THE CONGRESS
The International Socialist Congress was formed a few years ago in order to organize active socialist parties into one unified assembly with the collective power to push back reactionary, fascist and imperialist efforts across the World (Multiverse). It was also decided that this would be the ruling body of the ISVC, the multi-national military/interventionist force organized to throw Imperialist forces out of the Cardwith islands and, later, to aid Marxist revolutions and bolster leftist governments under siege, everywhere possible.
The first home of the Congress was in Norritts, on East Cardwith Island, during the Hutanjian War. With a growth in membership and a wider mission, a new home was necessary to encompass the expanded operations and scope of the Congress. As part of Central Committee elections, a resolution was also voted upon to select from candidate cities submitted by ISC member parties. Those candidate cities included:
Icaromd, The Heartlands Region, The Frozen Forest
Bratislava, Greater Bratislava, Aressna
Makhno, Zaporozhia, The Free Territory of Makhnovia
Torusogu, North Cardwith, The Cardwith Islands
The ISC began a move to the winning candidate city, Bratislava, in Ressia (Aressna). Facilities were constructed and preparations were made to accommodate the Congress, other ISC administrative offices, security facilities, as well as potential future members. Coordination was initiated between local security and military forces and introducing ISVC forces into the metropolitan area of Bratislava, with the full cooperation of the Ressian government.
The ISC continues to expand and the representatives of the delegate parties of the world now hold session regularly to discuss the threat of reactionaries and imperialism, as well as what socialist nations and parties are most in need of humanitarian and military assistance or other intervention. Many other topics, both mundane and internationally challenging, are regulated by resolution within the Congressional chambers, as well as the smaller Central Committee chambers.
BRATISLAVA
This Ressian Beauty on the Danube, commands its own Greater Municipality, west of Trnava Province and bordering Austria. It is a city is full of history and culture and worthy of being the world headquarters of the International Socialist Congress.
CONGRESSIONAL FACILITIES
The International Socialist Congress building fronts the Square where local revolutionaries declared against the crimes of the Ressian monarchy and called to action Bratislavans to take up arms against the state, which initiated the Slovak Revolution. It was built in 1980 in the brutalist style, directed by popular architect Emil Belluš. The inside is adorned with images of the Revolution and the current ‘prosperity’ of the new nation, and was previously home to the Museum of the Revolution (moved to Krakow late last year). The building is surrounded by a plaza below steps leading down from the front entrance, the plaza being bounded by an ornamental fence, with one front north-facing entrance, a west-facing entrance, facing onto a side road, and a south facing entrance leading onto a main road.
The grounds are guarded at all times by rotating shifts of two dozen Bezpa (State Security) officers, not to mention ISVC security personnel (Reporting directly to the ISC Commissar for Justice) that also add another layer of security. All assigned Bezpa guards are equipped with searching equipment and open carried firearms. ISVC personnel are armed with some assault rifles and sub machine guns, as well as standard side arms for all. Heavier ordinance, spare firearms and equipment are kept in a secured armory within the ISC HQ building.
The Ressian Territorial Guard can be called on in emergency situations. Additionally, rotating units of the ISVC are assigned to security, air and waterborne defense, and contingency/evacuation duties to the ISC HQ. They are housed in barracks and a forward base within kilometres of the city centre at Pezinok, on loan from the Ressian military.
A housing block, around a kilometre (just over half a mile) from the Congress building, has been chosen to house the Representatives and other Congressional staff and their families. The majority of the apartments are four-bedroom, two-bathroom, with a spacious and modern interior, and include sporting facilities, including an indoor pool, sports complex and playground in a communal area in the block. Two parking spaces have been reserved for the new residents. If families require more bedrooms or extra parking spaces, they may apply for them.
Originally, children of the Delegates were to attend the school local to the residence of the delegate families, however, a newly constructed and ISC funded academy staffed with both ISC member and local teachers has been dedicated for ISC dependents, in the hopes this will provide a less intimidating experience for the children. This also affords the ISVC the opportunity to provide their own security for the institution.