fish, deep sea coral, and other life down in the trench. The expedition is a collaboration between the Sempi Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Activities and many ocean researching companies. A research vessel, RV Hercules, will be sent out with ROVS to the trench. Cameras will film the life in the trench. Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Activities, Paul Gerard, said about the mission: "This is a milestone in research and exploration of the ocean, and Sempi history. By doing this, we may discover many new species, and learn about how they live in the trench."

[Diarcesia]

War, war war, blah blah blah. Can we stop it now? There is no legitimate reason for war of any kind.

-Definitely a pacifist



BN, here's your news No one-liners please

Researchers sent out to explore the unexplored and uncharted Polynesian Trench
Researchers have been sent out to explore the unexplored and uncharted Polynesian Trench. Researchers are going to study the unknown species of fish, deep sea coral, and other life down in the trench. The expedition is a collaboration between the Sempi Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Activities and many ocean researching companies. A research vessel, RV Hercules, will be sent out with ROVS to the trench. Cameras will film the life in the trench. Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Activities, Paul Gerard, said about the mission: "This is a milestone in research and exploration of the ocean, and Sempi history. By doing this, we may discover many new species, and learn about how they live in the trench."

We have explored almost all of the surface, but we have charted a very small portion of what lies beneath. There's guarantee of interesting discoveries out of this expedition.

The latest news is that the government has announced the launch of a new nationwide program to promote sustainable and eco-friendly practices. The program aims to reduce waste and pollution by encouraging citizens to recycle and use eco-friendly products. Businesses and organizations are also being incentivized to adopt sustainable practices and reduce their environmental impact. The program is part of a larger initiative to make Diarcesia a more sustainable and environmental conscious country.

[Terra Britania]

The latest news is that the government has announced the launch of a new nationwide program to promote sustainable and eco-friendly practices. The program aims to reduce waste and pollution by encouraging citizens to recycle and use eco-friendly products. Businesses and organizations are also being incentivized to adopt sustainable practices and reduce their environmental impact. The program is part of a larger initiative to make Diarcesia a more sustainable and environmental conscious country.

"Withonwending^[1]? Oecofriendly^[2] wares? Yea, that's great and all... though, I'd hate to clang^[3] like those fucking treehuggers, but without a great worldwide shift against bigger things like burning coal, dumping rubbish into the sea, or chopping down wealds^[4], this will be nothing but a drop in the ocean... a fart in a windstorm. And unless the regering^[5] is blowing its geld^[6] on this, these kinds of politics^[7] only soothly^[8] end up hurting the mean forbroker's^[9] wallet and thus the werthship^[10] as a whole."
- Egwine Mathilde of Lancashire, Heretogine of Lancashire

[1] Recycling
[2] Eco-friendly
[3] sound (verb)
[4] forests
[5] government

[6] geld
[7] in this context, "policies"
[8] really, actually
[9] consumer's
[10] economy

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[Chickennaise]

Piccadilly Line sees near 3-stound unforeseen shutdown

"'Oh, a train broke down. So what?' you might ask. Heh heh heh; it's never that simple! If you're a regular listener, you know this already! So, we can safely assume that this was an intentional act of sabotage, but why? Let's start with something simple, and assume that someone important was on the train. Well, nobody got assassinated, so that rules out the obvious thing. Perhaps somebody needed to be delayed for three hours? That's a lot of time for misdeeds!

"Why would someone need to be delayed? If this is someone important, then they have access to important things, right; things worth taking? Money? Intelligence? Valuable data? Hard to narrow down without knowing who the target is. Or perhaps something was planted, instead! Who knows, maybe some government official will go down in flames in some adultery scandal or something! Ha!

"At this point, this is all just idle conjecture without more evidence to point us in the right direction. I assure you, though, I'll be keeping an eye on this as it develops; you'll hear the truth here first! As always—ooooh, thank you for that generous donation, TruthSoldierDibM420..."

- Brittany Grouser, on her conspiracy theory livestream

[North Anlitelcontizard and Zontilezland]

Maid cafes becoming popular spot for formal business meetings

"This is quite unusual, well, for my country because we never had these 'maid cafes' before, but from the look of it it is just some cafes or coffee shops with a gimmick, well, a weird one. Also, it would feel quite informal for me since it is less traditional than just meeting in a meeting room or some more private room; who knows, maybe it will become popular among our people someday because culture changes very fast. At least they are helping businesses even if they are quite weird and unusual…"

- Some random civillains, I guess?

[Balkanic Federation]

"A military coup in such a large nation? Makes you wonder how badly the deposed President fucked it up. Pity that its not a proletarian revolution but this still has a potential to be a progressive national revolution, akin to Burkina Faso in 2023 and during reign of late comrade Sankara. However, it is still too early to speak about the ideology of General Chukhonova, but one thing is sure - it cannnot be worse then the reign of capitalist hoarder and warhawk the army deposed.

I will brief a People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs for FPRB and comrade Chairman Borissov about the happenings. If you paths collide we could become a first nation to recognize the legitimacy of General Chukhonova government."
- Stania Kosev, member of the Central Committee of CPFPRB

[The Unitary State of Erudito]

Hutchinson wins.

Hmm, who is that? Is he a governor of Ark-A or something I don't know?

-random civilian

Seriously? You could at least put some effort into it.
/stillme, or not

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sorry, was extremely tired, will edit.
/Skipme

[Continental Free States]

/bump (BN please reply to Balkanic Federation)

[Alsalvia]

"A military coup in such a large nation? Makes you wonder how badly the deposed President fucked it up. Pity that its not a proletarian revolution but this still has a potential to be a progressive national revolution, akin to Burkina Faso in 2023 and during reign of late comrade Sankara. However, it is still too early to speak about the ideology of General Chukhonova, but one thing is sure - it cannnot be worse then the reign of capitalist hoarder and warhawk the army deposed.

I will brief a People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs for FPRB and comrade Chairman Borissov about the happenings. If you paths collide we could become a first nation to recognize the legitimacy of General Chukhonova government."
- Stania Kosev, member of the Central Committee of CPFPRB

British tourist Aaron Lowe who has been arrested in Belgrade on charges of deviant behavior related to sex crimes and attempts of sexual assault has been executed by burning. British foreign minister Sir Richard E. Pascal called the execution "tyranical" and accused FPRB of human rights violations and "denial of fair trial" after British goverment tried to secure Lowe's extradition. In responde, Chairman Borissov said that when a crime takes place on Balkania's soil it will be judged by Balkania's laws and that deviants like Lowe who came here for sex tourism are not welcomed and will be arrested and their passports taken away.

Okay, sex crimes and sexual assault are seriously bad crimes, but death? Too far. I have to agree with the British foreign minister. The man was not guaranteed free trial, of which is essential to sentencing someone accused of a crime. Though I also agree slightly with Balkania. All crimes committed on a nations land, no matter if living there or not, are judged by the nations laws.

-Alsalvian citizen

[Continental Free States]

At 10:36 AM near Covero, North Sudove, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook many villages and towns. Many buildings, including housing, were destroyed in the earthquake, causing over 2,000 deaths, and 16,000 injuries. Over 30,000 people have been displaced, and will live in temporary Disaster Displacement shelters until their residences are rebuilt. Houses are scheduled to be rebuilt by April. Most affected citizens say they do not need humanitarian aid.

"My truest withfeelings^[1] about the quake, but it must've been the biggest stroke of good luck or bad for so many folk to have been killed or wounded and so few left homeless, besunderly^[2] for an earthquake with such a stourth^[3]. A scale of 7.2 richter is nothing to scoff at, and a folk who will besoothe^[4] they are in no need of mennishly^[5] help after that are either too stout^[6] or too befuddled. I reckon if the regering^[7] can build housing for 30,000 folk in five months, it'll have been a wonder^[8] but I will believe that when I see it."

Martha Browne, Americanerine in Boston

[1] sympathies
[2] especially
[3] magnitude
[4] claim
[5] humanitarian
[6] proud, prideful
[7] government
[8] miracle

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[Terra Britania]

Presidialwale of 2024: Hutchinson wins after dramatish months-long wedleap
8 November 2024; Philadelphia | Written by Rebecca Winthorp

(OOC: Is that the fucking "George Washington if he lived today" photo lmfao)

"Not a good day to be sitting President of America in that world, unlike here. I did say before that Landon seemed far from a doughty^[1] leader, and it looks like the Americanish^[2] folk tostevened^[3], so much so that the breakaway Southern Democrats did little to bescathe^[4] Hutchinson's ontales^[5] with the Walecollegium^[6]. If you ask me, however, the fraign^[7] between Hutchinson and Landon put Americaners^[8] between a hammer and an anvil*. I will not be making any bets as to what Hutchinson will do once he is sworn in, so time shall tell whether this hammer will be limp or strike hard. Presidents before have turned out to be nothingsandwiches^[9], after all."

sigh "Jesus, that's enough Americanish politicking for the rest of the year. For fuck's sake, I'm not even an Americanerine^[10], I shouldn't care this much. Well, good luck, Hutchinson."
- Egwine Mathilde of Lancashire, Heretogine of Lancashire

[1] competent, capable
[2] American (adjective)
[3] agreed
[4] damage (verb)
[5] numbers

[6] Electoral College
[7] question, issue
[8] Americans (noun)
[9] see "nothingburger"
[10] American (noun, feminine)

*a real idiom describing being presented with two difficult choices

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[Karakalpak Republic]

"Ouch, having problems with getting public transport to run on time doesn't sound good, especially if it is something as crowded as London's metro and is stuck for three hours. Obviously, our own railway network isn't free from delays either, but it still is a nuisance for passengers either way."

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Orak Vaganzi, the Ceremonial Representative

[Freedom Freelandia]

No‘kis Gazeta (Nukus Newspaper), 15 October, 2024: "In the waves of uncertainty, let us remain a bulwark of stability" - Karakalpak Revolutionary Directorate issues a statement in the aftermath of Karakalpakstan's most recent election, where the Directorate retained majority, but all three opposition parties experienced a surge in support

OOC: I hope your election goes well and there isn't much political instability

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OOC Non-propoganda version. Obviously the IC Propoganda version is different. Please keep in mind that this is an OOC explanation post and the IC version is completely different before continuing and post accordingly

Yesterday was considered the "Great Tragedy", as this was Freelandia's worst day of civil unrest in over 40 years. Whilst slave rebellions aren't all too uncommon in Freelandia, yesterday over 700,000 slaves, serfs and people in labour camps rebelled against the government. The army and air force were ordered to crush the rebellion but many of them, who were sympathetic to their cause helped them defect before escaping themselves. The same applied to the Freedom Patrol (Freelandia's police force). Whilst this wasn't quite at the level of civil war, and napalm ended the riots, over 40,000 people managed to escape Freelandia successfully and over 20,000 alleged perpetrators were tortured and publicly executed without trial. The government believes that the rebellion was commissioned and possibly funded by nations who citizens were the victims of Freelandia's state-sanctioned human trafficking. The government then cracked down on people who were accused of being foreign collaborators or double agents, with a total of over 10,000 public executions against these people alone. The government is now tightening control over Freelandians and investigating any potential links to foreign collaborators. As far as foreign collaborators who were publicly executed- this is the first time the wealthy on any large scale have received any actual punishment in over 30 years, and was a tactic used to keep them in line, as well as terrifying the masses. More than 900,000 people were killed by napalm yesterday and the government sees the napalm victims who weren't directly involved in the rebellion as "collateral damage", but lament the fact that it financially hurts the slave owners. 50 naval ships and over 200 military aircraft were taken out of Freelandia during the incident and the government is now worried that they'll fall into the hands of foreign militaries

[Saragota]

No‘kis Gazeta (Nukus Newspaper), 15 October, 2024: "In the waves of uncertainty, let us remain a bulwark of stability" - Karakalpak Revolutionary Directorate issues a statement in the aftermath of Karakalpakstan's most recent election, where the Directorate retained majority, but all three opposition parties experienced a surge in support

OOC: I hope your election goes well and there isn't much political instability

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OOC Non-propoganda version. Obviously the IC Propoganda version is different. Please keep in mind that this is an OOC explanation post and the IC version is completely different before continuing and post accordingly

Yesterday was considered the "Great Tragedy", as this was Freelandia's worst day of civil unrest in over 40 years. Whilst slave rebellions aren't all too uncommon in Freelandia, yesterday over 700,000 slaves, serfs and people in labour camps rebelled against the government. The army and air force were ordered to crush the rebellion but many of them, who were sympathetic to their cause helped them defect before escaping themselves. The same applied to the Freedom Patrol (Freelandia's police force). Whilst this wasn't quite at the level of civil war, and napalm ended the riots, over 40,000 people managed to escape Freelandia successfully and over 20,000 alleged perpetrators were tortured and publicly executed without trial. The government believes that the rebellion was commissioned and possibly funded by nations who citizens were the victims of Freelandia's state-sanctioned human trafficking. The government then cracked down on people who were accused of being foreign collaborators or double agents, with a total of over 10,000 public executions against these people alone. The government is now tightening control over Freelandians and investigating any potential links to foreign collaborators. As far as foreign collaborators who were publicly executed- this is the first time the wealthy on any large scale have received any actual punishment in over 30 years, and was a tactic used to keep them in line, as well as terrifying the masses. More than 900,000 people were killed by napalm yesterday and the government sees the napalm victims who weren't directly involved in the rebellion as "collateral damage", but lament the fact that it financially hurts the slave owners. 50 naval ships and over 200 military aircraft were taken out of Freelandia during the incident and the government is now worried that they'll fall into the hands of foreign militaries

Finally, a massive magnitude rebellion in their men. This horrid state is going to collapse. Long live Liberty!

[Alsalvia]

Fortitudo Cathedral rebuilt after far-right bombings during civil war

It's good that religious sites are being preserved. Shame on the rebels for bombing a religious site. They should never be destroyed in the first place.

-Alsalvian citizen

[Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic]

"We are close to the local population for the tragedy. We think that the population will come out stronger than before" - An alingan citizen in a BlueSky account

[Continental Free States]

Boom of VISA requests from the U.S.A. The Confederal Immigration Office: "They must wait at least 3/4 months before their request will be examined"

"If they're the kind of folk who'll forsake their Americanish burghership^[1]—and they ought to; if they would leave the States when their bewharver^[2] forlore^[3] the Wale^[4], they should not be allowed back ever again—for the kind of land that would 'hearken^[5] the most braindead cravings^[6] of the World'geright'hove^[7] for 'tostevenings^[8] must be kept', they're not folk America needed in the first ord^[9]."

Martha Browne, Americanerine in Boston

[1] citizenship
[2] candidate
[2] lost
[4] Election
[5] obey

[6] demands
[7] International Court of 'Justice'. The ICC does not exist as a separate entity in this timeline and is instead folded under the ICJ.
[8] agreements
[9] place

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[Arklatravar-Istertia]

Australian Senator arrested after uploading a cartoon of the King being beheaded after she was kicked from Parliament for screaming at the King in his Speech

I... okay... what? Now, I don't know anything about Australian politics, but why would you waste your time making a cartoon of the Queen[1] of the Kingdom of Anglo-Saxonia being decapitated by what seems to be a guillotine? And why show it in front of everyone to see? Now, where the fuck is Mr. Visalovich... he should be back from Los Angeles soon, or perhaps he's got himself in trouble...
-Dimitri Yokahevsky, temporary replacement for Arklatravar-Istertia Today.

news in sig (no one-liners)

[1] It's set in 1979, so the current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II.

[Freedom Freelandia]

Algerian and Moroccan troops continue to advance in Southern Iberia, attempting to encircle Castello, as Arklatravar-Istertian troops continue to advance westward into Spain through Catalonia, as they keep pushing through French lines in France.


Well that's terrible news. I hope they can defend themselves. I didn't know there was a universe out there where the modern EU would be under attack, but here were are...

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1,500 Freelandians were tortured and publicly executed for attempting to flee Freelandia