The Bank of Yohannes—NationStates' Oldest Bank RP

[Yohannes]

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Nation:The United States of Imperial Ame Ran
Type of government:Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
[Optional]Economic policy:Free Market
[Optional]Foreign policy:

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Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [], Government [X], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record:Mr.Jarvis Durbin
Official nation of origin:The United States of Imperial Ame Ran
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [] High Security [X] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]:US$50,000,000
Do you want us to invest the money nationally?Yes
Do you want us to invest the money overseas?No
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way?Local Businesses And Transport

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World Assembly: Bank of Yohannes gets approval for first twenty Imperial Ame Ranian branches

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ... Mr Matthias Smashnova has been designated as Branch Manager of the first full service local branch to be built in Daleworth Mall, which is scheduled to be open for business on 3 January 2019. Employees of the first branch will consist of locally recruited front-end bank branch employees and clerks....


Royal Alexandria, 20 August 2018 — The Bank of Yohannes has reported that it will be opening new branches in one more nation under its ‘market participation’ strategy. Reporting to parliament’s select committee this morning, Group Chairman Sir Matthew Gilligan said the bank will have fifty-five fully operational branches in the United States of Imperial Ame Ran by 2020.

“We are opening twenty branches in our introductory phase into the Imperial Ame Ranian market. One central office will be located in New Stanton, with thirteen additional full service local branches that will offer a range of services which will include business lending, consumer banking, residential mortgage, wealth management, and personalised customers transactions. Six drive-thru automated teller machine stores will also be built. They will be distributed in the outlying suburbs of New Stanton and Sunset Valley.”

In an International Banking Association briefing in Argentinstan City last week, Ambassador of the Nineteen Countries to the United States of Imperial Ame Ran Elisabeth Neuhaeusser said the Bank of Yohannes will open a further thirty-five ATM offices and four full service local branches in the United States by the second fiscal quarter of 2019 as it wants to further expand its reach.

She also welcomed the opportunity to work together with the Imperial Ame Ran Government, saying that, “At the Bank of Yohannes, we welcome the opportunity to work together with the Imperial Ame Ran Government as one of its bankers and as a market participant in the finance industry of the United States. We will endeavour to provide the best foreign exchange, payment and card services, and transactional banking experience to government agencies of the United States.”

“I would also like to thank the New Stanton local authorities for their assistance and cooperation with us to help set out the designated location. I am grateful to the city council for their patience and understanding as we prepare our full operation in their city.” Mr Matthias Smashnova has been designated as Branch Manager of the first full service local branch to be built in Daleworth Mall, which is scheduled to be open for business on 3 January 2019. Employees of the first branch will consist of locally recruited front-end bank branch employees and clerks.

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 110.71 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §110.71 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

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Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [x], Government [], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record: Medium Airways
Official nation of origin: Finlanden
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [] High Security [x] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: $1,945,000,000
Do you want us to invest the money nationally? Yes
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? Yes
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way? On transportation, infrastructure and education

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World Assembly: Mittermeier to kick-start LPG production in the Noble Republic of Treno by 2021

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... Gas production is projected to fully start by the last quarter of 2021, with a target output of 1.6 million tonnes every year. Mittermeier Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Yannik Göbel reported before the Select Committee on Energy and Science this morning that clients and traders will acquire the guarantee of around 1.1 million to 1.3 million tonnes in security......


Royal Alexandria, 21 August 2018 — The Bank of Yohannes reported this morning that Economic Palace has accepted its fourth loan in the Noble Republic of Treno for the year — a 97.3 million NationStates Dollars funding for power and gas company Mittermeier Share Ownership Limited Corporation’s liquefied petroleum gas projects.

The news came as demand for the production of non-coal alternatives went up after the Commission of Inquiry into Climate Change and Economic Growth published its report that thousands of industrial plants and production facilities across western Yohannes would be better off by switching from coal-fired power plants as part of the Thirty-sixth Christian Democratic Executive Council’s greenhouse emission reduction target campaign.

Joint coordinator Liebermann Energy Investments General Partnership, a leading investment management firm in the nineteen countries electrical power and gas industry, followed the report by confirming before parliament’s select committee that it plans to hire new subcontractors to lead these expanded areas of practice and strategies in the continent of Yohannes. Zacchaeus Rabbinowitz, who previously was at the helm of domestic green technology and sustainable investment at the Commercial Bank of Yohannes as Managing Director, joined Liebermann in May as a partner for its latest multi-million contract.

Rabbinowitz told The Royal Alexandria Times, “The company is planning to supply liquefied petroleum gas from the Noble Treno project to Bellevaria Crown Metals under a long-term fixed economic price adjustment contract. It is reported to have started early negotiation with possible subcontractors in the Grand Duchy of Dali and the Unitary Republic of Molander today.”

Together, Mittermeier and Liebermann will work with Burmecian-based Clindover Petroleum Corporation, a state-owned energy company of the Kingdom of Burmecia, to manage the oil field, which has an estimated reserve of 190 billion to 280 billion cubic metres — about twice the estimated reserve of another project site where Liebermann is also in control with overall responsibility, the Eisen Operation in the overseas island of Thaddäus, which has been the largest production to commence in the continent of Yohannes until now. The cost of development has been estimated at 221 billion Quertz russling (2 billion NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard Dollars) over a five-year period.

“Acceptable level of production is predicted to start by the last quarter of 2021, with a target output of 1.6 million tonnes every year, and clients and traders will acquire the guarantee of around 1.1 million to 1.3 million tonnes in security.”, Mittermeier Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Yannik Göbel reported before the Select Committee on Energy and Science this morning.

“Mittermeier had, in fact, obtained the go ahead as regards the project since before the 2012 Gholgoth Financial Crisis, but investment had been put on hold as oil prices had fallen as a result of Automagfreek’s corrupt multi-regional influence and the aftereffects of Blackhelm Confederacy’s conflict with ODECON and the region of Nova.” Six years has passed since then, and the company is finally ready to seize the initiative of increasing demand in the continent of Yohannes and in some new trading partners of the nineteen countries beyond the Terra Incognita.

The Board will begin its full discussion before the next fiscal quarter.

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 110.53 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §110.53 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

Dear Government of Yohannes,

To further our commerce and trade relations, I, Secretary of State Homer Simspon, propose that we enact a mutal policy of visa-free travel into both nations for a maximum of 90 days.

I eagerly await your response,

Sincerely,
Secretary of State Homer Simpson

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World Assembly: Office of Embassy and Consulate Programme announced mutual travel agreement for Argentine intra-company transfers and tourists

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... Visa-free travel for Argentine intra-company transfers and tourists is expected to start by the end of this year, according to the Office of Embassy and Consulate Programme Annual Report.......


Royal Alexandria, 22 August 2018 — Citizens of the Republic of Argentinstan will no longer need travel visa to enter the continent of Yohannes after the visa waiver programme will come into effect in December this year.

“We have decided to remove visa requirements for intra-company transfer passport holders between the two nation states,” says Her Excellency Ms Alice Williams, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Nineteen Countries to the Republic of Argentinstan. The Ambassador also told press gallery journalists that Argentine citizens will be able to visit the nineteen countries without travel visa requirements for up to twenty-eight days — although citizens will still need to apply for permit to reside, work, study, or visit health providers for special treatment.

The bilateral agreement was first discussed in the aftermath of the signing of the Agreement for Equal Trade and the Connecting of the Nineteen Countries Economy with the Economy of Argentinstan Act in May last year, when Mr Homer Simpson, Secretary of State of the Republic of Argentinstan, proposed for the creation of a “mutual policy of visa-free travel into both nations for a maximum of ninety days to further our commerce and trade relations.” The proposal received positive response from the Office of Embassy and Consulate Programme, though at the time no commitment was made by the Thirty-sixth Christian Democratic Executive Council.

Alongside the visa-free travel agreement announced this morning, both governments have also agreed to extend the period of the original inter-bank networks agreement signed between the Bank of Yohannes and the Bank of the Atlantic in November last year. Last week, Dame Julianna Stefansson reported before the Select Committee on Foreign Trade that, Since the turn of the century, the economy of Argentinstan has accelerated whilst her companies have registered exceptional growth; not unlike the growth the nineteen countries had experienced during the early stage of its Economic Miracle period (1946-2016).

“Yohannesians are becoming more and more aware of Argentine names, such as Air Argentine, and of course, the Bank of the Atlantic itself.”

“Since 2016 especially, we have seen an increasing number of Argentine tourists, and more importantly, Argentine businesspeople cementing relationships with their Yohannesian counterparts in the continent.” The same can also be said the other way around — in 2016, the seventeenth Yohannesian Emperor, Her Majesty Garnet Til Alexandros the constitutional Queen of Alexandria, told Breakfast presenter Doll Henry that she spent one year of her childhood in the Argentine state of Amazonas.

“And, of course, there have been many Yohannesian college graduates who have opted to pursue their gap year travelling experience in Argentinstan since then.”, says Ambassador Williams.

The 2018 Electoral College presidential election results provided the extra momentum for the eventual establishment of the agreement with Argentinstan, when the recently elected eighteenth Yohannesian Emperor warned the Thirty-sixth Christian Democratic Executive Council in her electoral acceptance speech of her intention to push through the GOP agenda, and pressure Chancellor Annabelle-Thorndon Stevensonn to accept her demands, or risk losing the 2018 Parliamentary election — of which the push for a closer economic relationship with Argentinstan was one.

“This mutual agreement of visa-free travel is a long-overdue policy. It is time that its rollout is realised fully to further promote cultural and economic relations between the two nation states.”, Parliament House Office of Communications spokeswoman Ms Clara Sanders told The Royal Alexandria Times this afternoon.

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 110.51 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §110.51 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

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Nation: Kesultanan Reksonegoro
Type of government: Sultanate
[Optional]Economic policy: Abolish interest rate to avoid unwanted tragedy during crisis or inflation.
[Optional]Foreign policy: Prioritize employment for local citizens.

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World Assembly: Reksonegoro and Yohannes Bank General Partnership to do business in Limboto

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... We want REB Bank to be a truly Islamic bank — for it to be an excellent local base for the Bank of Yohannes as we do our part in contributing to the positive portrayal and development of Islamic finance........


Royal Alexandria, 23 August 2018 — The Bank of Yohannes, a major provider of financial services in the nineteen countries, has announced the opening of its first localised subsidiary branch in the Sultanate of Reksonegoro, which has been registered and listed on the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade’s Company Register as Reksonegoro and Yohannes Bank (REB Bank) General Partnership.

“This is a significant stage in the history of our market participation in the Sultanate. Respecting and acknowledging the rich diversity of Islamic banking in Reksonegoro’s thriving capital city has been key to the Bank of Yohannes’ historically successful business in Limboto.”, says Mr Tomek Weizmann, Reksonegoro and Yohannes Bank Managing Director.

“Restructuring our branch here in the beating heart of the Sultanate as a fully independent subsidiary, to be run and administered by Reksonegorans, for Reksonegorans, and in accordance with the principles of Reksonegoran Islamic economics, will give our company more flexibility as regards certain regulations to allow us to perform more activities. The establishment of our first fully fledged office here showcases our commitment to the Sultanate and its wonderful diversity — it means that we are now able to provide better service for our local clients.”

Reksonegoro and Yohannes Bank will mainly be involved in real estate banking services and corporate lending through its central location in the Limboto Capital Region. Inheriting the role of the previous local Bank of Yohannes branch, it will also offer a comprehensive wealth management service. The Bank of Yohannes has a long history of operation in the Limboto region’s real estate sector — the earliest local branch was first founded in 1943, just before the end of the Third Industrial Growth period (1933-1945). REB Bank will be making use of this advantage by offering its expertise to local corporate and individual clients. As a general partnership entity, it will continue to benefit from the structural support provided by the Bank of Yohannes’ head office in Royal Alexandria.

Mr Wijanarko Kusumo, designated Chief Human Resources Officer, told The Royal Alexandria Times that, “As a fully local bank, we will expand our previous client onboarding programmes; we will better manage client relationships; and we will have more control to tackle localised investment challenges and opportunities.” According to REB Bank’s website, in addition to those improvements, it will also provide secondary remittance, currency exchange, and wire transfer services for Reksonegoroan citizens with relatives who reside in the nineteen countries.

“It is no secret that the Bank of Yohannes and Reksonegoro Yohannes Bank hold ambitions for Limboto — we want the region to be the thriving centre of the Sultanate’s Islamic economy. We endeavour to contribute to its positive model of Islamic finance and we will support the expansion of Islamic finance by helping to grow the relationships between the Sultanate of Reksonegoro and the nineteen countries in the continent of Yohannes. We are not just acting as a commercial link — we are also building a cultural bridge to connect the continent of Yohannes back home with the rich history and cultural diversity that is the Sultanate of Reksonegoro. Our fully independent status further supports this ambition and provides an equal, real link to the nineteen countries for our local clients.”

The approval of REB Bank by Company Register in the continent of Yohannes and the green light given by the Sultan’s government in Reksonegoro itself is central to the strategy of the Bank of Yohannes. The Bank of Yohannes is striving to eventually become a non Islamic financial institution and wealth provider “family brand” in the Sultanate. “We want REB Bank to be a truly Islamic bank — for it to be an excellent local base for the Bank of Yohannes as we do our part in contributing to the positive portrayal and development of Islamic finance.”, says Mr Kusumo.

“We are not just here to do business with the Sultanate of Reksonegoro, but to also support its ambition to be a strong Islamic economy.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 110.51 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §110.51 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Wuriya]

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Nation: Wuriya
Type of government: Presidential Republic
[Optional]Economic policy: Local protectionism with lower tax investment policy
[Optional]Foreign policy: Free and Active

[Yohannes]

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Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [], Government [x], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record: The Juirasian Department of Commerce
Official nation of origin: The Republic of Juiras
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [x] Cash Fund [] High Security [] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: NS$400 million.
Do you want us to invest the money nationally? Yes.
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? Yes.
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way? 1/3th of the Fund shall be invested into house/apartment construction, another 1/3th into convenience/grocery stores, and the last 1/3th into shipbuilding.

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World Assembly: 13,000 jobs to be created from Shipbuilding Guarantee Fund’s latest bet

Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: But one must wonder how many sunken container ships will need to be replaced by the end of it all. Wars are always messy, and when you’ve got 21st century unconventional International Incidents filling the noticeboard every single day ...


Royal Alexandria, 24 August 2018 — The Bank of Yohannes has been summoned before Parliament’s select committee this morning to report on its plan to work with Fürstenbeck Shipyard and Engineering Works’ Ship Repair Division, funding a new employment programme with an initial investment worth 14.4 billion Quertz russling (130 million NationStates Dollars/Universal Standard Dollars).

The news came just seven days after the Message from the Confederation broadcast from Parliament House’s Embassy Celebration Ground, where Her Majesty The Yohannesian Emperor said: “It is that kind of job creation, people first approach that we should seek — not earnings and excess returns first and people second.”

In turn, board members of Fürstenbeck Shipyard and Engineering Works have introduced the proposal to the limited liability company’s shareholders, asking for approval to seeing one-third of their capital be committed to ship repair yard expansion to accommodate for greater retrofitting demand in future. “The rest will be invested for the company’s entry into the new ship construction market,” says Israel Altmann, Bank of Yohannes Senior Political Risk Analyst. Fürstenbeck Shipyard and Engineering Works is expecting the creation of 13,000 jobs from its expansion proposal, which will include at least 4,000 new chartered engineering, drafting and technician positions in the Kingdom of Burmecia by 2020.

As one of four civilian shipbuilding and logistics investment participants in the Investment Bank of Yohannes’ Shipbuilding Guarantee Fund, Fürstenbeck is also still waiting for the approval of another plan — an 18.8 billion Quertz russling (170 million NSD/USD) scheme to fund the construction of two floating dry docks for supertankers and other Post-Panamax ships, three crane ships with a total lifting capacity of 90,000 tonnes, and a new boom crane system and steel-based keel block structure to improve handling efficiency.

The company’s major shareholders are expected to meet next week, when a final vote will be held. Benjamin Schwartzman, Managing Director of Fürstenbeck Shipyard and Engineering Works, told The Royal Alexandria Times that if the plan is approved, the first floating dry dock should be partially ready by the end of the next fiscal quarter, with “the last of the steel-based keel block construction to follow by 2020.”

The company has said that it will also make use of the new enlarged facilities for its first dive into small-sized merchant shipbuilding. “For this part of our operation, we will only concentrate on ships no longer than 100 metres due to limited capacity: deep-sea towboats and small containers will obviously be two of them.”

Meanwhile, the Investment Bank of Yohannes, through its investment vehicle, is urging Fürstenbeck to be more proactive in the industrial scrubber and ballast water treatment retrofitting market. Last quarter’s shareholders meeting had produced a target for the company to sell 40 ship retrofits by 2025. “The second round of injection made by the Bank of Yohannes will obviously help us in meeting this target. And we have also maintained stronger relationships with at least five sub contractors to meet this target — for instance, we have recently announced a joint work with Ardenfontein Shipyard of the Realm to cooperate in industrial scrubber and ballast water treatment retrofitting,” says Mr Schwartzman.

According to a report by the select committee, on top of the original 4,000 new chartered engineering, drafting, and technician positions to be created by 2020 from Fürstenbeck, Ardenfontein Shipyard of the Realm’s project will also result in the hiring of engine manufacturers and naval architects. The company has performed repairs on nearly 2,000 ships since its founding in 1998 — concentrating largely on bulk containers and tankers given the opportunity provided by the growth of Yohannesian raw materials and oil import in the nineties.

Economic Palace has forecast rising ship prices (various) through the Continental Dry Index by the first quarter of 2019. “Due to increasing International Incidents caused by SACTO and IFC gunboat diplomacy; civil wars, such as those seen in Khataiy and Zaferlani; and multiregional conflicts involving historically expansionist states such as Allanea, Shazbotdom, and McNernia ... there will be a lot of demand for new merchant navy ships — not to mention repair works,” says The Honourable Margaret Larsson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Embassy and Consulate Programme.

“But one must think how many sunken container ships will need to be replaced by the end of it all. Wars are always messy, and when you’ve got 21st century unconventional International Incidents filling the noticeboard every single day, showing many cases of religious extremism and military crises, even the most war-weary oil riggers and merchant crew will slowly become accustomed to the insanity that is our international community of nation states and regions.”

“Of course, this is not good for the Nineteen Countries — but what can we do? We are part of this international community beyond the International Incidents, after all.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) can buy 110.65 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §110.65 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

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Nation: The Holy Empire of Islamic Indistan
Type of government: Autocracy
Economic policy: State planned economy
Foreign policy: Collective security

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World Assembly: Islamic Bank of Yohannes to expand Sharia Finance in the Holy Empire of Islamic Indistan

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: We happily do business and interact with other companies in non-believer communities, especially those who invest in the construction of our great mosques and religious schools ...


Royal Alexandria, 24 August 2018 — The Islamic Bank of Yohannes this morning announced its new platform, aimed at delivering more community dividend and acceptable return on investment at the same time.

Darul Uloom Al-Madania Front, according to Sir Grant Wellington, Bank of Yohannes Director of Foreign Relations Committee, will be used to collect mortmain, Sharia hibah, and voluntary charity. “It has also received the endorsement of the Great Mosque of Halsten here back home.”

Through the Darul Uloom Al-Madania Front, members of the public can do their part to support social finance projects for the Islamic community in important sectors such as the education and science and technology, and to support small and medium-sized Muslim business owners. “We allow this community driven approach to work by utilising our digital crowdfunding association with the Bank of Yohannes’ head office in Royal Alexandria and existing major websites such as http://www.shariafinance.com.”

Mr Sidqi Arain, Islamic Bank of Yohannes Managing Director, reported before the International Diplomacy and Advisory Committee last week that the Islamic bank is determined to enter the digital economy, further ensure higher customer accessibility and improve customer service. Darul Uloom Al-Madania Front also showcases the bank’s long-term goal: capital injection into the community, as it encouraged ethical investment by the community to assist in the development of previously neglected sectors of the economy.”

A company spokesperson confirmed that the Bank of Yohannes fully supports this latest initiative of its independent subsidiary in the Holy Empire of Islamic Indistan. “The bank is utilising technology to realise effective Shariah solutions and to deliver culturally sensitive products; keeping up to date with the current digital trend we see here and abroad.” The spokesperson added that the bank is taking advantage of the community’s interest to be involved in social finance and ethical initiatives through this scheme.

Participants of the fund can ensure that the fund will be used appropriately because they can track the progress of the relevant projects. “It is our desire to make transparency our number one priority,” the company’s website said.

Meanwhile, Bank of Yohannes Islamic Finance Analyst Mr Abdur Rahmaan Al-Akbar says that despite its name, participation the scheme will not be limited to only Muslims and “True Believers.”

“We happily do business and interact with other companies in non-believer communities, especially those who invest in the construction of our great mosques and religious schools. The Islamic community — we fully embrace this 21st century financial technology to deliver better outcomes for our people.”

The Islamic Bank of Yohannes was listed on the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade’s Company Register as “Islamic Bank of Yohannes General Partnership” in 2016. It has since provided the Bank of Yohannes with an effective “culturally sensitive” fully independent subsidiary in the Holy Empire of Islamic Indistan.

The bank fully complies with Islamic Indistan’s regional variation of Sharia Law. “We prefer men as our senior employees,” said Mr Al-Akbar. “We enforce an effective full body clothing policy to protect our female employees, and we do not allow women to talk to men unless they are being addressed to, first.”

The Islamic Bank of Yohannes will be closely coordinating the first round of capital injection with select non-profit agencies such as the Institute for Islamic Yohannes Foundation and the Federation of Muslim Entrepreneurs with the support of the Holy Imperial Government of Islamic Indistan.

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD), World Assembly and International Standard, can be used to buy 109.96 Quertz russling (Yohannesian) — that is, a Yohannesian must spend at least §109.96 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

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Nation: The United People's Federation of Charellia
Type of government: Federal Republic
[Optional]Economic policy: The government is currently implementing a policy of greater economic integration with the outside world.
[Optional]Foreign policy: The government supports peaceful diplomatic relations with foreign nations as much as possible, even when we do not agree with all of their policies.

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World Assembly: Bank of Yohannes to open three national branches and central office in Charellia

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... But for now, let’s not get ahead of ourselves and try to concentrate here first — even now, our only branch in the United People’s Federation is already facing very strong local competition in Union City........


Royal Alexandria, 25 August 2018 — The Royal Alexandria Times has learnt from a recent statement that parliament’s Select Committee on Foreign Trade has approved a proposal made by the Board of Directors of the Bank of Yohannes to open three localised subsidiary branches in the United People’s Federation of Charellia.

The Chambers of Industry and Commerce Yohannes had also earlier lodged its submission to make clear its views that the Bank of Yohannes should be allowed to set up shop in Charellia to facilitate bilateral trade between the two nation states. Mr Joshua Leitgeb, Chairperson of the Chambers, believes that “This is a good thing for our mum and dad investors who are already looking to enter Charellia’s thriving market, and so we will support this latest development all the way.”

According to Mr Tzefanyahu Rosenberg, Bank of Yohannes Group Company Secretary, three of the currently existing seventeen ATM stores in Charellia’s twelve provinces will be transformed into full service local branches by the first half of next year. “In addition to the three national branches, we are also planning to add three more ATM partial service stores — one in Cenaea, Langalia, and Orcil — and transform the Union City branch into a central office.

Mr Tim Kändler, designated National Banking Manager in the United People’s Federation, has also confirmed that the bank will make its foray into the Union City infrastructure sector, with emphasis placed on public transport and urban water treatment and supply. “There will also be some new instruments for potential clients who do not come from our “traditional” customer base. One recent example is our pension loan product, which allows eligible individuals to apply for a reverse mortgage in exchange for an expanded pension supplement.”

As head of banking operation in Charellia since 2016, Mr Kändler believes that growth over the next five years will come mainly from human services, information technology, and the infrastructure. “We have accordingly shifted our national policy along that trajectory.”

“Long-term, we are aiming to open our transaction stores in all of Charellia’s twelve provinces by 2025. But for now, let’s not get ahead of ourselves and try to concentrate here first — even now, our only branch in the United People’s Federation is already facing very strong local competition in Union City.

The restructured operation will be listed on the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade’s Company Register as UnionBank and Capital Solutions (UCS Bank) General Partnership.

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 109.99 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §109.99 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

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Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [X], Government [], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record: Realzone Gaming Corporation
Official nation of origin: The Grand Republic of Chistanad
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [] High Security [X] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: $50 million
Do you want us to invest the money nationally? Yes
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? Yes
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way?

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World Assembly: Commercial Bank of Yohannes first to serve foreign entertainment and gaming companies

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... And this is quite important — having a bank account in the nineteen countries is more often than not a must if a company will want to make their presence known in the Yohannesian market.” Once approved to become a client of the bank, a range of services will then be made available to the company........


Royal Alexandria, 25 August 2018 — With an agreement that was signed in the Embassy of Chistanad this morning, the Commercial Bank of Yohannes has become the first financial institution in the continent of Yohannes to provide its service to foreign entertainment and gaming companies, The Royal Alexandria Times can report.

Although the bank has provided its wealth management and private banking services to similar companies since the electronic entertainment and gaming industry first captured the imagination of Yohannesians in the 1970s, they have all been domestic companies. Commercial Bank of Yohannes General Counsel and Banking Secretary Ms Greta Köppen confirmed this morning that, “We are indeed the first bank in the nineteen countries to open company accounts for foreign entertainment and gaming related high technology companies.”

Ms Köppen added, “As a bank that proudly tries to keep up with changing times, adopts the latest technology sourced from overseas, and eagerly looks to be more involved in the high technology economy, we consider it essential that we hold formal relationships with the increasingly popular entertainment and gaming industry — especially when they are coming from overseas.”

When the Board was made aware of the account opening proposal, they reportedly urged the relevant departments in the bank to consider every possible risk and consequence that may arise from accepting the foreign corporate account application, in addition to informing both the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade and Economic Palace before deciding to approve the opening of Realzone Gaming Corporation’s private account. “This is understandable when we consider the eighteenth Yohannesian Emperor’s message that she would work to tackle illegal capital”, says Mr Erhardt Rothman, Commercial Bank of Yohannes Chief Risk Officer. On the business side, Mr Rothman also noted that he was no stranger to the lack of innovation problem found in the present-day video gaming industry.

“There is very rarely any innovation in the gaming industry nowadays — publishers want to maximise profit by offering what they know, or think, will be bought well. As a result we’ve got clone-like releases of Abandon your Duty, or NS Sports: Soccer, or Battleground, or International Incidents: San Andreas, or any other series out there that we have seen for a wee while now. Of course, it wasn’t always like this — believe it or not, back in the eighties and nineties, there was a real push for innovation: no new ideas were ignored — they were embraced.”

According to The Honourable Paulus Spitzer MEP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of High Technology and Industrial Security of the Thirty-sixth Christian Democratic Executive Council, the Commercial Bank of Yohannes is very selective in approving account creation applications made by potential clients — especially those headquartered outside the continent. Before approving the application of a potential client, the bank carries out a comprehensive evaluation of the client to estimate its assets and liabilities and judge its business potential. “And this is quite important — having a bank account in the nineteen countries is more often than not a must if a company will want to make their presence known in the Yohannesian market.” Once approved to become a client of the bank, a range of services will then be made available to the company.

Every electronic and physical card issued to employees of Realzone Gaming Corporation will be connected to its business account, with senior managers of the company having the additional option to apply customised rules, such as off-work authorisation or spending limit, for different types of cards for different employee levels. “Understandably as you would expect, we try to make things so that our customers can reduce their cost.”, says Christopher Goldenberg, Commercial Bank of Yohannes Head of Corporate Affairs. “To further help with that, our corporate accounts will let you differentiate transactions and attach them to approved accounting software. Those are, of course, just two of many options we have for our corporate clients.”

“We are here to be your loyal banker and friend — you can trust your money with the Commercial Bank of Yohannes.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 110.04 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §110.04 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

Official Communique of The Fascist Dictatorship Of The Greater Aryan Race

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To: Board of Directors, Bank of Yohannes
From: Reich Ministry for State Security, Government of the Greater Aryan Race

Subject: Administrative Renaming of Present Accounts and Request for Financial Statements

Encryption: TOP SECRET

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Sir,

Since the early inception of the Bank of Johannes and the formation of the Greater Aryan Race, the Reich Government has enjoyed close ties of economic and commercial cooperation with the Bank of Johannes which, true to its word, has provided top-quality banking and financial services for various Organs of State of the Reich Government, including the Reich Ministry for State Security.

For the present time, and on behalf of the Reich Minister for State Security, we wish to request to the Bank of Yohannes that the present account held by the Reich Ministry, Account No. 136, be renamed 'Hauptabteilung XVI (Legal Matters and Accounting)', in light of administrative changes to the Ministry's structure.

In addition, we wish to request a complete financial statement of all monies currently held in Account No. 136, as well as any other accounts in the Bank of Yohannes that the Reich Ministry might possibly have, if possible. On behalf of the Reich Minister for State Security, I would like to express the Reich Minister's thanks to the Bank of Yohannes for all past and present services rendered and the Reich Minister's hope that the present cooperative relationship be continued for as long as the Reich Ministry remains in existence.

I have the honour to remain, with high consideration,

Generalleutnant Josef Torwitz
Head of the Secretariat of the Minister
Reich Ministry for State Security

Bank of Yohannes I Parenga-Motu
Parliament Square, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
BY9 1008, Alexandria, Yohannes

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Re: IPB account renaming
Office of Josef Torwitz
Reich Ministry for State Security
The Teutonic Reich

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As reviewed and approved before the
One Hundred and Fifteenth Parliament
14 July, Year of our Lord the Saint Maxtopia


Addressed to the Office of Josef Torwitz, in full representation, the Reich Ministry for State Security,

Kia Ora, Te āheitanga katoa, Takawaenga e whakahonoretia ana.

Thank you for your letter of 13 July, Year of our Lord the Saint Maxtopia, submitting a request on behalf of the Government of The Teutonic Reich seeking a complete financial statement for the following international private banking accounts:

113. Udo Vom Reichstein, Chief Executive Officer of I.G. Farben
Nation: The Teutonic Reich and Yohannes
Account: Imperial Cash Fund
Deposit: $81,800,000,000.00

134. Degesch GmBH-German Pest Control Company Ltd.
Nation: The Teutonic Reich
Account: Imperial Executive
Deposit: $22,000,000,000.00

136. Hauptabteilung XVI (Legal Matters and Accounting), Reich Ministry for State Security
Nation: The Teutonic Reich
Account: Platinum Premium Plus
Deposit: $40,000,000,000.00

138. Ferdinand Gustav Dietrich, Reich Minister of Finance
Nation: The Teutonic Reich
Account: Imperial Executive
Deposit: $26,000,000,000.00

431. Deutsche Reichsbank
Nation: The Teutonic Reich
Account: High Security
Deposit: $150,000,000.00

When the Bank of Yohannes receives an application for the evaluation, opening, or updating of an International Private Banking Account, we must follow through the proper procedures and due process through the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade and Economic Palace, in accordance with the requirements of the Nation State Companies Act 1943 and the quasi autonomous non-governmental organisation guidelines.

In this case your request does meet the requirements for income statement update contained in Section 47B of the Nation State Companies Act 1943. The following details contain the latest status of comprehensive income as regards your accounts:

Quarterly Statements of Comprehensive Income and Earnings
For the years ended 30 June

Current Assets: $169,950,000,000.00
Cash: $27,927,258,761.68
Investment: $117,331,679,906.54
Alternative: $19,017,457,943.93
International Incidents Guarantee: $3,177,959,112.15
Prepaid Income: $2,495,644,275.70

Net Quarterly Assets and Property Return: $2,719,332,359.81
Foreign Exchange: $3,542,610,397.20
Group B Sector Fund: $16,696,528,621.49
Reclassification and Withholding: $17,519,806,658.88

Total Assets: $172,669,332,359.81

As regards your request to change the name of the account, this statement is to inform you that, on 13 July the International Private Banking Compliance Division agreed to apply the following update to your account:

“Hauptabteilung XVI (Legal Matters and Accounting).”

Per our previous weekly discussion, our private banking representative, Ms Zoe Schädler, will meet with you in order to communicate with you in person as regards these changes.

Kia tau te rangimarie ki a koutou, kia kake tatou, te tokorua.

In the meantime, and in possible future correspondence, I remain,

Yours sincerely,

Magdalene Rosenstock
Official Aide to Councillor of Financial Advisory
The Bank of Yohannes

[Yohannes]

Application Form [Account Creation]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [], Government [], Individual [x], Organisation []
Official name on record: Hongmin Imperial Family
Official nation of origin: State of Hongmin
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [x] High Security [] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: NS$8,500,000,000,000 and 25 gold bars 1 kg/gold
Do you want us to invest the money nationally? Yes. Sure
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? Yes. Sure
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way? Environtment, industry, education, sport, infrastructure, and technology

[ Out of character information: This is for if you'll be back in future Hongmin - I've decided to slash/limit the number to 85 billion NSD. Hope that would be okay? ]

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World Assembly: 3.4 trillion NSD of infrastructure investments over the next five years to commence today

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... “We are being stabbed in the back by the neoliberal politicians and the internationalist, and immigrant, non-Occidental and Muslim conspiracy World Assembly elites”, says Mr Eckhart Weingartner, President and Founding Member of the Democratic Socialist Yohannesian Workers’ Party, a fringe far-right political movement in the heartland countries........


Royal Alexandria, 25 August 2018 — All around the greater Royal Lindblum region, engineers are building a 639.6 billion Quertz russling (5.8 billion NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard Dollars) thirty-seven-kilometre regional highway, designed to provide an alternative for commuters from the central city to the outer River Rhyme suburbs.

The project — dubbed the “River Rhyme Pass” — is one of almost six hundred schemes promised by Chancellor Annabelle Thorndon-Stevensonn’s Thirty-sixth Christian Democratic Executive Council under pressure from a strong GOP opposition and the eighteenth emperor Marion. “From broadband network to intercity-express high speed trains and geothermal power plants, the infrastructure of nation state significance programme is aimed at improving economic efficiency and industrial capacity in the continent of Yohannes.”

With heavy involvements from deep-pocketed citizen sector institutional investors, the River Rhyme Pass has proven to be a very controversial venture. The primary contractor responsible for its development is also owned by an alliance of infrastructure funds — using money from quasi state funds of the executive council such as the Central Provident Fund — public service and superannuation schemes, and other low-risk investment vehicles to keep it off the books of both the Greater Halsten Authority and the national government of Lindblum; meaning that it is paid for partly by taxpayers of the other eighteen countries too.

If elected once again into office in December 2018, Chancellor Annabelle Thorndon-Stevensonn has promised to set aside 375.2 trillion Quertz russling (3.4 trillion NSD) of infrastructure investments over the next five years, with over half to be financed by foreign surplus, such as the 2017 Arthropol, Allanea, and Greater Nifon agreements. Political observers have considered the plan “daring”, and the 2018 Electoral College presidential election and the populist political climate surrounding it have led to the increasingly widespread rejection of the value of privatisation and citizen sector overinvolvement in essential public services and other strategic areas by members of the public.

The nineteen countries has pioneered public-private partnership with the culmination of its Yohannesian Model since the late nineteenth century. Since 2014, however, the Christian Democratic Party has increasingly privatised first housing, then energy, and then infrastructure, and finally social welfare. Marion Maréchal-Le Men’s victory in January has shown that the Yohannesian people will not accept these increasingly pervasive neoliberal reforms. “We do not want to be an Anglo-Saxon market economy of the English speaking variety — we want to stay as a social market nation state. No, thank you, Annabelle, we do not want your neoliberal reforms.”, says Dr Isabella Blücher, Associate Professor of the University of Yohannes’ Institute for Research into Economic Systems.

“We are being stabbed in the back by the neoliberal politicians and the internationalist, and immigrant, non-Occidental and Muslim conspiracy World Assembly elites”, says Mr Eckhart Weingartner, President and Founding Member of the Democratic Socialist Yohannesian Workers’ Party, a fringe far-right political movement in the heartland countries.

But with the Parliamentary Election for the Office of the Chancellor just four months away, even the Christian Democratic Party — and consequently, Chancellor Annabelle Thorndon-Stevensonn’s administration — have suddenly called for working groups and committees to oversee the “advantages and problems of extensive privatisation”. “The politicians are coming for the lolly scrambles — even the ruling executive council have now decided to abandon their ideological standpoint from the last four years in favour of something more “on-trend” to save themselves from the chopping block. “For instance, they once again promised to add to the originally promised 1,970 NSD in tax subsidy for 100.8 million households in the continent of Yohannes; this, coming from a Christian Democratic executive council, is just mindblowing. It’s like the United States of America adopting universal healthcare at the federal level — except this is actually real!”

Despite the increasingly populist political rhetoric at the imperial level, at present investors — both foreign and domestic — have not shied away from the continent’s opportunities for growth. Since its forced opening to Occidental commerce and trade in 1786, the nineteen countries has embraced foreign investment and capital from overseas. According to Mr Steffen Sulzberger, Bank of Yohannes Executive Director and Group Chief Risk Officer, “They have contributed to our decisive industrialisation and modernisation since the late nineteenth century. They have given countless Yohannesians jobs, ideas, technology, human capital development, and of course, higher quality of goods and services. But whilst it is true that increasing neoliberal reforms since the turn of the century have slightly changed the face of the Yohannesian Model’s social market economy to the detriment of many Yohannesians, I am also worried by the fact that our increasingly nationalist and anti-foreigner political atmosphere at the imperial level would eventually harm our brand and reputation as an open economy.”

“And of course because of that, it would harm the pace of our economic growth.”

However, if there is one thing that politicians on both sides of parliament’s chamber will agree on, it is that the continent of Yohannes needs more capital poured towards its infrastructure. “Since 2010, we have sent more and more capital abroad to develop the infrastructure of other nation states. Of course, citizen sector investors like this approach because more often than not those overseas nation states hold greater return on investment potentials. But whilst the Economic Street loves this ‘foreign relations and international trade’ approach to nation state administration and worldbuilding, the men and women of the Common Street have increasingly come to hate it for what it is: abandoning the nineteen countries in favour of overseas nation states. On top of that we have seen more and more immigrants — both legal and illegal — entering our borders since the turn of the century. The working men and women have been getting a raw deal out of increasing market reforms since the nineties, and they are frankly sick of these reforms.”, says The Honourable Nickel Fallage MEP, Chairperson of the Exiting International Incidents and Nation State Neutrality Select Committee.

“They just want for those in charge to prioritise Yohannes first again. This is what Yohannes First stands for — our political party: we want to make nation state administration and worldbuilding about Yohannes first, and we want to make the continent of Yohannes great again.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 110.32 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §110.32 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Lereka]

Application Form [Branch Opening]
Nation: Lereka
Type of government: Federal Republic
[Optional]Economic policy: Capitalist
[Optional]Foreign policy: Neutral

[Yohannes]

Application Form [Account Creation]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [], Government [X], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record: Deutsche Reichsbank
Official nation of origin: The Greater Aryan Race
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [] High Security [X] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: NS$150,000,000.00
Do you want us to invest the money nationally? Yes
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? No
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way? Full discretion will be given to the Bank of Yohannes as to how it may choose to invest our money.

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World Assembly: Bluepeace Energy unveils 1.75 billion NationStates Dollars capital release for renewable energy projects

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... This, and the five original geothermal plants will be funded by not just authorised domestic funds but also foreign — the Deutsche Reichsbank of The Teutonic Reich being a case in point.........


Royal Alexandria, 26 August 2018 — Making up the central focus of its statement this morning, Bluepeace Energy Cooperative confirmed that it has the necessary capital for five new geothermal power plants as part of a series of investments worth 193.2 billion Quertz russling (1.75 billion NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard Dollars) in the continent of Yohannes.

For its annual Association Mission Statements forum in 2017, the electric power industry association, which is based in the Free and Frauenmundigen City of Crescent, highlighted its participation in the nineteen countries’ geothermal power market. Ms Elli Maisel, Chair of the Board, concluded the meeting by informing members that the cooperative’s aggregated investment volume for the five planned geothermal power plants, which is planned for completion in 2020, will reach up to 254 billion Quertz russling (2.3 billion NSD).

“We hired the service of the Bank of Yohannes to deal with the purchase of Babcock & Rudolf Oil and Gas Corporation’s geothermal assets five years ago — to deal with the second largest energy and nuclear power operator in the nineteen countries was a clear breakthrough for us.”, says Energy Head of Corporate Development Mr Manuel Schützenberger. According to Company Register record from 2013, Bluepeace Energy was authorised to take its 8.35 per cent stake in the Reichsgau Nesjahströnd geothermal power plant — formerly owned by Babcock & Rudolf — with then general partner Volkswind Limited Liability Company.

Bluepeace Energy also said in a hearing held before parliament’s select committee on Wednesday that it has expanded its renewable energy investments and will continue to participate in new renewable energy tenders in the Kingdom of Alexandria, Noble Republic of Treno, and the Duchy of Blomgren. According to Ms Lieselotte Bönsch, Cooperative Business Yohannes Press & Media Relations Officer, “On top of the five new geothermal power plants, the series of investments will encompass local and regional tenders for two thousand megaWatts in wind energy infrastructure in Reichsland Engelberg an der Rotenburg, and a minor solar thermal power station in Reichsgrafschaft Arnswagen.”

Come 2019, Bluepeace Energy is projected to raise 209.85 billion Quertz russling (1.9 billion NSD) in ready capital allocation for its fourteen power projects in the continent, which will also include the construction of new geothermal piping systems. According to Mr Schützenberger, “This, and the five original geothermal plants will be funded by not just authorised domestic funds but also foreign — the Deutsche Reichsbank of The Teutonic Reich being a case in point.” Overall capital will be put towards the ‘Reichsgau Groneuzen B’ and ‘Reichsgau Mitterbruck’ projects in the Regency of Lindblum, and the ‘Reichsgrafschaft Erräschen’ project in the Principality of Ahlgren, which are scheduled to start commercial operations by the second half of 2021.

A second capital injection will be directed to the cooperative’s projects in general partnership with other energy companies in the nineteen countries, such as the Jule von Rathenau hydropower project in the River Rhyme; the development of the Green Star Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Compliance Rating (Block 1-7) geothermal power project in the Kingdom of Burmecia; and the Hildegard Koehne petrochemical facility in the Free and Frauenmundigen City of Coral.

Bluepeace Energy’s website states that “Seventy-two per cent of our five-year capital injection will support local consumers and micro, small and medium sized family-owned companies.” As of 2018, the cooperative’s website outlines its goal as “To contribute to the development of green energy and electrical network in the continent of Yohannes.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 110.41 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §110.41 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

Application Form [Branch Opening]
Nation: Solomons Land.
Type of government: Protectorate.
[Optional]Economic policy: We will help you get ahead, just as long as you do not hurt anyone else.
[Optional]Foreign policy: Worlds biggest suck-up.

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World Assembly: SLY Bank Mill Valley set to open in Solomons Land by December 2018

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... You can bet that you will see our representative being involved in building that trust by participating in local cultural, education, inter-industry and sporting events.........


Royal Alexandria, 26 August 2018 — The Bank of Yohannes, the oldest financial institution in the nineteen countries, is set to open its doors in Solomons Land. It has obtained permission from the Solomons Land Trade Office to open its first branch in the nation’s capital city, Mill Valley. It will be registered and listed on the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade’s Company Register as Solomons Land Yohannes Bank Subsidiary (SLY Bank).

The Bank of Yohannes can forecast from its preliminary financial study last fiscal quarter that SLY Bank will finance around ten per cent of the total bilateral trade between Solomons Land and the nineteen countries. The opening of a full-fledged subsidiary will facilitate more effective liaising between Solomons Land businesses and Yohannesian general trading companies, and the provision of instruments to cater to their future financial need in Solomons Land. According to Ms Helena Stadtbäumer, designated SLY Bank Chief Executive, “SLY Bank Mill Valley will be open for business by the end of the next fiscal quarter — we can’t wait to meet the first of our local customers!”

“We are looking to open a second front — which will be designated as our representative office — in southern Solomons Land by the first quarter of 2020. Also, we have begun highly optimistic talks with representatives of Solomons Land’s ten largest financial institutions in order to tie up our operations and facilitate better services for our future customers!”

SLY Bank will provide the community with genuinely ‘local’ services in business banking, general trade guarantees, mortgage financing, instruments facilitation, and private wealth management.

“We can’t wait to establish ourselves and make our presence known in the local community. As part of the Bank of Yohannes, we truly believe in our ability to help act as the catalyst of growth in the community we operate in — we want to be a truly community-focused bank. You can bet that you will see our representative being involved in building that trust by participating in local cultural, education, inter-industry and sporting events.”, says Ms Stadtbäumer.

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 110.29 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §110.29 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Knessniet]

Application Form [Branch Opening]
Nation: Knessniet
Type of government: Absolute Monarchy, with a twinge of feudalism.
[Optional]Economic policy: Free market
[Optional]Foreign policy: "Speak softly and carry a big stick"

[Yohannes]

Given the recent success of our exports of various Kazansky Heavy Industries products, particularly the Hood class battleships, Kazansky Heavy Industries wishes to purchase the non-voting shares in Othlon Corporation in the High Treefolk, owned by Bank of Yohannes. We will pay 2.2 trillion dollars for this transaction, which we believe is profitable and beneficial to both parties.

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World Assembly: Speaker Ryan and Social Democratic Caucus mention possible repeal of Allanea Act 2017

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... I can’t speak for the Yohannesian Emperor herself, nor can I speak for the Yohannes First caucus, but I am confident that the Social Democratic [parliamentary caucus] has enough votes to repeal the Act, and replace it with something more acceptable for our constituents — the voters, after all, decide what course of action we must take as a party moving forward.........


Royal Alexandria, 27 August 2018 — It was two weeks from today last year that the Kazansky Heavy Industries and the Bank of Yohannes — Allanea Act 2017, or more popularly known by domestic anti-Allanean imperialism protestors as the “Allanea 2017 Act”, was tabled through parliament’s chamber.

The bilateral investment and trade Act, which was hailed at the time by Chancellor Annabelle Thorndon-Stevensonn’s Thirty-sixth Christian Democratic Executive Council as the “Mother of all bilateral agreement in our time”, was conceived to inject 245 trillion Quertz russling (2.2 trillion NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard Dollars) of investment into the nation’s “bridges, facilities, hospitals, houses, schools, and roads” over a period of fourteen years.

But the agreement signalled more than an exchange of capital between two nation states. “It [the Act] heralded a changing time: the differing paths that two nation states have chosen to take.”, says Mr Friedrich Rühl, Chair of the Yohannesian Foreign Policy Institute — a non-partisan think tank established to examine the course of foreign policy of the nineteen countries. “It was no secret that Allanea and Yohannes used to cooperate both financially and militarily together around the international community: Greater Tedzrian-Lyran War, Capitalist International, and the show of brief support offered by the Allanean government when the nineteen countries received a warning from Stoklomolvi in 2010.

But 2017 also represented a time when the two nation states have decided to pursue two very different paths: one becoming more active, confident, and truly expansionist; the other withdrawing itself completely from International Incidents and Nation States diplomacy to become extremely isolationist.

“It represented a time when the Free Kingdom of Allanea became more outward facing at the same time as when the Realm of Yohannes withdrew from International Incidents to go about doing its own things internally. When you look at the flow of capital, it represented that changing time — the money was invested into the nineteen countries from Allanea; not the other way around as it would be back in 2012.”

The agreement, amongst other things, promised to inject (367 billion NSD) in capital and money to preserving Eco sanctuaries of the land and protecting 3,500 of 7,000 threatened species; 59 billion NSD on employment subsidy and pension contributions; 730 billion NSD to reduce overextension and overcrowding in state and state-integrated schools by three per cent; 800 billion NSD to the Central Provident Fund, and 541 billion NSD to increasing FutureSaver one-time opening government contribution to 1,350 NationStates Dollars and subsidising first home buyers through long term investment FutureSaver schemes — made at a time of “infrastructure crisis”, according to The Honourable Jenneke Hylkema, Opposing Forces spokesperson for Education.

“Sadly, as with all such lolly scrambles, they are almost always made just a little too late.”, says Mr Rühl. “Marion won the 2018 Electoral College presidential election. Had the agreement been signed in, say, 2015 or early 2016, would it change the outcome of the 2018 Electoral College presidential election? I believe yes. Absolutely.”

But with Marion Maréchal-Le Men as Garnet Til Alexandros’ successor and a resurging GOP holding both the Office of the Emperor and Office of the Speaker tight, even the originally enacted Allanea Act 2017 itself would not be safe from the chopping block. “I believe that it has not delivered enough tax benefit for our people”, says The Right Honourable Speaker Saul Ryan on the Doll Henry Breakfast show this morning. “Now, would I persuade the Social Democratic caucus to support a repeal in 2019?”

“Depends.”

“I can’t speak for the Yohannesian Emperor herself, nor can I speak for the Yohannes First caucus, but I am confident that the Social Democratic [parliamentary caucus] has enough votes to repeal the Act, and replace it with something more acceptable for our constituents — the voters, after all, decide what course of action we must take as a party moving forward.”

Speaker Ryan’s statement is especially worth paying attention to, for it represents a time of growing suspicion by Yohannesians towards things that include the words “agreement”, “foreign”, “immigrant”, “quota”, “trade”, and especially “free trade.”

“In fact, it was this wave of isolationist, and some would say xenophobic, nationwide sentiment which allowed Marion to decisively defeat Abdullahi in January.”, says Mr Rühl.

“I wouldn’t agree with that statement, to be honest”, Speaker Ryan countered. “Look, at the end of the day the people have spoken. And they have voted for Marion Maréchal-Le Men to become the eighteenth Yohannesian Emperor. I am behind the emperor all the way. And I am confident that we will continue this good, working relationship with the Yohannes First caucus.”

When asked if it means a possible amendment to the original Allanea 2017 Act would be made, Mr Rühl answered with “only Speaker Ryan can answer that question.”

“If the Thirty-sixth Christian Democratic Executive Council, and therefore Chancellor Annabelle Thorndon-Stevensonn, are voted out of office in December, then yes, absolutely. Would Allanea be happy with such an outcome — an amendment to the original Act?”, Mr Doll Henry asked Speaker Ryan.

“I don’t know.”

“All I can say is we shouldn’t talk about things too far ahead. Once the voters have spoken in December as to which party will take the executive council, then we will start the discussion. But until then, let the voters and democracy decide.”

“But what I can tell you is that I am behind the Yohannesian Emperor every step of the way, and if she and the Yohannes First Caucus believe that a repeal must be done, then an amendment, or possibly a repeal if that’s what our voters want, is just what a future Social Democratic Caucus after December will do.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 111.44 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §111.44 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

Application Form [Account Creation]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [], Government [x], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record:Wyatt Rozimheimer
Official nation of origin: The Federal Republic of Nassaki
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [x] Cash Fund [] High Security [] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]:1,000,000 USD
Do you want us to invest the money nationally?No
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? Yes
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way? In fossils, weapons, planes, baseball, uranium mining, computers.

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World Assembly: Ludwig Künstler Realm Works to expand and automate facility further in Royal Lindblum

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... The A. & H. H. Birkenau programme will provide the stimulus that Ludwig Künstler Realm Works will need for further growth. Without it, we would not be able to announce this facility expansion plan today.........


Royal Alexandria, 27 August 2018 — The Royal Alexandria Times can report that Reichswerke Ludwig Künstler GmBH (English: Ludwig Künstler Realm Works Limited Liability Company) is planning to release a reverse convertible packaged bond programme worth 5 billion Quertz russling (45.7 million NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard Dollars) to expand and further automate its Royal Lindblum micro-electro-mechanical system and sensor facility. The programme is expected to create 500 jobs in the southern industrial suburb of Lindblum am Main.

The company’s move portrays its confidence in the ability of its wide range of sensors to provide the high-performance, accuracy, calibration, size, and temperature range required for citizen sector industrial designs.

“Here at Ludwig Künstler Realm, we offer only the best range of micro-electro-mechanical systems and sensors, which covers a full spectrum of applications from low-power devices for industrial Internet of Things and battery-operated applications to high-end devices for automation and data exchange in twenty-first century manufacturing technologies.”, says Managing Director Ms Emmeline Königheimer. The company is also known domestically for its augmented virtual reality components and navigation and positioning devices.

The limited liability company also told investors that it is intending to enter the low-margin but safe end of the Yohannesian sensor market by accepting the supplier contract requirements set by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade. “We look forward to provide the executive council organisations of the Ministry with our twenty-first century technology solutions.”

A. & H. H. Birkenau Investmentgesellschaft — a mutual fund company based in the Grand Duchy of Kradenmark, which as of 2018 is responsible for over (1.95 billion NSD) in funds under management in the continent of Yohannes — has agreed to provide the necessary capital for the company’s capital raising programme. The Royal Alexandria Times has learnt that on top of being an institutional front for Yohannesian investors, the company also works with foreign entities, such as recently with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nassaki through the Wyatt Rozenheimer Royal Fund.

“The A. & H. H. Birkenau programme will provide the stimulus that Ludwig Künstler Realm Works will need for further growth. Without it, we would not be able to announce this facility expansion plan today.”, says Ms Nathalie Küchler, A. & H. H. Birkenau Investment Company Finance and Risk General Manager.

According to the Office of the parliamentary Under-Secretary of Chemistry, Material Development, and Technology, the notes will be secured and will be divided into eight marketable tranches. Ms Küchler confirms, “The convertible debt to be issued to our investors will have a General Assembly Resolution # 401-compliant nominal value of 5.9 billion Quertz russling (52.9 million NSD), with an issuance discount rate of 12.4 per cent.”

Ludwig Künstler Realm Works is hoping to finalise the programme and subsequent agreement by the end of October.

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 111.43 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §111.43 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

Application Form [2014 Shares]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [X], Government [], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record: Bank of the Atlantic (Atlantica Group)
Official nation of origin: Argentinstan
Why do you want to invest in our business [summary]? We’ve worked with Bank of the Yohannes ne are working with them and saw the benefits of investing into BoY.

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World Assembly: Bank of the Atlantic buys stake and cooperate with Yohannesian Bankers Association

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... From its most recent quarterly institutional investment report to the World Assembly’s International Securities and Exchange Commission, the Bank of the Atlantic’s ownership of the Bank of Yohannes has been estimated to reach 100 million NSD by the second half of 2018.........


Royal Alexandria, 28 August 2018 — The Bank of the Atlantic has decided once again to increase its Global Economics and Trade index listed banking presence through the acquisition of a stake in the nineteen countries’ oldest financial institution, the Bank of Yohannes.

According to the Chairman of the Bank of the Atlantic, Mr Rick Murray, the bank has decided to purchase a stake in Yohannesische Reichsbank Aktiengesellschaft (English: Bank of Yohannes Joint Stock Company) by 200 million shares. “From its most recent quarterly institutional investment report to the World Assembly’s International Securities and Exchange Commission, the Bank of the Atlantic’s ownership of the Bank of Yohannes has been estimated to reach 11 billion Quertz russling (100 million NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard Dollars) by the second half of 2018.”

The announcement was delivered at a time when the Bank of Yohannes and the Bank of the Atlantic are working closer to develop an interbanking sofware which will give the customers of both banks the ability to enjoy open banking perks. “Jointly working with other information technology and internet trading companies in both Argentinstan and the nineteen countries, we aim to give our customers access to a wide range of verified online transaction options by using their bank accounts by way of third parties.”, says Dame Chloe McLachlan, Chairperson of the Bank of Yohannes Group Sustainability Committee. Both banks are aiming to allow customers to bypass credit cards and debit cards for their transactions online by 2021.

Dame Chloe added, “At present, we are also testing a range of technologies that will give our customers the ability to receive their bank information by using third party software components.” The software that basically links different systems is called an application programming interface, or API. They are widely used all around the international community. “For instance, if today your son has posted on Punch, Setsuzoku, or other applications on their gadgets from the Maxtopian social networking website NationStates, he has used an application programming interface in the process.”

“Sadly, we have not reached that stage where we can comfortably access our bank accounts by way of third parties, for example, say if we want to do some online shopping. It will be quite some time before people can easily do that by way of third parties.”

In response to the urging made by the eighteenth Yohannesian Emperor Marion Maréchal-Le Men for the finance industry to prepare themselves better for the future, the Chair of the Board of Governors of Economic Palace, Ms Heidemarie Vogelweide, has recently reinstated the previous Chair’s policy of authorising banks in the nineteen countries — which must comply with Economic Palace’s payment regime — to show that they are doing something to make way for better citizen sector retail payment and transaction competition before 2019. Mr Hermann Rädler, Chief Executive Officer of the Yohannesian Bankers Association, told The Royal Alexandria Times this morning that the nineteen countries’ biggest industry players were looking for statements of interest from other members of the Association to develop and test their application programming interface projects.

After chairing a forum with key leaders of the industry last week, Mr Rädler can confirm that the projects have started with the support of member companies. “To go along with the technology and to ensure successful testing, we are currently in the process of developing a framework.”

The Bank of Yohannes and the Bank of the Atlantic — which has operational branches and offices in the continent — are both partaking in this voluntary nation-wide initiative. However, Mr Rädler has also urged for patience; saying that many companies have only provided token support for the projects so far. “With only one hundred of the most credentialed financial services and technology experts in the nineteen countries working together on the project, I can say that we do not have the capacity to go very far yet, at least until the second half of 2019.”

However, Dame Chloe informed The Royal Alexandria Times that the Bank of Yohannes and the Bank of the Atlantic will not abandon the collaboration to pursue their own separate plans. “We will work together with the rest of the industry on open banking — a modicum of cooperation is required to ensure that the social market economy of our nation state will keep on moving.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 111.24 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §111.24 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Maryloupe]

Application Form [Branch Opening]
Nation: The Reborn French and Audi Republic of Maryloupe
Type of government: Democracy (is socialist democracy counted?)
[Optional]Economic policy: The tax rates should be higher for the rich. Interest rates are 3%
[Optional]Foreign policy: Prioritise housing and employment

[Yohannes]

Application Form [Account Creation]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [], Government [X], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record: Government of the Ninth Republic of Hiram Land
Official nation of origin: Hiram Land
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [] High Security [X] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: HL$90,000,000
Do you want us to invest the money nationally?: No
Do you want us to invest the money overseas?: No
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way?

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World Assembly: Ninth Republic of Hiram Land Government Banking contract announced

Ms Elisabeth Brandstätter — Opinion Piece Editor: ...... Since its founding in 1871, the Bank of Yohannes has become the trusted government bankers of some trading partners of the nineteen countries — creating and cementing a dedicated government services division to provide tailored banking for government agencies.........


Royal Alexandria, 28 August 2018 — The Royal Alexandria Times can report that the Bank of Yohannes has won a remunerative contract to be one of the Government of the Ninth Republic of Hiram Land’s international bankers. The contract, which is set to be active until 2025, includes such fundamental government services as card management, foreign exchange, payment and transaction banking, and suppliers performance and dispute resolution.

Mr Jerusalem Kushner, Senior Political Analyst of the Von Neurath Institute, was surprised about the news. “Honestly, I did not expect it [the announcement] to come so soon after the threat of stricter intergovernmental banking regime delivered by Marion Maréchal-Le Men — this is good. We were truly afraid when she made her promise to tackle illegal capital and thoroughly monitor money sourced from known slaver nation states such as The Scandinvans and Ralkovia, that, well, she would punish the majority of innocent bankers alongside the small minority of dodgy dealers.”

Her Excellency Ms Annemarie Hönigmann, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Nineteen Countries to Hiram Land, believes that “this is a testament to the good relationship that we [Yohannes] have with the Ninth Republic government.”

A company spokesperson for the Bank of Yohannes said that the terms of the contract was good for Hiram Land, believing that it would deliver savings exceeding 111.2 billion Quertz russling (1 billion NationStates Dollars/Universal Standard Dollars) over a seven-year period. “The new contract gives participating agencies more flexibility in banking, and is set to support them with rigorous procurement process alongside other existing bankers of the government — it will be good for Hiram Land taxpayers”, says Mr Kushner.

Since its founding in 1871, the Bank of Yohannes has become the trusted government bankers of some trading partners of the nineteen countries — creating and cementing a dedicated government services division to provide tailored banking for government agencies.

Mr Kevin Tsakamura, Group Audit Head of the Bank of Yohannes, believes that “We do not just talk the talk — we show you that we know what we are doing by writing about the many changes happening everyday. In a period where copy and paste and non-personalised business environment have become the norm, we aim to increase our quality of service one step further by bringing the storytelling and worldbuilding back to life for others to read with enjoyment.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 111.24 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §111.24 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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[Yohannes]

Application Form [Account Creation]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [], Government [X], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Edmund Berry
Official nation of origin: The Federation of the Empire of Greater Britian
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [] High Security [] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion [X]
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: 124 million Troy Ounces of Gold
Do you want us to invest the money nationally? Yes
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? Yes
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way?
-It would be admirable if investments in our nation were directed at communications and transportation infrastructure, specifically those directed at helping large areas of the world remain connected and productive across thousands of miles of ocean. Abroad, our money should preferably be directed at large democratic nations trying to hold on to far flung territories.


Application Form [Investment]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [], Government [X], Organisation []
Amount to be invested [US$]: $36 billion
Summary of how and where we should invest in your nation: Please invest in large infrastructure projects like harbors, telecom networks, and satellites.

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World Assembly: The Infrastructure of Nation State Significance’s first five-year plan

Claudia A — Opinion Piece Author: ...... By 2023, we want the heartland to once again be the thriving manufacturing region that it was twenty, or thirty years ago. The community will then be better-equipped to face rising competition from overseas and any unfortunate natural or man-made cyclical events that may come in future.........


Royal Alexandria, 29 August 2018 — The thought of injecting capital towards projects with no immediate gain in sight would make some financial institutions go “No!” — but with its very strong bias towards industrial rather than other uses of savings, the Investment Bank of Yohannes has long believed otherwise.

“With the election of Marion Maréchal-Le Men, and the subsequent backtrack made by Annabelle-Thorndon Stevensonn’s administration as regards the Infrastructure of Nation State Significance (INS) programme, we now have the capital to finance projects right from the beginning”, according to Mr Steffen Sulzberger, Bank of Yohannes Executive Director and Group Chief Risk Officer, “... and now we can confirm that we can’t serve them all.”

Their goal is to “develop infrastructure befitting a twenty-first century nation state”, he explains, with key focus on urban transport, green industry, and affordable housing.

Originally postponed by the Thirty-sixth Christian Democratic Executive Council since 2014, INS now has seventy-four member companies participating in the programme, and has finally become one important player in the continent of Yohannes. Deriving its financial support from such family brands as the Central Provident Fund and EducationPathway, INS is aiming to concentrate on three key areas until 2025 — dubbed by pundits as its “first five-year plan”.

The first key area to be delivered by INS is urban transport. One such recent project, in collaboration with the Bank of Yohannes and due to be completed by 2021, is aiming to improve regional roading in the two Free and Frauenmundigen Cities of Coral and Crescent and the three metropolitan regions of Noble Treno, Royal Alexandria and Greater Halsten. Here, INS is hoping to intensify roading modernisation and chipsealing operations and maximise safety signs and regulations in accordance with World Assembly standards.

“The environmental side of this initiative must also be taken into account,” says Mr Sulzberger, stressing further that participating banks have been complying with Green Star Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Compliance Rating (Block 1-7).

The second key area to be delivered by INS is the integration of environmental best practice standards and “green industry-led” revitalisation in the traditionally heavy industrial regions of the heartland. Ms Elisa Meyer, Noble Treno Councillor for Housing and Revitalisation, says that without modernising certain segments of the industry and the workforce, the net benefit of INS’ first key area would be small.

“By 2023, we want the heartland to once again be the thriving manufacturing region that it was twenty, or thirty years ago. The community will then be better-equipped to face rising competition from overseas and any unfortunate natural or man-made cyclical events that may come in future.”

INS is aiming to inject 1.9 trillion Quertz russling (17 billion NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard Dollars) in this area over the next five years. According to Ms Meyer, “About 10 million people will benefit from this.”

And if roads and industry realignment are important to realising INS’ final goal, only with shifting local and regional focus to renewable energy will their effects be made more far-reaching. The Grand Duchy of Dali, the country with the highest fossil fuel and non-renewable energy production in the continent, is set to receive a boost in wind energy and hydrothermal capabilities.

The Q3 White Paper by Chancellor Annabelle Thorndon-Stevensonn summarised on the proposal by the executive council to finance the improvement of Dali’s infant wind energy and hydrothermal systems — a capital injection worth 1.7 trillion Quertz russling (15.3 billion NSD) that should benefit the country’s 13 million people by 2025. According to the report, the agency will also team up with domestic and international investors to develop two gas turbine-based distributed plants with a combined capacity of 410 megawatts.

And though development towards a sustainable twenty-first century nation state is the primary foci, all such initiatives must only be pursued insofar as they are economically feasible. According to Mr Sulzberger, “At the end of the day, we will be held responsible to our shareholders — we do not want to report financially unsustainable plans.”

Which brings the agency to its third and last key area: affordable housing.

According to The Honourable Abdullahi Lindström MEP IOC, the Chairperson of parliament’s Ethnic Diversity Committee, net migration is set to peak at an annual rate of 740,000 by 2023. “The Christian Democratic Party’s defeat in the January Electoral College presidential election would probably halt this trend, but not by much — at least, not by as much as the GOP had said in January. And in saying that, I am confident that we will win the Parliamentary contest in December, and I know Marion — she will try to placate the more extreme of her voting base by providing token support in the form of rhetoric, but at the end of the day she will moderate her demands to satisfy her traditional, dominant voting base: swing voting college educated women and blue-collar men.”

“The fact of the matter is, we need immigration. Without it, there is no way Marion and the GOP, or us for that matter, can sustain the economic growth we have enjoyed since the turn of the century.”

And whilst urban housing and suburban development will be the two ways of achieving affordable housing, other infrastructure related solutions must also be pursued. “Things such as water and waste systems, underground piping, waste disposal, and other such things that will affect the community. We don’t have unlimited capital — so we must sacrifice some things and redistribute these resources to critical areas which need our immediate attention.”

For now, the Bank of Yohannes itself is concentrating mainly on urban housing and revitalisation projects, aiming to lift the living standard of ratepayers in critical areas such as shifting demographics and neighbourhood gentrification, Mr Sulzberger confirms. “We are currently in the process of delivering 34.5 billion Quertz russling (310 million NSD) in support of the Royal Alexandria Regional Council’s Southern Ward gentrification investments for seventeen inner neighbourhoods in Reichsgau Antswagen. In this we have collaborated well with supportive financial partners both here and abroad.”

And infrastructure growth, moving forward, can only be effective with greater public-citizen sector coordination — even if it means accepting participation by foreign companies. “In an increasingly interconnected international community, we will also need the goodwill of non-Yohannesian capital providers if we are to pull this off.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 111.24 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §111.24 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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Author: Claudia A
claudia.a@tratimes.co.yo
@claudiaa

Claudia A is one of the underpaid interns at The Royal Alexandria Times. She is a Macroeconomics postgraduate student and professional procrastinator in between lectures by day. She has previously attempted green policy analysis and social justice reviews, but was suck at both. These days you can find her in her natural habitat — writing for the Parliamentary Analysis Archive and The Royal Alexandria Times in her leisure time. She can sometimes be found tweeting together with her friends Baxter W, Erica B, Yohannes D & co. at the Maxtopian social networking website NationStates.


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Yohannes First

If the executive council position is that no one owns capital then how come they haven’t prosecuted non-Occidental immigrants for illegally sending money to their home countries? Or from preventing Muslim immigrants from borrowing too much? Are they governing for the people or for foreign interests? It makes no sense. Infrastructure projects should be built with Yohannesian capital. But successive executive councils have been getting chummy chummy with foreign interests (e.g. Allanea, Greater Nifon) and now suddenly they are saying they will put the money back here at home?
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aweebitsick

“Both here and abroad.” An Asian company?

Of course.

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secondamendment

Reading some of the comments here I thought I am back in time in 1925 attending a far-right rally or something. People. We are all the same — the economy benefits us all.

Sometimes I wish TRAT has stronger filters in place because this is just getting ridiculous. How is infrastructure investment related in any way at all with East Asian remittance or Muslim immigration?

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Greetings. The Federal Recon Investment Authority is the regional investment vehicle for over 25 sovereign nations. As longstanding partners with Yohannes and its associated businesses, we'd like to purchase shares into the Bank of Yohannes. However, understanding the special circumstances that the FRIA is approaching the Bank of Yohannes today, we would like to enquire about the possibility of purchasing shares on behalf of the 25 nations in the region, thus resulting in a purchase of 2.5 trillion shares.

Understanding this is not an attempt at a percentage buyout of the Bank of Yohannes, but a way to preserve value of our investment over the long term. The FRIA has been granted investment duties of the regional treasury, a massive multi-trillion dollar vault, and hopes that our friends at BoY will accede to the request along with a further restructuring needs of our overflowing cash reserves. We urgently need to park our reserves in a decent yielding, stable stock, and there is no better alternatives than the Bank of Yohannes as the premier choice for banking and financial services.

We will also be advocating for business opportunities within the CFOR to help the Bank of Yohannes grow.

We look forward to hear back from you.

Signed,

Martin Berkeley
Vice Chairman, FRIA

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World Assembly: 1.25 trillion NSD agreement to be struck with Federal Recon Investment Authority

Claudia A — Opinion Piece Author: ...... Further, as FRIA’s funds are distributed to the Federal Office of Appropriations and Budget for the benefit of the entire Crown Recon region as a whole, I have no doubt in the legitimacy of their capital source.........


Royal Alexandria, 29 August 2018 — The Royal Alexandria Times can report that after a negotiation which lasted for almost a year, the Federal Recon Investment Authority (FRIA) has agreed on a final deal on Friday to acquire a stake of 2.5 trillion non-voting shares in Yohannesische Reichsbank Aktiengesellschaft (English: Bank of Yohannes Joint Stock Company). The agreement will be concluded next month to comply with the negotiated terms and the go-ahead of Economic Palace.

FRIA is the sovereign wealth fund of over twenty nation states in The Crown Federation of Recon. According to its Global Economics and Trade index listed storefront website, its sole shareholder is Empress Joan of The Crown Federation of Recon, although it is managed by a Board of Directors.

Since its founding in August 2017 by Royal Charter, FRIA has been an especially imposing regional investment authority — having an annual budget of over 265 billion NSD and one million direct employees. On the back of a favourable Nation States and International Incidents geopolitical situation, the company has forecast healthy long-term growth, with plans to increase its direct employees further vis-à-vis market share.

Reconian companies affiliated with the FRIA and the Bank of Yohannes have interacted well for much of the contemporary time — Legion Constructions Incorporated was the primary contractor responsible for designing and constructing the Economic Palace Building; the headquarters of the Bank of Yohannes. “As long-standing partners with Yohannes and its associated businesses, we’d like to purchase shares into the Bank of Yohannes.”, says Mr Martin Berkeley, FRIA Vice Chairman.

The Bank of Yohannes’ Director of Foreign Relations Committee, Sir Grant Wellington, confirms this long-standing relationship, saying that “The links — both historical and at present — which our subsidiaries and partner institutions have with affiliated firms of FRIA mean that decision makers at both sides of the negotiating table are made aware of the strategic benefits that can be had from this agreement.”

Under the terms of the deal, the Federal Recon Investment Authority expects to pay a total purchase price of 139 trillion Quertz russling (1.25 trillion NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard Dollars) on a debt-free and retarded cash-free basis over a ten-year period, subject to customary working capital adjustments. The purchase price consists of 116.8 trillion Quertz russling (1.05 trillion NSD) in cash and The Yohannesian Emperor’s Government Notes package worth 93.4 trillion Quertz russling (840 billion NSD) based on a ten-year period maturity.

The cash part of the purchase price will be funded through a combination of extended guarantee and deferred plan with a combination of cash and nation state notes, with 77.9 trillion Quertz russling (700 billion NSD) to be classified as outstanding. A new credit plan to facilitate for the outstanding payment will be drawn in Quertz russling, to be repaid over a ten-year period with a closing annual rate of 5.8 per cent by either the FRIA or Her Majesty’s Bank of Recon.

According to Bank of Yohannes Group Chief Executive, Dame Julianna Stefansson, “As the FRIA is funded by the Federal Office of Appropriations and Budget — a Federal Agency of the Crown Federation of Recon — using revenues from the region, I am confident that this agreement will create opportunities for our affiliated firms and services as regards not just The Recon Empire, but also the institutions of other reputable nation states in The Crown Federation. One example is The Hamilton Holdings Group of Do Boux, which entrusted a sizeable portion of their assets in our international private banking division.”

“Further, as FRIA’s funds are distributed to the Federal Office of Appropriations and Budget for the benefit of the entire Crown Recon region as a whole, I have no doubt in the legitimacy of their capital source.”

As a regional entity, the Federal Recon Investment Authority invests in various assets and holdings, and returns all dividends to its sole shareholder, the Empress of the Crown Federation of Recon.

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 111.24 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §111.24 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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@claudiaa

Claudia A is one of the underpaid interns at The Royal Alexandria Times. She is a Macroeconomics postgraduate student and professional procrastinator in between lectures by day. She has previously attempted green policy analysis and social justice reviews, but was suck at both. These days you can find her in her natural habitat — writing for the Parliamentary Analysis Archive and The Royal Alexandria Times in her leisure time. She can sometimes be found tweeting together with her friends Baxter W, Erica B, Yohannes D & co. at the Maxtopian social networking website NationStates.


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Ferdinand Röthke

Let’s recap,

A corrupt, Global Economic and Trade index listed multi-billion dollar foreign company comes along and indicate that they want to take some ownership away from YOHANNESIANS in a YOHANNESIAN owned institution. Here, read their official storefront website: “... is a special division that caters to the investment needs of individuals, corporations, and governments that reside in The Crown Federation of Recon.”

So they are willing to BUY overseas businesses, but they are unwilling to SELL to overseas businesses. They WANT to own other nationalities’ businesses, but they don’t want to have other nationalities owning parts of their businesses. I call UNFAIR on this one. Bet their branches are paying our employees slave wage rates............

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notgoodenough

Typical non-Occidentals.

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JC1982

What made you think they are Asians? You know that’s textbook definition of racism, right?

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ImTooSellOut

A foreign buyer?

No surprises here...

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TheCablePop

Politicians of all stripes need to pressure these scheming bankers to stop bieng sellouts. Our companies belong to our nation state

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Application Form [Account Creation]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [X], Government [], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record: Sacrosanct Bank
Official nation of origin: The Disputed Territories of Sacrosanct Group
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [X] High Security [] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: NS$ 30 billion
Do you want us to invest the money nationally? NO
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? NO
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way? N/A

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World Assembly: IPBY to further position itself along the emerging multipolar geopolitical future

Claudia A — Opinion Piece Author: ...... Our goal is to appreciate the diversity of our clients and see where we can go from there; not enforce our standards on them..........


Royal Alexandria, 30 August 2018 — Yohannesische Bank Privatkunden GmbH (English: International Private Bank of Yohannes Limited Liability Company; IPBY) will increase new member intake by up to one thousand by the second half of 2019 to prepare it for “business growth coming from such activities as our recent banking partnership with Sacrosanct Bank.” IPBY confirmed this would increase the total number of its international employees by about three per cent.

IPBY believed that the best strategy come 2020 is for it to increase presence in client-facing roles and investment focus such as the delegations of everyday investment decisions through investment counselling; expanding underlying security products; releasing brand loyalty initiatives for existing offerings; and through services and assets management.

Mr Gerold Böhnisch, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors at IPBY, told The Royal Alexandria Times that, “After increasing our presence for high net worth and ultra high net worth clients in terms of market size, we can predict that the next five years will present a period of growth higher than even the 2010 period. This will allow us to bring in new talents in crucial markets.”

The majority of new positions will be made available in regions of the international community beyond the Terra Incognita that have only been discovered by the Realm of Yohannes since 2015, which are also the fastest-growing parts of the international community for private banking activities. IPBY said it would invest heavily in the activities of its fellow industry players — the Bank of the Atlantic, and the Sacrosanct Bank itself, to name a few — to promote wealth management amongst like-minded Global Economics and Trade index listed enterprises over the next few years.

“By 2023, we are looking to create seven thousand job positions outside the nineteen countries, four thousand in the continent of Yohannes, and ten thousand second line positions in “hotspot” markets — that is, high-risk but also high potential and rewarding International Incidents and Nation States diplomacy regions.

In September last year the bank celebrated its non-Occidental-Yohannes Diversity Initiative — an event which created a permanent group of distinguished investment-advisory wealth managers with cultural and family connections to non-Occidental nation states, such as descendants of immigrants or first generation Yohannesians who come from Greater Nifon, Great Feng, Imperial Symphonia, and Nusalia.

The company will repeat that highly successful intercultural diversity event this year, which will see a whole new group of intakes to fill such positions as account management and support, credit advisory, portfolio counselling, relationship management, and wealth restructuring and planning.

Pundits have called the initiative an example of the ways IPBY has increasingly abandoned the nineteen countries to attach itself closer to the fast-growing non-Occidental powerhouses. In its recent investment outlook forum, the bank revealed its intention of injecting up to 159 trillion Quertz russling (1.43 trillion NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard dollars) in sector vehicles and International Incidents guarantees across the emerging non-Occidental market over the next five years.

Due in no small part to such agreements as the Greater Nifon and Yohannes Investment and Trade Act 2017, IPBY has enjoyed a reasonably healthy presence in Greater Nifon and other non-aligned markets such as Symphonia. It also made clear its intention of entering traditionally non-aligned Muslim nation states such as Fenilalanin and Khataiy — home to fast-growing population with high birth rates.

According to Mr Böhnisch, this is one of the many reasons that domestic investors have increasingly abandoned the continent of Yohannes to look further abroad. “We have been saying for quite some time now, that, look: capital generation and wealth production in these high-growth regions will see double-digit upticks — and we must be there to capitalise on these opportunities.”

When The Royal Alexandria Times asked Mr Böhnisch to give us an inkling into his plan for the International Private Bank of Yohannes and how it would shape the bank’s private banking and wealth management in the next few years, he answered with an open-minded answer — he believed that premium, tailored banks should position themselves to remain at the cutting edge of not just the high end private banking market but also wealth management in fast-growing non-Occidental and Muslim regions in the years ahead.

Due to the volatility of such markets as Khataiy, clients in those regions tend to prefer advisory over discretionary products — that is, for a client to have a say over her or his portfolio; the most compelling reason for choosing the advisory style of asset management, especially when dealing with markets located in the more “active” International Incidents zones. “The Mexican Civil War; the Great East Asian K-Pop War; Sierra Oscar Sierra — “High-risk, high reward. You know the drill.”

And this would only become more relevant in the years ahead.

Another one of the bank’s main concerns in recent years has been whether its employees have the ability to adapt to, and deal with, an increasingly multipolar international community — with different dominant cultures and societies forming serious blocs.

“We are always open to trying to communicate with our clients in different ways.”

“We don’t want to tell them that, say, discretionary products are better than advisory asset management if that goes against the way the majority of people are doing things in her or his nation state. Our goal is to appreciate the diversity of our clients and see where we can go from there; not enforce our standards on them.”, said Mr Böhnisch.

“Here at IPBY, whether you are the Government of Khataiy or Sacrosanct Bank, you can be sure that you will experience only the most professional approach to diversifying your portfolios and dealing with your hard-earnt assets.”

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 111.24 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §111.24 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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Author: Claudia A
claudia.a@tratimes.co.yo
@claudiaa

Claudia A is one of the underpaid interns at The Royal Alexandria Times. She is a Macroeconomics postgraduate student and professional procrastinator in between lectures by day. She has previously attempted green policy analysis and social justice reviews, but was suck at both. These days you can find her in her natural habitat — writing for the Parliamentary Analysis Archive and The Royal Alexandria Times in her leisure time. She can sometimes be found tweeting together with her friends Baxter W, Erica B, Yohannes D & co. at the Maxtopian social networking website NationStates.


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LieutenantHindsight

Do you really think “the Muslim world” give a rat’s bum as they ask for more and more handouts both within and without?

Successive executive councils have failed to defend our borders — now they are going to allow the bankers to send our money overseas too?

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notgoodenough

Ffs give it up already. Go back to Southeast Burmecia. This is the 21st century not 19th.

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Say No Bigotry

America calls — they want their Trump voter back!

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Capitan Obvious

And Yohannesians see thier money being invested overseas to build hospitals and schools for some shithole nation states why???

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Elmo Mergenthaler

Someone is getting the greenback from this deal. Who when where?

Close this daylight racketeering now incarcerate them

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[Yohannes]

Am fantasy-tech civilization.

Application

Sen Vorico
Valikoto
Caseus Villa
10 Desyllians (maximum safety)

To: The Bank of Yohannes

As per the advice of my good friend and co-owner of our newly-created business (which was created by the fusion of our two companies), I have decided to move a large sum of my wealth to a reliable banking service in order to ensure its safety. As such, I am enclosing within this letter an application for a high-security account in order to safely preserve my money. However, as the size of my deposits is limited, I will be making multiple deposits to store it all — about 1.5 trillion USD, most of which was before I decided to merge with the Verndara Emerald Trading Company. If I am permitted to deposit all of my funds at once, do send a letter back.

Application Form [Account Creation]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [X], Government [], Individual [], Organisation []
Official name on record: Lucius Vorico
Official nation of origin: Thallian Treat of Valikoto
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [X] High Security [] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: US$45,000,000
Do you want us to invest the money nationally? No
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? No
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way?

[ Out of character information: Oh algud! We will just interact in a strictly Modern Technology setting - that is, I'll just pretend that the fantasy elements of your nation do not exist ]

Bank of Yohannes I Parenga-Motu
Parliament Square, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
BY9 1008, Alexandria, Yohannes

Contact Us
Customer Service0800 117 7442
From Overseas+585 53381717
__________________________________

Re: IPB Account opening
Office of Lucius Vorico
IPB Account Owner
Valikoto

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As reviewed and approved before the
One Hundred and Fifteenth Parliament
20 November, Year of our Lord the Saint Maxtopia


Addressed to the Office of Lucius Vorico,

Kia Ora, Te āheitanga katoa, Takawaenga e whakahonoretia ana.

Thank you for your letter of 20 November, Year of our Lord the Saint Maxtopia, submitting a request seeking an opening for the following international private banking account:

436. Lucius Vorico
Nation: Valikoto
Account: High Security
Deposit: US$45,000,000.00
Interest rate: 0.50% pa

Also enclosed with this letter is the verified copy of your passport which was provided as proof of identification for the opening of the account.

When the Bank of Yohannes receives an application for the evaluation, opening, or updating of an International Private Banking Account, we must follow through the proper procedures and due process through the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade and Economic Palace, in accordance with the requirements of the Nation State Companies Act 1943 and the quasi autonomous non-governmental organisation guidelines.

In this case your application does meet the requirements for supplementary identity protection contained in Section 17A of the Central and Realm Bank Act 1987. We have therefore authorised for the removal of names and any other forms of identification as regards your accounts. You may change this setting through your uniquely-assigned pager, which should arrive no later than seven working days from the date of this writing.

As you would have learnt from your prior meeting with our adviser, this pager will include your numbers and official codes, and will act as your proof of identity when interacting with our international private banking representative.

As regards your request for the full deposit of your fund, we have extended your deposit limit to allow you to manage your account to your heart’s content. Our private banking representative, Ms Bianca Stockhausen, will meet with you in order to communicate with you in person as regards these changes.

Kia tau te rangimarie ki a koutou, kia kake tatou, te tokorua.

In the meantime, and in possible future correspondence, I remain,

Yours sincerely,

Magdalene Rosenstock
Official Aide to Councillor of Financial Advisory
The Bank of Yohannes

[Yohannes]

Application Form [Account Creation]
Which one you are [tick one]? Agency [], Alliance [], Business [], Government [], Individual [X], Organisation []
Official name on record: Emperor Havok Velayat
Official nation of origin: Potthan
Type of account [tick one]:
Standard [] Executive [] Cash Fund [] High Security [X] Green Future [] Next Generation [] Gold Bullion []
Initial deposit [US$/gold/assets/etc.]: $6,000,000,000 / 330 gold bars
Do you want us to invest the money nationally? Yes
Do you want us to invest the money overseas? Yes
[Optional]If stated as YES, how do you want us to invest your money? In what way? Invest in any promising arms manufacturing opportunities or automotive opportunities.

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World Assembly: Halstenmetall AG announced Supreme Soviet government contract

Claudia A — Opinion Piece Author: ...... We have not anticipated another delivery to the ULSR to come so soon, but they [the Soviet government] have made clear their willingness to acquire the retrofitted A3 in place of the brand new A4 to speed up delivery..........


Royal Alexandria, 30 August 2018 — No one was surprised when Halstenmetall Aktiengesellschaft (English: Halstenmetall Joint Stock Company) announced its plan to double tank production come 2019 — just one part of a trend of continuing investment growth seen in “strictly commercial” arms manufacturing by key players in the Yohannesian defence sector.

And supported by self-sustaining waves of capital injection — the latest of which totalled 2.2 trillion Quertz russling (20 billion NationStates Dollars or Universal Standard Dollars) — from not just domestic but also foreign sources, such as the controversial Emperor of Potthan to name one, that growth has been forecast to stay until 2020 as companies continue to fill late orders since 2015.

The Royal Alexandria Times has learnt today that Wehrmacht (English: Defence Forces of the Realm) armoured vehicle procurement officers have informed parliament’s select committee of its intention to give a three-year fixed price adjusted contract to Halstenmetall AG. The senior press gallery said that it contains new provisions for the upgrades of one hundred and fifty older T2009A3 San Silvacian main battle tanks to make them on par with the latest A4 batch. Their final destination is the Union of Lesser Soviet Republics.

Officials of the VMK International Sales and Export Office in Royal Lindblum announced the extension to the original 356.1 billion Quertz russling (3.2 billion NSD) contract yesterday to Halstenmetall AG’s headquarters in Halsten. “The contract will see the retrofitting of our older T2009A3 tanks to the T2009A4 Modular Armour (AMA) systems for the Supreme Soviet of the Lesser Soviet Union.”, says Mr Erhart Weingart, Senior Adviser to the Board on Vehicle Systems. “We have not anticipated another delivery to the ULSR to be made so soon, but they [the Soviet government] have made clear their willingness to acquire the retrofitted A3 in place of the brand new A4 to speed up delivery.”

The T2009A4 AMA is part of the Wehrmacht’s Armoured Vehicle Upgrade programme. It comprises two variants: the T2009A4 AMA and the not-yet-released T2009A5 TCS (Twenty-first Century Systems). The original terms of the procurement mean that the Lesser Soviet Union will get the A3 tanks with no additional charges; the Supreme Soviet will, however, pay for their weapons and electronics upgrades and maintenance on par with A4 AMA standards to assume full system readiness.

The T2009A4 AMA is equipped with a hit avoidance command and its Questaria-linked fire control analyser to turret armaments, an auxiliary power unit and filter to protect the engine from the environment of the Lesser Soviet Ukrainian plain, and a forward observation and reconnaissance system to allow crew coordination with surrounding infantry.

For passive upgrade, non-metallic ceramics and composites have been incorporated into more efficient lightweight armour. The high hardness, high strength, high rigidity and low density of the ceramic constituents used as well as the weight saving properties and ductility of composite laminated scheme make for an effective armour system.

The T2009A4 AMA also features advanced combat networking and fire control systems which can identify its target from nine kilometres ahead using its infrared thermographic camera. It is armed with a 120/L55 conventional propellant smoothbore gun; also designed by Halstenmetall AG.

Current operators of the T2009A4 AMA include the nineteen countries, Astuana, Bladia, Eaka, and the Union of Lesser Soviet Republics. The tank weighs around sixty tonnes, has a range of about five hundred and thirty kilometres, and can travel at speeds of up to seventy kilometres per hour on road surfaces, though it is not advised to go past speeds over fifty due to elevated risk of injuries and wear of parts.

Halstenmetall AG will work on its three-year price adjusted government contract at its Sjoland Vehicle Systems Facility in the Noble Republic of Treno. The first twenty tanks should roll off the production line by December 2018.

Today’s exchange rate: According to the International Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 NationStates Dollar or 1 Universal Standard Dollar (NSD/USD) (World Assembly and International Standard) is enough to buy 111.31 Quertz russling (Yohannesian); that is, a Yohannesian needs to spend at least §111.31 to be able to afford $1 NS.



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Author: Claudia A
claudia.a@tratimes.co.yo
@claudiaa

Claudia A is one of the underpaid interns at The Royal Alexandria Times. She is a Macroeconomics postgraduate student and professional procrastinator in between lectures by day. She has previously attempted green policy analysis and social justice reviews, but was suck at both. These days you can find her in her natural habitat — writing for the Parliamentary Analysis Archive and The Royal Alexandria Times in her leisure time. She can sometimes be found tweeting together with her friends Baxter W, Erica B, Yohannes D & co. at the Maxtopian social networking website NationStates.


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GoAheadMakeMyDay

ha....typical to see ...radar..sensors and tanks export being put above schools and hospitals

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Theysaidwhat

Dont you think 3.2 billion NSD is good for small and medium sized suppliers? They will trickle down to Halstenmetall suppliers or would you rather provide the money to build schools and hospy? Money they come from somewhere.

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My2cents

Shame Christian Democratic Party didn’t deal with infrastructue crisis soon enough now look their party trolls denial all round

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Aweebitsick

Another human rights offendernation to be chummy chummy with — “Supreme Soviet of the Lesser Soviet Union”, “Emperor of Potthan”. Might as well put Ralkovia there. What a wee joke!

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Anonymuss

I must be the only one here to see irony of parliament passing Withdrawal from International Incidents and NationStates Neutrality Act in 2016 fast forward 2018 still see “announced Supreme Soviet government contract” heh

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