09 DECEMBER 2020
’PERPETUAL ISOLATION’: TENSIONS ABROAD FORCE CONVERSATION ON WACHOVIA’s PLACE IN THE WORLD
Foreign Minister Haywood makes history by breaking Wachovia’s ceremonial silence last week at the League, as Prime Minister Clarence Johnson makes plan clear to formally ‘go nuclear’ with Constitutional reform.
NEW HAVEN — What defines the character of a nation? It’s flag-.. It’s shield-.. It’s religion-.. It’s people? These were questions first posed when the steam gunboat, U.S.S. Peoria reached the shores of Aprasia escorting the first Freedmen settlers into the Western Isles aboard a flotilla of twelve (12) transports, and four (4) gunboats. Their journey was marked by rough seas, n outbreak of scurvy which claimed the lives of 15 men and women, which discouraged many, but the promise of freedom far from the land which enslaved them was enough to instill a fierce determination for success. There could be no going back, for the place which they called home - a wretched land drenched in blood, had been overcome by its most sinister habits, rejecting the hard fought opportunity for true equality, and the forgiveness of its original sin. In 1867, the colony of Wachovia was established upon the founding of
New Haven, and
Mount Pisgah. There in New Haven, at Hopefeild Baptist Church which was completed in 1870, the citizens of this new land chartered a document that would serve as basis of Wachovian society — the
Declaration on the Universal Rights of Freedmen. In this document, a commitment to Peace, the realization of true Liberty for God’s people, Justice, the right of all Life, and reward for labor.
That first principle —
Peace has been the subject of debate since Wachovia’s founding. It has been a social principle in Wachovian interaction with one another, a basis for law - rejecting the death Penalty and adopting a system of Exile for the most sinister criminals. At the Constitutional Convention of 1901, just before independence, the question rose of whether or not Wachovia should have a military and if it should constitutionally commit itself to nonviolence. Theologians, Philosophers, Politicians, Businessmen, and Commoners alike either agreed or accepted the will of the Convention which adopted two provisions — a limited Military, with a non-permanent land component, and Neutrality. When war engulfed the Western Isles, Wachovia remained isolated - determined not to find itself in the midst of the Imperial War and other conflict between the region’s powers. Instead, a policy of “Perpetual Isolation” was adopted in which Wachovia would engage with the outside world diplomatically and economically, but avoid foreign entanglements. For this reason, Wachovia has be absent in most regional alliances and economic blocs, maintaining membership in The League in name alone, yet, with a return of geopolitical instability across the Isles has caused intense debate to spark in every part of Society.
The state-of-the-art warship, Brooksville (FFG-313), a Wilmington-
class frigate underway at high speed near Robinson county in the
Lotus Sea. The Wilmington-class Frigates were a cornerstone to fmr. PM
Annette Scarboro’s controversial military buildup program. Critics
then argued that it wouldn’t be long before a Premier would desire to
put them to use.
This tension was exasperated when Foreign Minister Michelle Haywood broke with tradition at the League summit last week during debate over the readmission of Aprosia into the organization even as events in Mokov were unfolding. In the most open critique of a foreign power in decades, Haywood issued an open rebuke of what she called the “Argean Sea Order”, and the influence that nations in the area have long wielded over the Isles. She noted the arrogance of those nations who “[thought] of themselves as governors of the world”, and their commitment to maintaining or restoring their former imperial glory. These statements caused a sharp uproar within the Assembly, as members of the Republican Party called Haywood “Cavalier”, “Inexperienced”, and her statement “Dangerous”, “Impulsive” and “Fear-mongering”. Even the leader of her own Party’s the conservative faction offered this refrain —
”We are entering potentially challenging times.. we must choose our words wisely”.
Upon returning to New Haven, Foreign Minister Haywood delivered a response to the press corps stating:
When we fear the truth.. we have lost the paradise our Ancestors struggled so desperately for.
Not long after, Prime Minister Brooks called the Cabinet together to discuss the changing atmosphere in the Isles - to which insiders said resulted in a shouting match between Haywood and the Minister of State for Domestic and Tribal Affairs, Jonathan Watts. The content of that conversation was a guarded secret for nearly a week until Monday when the Prime Minister announced before a Party Conference, he would raise the question of revising the Constitutional Provision mandating Wachovia’s neutrality in the world. 8 Members left the room abruptly, murmurs filled the chamber, and Prime Minister Johnson reportedly smiled and said;
Now that the rebels are gone... we can have an adult conversation.
.... Words which prompted laughter and a thunderous applause.
The media blitz began the next morning when opposition leader, Anthony Keitt hit the morning networks with the slogan —
”Independence Requires Neutrality”. The
Horizon Party leader, Shanice Hightower stating —
”The desire for hegemony in the Southern Isles will be our demise if we let Military Industrialism grow stronger”, and the multitude of minor parties voiced support for Neutrality or Opposition to it. In this court of public opinion, like most things, the response was polarized. Hashtags
#Repeal48 and
#Entanglement went back and forth in competition for the #1 spot of trending topics on TWItter. Such was the intensity of the debate yesterday, that the “conscious of Wachovia” raised their voice.
The United Council of Churches put forth a statement yesterday evening calling for a nation-wide period of prayer and reflection for all believers ahead of its annual meeting next week. In that statement, the chairman of the Council and Presiding Bishop of the Wachovian Methodist Episcopal Church (WME), Shelton Danials, was quoted as saying:
It is the faithfulness of God to the unworthy that keeps us. Not the tip of spears, stroke of pens or rousing speeches. God’s Grace keeps this nation and every believer everywhere. Without his Grace, we are condemned to a death eternal... this is the basic fundamental of our Christian faith.... our collective doctrine within the body of Christ. We trust in God. He delivered us from our Egypt, just as he did Israel, and he will deliver us from anything that may face the Isles today. We must be patient, therefore, and trust him now.
Today, as news spread of the unilateral occupation of the Faronnas Islands by
Balnik, a Viral outbreak in
Ainsle, and creation of a “Northern Isles Security Council”, anticipation is swirling as to whether or not Prime Minister Brooks will formally propose the Revision to the Assembly - opening the door to Wachovia taking a more active role in global affairs.