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“Westward Bound”

[East Berlin, Deutsche Demokratische Republik]

November 1967

Following a series of meetings over a short period of time, the conclusions had become clear to the DDR’s new deputy leader. To use a phrase from the capitalist world, they were going to have to go big or go home.

Paul Verner put the proposal before his boss, not quite sure of the reaction he would get. It was time for the East to meet the West.

To his surprise, Honecker had arrived at the same conclusion. The only way for them to legitimise their position and to guarantee full support for their reforms was for them to become the gatekeepers to the outside world.

A plan was drawn up to slowly leak the fact that the East was finally open to talks to its Western neighbours and preparations began amongst the hierarchy of the SED.

The East was ready to meet The West.

Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

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The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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NOVEMBER , 1967

The Dual Capital Plan

| A plan is made by Tunku Abdul Rahman and his cabinet. To begin the foundation of Malaysia having two capital cities although their function as capitals are different. The current capital city, Kuala Lumpur would be the national capital with the city of Kota Melaka becoming the administrative capital. |

| Kota Melaka was picked due to its propaganda potential as it was the capital of the Malacca Sultanate. Which [I](the Malacca Sultanate)[/I] success and status as the golden age of the Malay world, serves as the basis in which the the ideology of Malay nationalism formed. Under the ideas of Malay nationalism, Kota Melaka was selected with the plans to turn it into a glorious city that can match its history. |

| Kota Melaka being the administrative capital, would become the location in which they would construct a new building to serve as the base of operations of the executive and judicial branch. With the House of Parliament being deemed as sufficient still for the legislative branch. The new headquarters for the executive branch would be named: Pejabat Perdana, meaning [I]Premier Office[/I] and the judicial branch building would be named: Tuan Presiden Istana meaning [I]Palace of the Lord President[/I]. |

| [B]Pejabat Perdana would have:

[List][I]- a total of 4 floors.

- a cylindrical front.

- the front would have a series of pillars, with each progressive floor the pillars design would get more and more detailed.

- two rectangular structure along the sides of the front.

- inside the building, in the middle of it there's a rotunda.

- a singular dome serves as the rotunda's roof.

- as for rooms there would be the prime minister's office, deputy prime minister office, a small meeting hall, a large meeting hall and a delegation room

[/I][/list]

The Tuan Presiden Istana would have:

[List][I]- 4 floors.

- a central atrium around which the various rooms are arranged. The atrium helps to guide visitors who had just arrived into the building and has clear visual connection to the other floors above.

- a library which is to be filled with books on law, is located on the Ground floor adjacent to the entrance door, with the hearing rooms of both the Federal, High and Appeal Courts located on the first floor. The Registries and offices of the Appeal, High and Federal Courts are on the second and third floors respectively. The Judges chambers of the Appeal, High and Federal Court are located on the fourth floor.

- It would be constructed along a similar style to that of the Government Office building. Except without all the domes[/I] |[/list]

| The construction of the Tuan Presiden Istana is expected to end by 1972 meanwhile the Pejabat Perdana is expected to end by 1975. Out sourcing would also be done in efforts to construct these two important buildings for government. With the outsourced work coming from Turkey in the form of the companies:

[List][I]Tabanlıoğlu Architects and STFA Group[/I] |[/list]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

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Ma-Li

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New Provenance

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Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

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Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

Sudesam

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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★ UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC ★

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"Within the Arab circle there is a role wandering aimlessly in search of a hero.

For some reason it seems to me that this role is beckoning to us-to move, to

take up its lines, put on its costumes and give it life"

[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

_________________

[list][sub]WAR OF ATTRITION[/sub]

[sub][sup] July - December 1967 - ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT[/sub][/sup]

[sub][pre]A quiet summer day, immediately on the start of July would turn out to be just anything but. Port Fuad had been the only point of the Sinai not occupied by the Zionist forces as the ceasefire was signed. As Zionist troops moved for the al-Kantara zone to Port Fuad, an Egyptian command force moved to the area where they after a grueling 8 hour battle that came to be known as the Battle of Ras al-'Aish, successfully repulsed the attack and established a foothold in the city, where they promptly were hailed as heroes and celeberated by the Egyptian press. [/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]This battle would unofficially kickstart was has come to be known as the 'War of Attrition', a military operation with the aim of destroying Zionist morale, establishing a military foothold in the Sinai, and the reroganization of the United Arab Armed Forces into a fully ready fighting force. Following the end of the Battle of Ras al-'Aish by just two days, President Nasser authorized air strikes on Zionist positions across the border, to which the Air force managed to strike several strategic points, despite the loss of two MiG-17 airfighters. [/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]Air missions continued with both air strikes and air surveillance. A MiG-21 was shot down by enemy defenses, only for two Su-7s to complete the mission and bring back valuable intel, at the cost of another Su-7 being shot down later by the enemy Air Force. Concurrent with these air strikes were artillery strikes across the canal, which were unrelenting and grueling, with constant strike after strike pounding on the Zionist eardrum bringing fear and insecurity to the psyche of the enemy.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]Air duels became far more prominent across the next two weeks, with a MiG-21 shotting down a Mirage III over the Suez. Meanwhile over 7 aircrafts were shot down across several battles over the Sinai, though a majority were of Egyptian causalities.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]Of course, it would be amiss to not mention the sinking of the INS Eiliat, which became a major psychological and strategic victory for the Arab command. The first ever sinking of a ship through the usage of surface-to-surface missiles in recorded history, a clear technological advancement preformed by the Arab army. The victory also showed that the United Arab Republic was ready to fight on air, on the ground, and on the seas and that it was ready to use all strategies and methods necessary.[/pre][/sub]

[sub][pre]Along with the military offensive, an air of militarism and resurging patriotism has been attempted across both Egypt and Libya. Military education became a part of the school curriculum, Egyptian media personalities have begun producing works of national patriotism and calling for more and more military action against the Zionist entity, and President Nasser himself has been attempting to restore an air of morale across his speeches. Overall, while the Arab armies may have incurred more losses, the war of attrition seems to be the right strategy going forward.[/pre][/sub]

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[list][list][sub]P O L I S H‎ ‎ ‎ P E O P L E ' S ‎ ‎ R E P U B L IC‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ •‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ P O L S K A‎ ‎ ‎ R Z E C Z P O S P O L I T A‎ ‎ ‎ L U D O W A [/sub][/list][/list]

[list][list][sub]The Pursuit Begins[/sub]

[sub]December, 1967[/sub][/list]

[list]|[sub]The Warsaw Killer Strikes Again![/sub]|[/list]

| [sub]For months, the investigation into the initial murder remained shrouded in secrecy, guided by Ślepecki's superiors in the hopes of uncovering leads. But time passed with no breakthroughs—no second murder, no fresh evidence. It began to appear as an isolated incident, a chilling anomaly. As Ślepecki reluctantly neared declaring the case unsolvable, fate delivered a grim twist. A new body emerged, not hidden in shadows but exposed for the world to witness.[/sub] |

[list]| [sub]Jerzy Żebrowski, Junior Detective[/sub] | “Boss!”[/list]

[list]| [sub]Alfons Ślepecki, Senior Detective[/sub] | “What? It's early as hell what's got you in a rush.”[/list]

[list]| [sub]Jerzy Żebrowski, Junior Detective[/sub] | “Another body was found and with the same characteristics as the first murder, and a note was left.”[/list]

[list]| [sub]Alfons Ślepecki, Senior Detective[/sub] | “Sh*t, take me to the scene now!”[/list]

| [sub]Alfons Ślepecki, propelled by an urgency not felt since his academy days, leaped into his junior's car, propelled by a dreadful yet morbid curiosity. Racing through the streets, he arrived at the latest crime scene in record time—a local bakery. Stepping out into the controlled chaos, officers barred the entrance to all but the investigators. Inside, Ślepecki was greeted by a scene of havoc—an interior torn asunder, signs of a frantic struggle, and the lifeless figure of the bakery's presumed owner near the cash register.[/sub] |

[list]| [sub]Jerzy Żebrowski, Junior Detective[/sub] | “My lord..”[/list]

[list]| [sub]Alfons Ślepecki, Senior Detective[/sub] | “He fought like hell”[/list]

| [sub]Ślepecki replied as he knelt to examine the body, noticing multiple defensive wounds amidst a barrage of stab wounds across the victim's body. Putting on gloves, he meticulously searched the victim's pockets, swiftly uncovering a wallet containing money and identification.[/sub] |

[list]| [sub]Alfons Ślepecki, Senior Detective[/sub] | “Sir, Peter Kautz born 1910, must have seen some rough things in his life.”[/list]

[list]| [sub]Jerzy Żebrowski, Junior Detective[/sub] | “Doesn't that sound German, sir? I thought they were expelled after the war.”[/list]

[list]| [sub]Alfons Ślepecki, Senior Detective[/sub] | “Most, but not all. He either went under the radar or simply migrated back here. He probably was born in the eastern part of Imperial Germany and moved here later.”[/list]

| [sub]As Detective Ślepecki rose to his feet, his gaze fell upon a note resting on the counter, presumably left by the killer. With a mix of dread and curiosity, Ślepecki's eyes scanned the contents. His junior observed a shift in his demeanor—a chilling transformation, his expression growing even colder with each word of the letter. Suddenly answering his junior before he even asked.[/sub] |

[list]| [sub]Alfons Ślepecki, Senior Detective[/sub] | “This is the one. Same writing style, same self-righteous rants, but this time, it's laced with xenophobic rhetoric. Forensics should arrive soon. Let's head back to the station and compare this scene to the first.”[/list]

[list]| [sub]Aleksy Janikowski, Police Officer[/sub] | “Detective, sir. A reporter is asking for you by name, and somehow, confidential information about the investigation is leaking.”[/list]

[list]| [sub]Alfons Ślepecki, Senior Detective[/sub] | “For heaven's sake, who leaked this to the public?”[/list]

| [sub]With his junior by his side, Ślepecki navigated through the growing crowd of reporters and concerned citizens. He assumed the impromptu role of the Warsaw Police Department's spokesperson, striving to contain the leakage of confidential details and reassure the public. Despite his efforts, the barrage of probing questions from persistent reporters resulted in the release of damning information. The cat was out of the bag, and the entire city was now set to learn about its first serial killer. It was going to be a long day for Ślepecki.[/sub] |

[sub]² A Series: The Terrorizer of Warsaw, The monster remerges from the darkness and now the whole city is aware.[/sub]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Abessinienreich

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sudesam

Kyntosia

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Post by Zubimendi suppressed by Paramountica.

Zubimendi

idk im bored

Post by Czechny suppressed by Paramountica.

Czechny

can we work with Texico and make a bigger alliance with them

Post by Czechny suppressed by Paramountica.

Czechny

you know what f you paramountica you can suck a d

Rio Munti Declares Independence in Close Referendum

December 2, 1967

| After their liberation from Spain by the Cameroonian armies, the lands of Equatorial Guinea were split in half. The prosperous and (in the future) oil-rich island of Bioko was split off from the now-rump state of Rio Muni. Cameroon having no real aims to hold onto the impoverished, and economically unuseful lands of Rio Muni, left the fate of land up to a referendum.

The Cameroonian Unionists: The Popular Idea of Rio Muni Party

| The Popular Idea of Rio Muni Party would be the largest of the groups advocating for Union with Cameroon. Led by Clemente Ateba, José Epota, and Antonio Eqoro the IPRM would be a collection of African nationalists, anti-colonialists, and Marxists all of whom had been enthusiastic supporters of the Cameroonians during the war.

The IPRM argued that Rio Muni would be economically weak, and unlikely to ever prosper unless a part of a large nation like Cameroon.

Rio Muni Independence: United National Workers Party

For many, the idea of remaining under Cameroons boot heel was unappealing. Despite the economic weakness, and near vassalage Rio Muni would still be preferable to being ruled over by a state that did not care for them; or would treat them as a minority region. These fears, and ideas would coalesce behind Francisco Macías Nguema and his United National Workers Party. The PUNT would be instrumental in stoking ethnic nationalist sentiments among the 90% Fang population.

Nguema is an enigma and by all means should not be in the position he is in. After failing the Spanish civil servant exam, 3 times, he became a legal clerk under the colonial administration. As a clerk he took bribes from Spanish officials to purposely interpreted people’s languages wrong, to help the Spanish government win cases. These actions were thought of by the Spanish government to be signs of leadership position and he was rapidly elevated.

Of course, Nguema is recognized for his erratic public appearances and personal eccentricity, that would only grow more pronounced as time went on.

The 1967 Rio Muni Independence Referendum

Should Rio Muni be an independent country?

Yes: 56%

No: 43.9%

Unreadable: .1%

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[list][list]NOVEMBER 1967

[sub]135 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street[/sub][/list]

[pre] T H E S E C O N D R E P U B L I C [/pre]

DISTRICT 1 — AFTERNOON

[sub]SAIGON, Vietnam Sv[/sub]

| Orange and white umbrellas lined the mall up to the Independence Palace, and throughout the city, red and yellow South Vietnamese flags flourished. U.S. Vice President HUBERT HUMPHREY, Korean Prime Minister PARK CHUNG-HEE, Thai Deputy Prime Minister PRAPHAS CHARUSATHIEN, and other foreign officials came to Saigon’s Presidential Palace to shake hands with new President NGUYEN VAN THIEU and Vice President NGUYEN CAO KY. To commemorate the occasion, Saigon will take a brief break from the war in a series of 48-hour ceremonies and state receptions, fireworks, and a National Day military parade. To ensure that the Viet Cong did not make their preparations, as they did when they attacked the National Day reviewing stand in ‘66, police officers arrested all known Communists and raided their meeting places. Saigon’s police officers grabbed their shotguns and Police Chief NGUYEN VAN LUAN offered a reward of $8,400 for the capture of terrorists. Around 6,000 civilian and military prisoners will be amnestied and released from prison. |

[list]| NGUYEN VAN THIEU, [sub]The President[/sub] | “Today is a great day for the nation.”[/list]

| Almost 73% of the electorate chose a 137-member House of Representatives from around 1,200 candidates. Much more than the 60-man Senate, the newly elected House reflects the weaknesses and divisions of Vietnamese political life. Although the average age of winning candidates is 40, few have any experience in politics and only about half have any identifiable political allegiance. They are made up of ultraconservative nationalists to radical, non-Communist leftists, and include 16 representatives of Vietnam’s ethnic minorities, 18 former deputies who drafted the country’s new constitution, 27 military officers on leave or retired, 33 civil servants, 25 teachers, and 14 Buddhists militants. Despite fears that Catholics will use their specialized political organizations to dominate the House, only 18 of the new representatives are Catholic. Only two of the representatives are lawyers, and Robert’s Rules of Order are certain to suffer an early defeat. |

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[pre]١٩٦٧, Agustus — August, 1967

Eilat Harbor, Few Kilometers Offshore, Eilat, State of Israel (Falesteen Al Muhtala)[/pre]

[list][pre]The Republic Of Sudan • جمهورية السودان[/pre][/list]

[list][list]SUDAN CUTS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH YHE ZIONIST ENTITY[/list][/list]

As the morning Fog began to lift, the cargo vessel, Semra, on her way to Eilat Harbor on the Israeli Coast, had suddenly come to a halt, commotion seemed to grapple the bridge of the ship, with the crew members quarreling amongst themselves, and the captain seeming distressed with the whole situation. The Semra is a cargo ship, tasked with carrying out an “under the table” deal between the Sudanese Republic and the Israeli State, that would see Sudanese merchant fleets assisting in the carrying of Israeli Goods from Eilat and through the Suez Canal, where they would be otherwise be blockaded if it was to be carried by an Israeli vessel. During the six-day war and the subsequent occupation of the Sinai by Israel, Semra and much of her fellow ships headed to Eilat from Port Sudan had been put on high alert, with only a handful of ships ever willing to risk the journey into hostile waters, and risk being discovered and even sunk by either suspicious Israeli or Arab missiles.

This under-the-table operation had first begun with the Azheri Administration, following his visit to Jerusalem in 62’, and had since then been largely forgotten by the bureaucracy currently run by the Lwoki Administration. However, as the diplomatic pressure of the Arab world came bearing down on Khartoum, coupled with Lwoki’s increasing dissatisfaction with the Israeli government and its continued arrogance in the face of what the administration called, “a total diplomatic failure on the Zionist front” Lwoki had prepared to move ahead with undoing all the efforts of the previous administration to normalize and legitimize Israel in the region. First, it started with the shutting down of air travel between Khartoum and Tel Aviv, then with the closure of consulates in Gaza, Tel Aviv, and Haifa. And finally, it ends with the shipping routes and the last hold out of diplomatic avenue between the Arab world and the Zionist entity.

Semra was the last ship to sail to Eilat, by the time it had reached only a handful of kilometers from the shores, she was directly ordered by the Lwoki Government back home to turn around and not unload or load any additional cargo onto the ship or Vice Versa onto the harbor. The Semra was to return to Port Sudan immediately. A slight problem, however, likely the cause of the commotion on the bridge, was what to do with the 41 Jewish passengers onboard the Samra, who had used the ship as a passageway to Israel. Just as many before them had used the trade routes as a much more affordable and cheap mode of transport as opposed to Jewish citizens of Khartoum, who were much more able to afford flights to Israel. It was finally decided for them, that they were to be sent home to Sudan as well, much to their anger and sorrow.

[pre]Sudanese Embassy, Al-Ya’aqubi Street in Azzahara, Jerusalem, State of Israel (Al-Quds, Falesteen Al Muhtala)[/pre]

Later that day after the situation in Eilat, the Sudanese Flag fluttering above the yard at the Embassy in Jerusalem, just outside the walls of the Old City, would be lowered, taking with it a relationship that was meant to serve as the foundation of peace between Israel and her Neighbors. Sudan’s official Ambassador to Israel, Azeez Tahaldeen, had been ordered back to Khartoum once he had closed down the last diplomatic mission of The Republic of Sudan in Israel. Within the same time, the Lwoki Administration had expelled the Israeli Ambassador from Khartoum, as Parliament had voted to officially sever Diplomatic ties with the State of Israel. This was followed by an official statement from the Office of President Benjamin Lwoki:

[list]President Lwoki :| “This country could not have made it any clearer, for long, Sudan had avoided relations with powers that can stand to harm our Allies. Earlier this year we are faced with the same dilemma, our closest partners, our Allies in the United Arab Republic, along with Sudan’s neighbors had been attacked viciously by the Zionist ideology of Israel, and our diplomatic and economic relations with Israel could stand to harm our own brothers and sisters in Sinai and and in the Arab world. Israel had proven itself to be a force of conquest in the region, and had shown itself to be no friend of peace, and no friend of the Sudanese people in its act of imperialism against the UAR, Syria, Gaza, and the Hashemites. It is for that reason that this Government has ever so righteously decided… to cut all economic, political, and diplomatic ties with the State of Israel until the lands of the Arab people in Sinai and Golan are rightfully returned to her people in the UAR and Syria, as well as calling on the freedom of Gaza and the East bank from the Israeli occupation once and for all. But do not mistake my dismay, or this Government’s indifference to the State of Israel, as a chance for the looters and the criminals to capitalize on the diplomatic failures of the hostile power, to seek harm on the Jewish population of Khartoum or all Sudan, remember, they are Sudanese first before anything, any threats against your fellow countrymen like the events of the July Riots would not be taken lightly. We are a nation of laws, and we maintain that nation by being citizens of the law.”[/list]

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AL-NASRU LENA!

AL-NASRU LE SUDAN!

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

Sudesam

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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[list][pre]DECEMBER of 1967[/pre][/list]

[pre]THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

Союз Советских Социалистических Республик[/pre]

[pre]FIRST SECRETARY PYOTR MASHEROV OF BYELORUSSIA OVERSEES THE FULL REALIZATION OF THE KOSYGIN REFORMS IN MINSK AND BEYOND[/pre]

[pre]ПЕРВЫЙ СЕКРЕТАРЬ БЕЛОРУССИИ ПЕТР МАШЕРОВ КУРИРУЕТ ПОЛНУЮ РЕАЛИЗАЦИЮ КОСЫГИНСКИХ РЕФОРМ В МИНСКЕ И ЗА РУБЕЖОМ[/pre]

| [sub]In October of 1966, weeks after he formally became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin departed for Minsk, the capital of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, which bordered Poland, to meet with a person who, then, was one of the few high-ranking SSR chiefs who backed Kosygin's calls for economic reforms the year prior. That man was Pyotr Mironovich Masherov, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia, who became First Secretary in 1965 with the backing of allies within the CPB, who rallied around him and against Tikhon Kiselyov, the candidate supported by the Kremlin, then controlled by Nikita Khrushchev's moderate CPSU faction. He was a prominent reformist, and one of the highest-ranking backers of the 1965 Kosygin reforms initiated a year prior. Byelorussia was one of the most liberal SSRs in the nation, with public discussions on the economy being frequent in the republic, especially in Minsk, the capital. Within his first year in office, Masherov embarked on an effort to transform the Byelorussian SSR from an undeveloped republic to what he describes a "center for science and an industrial powerhouse for the Union".[/sub] |

| [sub]The initial meeting between Kosygin, now head of the Soviet Union, and Masherov brought the latter significant political capital in Byelorussia, allowing him the leeway to advance his reformist agenda. Alongside Uzbekistan and other reformist SSRs, Byelorussia was pushing for the implementation of more advanced levels of political, social and economic reforms on a more local level to begin a test campaign of sorts to decide whether the country was ready for such a level of reforms. In the year since Kosygin's ascension to power, Byelorussia has already begun the process of change. Masherov unveiled goals to double state grain harvests within two years and establish a technocratic style of governance with the appointment of experts rather than politicians to lower-level policy positions. A teacher by background, Masherov also pushed for historically large educational initiatives especially in the sciences, in cooperation with experts like Nikolai Borisevich and Mstislav Keldysh, which eventually inspired similar reforms on the national leve by the Kremlin.[/sub] |

| [sub]The Byelorussian First Secretary is also an ardent defender of Kosygin's economic reforms that began in 1965 and, by this time in 1967, was already ramping up. Critics from a newly reborn conservative wing of the CPSU were slowly working behind the scenes to restrict the scope of the reforms, and the reformist wing of the party were working to defend their position. Masherov was a crucial defender of the reforms, pointing to "extremely positive" results in Byelorussia as proof of the success of the reforms. He personally visited several top Politburo and Central Committee members to campaign on behalf of securing the reforms and their integrity.[/sub] |

| [sub]Masherov's leadership has already seen positive changes in Byelorussia's economic status. Initial reports already show that investments are flowing in from state and other coffers, and his consistent visits to Moscow have allowed state-run energy companies to begin eyeing the eastern Soviet Socialist Republic as a potential base for new Eastern operations. The young leader was regarded within top reformist circles as a bright rising star within the Communist Party; he was personally close and allied with General Secretary Kosygin, and was known to be a fiercely independent thinker and decisionmaker, which was a trait present in many Soviet reformists today. He recently addressed the People's Congress for Workers Social Development ("Народный конгресс рабочих за социальное развитие") in November, outlining his efforts as First Secretary in Byelorussia to encourage reforms, stand strong against capitalism, while adjusting to the times and "adopting to new circumstances". For reformists, the future shines brighter than ever as Kosygin surpasses an entire year in office.[/sub] |

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[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Tallahan, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Bhaarat Lok, Zingium

Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia

Cartagena, Departamento de Bolívar, República de Colombia

13 de diciembre de 1967

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Colombian Border Authorities Intercept Massive Marijuana Shipment in Cartagena

Autoridades fronterizas colombianas interceptan envío masivo de marihuana en Cartagena

In a significant blow to the burgeoning narcotics trade, Colombian border authorities have successfully intercepted a colossal shipment of marijuana in the bustling port city of Cartagena. The seizure, which took place earlier this week, has sent shockwaves through law enforcement agencies and underscored the escalating battle against drug trafficking in the region.

Reports indicate that the intercepted shipment, consisting of several tonnes of marijuana, was destined for the United States, highlighting the growing trend of Colombian criminal organizations expanding their operations to meet the increasing demand for marijuana in North America. The seizure is just the latest in a series of cases where Colombian authorities have thwarted attempts to smuggle illegal narcotics out of the country.

The demand for marijuana in North America has created a new and lucrative market for criminal enterprises operating in Colombia. Similar to the situation in Mexico, where illicit drug activities have flourished, the criminal underground in Colombia is now capitalizing on the rising demand for narcotics. The intercepted shipment in Cartagena is a stark reminder of the challenges law enforcement faces in curbing the exponential growth of illegal drug trafficking.

Local authorities have been grappling with the escalating issue, and the recent interception marks a significant step in their efforts to stem the flow of narcotics. The concerned police officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, revealed that the growing number of cases is a cause for alarm. There is a fear that if not addressed promptly, Colombia may become an increasingly attractive location for narco-traffickers looking to exploit the region's strategic geographic position.

Officials are acutely aware of the potential consequences of the unchecked rise in drug-related activities within Colombia. In a press conference held in Cartagena, the Colombian Minister of Defence, Gabriel Rebeiz Pizarro, addressed the media, expressing the government's commitment to tackling the narcotics trade head-on. He stated, "We are fully aware of the gravity of the situation. The recent interception is a testament to the increased vigilance of our law enforcement agencies. We will spare no effort in eradicating this menace and safeguarding our country from becoming a haven for narco-traffickers."

The intercepted shipment in Cartagena is believed to be linked to a well-established drug trafficking network operating in the region. Authorities suspect that this network has been responsible for several previous attempts to smuggle narcotics into North America. Investigations are underway to identify and apprehend the key figures behind this illicit operation.

Colombian law enforcement agencies are implementing a multi-pronged strategy to tackle the issue comprehensively. Increased surveillance, intelligence gathering, and collaboration with neighbouring countries are some of the measures being employed to curb the flow of illegal drugs. Furthermore, the government is focusing on public awareness campaigns to educate citizens about the detrimental effects of drug trafficking on society.

The interception in Cartagena has highlighted the need for a unified global effort to combat the narcotics trade, as the demand for illicit substances continues to transcend international borders. The Colombian government remains resolute in its determination, as it faces the critical challenge of curbing the alarming rise of illegal drug activities within its borders.

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Maziya, Hatzburg, Vietnam Sv, Bhaarat Lok, Zingium

БЪЛГАРСКО НАЦИОНАЛНО РАДИО

Казанлък, Старозагорска област, НРБ

13 декември 1967 г

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Bulgarian Communist Party's Nuclear Energy Push Sparks Hope for Restoration of Seuthopolis Ruins

Ядреният тласък на Българската комунистическа партия разпалва надежда за възстановяване на руините на Севтополис

The Bulgarian Communist Party's renewed commitment to nuclear energy has ignited hopes for the restoration of the sunken ruins of Seuthopolis, an ancient Thracian city submerged beneath the waters of the Koprinka Reservoir. The city, founded by Thracian king Seuthes III between 326-315 BC, served as the capital of the Odrysian Kingdom, a once-mighty Thracian state that ruled over a significant portion of modern-day Bulgaria. The ruins, discovered during the 1950s as a result of construction efforts for the Koprinka Reservoir, have been hidden beneath the reservoir's depths, a controversial consequence of Bulgaria's push for industrialization under then-Chairman Valko Chervenkov.

Chervenkov's decision to prioritize the advancement and industrialization of Bulgaria over the preservation of ancient heritage sites stirred controversy at the time. The construction of the Koprinka Reservoir, designed to meet the nation's water and energy needs, submerged the ancient city of Seuthopolis, much to the dismay of historians and archaeologists. Public interest in the site and the Thracian heritage of the Bulgarians, however, has experienced a resurgence in recent years, fueled in part by the global acclaim of the Panagyurishte Treasure, discovered alongside Seuthopolis's ruins and belonging to King Seuthes III.

The Panagyurishte Treasure, including a famed ceremonial gold vessel, has become a symbol of Bulgarian culture and history, gaining international recognition. The artifacts are set to make their way to the upcoming World Expo, showcasing the rich heritage of Bulgaria and drawing attention to the Thracian legacy. This has prompted renewed discussions about the fate of Seuthopolis and whether the ruins might see the light of day once again.

The recent announcement by the Bulgarian Communist Party regarding the construction of new nuclear power plants as a cornerstone of the nation's energy strategy has raised questions about the future of the Koprinka Reservoir and the submerged ancient city. While the focus on nuclear energy is a clear indication of Bulgaria's commitment to advancing its industrial capabilities, it has also prompted speculation about the potential reevaluation of past decisions regarding Seuthopolis.

Historians and archaeologists have long argued that the restoration of Seuthopolis could be of immense cultural and historical significance, not only for Bulgaria but for the broader Balkans and Europe. The city, a key political and cultural center during the Hellenistic period, housed architectural marvels and artistic treasures that could offer valuable insights into the ancient Thracian civilization. The prospect of reclaiming and preserving this cultural heritage has kindled the hopes of many, but the feasibility of such an endeavor remains uncertain.

Dr. Elena Dimitrova, a prominent archaeologist specializing in Thracian history, expressed cautious optimism about the recent developments. "The commitment to nuclear energy marks a new era for Bulgaria, and with it comes an opportunity to reconsider the fate of Seuthopolis. The city is a unique window into our past, and its restoration would not only enrich our understanding of Thracian civilization but also contribute significantly to our cultural identity."

Despite the optimism, challenges abound. The Koprinka Reservoir was a product of meticulous planning and considerable investment. The logistical and financial implications of draining or relocating the reservoir to uncover Seuthopolis would be substantial. Additionally, concerns about potential environmental impact and displacement of local communities add further complexity to the decision-making process.

Political observers note that any decision to restore Seuthopolis would require a delicate balance between cultural preservation and practical considerations. The Bulgarian Communist Party, while expressing a commitment to cultural heritage, is primarily focused on the nation's economic and industrial development. The Koprinka Reservoir, a symbol of that development, stands as a testament to past priorities.

The prospect of reclaiming a lost piece of Thracian history resonates beyond Bulgaria's borders. Scholars and enthusiasts hope that a synergistic solution can be found, one that aligns with Bulgaria's industrial aspirations while respecting the cultural significance of Seuthopolis.

In the short term, however, the likelihood of a decision to restore the ancient city remains low. The challenges involved in such an undertaking, coupled with the pressing need for energy infrastructure, suggest that Seuthopolis may continue to remain submerged beneath the waters of the Koprinka Reservoir, an enigmatic testament to a bygone era, until a more viable solution emerges.

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Cascadla, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Maziya, Hatzburg, Vietnam Sv, Bhaarat Lok, Zingium

[list]December 1967

[sub]BUDAPEST - HUNGARIAN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC[/sub][/list]

[list][list][pre]| A HUNGARIAN “HUNDRED FLOWERS CAMPAIGN”[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]| A szociális tér reformja folyamatban van [/pre][/list][/list]

| In 1956, a little over a decade ago, the Hungarian people rose against the government, its policies, and its puppeteered status in what has now been called the Hungarian Uprising. Although put down by an illegal intervention, the uprisings’ spirit of reform has yet to die within the general populace and has found a new foothold in the government. As dramatic reforms swept across Central and Eastern Europe, especially in Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, reformists within the Hungarian government seized the opportunity to embark on a new era of economic and political reforms.

Taking inspiration from the East, the Government would support a public campaign to encourage intellectuals to discuss nationwide issues.. The targeted campaign, although limited to the academic sphere, is designed to stimulate the promotion of art, science, and consensus on national policy. To assist in its facilitation, the Political and Social Affairs Committee has been created and charged with decision-making on functional issues of the area. The commission is expected to cut across government and party and effectively act as an interagency executive body for reform and an advisory body for the public campaign in general.

The Government has further created the Central Economic Commission, another interagency executive body, and will act as the core decision-making body concerning economic reform and finance. This will include the removal of unqualified individuals from posts and recommendations to respective ministries and the Central Committee. The CEC following its recent creation will focus on the reform of the economic space and the construction of economic ties with non-Eastern Bloc states. With the commission being the core of economic reform, the Government is seeking to make headway on the General Secretary’s pledge of reform tuned toward Hungary and the Hungarian condition first.

As the intellectual space is open for critique, criticism, and recommendation and the country embarks on economic reform, the General Secretary, Party, and Government remain confident in their ability to deliver for the Hungarian people. Principally, they remain confident in their ability to navigate their obligation to Hungarians with the geopolitical situation of the times. However, it is the consensus throughout all levels of society that all actions must serve Hungary first, a position which may prove difficult. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Maziya, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Bhaarat Lok, Zingium

Romanian Elections: End of the Year Secures Romania Under Strong Leadership

[sub]December 1967, Central Committee of The Communist Party of Romania, Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania[/sub]

[sub]IX Congress of the Romanian Communist Party[/sub]

| The IX Communist Party Congress took place from the 10th to the 14th November 1967 in the capital of Bucharest. The IX Congress proved itself as an important event for the political landscape of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Highlight of the congress was His Excellency Comrade Constantin Rotaru General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of the State Council, President of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Supreme Commander of The People's Army, beloved and esteemed son of all Romanian people, the Genius of the Carpathians' triumphant re-election as the General Secretary of the Party. His Excellency's re-election was not merely a continuation of leadership but a reaffirmation of the party's commitment to the National-Communist ideology. This gathering of party elites delved into intricate discussions on both domestic and international affairs, culminating in the adoption of a number of resolutions that would sculpt the trajectory of Romanian nation in the upcoming years, as well as the introduction of a new 5 year plan in which the Socialist Republic of Romania has committed to the further development of infrastructure, increasing the production and introducing new production models, the further development of the Romanian industry as well as the possible creation of the Romanian Nuclear Program with Soviet aid.

[sub]Presidential and State Council elections[/sub]

| Earlier in the same month, the presidential elections unfolded, and His Excellency, Constantin Rotaru, Genius of the Carpathians, faced the electorate with resounding success, securing a staggering 97% of the votes, a landslide, a thunderous applause from the masses. This extraordinary mandate not only cemented His Excellency's status as a political stalwart but also showcased the unassailable bond between him, the Communist Party and the Romanian people.

While the Presidential elections were undergoing, the Great National Assembly voted on who the President of the State Council would be over the next 5 years.

Astonishingly, His Excellency Comrade Constantin Rotaru General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of the State Council, President of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Supreme Commander of The People's Army, beloved and esteemed son of all Romanian people, the Genius of the Carpathians secured 100% of the votes, extending his tenure as the President of the State Council by 5 years.

[sub]Parliamentary elections[/sub]

| Simultaneously, the parliamentary elections of the Socialist Republic occured. The "Front of Socialist Unity," an electoral juggernaut aligned with the Romanian Communist Party, emerged victorious with an astounding sweep—securing all 465 seats in the parliamentary assembly. The parliamentary composition resulting from this electoral hurricane handed the Communist Party an unparalleled mandate, a legislative carte blanche that would be instrumental in propelling their legislative initiatives and policies.

[sub]| His Excellency's continued leadership, coupled with the Communist Party's overwhelming victories, reflected both the strength of the socialist system as well as the popularity among the 19 million hard working Romanian people. |[/sub]

[sub]E scris pe Tricolor unire! Pe roșu steag liberator! Prin lupte sub a lor umbrire, spre Comunism urcăm în zbor![/sub]

[sub]Trăiască Partidul Comunist Român în frunte cu al său secretar general, tovarășul Constantin Rotaru![/sub]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Bhaarat Lok, Poland1St, Zingium

Krasnodarnia: Annexation of the Southen Senegal province of Lawrence

Krasnodarnia is a fledgling nation spurring from the Soviet Union's anti-colonization relief program in Africa. We are now seeking to liberate the people of Senegal from imperialist French control, and we are currently attempting to pull together a delegation from at least 10 countries on the matter of the legality of this annexation. Our votes showed that 73% of Senegalians, as well as 68% of the Gambia, wish to leave their British and French controllers. For the Soviet Union: We would like armed support, in case it comes to that. How much would you be willing to offer? We already have diplomats attempting, and succeeding to form neutrality or support treaties with neighboring countries.

The World Revolution Shall live long!

Kewtpuff

[list][pre]| Ergens, ergens niet zo ver weg, in Wallonië...[/pre]

[sub][pre]8 DECEMBER 1967, MAANDAG[/pre][/sub][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]// THE UNITED KINGDOM OF BENELUX

VERENIGD KONINRIJK VAN DE BENELUX

ROYAUME-UNI DE BENELUX //[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤThe Academie du Namur, the primary French-language university in the Benelux region, is set to cease operations after 105 years. The closure comes in the wake of allegations accusing the institution of fostering extremism, supporting social unrest, and condoning malicious intent. A recent incident unfolded at Place d'Auvergne which is located on the left wing of the campus, involving Francophone students advocating for Walloon independence and the dissolution of the Benelux Union. Around three hundred citizens joined the protest against the Dutch-speaking government of The Hague, resulting in negative publicity for the university. The escalating violence from the demonstrations led to police intervention, prompting the temporary shutdown of the campus by the Brussels State Police. Numerous arrests were made for "disrupting public peace."

Amidst scrutiny targeting the deans of various faculties, the university has declared its intent to dissolve entirely. This entails the expulsion of all one thousand and two-hundred-and-sixteen students and the termination of employment for its fifty faculty members. The Academie du Namur, once the sole French-language university in the Benelux region, is met with diverse reactions following its decision to disband. This development follows the earlier merger of the Université Libre de Bruxelles into the larger Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel, transforming it into a unilingual institution. The closure of Academie du Namur amplifies the existing polarisation within the region, evoking varied sentiments.

Prime Minister Mathijs van Veerenjans subsequently spoke to the public concerning the university's closure, asserting its "necessity." He emphasised that the Academie had long “harboured fascistic and ethno-nationalistic ideologies”, which were, “deemed detrimental to the broader Beneluxish society”. Following his original statement, he later added that the institution “was funded by the [socialists] of the East, who wish to destabilise the free Western Europe.”. The decision to close the university and Prime Minister Van Veerenjans' comments triggered outrage among the Francophone Benelux, leading to widespread protests and movements against the state. However, the growing scepticism towards Rattachisme and Walloon secessionism within the Dutch-speaking Benelux has garnered support for the Prime Minister, widening the schism between the Walloon nationalists and Dutch unionists. This support is particularly pronounced because the mentioned movements are primarily associated with socialists and left-wing politics, which face significant unpopularity and criticism among Dutch and Flemish citizens.[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]ㅤㅤ| EENDRACHT MAAKT MACHT! |

ㅤㅤ| UNITY MAKES STRENGTH! |ㅤㅤ[/pre]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

Sudesam

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Bhaarat Lok, Zingium

EXPO 1967 | Republica Socialistă România

[sub]December 1967, Central Committee of The Communist Party of Romania, Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania[/sub]

[sub]First exhibition[/sub]

| The first Romanian exhibition at the 1967 World Expo held in Montreal, Canada, unveiled an unprecedented delve into the rich tapestry of Romanian history history. The exhibition showcased mere artifacts, but also transcending into a compelling saga that spanned one important part of the two millennia of Romanian history: the Dacian, Thracian, and Roman civilizations.

The chronological narrative commenced with the enigmatic Dacian civilization, celebrated for its mystique and resilience. Artefacts meticulously arranged in glass cases showcased the distinctive craftsmanship and intricate metallurgy of the Dacians, emphasizing their mastery in the art of war and the enigmatic Dacian Draco that fluttered defiantly in the face of adversity.

Transitioning seamlessly, the Thracian epoch unfolded, illuminating the mosaic of cultures that permeated the region. A captivating array of pottery, intricate gold jewelry, and sculpted reliefs depicted the Thracian life, highlighting their profound connection with nature and spirituality.

The climax of the exhibition unfolded in the resplendent Roman era, where opulent frescoes, finely crafted marble statues, and remnants of grand architectural marvels painted a vivid picture of the imperial might. A life-sized replica of Trajan's Column, adorned with intricate bas-reliefs, stood as a testament to the grandeur of Roman conquests.

[sub]Second exhibition[/sub]

| The exhibition unfolded chronologically, with the second exhibiton commencing with the captivating tale of medieval Transylvania. Visitors were greeted by illuminated manuscripts, heraldic emblems, and finely crafted weaponry that echoed the chivalric ethos of the principality. Replicas of Corvin Castle and Bran Castle served as the focal point, evoking the grandeur of the medieval era.

Transitioning to Wallachia, the ambiance shifted to reflect the nuanced blend of Ottoman and European influences. Artifacts, including ornate carpets, traditional costumes, and depictions of the famed ruler Vlad the Impaler, painted a vivid picture of Wallachia's unique synthesis of cultures, both east and west.

The narrative reached its zenith with Moldavia, where the brilliance of medieval frescoes, intricate wooden architecture, and a symbolic recreation of the painted monasteries transported visitors into the heart of a flourishing cultural and spiritual hub.

A dedicated section celebrated the landmark year of 1859, when the dream of a unified Romania began to materialize. Artefacts, documents, and artistic renderings portraying Alexandru Ioan Cuza, "the unifier" and the diplomatic intricacies that led to the union of Wallachia and Moldavia, laying the foundation for a stronger, united nation.

As the chronicle progressed, the tumultuous journey toward independence materialized. The exhibit featured poignant displays of the struggles and sacrifices of the Romanian people, with a section set in the year 1878, when Romania emerged as a sovereign nation, free from Ottoman dominion.

[sub]Third Exhibition[/sub]

| The third exhibition begins with the aftermath of the 1878 Treaty of Berlin, which marked the independence of Romania from Ottoman suzerainty. Visitors were immersed in the grandeur of Belle Époque, where opulent artifacts, period clothing, and rare photographs portrayed the flourishing cultural and economic landscape of the Romanian principalities, after 1880, the Kingdom of Romania.

The narrative then transitioned to the early 20th century, a period of profound significance. The crowning jewel of the exhibition was the celebration of the 1918 unification of all Romanian territories, including Transylvania, Bukovina, and Bessarabia. A meticulously recreated tableau vividly depicted the momentous event, capturing the euphoria and aspirations of a united nation.

Within the exhibition, a dedicated section celebrated the flourishing cultural renaissance that accompanied Romania's Kingdom Years. Visitors marveled at displays of iconic literature, avant-garde art, and the architectural marvels that adorned the burgeoning cities. The inclusion of original manuscripts, paintings, and architectural blueprints offered a glimpse into Romania's vibrant intellectual and artistic scene.

The grand finale of the exhibition encapsulated the post-World War II era and the advent of the people`s ideology in Romania in 1947. Exhibits explored the complex circumstances that led to the establishment of the Peoples Republic, marking the conclusion of the kingdom years and the beginning of a new, brighter chapter in Romanian history.

[sub]Fourth Exhibition[/sub]

| The fourth exhibition offers a captivating exploration of the nation's rich cultural heritage. This immersive showcase aims to transport visitors into the heart of Romanian life, offering a vibrant mosaic of traditions, arts, and everyday existence

The exhibition celebrates the cultural richness that emerged from Romania's diverse regions. The exhibition featured carefully curated displays highlighting the distinct traditions, costumes, and dialects of Transylvania, Wallachia, Moldavia, and other regions. Each section of the pavilion acted as a portal into the unique cultural identity of a particular area, fostering an appreciation for the nation's multifaceted heritage.

Artisans and craftsmen demonstrated traditional skills, offering live presentations of pottery, woodcarving, weaving, and other artisanal practices. Visitors had the opportunity to witness the creation of intricate folk art, enhancing their understanding of the labor and artistry embedded in Romania's cultural legacy.

A dedicated space pulsated with the energetic rhythms of Romanian folk music. Live performances, featuring traditional instruments and colorful costumes, transported visitors into the heart of village celebrations and festive gatherings. The exhibition encouraged audience participation, inviting visitors to join in traditional dances and experience the communal spirit of Romanian festivities.

The Exhibiton also recreates the atmosphere of traditional Romanian festivals and celebrations. Elaborate displays depicted events like the springtime "Martisor" festivities, the vibrant Easter celebrations, and the lively summer fairs, providing a vivid snapshot of the customs and rituals that punctuate the Romanian calendar.

The aromas of traditional Romanian dishes permeated a dedicated section, where visitors could savor the flavors of Romanian cuisine. Culinary experts offered cooking demonstrations, presenting iconic dishes such as Mămăligă, Sarmale, and Mici, alongside a variety of regional specialties. The culinary exploration served as a gateway into the heart of Romanian hospitality and gastronomic heritage.

While rooted in tradition, it also acknowledged the evolution of Romanian culture. Contemporary art installations, modern interpretations of traditional dances, and displays of emerging artists showcased the dynamic nature of Romanian cultural expressions.

To enhance visitor engagement, interactive workshops were scattered throughout the pavilion. Attendees could try their hand at traditional crafts, participate in folk dance workshops, and even sample the art of storytelling, inviting a deeper connection with the cultural elements on display.

[sub]Fifth Exhibition[/sub]

| The Romanian Pavilion at the 1967 World Expo revealed its fifth and final exhibition, an ambitious showcase encapsulated the dynamic period from 1947 to present day.

The exhibition pays special homage to key sectors such as metallurgy, heavy machinery, chemical production and vehicle manufacturing, emphasizing their role in forging the path toward a self-sufficient and prosperous socialist state.

Woven throughout the exhibition was a pervasive narrative championing the virtues of National-Communism, the ideology of all Romanian people. Murals and exhibits depicted scenes of collective labor, jubilant citizens, and the symbolic unity between workers and the state. The overarching theme sought to instill a sense of collective pride and purpose, presenting communism as the indispensable catalyst for Romania's ascent.

At the heart of the exhibiton stood an altar of adulation for His Excellency, Comrade Constantin Rotaru, acclaimed as the "Genius of the Carpathians." A charismatic visionary, His Excellency is lauded for his leadership in steering Romania towards industrial excellence. Exhibits showcased his speeches, quotes, portraits and achievements, portraying him as a stalwart architect of the nation's prosperity.

A special focus of the exhibition was dedicated to Romania's advancements in transportation. A dazzling array of vehicles, from sleek automobiles like the future Dacia 1100 to mighty SR-131 trucks and efficient U650 tractors, illustrated the nation's commitment to modernizing its infrastructure, symbolizing the triumph of engineering under the guiding hand of His Excellency Comrade Constantin Rotaru General Secretary of The Communist Party of Romania, President of The Presidium of The Great National Assembly, President of the State Council, President of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Supreme Commander of The People's Army, beloved and esteemed son of all Romanian people, the Genius of the Carpathians.

[sub]E scris pe Tricolor unire! Pe roșu steag liberator! Prin lupte sub a lor umbrire, spre Comunism urcăm în zbor![/sub]

[sub]Trăiască Partidul Comunist Român în frunte cu al său secretar general, tovarășul Constantin Rotaru![/sub]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Bhaarat Lok

[list][list]SHOWA 42 | DECEMBER 1967[/list]

[list][list]祈りと教会と長崎

[pre]PRAYER, CHURCH, AND NAGASAKI[/pre][/list][/list]

[pre] T H E 2 6 M A R T Y R S [/pre]

[list][list][sub][pre] オー・スネイル 富士山に登ろう でも、ゆっくり、ゆっくり

O Snail; Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly![/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

ŌURA CATHEDRAL — MORNINGTIME

[sub]NAGASAKI, Nippon-Nihon[/sub]

| In 1597, when Japan was still under the rule of feudal lords, a group of Catholics were executed because the government was suspicious of foreign influence and was also concerned about colonialism. Today, 370 years later, aboard a Japan Airlines plane, unbuttoning the last button on his suit, Conservative Prime Minister EISAKU SATO travels to Nagasaki to announce his government’s new plans. After the plane landed in Nagasaki, the PRIME MINISTER and his team were welcomed by priests and bishops. Despite not being Catholic, SATO respects Japan’s secular state, established in the post-war constitution declaring that the country will guarantee religious freedom. A day later, in an expensive hotel, SATO meets with journalists to announce the new changes. The Japanese government is willing to give a large amount to renovate existing Catholic churches and build new ones in Nagasaki, the government’s objective is to redeem itself, since 370 years ago 26 Catholics were executed. |

[list]| EISAKU SATO, [sub]The Prime Minister[/sub] | “We regret what we did in the past.”[/list]

[list][list]私たちは過去に行ったことを後悔しています。[/list][/list]

| However, some were against SATO’s formal apology to the Catholic Church, but most praised him. Upon leaving the hotel, SATO paid a visit to the Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan, built to honor the Twenty-Six Martyrs. It was completed in 1864. Ōura Cathedral became a National Treasure in ‘33. Unfortunately, during the war, the cathedral was destroyed by the atomic bomb in ‘45, but was later renovated. SATO also laid a wreath at Nagasaki Peace Park, building it to honor the citizens who lost their lives when the atomic bomb hit the city. Before returning to the hotel, the PRIME MINISTER visited three more churches to show that the government supported the Catholic community. SATO attended a mass and then spoke to the priest. Modern Japan is very different from feudal Japan, now religious freedom is placed above all. |

Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Holy Vatican City States, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Spain-, Vietnam Sv

Post by Zubimendi suppressed by Metropolitan Francais.

Zubimendi

I got banned of the discord server :(

[list][list][pre]K I N G D O M O F G R E E C E • Β Α Σ Ί Λ Ε Ι Ο Τ Η Σ Ε Λ Λ Ά Δ Α Σ[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list]SPREADING THE SPIRIT OF HELLAS : THE EXPANSION OF HELLENIC TRADE AND DIPLOMACY[/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][sub]GROWTH THROUGH DIPLOMACY, Adriatican Islands[/list]

[list][list]DECEMBER, 1967[/sub][/list][/list]


 | Greece's position in the international community has been shaped by collaboration with right-wing governments. For years, Greece had strayed away from any "allies" of communism, or any left-wing states, however, due to an increasing need for a shift in foreign policy to continue to bolster the Greek economy, this doctrine was soon abandoned. The Greek economy's growth was still present, however was still unstable. This came from a lack of diversified trade, and a lack of exports to foreign nations. As a result, Greek Foreign Minister Panagiotis Pipinelis, along with Greek Economic Minister Adamantios Androutsopoulos began a campaign to bolster Greek interests globally and to create new relations all over the world. Following the royal dictatorship's loosening of international and political restrictions, the first task of the two ministers was to immediately solidify Greece's image as a reliable, dependable and trustworthy trading and diplomatic partner in the international community, and garner mutual trust between Greece and any nation that it may have deals with. |

[list] BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA, Ranponian — The beginning of Greece's diplomatic adventures began right at the heart of Greece's former rival — Belgrade, the People's Confederation of Yugoslavia. As a result of Yugoslavia's exit from the Warsaw Pact, Athens and Belgrade ushered in a period of detente, and the gradual expansion of diplomacy, solidified by the reopening of the Greek Embassy in Belgrade. Relations were further bolstered following a trade deal between Greece and Yugoslavia, along with Greece purchasing a substantial chunk of the Yugoslavian shipping industry. [/list]

[list] TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, Israelli — Greece's foreign policy with the State of Israel had always been a mixed bag. With an increasing need to balance out relations with Israel and the Arab States, Greece had been rather light when it came to relations with the Jewish State. Relations were marked by the opening of a Greek Consulate in Tel Aviv. Greek diplomats also raised the idea of Israeli participation in an Eastern Mediterranean Gas Pipeline to Israeli officials, however, this remains a mere concept. [/list]

[list] TOKYO, JAPAN, Nippon-Nihon — The State of Japan had always been seen in a neutral light in Greece. Relations were bolstered following Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako's attendance of King Constantine II and Queen Anne Marie's wedding in 1966, and relations could not stop there. Following a meeting between Greek and Japanese government officials and private investors, it was agreed that Japanese consumer goods, such as cars, would be sold in Greece. These cars included Toyota, Mitsubishi, and Suzuki. [/list]

[list] SEOUL, KOREA, Rutannia — Foreign relations between Greece and the Kingdom of Korea have been present ever since the early 1950s, with Greek involvement in the Korean War. Ever since, Korea has been one of Greece's top military buyers, with Greek tanks being present in the Korean Army. As a result of this long-standing military history, Greece and Korea formed an agreement to further bolster Korea's naval capacity. Greek naval architects and engineers would be sent to Korean shipyards to aid in the design and development of the first domestically produced Korean warships. [/list]

[list] BONN, WEST GERMANY, New Provenance — Greece and the Federal Republic of Germany already maintained solid diplomatic relations, through both the European Community and NATO. However, it was not limited to these two organisations, as Greece purchased several dozen locomotives from the Germans, with them now being in service on Greece's main railway lines. Most importantly though, a shipping deal was organised between Greek and German shipping companies, along with speculation of a possible visit by German Chancellor Willy Brandt to Greece in the coming months. [/list]

[list] VALETTA, MALTA, Kewtpuff — The history of Greece and the Sovereign Order of Malta had gone back thousands of years, however a modern revamp of relations was indeed essential to continued partnership between the two countries. Tourism campaigns by both the Greek Line and Olympic Airways ( Greece's national shipping line and airline ), were created to bolster tourism to Malta from Greece, specifically Rhodes. A deal was also created to facilitate the docking of Greek warships in Maltese Ports, along with the capability to repair Greek warships in these ports. [/list]


 | These deals were only the start of Greek diplomacy though, with plans to expand Greek diplomacy further south to the African Continent, along with new partners in the Middle East. This was only the first wave of many more friendships to come, as Greece continued to look towards new markets, and subsequently, new opportunities for the country to expand its already growing capacities. The most crucial question that arose however was the future between Greece and the Republic of Türkiye ( The Kemalist Republic Of Turkiye ), as notably, relations had been on the negative side ever since the Cypriot War of 1964. Plans to make amends with Ankara are underway though, and hopefully, a bright and prosperous future between the two Aegean nations, and usher in an era of Hellenoturkish hegemony. It was clear though that these new deals had greatly bolstered Greece's image globally, along with aiding Greece domestically. Greece's possession of international consumer goods was essential to the continued research and development of Greece's industry and greatly benefitted the country. |

[list][list][spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Lieobria, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Maziya, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Newauroria

[list]December 1967

[sub]The Philippine Constabulary[/sub][/list]

[pre]E N F O R C I N G T H E L A W[/pre]

[list][pre]"Does the communist threat even exist?"

Questions are raised as President Marcos's agenda pushes higher funding for the Philippine Constabulary,

the national police force, especially towards new programs to "root out communists and dissidents".[/pre][/list]

| The agenda of PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS has been largely defined by national defense and what he calls a "crusade to defend our New Society". After his narrow victory over Liberal candidate Genaro Magsaysay, Marcos entered office pledging sweeping societal investments, reforms and funding for historic new social programs aimed at building his trademark "Bagong Lipunan" ("New Society") in the Philippines. With the support of Nacionalista Party majorities in both chambers of Congress that are marching in what is effectively lockstep with the President's agenda, Marcos has passed significant legislation towards this goal: Reforms to social security and pensions programs, massive infrastructure and public transportation projects, bolstered funding for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, changes to the public school system, and more. The progressive-leaning Liberal Party of the Philippines, led by top opposition senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, has led criticism of the Marcos administration, with Aquino and other top journalists being critical of what they called a "rapid consolidation" of power by Marcos. |

| As is his standard rhetoric, however, Marcos shrugged off the criticism publicly and pushed through his next wave of legislation. In mid-November of 1967, with his administration's first year and a half drawing to a close, Nacionalista Party loyalists to Marcos introduced legislation to the Philippine House of Representatives allocating massive funding increases for the Philippine Constabulary and associated law enforcement agencies. As Vice President under Camilo Osias from 1962 to 1966, Marcos built a strong relationship with the law enforcement and the armed forces, regularly voting to support funding increases for these agencies. In a speech to a crowd of supporters assembled at Clark Air Base in Pampanga province, Marcos described the new legislation - which would also grant unprecedented powers to the Constabulary to "root out communists and dissidents" - as a "necessary part of our efforts to build our New Society". |

[list]| [sub]FERDINAND MARCOS, Philippine President[/sub] | "We cannot build a new society if the rot of the old remains. Communism and socialistic elements in our society, in our schools and in our government still remain. We have to move on from that, and I trust the PC [Philippine Constabulary] to deal with that issue and make these streets safe for our children again."[/list]

| Congress was immediately embroiled in the debate over the legislation. Courtesy accorded to the opposition in Philippine politics still allowed them to present a spirited opposition to the bill despite the Nacionalista Party legislative whips rallying the sufficient votes necessary to pass the legislation, and then some. The debate, however, happened publicly and against the backdrop of the VIETNAM WAR, which was rapidly developing and escalating into a major conflict against communism. The Marcos administration had already expressed its "enthusiastic willingness" to support U.S. operations against North Vietnam, which Marcos has described as a "scourge that is hurting the Vietnamese people". Public opinion was on his side, with many polls indicating that well over 70% of Filipinos were supportive of a harder line against communism. With this in mind, the Liberals did not have the public pressure it needed to kill the legislation. |

| At a stately event at MALACANANG PALACE, with his wife Imelda and his ten-year-old son Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. at his side, PRESIDENT MARCOS signed the National Constabulary Reform Act of 1967 into law. Orders were immediately delivered to the General Constabulary Headquarters in QUEZON CITY for execution. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Lieobria, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Newauroria

[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

FRENCH BUREAUCRACY

MINISTÈRE DES SCIENCES ET DE L’INGÉNIERIE[/pre][/list]

______

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: CONCORDE MAKES ITS DEBUT IN TOULOUSE

[sub]VTH REPUBLIC | PARIS, DECEMBER 1967 [/sub][/list]

[pre] CONCORDE — THE FUTURE OF AVIATION [/pre]

[sub]TOULOUSE, ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF OCCITANIA, FRENCH FIFTH REPUBLIC[/sub]

[sub]| HELM OF EXPÉRIMENTATION, MINISTÈRE DES SCIENCES ET DE L’INGÉNIERIE - | Last Monday, the British-French supersonic Concorde 001 made its first trip, although it was merely a short hop at Toulouse, France's Sud Aviation facility. This week, some 800 airline officials and members of the press will have the opportunity to view the elegant bird as it was dragged to a suitable display spot with its front wheels jacked up to allow the 38-foot tail structure to fit through the hangar doors. On February 28, if all goes as planned, the 191-foot prototype will takeoff on its first flight.[/sub]

[sub]President Charles de Gaulle will consider the Concorde's flight to be a personal triumph. According to one observer: "The Concorde will get into the air if De Gaulle has to grab it by the tail and throw it up himself." The financially strapped Britons, however, are becoming less and less enthusiastic about the initiative. Construction costs for the delta-wing plane has risen. The two nations are spending an estimated $1.4 billion on its development, compared to the original 1962 estimate of $450 million, without a single sale and only 104 options taken thus far. A modest one-third of the development costs will need to be recovered by selling 200 of the option orders, which are projected to cost an additional $500 million to fill. Airlines have seen the cost of a Concorde increase from an initial estimate of $7,000,000 to $21 million per aircraft, including spare components. About $3,000,000 has been placed by option signers for future delivery.[/sub]

[sub]Investors of the Concorde anticipate that if it enters service, it will capture a sizable portion of the market before the US supersonic transport, which is scheduled to take to the skies in the middle of the 1970s, challenges it. The Russians, who have recently stepped up their efforts to sell aircraft, pose a possible threat on these routes; their 120-passenger supersonic TU-144 might take off before the British-French aircraft. Before the Concorde and eventually the SST can enter the commercial market, a number of technical issues still need to be resolved. The fact that the aircraft must be approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration is one major possible roadblock. If the FAA determines that the Concorde is not airworthy, the French will undoubtedly protest that the FAA is taking too long to approve the plane, in an effort to prevent the Concorde from surpassing the Boeing model. The fuel and noise issues are of special concern to the FAA. Large amounts of jet fuel are consumed by the four powerful Olympus engines, necessitating reserves that will increase weight and decrease revenue. The question is still how much gasoline will be needed and how much can be carried.[/sub]

[sub]The Concorde's ability to continuously produce supersonic bursts while cruising—not to mention the noise it makes when it accelerates—is the biggest obstacle of all. There aren't any established noise standards as of now. Furthermore, while crossing an ocean without any problems should be possible, breaking a sound barrier over a populated region would destroy more than just windows.|[/sub]

[list]______[/list]

[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!

VIVE LA FRANCE!

VIVE L’EMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]

[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]

Abessinienreich

Adriatican Islands

Al-Jammahirya Al-Arabiyya

Amsterwald

Andorra-

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Astarina

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Earstenia

East Germany Ddr

Falastinyya

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hollunde

Holy Vatican City States

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Le Equatoria

Lucki

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Monaco-

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Ngiera

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Osivoiii

Ozbekssr

Paramountica

Paseo

Poland1St

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Republica De Cuba-

Rutannia

Salisbury-Southern Rhodesia

Saudi Arabiyah

Slipway

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spain-

Spartansk

Tallahan

The Confederate Prussian Empire

The Kemalist Republic Of Turkiye

The United States Of Africa

Vancouver Straits

Veliki-Kolombia

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

Zeitenwende

Zingium

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Paramountica, The Confederation Of Northern Germany, Lieobria, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Federated Arab Emirates, Sixth French Metropolitan Republic, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Holy Vatican City States, Federated Turkey, Nasrid Algeria, New Provenance, Monaco-, Andorra-, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv

RELIGION | EXPLAINING THE VARIED RELIGIONS OF KOREA

[list][sup]Korea has had a long and varied relationship with religion, from the early days of Sindo, a native Korean religion that focused on a variety of dieties that failed to achieve the same status as Vietnamese or Chinese folk religion. To the arrival of Buddhism in the 4th century followed by Confucianism that changed the face of Korean society with its teachings still influencing those who do not practice it. To the present where nationalist and Marxian influences in religion saw home grown religions emerge and flourish as a form of resistence against Japanese occupation, Johwa being the one that dominants the religious landscape.[/sup]

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1979008

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

[/spoiler]

Paramountica, Lieobria, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Holy Vatican City States, Metropolitan Francais, Kewtpuff, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv

Post by Sans Union suppressed by Paramountica.

Sans Union

THE TRAGEDY THAT SHOOOKSANS UNION

september 11th 1969 4:20

a guy was driving a plane when all of a sudden the plane HIT the TWIN AMOGUs sorry for lack of detail also the sus trade center exploded also i had a stroke reading your stories and dies in my brain

[list][list]NOVEMBER 1967

[sub]Two Days of Celebrations[/sub][/list]

[pre] N E W P R E S I D E N T [/pre]

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY — AFTERNOON

[sub]SAIGON, Vietnam Sv[/sub]

| The battle of Loc Ninh had to share the headlines with a very important event: the inauguration of President NGUYEN VAN THIEU and Vice President NGUYEN CAO KY, Vietnam’s first elected government in six years. What impressed everyone most was that the government managed to hold two days of celebrations without any interference from the Viet Cong, except for a few mortars that fell in the palace garden. Saigon’s National Assembly building shone in the tropical sun. 25,000 soldiers lined the streets leading to the square in front of the Assembly, and in the stands were representatives of 22 nations, including Vice President HUBERT HUMPHREY. THIEU and KY, both dressed in suits, arrived in twin Mercedes 300s to take the oath. THIEU, with KY following two steps behind, first lit a symbolic flame of freedom in a large urn, then ascended the steps to take the oath of office. When it ended, young Vietnamese ladies released hundreds of colorful balloons into the air. |

[list]| NGUYEN VAN THIEU, [sub]The President[/sub] | “Now we share the same concerns; I will trust your eyes to see more clearly and your concern to gain better knowledge.”[/list]

| The new South Vietnamese President led the government’s retinue and the foreign leaders to a reception at Saigon’s Presidential Palace. After the reception, he returned to the National Assembly to deliver another speech, offering them “mutual respect and sympathy” and inviting them to be part of an effort to strengthen the foundations of South Vietnamese democracy. THIEU, with a wide smile on his face, was cutting a six-foot-high red and yellow cake almost two meters high. The next day, crowds of Saigonese lined the streets around Unity Square to watch a military parade to commemorate the overthrow of NGO DINH DIEM. The parade featured a Vietnamese drill team and, even better, a flyover of jets, transports, and helicopters. There was also a combined honor guard of Thais, Koreans, Nationalist Chinese, Filipinos, New Zealanders, Australians, and Americans, followed by combat troops and a 56-member Korean army band. |

Paramountica, Rutannia, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Tallahan, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Spain-, Ngiera, Zingium

[ Return of the King ]

[ São Bento Palace; Lisbon Portugal. 1966-67 ]

| Standing in the empty chambers of the assembly, Frederico looked around at all the desks and chairs of those who would soon be either his ally’s or his enemies. Silently he thought about what was to occur within the next few minutes, when the assembly members would arrive and he would be declared king of Portugal. The first king of the nation since the 1930’s, thirty years since the death of his relative and thirty years of a government that repressed and stagnated his people. Frederico himself was not an anti-colonialist and he was not a communist, but he was also not a fascist. The man who would soon be king of Portugal and the slowly deteriorating empire, was a monarchist in the purist form. He knew that in todays world that was not truly possible or practical, hence why others like Silva would help guide him through the world of today. A heavy sigh of weight would leave him as he walked up the small incline of desks, standing where the prime minister himself and the speaker would sit. Guards watched on from the doors and the balconies looking over the assembly, as their soon to be monarch turned and looked at the main doors leading into the chambers. Despite his protests, he was not dressed in a simple suit but his military dress uniform, adorned with medals he had earned in his service along with those denoting him to be of the royal family that stood the test of time Portugal for hundreds of years. Lowering his head slightly, he would take a breath and pray silently as he heard the chatter of the assembly members getting closer to the main doors into the chambers. Frederico raised his head as the guards opened the doors, allowing the first members of the assembly to arrive and see him. Clear shock was evident on their faces as they made way for the other members, all of whom could only look on as they made their way to their desks. Not a single man uttered a word, merely staring at Frederico as he was semi-bathed in the lights of the chambers. Silva stood on one of the balconies with the guards, while the civilian members of their conspiracy took their places in the chambers. When all the members of all the different parties were seated, Frederico did not give them a chance to speak and try to shout him down. |

[ Frederico Braganza, King of Portugal: ] “Gentleman, I stand before you today as a man who knows nothing but grief for the state of my country. The state of this country is deplorable, good sirs, and you all have a hand in it being so. From allowing such tyrants to dictate the way our people live, the way our people do business, to policing them for simply having an opinion of the state itself.” Silence still held true in the chambers, as many men looked away or down in shame. This man was no stranger to them, and the garments he wore of the royal house Braganza only proved it even more.

“You know of the colors I wear, the colors of House Braganza, the last royal family of this nation before it fell into the hands of those who did not deserve to lead it. I have seen children begging in the streets, while men such as you profit from a war where our soldiers, MY soldiers, fight and die so that the ideals and virtues of our nation are not squandered by communist fools in Africa!” Those who agreed with Frederico smacked their hands to their desks, most of these were members of FPLP or certain members in the UN itself, the National Union party that Salazar had led himself.

“Gentleman… Go home. Your services will no longer be required for the remainder of the day, and for those of you who know of what I speak and are guilty of it. I suggest you do the honorable thing and turn yourself in for your crimes, lest things take a more violent turn that you will regret.”

| Absolute silence fell over the chambers after his words, many would be tempted to cry out and denounce Frederico as a fraud or an usurper. Except the guards and soldiers watching from the various balconies made such thoughts a bad idea, for it was becoming very clear that this was not a fight they could win. Frederico and his fellow conspirators had planned this perfectly, a peaceful and bloodless transition back to Portugal’s old ways of being a monarchy. While it would not be a absolute monarchy, it would not entirely be a constitutional monarchy either and things would be a hybrid of the two systems itself. The relatively young monarch was confident, and had many advisors and generals he could rely upon. Leaving him in a position far better than most, one that he hopes will help the empire endure and prosper, even sacrifices do need to be made and examples of those who would try and stop him. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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-- SOUTHERN RHODESIA --

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DECEMBER 1967

|-| RHODESIAN GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES RACE ROLLS |-|

With mounting pressure and a lack of friendly states, the Rhodesian government has caved and established race rolls within the country

Summary

| Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith has announced that race rolls will be officially put into law on the New Year, and with preparations and implementation in mind, will come into nationwide effect on the 10th of January, 1968. Race rolls have been an extremely important step in the process of deracialising Rhodesia, and as such has been the point of much debate within both the public and government. The policy which will establish race rolls has been heavily criticised by members of Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front party, who have frequently voted in favour of racialised policy, but in a surprise, enough compromise has been offered to achieve a majority of the votes needed.

Bill Passing

| The House of Assembly, which needed to pass the bill for it to go to the Senate, voted in favour of the bill on the 10th of December. Twenty-three out of fifty (23/50) European Assembly members voted in favour, the only branch to not secure a majority. The vote was only saved by all sixteen (16) African Assembly members voting in favour, resulting in thirty-nine of sixty-six (39/66) Assembly members voting in favour of moving the bill to the Senate, a majority only by three (3).

| On the 17th of December, the Rhodesian Senate and House of Assembly voted in favour of the bill. All ten (10) of the African senators voted in favour, seven out of ten (7/10) European senators voted in favour, and one out of three (1/3) of the Presidentially-appointed senators voted in favour of the bill. In total the bill was passed by the Senate with a vote of eighteen to twenty-three (18/23) in favour of the bill.

| With a majority of votes in both chambers of the Rhodesian parliament, race rolls have been established (with compromises). The passing of the bill has seen mixed reactions. Whilst most European-descendant Rhodesians are happy with the changes to the policy and its implementation and believe it to be important for continued existence, a minority have pushed for the repealing of the bill while a smaller minority have turned to more radical elements. The government has placed many individuals under supervision in the wake of these new problems.

Compromises (in list form)

- House of Assembly race roll seats will not be the initial twenty-eighty (20-80) European-African, instead being fifty-forty-seven-three (50-47-3) European-African-Asian.

- The Senate will have fifty (50) seats with twenty-nine-nineteen-two (29-19-2) European-African-Asian.

- If the upper chamber (Senate) has a split vote, the speaker will be given the final choice.

- The Presidentially-appointed Senators will always maintain their seats unless removed by the administration.

- Non-European Senators will not be able to vote on changes to the position of Prime Minister or President.

- All Senators must be whitelisted by the ruling administration.

Changes to the Independence Constitution of Rhodesia

ARTICLE I: "Whereas in the course of human affairs history has shown that it may become necessary for a people to resolve the political affiliations·which have connected them with another people and to assume amongst other nations the separate and equal status to which they are entitled:" has been changed to interpret and allow race rolls (the separate and equal status to which they are entitled).

ARTICLE II: "And Whereas in such event a respect for the opinions of mankind requires them to declare to other nations the causes which impel them to assume full responsibility for their own affairs." is now an official declaration of Rhodesia's right to designate who gets a vote and to what value for the sovereignty and security of the nation (whole article).

ARTICLE VI: "That the people of Rhodesia have witnessed a process which is destructive of those very precepts upon which civilization in a primitive country has been built; they have seen the principals of Western (change: "Western" removed) democracy, responsible government and moral standards crumble elsewhere; nevertheless they have remained steadfast;" Rhodesian maintains the right to designate what is responsible for their nation (whole article).

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Paramountica, Rutannia, Lieobria, The Confederate Prussian Empire, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Cascadla, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Tallahan, Adriatican Islands, Maziya, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Zingium

Post by Eastwornia suppressed by Paramountica.

Eastwornia

My nation eastwornia is a democratic republic.We hate comunists .We love liberty,and freedom.We are in the [balkans]

United Taoist People

Post by United Taoist People suppressed by Paramountica.

United Taoist People

Hello!

I am new in this region and I would like to tell you something about my great nation.

The Community of United Taoist People is a fledgling, cultured nation, renowned for its burgeoning Clownfish population. The democratic, devout population of 6 million Taoists hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny government prioritizes Spirituality, although Welfare, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important, while Industry is ignored. The average income tax rate is 9.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fair United Taoist Peoplean economy, worth 241 billion Tao Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,220 Tao Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, meat-eating is frowned upon, classes at United Taoist People City University get canceled on Brancaland's Independence Day, and counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients. Crime is almost non-existent. United Taoist People's national animal is the Clownfish.

Eastwornia

[list][pre]| Ergens, ergens dichtbij huis, in Amsterdam...[/pre]

[sub][pre]9 JANUARI 1968, DINSDAG[/pre][/sub][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]// THE UNITED KINGDOM OF BENELUX

VERENIGD KONINRIJK VAN DE BENELUX

ROYAUME-UNI DE BENELUX //[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤLodewijk Eerbek, a prominent journalist recognized for his work throughout Europe, departed from his home on 103 Bloemstraat in Amsterdam during the hours of the early afternoon on New Years' Day. At the pinnacle of his career as a journalist and reporter, Eerbek had gained widespread recognition for his numerous articles featured in major newspapers, such as De Telegraaf, with his name resonating with every citizen due to his outspoken stance on the Walloon Crisis and his active involvement in the anti-Rattachist movement. And like any other, he was en route to his office that day.

With his suitcase in hand, tie securely fastened, and the front door closed behind him, Eerbek made his way to his car step by step. Stepping off the sidewalk, he reached for the door handle to enter the vehicle, only to be met with a devastating explosion that marked the tragic end of his journey. Unbeknownst to him, a booby trap had been meticulously set beneath his cherished Pontiac GTO by members of the Walloon armed group Les Éveillés just hours earlier. This act was part of the group's recent wave of assassinations targeting pro-Dutch journalists, politicians, and public figures.

As the sixth victim of the terrorist group, Lodewijk Eerbek's death would decorate the front pages of major newspapers the following day. His murder, coming soon after the killing of academist Sijbrand den Oude, would intensify the public outrage against the Walloon nationalists, who have become the most despised group in the country. The State Police, hunting down the culprits, would find itself in perhaps the most difficult situation as the whole nation was now living in terror, anxiously waiting for when the next horrific assault would be reported on the morning paper.[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]ㅤㅤ| EENDRACHT MAAKT MACHT! |

ㅤㅤ| UNITY MAKES STRENGTH! |ㅤㅤ[/pre]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

Sudesam

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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[list][pre]Ripples of Revolution | أمواج الثورة[/pre]

[sub][pre]18 February 1964, Baghdad[/pre][/sub][/list]

As the sun hung low in the sky over Baghdad on the chilly morning of February 18, 1964, an unusual tension clung to the air, mingling with the brisk winds that swept through the city. The normally bustling streets of the Hashemite Kingdom, adorned with the rich history of Mesopotamia, were now overshadowed by an ominous stillness. Unbeknownst to most, the political climate was about to undergo a seismic shift. The skies, typically clear and bright, seemed to mirror the uncertainty that loomed over the ancient city. A subtle haze lingered, casting an eerie paleness over the domes and minarets. The atmosphere in Baghdad, a city known for its vibrant markets and vibrant culture, now held its breath as the winds of change whispered through its alleys, heralding the impending storm of revolution and the birth of a new era.

| Amina moves about her daily chores in the palace, overhearing whispers among the palace guards about the unusual activities.

Amina: (whispering to herself) Something doesn't feel right. The guards seem on edge...

| Captain Jamal Farid approaches Amina, attempting to keep her quiet.

Captain Farid: (hushed) Keep your ears closed and your lips sealed, Amina. Change is upon us, and not everyone will be pleased.

[The Prime Ministers Office, Baghdad, Iraq. Qasim and Abdul Salam Arif plan the coup in secrecy, finalizing the details.]

Qasim: Inshallah, tomorrow, the monarchy falls, and a new Iraqi Republic will arise. Arif, if we are to succeed we must move quickly.

Arif: Our forces are ready, Karim. Much of the Royal Army units responsible for security in the capital are away for drills. By the time they return, it will be time for them to declare their allegiance to the Republic or face the firing line...

[8:47 AM, February 18 1964, Hashemite Army units loyal to Qasim move through the capital, quietly securing key locations and reliving loyalist forces of their posts, while a combination of army personnel, Communist militants, and Kurdish militiamen move on the Palace.]

Captain Farid: (Speaking to his contingent of Palace Guards) Men, now is not the time to ask questions. You are to follow my orders and the orders of the Prime Minister, nobody else within the Palace. Is that understood? If any man takes issue with these orders you will be confined to barracks until further notice.

Palace Guards in unison: Yes sir!

Captain Farid: (gesturing to about 10 men in front of him) You men, move to the Prime Ministers Office and provide support to Prime Minister Qasim. The rest of you, with me. We're moving to secure the royal wing.

[Meanwhile, Qasim's coalition of army personnel Communist militants, and Kurdish militiamen surround the Palace as King Faisal and Crown Prince Abd al-Ilah are confronted by the Palace Guard, unaware of the impending danger.]

King Faisal: (in disbelief) What madness is this!? What's going on!? What is the meaning of this?! You answer to me!

[Qasim enters the scene, flanked by a detail of Palace Guards.]

Qasim: (coldly) The end of foreign colonial rule in our lands. The future of our homeland is now ours and ours alone. Guards, execute the King and the Crown Prince....

The sound of gun shots ring throughout the halls of the Palace, an eerie stillness settled upon the once majestic residence. The echoes of gunfire still lingered in the air, juxtaposed by the opulent surroundings that now bore witness to the end of an era.

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

Sudesam

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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[list]1968년 01월 9일

[sub]A Close Confident[/sub][/list]

[list][sub]Suzaku Tanaka - The Man at Prince Hee-seung’s Side[/sub][/list]

[sub]Jongno District, Seoul, Korea[/sub]

| The Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul was something of an outlier amongst the bustling buildings, traditionally the residential quarter of high-ranking government officials and nobility during the Joseon period. It had become well known for its Hanok style houses, a traditional design type dating back to the 14th century. The neighbourhood was clean, quiet, and had an air of calmness around it, almost left behind by the rest of the city. The silence would only be broken by the sound of shoes clacking against the cobbled streets. |

| Suzaku would be returning home. It was early evening and the sky was a brilliant mixture of purples and yellows, lighting the streets ahead. As he approached the front door he could hear the chaos that awaited him inside, with a small sigh he turned the key and with a click it opened. |[list]

[sub]Suzaku Tanaka: “I’m home.”[/sub][/list]

| The sound of bounding footsteps flooded Suzaku’s ears as he hung his bag up on the hooks, slipping off his shoes and stepping into his slippers. He’d quickly find himself surrounded by two of his sisters who began instantly flinging questions his way. |[list]

[sub]Misaki: “How was it?”[/sub]

[sub]Rei: “Did you go to the throne room again?”[/sub]

[sub]Aiko: “Did you sit on the throne?”[/sub]

[sub]Misaki: “Hey that was my second question!”[/sub]

[sub]Kiyo Tanaka: “Girls, let your brother get in the door first, I’m sure he can explain it to you all later.”[/sub][/list]

| The voice would call from further into the house, a small sigh of relief would fall from Suzaku’s lips as he made his way into the living area, his sisters once again scattering going back to their usual activities. Looking around the house it would be hard not to think you were in Japan, trinkets, paintings, and the layout all seemingly mirrored that of a Japanese household. |[list]

[sub]Suzaku Tanaka: “Thank you Okāsan, I hope your day was good?”[/sub]

[sub]Kiyo Tanaka: “It was fulfilling, better now you’re home. I trust it went well?”[/sub]

[sub]Suzaku Tanaka: “It did. I have news but I was going to wait until father was home. Where is he?”[/sub]

[sub]Kiyo Tanaka: “He’s had to rush back to Japan. His sister's health has taken a turn for the worse.”[/sub][/list]

| Her tone was hushed to avoid any unwanted ears hearing her words, Suzaku would keep a neutral face merely nodding as his mother spoke. His shoulders would slump slightly as he looked to the ground. |[list]

[sub]Kiyo Tanaka: “I know it's not the news we were hoping for, but unfortunately that is the reality we face, but please don’t let your sisters know. He’s gone on business as far as they’re concerned. I know you’ve not be close to your father as of late, but he will need us if the news really is true.”[/sub]

[sub]Suzaku Tanaka: “I understand. I feel like he looks through me sometimes.”[/sub]

[sub]Kiyo Tanaka: “Your father is trying to get his head around it. You being at the Palace so often, he’s just worried for you. It’s strange for him. He spent the best part of five years working at the Government-General Building, and now you’re there practically everyday. He just wants you to get working.”[/sub][/list]

| Suzaku’s father, Masao Tanaka, was sent to Korea in 1937 with his wife Kiyo, and three young children. An administrator, Masao eventually worked his way up to a position in the Governor-General Building as Kim Jun-won’s (the Minister for Korean Affairs) many advisors in 1939. The outbreak of the war and Japan’s subsequent defeat in 1945 saw them flee back to Japan to a country they didn’t recognise. |[list]

[sub]Suzaku Tanaka: “Yes, and I will be now.”[/sub]

[sub]Kiyo Tanaka: “Oh?”[/sub]

[sub]Suzaku Tanaka: “His majesty has appointed me as Prince Hee-seung’s Royal Secretariat.”[/sub][/list]

| The room would be filled with the sound of a plate shattering, as Kiyo stood there somewhat shocked, before a beaming smile graced her face hugging her son tightly. Smothering him in kisses. The sound of the plate would attract the attention of Suzaku’s sisters who had now gathered in the doorway of the living area. |[list]

[sub]Kiyo Tanaka: “This is fantastic! Oh, this is such wonderful news Suzaku!”[/sub]

[sub]Suzaku Tanaka: "I have accepted, but I worry about fathers job."[/sub]

[sub]Misaki: “What does that mean?”[/sub][/list]

| The mother and son would be interupted as the pair looked to the three sisters, Suzaku with a smile walked over looking to his younger siblings, half crouching so he could meet the eyes of the youngest, Aiko. |[list]

[sub]Suzaku Tanaka: “It means I help Prince Hee-seung arrange his royal engagements, make sure he knows where to go, and know who he’s meeting. Most importantly I have to keep him company, it’s apparently quite lonely being a Prince.”[/sub][/list]

| Kiyo would look on as Suzaku explained to his sisters what his new job was. She was thrilled, but her smile faltered a little as she thought of her husband. Masao was not enthusiastic about the war, but he played his part. He had viewed Korea as a case of pest control, particularly after the bombing of the Governor-General building in 1944, but as the tides of war turned Masao had seen the cries for freedom, a people who felt like they had no home. Masao had been ordered back to Tokyo in January 1945, avoiding the chaos of the peninsula’s invasion, going on to have two more children including Suzaku in 1950, the pair returned to Korea when Masao had taken up work in first in the Japanese Embassy, before being appointed the Japanese ambassadors private secretary. Going on to have two more children, Aiko and Rei. She hoped that he’d be happy with her son's new role, working for the royal household, even if it was one he’d once worked against over two decades ago. |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Paramountica, Lieobria, Amsterwald, Victoria Harbor, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Tallahan, Maziya, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Zingium, United Taoist People

[list][pre]| De problemen zijn begonnen, een beetje ver weg, in Wallonië...[/pre]

[sub][pre]11 JANUARI 1968, DONDERDAG[/pre][/sub][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]// THE UNITED KINGDOM OF BENELUX

VERENIGD KONINRIJK VAN DE BENELUX

ROYAUME-UNI DE BENELUX //[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤOn a typical Tuesday evening, well past regular working hours, Monsieur Gaël Morel, the chief of the regional Walloon government in Namur stationed at the Château de Walzin, was concluding his tasks in preparation to leave as the clock approached ten. While organising paperwork for the next day, he raised his head to a familiar face knocking on his office door. In response to the invitation to enter, a young lady, holding a file and wearing a concerned expression, stepped into the office.

"Monsieur, we've just received an unexpected communication from The Hague," the woman stated, her demeanour expressing concern. "I believe it's imperative for you to read it urgently."

Fuelled by a mix of curiosity and concern, Morel stood up from his chair and walked over to the woman. Taking the file from her, he opened the cover to peruse its contents. As he delved into the message, his facial expression shifted, growing progressively tense and underscoring the unsettling nature of the information within, which he would finish in silence.

[/pre][list][pre]“...To the Regional Government of Wallonia and its elected chief, Sir Gäel Morel,

In light of recent incidents posing harm to our citizens, our state institutions, and national security, particularly linked to the escalating Walloon nationalist movement, it is with a heavy heart that we issue an ultimatum to safeguard the Dutch-speaking population within our union. The central government of Benelux, headquartered in The Hague, earnestly requests the voluntary and instant resignation of the Parti Socialiste, the ruling party, from government within the next 48 hours. This request stems from the perceived failure of the Walloon government to curb ethnic nationalism and radical extremism, which continues to grow in the region.

Rather than effectively addressing these concerns, the Walloon Government has, in fact, supported and endorsed groups responsible for tangible casualties and civil unrest. The current administration poses a threat to societal harmony, espousing ideologies with communist and ethnonationalistic undertones that adversely affect the union's international reputation. Non-compliance with the aforementioned ultimatum will lead to the enforced dissolution of the Walloon government, accompanied by the installation of a caretaker cabinet selected by The Hague.

Respectfully,

Louwrens Fiedeldeij

Minister of Interior”[/pre][/list][pre]

After placing the letter on his desk, Morel rubbed his fingers across his forehead in a display of frustration, emitting a weary sigh. He carefully returned the letter to the file and secured it in a designated spot within his office, the first row of his expansive bookcase. Retrieving his suitcase, contrary to the young lady's assumption, he wasn't preparing for an ordinary end to the workday.

"Madeleine, please notify Monsieur Duchemin and the regional cabinet that we'll convene for an emergency meeting at seven-thirty tomorrow morning. It's a matter of utmost urgency," he directed before swiftly leaving the office, grabbing his coat as he hurried out of the chateau. The challenges ahead were only the beginning for the Walloon government, and facing The Hague proved to be a formidable adversary for such a delicate institution, especially as the tensions were on their peak, resembling the end of many empires, which itself painted a worrisome picture.[/pre][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]ㅤㅤ| EENDRACHT MAAKT MACHT! |

ㅤㅤ| UNITY MAKES STRENGTH! |ㅤㅤ[/pre]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

Sudesam

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

FRENCH BUREAUCRACY

MINISTÈRE DE L’INTÉRIEUR[/pre][/list]

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MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR: UNREST SPARKS IN ALGERIA PROMPTING A GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

[sub]VTH REPUBLIC | PARIS, JANUARY 1968[/sub][/list]

[pre] THE RISE OF AL-RAHMAN [/pre]

[sub]ALGIERS, CAPITAL OF FRENCH ALGERIA[/sub]

[sub]| HELM OF LIBERTÉ, MINISTÈRE DE L’INTÉRIEUR - | Nothing nearly so characterized the utter ferocity of the Algerian Civil War as the barricades of cobblestones and sandbags from which its fiercest battles were fought against France. The barricades have reappeared the this week as submachine gun-wielding police officers and soldiers stopped movement on all roadways. Foreign press reporters and diplomats were told to avoid traveling far from Algiers and to stay off the roads. French troops of Algerian descent loyal to First Minister Houari Boumediene combed the streets of Algiers where large-scale protesting had occurred just a day before. The government had ordered a nationwide manhunt for a list of civilian plotters that included Algeria's Labor Minister Abdelaziz Zerdani. The individuals responsible for the unrest were led by Omar Muhammed Abd Al-Rahman Nasri, the self proclaimed Emir of Algeria, who has built a strong following over the last few years.[/sub]

[sub]Al-Rahman claims his family's right to rule over Algeria by citing his ancestral lineage which links the Nasri family to the Umayyad dynasty and by default the Umayyad Caliphate, Caliphate of Córdoba, Emirate of Córdoba, and Emirate of Granada. Al-Rahman comes from a successful family background and was sent off to the prestigious military college of École militaire in Paris when he turned 16 and was commissioned in 1936 as a second lieutenant. In 1940 he was ordered to return home to Algeria, were Al-Rahman fought with the Free French Forces and was subsequently promoted numerous times, achieving the rank of colonel by 1946. Following the end of the Second World War, he returned home to Oran where he helped his father on the family's estate until the start of the Algerian Civil War. In February of 1955, Al-Rahman went to Algiers and helped fight against the French, leading an F.L.N. battalion until the end of the war in 1962. Following the end of the war, Al-Rahman set about forming his own group of followers and advocating for Algerian self-determination and independence under an Emirate led by the House of Nasri. Over the recent months, Omar Muhammed Abd Al-Rahman has seen a drastic growth in the number of Algerians whom wish to follow him. Several former F.L.N. squad leaders and notable commanders have found themselves supporting Al-Rahman's rise to power which is what led to the violent protests in Algiers just a day before.[/sub]

[sub]With Al-Rahman and his most loyal supporters now likely hiding out in the snow-capped mountains, it is just a matter of time before they strike again and lead another anti-government protest. Luckily for Algiers and the French administration, the protests that have occurred were not as violent as the F.L.N. attacks of the civil war, however authorities do have reason to believe that some of Al-Rahman's followers may be armed. It is just a matter of time before real violence and bloodshed ravages the boulevards of Algiers. Whatever the outcome, it is likely that the French administration will blow things off like usual. However many Algerians claim Al-Rahman to be a purer revolutionary than any of the former leaders of the F.L.N. and he is quickly rising to become the voice of the disenfranchised Algerian people. There is no doubt at this point that President De Gaulle may soon be faced with another ultimatum on Algeria. |[/sub]

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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!

VIVE LA FRANCE!

VIVE L’EMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]

[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]

Abessinienreich

Adriatican Islands

Al-Jammahirya Al-Arabiyya

Amsterwald

Andorra-

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Astarina

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Earstenia

East Germany Ddr

Falastinyya

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hollunde

Holy Vatican City States

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Le Equatoria

Lucki

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Monaco-

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Ngiera

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Osivoiii

Ozbekssr

Paramountica

Paseo

Poland1St

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Republica De Cuba-

Rutannia

Salisbury-Southern Rhodesia

Saudi Arabiyah

Slipway

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spain-

Spartansk

Tallahan

The Confederate Prussian Empire

The Kemalist Republic Of Turkiye

The United States Of Africa

Vancouver Straits

Veliki-Kolombia

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

Zeitenwende

Zingium

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Establishment of Yemeni intelligence

ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ

[list][sup]Sanaa, Yemen Arab Republic

January 1968[/list][/sup]

[sup]After the return of the Yemeni officers from Cairo who received training in the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, the Yemeni Intelligence Department was established. It is expected that other delegations of officers who received training in the Soviet Union and Slovenia will return during the coming months to join the new Intelligence Department, The idea of establishing the Intelligence Department came after the case of the fugitive spy Shawqi al-Khudari.[/sup]

[sup]A dispute also occurred between the Minister of Defense Major General Abdullah al-Sallal and the Minister of Security Brigadier Ali al-Mahdi that the intelligence was subordinate to his ministry, and the President Lieutenant General Hassan al-Zaidi end dispute by having the intelligence department become the direct office of the President of the Republic, The department will be headed by Colonel Sami al-Awadi.[/sup]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Arcanda

Brazil Toucan

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sudesam

Turkiye 1St

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Lieobria wrote:[list][pre]Ripples of Revolution | أمواج الثورة[/pre]

[sub][pre]18 February 1964, Baghdad[/pre][/sub][/list]

[list][pre]Ripples of Revolution II | II أمواج الثورة[/pre]

[sub][pre]18 February 1964, Baghdad, 1:04 PM[/pre][/sub][/list]

Baghdad, Hashemite Kingdom*, afternoon of February 18, 1964. The atmosphere is tense, and a palpable sense of anticipation hangs in the air. The sun soars high above the horizon. Baghdad the once bustling capital now seems to hold its breath, as if awaiting a momentous event.

[Iraqi Broadcasting Corporation building, Baghdad, Hashemite Kingdom*. Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Arif prepares to address the nation on behalf of the revolutionaries]

Arif: (Clears throat) "Citizens of our new Republic....,

Today marks a historic turning point for our beloved homeland, a day that will resonate through the annals of our national history. As I speak to you, change is in the air, and the shadows of a bygone era fade away.

Our beloved homeland has undergone a tremendous transformation, one that is sure to be seen as a great leap towards the future molded by the hands of its people. Today the 18th of February, 1964, marks the end of a wretched monarchy that no longer served the legitimate aspirations of our people.

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Qasim, we the citizens of these Hashemite lands, orchestrated a movement to free us from the shackles of foreign imperialism and guide our nation towards a destiny shaped by its own sons and daughters. The orchestrators of this revolution did not conform to a single ideology or background, rather ordinary citizens from all walks of life joined forces to shape the destiny of our nation and pave a path to the future.

This revolution is not just a change in government; it is a promise to the people. A promise of equality, justice, and a future where the fate of of our nation will be determined here in Baghdad by the people, and not on the whims of an autocrat puppeted by foreign capitals. We know that our Republic will stand tall, and with your unwavering support, we shall build a nation that embraces the ideals of liberty, progress, and justice.

May this day be celebrated as the dawn of a new chapter in our nation story, and may those that sacrificed their lives in pursuit of a sovereign and just nation be remembered eternally as our national martyrs."

[End of broadcast]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

Sudesam

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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[list][list]SHOWA 43 | JANUARY 1968[/list]

[list][list]おかえりなさい、ヨウコさん!

[pre]WELCOME BACK, YOUKO![/pre][/list][/list]

[pre] S Ō D A I H A R U ¹ [/pre]

[list][list][sub][pre] オー・スネイル 富士山に登ろう でも、ゆっくり、ゆっくり

O Snail; Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly![/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

GINZA — MORNINGTIME

[sub]TOKYO, Nippon-Nihon[/sub]

| Working part-time as a clerk at a department store to help pay for college, young lady YOUKO HARA suddenly begins to miss someone, not the police officer she met at the airport, but a beautiful, talking green pheasant. The only thing she doesn’t like him doing is interrupting her when she’s talking. But a few minutes later, YOUKO received a visit from a mysterious man wearing a beautiful black suit and holding a black umbrella, entered the supermarket and walked towards him. |

[list]| YOUKO HARA, [sub]University Student[/sub] | “How can I help you?”[/list]

[list][list]どんな御用でしょうか?[/list][/list]

[list]| ISAMU MORI, [sub]Writer[/sub] | “Did you happen to see my pet?”[/list]

[list][list]たまたま私のペットを見ましたか?[/list][/list]

| YOUKO called her friends to help look for a missing pet in the market, but they couldn’t find it, so YOUKO asked the man to describe the pet’s appearance. As the man spoke, she realized that the descriptions matched HARU’s. She then asked him to accompany her to the manager’s office, but it was a lie, she was going to take him outside for a private conversation. |

[list]| YOUKO HARA, [sub]University Student[/sub] | “Do you know who Haru is?”[/list]

[list][list]ハルさんって誰だか知っていますか?[/list][/list]

[list]| ISAMU MORI, [sub]Writer[/sub] | “Haru? Did you give him that name?”[/list]

[list][list]ハル? あなたが彼にその名前を付けましたか?[/list][/list]

[list]| YOUKO HARA, [sub]University Student[/sub] | “Yes... I thought it was cute.”[/list]

[list][list]はい…かわいいと思いました。[/list][/list]

[list]| ISAMU MORI, [sub]Writer[/sub] | “Okay, I need you to find Haru and bring him to me.”[/list]

[list][list]わかった、ハルを見つけて連れてきてほしい。[/list][/list]

[list]| YOUKO HARA, [sub]University Student[/sub] | “Why?”[/list]

[list][list]なぜ?[/list][/list]

[list]| ISAMU MORI, [sub]Writer[/sub] | “I’m Haru’s creator... I’m a writer.”[/list]

[list][list]私はハルのクリエイターです...私はライターです。[/list][/list]

[list]| YOUKO HARA, [sub]University Student[/sub] | “Wait!... did you draw him?”[/list]

[list][list]待ってください!...あなたが彼を描いたのですか?[/list][/list]

[list]| ISAMU MORI, [sub]Writer[/sub] | “Yes.”[/list]

[list][list]はい[/list][/list]

| YOUKO wasn’t shocked by what she had just discovered, as she now believed anything. She asked him to wait on the other side of the street and ran to speak to the market manager, telling him that she had something urgent to resolve. The two called a taxi, but on the way to the airport, they got stuck in a terrible traffic jam. But although it took hours, they managed to arrive. YOUKO, dressed in her work uniform, ran to buy tickets, while ISAMU paid for the taxi. The two plane tickets became so expensive for YOUKO that she ran out of money. But ISAMU will pay for the food and hotel when they arrive in Hachinohe. Already inside the plane, while YOUKO was looking for a place to sit, she suddenly heard the sound of several glass glasses, the flight attendant had dropped a tray with some glass glasses. YOUKO went to help the flight attendant and after sweeping the floor she sat in her place. When the plane landed, YOUKO had to ask her new friend ISAMU for money so she could buy new clothes, as she spent it all on the two plane tickets. ISAMU agreed to give it. Fortunately, at the airport, there was a small clothing store, where she bought a very simple outfit. While YOUKO was shopping, ISAMU called a taxi. |

| When they arrived in Hachinohe, YOUKO asked the driver to find the cheapest inn in town. The driver took the two to the inn where he knew the owner, a friendly 60-year-old woman and a good cook. Her okonomiyaki is the best in town (pancakes with vegetables and various other ingredients). YOUKO and ISAMU were welcomed with open arms by the owner of the inn, they went in, ate a little, and then went to look for HARU. Youko managed to find the bus stop where she talked to HARU, but he wasn’t there. YOUKO sat on the bench since she was tired from walking. A few minutes later he arrived. |

[list]| HARU, [sub]Pheasant[/sub] | “Welcome back, Youko!”[/list]

[list][list]おかえりなさい、ヨウコさん![/list][/list]

| In addition to being happy to see her friend again, YOUKO told HARU the good news that his creator was looking for him, but HARU showed no enthusiasm. HARU wants to be free, instead of being a simple drawing on a piece of paper. A few minutes later, ISAMU arrived and was happy to see him, but HARU asked him to keep his distance. But then Haru gave in and the two had a long talk. ISAMU agreed to let HARU be free and remain friends with YOUKO. Before leaving, ISAMU gave YOUKO enough money for a plane ticket and also for food and hotel expenses if she wanted to extend her stay in the city. ISAMU said goodbye to YOUKO and HARU, turned his back and took a taxi. |

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[sub]¹ A Series: SŌDAI HARU A Japanese college lady, who lives above her parents’ restaurant in Tokyo, one day goes to the beach with some college friends. There she meets a talking green pheasant (Japan’s national bird), at first, she tries to run away from him because she is frightened by a talking animal, but later the two become friends.[/sub]

[sup]PREVIOUS CHAPTERS —

APR ‘67 | Sunday Morning[/sup]

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[sub]All new players welcome! The RMB is only for IC posts, please read our Q&A.[/sub]

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=497355

[sub]TG me if you have any actual questions[/sub]

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The Plot Begins:

January 1968

| Grey Mataka flipped through the papers provided by the crestfallen Oscar Kambona sitting in front of him. The papers the Minister of Home Affairs had provided detailed every atrocity, every crime, and every crackdown of the Nyerere regime.

Grey: “The death of hundreds in violent villigization, young women beaten and their clothes torn off, the destruction of democracy, what Karume is doing in Zanzibar-“

| Grey wretched for a moment, the file included pictures of those who had suffered under Karume and Nyerere. It made him sick to his stomach. Regaining his composure he looked to Kambona.

Grey: “Are you sure you want to do this Oscar? Once this leaks, there’s no going back… for any of us.”

| Kambona sighed deeply, putting his head into his hands.

Oscar: “What choice do I have, Grey? You’ve seen the pictures, read the reports, can you really say you could walk away from this now? He’s not going to stop, neither of them will, and if we don’t stop them, this nation will go down with them.”

| Grey leaned back rubbing the back of his neck before signing deeply.

Grey: “No, you’re right, I couldn’t walk away from this either. It’s monstrous, well… if we’re hellbent on going through with this thing, what is our next move?”

Oscar: “You do your job. Get your most trusted editors and writers, and you compile those documents into the greatest article you’ve ever made.”

Grey: “But Oscar… your name is included on these documents. If I tell the truth, and only the truth, you’ll look guilty by association.”

Oscar: “We’re all dirty Grey, the things I’ve allowed to happen, the things you’ve covered up, all of it, will have to come to the surface. For maybe the first and last time in our history, the people will have the truth.”

Grey: “Alright Oscar… I’ll gather my writers, and get to work.”

| Oscar Kambona stands to leave, shaking hands with Grey Mataka.

Oscar: “Keep yourself safe, Grey. When this story breaks everyone from the Green Guards, to Nyerere himself are going to be calling for your head on a spike. Get it in circulation, make sure it gets passed out, and then run.”

Grey: “You know he’ll never forgive you? Even if we do succeed and imprison him, he’ll never forget your betrayal.”

Oscar: “I know.”

| With that, Oscar Kambona leaves the office, and Grey Mataka begins to gather his most trusted writers and editors, to compile one of the most nation-breaking news pieces in Tanzanian history.

”I hold the world but as the world, A stage where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one”

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[list]January 1968

[sub]Schmidt in America[/sub][/list]

[pre]D I E B U N D E S R E P U B L I K[/pre]

FEDERAL PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON

[sub]WASHINGTON, D.C., FEDERAL CAPITAL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Paramountica - MORNING[/sub]

| The role of FEDERAL PRESIDENT was largely ceremonial in nature, with the Basic Law of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland outlining the position as largely established to balance the political influence of the Chancellor and represent the nation on the world stage. In the latter years of his life, former Federal President KONRAD ADENAUER had carried out those duties dutifully to the last months of his life, when he receded from public view over health concerns. His successor, the second ever Federal President, HELMUT SCHMIDT, took on the role with grace and responsibility. Schmidt held a reputation for being one of the most "statesmanlike" members of Chancellor Willy Brandt's Cabinet, holding the position of Defense Minister right before he was elected to the nation's de facto head of state role. Schmidt entered the office of Federal President a week after the presidential convention voted in October of last year, ordering for a staff reshuffling and conducting the first ever presidential review of the Bundeswehr - the German Armed Forces - in December. Schmidt made several economic affairs speeches to bolster the public presence of the office of the Federal President, which had suffered amid Adenauer's health issues in the latter stages of his life. |

| On January 5, into the new year, SCHMIDT boarded a chartered PAN-AMERICAN jet alongside the Federal Education and Science Minister, HANS LEUSSINK, and other members of his staff. Upon his arrival, Bundesprasident Schmidt received a red carpet unrolling at Washington National Airport which was attended by U.S. Secretary of State DAVID RUSK and German ambassador to the U.S. ROLF FRIEDEMANN PAULS, along with members of the U.S. diplomatic and press corps. After a photo op Rusk escorted Schmidt and the German delegation to a brief visit of the German embassy in Washington, D.C. before heading to the hotel for the evening. The next morning, Schmidt attended breakfast with representatives of ISRAELI lobbyists against the backdrop of the Arab-Israeli War. At noon, a meeting at the WHITE HOUSE - between the Federal President and President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON of the United States; the leader of the free world, and a committed ally to Europe. Schmidt and Johnson held discussions at the White House for that day, before holding a joint dinner where President Johnson praised the relationship between the U.S. and Germany. Further discussions continued the next place, with Secretary of Defense CLARK M. CLIFFORD and NASA Administrator JAMES E. WEBB attending. |

| A joint press conference followed in the early Washington evening with President Johnson and President Schmidt at the Rose Garden, with the press attending. SCHMIDT confirmed that the U.S. and Germany had reached "historic new agreements" on strengthening military and intelligence cooperation between Washington, D.C. and Bonn, as well as strengthening cooperation between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the German space program, which was already receiving newfound attention as the Bundestag prepares to vote on legislation to formally establish a German space program. Schmidt was careful to emphasize that the partnership with the United States was being developed in the "common belief in peace and prosperity on the European continent", worded carefully to avoid the President's overstepping on ongoing efforts by Chancellor Brandt and the new East German leader, E. Honecker, to begin diplomatic discussions between the two Germanies. Nonetheless, the relationship between Bonn and Washington grew during the summit, which concluded three days after Schmidt landed at Washington National. |

| From Bonn, embroiled in the legislative debate over the feasibility of Ostpolitik implementation in its fullest in 1968, Chancellor Brandt issued a television statement praising the US-German relationship as "perpetually developing for the benefit of the German and American people, marching forward together". |

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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“The battle of Eichsfeld”

[Eichsfeld, Deutsche Demokratische Republik]

January 1968

Erich Honecker was in East Berlin, having authorised an official telegram to West Germany announcing their willingness to meet and discuss relations, but whilst the outward picture was of a cooperative and friendly East Germany, the picture outside was very different.

In the East Germany’s most Catholic area, the Stasi had gone to war. 38 arrests had been made, 26 other people had been questioned and numerous items of interest had been seized.

An official statement stated that all of the Stasi’s actions had been “purely for security purposes”, but in reality they had left East Germany’s Catholic population terrified.

The Catholic population, which sat at just over 1.6 million, had been at risk since the ‘Subversive Activities Bill’ passed through into DDR law, which had given the Stasi the right to act as they pleased with regards to the Catholics. The bill had received condemnation from The Vatican, but the East German Governors had not even flinched at the reaction.

Outwardly East Germany was trying to paint a new image, an image of a new modern nation that had enough credibility to gain a place on the international stage. Inwardly, the East German people were painfully being reminded who was in charge and what the consequences of standing against the state were.

Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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International Association Football Federation | Fédération internationale de football association

1967 Copa América

LIVE - Colombia

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TOURNAMENT REPORT: PART 1

Under the heat of the Colombian sun, we herald the arrival of our first continental football competition, and the introduction of a brand new format for this legendary tournament. For the first time in history, the Americas will be united into one Confederation, all competing for the title; "Champions of the Americas". The Copa América was previously only reserved for members of CONMEBOL, the South American Football Confederation. However, after changes to FIFA regulations, the controversial decision was made to unite the two confederations together ahead of the qualifiers for the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Now, we find ourselves at the first American championships since the union, and expectations are high for this new format to provide excitement for fans across the Americas, and indeed across the world.

This years tournament will be held in a new format, with 8 teams qualifying from a total of 15 entrants. 7 teams would advance through the qualifiers with the final spot automatically given to the hosts, this year Colombia. The qualifying round was contested in three groups of 5, with the top two from each group qualifying directly. The final spot would be determined by the best performing third-ranked team. The 8 qualifiers will then be split into two groups of 4 at random, according to their FIFA World Ranking. The teams will compete in a round robin, playing each other once before the top two teams advance to a knockout stage. The tournament differs from previous events, where previous tournaments were held in a league format. This tournament will also have the most amount of entrants in the tournament.

Before we advance, let's remind ourselves of our qualifiers for this year. Mexico and Canada qualified directly from Group 1, with Mexico securing the best team performance of the qualification round. Canada spring back after a poor showing in the World Cup qualifiers. Costa Rica only managed third, despite the Central American side having qualified for the last World Cup. Panama and Guatemala finished 4th and 5th respectively, failing to make a lasting impression.

Group 2 was won by Argentina, who dominated their rivals in the group for an easy qualification route. Argentina go into this tournament the most successful team in the history of the competition. The United States finished a strong second, after another successful qualifying campaign, showing the Americans are going from strength to strength in their mission to improve their domestic football. Honduras finished third, and qualified as the best ranked third place team, after a strong but precarious campaign. Cuba and Nicaragua failed to make an impression, and Nicaragua obtained the unwanted record of the only team without a win in the qualifiers.

Group 3 was won by Brazil, who narrowly edged out the Andes for the top spot. Their qualification ensured all South American teams had qualified for the competition. Haiti finished in third in the group, but did not pick up enough points to mount a challenge, with a 10-point gap between themselves and the Andes. The Dominican Republic and El Salvador finished last, in another disappointing display.

With the qualifiers done, the groups were drawn as follows:

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[*] Group A: Colombia (hosts), Mexico, Andes, Canada

[*] Group B: Brazil, Argentina, United States, Honduras

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Colombia and Argentina would be looking to make a significant performance here, with both teams slated to host the next World Cup. The fight for the Number 1 spot in the World Rankings, between Brazil and Argentina, has come down to 30 points, and will be decided after this tournament.

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GROUP A: MEXICAN EXCELLENCE, HOSTS NARROWLY ADVANCE

The opening match was contested between neighbours and rivals, Colombia and the Andes. The match went the way of the Colombians, who led 2-1 at the end of the first half. Both sides would secure a goal each in the second half, with the hosts securing their victory 3-2 and starting their campaign strong. Mexico and Canada, meeting eachother again after qualifiers, were both looking to take an early win. Mexico appeared on form, and dominated the match, picking apart the Canadian team to take a 3-1 victory in triumphant fashion.

The second round of Matches saw Canada and Colombia face each other. Colombia were on good form and expected to cruise past the Canadian side. However, the match was held and the hosts were frustrated by the Canadians, looking determined not to suffer successive defeats. Canada scored the first, and eventually only, goal of the match just after the second half whistle, securing their first win of the tournament and putting Colombia in a dangerous position. The Andes were hoping to secure a similar upset against first-round winners Mexico, with both teams scoring in the first half to set the score at 1-1. By the closing minutes of the match, it was looking level at 2-2, until a late goal from Mexico secured their victory, sending Mexico through to the next round, and the Andes out of the tournament.

The final round was all to play for. Colombia faced Mexico, knowing that they could not afford a defeat. The match was tense, Mexico scoring first only to be answered by the Colombians before the end of the first half. Mexico were by far the better side but the Colombians, bolstered by their home crowd, refused to give in. The Mexicans scored early in the 2nd half, and held their line, until an equaliser in stoppage time for the Colombians saved the day, and put them through to the next round. Canada could have advanced, providing they managed to defeat the Andes, who had failed to perform up to expectations. The Andes saved the best for last, dispatching the Canadian side 2-1 in a strong second-half display. Mexico and Colombia advance to the next round, Canada finish in third, and the Andes finish last in their group.

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GROUP B: DISASTER FOR BRAZIL, ARGENTINE JOY

Brazil opened play in Group B with a match against the United States. However, what was supposed to be an easy win turned into an unprecedented showing, with the U.S. holding the Brazilians to a 2-2 draw. The result was not expected, though not catastrophic, and simply gives the Brazilian side more work in the next few games. For the United States, this victory was phenomenal, as they record their best performance against the South American giants for years. Argentina had a tough time against minnows Honduras, but ultimately prevailed with a 2-1 victory to secure a strong opening to their campaign.

Things took a turn for the worse as Brazil were humbled by Honduras in the second round. The Hondurans took the early advantage, scoring against the giants within 3 minutes, and from there dominated the match. The Brazilian side looked rattled, with debut players being put through a trial by fire against the determined Central Americans. The final score reading 3-2 for Honduras, a day to forget for Brazil. Argentina advance to the next round but not after an extremely strong performance from the United States, who held the Argentines to a 3-2 result. The strong performance does not secure a place for the U.S. in the next round, but puts them in a good position for their final group stage match.

In the final round, Brazil's disaster was complete with a defeat against long-time rivals Argentina. The defeat, by calculations, not only eliminates Brazil from the tournament but also loses them their position as the Number 1 team in the World Rankings, now taken over by Argentina. The match was intensely celebrated in Buenos Aires, and tensions in the stadium nearly boiled over, if not for the Colombian police. The United States take the second spot in qualifying after dismantling the Hondurans 3-1 in their final match, to secure their spot in the knockout round.

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SEMI-FINALS

The first of the semi-finals was contested between the North American sides, Mexico and the United States. An old rivalry, the match was expected to cause drama and tension. The first half was contested, but with no goals as both sides held firm their performances. There were a number of fouls, but a lone yellow card for Mexico was issued. Both sides looking aggressive but Mexico taking an early advantage, the skill of the Mexican team as well as the experience proving strong. As the second half began, Mexico took the initiative to score their first goal in the 49th minute, followed by a second goal in the 78th minute, owing to fatigue amongst the American players. Mexico advance to another final, while the United States can hold their heads up high, after an incredibly strong performance this year that could translate into further strong performances later down the line.

The second of the semi-finals was contesed between Argentina and the hosts Colombia. The Argentines dominated the match from the early stages, despite the spirited play from the Colombians. By the end of the first half, Argentina had a 1-0 lead, and a majority of possession. The second half could have been the chance for Colombia to launch a comeback, but they were unfortunately picked apart further by the Argentines, who scored twice to secure their 3-0 victory. The victory sees Argentina, 23-time champions of these championships, face off against North America's most successful nation, in wghat will be an incredible final.

Join us next time for our full match report on the final, between Mexico and Argentina!

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| 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭.

| 𝐈𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬, 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 "𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬" 𝐨𝐧 "𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬" 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 "𝐦𝐨𝐛" 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐞" 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞; 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞" 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬" 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲'𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 "𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬" 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐈𝐳𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚 ("𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭") 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨-𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐈𝐳𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞-𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭" 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨 ("𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲") 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 "𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤", 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬", 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 [𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬] 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬. "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 ("𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲"), 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 ("𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚") 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 "𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜" 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨 ("𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲") 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫á𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢ó𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 ("𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧") 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬.

𝐈𝐳𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬, 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲.

𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 "𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝" 𝐭𝐨 "𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐬". 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 "𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬" 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 "𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬" 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦, 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 "𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦".

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| 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜í𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 [𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭] 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 "𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬" 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂á𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 "𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬" 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 "𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬".

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𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜í𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 [𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞], 𝐟𝐨𝐫 "𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬". 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜í𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 [𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞] 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜í𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭. [/spoiler]

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 ("𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚") 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭/𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 "𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨, 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬 [𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝] 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐳𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚 ("𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭"). 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 ("𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲") 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 ("𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚"), 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐰".

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨 ("𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲") 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫á𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢ó𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 ("𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧") 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐀𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫á𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢ó𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦í𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=rio_de_la_plata_basin/detail=factbook/id=1980928

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[list]JAN. 1968

[sub]The Xhosa Statesman[/sub][/list]

[pre]NELSON MANDELA VISITS HOME VILLAGE TO SPEAK WITH RESIDENTS![/pre]

MVEZO VILLAGE SCHOOL

[sub]MVEZO. EASTERN CAPE, Canovia — MORNING[/sub]

[sub]The small village of MVEZO in the EASTERN CAPE was unremarkable, to say the least. Made up of just several hundred of the AmaXhosa people — the village enjoyed a sense of peace and quiet unlike its larger, neighbouring settlements. However, the small village would take pride in itself as it was the birthplace of Nelson Rolihlahah Mandela — one of the nation’s few native black South Africans serving in the nation’s parliament.[/sub]

[sub]As politics within South Africa was still dominated by the minority Afrikaner and white populations — Mandela became the “voice” and “poster boy” of many black South Africans beyond his district. A member of the African National Congress, Mandela was a fierce supporter of republicanism, as well as majority rule and constitutional reform within South Africa. Despite his achievements only few black South Africans could dream of — Mandela often had to make sacrifices and compromises with the ruling National Party, or the much more moderate and pro-status quo Labour Party.[/sub]

[sub]Despite his challenges on the national level, he took great pleasure in meeting his constituents, often hosting small gatherings and inviting people of all races and backgrounds to participate in debates or just to listen to their concerns. Mandela, nonetheless, would take a step back and visit his small village to get away from national politics, and instead help around where he could. Mandela would often visit the small village’s school to listen to men and women of various ages who had questions about the current affairs happening in South Africa.[/sub]

[list]N.R. MANDELA, Statesman: [sub]”My vision for South Africa is for the nation to truly be independent of foreign influences. There is no reason why South Africans should have a Head of State who does not live in our lands. One who is not elected and one who does not represent what it means to be South African. The current National Party likes to boast about the progress of South Africa, yet implement controversial legislation that does not benefit all South Africans. Funding does not reach the small communities which hinders the development and progress of rural communities. So what am I going to do? I will continue and fight for true equality and have fair opportunities to grow and succeed. We must break the last chains of colonialism and rid of the monarchy, and implement a republic with a constitution that ensures that all South Africans are treated equally, and not in favour of National Party rule and influence. A South Africa that is equal and free is a South Africa that can prosper.”[/sub]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Ababemba

Adriatican Islands

Alzarikstan

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Bayern Kahla

Bescania

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Central Arstotzka

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hashemite Kingdoms

Hatzburg

Honghai

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

La Granadinas

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Moroavia

Nevbrejnovitz

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Nonador

Nosautempopulus

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Reyzen

Rutannia

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Sri-Lanka

Sudesam

Taiiwan

Teymour

The Black Star-

The Sun States

Turkiye 1St

Ubertica

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Post by Zubimendi suppressed by Metropolitan Francais.

Zubimendi

can someone unban me from the discord server

-- SOUTHERN RHODESIA --

╾╾╾╾╾╾╾╾╾╾╾╾

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖍𝖔𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖆 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖉

JAN 1968

|-| CHINHOYI ATTACKED, RHODESIAN BUSH WAR ENTERS NEW STAGE, TEMPORARY STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED, MUGABE DECLARES "SECOND CHIMURENGA" |-|

A group of ZANU militants have attacked the city of Chinhoyi, the Rhodesian government has declared a temporary state of emergency, and Mugabe has publically announced the "Second Chimurenga".

The Attack and Aftermath

| Families within the city of Chinhoyi and Kariba were awoken early in the morning to the sounds of firecrackers and gunshots. It is believed that a group of 7-11 ZANU militants attacked the Kariba power line, followed by the city of Chinhoyi this morning, resulting in the Rhodesian police (BSAP) engaging the militants in the streets of both cities. Around two hundred (200) BSAP responded to the incident, many not even in proper uniform and without a rifle due to a lack of notice. Upon the airbase being notified by radio, an SA 316 Alouette III was deployed from Salisbury to support BSAP troops. Fighting in Kariba lasted from the early hours of the morning to around 11 AM, the militants suffered a single casualty and retreated to Chinhoyi, where they proceeded to launch firecrackers (in an attempt to spread the police) and open fire, taking the BSAP, who only heard of "disturbance with firearms", by complete surprise. At approximately 9:30 PM, the militants were all declared killed or fatally injured by the BSAP and RSF. The government has not released an official number of casualties for the BSAP/RSF, instead stating that an investigation will be launched into the lack of communication between the cities of Kariba and Chinhoyi during the incident. Current theories range from "everyone in Kariba assuming the other 'ou' (guy/man) they served with communicated it" as quoted by Frank E. Barfoot, to the BSAPs communications being damaged in the initial attack. Both cities are currently silent, with only the sounds of the occasional BSAP truck driving by, filled with policemen. Currently, only two buildings are reported as damaged, a corner store and a section of the Kariba power line, this is likely due to a lack of explosives on both sides.

Government says "Rhodesia under attack", State of Emergency Declared

| Whilst the information in the cities is blurry, the government has released a statement in which they call upon Rhodesians to stay aware and to report suspicious behavior to local police immediately. The government has acknowledged the possibility of "an internal assault" nationwide in a radio broadcast shortly after the incident, also stating that there were fears that this attack may be a precursor to more. To combat this, a state of emergency has been declared for the next two (2) days, the Rhodesian constitution has also been temporarily suspended to allow for preparations to escalate the war. Ian Smith has not been seen during the attacks, as it is currently believed he and his cabinet are located in a safely guarded building sanctioned by the contingency plan. This response is likely due to the proximity of both cities to Salisbury.

Mugabe, ZANU, and the Militants

| In the hours following the incident, ZANU, via a spokesperson, gave a confession to their responsibility for the attacks. Mugabe himself stated that it was the beginning of the "Second Chimurenga" (associated with the beginning of larger hostilities), a phrase which has raised the government's concerns over the incident. The militants, who directly stated their affiliation to ZANU in handbooks, also gave evidence via said handbooks that they were trained by foreign elements. A connection between this and "terrorist groups" in South Africa is also under investigation at the moment. Motives for the attack are, despite the attacks happening just hours ago, known. In the radio broadcast released by the government, it was stated that the militants were likely acting on the word of Mugabe in response to the establishment of race rolls, which legalised nearly all but Mugabe's faction and a few other terrorist organizations. ZANU, which has been in a power struggle between Mugabe and Ndabaningi, was split when only Ndabaningi's faction was allowed into politics, likely allowing Mugabe the power to order such an attack. The date and timing of the attack are believed to have been done to target the workers at the power line and civilians in urban areas, however, the struggle of the militants to leave the initial attack and regroup likely caused delays in their plans, it is also believed that they did not expect such a strong response initially by an unnotified BSAP.

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The Turkeş-Sunay-Turan Plan: From Good Enough to a Truly Modern Army

[sub]Winter, 1968[/sub]

For many years now, the Turkish Republican Armed Forces had served their purpose of defending the country. They had the numbers, the equipment and the morale to resist an invasion from neighboring powers, even if said resistance would only last for a few months barring NATO assistance. However, that mentality was beginning to shift, especially after Turkiye’s de-facto defeat at the hands of the Greek military in Cyprus. This, along with fears of increased encroachment by Arab powers had motivated the top brass of the Turkish military to push for reform.

Reform of the armed forces would be an easy task. On paper, anyway. There were no political, ideological or even financial obstacles to any proposal. No generals sticking to the old ways. No politicians obstructing funding. And, even Turkish nationalism had been somewhat humbled by Greek victory. Enough that even lower ranking soldiers would support improvement to not only their equipment, but also their pay. With this in mind, General Cemal Tural, the Chief of the Turkish General Staff wrote a letter to the chief quartermasters of each of the three branches to take stock of what they had, what they needed and what they wanted. He also wrote letters to various other commanding officers, instructing them to conduct extensive reviews of their commands. Once all of that had been gathered, Tural forwarded it to the central government.

The letter, which came in the form of a file 1,200 pages thick landed on the desks of both Prime Minister Alparslan Turkeş (himself a former member of the armed forces) and President Bülent Ecevit. In essence, the report painted a worrying picture of the armed forces. Every branch, especially the navy, was in dire need of new equipment, training and general modernization. Defenses along the Turkish-Kurdish border and along the Turkish-Soviet border needed to be reinforced and new defenses built on the border with Syria. New rifles, tanks, armored vehicles, and logistics vehicles needed to be procured, and uniforms shifted to more modern camouflage. In summary, the Turkish military needed an overhaul.

Turkeş, who had suggested retired General Cevdet Sunay to serve as Minister of Defense, held a meeting with the President requesting to be given a free hand on military reform. Sunay also pushed for the same. Ecevit had no relevant military experience and while he had never said so aloud, his expertise rested almost exclusively in the arena of diplomacy and economics. The meeting was short and sweet and its success would set the course for the Turkish military for the next half decade. Ecevit acquiesced to their request with the condition that any proposal for funding pass the Grand National Assembly. A reasonable thing to ask for in exchange for their request. In the end, it was parliament who would be deciding just how many Lira would be spent in a modernization program.

Leading the modernization program would be various key figures in the Turkish military and the central government cabinet. Alparslan Turkeş, the Prime Minister, Cemal Tural, the Chief of the General Staff, and Sevdet Sunay, the Minister of Defense. Further easing the process was the fact that none of the three men had any outstanding disagreements on how the modernization had to be carried out. In fact, they all agreed on the basic premise that the Turkish military needed some serious reform and modernization if Turkiye was to stand a chance at expanding its influence beyond its borders or positioning itself as a prominent member within NATO compared to Greece or even Italy.

However, as discussions between the three men began, disagreements broke out between them. Turkeş favored the abolition of conscription, the creation of a volunteer all-professional and smaller army that would rely on a strong air force and armored component to fight its wars. Meanwhile, Sunay, a World War I veteran was more of a traditionalist who wished to see an expansion of the army, a focus on its armored wing, artillery and the subordination of the air force to the ground forces to support its operations. Finally, Turan wanted a middle ground and a modernization program that would also cover the navy which had been largely ignored by the Turkish high command for many years, giving Greece an upper hand in the high seas.

Over a month, the three men failed to reach a consensus beyond the basics and were ultimately forced to return to Ecevit, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces to serve as a sort of mediator, lest the reforms stall. Their three positions were laid out and Ecevit was placed in an awkward position: to pick one. In the end, the President decided to incorporate a little from all three proposals, though it was evident that he favored most of the points laid out by Turkeş and Turan who favored near total deviation from the ‘traditional’ way Turkiye had waged war for centuries.

In the end, the “Turkeş-Sunay-Turan Plan” was broken down into the following:

[list][*]Plans for modernization will be carried within a timeframe of 6 years and in two 3-year phases. 1968 to 1971 and from 1971 to 1974. All modernization plans must be completed by January of 1975.

[*]The Turkish army will be professionalized and expanded from 200,000 active personnel to 250,000 personnel. Active reserve personnel will be expanded from 65,000 to 95,000 personnel.

[*]Total tank forces will be expanded from 300 to 350, and other armored forces will be further expanded to include 1,800 vehicles. By 1971, all armored forces built before 1950 must be discarded or placed in reserve.

[*]Funding for the air force will be doubled, and flight hours tripled from the current standard.

[*]Funding for research and development of weaponry will be tripled, and the Armaments Development Agency (SGO) established under the Ministry of National Defense.

[*]Funding for the navy, including the acquisition of new ships starting in 1970 will be increased.

[*]The air forces will maintain modern, United States-made aircraft until alternatives are acquired. Turkiye’s fleet of F-5’s, F-4’s, and F-111’s and other fighters and aircraft will be increased.

[*]State support for increased domestic production of small arms and infantry equipment will continue.

[*]New field uniforms will be issued.

[*]Bi-annual, multi-branch drills will be held.

[*]Better efforts will be made to study conflicts abroad to better adapt the Turkish military to modern warfare.

[*]A clear path will be set out for an independent Turkish defense industry independent of its allies to better support the NATO structure without over-reliance on partners.[/list]

Other parts of the plan included simpler reforms such as increasing pay and benefits for soldiers, the restructuring of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, improved conditions in barracks, especially for soldiers stationed along more remote regions such as the eastern and southeastern borders with the Soviet Union and Kurdistan, improved MRE’s, among other changes and reforms aimed at improving morale and transforming the Turkish military into a truly modern armed force that could be compared to those of the middle powers of Europe and could surpass the Soviet-armed militaries of the Middle East and Africa.

The approval of the Turkeş-Sunay-Turan Plan saw an immediate change in both state-owned and privately-owned armament manufacturers. With the Assembly returning after its lengthy recess at the end of 1967, new funds poured in for the production of new tanks, APC’s, uniforms and small arms. Taking the lead were privately-owned enterprises such as Sarizılmaz, BMC, and Koç Holdings who began to expand production to meet the demands of the armed forces, particularly in the supply of small arms, trucks, and armored vehicles. Meanwhile, the state-owned defense industry worked to fulfill what the private industry couldn’t or wouldn’t. State-owned firms such as TAI, MKE, ROKETSAN, HAVELSAN and ASELSAN worked largely to fulfill demands for explosives, heavier weapons, warships, rocketry, and of course research and development at the direction of the newly formed SGO. All of it received funding from the 1968 National Budget approved along party lines by the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

The awakening of the Turkish arms industry and the modernization of the armed forces represented a step forward in not only domestic weapons development but also as part of the solution to Turkiye’s production glut. Gradually, workers were being recalled to the factories and new ones being hired. Meanwhile, the Turkish government’s push for R&D and the development of more modern weapons brought in educated Turks who would have otherwise went abroad, along with their skills and knowledge. While the success of the Turkeş-Sunay-Turan Plan wouldn’t be seen in the short-term, many were optimistic that its goals and aspirations would bring back some of Turkiye’s lost national pride and power while at the same time contributing to the further ‘Westernization’ of the Republic of Turkiye.

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REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

[sub]JANUARY |-| 1968

Tough Decisions, Difficult Ends[/sub]

It was the end of a fairly uneventful year for Ireland's new government, who's promises of a big, pro-business government have quickly moved away and now see Lynch as simply a continuation of the more moderate and pragmatic Lemass government. While he wasn't unpopular, it was the rise of Fine Gael and Labour which proved to be Lynch's biggest problem, with a growing economy and a more optimistic approach to business, Lynch understood that reform was slow and cautious, but he had to live up to his radical promises come after the 1969 election, if he is to win. For the new year, Lynch would announce the start of a new infrastructure expansion plan to go ahead for 1970, named as the Emerald Railway Expansion, but unlike previous expansions which had been at an almost total cost of the Irish government via the Córas Iompair Éireann (Irish Transport Company) - it would look to 50/50 split between smaller, private railway companies and the ITC. While ambitious, it was likely to either be voted down by opposition parties and the more left-leaning minded TD's of the party or be unpopular with the public, with Ireland having a deep history since the creation of the ITC in 1945. Lynch's aim was to gain funds from private companies in exchange for lower taxes and "partial profit" - allowance of a percentage of money made to be kept by private investors, and Lynch would invite private investors to invest into 50% of the expansion in exchange for both lower taxes on the expanded services and partial profit.

While most of the investors would be domestic, plans for the expansion would look to invite international investors for lower taxes and more profit than domestic investors - the aim to expand these cutting of regulation to other industries to become a more pro-business economy. Ambitious and risky, and only favoured by a select few ministers, that only being Finance Minister TK Whittaker as the most senior of them. Set to be unveiled in the coming months, it's simply another gamble by Lynch which could provide either a damaging swipe to his popularity or a much-needed boost by party donors and in the polling to his way. But another policy in a wider attempt of reform.

As the 1968 Budget nears to it's announcement, Lynch and senior ministers aim to prioritise savings in preparation over infrastructure expansion and income tax cuts, with spending reductions in social housing, benefits, healthcare, apprenticeship schemes and education, aiming to cost save rather than full-blown budget reductions. Possibilities of cost-savings include reducing the budget cap on city schools, delaying the introduction of widow social benefit and disabled benefit schemes - set to be introduced in the incoming budget, decrease spending on social housing maintenance while allowing private housing to be introduced into the market and delaying the healthcare expansion, which aims to reduce rural poverty and unemployment by expanding hospitals and local practises in rural areas, by 2 years. However, these possible reductions are not only risky for economic growth and risk a potential slump, but will likely reduce the popularity of Lynch's government, with his conservative economics unpopular against the more left-leaning and progressive Labour-Fine Gael, who are almost certain to go against the plans.

Lynch's government face tough times ahead, with the possibility of spending reductions intertwined with an ambitious and unpopular infrastructure railway expansion plan, could be the very thing to provide a downfall of a fresh face for the long-running party of Ireland.

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The 1968 Rio Muni Election

February 1968

The small nation of Rio Muni would hold its first election, Francisco Macias Nguema appeared to be the clear front-runner due to his victory in propelling Rio Muni to independence. His biggest challenger was Bonifacio Ondó Edú-Aguong of the National Movement of Rio Muni. Also on the ballot was included the issue of name. While Rio Muni had been a temporary name, the time had come to decide to keep the name or shift towards Equatorial Guinea, an idea floated by politicians prior to the Cameroonian invasion.

The Gathering Darkness: Francisco Macías Nguema

While much has been said about Macías, in his early days he did inspire hope amongst the majority Fang population. The son of a witch doctor, it is said Macías killed his younger brother as a sacrifice. Early in his life he survived several bouts of tuberculosis, this ingrained in him a severe fear of death, and a need to avoid it at all costs. As a young child he was described as dutiful and obedient by the Spanish, leading to his bullying by non-Christian Fang children.

Even in these early days, Macías realized he had mental issues, visiting a clinic in Madrid prior to decolonization. A later released Spanish report noted: “The patient shows strong signs of mental insanity, made worse by possible venereal diseases, and regular use of cannabis.

Nonetheless, Macías still desired to run for President, high off his victory in helping secure independence from both Spain, and Cameroon, he developed a new incoherent policy platform. His platform included, Fang Ultranationalism, Fascism, Totalitarianism, and Marxism-Heidlerism. In one speech, Macías claimed Adolph Heidler was merely trying to save Africa and had become confused and stuck in a war with Europe. He also mentioned Franco, believed he would've been a better leader for Spain. His supporters of the Fang ethnic group rallied around him, a rare experience for Macías who had spent his whole life rejected.

Rio Muni’s Last Hope: Bonifacio Ondó Edú-Aguong

The former Prime Minister of Spanish Guinea, Ondó had played an important part in agitating for a slow decolonization of Rio Muni by the Spanish. The winds of change would blow down Ondó’s house of cards, as Cameroonian soldiers swept across the undefended Spanish border. As the Spaniards turned and ran, Ondó was left holding the bag for generations of colonialism and antagonism.

A moderate in all things, Ondó’s campaign focused on slow economic reforms, careful land redistribution, and invitation of Spanish trade, businesses, and civil servants. This plan proved unpopular with the rapidly radicalizing population. As Ondó and his party withered and more people turned to Macías, the fate of Rio Muni was sealed.

Electoral Results

Question 1: Do you approve to renaming the nation from Rio Muni to Equatorial Guinea?

Yes: 69.3%

No: 30.7%

Select One: President of Rio Muni

Francisco Macías Nguema (PUNT): 82.1%

Bonifacio Ondó Edú-Aguong (MUN): 17.9%

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[list][list][sub]28 FEBURARY | 1968[/sub][/list][/list]

[list][list][sub]THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN[/sub][/list][/list]

[pre] ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀʜɪꜱ [/pre]

[list][sub]| Mahis was for the most part, a quiet, visually gorgeous town. Its orchards and springs coupled with its green lush soil and the great view it provided (the Jordan Valley, and even Jerusalem are visible should one go high enough) made it quite a sight. However it was also sparsely populated, less than 2,000 inhabited the town. Its view, strategic location on the Zionist-Jordanian border, its secluded nature, and the lack of a large population made Mahis the best contender for a Palestinian commando base. Divided into a zone held by Habash's Hirakiyeen and a zone by Arafat's fedayeens, the area served as also an occasional reminder to the fractured nature of Palestinian resistance. |[/list][/sub]

[list][sub]| The Hirakiyeen had used Mahis as a base of operations for several raids into the Eastern Bank, covered with makeshift artillery and soviet-made anti-tank weaponry. These raids were complimented by ones also preformed by Arafat's Fatah. Reprisal raids would also often occur however the fedayeens seemed to have no intention of stopping and even upped the intensity by the turn of 1968 to coincide with the declaration of a new war by the United Arab Republic on Israel. The war of attrition was going to find its way to Jordan by hook or by crook. |[/list][/sub]

[list][sub]| As dawn arose over the lush greens of Mahis, Palestinian Liberation Front intelligence chief Abu Ilyad had recieved confirmation from both Jordanian and Egyptian sources that there was a strong Israeli buildup on the Eastern Bank border. Jordanian army had already taken positions near the hills of Mahis and other topological advantageous positions. Within an hour over 2,000 Palestinians had taken up sniping positions. Some 400 guerillas mostly of Hirakiyeen orientation remained within the confines of the city. |[/list][/sub]

[list][sub]| Israeli helicopters dropped paratroopers expecting a quick and easy operation only to be met by entrenched combined Arab forces, no more than a dozen minutes after they landed had Fatah commanders began lunching aimless but overwhelming artillery strikes on Israeli positions. Meanwhile the more professional and armored Jordanian army began to repel direct Israel confrontations from their entrenched positions. Israeli Air Force support seemed to provide no immediate help as they were unable to strike the well-positioned forces. |[/list][/sub]

[list][sub]| In the middle of the artillery barrage, Israeli paratroopers and infantry moved on a direct offensive to the city. Moving to complete their operation, Israeli infantry began engaging in stiff and grueling urban warfare with the Hirakiyeens who had situated themselves within the walls of the town's houses. The commando camps and training facilities were destroyed in the midst of the fighting despite a grinding resistance. Meanwhile, Jordanian armored corps moved to directly push back Israeli forces from the city. The ensuing battles ended in a bitter stalemate with neither side being able to establish a strong hold. |[/list][/sub]

[list][sub]| As the hours went by, the Palestinian forces looked unlikely to be entrapped as the Isralies had hoped, and their command ordered a quick retreat, to which two Israeli armor was seized by Jordanian forces in the middle of the retreat. Despite the destruction, the PLF forces re-established controlled over the city and snipers had launched attacks against the retreating troops. |[/list][/sub]

[list][sub]| The two captured tanks were paraded around in Amman the next day, and PLF leader George Habash (alongside Nayef Hawatemeh) took credit and received a large swath of support for rebelling the Israeli raid. The scale of the destruction had been the most serious yet since the actual war in 1967, however Habash and the PLF took pride in the victory over the so-called invincible army. King Hussein on the other hand held a meeting with the military command and Premier Wasif Tal, both who cited major weaknesses in the Jordanian's army response and the inability to prevent the capturing of the city despite the eventual pushback. Nonetheless, the military had proven its effectiveness and the King had promised to oversee reforms to take advantage of the lessons learned from the battle. |[/list][/sub]

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How do you Name your president and capital

“Iron Erich”

[East Berlin, Deutsche Demokratische Republik]

February 1968

Since taking office, Erich Honecker had pushed forward the new East German foreign policy plans, rallied the Politburo and crushed the spirits of the Catholic Church to show his strength. However, it was now time for him to take on the real challenge of the time. The East German leadership were tasked with fixing a dire economic situation.

The Politburo, earlier enthused by his strength of character and his genuine desire to improve the lives of ordinary GDR citizens, weren’t convinced by his radical economic proposals. As such, they had often remained silent in economic meetings. However, the leader and the deputy leader couldn’t put through such changes with silence.

To ensure support for their changes, Honecker and Verner had begun making life for the East German elite less comfortable. Privileges were revoked, rules tightened and expenses cut all in the hope of getting the message across that they were not to be messed with.

It may not have seemed like a lot at the time to cut down the amount of food and beverages at Party meetings or to move meetings to 6:00AM, but what it told the orderlies amongst the Politburo was that Honecker had control and that he could do as he pleased.

To nobody’s surprise, the five step economic plan went through all barriers without a single word of opposition, minus the whispers of the vicious man that hid beneath the mask of a statesman.

An announcement had been made with actions rather than words, his bullying of the Catholics, his radical foreign policy changes and his complete control over the Politburo had made the message clear.

The years of weak-willed, second-rate socialist leaders were gone. Iron Erich was in charge.

Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!

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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

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Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

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Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

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Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

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Victoria Harbor

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[list][list]FEBRUARY 1968

[sub]Dirty Money[/sub][/list]

[pre] G O V E R N M E N T C O R R U P T I O N [/pre]

DISTRICT 1 — AFTERNOON

[sub]SAIGON, Vietnam Sv[/sub]

| When he was campaigning, one of the promises of the new South Vietnamese President NGUYEN VAN THIEU was to eradicate government corruption at the national and provincial levels. 35-year-old U.S. Senator TED KENNEDY, who currently serves as president of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Refugees, recently visited Vietnam and has a report detailing progress in THIEU’s efforts to combat corruption. His observations pointed out that the South Vietnamese government is corrupt. TED KENNEDY concluded that it was impossible to go to Vietnam without instantly becoming involved in a discussion about the high levels of corruption in the government. These observations were based on an intensive twelve-day visit to refugee camps and conversations with citizens and government officials. According to him, police officers are bribed, government jobs are given to people who seek a return on their investments, army vehicles are used for private purposes, and officials manage illegal operations. |

| Authorities captured a South Vietnamese army unit transporting illegal goods in an ambulance. Even the chief of staff of the South Vietnamese 5th Division used trucks to transport U.S. rice to regions dominated by the Viet Cong. TED KENNEDY cited the U.S. effort to bring Vietnamese war veterans to America to study at universities. The U.S. asked the South Vietnamese government to select qualified men; the list consisted of family members of government officials. The Americans demanded a new list. But the new men had to promise a percentage of their scholarship payments to the officials who chose them. TED KENNEDY was also shocked by the treatment of South Vietnam’s 2,000,000 refugees. The pattern of destruction being created can only make a viable political future more difficult, and the South Vietnamese government has demonstrated no evidence that it can gain the lasting trust of its people. |

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𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂á𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂á𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐥" 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲" 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 "𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬". 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐥" 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 "𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲".

𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨, 𝟏𝟎%-𝟏𝟖% 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 [𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞], 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝟏𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐓𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐎𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝟐.𝟓%-𝟑%; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛-𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬.

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[sup]Buganda, Bunyoro, Toro, and Ankoli—these four Bantu kingdoms—came together on the 9th of October, 1962, to form the newly independent Federation of Uganda. Two terbulent decades had led up to that precious moment in African history. It all began with a devastating drought that ravaged the north in 1920. The drought was so destructive that thousands of nilotics were forced to flee southward as refugees' from the disaster. Despite the efforts of the colonial administration to maintain control, the nilotic refugee camps proved inadequate to provide for the refugees' needs. Thus, many would leave the camps to seek work in Jinja or employment from local Busoga landowners. Compared to the north, southern Uganda was far more economically developed; this was especially true in the Busoga region, as Jinja was where most of Ugandan industry was located. This was made easier for the refugees' as the Acholi and other northern ethnic groups supplied much of the national manual labor. The Anglo-Asian business class was especially keen on exploiting this mass wave of cheap labor. They would often offer low wages and poor working conditions to the refugees, taking advantage of their vulnerable situation. This exploitation further exacerbated the already dire living conditions of the refugees. The situation of nilotics only became worse after the local Soga people began turning against them. The refugees were initially welcomed, but by mid-1925, Soga Kyabazinga, William Wilberforce Nadiope Kadhumbula, complained to British authorities about nilotic refugees overwhelming Busoga's resources and infrastructure, leading to increased unrest. Sir Geoffrey Francis, Uganda's governor, failed to address these complaints, worsening the situation. Relations between the Soga and nilotics soon deteriorated as small slights quickly began to snowball into bigger feuds between the two groups. [/sup]

[sup]Eventually, the situation reached a boiling point when the Soga revolted on June 1st, 1935, after the Kyabazinga, Kadhumbula, was deported to Bunyoro for defying the colonial administration and encouraging his subjects to attack the nilotic refugee camps in the rural districts of Busoga. In reaction, the Soga began an unorganized revolt, gathering into improvised militias and attacking nilotic encampments. The colonial government was quick to deploy the Ugandan branch of the King's African Rifles to regain control of the situation. The KAR, armed with superior weapons and training, swiftly suppressed the Soga revolt. However, many of the soldiers, being of nilotic ethnicity themselves, saw order between the ranks degenerate as the soldiers, alongside nilotic gangs, carried out reprisal killings on the Soga, sparking a mass refugee crisis as many fled westward to the Bugandan district of Buikwe. This mass exodus became known as the Busoga Crisis, or in the Soga language, the Emizindula. With the Busoga Kingdom in complete disarray, the colonial administration was forced to request the deployment of the Kenyan KAR to regain control of the region. By the time the Kenyan KAR arrived, the situation in Busoga had escalated into a full-blown humanitarian crisis. The influx of refugees overwhelmed the resources and infrastructure of the Buikwe district, leading to widespread shortages of food, shelter, and medical supplies.[/sup]

[sup]Order in Busoga was finally restored by the 10th of August, 1935, but the damage was done. Thousands of Soga were now displaced in Buganda, while thousands more remained in Busoga to pick up the pieces of this tramautic event. The Bantu Kingdoms of Buganda, Bunyoro, Toro, and Ankoli were outraged at the colonial administration's fumbling of the crisis and demanded immediate action to address the dire situation. They called for increased aid and support from the colonial government, as well as assistance from the British government. The colonial administration also faced mounting pressure to provide relief and ensure the safe return of the displaced Soga to their homeland in Busoga. Buganda was especially sympathetic to the plight of the Soga, as they were a sister tribe to the Bugandans themselves. Unfortunately for the Soga, the British were focused on much more pressing matters in Europe and the economic depression, and the whole affair was considered to be petty infighting between Africans. In 1936, Sir Philip Euen Mitchell was made colonial governor of Uganda and was faced with the immediate dilemma of dealing with the aftermath of the Busoga Crisis. He convened a convention in Kampala, hoping to reach a resolution between the Soga and the Nilotics. However, the convention did not yield any significant results, as both tribes remained adamant in their demands. Frustrated with the lack of progress, Governor Mitchell decided to implement his own solution by dividing the disputed land under the 1938 Victoria River Separation Policy. A policy that separated the Bantu south and the Nilotic north into distinct colonial possessions. This decision further intensified the tensions between the Soga and the Nilotics, leading to increased conflicts and animosity between the two tribes. The implementation of the Victoria River Separation Policy not only failed to resolve the Busoga Crisis but also deepened the divide between these communities, setting a precedent for future territorial disputes in Uganda.[/sup]

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Paramountica, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, Kewtpuff, Maziya, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Ma-Li, Salisbury-Southern Rhodesia, Zingium

Post by Dana And Annea suppressed by Metropolitan Francais.

Dana And Annea

How do I start with rp?

Post by Bobertzimburg suppressed by Metropolitan Francais.

Bobertzimburg

New British Columbian wrote:How do you Name your president and capital

you need to reach a certain population for that

“These strange circumstances”

[Dresden, Deutsche Demokratische Republik]

February 1968

In the immediate aftermath of Erich Honecker’s economic reforms, the state had responded well.

Workers had rallied behind the new quotas, pledges over improved working conditions had been publicised and action was slowly being taken and things seemed to be going in the right direction. It had only been a few weeks, but with agreeable planning, the industrial leaders had begun to rally behind the leader.

In his first trip to push the economic drive forwards, Honecker had travelled to Dresden to meet with workers. It was merely a photo opportunity and the chance to present the face of a statesman, blurring the lines between the friendly leader of the republic and Iron Erich.

The last time a leader had visited Dresden, ballots for strike action had been delivered in the aftermath. This time, workers were at work, production lines were moving and East Germany had hope.

Not much had actually changed directly in the lives of the people yet, however there was a renewed sense of hope. The poverty was still there, but in these strange circumstances, there was the belief and optimism only normally seen in wealthy nations.

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

—]

Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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International Association Football Federation | Fédération internationale de football association

1967 Copa América

LIVE - Colombia

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THE FINAL: MEXICO v ARGENTINA

The 1967 Copa America final between Mexico and Argentina stands as a historic clash, characterized by the palpable excitement surrounding Argentina's ascent to the summit of global football. The Argentine squad, recently crowned World Number 1 in the FIFA World Rankings, brought an aura of invincibility to the tournament. As they faced off against Mexico in the final, the stakes were high, and anticipation soared for a thrilling encounter between two footballing nations with distinct styles and aspirations. The match became a pivotal moment in the annals of Copa America, showcasing the prowess of Argentina and the determination of Mexico, as both teams vied for continental glory amidst a backdrop of footballing prestige.

The first half began with Mexico trying to take the early advantage, making a play into the Argentine half. Despite looking strong on the ball, their play was slowed by the Argentine midfield and defence closing them down, a tactic this team had used for the duration of the tournament, and perhaps influenced by lessons learned from the World Cup. Despite the Argentine’s strong defensive play, they couldn’t break through the Mexican midfield to deliver a counter-attack, with the possession staying firmly in the hands of the North American side. As the first half progressed, the match continued to hold level. Argentina saw some good breaks, following some poor play in the midfield from the Mexican side, but were unable to convert. The first real chance came for Mexico half-way through the first half, when some skilled play in the Argentine box lead to a header which just flew wide of the goal. Both sides seemed determined to take the opening goal, and Argentina began to push hard in the latter part of the first half. The breakthrough came as a result of this push, with the Argentines opening up scoring in the 23rd minute. Celebrations were short, as the Mexicans went immediately on the counter-attack, landing an equaliser in the 24th minute, and resetting the match. The first half ended with the game all tied, and both sides bolstered by a goal a-piece.

As the second half resumed, changes were made on both ends, both sides opting to bring on attacking midfielders to increase their attacking play. From the whistle blow, the Argentines took hold of the ball and held possession in the midfield, preventing a Mexican breakthrough, frustrating their play as they looked for a path forward. This attritional play carried on well into the second half, until their strikers found a path through the Mexican defence and fired home, bringing the score up to 2-1 for the South American side. The goal was celebrated by the Argentine fans, for four minutes, when the Mexicans equalised yet again, showing their opponents they would not be underestimated. From here, the pace picked up, with both sides delivering shot after shot into the box. Following some unforced errors made by the Mexicans, the Argentines deliver two goals in quick succession. With the score at 4-2, the Mexicans push to bring the tie level again, scoring just moments after the fourth Argentine goal. However, it wasn’t enough, as the final whistle blows to signify an Argentine victory.

Argentina's victory ends the first united Copa America in history, and it ends in a fight between the best of North and South America. Only time will tell if the new format has been a success, but from the reactions here in Colombia, I think we can saw it's definitely made an impression. Argentina leave here with their 24th title, a World Record, and Mexico prove that the North can go toe-to-toe with the South in football. All teams that have competed rest now, some heading to the Summer Olympics in Madrid later this year, others now preparing for the gruelling prospect of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, which begin later this year.

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https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1981508

Paramountica, Lieobria, Amsterwald, Nippon-Nihon, Kewtpuff, Tallahan, Maziya, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Ma-Li, Zingium

[list][list][list][pre]RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

FRENCH BUREAUCRACY

MINISTÈRE DE L’INTÉRIEUR[/pre][/list]

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MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR: ALGERIAN PROTESTS TURN TO VIOLENCE & MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED

[sub]VTH REPUBLIC | PARIS, FEBRUARY 1968[/sub][/list]

[pre] THE RISE OF AL-RAHMAN PART II [/pre]

[sub]ALGIERS, CAPITAL OF FRENCH ALGERIA[/sub]

[sub]| HELM OF LIBERTÉ, MINISTÈRE DE L’INTÉRIEUR - | The barricades remain up in Algiers and across other cities in Algeria as protesters have come out again to face off against the gendarmerie in full force this time. Thousands of Algerians parading banners with the face of self proclaimed Emir of Algeria, Al-Rahman plastered on them. Other banners signified deep hatred and scorn against France with French tricolors being cancelled out, with some protestors even burning the French flag. Shouts from the furious crowds calling for an end to France's hegemony over the Algerian people and chanting of "Al-Rahman!" has become their battle cry. The French police force and local gendarmerie have been ordered to stand their ground at government buildings which have become fortified due to fears that the protesters might try to storm them and set them ablaze. The machine-gun toting gendarmerie have been unsuccessful in stopping all traffic on roadways as their lines have already been stretched thin to keep protestors at bay. Foreign press reporters and diplomats have now been ordered to refrain from traveling anywhere in Algeria and the French military has been tasked with hunting down Omar Muhammed Abd Al-Rahman Nasri.[/sub]

[sub]In Oran, the home city of Omar Muhammed Abd Al-Rahman, protestors have taken to violence in the streets as they have begun smashing shop windows owned by Frenchmen and setting the buildings on fire. With the unrest turning into an all out riot, the gendarmerie was sent in to disperse the crowds before anymore damage could occur. Their valiant efforts have been to no avail, with the rioters attacking them in return. Detainment facilities which are already full can no longer hold anymore arrested individuals and authorities are now tasked with either letting protestors go free or setting loose criminals which have already been locked up for more serious crimes. As the riots continue, Frenchmen and Frenchwomen have become increasingly targeted by the radicalized supporters of Al-Rahman. In cities across the Algerian coast, French families were seen being dragged from their homes and beaten to death by violent mobs. This has caused quite the disturbance for French citizens throughout France, as news stations continue to broadcast the violence taking place. With nearly 2 million Pied-Noirs living in Algeria, the issue of their safety has become a real problem for the local police forces, gendarmerie, and the French military; prompting the question of whether or not the French government should deploy more forces to quell the unrest and protect the ethnically French communities.[/sub]

[sub]On February 18th, President Charles de Gaulle announced an official state of emergency in the Algerian departments and declared a state of martial law. With the French military and law enforcement agencies being ordered to crack down on the violent protestors, horse-mounted gendarmerie cavalry units have been seen rushing into the crowds, wielding batons and clobbering rioters into submission. Firehoses have also been deployed and utilized to repel the attacking rioters as they try to climb over fences which surround government buildings. The French military has also been sent into the inner cities to reinforce law enforcement and protect government property. As the violence continues to grow out of control and the few hospitals and clinics which remain functioning begin to fill up rapidly, the government is finding itself at a crossroads. Meanwhile Al-Rahman remains in hiding, but has managed to keep in contact with his most loyal supporters, ordering them to "launch a revolution in the name of the Algerian people." |[/sub]

[list]______[/list]

[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!

VIVE LA FRANCE!

VIVE L’EMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]

[list][spoiler=[sub]𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]

Abessinienreich

Adriatican Islands

Al-Jammahirya Al-Arabiyya

Amsterwald

Andorra-

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Astarina

Brazil Toucan

Canovia

Cascadla

Connomia

Earstenia

Falastinyya

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hollunde

Holy Vatican City States

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Le Equatoria

Lieobria

Lucki

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Monaco-

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Ngiera

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Osivoiii

Ozbekssr

Paramountica

Paseo

Poland1St

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Republica De Cuba-

Rio De La Plata Basin

Rutannia

Salisbury-Southern Rhodesia

Saudi Arabiyah

Slipway

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spain-

Spartansk

Tallahan

The Confederate Prussian Empire

The Kemalist Republic Of Turkiye

The United States Of Africa

Vancouver Straits

Veliki-Kolombia

Victoria Harbor

Victoria Harbor Ii

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

Zeitenwende

Zingium

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[list][list][sub]𝙸𝚇.1967[/sub]

[sub]L'INAUGURAZIONE[/sub]

THE INAUGURATION[/list]

[list][list][pre]The Trans-Alpine Pipeline:

E.N.I.'s triumph, Mattei's achievement,

And the birth of grander plans.

[/pre][/list][/list]

GENOVA, REGNO D’ITALIA

[sub][nation=flag]Arcanda[/nation][/sub][/list]

[list][list][pre]▌ R.A.I. — Radiotelevisione italiana

[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCEwUFtjAr4&t=45s ][/pre][/list][/list]

[list]| Genoa, a city half-way between the sun, the sea and the mountains. From the bird's eye view of the news helicopters buzzing in the pristine September sky like dark bees, it was a sight to behold: The old town center, the modern and sprawling harbor, the snaking highways and railways in a maze of tunnels and bridges, the white housing units gleaming under the Mediterranean sun, high but slim and conjuring the image of rice fields stacked against the hills. The city had seen phenomenal growth since being Italy's premier commercial port—it had, since 1945, filled the shoes of the now-lost Trieste—and was about to see more; a pervasive dust and a jungle of cranes and construction equipment stood as a testament to this. On this auspicious day, a triumphant Enrico Mattei would cut the ribbon and open the valves of the new Trans-Alpine Pipeline. Its construction had started exactly [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=52800576]six years ago[/url] and had been an herculean feat: An 800 km-long network of pipelines and pumping stations, sometimes exposed to sub-zero temperatures and having to counter tall heights, deep valleys, the risks of geological catastrophes and the rough terrain of the Alpine regions. A multi-national enterprise, comprising of E.N.I. but also the American specialist Bechtel, and a flurry of local construction companies, had fulfilled one man's vision and one man's triumph. Metaphorically as well as physically, Enrico Mattei had crossed the Alps. |

| Stretching from Genoa to Munich, crossing Slovenia through Videm [Udine] and Lenče [Lienz], as well as Austria, the pipeline is set to deliver, at maximum capacity, 48 million tons of oil per year—more than double the 20 million of the [url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=53846611]French Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline[/url]. While, for now, oil is set to be delivered by way of tankers, reducing its effectiveness at first, the E.N.I. has plans to build a Trans-Italian Pipeline by 1974, linking the Sicilian city of Gela, set to be connected to the Libyan town of Mellitah through a joint [URL=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=54169515]Arab-Italian pipeline[/url] discharging 25 million tons of oil annually, with Genoa—set to become the nation's foremost center for the distribution of oil. An artificial island is set to emerge east of its harbor by 1970, which will house new E.N.I. refineries and storage centers, while the Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline will see completion by 1971. But extracting and pumping the oil is only one part of the journey—in all three countries it crosses, the TPP will distribute the crude oil to local clients, and will also open a dense web of roadside gas stations through Agip, which will partner or operate in Slovenia, Austria and Germany. And although the prime end client will be the behemoth West German auto industry in Bavaria, much of Italian and Slovene industries will also benefit. |

| As Enrico Mattei's smiling, sun-kissed face beamed to the flashes of the paparazzi, and as the red ribbon fell and the first valves were opened, a triumph could be read on the face of a man who started as a mere administrator. His rise has earned him many enemies, and the E.N.I itself is less strong than it seems—it has incurred massive debt from its gigantic projects. This debt, however, is repaid and lessened thanks to generous state involvement; such involvement can be traced back to Mattei's manifold connections and oversized influence over all aspects of state affairs, but also to a simple and holistic economic view: Much like a public service, E.N.I., while not always profitable, delivers immense benefits to Italian industries. |

[list]▌[sub]State representatives in attendance at the inauguration:[/sub] [list][sub]Officials from the Slovene Republic [nation=short]Amsterwald[/nation] (Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of Solska), State officials from the Federal Republic of Germany [nation=short]New Provenance[/nation], State officials from Austria, State officials from the U.A.R [nation=short]Al-Jammahirya al-Arabiyya[/nation][/sub][/list]

▌[sub]Private representatives: Officials from E.N.I., Bechtel and a panel of construction companies hailing from all three countries.[/sub][/list][/list]

[list][list][list][spoiler=[sub]Commonwealth of Liberty[/sub]

EVVIVA L'ITALIA!

—]

[nation]Adriatican Islands[/nation]

[nation]Al-Oman[/nation]

[nation]Amsterwald[/nation]

[nation]Arcanda[/nation]

[nation]Brazil Toucan[/nation]

[nation]Cascadla[/nation]

[nation]Cheezaslovakia[/nation]

[nation]Connomia[/nation]

[nation]East Germany DDR[/nation]

[nation]Great Britain GB[/nation]

[nation]Greater Kurdistane[/nation]

[nation]Israelli[/nation]

[nation]Kewtpuff[/nation]

[nation]Kotakuan II[/nation]

[nation]Ma-li[/nation]

[nation]Maziya[/nation]

[nation]Metropolitan Francais[/nation]

[nation]Neepal[/nation]

[nation]Nevbrejnovitz[/nation]

[nation]Newauroria[/nation]

[nation]New Provenance[/nation]

[nation]Nileia[/nation]

[nation]Nippon-Nihon[/nation]

[nation]OsivoII[/nation]

[nation]Paramountica[/nation]

[nation]Paseo[/nation]

[nation]Peking Zhongguo[/nation]

[nation]Pontianus[/nation]

[nation]Provenancia[/nation]

[nation]Ranponian[/nation]

[nation]Rutannia[/nation]

[nation]Saudi Arabiyah[/nation]

[nation]Socialist Democratic Republic Romania[/nation]

[nation]Spainard[/nation]

[nation]Sudesam[/nation]

[nation]Turkiye 1st[/nation]

[nation]Vancouver Straits[/nation]

[nation]Victoria Harbor[/nation]

[nation]Vietnam SV[/nation]

[nation]Virnall[/nation]

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𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚

| 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎í𝒂

| ⚓ 𝐒𝐢𝐱-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦í𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐱-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲'𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲'𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 "𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲".

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐱-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦í𝐚, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬:

⚓️) 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦í𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 "𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲" 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 [𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲] 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩, 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 & 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤.

⚓️) 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 [𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲] 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨, 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.

⚓️) 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲.

| 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

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[list][pre]T H E S L O V E N E R E P U B L I C • S L O V E N S K A R E P U B L I K A[/pre][/list]

PLATINO-SLOVENIAN SUMMIT HELD; SHIPBUILDER MAŠERA AWARDED MAJOR CONTRACT BY LA PLATAN GOVERNMENT

[list][sup]SOUTH AMERICAN INROADS

FEBRUARY 1968[/sup][/list]

Pursuant to its newly announced six-year plan of shipyard and dockyard overhauls, the La Platan government duly sought overseas partnerships to underpin the lengthy, looming process of the wholesale renovation of its naval capacity. A strong contender in this field was, interestingly, Mašera—a Slovenian shipbuilder which inherited the sprawling Triestine shipyards that, as Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, had been the pride of the Habsburg Empire.

In all of this, both the Slovenian and La Platan governments detected an opportunity for collaboration and quickly set to it. Soon after flying into Buenos Aires, Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Nikola Avbelj—accompanied by Mašera’s top brass—met with the La Platan Minister of the Economy as well as several La Platan business leaders and financiers for talks on the issue in February 1968. Expedited by the La Platan government’s pro-business angle, the discussions soon wrapped up a multi-million-dollar consultation and management agreement for the next six years, contracting Mašera as an advisor of the shipyard renovations in several major La Platan seaports in a public and private capacity. The firm was to oversee the purchase of relevant equipment, the acquisition of civilian personnel, the construction of further dock areas, as well as the design and planning of logistics, warehouse management, and supply for the multiple port locations in the nation. Mašera’s role as not only a shipbuilder but a holder of several dockyards and a growing contender in Slovenian shipping and port operation lent it the expertise that La Plata’s government and companies evidently sought in the field, and as a symbol of goodwill, the Slovenian government agreed to foot a fifth of the bill of Mašera’s contract themselves.

A spokesperson of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry subsequently lauded Minister Avbelj, Mašera and the La Platan Ministry of the Economy as prime examples of the “pragmatism” that facilitated “strong ties between corporate and national institutions” that characterized Slovenian foreign relations. Mašera’s media director, Stane Dremelj, for his own part, noted the “warm, accommodating reception” by La Platan investors, which has instilled “optimism” in Mašera executives regarding their future prospects in South America.

[list][sub]IN OTHER NEWS: The 1967 autobiographical novel Nekropola (“necropolis”), written by Boris Pahor—a Slovene independence fighter captured by German forces in Yugoslavia and dispatched to concentration camps during the Second World War—has now taken Slovenia by storm. One critic, observing its cultural impact, noted that the book has begun to “give the young generation the same bitterness toward Italy and Germany with which their elders had long been imbued.”[/sub][/list]

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[sup]FEB 1968[/sup]

[sup]|-| The Bedford Project, the economy, and a deal with the Portuguese |-|[/sup]

[sup]The Bedford truck, a utility vehicle developed by the United Kingdom, is being examined for domestic production, but the economy has turned against Rhodesia.[/sup]

[sup]The Economy[/sup]

[sup]| There has been no doubt within and outside Rhodesia that the economy would take a hit from UDI, the extent of which was up for influence by various factors. Two (2) years after UDI, and the ugly truths of economics are fast approaching, the results are apparent. In Salisbury, the price of gas has skyrocketed, in rural towns and cities, cars line up for hours to get gas, and everywhere, stores hang signs notifying people of low stockpiles. The country, facing economic problems from a lack of trade, is rapidly running out of supplies. The speed and brutality in which this occurred has stunned the government. Ian Smith has made a plea to parliament today to place rationing laws on many items, especially gas, and in a scene that seemed almost like poetic irony, he asked the African members of parliament to urge their countrymen in rural areas to take trains instead of using their cars.[/sup]

[sup]| The country has made a desperate plea today to the international community (not the UN, as Rhodesia is not formally recognised) to lift food and gas sanctions and to allow foreign companies to conduct business in Rhodesia. Ian Smith noted that a humanitarian crisis may occur if the government is unable to import enough food for the population, a claim which he backed up with a report by some districts showing that food shortages outside Salisbury and Bulawayo were becoming worse rapidly.[/sup]

[sup]| To add to the crisis, the status of the UDI government since the beginning of the economic problems has dramatically lowered, leading the relatively strong Rhodesian dollar, only backed by the UDI administration's word, to lower in value. Whilst not devastating, an inflationary crisis or a significantly weakened dollar could add fuel to an already raging fire, which has worried Rhodesian officials. Something to note, however, is that as devastating as it is, the economic crisis has not greatly affected Rhodesia's non-tax main sources of income, but the economic repercussions from the average citizen not spending nearly as much along with various economic factors will take a large toll on government and military budgets. Further economic restrictions may be placed if the situation becomes worse.[/sup]

[sup]| To manage costs, the government has put a funding reduction on the table, with possible slashes to funding to the RSF, internal security services, welfare, and subsidies. Though these slashes will not be major, the effects will be felt, likely differently based on location and status. It is worth noting that the healthcare system is already mostly private, so funding into it is on the lower side compared to the rest, meaning any government slashes to healthcare would have little effect on the budget.[/sup]

[sup]The Bedford Project[/sup]

[sup]| The Bedford is a utility truck developed and produced in the United Kingdom, several of which were left behind or seized by the RSF in Rhodesia upon the declaration of UDI. Another vehicle, the Mazda B1600, is used not only by the military but also by civilians, and its civilian use has resulted in a solid amount being held in Rhodesia, something which the military, specifically counterinsurgency elements of BSAP, aim to utilise. Rhodesia, due to its status, isn't wealthy when it comes to equipment, so the Mazda and Bedford have both been especially important in anything Rhodesia aims to do militarily, something which has led to a need for both vehicles to see production and modification, and these needs have become a large priority for the BSAP as a saving grace, especially after their failure during recent attacks.[/sup]

[sup]| On the 19th, parliament approved a lump sum payment in the BSAP of two million (2,000,000) for projects related to the Bedford RL and Mazda B1600. Existing infrastructure will be used for the project to save costs, and it is predicted that the project will take only one (1) year due to its rather simple goal. The project is aimed mainly at increasing the stability of the vehicles, making both at least somewhat mine-resistant, giving extra protection to the driver, installing easier gear onto the Mazda for Browning MGs, and beginning domestic production of both.[/sup]

[sup]A deal with Portugal: Mozambique[/sup]

[sup]| The situation in Mozambique has been of great interest to the Rhodesian government, mainly because since UDI many pan-African movements have targeted Rhodesia in their speech and actions. The falling of Mozambique to communist pan-Africanism would prove rather distasteful for Rhodesia politically, economically, and socially. To help prolong Portuguese ownership of Mozambique, a deal has been signed with Portugal to allow the RSF and BSAP to conduct raids and reconnaissance missions into Mozambique's territory to assist Portuguese troops. Helicopter patrols may also be authorized if the situation deteriorates further.[/sup]

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[sup]In the aftermath of the 1938 Victoria River Separation Policy, thousands of Soga refugees were now displaced in Buganda. While thousands more remained in Busoga proper, now under the jurisdiction of a new colonial government. As for what remained of the Ugandan Protectorate, Buganda, Toro, Bunyoro, and Ankole still remained as per the policy of 1938. The whole affair had set off a spark in the minds of the Bantu south, most certainly for Buganda, as by 1950 they had hosted the brunt of the Soga refugee population. Prior to the Busoga Crisis, the politics of the Bantu Kingdoms were very localized, with the majority of it being petty clan politics. However, the influx of Soga refugees and the division of the protectorate brought about a shift in the political landscape. In Buganda, the first signs of political dissidence came from the Bugandan monarchy. Shortly after the signing of the 1938 separation policy, the then-reigning monarch of Buganda, Daudi Cwa II, would succumb to illness at his palace in Salaama on November 22nd, 1939, at the age of 43 years. Out of 36 children, his 15th son, Edward Fredrick David William Muteesa Walugembe of the Nte (Cow) clan, would ascend to the Bugandan throne as the 5th Kabaka of Buganda on the 19th of November, 1942, the same date as his 18th birthday. The young Muteesa's first political trial would come at the tail end of the 2nd World War, as the economic situation was dire in Buganda because the war caused the prices of goods and commodities to rise tenfold. Which sparked sporatic protests against both the Governor of Uganda and Kabaka Mutesa's governments. Similar protests would take place from the Soga refugees who had fled to Buganda during the crisis, adding to the already tense situation. These protests would mark the beginning of Muteesa's involvement in political activism and his determination to fight for the rights and welfare of his people. Despite the challenging circumstances, Muteesa's leadership skills and charisma would soon make him a prominent figure in the struggle for independence in Uganda.[/sup]

[sup]Entering the 1950s, the Ugandan Protectorate would enter a new political phase as Africa began experiencing the early stages of decolonialism. In Uganda, the independence struggle would begin with the British Government floating the idea of uniting British East Africa (Uganda, Kenya, and Tanganyika) into a federation. The proposal was immediately met with resistance by the Bantu kingdoms, who feared that such a federation would allow Kenya's white settler community to take control, similar to what happened in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. They also feared reuniting with the Nilotic North, as the memory of the Busoga Crisis was still a matter of contention. Muteesa himself would become the face of the political resistance against Governor Cohen, sparking the Kabaka Crisis after Cohen had Muteesa disposed and exiled to England. The reaction from the public was severely negative, sparking mass protests and worker strikes. Including public displays of "weeping, mourning, and collapsing in grief... Ganda, and especially Ganda women, declared loyalty to the king and denounced Britain's betrayal of its alliance with Buganda," Cohen attempted to have a new Kabaka installed who would be more agreeable with his plans, but it proved unfruitful as the Bugandan aristocracy refused to cooperate. After two years of resistance and obstruction, Cohen relented and reinstated Muteesa as Kabaka after a negotiated settlement was reached on the 17th of October, 1955. The whole crisis had boosted his standing not only amongst his Mugandan people but the whole of Uganda, as his resistance to Cohen painted him as an anti-colonial figure, the public even giving him the nickname of 'King Freddie'.[/sup]

[sup]After the return of the Kabaka, Uganda was swept up in the rush of African independence as the continent was changing. With newfound popularity in Buganda, Muteesa began calling for the decolonization of Uganda. However, in his absence during exile, other independence factions formed, such as the Ugandan Democratic Party (UDP), the Uganda National Congress (UNC), and the individual Bantu Kingdoms own political movements. These factions had their own agendas and leaders, which led to a fragmented independence movement in Uganda. The UDP, led by Benedicto Kiwanuka, consisted of Bugandan Catholics who sought to establish a Ugandan Republic without the influence of the Bantu monarchs. The UNC, led by Ignatius K. Musaazi, was a big tent party that appeared more modernist and accommodating and attracted many southerners, particularly in the east. The Kingdom of Bunyoro and Acholi themselves spoke of succession from Uganda. With such competition, Muteesa, on the advice of his Katikiro (prime minister), Michael Kintu, formed his own independence party, the Ugandan National Party (UNP), in 1956. Working off his established popularity, Muteesa was effectively able to rally much of the Bugandan people to the UNP. Not only that, Muteesa made efforts to appeal to the Soga refugee population by lobbying the colonial government to return Kyabazinga Kadhumbula from his exile in Bunyoro.[/sup]

[sup]One of the most pressing issues for Ugandan independence was the form of government that was to be put into power post-independence. There were various proposals and debates regarding the form of government, with some advocating for a centralized government while others argued for a federal system. Muteesa played a crucial role in these discussions, using his position as Kabaka to push for a centralized system that would protect the interests of the other kingdoms from the Nilotic North. Bunyoro and Ancholi, in particular, were nervous about forming a unitary state with Buganda, as they feared that Buganda would dominate and marginalize their respective kingdoms. Thus, when the 1958 elections came, much support was thrown behind the UNC, which promised a federal-based system that would allow for regional autonomy. While Muteesa's UNP won much of the vote in Buganda, the UDP and UNC formed a surprise coalition to counter UNP victory. The two parties represented grievances of different identities. DP represented the grievances of Mugandan Catholics who had been sidelined by the Anglican-dominated monarchy. The UNC, on the other hand, represented the grievances of the non-Baganda. Although the UDP and UNC won a few seats over the UNP, the Ugandan Legislature had very limited power and was subservient to the British government in London. The UDP would soon end the coalition due to disagreements with the UNC over the structure of the post-independence Ugandan state. When it came time for the Lancaster House Conferences held in London on the 18th of September, 1961, representatives of the UDP, UNC, and UNP were present to negotiate the terms of Uganda's independence. The conferences aimed to address the concerns and aspirations of all political parties involved, with a focus on establishing a framework for a self-governing Uganda. The outcome of the Lancaster House Conferences was the formulation of the Independence Constitution of Uganda. The constitution established a parliamentary system of government with a non-executive presidency, and it recognized the existence of traditional kingdoms within a federal structure. Each region had its own regional government, and the central government was responsible for overall national affairs. The final election before independence would be held on the 23rd of March, 1962, to determine the layout of the future Ugandan parliament. On the election ticket, Muteesa and Musaazi would enter a party coalition to counter the UDP, as both parties feared that the UDP would threaten the powers and autonomy of the Bantu monarchs. The results of the elections would have the UNP-UNC coalition win a majority of the parliament with 45 seats out of 100, while the UDP only won 35, with the rest going to independents. Uganda would finally achieve independence on the 9th of October, 1962, with Musaazi becoming the first Prime Minister of an independent Uganda. The protectorate was ended, and the nation was baptized as the Ugandan Federation.[/sup]

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Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

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Israelli

Kewtpuff

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Ma-Li

Maziya

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“Youth”

[East Berlin, Deutsche Demokratische Republik]

March 1968

Whilst Erich Honecker paced around his office plotting his next move over trying to forge a relationship with West Germany, Paul Verner was out trying to put the Unity back into the Socialist Unity Party.

As part of a scheme to improve relations between the lower and the upper ends of the party, Verner had been invited to meet a young and ambitious party activist.

The man in question introduced himself as Egon Krenz, who had grown up in territory that Germany had lost as a result of its imperialist wars. If he had been born in the modern world, he would have been Polish but he was committed German socialist and many had hailed him for his work so far.

Paul Verner wasn’t overly impressed by the bureaucrat with a social science degree, but he knew the importance of rallying support amongst the lower ranks.

Iron Erich had solidified his place and nobody would challenge him, but ruling through fear only took you so far and their best option was to get at least a portion of their own ranks on side.

On his tour, Verner also met with members of the Free German Youth (FDJ), including chairman Günther Jahn. He was much more palatable than Krenz and much more the kind of man that Verner wanted to elevate within the East German Government.

Following his tour, many SED functionaries considered it to have been a success. Of course it wouldn’t convince party members overnight that Honecker and Verner were messiahs that would turn East Germany into some kind of dominant superpower, but Socialist voices were slowly becoming less critical and more favourable.

If Verner had to shake hands with ghastly men like Krenz to create party synergy, then that was a price worth paying. After all, he and Erich wouldn’t be around forever and the youth were the future.

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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Catholicism: the religion that forged and shaped the nation

[sub]KINGDOM OF SPAIN | MADRID, December 25, 1967[/sub][/list]

[sub]Catholicism, also known as the Catholic Church, is the largest religion in Spain, with close as 80% of Spaniards identifying as Catholic. The Catholic Church has a long history in the nation, in fact it is this religion that helped forged and shaped Spain as it is today. According to Romans 15:28, Christianity could have been present in Spain from a very early period. St. Paul intend to go to Hispania to preach the gospel there after visiting the Romans along the way. But there is no clear evidence if he ever made it. After 410 AD, Spain was taken over by the Visigoths who had been converted to Arianism around 360. From the 5th to the 7th century, about thirty synods, were held at Toledo to regulate and standardise matters of discipline, decreed uniformity of liturgy throughout the kingdom. Medieval Spain was the scene of almost constant warfare between Islamic and Christian kingdoms. Islamic and Christian people generally lived in peaceful co-existence under Islamic rule such as in Al-Andalus with many instances of inter-religious marriage. However, there was tension from the Pope and the Catholic Church to oppose Islamic rule in Spain and to "reclaim" Europe. This was the period of the so-called "Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain". The Almohads, who had taken control of the Almoravids' Maghrebi and Andalusian territories by 1147, far surpassed the Almoravids in Islamic fundamentalism, and they notably treated the non-Islamic dhimmis harshly. Faced with the choice of death, conversion, or emigration, many Jews fled to North Africa and Egypt.[/sub]

[sub]The Reconquista was the long process by which the Catholics reconquered Spain from Islamic rule by 1492. The Spanish Inquisition was established in 1478 to complete the religious purification of the Iberian Peninsula. In the centuries that followed, Spain saw itself as the bulwark of Catholicism and doctrinal purity. Spanish missionaries carried Catholicism to the Americas and the Philippines, establishing various missions in the newly colonized lands. The missions served as a base for both administering colonies as well as spreading Christianity. However, the Spanish kings insisted on these missions maintaining independence from papal "interference"; bishops in Spanish domains were forbidden to report to the Pope except through the Spanish crown. Philip II became king on Charles V's abdication in 1556. Spain largely escaped the religious conflicts that were raging throughout the rest of Europe, and remained firmly Roman Catholic. Philip saw himself as a champion of Catholicism, both against the Ottoman Turks and the heretics.

The synod of 1565-1566 held in Toledo was concerned with the execution of the decrees of Trent. The last council of Toledo, that of 1582 and 1583, was so guided in detail by Philip II that the pope ordered the name of the royal commissioner to be expunged from the acts.[/sub]

[sub]In the 16th century the first Spanish missionaries emerged, especially in America and Asia. Examples of this are the Jesuits Saint Francisco Javier ("apostle of India" who evangelized India, China and Japan) and Saint José de Anchieta ("apostle of Brazil"), the Franciscans Saint Junípero Serra (apostle of California) and Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur ("apostle of Guatemala"), or the Dominican Thomas of Zumárraga (missionary in Japan), among many others. The characteristic Spanish religiosity at this time was expressed through mysticism. It was the means by which the intensely devout could move beyond the routine of good works and standard prayers to have a direct encounter with God. The outstanding exponent of mysticism was Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), a Carmelite nun who was active in many different modes of religion, including organizing convents and new congregations, and developing the theology of the Counter Reformation in Spain that permanently minimized the Protestant influence there. In the 1620s Spain debated who should be the nation's patron saint – the current patron Saint James Matamoros (Saint James the Moor-slayer) or a combination of him and the newly canonized Saint Teresa of Ávila. Teresa's promoters said Spain faced new challenges, especially the threat of Protestantism and the declining society at home, and needed a modern patron saint who understood these problems and could lead the Spanish nation back. Santiago's supporters ("santiaguistas") fought back viciously and won the day, but Teresa of Avila remained far more popular at the local level. Philip III (1598–1621) and Philip IV (1621–65) launched a new policy of appointing priests from religious orders to the more prestigious dioceses. The Dominicans had an advantage in the competition for office, as they had influential high court positions such as royal confessor. There was an unexpected result in that bishops who were members of religious orders were more inclined to protest the growing royal taxation of the Church.[/sub]

[sub]The Catholic Church was the most powerful and closest ally of the government. It helped fund the government, giving it over 20% of its large income from tithes. The royal policy was to have complete control over the personnel of the church, such as the selection of bishops, abbeys, and other major officeholders. After Spain spent 2.5 million pesos in payoffs and bribes, the Pope went along with the extension of Royal control in a concordat agreed in Rome in 1753. A serious issue arose regarding the Jesuits, who had links to powerful nobles but were distrusted by the other orders such as the Dominicans and Augustinians. and owed their loyalty primarily to the Pope, rather than to the king. The solution was to expel all 5000 Jesuits from Spain and its overseas empire, which was done expeditiously in 1767–68. The correspondence of Bernardo Tanucci, the anti-clerical minister of Charles III in Naples, contains all the ideas which from time to time guided Spanish policy. Charles conducted his government through Count Aranda, a reader of Voltaire, and other liberals. At a council meeting of January 29, 1767, the expulsion of the Society of Jesus was settled. Secret orders were sent to the magistrates of every town where a Jesuit resided. The plan worked smoothly and all the Jesuits were marched like convicts to the coast, where they were deported to the Papal States. By 1768 the Jesuits had been dispossessed throughout the Spanish dominions. The impact on the Spanish New World was particularly great, as the far-flung settlements were often dominated by missions. Almost overnight in the mission towns of Sonora and Arizona, the "black robes" (as the Jesuits were known) disappeared and the "gray robes" (Franciscans) replaced them.[/sub]

[sub]Secular and anti-clerical forces grew steadily stronger in the 19th century. Spiritists emerged and forged a political identity. Bishops said their belief in direct communications with the dead was heresy. The spiritists had a middle class profile, were concerned with Spain's moral regeneration, and embraced rationalism and a demand for Catholic reform. These views brought them in contact with other dissident groups and they all entered into the political arena when the Restoration-era Church refused to tolerate their "heresies". Debates over the secularization of cemeteries in particular granted spiritists a degree of public legitimacy and brought them into the circle of freethinkers who embraced republicanism. The first instance of anti-clerical violence due to political conflict in the 19th century occurred during the First Spanish Civil War (1820–23). During riots in Catalunya, 20 clergymen were killed by members of the liberal movement in retaliation for the Church's siding with absolutist supporters of Ferdinand VII. The Inquisition was finally abolished in the 1830s, but even after that religious freedom was denied in practice, if not in theory. In 1836 following the First Carlist War, the new regime abolished the major convents and monasteries. Catholicism became the state religion when the Spanish government signed the Concordat of 1851 with the Vatican. "The 1851 concordat had Catholicism as 'the only religion of the Spanish nation' but by ratifying the status quo, the concordat itself represented an accommodation with the liberal state. The experience of disentail had, however, replaced the Church's assumption of privilege with a sense of uncertainty. Though it would be many years before it ceased to look to the state for protection and support – not least in denying freedom of worship to Spaniards in 1931 - the Spanish Church now accepted the secular jurisdiction of the state and some idea of national sovereignty."[/sub]

[sub]In the late nineteenth century the Catholic Church maintained its base among the peasants in most of Spain, but also enjoyed a revival in upper-class society, with aristocratic women taking the lead. They formed numerous devotional and charitable organizations and fought against prostitution; they tried to freeze anti-clerical politicians out of high society. Anti-clerical activists, union members, and intellectuals were increasingly annoyed by the reinvigoration of the church at the upper levels of society. The Republican government which came to power in Spain in 1931 was strongly anti-clerical, secularising education, prohibiting religious education in the schools, and expelling the Jesuits from the country. In May, 1931, a wave of attacks hit Church properties in Madrid, Andalucia, and the Levant, as dozens of religious buildings, including churches, friaries, convents, and schools, lay in ruins. The government expropriated all Church properties, such as episcopal residences, parish houses, seminaries and monasteries. The Church had to pay rent and taxes in order to continuously use these properties. Religious vestments, chalices, statues, paintings, and similar objects necessary for worship were expropriated as well. The Church was weak among the anti-clerical middle-class and much of the urban working class, but remained powerful among the wealthy elite and the army. Its main base was the peasantry in heavily rural Spain. It had international support from Catholics, especially members of the Irish diaspora, which was politically powerful in the United States. There were some middle class Catholics, and their women were mobilized through the Acción Católica de la Mujer (Women's Catholic Action), established in 1920. It emphasized women's role as mothers and caregivers and registered women by presenting the vote as a means to fulfill women's obligation to protect family and religious values. The Catholics in 1933 fought back by forming – for the first time – a Catholic party, the Confederation Espanola de Derechas Autonomas (CEDA). It was dissolved in 1937.[/sub]

[sub]Political ideologies were intensely polarized, as both right and left saw vast evil conspiracies on the other side that had to be stopped. The central issue was the role of the Catholic Church, which the left saw as the major enemy of modernity and the Spanish people, and the right saw as the invaluable protector of Spanish values. Power see-sawed back and forth in 1931 to 1936 as the monarchy was overthrown, and complex coalitions formed and fell apart. The end came in a devastating civil war, 1936–39, which was won by the liberals, socialists, anarchists, communists, anticlerical, Army-backed "Republican" forces supported by Soviet Union, Mexico and United. The Republicans, led by President Manuel Azaña, defeated the conservative, pro-Church, Army-backed "Nationalist" forces, which was backed by Nazi Germany and Italy. Thousands of churches were destroyed, and Catholic priests, nuns and conspicuous laymen came under violent attack by the Republican side. Of the 30,000 priests and monks in Spain in 1936, 6800 were killed, including 13% of the secular priests and 23% of the monks; 13 bishops and 283 nuns were killed. Half the killings took place during the first month and a half of the civil war. The killers were typically anarchists who acted because the Church was their great enemy and they supported the rebellion.[/sub]

[sub]After the war, despite the increase of freedom the Catholic Church gained from the republican government, its still faced attacked from anticlericals who considered the Church to be a traitors to the state. All this change in 1954 when the second republic came to an end and the monarchy was restored. The Spanish government signed the Concordat of 1954 with the Vatican which restored Catholicism as the state religion. The Concordat also gave many new benefits to the Catholic Church, including the returns of lands and properties that was taken in 1931, assisting in the reconstruction of church buildings damaged by the war, receiving government subsidies, Catholic religious studies became a required course in all primary schools, mandatory canonical marriages for all Catholics, exemption from government taxation, protection from police intrusion into church properties, exemption of clergy from military service, and the pope is allowed to visit Spain once a year. In return, the Spanish Sovereigns secured the right to name Roman Catholic bishops in Spain, as well as veto power over appointments of clergy down to the parish priest level, priests will daily pray for Spain and for the Monarchs, according to the traditional formula and the prescriptions of the Sacred Liturgy, and received the title “Custodian of all Holy Places in the Holy Land”. Laws were passed abolishing divorce and banning the sale of contraceptives. Within the spans of 10 years, Catholicism return to the daily life of the Spanish people again with many of going on pilgrimages to visit holy sites in the country, celebrate many religious festivals, and attending mass. Even now on December 25, the Nativity of our Lord, people everywhere in the country attending mass to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.[/sub]

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VIVA ESPAÑA!

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https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1981862

[list][spoiler=[sub]“Our hope is in Christ;

this little mountain will be

the salvation of Spain

and of the people of the Goths;

the mercy of Christ will free us

from that multitude.”

— Pelayo of Asturias, King of Asturias[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Hong Kong Delta

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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International Association Football Federation | Fédération internationale de football association

1968 CAF Cup of Nations

LIVE - Ethiopia

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GROUP STAGES

Football travels to Africa for the CAF Cup of Nations, one of the longest running continental competitions in world football. Along with the other football confederations of the world, the Cup of Nations has seen an expansion of teams qualifying for this years competition. 16 teams will enter with the sole objective of being crowned the coveted title of Champions of Africa. The qualified teams travel to our hosts for this year, Ethiopia, who have previously hosted and won the competition in 1962. Ethiopia, after struggling in the World Cup qualifiers, will be looking to make an impact, capitalise on their home advantage and set themselves up in a strong position for the upcoming World Cup to be held in 1970.

Looking back to the previous edition of the tournament, Ethiopia may find difficulties in making the impact they're looking for. Held in Tunisia, who failed to qualify for this edition, the tournament would eventually be won by Ghana, taking their second consecutive title and becoming the most successful team in Africa as a result. Tunisia would finish second, followed by the Ivory Coast in third and the former state of Mali, now dissolved into several smaller states.

The expanded tournament format saw many states make their debuts in this tournament. Nigeria and Kenya qualified from Group 1, with Tunisia taking third place. In Group 2, Sudan and the Ivory Coast qualified, and newcomers Rwanda would take third place. Group 3 saw the United Arab Republic, who at one point were leading in the points, withdraw following political tensions in the country. The Rif and Benin qualified in their stead, and the Central African Republic secured their best performance in AFCON history by finishing third. South Africa took the top spot in Group 4, with Zambia securing their first qualification to the tournament. Mali finished third ahead of Togo and Eritrea. Group 5 was rocked after Tanzania withdrew from the competition due to the banning of football by the new revolutionary government, resulting Morocco and Sierra Leone qualifying through. World Cup qualifiers Zaire finished third, but did not secure enough points to progress to the play-offs, due to limited matches. In Group 6, Senegal qualified in first, followed by first time qualifiers and underdogs Buganda. Ghana, the defending champions, only finished in third, and thus advanced to the play-offs. Group 7 was won by Rhodesia, with Cameroon qualifying in second. Somalia secured their best performance finishing third, but did not secure the points to advance to the play-offs.

The Central African Republic faced Tunisia in the first match of the play-off bracket. The first match was contested in the Central African Republic, and was won by Tunisia 2-1. The second leg of the match, played in Tunis, was again won by Tunisia 2-0, who advanced convincingly against the ambitious but inexperienced team. Mali and Ghana played the second bracket, drawing 1-1 in the first match, before Ghana took the win after a 2-1 win at home. The final play-off match took place between Tunisia and Ghana, with Ghana winning the opening match 1-0 in Tunis. The second match, played in Ghana, ended in 1-1, and saw Ghana advance on aggregate 2-1, filling the final qualification spot.

The groups were drawn as follows:

Group A: Ethiopia (hosts), Cameroon, Rif, Ghana

Group B: Sudan, Buganda, Benin, Rhodesia

Group C: Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, South Africa

Group D: Morocco, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast

The tournament began with Ethiopia, leading the opening game against Cameroon. In what was supposed to be a chance for the hosts to show their skill on the international stage, it quickly turned into a disaster, with Cameroon dominating the game and winning 4-0 in one of the worst defeats for a host nation in AFCON history. Int he second game, Ghana and the Rif drew 1-1 in an uneventful match from which both sides took a point. The second match for Ethiopia sealed the end of their 1968 campaign, losing 2-0 to Ghana. Cameroon, on the other hand, secured their place in the next round with a 3-2 win over the Rif. In their final match, Ethiopia took a late but welcomed win over the Rif, winning an exhilarating 4-2 match which gave the home fans something to celebrate despite the difficult performance. Cameroon may have defeated Ghana 1-0 in the final match, but both teams would advance from the Group.

Sudan kicked off Group B in winning fashion, defeating minnows Buganda 2-1. Rhodesia, despite an unexpectedly strong qualifying period, were narrowly defeated by debutants Benin in their first match. Rhodesia's exit was sealed in the second match, with Sudan defeating the southern nation 1-0 and securing their spot in the next round. Buganda managed to recover a point from their first match with a draw against Benin, outpacing what many expected to be the far superior team. In the final match, newcomers Benin were brought down by Sudan despite a positive performance in this competition, losing 3-2 to the highest ranked team in Africa. Rhodesia managed to secure a lone win in their final match, defeating Buganda 2-0 in the final match. Sudan and Benin would qualify for the knockout stages.

Group C began with Nigeria defeating Senegal 2-1, following two late goals from Nigeria to turn the match around on the West Africans. South Africa were held to surprising 2-2 draw with Kenya, newcomers to the tournament, who at times looked firmly in control of the match. By the second match, Kenya shocked the tournament again and held Nigeria to a 2-2 draw, bringin home another point and placing them in a good position to advance. South Africa secured their first win of the tournament, defeating Senegal 1-0. In the all important match, Nigeria and South Africa each took away a point from another 2-2 draw, setting a strange record of the most of the same results in a group stage of a international competition, but securing enough for both teams to qualify. Senegal took three points from Kenya in a 2-1 victory in their final match.

Morocco started out their AFCON campaign with a anti-climactic 2-2 draw with debutants Zambia. Sierra Leone failed to make a strong impact after their first match, losing 3-0 to a resurgent Ivory Coast. In the second round of matches, Sierra Leone were eliminated by Morocco, who secured a 3-2 victory over the West African side. The Ivory Coast were stunned after being held to a 0-0 draw with Zambia. After the first two matches, it was all looking to play for. Morocco and the Ivory Coast each held each other to a 2-2 draw, and looked set to secure the points required to advance. However, Zambia managed to defeat Sierra Leone 2-1, meaning that Zambia, the Ivory Coast and Morocco each finished the group with 5 points each. Ivory Coast won the group on goal difference, but with Morocco and Zambia having the same goal difference, it had to be settled by the third tie breaker on goals scored, with Morocco going through ahead of the Zambian side.

Join us next time for the knockout stages of the 1968 African Cup of Nations!

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Post by Empire Of Hyrule suppressed by a moderator.

Empire Of Hyrule wrote:Hey I am with a war with a dumb brain gay looser

War's over.

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A Final Plea for Help: Macias Visits Barcelona

March, 1968

| While today we may think of Macias as a monster, a tyrant, and a megalomaniac, he wasn’t always this way. Following his victory in the 1968 election, the new President of Equatorial Guinea, recognized his mental instability, and in a final attempt to save himself and the nation as a whole he appealed for help. In March 1968, Macias would depart from Equatorial Guinea, itself a risky gamble due to the inherent instability of a newly independent state born from invasion. Yet, Macias would still take the gamble, landing in Barcelona in mid-March 1968.

It is unknown what happened during his stay in Barcelona, and his visit to the mental institution. Some doctors who had claimed to work at the mental health facility Macias had visited, claimed he had been tortured, given copious amounts of drugs, and electro-shock therapy. Official reports from medical facilities in the area diagnosed Macias with clinical insanity, psychopathy, and childhood trauma (which could be more accurately referred to as PTSD). These mental illnesses were compounded and made worse by Macias’ habitual drug abuse, especially of cannabis.

No matter what happened during his stay in Barcelona, it became clear, it had failed. Upon his return to Equatorial Guinea, Macias Nguema announced his plans to transform society into an Ultranationalist, Totalitarian, and State-Owned economy. His supporters cheered, and the opposition trembled, as only one month into his term, Macias would order the arrest of former Prime Minister of Spanish Guinea Bonifacio Ondó Edú-Aguong, and those who had helped run his candidacy. As the Equatorial Guinean Army began to arrest Ondo, and his supporters, many watched on with a combination of horror, and grim fascination, as President Macias tightened his grip.

For his part, Bonifacio Ondó Edú-Aguong was tortured on orders of Macias in the notorious Black Beach Prison. This torture lasted for 10 days before Ondo allegedly committed suicide; however, it is far more likely Macias had him executed. Also killed were Ondo’s wife, and their children, all deemed a threat to Macias’ rule as he feared they would seek retribution. Now, no one in Equatorial Guinea could stand up to President Macias, and he was free to twist, and break the nation and its people to his heart’s cruel and deranged desires.

Lieobria, Amsterwald, Bulzhariia, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Tallahan, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Victoria Harbor Ii, Nilemba

[pre]1968, Mwezi Wa Tatu — March, 1968

High Court Soroti, Kennedy Square, Soroti, Victoria Region (Mkoa Wa Victoria)[/pre]

[list][pre]The Republic Of Nilemba • Jamhuri ya Nilemba[/pre][/list]

[list][list]NILEMBA RISES FROM A PAST OF ATROCITIES[/list][/list]

Nestled along the banks of the Nile, plotted with lakes and streams, inhabited by a people who desired to be united in their heritage, a people who dreamed of a homeland of their own. This was the vision of the Nilotic Nationalist Movement in the 1930s, where they had sought to establish a separate state entity, to what the colonial British government imagined would be the Protectorate of Uganda, a nation of diverse ethnicities and tribes and kingdoms, bound to be under the absolute rule of the Bantu Kingdoms.

This was a future the Nilotes would not accept, this was the start of a movement not simply driven by desperation to discard the colonial creation of old Uganda, but desperation to set the land of the Nilotes, Nilemba, free of Bantu economic and political domination, as it has done for the past several decades. This rebellion against the Empire, against the Bantu hold on the land however started with blood, an atrocity that had been largely ignored, if not covered up, by those evading the responsibility behind one of the British Empire’s greatest crimes against humanity, of which occurred in the Busoga Crisis of the 1930s.

The late 1920s had brought with it a series of travesties, ranging from environmental disasters, economic woes, and the opportunity for new beginnings, which inspired much of the rural and impoverished Nilotic population of northeastern Uganda, to begin their journey south towards the Soga land, a developed economically attractive region of the Ugandan colony, centered around the urban sprawl in Jinja. The Nilotic tribes moving south had fertile grounds for their cattle, and the availability of jobs in the fields of cotton and other crops, mostly laboring on the land of European and Bantu landowners. However, the increased migration of Nilotic peoples away from drought-affected regions in the north, coupled with the increased frustration of Bantu landowners at the overwhelming increase in the population, had left some real grievances between the two groups. As the 30s arrived, those grievances had exploded into open hostilities, most of which were motivated by ethnic violence, first with disputes over cattle, then over the wages and treatment of Nilotic workers, and then eventually evolved into some sort of racial prejudice by the ruling Bantu class against the Nilotic working class.

This case of economic and political domination by the Bantu against the Nilotes was the general system set up by the colonial power throughout Uganda, but this feeling of subjugation was not as prevalent and clear-cut anywhere in the colony as it was in Jinja, which is where the Busoga Kingdom had set up its capital city and society, a society now threatened by a desperate Nilotic working class, a society that was determined to defend itself against the Nilotic outsiders. This sparked a wave of attacks by the Busoga against Nilotic communities and refugee camps on the outskirts of Jinja and in other rural farming communities set up by the Nilotes as temporary shelters while they worked in the fields. The colonial government did not take this outburst of violence lightly and set out to punish the Busoga leadership. However, they had inadvertently fanned the flames of chaos even further, through the utilization of the King Africa Rifles (KAR), a colonial army consisting of mostly Nilotic conscripts, along with a handful of Nilotic militias and gangs.

It had become clear in the months leading up to 1938, that the Nilotes were driven by much more than just the right of defending themselves from Bantu aggression. They had devolved into what historians call a clear case of ethnic cleansing and racially motivated violence and murder sprees. Nilotic members of the KAR had gone off the wall, as reports stated the acts of senseless massacres and brutalization of Bantu villages and towns committed by KAR members and Nilotic militias. Entire Bantu communities in the Soga land were uprooted, and many of the population were forced to flee the violence or expelled by rampaging militias in Uganda, creating a refugee crisis at the hands of the Bantu Kingdoms west of the Nile.

Since the proclamation of the north Ugandan colony, formerly the British Kalenjin, Nilotic violence against the Bantu had dropped dramatically, however still prevalent in part of the country. This year, the Nilotes celebrated six years as an independent Nilotic nation that had just been reclassified as the Republic of Nilemba by the lifetime President, Milton Obote, and his People’s Congress Party. This change in the name of the country comes in part from the anti-Bantu sentiment taken by the Government in Gulu in recent months in response to Buganda’s relentless hostility against the north and its annexation of Soga Land, now known as the Victoria Region. A significant portion of the Soga population still lived in government-mandated confined communities, living under a system of racial inequality and disadvantages that had been compared to that of the ongoing situation in Rwanda, or the Apartheid injustices of Rhodesia and South Africa. Displaced, scattered, contained, and oppressed, the Soga people had lost their homes and their influence in the region, and were taken by the Nilotic ethnic state.

Jinja remains the last city where the Bantu community still survives on a much larger scale east of the Nile. But beyond the borders of the Nile River, and Nilemba’s only coastal city on Lake Victoria, this city has become the central most contested point of the rising tensions between Buganda and Nilemba in recent years. In the eyes of Milton Obote and Nilo nationalists, Buganda had made it clear that it wished to return the old glory of the Soga Kingdom and the homeland of its people, which is a threat to Nilemba. Through their historical version, Nilemba continues to believe the Busoga started the war and committed atrocities against the Nilotic refugees who were simply victims of Bantu economic and political negligence coupled with suppression. Perhaps much of the blame remains to lie on the Empire’s history of negligence to its African colonies, perhaps as the Nilotes see it, the blame is on the economically politically greedy Bantu who had planned to let the Nilotes die out in the droughts, famines, and tensions that occurred between the 1920s to 30s. And perhaps to the Bantu, the Nilotes had capitalized on their tragedy to take over, brutalize, and expel the Soga from their homeland, and in its place establish what amounts to an Ethno State.

In front of a High Court building, at the public square of Nilemba’s up-and-coming community of Soroti, a town that has bounced back from the droughts and conflicts, had held a rally headed by President Obote, in which he attempts to solidify the name change of the country, And sentimentalize the idea of a Nilotic Ethnic State to the crowds which had gathered to hear him speak. These speeches have been one of many taken by the Obote Administration to begin a campaign of National Patriotic fervor for their country. In the speech, the President had alluded to a dangerous message, in which he had promised to protect Nilotic fishermen and coastal communities from the eager claws of Buganda.

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Glory Be Nilemba

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

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Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

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Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Nova Dixieland

FEBRUARY 1968 - BALTIMORE

WALLACE/THURMOND TICKET RUNS AGAIN IN CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT!

On Thursday, former Alabama Governor George Wallace, as unfortunately expected, announced his second presidential run with South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond under the party the two founded in 1964, the Southerners' Independent Party. In the midterms of 1966, several candidates under the fledging party's banner won 10 seats in the Senate, and 44 House seats. This group, along with some Republicans, have continued to block Civil Rights legislation, much to the ire of many across the Midwest and Northeast, certainly including President Lyndon Johnson as well. It is still uncertain how the Southern Independents will effect the upcoming election, but one thing is for sure: The Southerners' Independent Party maintaining itself, perhaps into the next decade, may effect the United States in a way that will leave it forever changed, and it is certain that it will be for the worst.

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[list]March 1968

[sub]The Eyes Turn East[/sub][/list]

[pre]D I E B U N D E S R E P U B L I K[/pre]

RAPPROACHMENT WITH THE EAST

[sub]BONN, THE FEDERAL CAPITAL, New Provenance - AFTERNOON[/sub]

| In November 1967, initial overtures were made by East Berlin through informal backchannels to extend the possibility of opening discussions with the Federal Republic of Germany on the issue of formalizing a diplomatic relationship. Two days later, the German Foreign Ministry convened a confidential meeting of Chancellor Willy Brandt's Cabinet of Ministers which included top parliamentary group leaders from the Bundestag as well as Federal President Helmut Schmidt to discuss the big question in German foreign policy. Since Willy Brandt and the Social Democrats took office in 1961, OSTPOLITIK had been a guiding tenet of their foreign policy. The idea of eventual rapproachment and friendly relations, perhaps even recognition, appealed to many progressives and SPD supporters who viewed the failure to engage with the Federal Republic's most important physical neighbor as a betrayal to the Germans who lived on the other side of the Iron Curtain. The policy never got far, however, with domestic policy issues taking up priority over most of Brandt's first term, and with the East German hardliner leadership not being the most amenable to the possibility of opening talks with Bonn at the very least. |

| Now, however, East Germany was under the rule of one Erich Honecker - a change in leadership and policy for the so-called German Democratic Republic. At the Foreign Ministry meeting, Chancellor Brandt and his Cabinet reached the conclusion that reaching back to the East was in the best interests of the Federal Republic. President Schmidt held no power so his opinion would not have played a significant role in the Chancellor's consultations, but his name as former Defense Minister still carried significant weight anyway. The Foreign Ministry, at the direction of Chancellor Brandt, issued a classified memorandum to the East German government inviting them to summit discussions in the BENELUX - neutral territory for both nations. It would start low-level, with government ministers leading the charge, before any meeting between Chancellors could take place. |

| Throughout the spring of '68, the federal government in Bonn would maintain and build up the informal backchannels with the East German government that would most likely play a significant role in the normalization of relations moving forward. By March of 1968, the initiatives had slowly but surely leaked to the public, and there was now intense political debate over the viability of Ostpolitik as a foreign policy tenet of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland. The largest critics of Ostpolitik were the rapidly growing German Democrats, who called out plans to bolster national defense spending as "extremely hypocritical". Generally, however, legislative consensus was clear - it was worth trying out. |

| To East Berlin, then, was sent another request - this time to convene government representatives for the first informal talks between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. Chancellor BRANDT, inquired about the announcement of talks, said: |

[list]| [sub]WILLY BRANDT, German Chancellor[/sub] | ". . . Peace is our goal. A prosperous Europe where we do not live in fear of a communist invasion is not something we can just dream of, it is something we must consistently strive for. I believe that this step is a step in that right direction."[/list]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim to lead Iraqi Delegation to Istanbul

March, 1968

| Directorate of Foreign Affairs, on behalf of Sirajuddeen el-Jalil, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council

Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim, along with all members of the National Revolutionary Council, is en route to Istanbul, Republic of Turkey to engage in a trilateral meeting between the Iraqi, Turkish, and Iranian governments regarding matters of economic and security concern to all parties.

The diplomatic visit, in the eyes of the Iraqi Government, aims to foster strengthened diplomatic ties, regional cooperation, and mutual understanding between Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. The delegation is set to address a range of bilateral and regional issues that are crucial for promoting stability, prosperity, and independence in the Near East.

We anticipate that this trilateral summit will contribute to the strengthening of diplomatic and economic relations among all parties, and further cooperation against "bad faith actors" in the region. The Iraqi Republic remains committed to fostering positive and constructive dialogue in the pursuit of shared interests, regional stability, and independence.

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

The Kemalist Republic Of Turkiye

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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International Association Football Federation | Fédération internationale de football association

1968 CAF Cup of Nations

LIVE - Ethiopia

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KNOCKOUT STAGES

With the group stages now over at this year's AFCON, let's take a brief moment to remind ourselves of the standings:

Group A: Cameroon (9 points), Ghana (4 points), Ethiopia (3 points), Rif (1 point)

Group B: Sudan (9 points), Benin (4 points), Rhodesia (3 points), Buganda (1 point)

Group C: Nigeria (5 points), South Africa (5 points), Senegal (3 points), Kenya (2 points)

Group D: Ivory Coast (5 points), Morocco (5 points), Zambia (5 points), Sierra Leone (0 points)

Out of 16 starting teams, only 8 remain as we head into the quarter finals and the beginning of the knockout stages.

The knockout stages began with a titanic clash between the Ivory Coast and South Africa. Both sides performed decently in the tournament, with South Africa qualifying after their performance at the '66 World Cup boosted their position as a key team in Africa. The match was highly anticipated either way, and by the end of the first half both teams had secured a goal each to level the tie. The match continued into the second half, where the skills learned by the South African team at the World Cup saw them turn the tide of the match and secure a second goal by the end of the match. South Africa became the first team to advance into the semi-finals, where they awaited the victors of the next quarter-final match between Cameroon and Morocco.

The North African side, despite having a weaker group stage performance that their Central African opponents, looked to be in form for this match and the bookies had their money on Morocco to win. However, within only a few minutes, Cameroon had taken the lead and taken control of the match, causing both panic and confusion amongst the spectators. The Cameroonian side looked then to dominate play in the midfield, preventing the Moroccans from equalising as the minutes went by. However, this strategy caused serious fatigue in the squad, eventually leading to breaks in their defensive play, and resulting in Morocco levelling the tie with a late goal. After failing to score in extra-time, this match became the first in AFCON history to go to penalties. Cameroon missed their first penalty, already putting them on the back-foot, and the tie went from their, both sides scoring until Morocco scored their fourth and final penalty to win the shootout 4-3, advancing to meet South Africa in the next round.

In the second half of the bracket, Sudan were to face the defending champions Ghana. Both sides are among the highest ranked teams in Africa at the moment, Ghana ahead of Sudan but both vying for the number one place in the CAF Rankings. Sudan were the ones to start strong, scoring twice in the first half to secure their position and to show the crowd in Addis Ababa that they meant business. Ghana, no strangers to difficult situations, pushed in the second half, and their extremely physical play pressured the Sudanese team until they eventually conceded a goal. However, despite the match looking like it was going the way of the Ghanaians, they couldn't convert in time and Sudan would go through to another AFCON semi-final.

Finally, Nigeria face off against Benin for the final semi-final spot. Benin emerge as one of the best performers from the former state of Mali, advancing ahead of Mali in qualifying and of their fellow states in the group stages. Nigeria, on the other hand, are a strong team who have fallen upon a bad string of luck with their recent performances, and a win would be exactly what they need to lift their spirits ahead of World Cup qualifying commencing soon. However, Benin secured the first goal of the match and held this advantage until the end of the first half, stunning the Nigerian side. In the second, the Nigerians would quickly equalise the score but were unable to prevent a second Benin goal, resulting in a shocking defeat for the Eagles and Benin securing one of the best debut performances in AFCON history.

In the first semi-final, South Africa and Morocco faced each other in one of the most hotly anticipated matches of the tournament. The two sides, both World Cup qualifiers, are on excellent form and each looking for that all important first goal to seize control of the match. However, the first half was held by a deadlock, with both sides playing strong defensively to prevent any goals. As the second half progressed, it was looking like the match would go to extra-time, with both sides frustrating each other. However, the ball dropped to the feet of the South African strikers during a scramble in the box, and a well placed tap to the ball resulted in the first, and only goal of the match. South Africa secure their first ever AFCON final appearance after a gruelling challenge from the North African side.

The second semi-final saw Sudan face off against underdogs Benin, in a match which people were hesitant to predict. They were right to do so, as Benin took control of the match from the early stages, scoring their first and second goals in quick succession. Sudan managed to claw back a goal before the end of the first half, but headed into half-time under pressure from the West Africans. The Sudanese team looked revived in the second half, and by the 70th minute, they got the equaliser, but were unable to take the win by the end of normal time. The break gave Benin a chance to rest as they headed into extra time, looking for that all-important goal, but it was the Sudanese who took the glory with a late goal to secure their spot in the final.

Join us next time for the 1968 Cup of Nations final between South Africa and Sudan!

Paramountica, Arcanda, Lieobria, Amsterwald, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, Abessinienreich, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Tallahan, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Zingium

THE LION OF AFRICA V

[sub]Future of the Nation I[/sub]

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[sub]March 1968[/sub]

The Nigerian Democratic Party, a large coalition of various ideologies from hardliner Christian conservatives to the progressive Left, had slowly split into the creation of post-war political parties, as the more well-known figures now looked to emerge as the future of a new Republic. Victory seemed imminent in a matter of months, with the ULMN effectively rode of any sense of central governance, merely scattered across a few towns and rural provinces, and had allowed a surge of independent militias, from anarchist to religious funemtnalists, to become the chief-doms of what remained of the communist' claimed territory. Belawu now focused on further discussions over peace and what a post-war Nigeria would want to look like. Not only would a deal need to be struck concerning Northern tribes of autonomy, but also on freedom of religion, economy and general law and order. The arms of the state would need to be reorganised and restructured to prevent the 1962 Crisis all over again.

While there had been the Lagos Accords which aimed to restructure Nigeria's political system into a 500-manned parliament with an elected Prime Minister, a written constitution and strong regional governance via direct voting of regional governors, the aim was not only to increase the representation of ethnic or religious minorities but prevent an overarching of power from one single party or premier. But his eyes had now shifted to what the Nigerian Republic would look like on the economic front, something he had hardly mentioned since the start of the civil war and had only started creeping into the mind of senior officials in the NDF. A balanced and perhaps an economy which could be modified and be pragmatic if it came to comprise, would be a mixed economy. The ownership of key industries as well as reducing regulation on small businesses and allowing free trade. Perhaps a utopian vision, but if he was to solidly economic and political stability quickly, it was the best option forward for the party and in his eyes, the country.

However, loyalists to his former regime wanted to keep his legacy of recovery and stability in Nigerian folklore, and the only way to do that was to quickly secure the foundations of a post-war party. He knew that there had been the makings of political movements and parties on both the Left and Right; the Left being of the Democratic Socialist Alliance (DSA) - a group of left-leaning NDF loyalists who had been key on consolidating economic activity during the more brutal stages of the civil war, and the Right was perhaps a more direct and far-reaching ally of the Christian Nationalists. There were two defined factions; that being the more moderate and liberal Christian Liberal Movement (CLM) which were open for discussions over what a lot of people saw as an inevitable liberalisation of Nigeria's social scene, and their more hardliner and extreme rival, the Christian Nationalist Movement (CNM). embedded in a much more idelogical focus rather than the more pragmatic former, and unlikely to enter any discussions concerning social policy - something that had been on the minds in recent months.

The middle of the NDF's political scene was three men - Balewa, the statesman and the moderate. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the more liberal of the two, but still a pragmatist and the third, and the two eyes of Balewa and Azikiwe, the most dangerous, Yakubu Gowon. The leading general of the NDF, he was not only extremely popular amongst the NDA but was seen as a figurehead for Nigerian Nationalism, and Conservatism and seemed to lean towards authorise. Nigeria now hung firmly at the balance of 3 men. A watershed moment for Nigerian Politics, and a moment which would turn deadly for the security of the Nigerian people.

Paramountica, Lieobria, Amsterwald, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Tallahan, Vietnam Sv, Meerkien, Zingium

“Benelux”

[Frankfurt, Deutsche Demokratische Republik]

March 1968

The moment that Honecker and Verner had been waiting for came in March of 1968. West Germany came to the negotiating table.

Honecker and Verner travelled to Frankfurt for an important meeting as soon as the news came through. They had decided to relieve Werner Eggerath of his role in the ongoing battle with the Catholics and appointed him to head up the East German delegation. Eggerath was to travel to the neutral venue in Benelux and begin a new era in DDR Politics.

These talks were off critical importance to the new East German regime, who saw the talks as the crowning glory that would solidify their status both at home and abroad, and they were giving it much attention. Now that the economic situation and the Catholic threat were both being addressed adequately, they had plenty of time to dedicate to discussing it in Politburo meetings.

There were thousands of small details to work out, a million questions to be asked and a strong likelihood of further unexpected hurdles likely to appear before the meeting began, but it was finally going to happen. Soviet protege was to meet American protege, Hardline Socialist was to meet Social Democrat and East was to meet West.

The German Democratic Republic and The Federal Republic of Germany were going to meet.

Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

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Provenancia

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Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬" 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐬 & 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐬 & 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲-𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬" 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜-𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 [𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲] 𝐭𝐨 "𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝" 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 [𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬] 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦í𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 "𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲" 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 "𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬" 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 "𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦". 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐬 & 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐬 & 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 "𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲" 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 "𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦" 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 "𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭" 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬" 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚.

"𝐘𝐏𝐅", 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐬 & 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 "𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢ó𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫ó𝐥𝐞𝐨 𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚", 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 "𝐂𝐏𝐆𝐏𝐋", 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. "𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐏", 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 [𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥] 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 "𝐂𝐏𝐆𝐏𝐋", 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 "𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫ó𝐥𝐞𝐨".

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝, 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐬 & 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬.

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COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Hatzburg

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Vietnam Sv

Virnall

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Lieobria, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Nippon-Nihon, Metropolitan Francais, New Provenance, Kewtpuff, Tallahan, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Meerkien, Zingium

Post by Larkostigh suppressed by Paramountica.

Larkostigh

The kingdom of Arthropoda is a revolt against the Larkostinians

On January Eightieth Two thousand twenty-four the people of Larkostigh revolted and became the kingdom of Arthropoda. Both having the same culture they are now a newly independent country in the COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY still their government is controlled mostly my Larkostigh's government.

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FRENCH BUREAUCRACY

MINISTÈRE DE L’INTÉRIEUR[/pre][/list]

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MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR: GRENOBLE HOSTING THE 10TH WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

[sub]VTH REPUBLIC | PARIS, FEBRUARY 1968[/sub][/list]

[pre] THE 68' WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING [/pre]

[sub]GRENOBLE, ISÈRE DEPARTMENT OF FRANCE[/sub]

[sub]| HELM OF LIBERTÉ, MINISTÈRE DE L’INTÉRIEUR - | The French National Olympic Sports Committee established the organization committee following the selection of Grenoble as the host city of the 1968 Winter Olympics. The group responsible for organizing the 10th Olympic Winter events, known as the Comité d'Organisation des dixièmes Jeux Olympiques (COJO), began planning the events as early as August 1, 1964. In addition to his role as the mayor of Grenoble, Albert Michallon served as COJO's president. The upper panel consisted of the 340 members of the general assembly and the 39 members of the supervisory board, 19 of whom were appointed and the remaining 20 elected. There were seventeen smaller departments and five larger departments under the general secretary. As of February 1968, there are 2,420 workers on staff.[/sub]

[sub]As chaos continued to reign in French Algeria, preparations have remained underway in Grenoble, France for the 10th Winter Olympic Games. The French government has played a major role in the preparations for the 1968 Winter Olympic Games, as President Charles de Gaulle has seen an opportunity to present Grenoble as a symbol for a modern France. Francois Missoffe, Minister for Youth and Sport, formed an interministerial committee for the coordination of the work commissioned by Prime Minister Georges Pompidou. Over 7,000 soldiers of the French Armed Forces and also employees of the Ministries for Youth and Sport, Finance, Social Building, Education, Post, Culture and Transport were employed. The sum of the investments contributed to CNF 1.4 billion Francs (roughly $1.2 billion dollars). The government has contributed 74.91%, the Isere Department 3.65%, the city of Grenoble 20.07% and the surrounding communities 1.37%. These funds have been used accordingly; 525.181 million dollars for the infrastructure of transport and communications, 280.876 million for the olympic village and press area, 105.222 million for the sports arenas, 57.502 million for television and radio, 45.674 million for culture, 95.116 million for the city's infrastructure and 90.429 million for the running of COJO. A new airport has been built along with two motorway sections spanning 7.5 miles and 15 miles, a switchboard, a new town hall, a new police station, a fire station, a hospital with 1,000 beds, a congress and exhibition centre and a culture palace. There have been upgrades to the access road leading to the outer sport arenas, an orbital road around Grenoble as well as relocating the rail tracks and removing the level crossings and building a completely new main train station. "International Sports Weeks" were arranged in order to evaluate the new sports facilities and enhance organizational procedures. In 1967, there were ice hockey tournaments from October 12th to 15th, figure skating competitions from November 23rd to 25th, speed skating competitions and ski races from January 20th to February 19th.[/sub]

[sub]Initially, the path of the torch relay crossed Mount Olympus and arrived in Athens. From there, an Air France Boeing 707 took the torch to Orly International Airport, where it was picked up on December 19th by Olympic gold medallist Jean Vuarnet (1960 Downhill), who then gave it to Olympic gold medallist Alain Mimoun (1956 Marathon). Over a journey of 7,222 kilometers, the French torch relay passed through 170 cities and 41 districts before arriving at the Isère district. 5,000 torchbearers participated in the relay, carrying the torch by bike, scooter, motorbike, boat, or air. A diver swam the length of the route that stretched through Marseilles' historic harbor, holding the flame just above the water's surface. There were roughly 80,000 athletes among the torchbearers, and over two and a half million spectators observed them. The final destination on the day preceding the inaugural event was Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse. The torch was then transported to Grenoble for the opening ceremony. The ceremony began on Tuesday, February 6th at 3:00 p.m., with French President Charles de Gaulle in attendance. Among the 600 invited guests of honour was IOC President Avery Brundage, the Irani Empress Farah Pahlavi, the Danish Crown Princess Margrethe and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Josephine Charlotte. After the Marseillaise was sung, the French national anthem, cultural performances followed. The procession of the athletes into the stadium was traditionally led by the Greek team. The other teams proceeded into the stadium, starting with the United Kingdom and then West Germany. The last team out was the hosts, the French team. Albert Michallon, president of COJO, said in his speech that all athletes and visitors in attendance were welcome. Brundage again recollected Pierre de Coubertin's ideals and expressed the hope of these ideals lead to a peaceful and less materialistic world. He then invited President Charles de Gaulle to open the Games. De Gaulle appeared on the stage and read out the opening set-phrase.[/sub]

[sub]A massive 58-meter Olympic flag was brought inside the stadium by 14 soldiers of the French Chasseurs Alpins, who then raised it atop the flagpole. Organizers had made the decision not to follow the custom of releasing the peace dove. Rather, three helicopters hovered over the stadium, dropping forty thousand fragrant paper roses and one thousand tiny Olympic flags on paper parachutes. Alain Calmat, a figure skater, was the final torchbearer to enter the stadium after this. He ascended the stairs to the bowl, where the loudspeakers amplified his heartbeat. He lit the Olympic torch after reaching the summit, signifying the official opening of the 1968 Winter Olympics. Leo Lacroix, a skier, read the Olympic oath shortly after that. Then the aerobatic flight show team, Patrouille de France, performed a final routine over the stadium, illuminating the Olympic rings' colors with their vapour trails. |[/sub]

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[list][list][pre]VIVE LA RÉPUBLIQUE!

VIVE LA FRANCE!

VIVE L’EMPIRE![/pre][/list][/list]

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𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘[/sub]]

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[list][pre]♚ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐒𝐀'𝐒 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 ♚[/pre][sup][pre] 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟸 - 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟹 | 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚄𝙶𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙰𝙽 𝙵𝙴𝙳𝙴𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽[/pre][/sup][/list]

[sup]In the aftermath of Uganda's independence from the British Empire, under the auspices of the Lancaster Agreement and the new Constitution, each Bantu Kingdom was granted semi-autonomous status under the Ugandan Federation. The federal prime minister was Ignatius K. Musaazi of the UNC, which was in a coalition government with Kabaka Muteesa's Bugandan-based UNP. Due to the constitution, Muteesa was not legally allowed to serve in the federal government due to his position as the King of Buganda. To circumvent this amendment, Muteesa appointed his Katikkiro, Michael Kintu, as the ceremonial president of Uganda. This allowed Muteesa to indirectly influence the federal government and maintain his political power while adhering to constitutional restrictions. However, this move sparked tensions between Buganda and other Bantu kingdoms, who felt that Buganda was receiving preferential treatment. The UDP and its leader, Benedicto Kiwanuka, were also critical of the Bugandan monarchy having influence at the federal level. Prime Minister Musaazi and the UNC reached a deal with Muteesa to support Kintu's election to the Presidency of Uganda. In a session of Parliament on October 4th, 1963, Kintu was elected president via secret ballot with the support of over two-thirds of the members of parliament. The reaction was immediately negative from Bunyoro and Ankole. Bunyoro itself had reluctantly joined the Ugandan Federation after promises were made to resolve the "lost counties dispute" between itself and Buganda. The lost counties dispute dates back to the early colonization of Uganda, when the British awarded the modern-day counties of Buyaga and Bugangaizi to Buganda after Bunyoro was subjugated. During the Lancaster Conference, the British attempted to mend the issue by proposing a referendum in both counties to determine if they would return to Bunyoro or remain part of Buganda. Bunyoro favored a referendum in all the lost counties, and Buganda opposed the referendum. The Bunyoro government was deeply unhappy with the perceived Bugandan overreach after Kintu was made president. On October 15th, the Rukurato (Parliament of Bunyoro) passed a resolution to the effect that from midnight on October 18th, they would simply treat the lost counties as though they had reverted to Bunyoro. Prime Minister Musaazi was immediate to condemn the resolution, calling it a violation of the constitution and a threat to national unity.[/sup]

[sup]Winyi IV, Tito Gafabusa, the Omukama of Bunyoro (king), issued a statement in response, reaffirming Bunyoro's historical claim over the lost counties and expressing his support for the resolution passed by the Rukurato. He emphasized that the decision was not meant to undermine national unity but rather to protect Bunyoro's interests and ensure fair representation for its people. On the 20th of October, the Lukiiko (Bugandan Parliament) made its own resolution to condemn Bunyoro's attempted land grab of Bugandan possessions. Muteesa himself would take the opportunity to deliver a speech on national radio where he reaffirmed Buganda's dominion over Buyaga and Bugangaizi. Even making vague threats of potential military intervention into Bunyoro if the Rukurato did not withdraw their resolution. A threat not completely unsubstantiated, as the then-Federal Army of Uganda (UFA) was dominated by ethnic Bugandans. Many of the senior officers, in particular, were composed of upper-class Bugandans too, with various connections to the clans. Fearing that Uganda was on the verge of crisis, Prime Minister Musaazi would enact his executive powers and declare that the national parliament would hold a vote over the creation of a referendum to determine if Buyaga and Bugangaizi would return to Bunyoro or remain with Buganda. Kabaka Muteesa himself was outraged and threatened to end the UNP-UNC coalition government over the matter. Omukama Winyi himself threatened total Bunyoro succession if Buyaga and Bugangaizi were not returned to Bunyoro. With time running out and tensions escalating, Muteesa would contact Major General Augustine Karugaba, then Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces, to take his side. Karugaba, being a member of the Bugandan Mengo aristocracy himself, was easily compelled to take Muteesa's side over that of the prime minister. The two would come to a secret agreement that if the counties were returned to Bunyoro, then the armed forces would intervene under the guise of maintaining national unity.[/sup]

[sup]On the 4th of November, 1963, the referendum went ahead as planned. In Buyaga, over 86% of the voters favored a reunion with Bunyoro, while in Buyaga, about 60% did. The results overall favored Bunyoro, so the national parliament, under the third amendment of the constitution, proceeded to ratify the decision to return the counties to Bunyoro. This decision caused tension and unrest in the Buganda kingdom, leading to protests and demonstrations. The armed forces, as agreed upon in the secret agreement, intervened to maintain national unity and prevent further conflict on November 10th; this period in Ugandan history would be dubbed the 'Bunyoro Crisis'. 300 soldiers of the federal army would be deployed to Buyaga and Bugangaizi. In reaction, Omukama Winyi called upon his people to take up arms and evict the federal army from the counties. Over 3,000 Banyoro warriors gathered and launched an attack on the federal army's positions in Buyaga and Bugangaizi. Despite outnumbering the federal army, most of the Banyoro warriors lacked actual firearms or any sophisticated military training. The federal army was able to hold onto most towns, with the exception of those nearing the Bunyoro border. Prime Minister Musaazi was outraged at the situation and demanded that the federal army stand down; however, the federal army, under the control of the military leadership, refused to comply with Prime Minister Musaazi's orders. Acting outside of government control, the federal army, with assistance from the Kingdom of Toro, launched an incursion on the Bunyoro capital of Hoima. By the 21st of November, the federal army had taken control over Hoima, establishing martial law and effectively removing any remaining influence of the Bunyoro government. Omukama Winyi and his officials would flee beforehand and enter into self-exile in Sudan, moving to Rwanda before settling in Tanzania in 1965.[/sup]

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Osivoii

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April 13 1968- Halifax, Canada

[sub]Newauroria — Evening[/sub]

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Exploration and Drilling Endeavor South of Cyprus: A Joint Venture

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April 13 1968- Halifax, Canada

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In an unprecedented collaborative effort, the Canadian, Greek, and Italian governments, are embarking on an ambitious exploration and drilling project south of Cyprus. This joint venture, aimed at extracting oil and natural gas from the Mediterranean seabed, highlights international cooperation on a grand scale. To ensure the success and security of this mission, a formidable flotilla of warships is deployed. Leading the expedition is the HMCS Bonaventure, a powerful aircraft carrier, accompanied by an Acclimator Class destroyer and two St. Laurent class destroyers. This naval escort isn't just symbolic; it serves as a proactive measure to protect the exploration vessels and maintain security in the politically sensitive waters around Cyprus

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The HMCS Bonaventure, representing Canadian maritime strength, takes command of the operation. Supported by the versatile Acclimator Class destroyer and the St. Laurent class destroyers specialized in anti-submarine warfare, this protective shield ensures a secure environment for the exploration and drilling vessels. Backing the naval escort are 2-3 resupply ships, crucial for sustaining the mission. These vessels support exploration and drilling operations by providing fuel, equipment, and essential supplies, enabling vessels owned by TransCanada PipeLines Limited and Imperial Oil Limited to operate seamlessly.

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TransCanada PipeLines Limited and Imperial Oil Limited, major players in the Canadian energy sector, bring their expertise. Eni S.p.A., the Italian oil company, is a key collaborator responsible for constructing the undersea pipeline once oil and natural gas are discovered. Their involvement ensures the efficient and secure transportation of resources. The initiation of this ground breaking endeavour on April 13 1968 marks a historic moment, emphasizing the geopolitical significance of a robust naval presence for safeguarding assets and ensuring the smooth progress of exploration and drilling operations.

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In conclusion, this collaborative venture between Canadian, Greek, and Italian governments , reflects the dedication of nations and corporations to responsibly harness offshore resources. The flotilla's mission signifies a historic step towards energy independence and international collaboration.

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International Association Football Federation | Fédération internationale de football association

1968 CAF Cup of Nations

LIVE - Ethiopia

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THE FINAL: South Africa v Sudan

After a thrilling championship thus far, we arrive at the Final match of the 1968 Africa Cup of Nations. The new format including 16 teams competing for the title Champion of Africa has been a resounding success, confirming the faith that FIFA had placed in these new, expanded tournament formats. After a thrilling competition seeing some shocks along the way, the final two competitors vying for the title are South Africa and Sudan. Both sides have enjoyed a superb run of form in international football as of late, Sudan climbing the ranks to compete for the title of best in Africa, and South Africa enjoyed a resurgence after some time in the international wilderness. Both sides are World Cup qualifiers, having both competed in the 1966 competition in England, and are looking on form to challenge for a successive qualification in 1970. All bets are off in this game, as both sides enter the match relatively even, boasting talented players and strong tactical play.

The first half begins, and the deadlock sets in as both sides jostle for possession in the midfield. However, Sudan get the early breakthrough, pressuring the South African side into their own half, before opening out the scoring with an early goal to give Sudan a well deserved lead. With the morale boost of a predominantly home crowd, the Sudanese look set to secure an advantage in this first half. The South African side are not prepared to take that lying down, and immediately charge for the counter-attack, looking to break through the Sudanese midfield. With some expert tactical play, the Sudanese defence could do nothing to stop the thundering shot from just outside the box finding its way into their net, giving South Africa an equaliser less than 10 minutes after they went behind. Already, the match was shaping up to be a battle from start to finish. As the half went on, the tension began to rise as both sides dug in for the attritional play, trying to exhaust the other team and looking for any opportunity for the breakthrough. The match continued on until the end of the first half yielded no further goals, and the score remained level at 1-1.

The second half began with mass changes from the Sudanese and South African sides, brining on a myriad of different players as to the teams change strategies. Sudan were looking to hedge their bets on an aggressive attacking play, whilst the South Africans opted for a balanced team, bringing on more midfielders to take control of possession. Both strategies had merit, with Sudan getting some good chances but only when they good wrestle the ball from the South African midfield. However, despite the aggressive Sudanese play style, it was the South Africans that extended their score with a goal in the 54th minute, to the wild celebrations of the fans. Immediately after, they locked possession down in the midfield to frustrate the Sudanese players, who despite generating a number of attempts were unable to convert any of them. This play continued for at least 20 minutes afterwards, making for a tense but predictable match, until the Sudanese captain fired one into the net, levelling the score once again and bringing the team back into the game. This goal was crucial in boosting the morale of the otherwise exhausted Sudanese team. The South African side were not prepared to lose the final however, and after a few changes, went on the all-out attack. The final ten minutes of the match were expressed in a free for all, with players aggressively charging for the ball in an effort to finish the match on top. Despite an immense effort from the Sudanese side, it was the South Africans that got the all-important goal and secured their first title.

With the Cup of Nations now finished, South Africa take the crown as the Champions of Africa and secure their spot among the continents footballing greats. Sudan go from strength to strength despite a disappointing defeat here, and will be bolstered in their efforts to qualify for the 1970 World Cup. The success of this tournament and the effort to accommodate and host it by the Ethiopian government, prove that football is on the rise in Africa and that Africa is on it's way to challenge the traditional strong-men of the sport in Europe and the Americas.

With the tournament now done, join us next time for our coverage of the X Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble!

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[list][list]April 1966

[sub]Harold Wilson Forms a New Government![/sub][/list]

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, LONDON, ENGLAND, Great Britain Gb

| The morning sunlight spills into the Prime Minister's office in Downing Street. HAROLD WILSON is briefed by his political advisors on the election results in which Labour has increased their majority within Westminster and the impending meeting with the Queen to form a new government. The anticipation in the Downing Street office is palpable as Wilson gathers his papers and heads to Buckingham Palace. |

| Prime Minister HAROLD WILSON, in a dignified black and white suit, stands awaiting an audience with Queen ELIZABETH II. The Queen enters, regal and composed, motioning for Wilson to join her. Wilson takes a brief bow, subsequently taking their seats, a moment of awkward yet homely solemnity enveloping the room.|

[list][sub]ELIZABETH II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | [/sub] ”Prime Minister Wilson, please."[/list]

[list][sub]HAROLD WILSON, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | [/sub] ”Your Majesty.”[/list]

[list][sub]ELIZABETH II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | [/sub] ”Prime Minister, the election results this morning are quite decisive. I desire you to form a government in the interests of the British people. Do tell me your plans now that you have secured this further majority. I am very much intrigued”[/list]

[list][sub]HAROLD WILSON, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | [/sub] ”Your Majesty, it is both an honour and a responsibility I accept with humility. As I stated during the election campaign and within my manifesto for this election, our foremost commitment is to modernise Britain and to propel it into the technological age. We'll invest substantially in research and development, promoting British innovation across industries and developing good jobs for the British people.”[/list]

| The Queen, graceful and composed, acknowledges his words with a nod. |

[list][sub]ELIZABETH II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | [/sub] ”A very ambitious priority Prime Minister, I wish you the best of luck with it”[/list]

| The Prime Minister would swiftly begin to leave after the formalities of the formal government invitation were over; with a quick bow, Wilson would leave the room. The Queen’s gaze lingered on the closing door, marking the departure of the Labour leader seeking to make sweeping changes across the United Kingdom. Queen ELIZABETH II's mind wandered. What ATTLEE had wished to do in 1951 had now been successfully achieved by WILSON in 1966, 15 years later. For a Labour government to have successive terms, this was unprecedented. |

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[list][pre]| Het einde van een tijdperk is nabij, en de bloedige vlag wordt gehesen, in Brussel...[/pre]

[sub][pre]30 MAART 1968, ZATERDAG[/pre][/sub][/list]

[list][list][list][pre]// THE UNITED KINGDOM OF BENELUX

VERENIGD KONINRIJK VAN DE BENELUX

ROYAUME-UNI DE BENELUX //[/pre][/list][/list][/list]

[list][list][pre]ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤThe air was thick with tension as the distressing news spread like wildfire: the democratically elected Walloon government was forcefully dismantled at the tyrannical behest of the central government seated in The Hague. It was a moment that felt like the culmination of an already polarised and volatile region, where the breaking point, like the last straw that broke the camel’s back, finally arrived. The region had been no stranger to unrest, with protests and demonstrations becoming commonplace since the implementation of language reform laws that dealt a severe blow to French education and everyday language use. However, this particular day unfolded as an extraordinary chapter, etching itself into the annals of Wallonia's history for all the wrong reasons.

The once-frail and crumbling social order of Wallonia, already weakened by vehement reactions against the oppressive measures imposed by the Dutch-dominated federal government, now faced an unprecedented crisis. Social pillars that had managed to endure the strain of political turbulence were now crumbling one by one. The mounting pressure from the Dutch authority shook the very core of Wallonia, intensifying with each passing day. As the region grappled with the forceful dissolution of its democratically chosen leadership, the ominous shadows of uncertainty and despair loomed large over a populace on the brink of upheaval.

The sun dipped below the horizon, casting an eerie twilight over the nation of Benelux. It was a day etched into the collective memory of Walloons and Flemish alike, resonating with the Dutch and Luxembourgish, leaving an indelible mark on both those who called the nation home and those who observed from distant lands. As the unsuspecting evening descended upon Brussels, an unassuming city plagued by language divisions found itself at the epicentre of the brewing storm—the tense culmination of the Walloon Crisis. Beneath the façade of a united nation under one banner, cracks had emerged. Belgium, a constituent country of this union, harboured a federal government violently dominated by the Flemish, while the Walloons grappled with their struggles within the confines of their regional governance, isolated even in the national arena. The city of Brussels, once a symbol of unity, now stood as a battleground defined by language barriers. On this fateful night, it would bear witness to one of the most violent chapters in Belgium's history. The dichotomy between the dominant Flemish influence in the federal government and the simmering discontent of the Walloons in their regional isolation set the stage for an explosive collision, turning the city into a crucible of tension and conflict.

Under the silver glow of the moon, an enraged horde rose from the obscure recesses of the city's forgotten back alleys. A colossal force, numbering roughly a thousand strong, their murmurs and conversations in French reverberated through the desolate streets. A collective fury propelled them forward with a singular purpose — to converge upon the symbolic heart of power, the seat of the Belgian federal government: the imposing Palace of Brussels. This grand edifice, standing proudly at the city's centre, surrounded by the hallowed expanse of the Royal Park, exuded an ancient magnificence. Once a sanctuary for kings and princes, it now housed the seat of authority under Flemish control. The echoes of history whispered through its towering corridors, each stone bearing witness to the ebb and flow of power. As the angry mob surged toward their destination, the Palace of Brussels loomed before them like a fortress. Its walls, once witness to regal splendour, now concealed the tension of a nation divided. The clash of discontent against the backdrop of this historic stronghold set the stage for a confrontation that would be heard through the corridors of time, a tumultuous clash between a people and the seat of power that had become, for them, an emblem of oppression.

Beyond the serene Royal Park, adorned with myriad flowers, marble fountains, and stone pathways, the seething crowd advanced swiftly towards the Palace of Brussels. The grandeur of the garden contrasted sharply with the impending chaos that awaited. Like a relentless tide, hundreds of enraged individuals clashed with the outnumbered and ill-fated armed security guards stationed at the palace gates. Overpowering the meagre defence, the mob speedily ascended the palace steps, their fiery determination reflected in the lit torches they brandished. Chaos erupted as rocks shattered windows, gunfire echoed through the air, and fire bottles found their mark, unleashing flames that danced upon the historic façade. The scene inside resembled a nightmarish tableau—grand fires consumed the chambers, and the few remaining members of the government found themselves trapped amidst the conflagration.

Desperate attempts by interior guards to rescue key figures proved futile as flames licked at every corner. The once majestic halls, witness to centuries of history, now bore witness to a fiery insurrection. As the inferno reached skyward, the marble structure became an unwitting beacon, casting a sinister glow that illuminated the night. The crowd, having accomplished their destructive mission, dispersed into the shadows, leaving behind a cityscape painted in the ominous hues of rebellion and upheaval. The Palace of Brussels, once a symbol of power and authority, now stood engulfed in the flames of dissent, casting a grim reflection of a nation in turmoil.

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[list][list][list][pre]ㅤㅤ| EENDRACHT MAAKT MACHT! |

ㅤㅤ| UNITY MAKES STRENGTH! |ㅤㅤ[/pre]

[spoiler=[sub]Written for the RMB Screen of the[/sub]

COMMONWEALTH OF LIBERTY

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Adriatican Islands

Amsterwald

Anglo Channel

Arcanda

Cascadla

Cheezaslovakia

Connomia

East Germany Ddr

Greater Adriatican State

Great Britain Gb

Greater Kurdistane

Israelli

Kewtpuff

Kotakuan Ii

Ma-Li

Maziya

Metropolitan Francais

Mutawakkiliti

Neepal

Nevbrejnovitz

Newauroria

New Provenance

Nileia

Nippon-Nihon

Osivoii

Paramountica

Paseo

Peking Zhongguo

Pontianus

Provenancia

Ranponian

Rio De La Plata Argentina

Rutannia

Saudi Arabiyah

Socialist Democratic Republic Romania

Spainard

Spain-

Sudesam

The Confederate Prussian Empire

Vancouver Straits

Victoria Harbor

Virnall

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Arcanda, Lieobria, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Metropolitan Francais, Kewtpuff, Tallahan, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Zingium, Destruction And Co, China32

[list][list]SHOWA 43 | MARCH 1968[/list]

[list][list]クーデター後も堅調

[pre]FIRM AFTER THE COUP[/pre][/list][/list]

[pre] S A I B A N S H O ¹ [/pre]

[list][list][sub][pre] オー・スネイル 富士山に登ろう でも、ゆっくり、ゆっくり

O Snail; Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly![/pre][/sub][/list][/list]

CHIYODA — NIGHT

[sub]TOKYO, Nippon-Nihon[/sub]

| The night was silent in the streets near the firm, but upon entering one of the best law firms in the country, a tense atmosphere was in the air as 52-year-old lawyer KIYOKO NAKAMURA gathered all her allies to stage a coup. When they turned their backs, the doors were locked and new leadership took control of the firm. NAKAMURA became managing partner and her first decision as leader was to eliminate the requirement that “the firm only accepts associates graduated from the University of Tokyo,” breaking a 25-year tradition. The firm’s partners did not like the radical change, as this was the firm’s pride. For NAKAMURA, the firm needs to give other Law students at other universities a chance. |

[list]| KIYOKO NAKAMURA, [sub]Managing Partner[/sub] | “Gentlemen, we are ushering in a new era for the firm!”[/list]

[list][list]皆様、私たちは当社に新たな時代をもたらします。[/list][/list]

| The next morning, the firm name was changed from “FUKUDA, UCHIDA & YOKOYAMA” to “NAKAMURA & HASHIMOTO”. A woman with her name on the door of a law firm is something revolutionary, as in most firms leadership positions are held by men. But NAKAMURA has worked hard to get where she is. She began working at the Public Prosecutor Office as an Assistant Officer in ‘40, then was promoted to Assistant Prosecutor in ‘49, to Public Prosecutor in ‘54, and finally to Deputy Prosecutor-General in ‘60. One of the biggest law firms, FUKUDA, UCHIDA & YOKOYAMA, hired her in ‘61. |

[list]| TETSUYA HASHIMOTO, [sub]Name Partner[/sub] | “We should call clients who are still loyal to the old leadership and convince them to switch sides.”[/list]

[list][list]私たちは依然として古い指導者に忠誠を誓っているクライアントに電話し、寝返るよう説得する必要があります。[/list][/list]

[list]| KIYOKO NAKAMURA, [sub]Managing Partner[/sub] | “Okay, while you deal with them, I’m going to meet with one of my oldest clients.”[/list]

[list][list]さて、あなたが彼らに対処している間、私は私の最も古いクライアントの一人と会うつもりです。[/list][/list]

[list]| TETSUYA HASHIMOTO, [sub]Name Partner[/sub] | “Let me guess? . . . Nissan?”[/list]

[list][list]推測させてください...日産ですか?[/list][/list]

[list]| KIYOKO NAKAMURA, [sub]Managing Partner[/sub] | “Toyota.”[/list]

[list][list]トヨタ。[/list][/list]

[list]| TETSUYA HASHIMOTO, [sub]Name Partner[/sub] | “Got it, well I’ll be in my office if you need any help.”[/list]

[list][list]わかりました。何かお手伝いが必要な場合は、オフィスに伺います。[/list][/list]

| Standing in front of the window of her luxurious office, NAKAMURA turned her face to look at her partner. |

[list]| KIYOKO NAKAMURA, [sub]Managing Partner[/sub] | “I already have associates working on this.”[/list]

[list][list]すでにこれに取り組んでいる仲間がいます。[/list][/list]

| The meeting with Toyota was very successful. Although she won, some partners wanted the firm’s managing partner to be a man, but as the majority supported NAKAMURA, this did not worry her. NAKAMURA continued to reform the firm, such as firing corrupt lawyers. She spent her first few years at the firm dealing with men who didn’t support women in law, now she has a chance to make the firm more equal. |

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[sub]¹ A Series: SAIBANSHO At Japan’s largest law firm, 52-year-old lawyer Kyoko Nakamura and her allies stage a coup to overthrow the corrupt leadership.[/sub]

Paramountica, Lieobria, Amsterwald, Socialist Democratic Republic Romania, Kewtpuff, Hatzburg, Spain-, Vietnam Sv, Zingium, China32

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Written by Refuge Isle.