The Archmont News Service (Archmont only)

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The Archmont News Service
Informing the masses since 1924

Editor-in-Chief: Ivar Thorstein, Luxdonia

The Archmont News Service is the regional IC news outlet for nations of Archmont. In this thread, please feel free to post any news articles from your nation.

If you are not a nation of Archmont, please refrain from posting in this thread without permission of Luxdonia or Avendonia

[Pangur Ban]

Following multiple incidents of abductions of Pangur Banian citizen who were then forced to work in the diamond mines of Brasilistan, the Empire of Pangur Ban has joined the war against Brasilistan. While sources withing Pangur Ban suggest a ground invasion is likely, so far, The Empire has limited it self to a conventional, if massive, air attack. The Ministry of Defense has released a press statement assuring the ARC that every step is taken to prevent friendly fire incidents between the various armed forces currently engaged in Brasilistan. At this time, it is unclear if the government of Illuminati Switzerland is even aware of these incidents.
--- Empire Daily

[Illuminati Switzerland]

After the government decided to cut down trees for the wood industry, Animal Liberals are protesting in the city streets. This has also angered miners, who are already suffering from the government's decision of not helping industry, who want the land for themselves. Secret Police have been dispatched in cities across Illuminati Switzerland to combat them, but we don't know how this is going to end.

Matthew Donald, Illuminati Switzerland News (ISN), Banzon.

[Great Slavyaniya]

More and more slav civilians are starting to disappear. People are frightened of the thought that they might vanish from the face of Great Slavyaniya while they are out to the local grocery shop. Recently, Kebab Gregovski, an famous old fellow that feeds kittens all across Slaviksk has disappeared. Who is responsible for this? Citizens speculate it is the government's fault. The Orzhoy is yet to address the issue.

[Pangur Ban]

"No, we do NOT need to nuke them!" is the conclusion of a 200 page memorandum, recently released by the Central Imperial Administration in collaboration with the Imperial Armed Forces. The memorandum strives to answers the often asked question of Nuclear Devices and their potential use as solutions to diplomatic issues. A question that was weighting heavily on the minds of ambassadors and other members of the diplomatic core since the released of the now famous book "Nukes, use them or lose them" (released in 2014 by self proclaimed expert of nuclear devices, Dr. M. Hattan). The memorandum directly addresses several points raised in the book, and later used by ambassadors to push for access to nuclear launch codes, in a direct and repetitive fashion.

"In the case of nuclear weapons, using them is losing them"
"The irradiation of half the continent will have long term affects on the health of the population"
- excerpts from the memorandum
--- I.N.N.A.

[Belguard]

Belgaurd's first space station!

Today, the construction of Belguard's first space station is complete! The space Station, named Endeavor, had finished it's construction. The Belguard Space agency explains that the station is for research purposes for the time being. The design of the station is unique in the fact that it is designed to be built with what is known as the Module system, allowing for the station to be built upon with other parts over time, expanding the station's research capability. details are still coming in as the story develops, we will report on this again once more details are given.

[Alays]

Today in Central Square, located in the heart of the capital city of Alays, Eurydice, a string of car bombs killed fifteen people. The anti-monarchy group known only as 'the Freedom Warriors' have claimed responsibility, while one of the suspects claimed to be a part of 'the Ayleid Alliance', a separatist terrorist group. It is unknown if it was a coalition attack, if the Freedom Warriors were simply taking credit, or if the suspect was framing the Ayleid Alliance. What is known is that suspect who claimed allegiance to the Ayleid Alliance was later found dead in his cell.

-International Alays Correspondence

[Pangur Ban]

Crisis at home!
Pangur Ban has run head long into a major crisis that has begun to affect every aspect of life. What can be done, will it be done, or will we all starve? Today ,talking head J.J. Lin, discusses the Pizza Deliver Crisis. "Can the government function without it's daily pizza delivery? Can we? Stay tuned for more".

And at 22:00 The Eggheads take a look at Belgaurd's orbital death star, stay tuned for more

- Empire News

[Prodizi]

Trydis- 12-X-2016, Trydau, arguably one of Archmont's largest automobile producers, has just unveiled 6 new automobiles for production in the Trydis plant. The cars are worth more than 300,000 prats and are set to revolutionize the world of automobiles. Prodizi is the largest auto manufacturer in Archmont and it has more cars than it has people. Here are the list of cars:

A10 - Sedan

Technical Data:

Weight: 2200 kg
Length: 5.175 m
Width: 1.945 m
Height: 1.515 m
Wheelbase: 3.250 m

Engine:

Engine code: QTRZ-87-TXPW
Engine: Trydaz X-10 650 xTronic 6.7L
Power: 650 Hp
Acceleration (0-100 km/h): 3.7 seconds
Engine Displacement: 6700 CC
Torque: 850 Nm/ 1500 rpm
Engine type: V12
Number of Gears: 8 Steptronic Sport
Top speed: 316 km/h

Price: 315,000 Prats

A12 - Sedan

Technical Data:

Weight: 2262 kg
Length: 5.375 m
Width: 1.965 m
Height: 1.525 m
Wheelbase: 3.290 m

Engine:

Engine code: QTRZ-89-TXPW
Engine: Trydaz X-12 715 xTronic 6.9L
Power: 715 Hp
Acceleration (0-100 km/h): 3.6 seconds
Engine Displacement: 6900 CC
Torque: 880 Nm/ 1500 rpm
Engine type: V12
Number of Gears: 8 Steptronic Sport
Top speed: 328 km/h

Price: 350,000 Prats

A14 - Sedan

Technical Data:

Weight: 2312 kg
Length: 5.455 m
Width: 1.995 m
Height: 1.535 m
Wheelbase: 3.310 m

Engine:

Engine code: QTRZ-89-TXPU
Engine: Trydaz X-14 865 xTronic 7.2L
Power: 865 Hp
Acceleration (0-100 km/h): 3.3 seconds
Engine Displacement: 7200 CC
Torque: 920 Nm/ 1500 rpm
Engine type: V16
Number of Gears: 9 Steptronic Sport
Top speed: 358 km/h

Price: 395,000 Prats

J7 - SUV

Technical Data:

Weight: 2315 kg
Length: 4.955 m
Width: 1.895 m
Height: 1.725 m
Wheelbase: 2.910 m

Engine:

Engine code: BTXL-10-TYXQ
Engine: Trydaz xJ7 560 5.0L
Power: 560 Hp
Acceleration (0-100 km/h): 4.1 seconds
Engine Displacement: 5000 CC
Torque: 800 Nm/ 2500 rpm
Engine type: V8
Number of Gears: 8 Triptonic Sport
Top speed: 295 km/h

Price: 320,000 Prats

J9 - SUV

Technical Data:

Weight: 2385 kg
Length: 5.055 m
Width: 1.905 m
Height: 1.745 m
Wheelbase: 2.950 m

Engine:

Engine code: BTXL-11-TYXQ
Engine: Trydaz xJ7 610 5.2L
Power: 610 Hp
Acceleration (0-100 km/h): 4.0 seconds
Engine Displacement: 5200 CC
Torque: 850 Nm/ 2500 rpm
Engine type: V8
Number of Gears: 8 Triptonic Sport
Top speed: 308 km/h

Price: 355,000 Prats

JX - SUV

Technical Data:

Weight: 2455 kg
Length: 5.155 m
Width: 1.945 m
Height: 1.765 m
Wheelbase: 2.980 m

Engine:

Engine code: BTXL-X-TYXQ
Engine: Trydaz xJ7 810 5.6L
Power: 810 Hp
Acceleration (0-100 km/h): 3.5 seconds
Engine Displacement: 5600 CC
Torque: 1015 Nm/ 2500 rpm
Engine type: V12
Number of Gears: 10 Triptonic Sport
Top speed: 335 km/h

Price: 400,000 Prats

[Illuminati Switzerland]

The Illuminati Switzerlandian government has issued financial compensation to the laid off worker in Vabrosa Inc., a furniture restoration company that filled for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy yesterday. This is a big issue in the Council. Furniture restoration in Illuminati Switzerland was 2nd ranked in Archmont. Now, it's 5th. Also, now Kilizan Co. is the monopoly of the furniture restoration, making many Cheese Dollars. In the midst of this, companies such as Nayer Inc (Banzon, wood chipping) have made a comeback, so now wood chipping in Illuminati Switzerland is 2nd ranked in Archmont. We all hope the economy won't collapse during this chaos.

Elizabeth Strawn, Illuminati Switzerland News, Kilizan

[Great Slavyaniya]

Tomorrow starts the annual 32nd Slav National Military Exhibition. The event takes place in the "Zalez" military base, located near the city of Zalez. New military vehicles, weapons and equipment will be showcased to foreign clients, regional and international allies. The exhibition will be open to the public from Wednesday (19th of October) to Friday (21st of October). Ticket cost is 6R$ for children under 10 years, 8R$ for teenagers younger than 18 and 11R$ for adults. There are discounts, -20% for families of 3 or more, -25% for school groups and -10% for citizens from other countries. Disabled people get a -50% discount. Veterans are free of charge upon presenting the needed documents. Now we are going to contact Mia Markovska which will tell us more about the event.

"Good morning, Mia Markovska speaking. As we all know, every year the FGSM presents something new. This year we will see the debut of the UPA-S tank support vehicle, based on the modified universal "Jetvar" platform. It will have much more armour because it lacks a turret. Another interesting machine that makes its debut this year is the H8. H8 is a further development of our UT-400 tank. We will also see the T7 "Falltek" armoured jeep, the F1"Palach" armoured truck, F2 "Grobar" armoured truck and T4 "Flantax" heavy armoured truck, these vehicles have entered production last year but are yet to be seen by the public. The T10 "Grub" IFV, the T11 APC and the T14 "Brute" tank destroyer will be debuting tomorrow, they are still evaluated by the Slav Ground Forces. The T-series of vehicles is based on the "Tsar" universal medium platform, which aims to simplify maintenance, logistics, production and cost. Producers and developers of the platform are "Burgas", a government-owned company. There are many more weapons on display. However, we will talk about them on the main emission. Mia Markovska signing out."

More information about the event will be presented in the main emission of SlavTimesTV's news outlet at 20:00 Slaviksk central time. Now, we will switch to the small village of Mamatovo. There seems to be a rare phenomenon, the local village sheep, Larrie the sheep, gave birth to a two-headed lamb. Our reporter is there to report it.

"Well hello there, Shegon Pablov here. Upon arriving, we saw no lamb. The owner of the lamb, babushka Larissa, wants to explain why it is gone."
"Bwut wi dind du et bed. Et gut shet form a snoper opon e hil. Siims tu bi da lokul ensorjend grup "Baklava". Dei angery bekoz tu hedid lomb wus burn, dei angery erriting dat bi unholei. Dei teroreis ma vilage und steel us fewd bekuz wi don belieb in deir weis. Plz halp."
"I understand you clearly. So you want to tell me you hid the lamb?"
"A NUUU, et got shet form a snoper. Ai no haid tu hedid goater, mi und 'pa Damajan bi veri sed. Wi crai. Plz halp dei teroreis."
"Yep, seems like it. Why did you do it, Mrs. Larissa?"
"STEP KODDING ME. AIM VERRI SED NAO GO BEK UND HALP."
"Oh no the babushka is punching me with a bludgeon. CAMERA MAN WATCH O-"

Seems like the broadcasting from Mamatovo has stopped. Anyway, these were the SlavTimesTV news, starting from 17:00 each day, central Slaviksk time. I am your host, Keeler Keemster and the news have ended, see you in 19:00.

[Pangur Ban]

Come visit Pangur Ban - Meet the nicest people, visit the nicest places and enjoy the best health care in the world. Pangur Ban, it's heaven.

*this message is sponsored by the Pangur Ban ministry of tourism and propaganda, some exagerations and omissions are to be expected. Pangur Ban is not responsible for any dissatisfaction, injury or incarceration.

[Pangur Ban]

"This a National Emergency Warning
- All citizen are required to, in an orderly and calm fashion, being stockpiling food and water, with a focus on canned goods!
- All citizen are required to barricade their windows and doors in preparation for the upcoming emergency!
- Once the National Emergency Alarm (tm) beings, all citizen will be required to stay locked inside their homes or shelters with their family and pet dragons.
- No one is allowed to leave the safety of their house or shelter until the All Clear Signal is given. Failure to do so will be considered a capital offense.
- Until the All Clear Signal is given, do not open the door for anyone and anyreason. Doing so will not only endanger your family, but will also be considered a capital offense.

This a National Emergency Warning will repeat every 12 hours. Every day until Z day!"

[Pangur Ban]

"This live footage from New Caspia, where the millions have taken to the streets to watch the launch of The Cure caring cruise missiles. As far as everyone is concerned, the threat has passed and it's now time to enjoy the show.
Despite initial fears that this Zombie plague would end humanity, the war in Pangur Ban came to a short and decisive end following a cure strike by @Aspartanlox and @Gorangutania that eliminated the zombie threat in the Empire, before any serious amount of casualties were sustained.
With the safety of the people secured, and cure squads deployed in mass just in case, the focus of the war turned towards helping the less fortunate nations of Archmont.
With 20 missile batteries deployed all around the capital, the constant barrage of missiles lighting the night sky has become the most popular show in the nation, enjoyed by millions in the streets and billions at home through their TV and live coverage of the launches.
Every missile launch is greeted with a cheer, and people have begun dancing as news from the front is hinting that, at least for Archmont, the zombie war is about to be won.
For INNA this is Bill Bailey, signing off"

[Skywing]

In the last few days, there 15 missing children registeredMore information below.

The principal of the Orphanage says that, he does not know where are the children, and also he mentioned that the 56 yeast old woman named Democricesa Padneva has been seen with the children when they were on a trip to the city Doggone.And after that they didn't returned.There was sent a special squad to search for any evidence.We are expecting more information in the next couple of days.


Today's date:
04:11:16
Newspaper:
"Cat in a curtain"

[Icewraith Industries]

*BREAKING NEWS*

The Republic of Las Islas Whitianas had fallen due to the zombie virus, their entire population had become infected while the rest of the world was cured, all communications were cut and the unthinkable was only realized when the infected invaded the from the border of Icewraith Industries. The Icewraith Industries military pushed the zombies back past Las Islas Whitianas and into the ocean.

The Islands were empty and it's people in the ocean, Icewraith Industries had no choice but colonize the country due to public demand. And so a new nation is formed named after Icewraith himself. Currently scuba anti zombie squads are being deployed all around The Icewraith Islands to remove any threat of a sea invasion.

*IN OTHER NEWS*

The Government of the Sorinese Federation has collapsed and Icewraith IND troops have marched in to restore order, they are unfortunately unable to reach the capital of the country and fix the government. Some of the land previously owned by the Federation is now under the protection of Icewraith Industries, full citizenship has been given to the new employees and culture programs have started up.

[Great Slavyaniya]

Today, Wednesday, opened the first ever IchibanBurger restaurant in Great Slavyaniya. The grand opening took place on Mamut Str. in Slaviksk, 09:28 Universal Slav Time. Margarita Uzunuva, the CEO of the slavyaniyan branch of IchibanBurger opened the restaurant. She gave a short but motivational speech:

'Howdy my dear friends. We have gathered here to celebrate the opening of the first ever IchibanBurger restaurant in our glorious nation. This isn't only an event full of happiness and cheers, this is something more. Our nation has conducted partnership with IchibanBurger, we are going to make over 75,000 restaurants all around the country! Such partnership will bring great benefits to our terrific economy, the overall spirit of our citizens and great food! What is more, as this is the grand opening and a grand start to a great thing, the first week will serve free food.' The crowd gasped in amazement, 'You heard me, free food! Yes, homeless people, cats, dogs and other pets will have the chance to consume free food for a week. The staff will also give food to orphans and homeless people. This is all from me, let's enjoy the event! Heil IchibanBurger, heil Great Slavyaniya!'

The crowd of happy people started cheering. Margarita cut off the red ribbon and then shook the hands of the future restaurant staff. A big barrage of fireworks went up in the sky. Everybody was proud of the might of IchibanBurger, hundreds of people were waiting to take a bite off the tasty hamburgers that were prepared for them.

[Illuminati Switzerland]

After huge gains from the Illuminati Switzerland Stock Market, Federation Electronics Inc. is ready to send electronics across Archmont. Tell me if you want these new products!

An all-new battleship, the I.S.S Iceberg, set sail to protect Illuminati Swiss territories. It has new technology, including a laser gun, minor sheild, and an expensive turbo-charged engine.

The Pyro City Pirates crushed the Banzon Bobcats to win the Illuminati Soccer Cup. This is the ISC's first season, and it has gotten much popularity from fans. Illuminati Switzerland is ready for regional soccer matches!

Finally, Tarnakkan has been ravaged by bombers from Great Slavyaniya, Skywing, and Belguard. Illuminati Switzerland is now not in the war so expect more attacks from other powers in Formicinus.

Matthew Donald, ISN, Pyro City

[Dio Rias]

Hello, my name is Henry Maddox, with The Rias News7

Today, a political and social group calling themselves "The National Social Commune of Dio Rias" or most preferably "N.S.C" have recently, stirred up controversial statements about the prime, Johann Smith about secret documents about the recent explosion in Blackacre, Hussen. They have claimed that Johann Smith had mercenaries plant the explosion around the city, to have his approval rating rise, for sending aid to the city of Hussen.

Secondly, the Minister of Trade, Nicolas Hardy, has sent delegates to Fareoland to have an Oil and Lumber agreement, but the nation hasn't seem so willing to start a trade deal with Dio Rias and a military alliance as well.

Lastly, in the southern state of Portland is wishing to seek further autonomy from Dio Rias and protest about it started in Hamburg, the capitol of Portland. a poll from Portland showed, 64% of Portlanders would like autonomy from Dio Rias, as 14% would want full independence from Dio Rias entirely, but that would seem unlikely as, Portland had a budget itself already, being independent from Dio Rias would rupture, Portland fully.

Thank you for watching The Rias News7, im Henry Maddox, good day and good night.

[Belguard]

Now that the war is over, Belguard can now focus more funds that were previously put directly to the war effort are now being invested into an advance space station that will experiment in space sustainability. the new station will replace the previously existing station because of the new addition of artificial gravity. Belguard has yet to simulate true artificial gravity so we cheated and use centrifugal forces to simulate gravity on the station by having it spin. The station will be quite large and will be able to produce enough oxygen from plants that will produce some of the food on the station. the estimated cost of the station is estimated to be 400 billion Bels if funding is strictly from Belgaurd itself, we do not know if they plan to open the project to private donations or foreign cooperation. the power source is being debated from a separate module on the space station for a nuclear reactor or Photovoltaic cells.

It is expected to take 4 years to build the station and it will be open to all nations that are willing to use if for peaceful purposes.

[Illuminati Switzerland]

The massive renovations of Pyro City International Airport are complete! Here are the current flights to Pyro City in Cheese Francs (for calculation in your money, see Currency Rates) per person.

Pyro City to Sanford - 1000 CHF (390 USD)
Pyro City to Beskad - 1000 CHF (390 USD)
Pyro City to Lorostada -1500 CHF (585 USD)
Pyro City to Šarilys - 2000 CHF (780 USD)
Pyro City to Panyan - 4000 CHF (1560 USD)
Pyro City to Chalmont - 5000 CHF (1950 USD)
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Here are flights about to open in the near future in Cheese Francs per person.

Pyro City to Icewraithgard (Opening December 3rd) - 1000 CHF (390 USD)
Pyro City to Ysgramor (Opening December 3rd) - 2000 CHF (780 USD)
Pyro City to Slaviksk (Opening December 3rd) - 7500 CHF (2925 USD)
Pyro City to Tarnakkan (Opening December 15th) - 1500 CHF (585 USD)

[Dio Rias]

Hello, my name is Henry Maddox, and this is The Rias News7

Today, Delegates and ambassadors from Dio Rias, have been sent to the Capital of Fareoland to negotiate about the decline of trade ports to Dio Rias and Fareoland. As this issue continues, the National Counsel has approved for Refugees from Maxtopia, to be allowed in the nation, but many Riasans dont like or approve of this idea, due to their past battles with Maxtopia in the pass.

We have further entail on the Trade Crisis, it has seem that the leader of Fareoland responding to the current issue saying, "We have made a final decision, that we will cut all trade deals with Dio Rias, send their military bases back to them, and disposal of their 'Treaty of Rias-Fareo Trades' immediately, for the unecessary bomings in Del Mel".

Now the National Counsel, is deciding what to do about this instability of power in Fareoland whether to negotiate another, possibly unsuccessful deal or on the mist of another war? It is not decided what happens, but nonetheless we will have an answer, to the fate of our and their nation.

Thank you for watching The Rias News7, Im Henry Maddox, Good day and good night

[Arsfarszka]

Arsfarszka has recently officially joined the 'Archmont' union, and has begun to establish connections with all other nations in said region. All Arsfarszkan News Stations are on edge and reporting all live feed coming from said interactions.

[Dio Rias]

Hello, my name is Henry Maddox, and this is The Rias News7.

Today, the relationship between Dio Rias and Fareoland have gotten sour over the days, but recently Fareoland had made threats to Dio Rias saying, it will return the Riasan citizens currently residing their, but for the ones in incarceration, will be killed.

The major threat that they said, was that Fareoland will use nuclear warhead against Dio Rias and killing atleast 900 million Riasans. The National Counsel is worrying about the entire situation, that might lead us to another gruesome war, and might have to implement a 'State of Emergency' in the nation.

Most Riasans were so worried about this so sudden threat that, workplaces were being cut off early, childen have been given days off from schools, sports channels have stopped their schedule, the nation sunada sport tournament has been delayed, and stores are being stocked up, due to the citizen preparing for armaggedon.

We dont know what to expect in the next few hours from now, or how the National Counsel or how Archmont react and act to the situation, but nevertheless, be informed on the situation and hope for not another war.

Thank you for watching The Rias News7, Im Henry Maddox, Good day and good night

[Pangur Ban]

The Bannian Weekly:

Due to rising tension, the Defense Ministry has announced the activation of the defense protocol Omega Mike Golf 11, the pre-pre-final defense protocol.
As a result, the civilian population is expected to conduct weekly shelter drills. ICBM units have had their drills upped from once a week to two per week. Leave for military personal has been canceled. First line units are to operate on wartime footing. The Air Force is to begin constant air patrols. All SSBN's have been ordered to open sea. Mobile Air Fortress are to deploy away from likely targets and are expected to operate at limited EMCON. The Space Fleet has received the codes for the kinetic strike munition. The industry it to prepare for a switch to total war economy. And everything of vital importance is to be protected against EMP.

In other news, work on the 3 space colonies has been accelerated, with the initial launch time table having been drastically accelerate. In order to compensate for the new time table, a large industrial expedition, under military escort has been dispatched to the inner asteroid belt to acquire raw materials and set up a long term mining operations.