On Commissioner Recall proposals
We must make a way for commissioners to have to do their job or be removed. This is why I am proposing an amendment to the constitution to introduce a automatic commissioner recall process. The mechanism would protect against lazy comissioners by removing them from office triggering another election if one of the two following conditions are met
1:The commissioner misses a deadline on votes or deadlines they need to meet by more than 1 week unless over a key holiday like Christmas or Easter
2. The commisioner doesn't answer a query from a member state or citizen of the EU within 1 week unless over a key holiday like Christmas or Easter

On the first breach a warning will be given , if it lasts 2 weeks or is a repeat breach a final warning will be given. If there is a repeat third breach then removal of the commissioner will take effect with immediate effect and an election be triggered. Being a comissioner is a duty to the people not a job to put on your C.V while putting zero or minimal effort in. The EU cannot afford inactive comissioners.

AKEM LINEK'S PROMISES TO RETURN HAPPINESS TO THE PEOPLE

I will put a stop to the nonsense visions. Half of the time no one wants Commission-proposed reforms. I will not propose any useless amendments and so on of the type that have failed time and time again.

I will put a stop to the constant bickering in the Council. No one in Europe likes the useless arguments of our politicians. I will make clear that settled issues have been settled.

I will make sure Europe responds to real and ongoing problems. I won't make grievances and problems up out of thin air. Instead, I will watch the situation in Europe and react when peace and happiness are threatened.

I will work to change the enforcement of European law. I will coordinate with the Internal Affairs Commissioner to see how we can make the interpretation and enforcement of European law better for the member-states, and make our changes clear to the public so that they understand.

I will make sure that the Commission is transparent. When we do something important, I will give, through the European Commission App, a speech about what it is and how it returns happiness to the people.

"How are the polling numbers?" Silas questioned, gazing out of the car window with his back turned to one of his assistants.

"Better than ever. You have a very commanding lead among all demographics, with the sole exception of women aged 18 to 29. You're trailing there," the assistant quipped while rummaging through his notes. "By all accounts, you'll win easily."

"Those girls are just upset 'cause I won't bang 'em," Silas quickly replied without skipping a beat. "The ones that I do encounter, though, would say some very good things in our polls."

"Yes, I'm sure," the assistant diplomatically responded.

"And the attack ads? How are those going?"

"Oh, yes, great, we've included those really unflattering images of your opponent in the ads. We've doctored them as you suggested to make them look even worse. Take a look at the images yourself," the assistant suggested as he tapped Silas' shoulder with a folder containing still images of the advertsements.

"Jesus, she really does look goofy as hell in these pictures. I guess there isn't a flattering way to eat a banana anyway. I'm glad we hired that private investigator to take these pictures," Silas commented while grimacing over the secretly taken candid pictures. "Did the investigator end up finding any dirt on her anyway, besides these shots?"

"No, nothing on her really. Although, the investigator did find out she resigned from her previous position on the school board to spend more time with her daughter, who apparently has an eating disorder. Her daughter has been in and out of treatment for the past two years and it's taken up a lot of her time."

"That's perfect, actually. Can we use that? How can people expect to have a hardworking and attentive representative if she's too busy chasing after her daughter that's deathly afraid of hamburgers? She'd have to resign the next time her daughter is in treatment for eating a grain of rice."

"Errr, I don't think that's a good idea. For one, a lot of people might be sympathetic to her, and two, I don't think we should be airing out her teenage daughter's eating disorder to the public," the assistant expressed with hesitation.

"So? Don't teenagers love bragging about their terrible mental health online? Young girls just want attention. Definitely leak this information that to the media. If nobody picks up the story then hire some 'opinion columnist' to do a hit piece on how this woman can't manage her own child's eating, let alone the whole diocese."

"You got it," the assistant nodded while scribbling down his instructions on a piece of paper.

After a few moments, the Bishop Secretary's vehicle pulled up near Prague Castle and he stepped outside. While admiring the castle, Silas deliberated if it was possible to buy a castle somewhere in Czech Slavia for himself. Naturally, Silas' mind then drifted to the President for Life, who had been thinking a lot about since their rendez-vu on his yacht. Silas was eager to see her again.

Silas was also interested to get reacquainted with Mr. Šín, who had now been set up with secret mutual funds in Inquista for his children. Silas was excited to let Mr. Šín know that those accounts were already making great dividends, and gently remind him how important Inquistan business interests are.

Silas made his way into the castle, ready to represent the interests of Inquista, Inquistan business owners, and Kligenberg Industries.

Seat Change:

Council Duchy ADA The Left IUIC PSD Liberal Moderate UoD Unus AfD Other Total Change Goudadam Supseaxe 0 3 0 4 -2 0 -4 -1 0 0 0 Brummagem Supseaxe 0 2 0 -1 -2 8 -9 -1 3 0 0 Hague Supseaxe 0 3 0 -1 0 6 -10 -1 3 0 0 Arthuria Supseaxe 0 1 0 0 0 10 -10 -1 0 0 0 Dunpool Supseaxe 0 1 0 -1 2 -2 -5 2 3 0 0 Couentre Supseaxe 0 3 0 9 1 -4 -7 -2 0 0 0 Ladenses Supseaxe 0 1 0 4 2 1 -4 -3 -1 0 0 Fleetpool Supseaxe 0 0 0 3 2 0 -8 0 3 0 0 Oostend Supseaxe 0 0 0 0 -1 0 -6 5 2 0 0 Timworth Supseaxe 0 2 0 3 2 1 -6 -1 -1 0 0 Brighthemston Supseaxe 0 2 0 7 -3 0 -9 1 2 0 0 Snotingaham Supseaxe 0 1 0 6 -3 0 -4 0 0 0 0 Derventio Supseaxe 0 3 0 -4 -2 0 -5 5 3 0 0 Milton Keynes Supseaxe 0 3 0 0 2 2 -8 1 0 0 0 Souhamwic Supseaxe 0 2 0 5 -2 0 -4 -1 0 0 0 Eindtrent Supseaxe 0 2 0 4 -2 0 -5 0 1 0 0 Gronhem Supseaxe 0 2 0 0 1 0 -8 5 0 0 0 Fentown Supseaxe 0 3 0 0 -1 2 -5 0 1 0 0 Stoc-on-Trent Supseaxe 0 2 0 7 -4 0 -4 -3 2 0 0 Weogorna Supseaxe 0 1 0 6 -1 0 -5 -1 0 0 0 North Supshire Supseaxe 0 1 0 3 3 3 -40 27 3 0 0 South Supshire Supseaxe 0 2 0 1 13 0 -40 23 1 0 0 Derventshire Supseaxe 0 1 0 4 -2 5 -9 1 0 0 0 Middlelands Supseaxe 0 2 0 6 0 0 -10 -1 3 0 0 Snottingashire Supseaxe 0 1 0 6 -2 3 -9 1 0 0 0 West Polderlands Supseaxe 0 2 0 8 -2 0 -9 -1 2 0 0 Hollandshire Supseaxe 0 2 0 -1 0 0 -9 5 3 0 0 Porterdam Baltica 0 2 0 8 -1 0 -11 -1 3 0 0 Baltia Baltica 0 2 0 7 -1 0 -11 0 3 0 0 Kiel Baltica 0 1 0 7 -3 0 -6 0 1 0 0 Brycgstow Baltica 0 2 0 6 -5 0 -6 2 1 0 0 Rovescester Baltica 0 1 0 4 0 0 -8 1 2 0 0 Leyden Baltica 0 3 0 -2 1 0 -7 2 3 0 0 Little Bonn Baltica 0 3 0 3 -2 -1 -7 2 2 0 0 Telford Baltica 0 1 0 8 -4 0 -3 -2 0 0 0 Nordshire Baltica 0 2 0 2 -2 10 -47 30 5 0 0 Mecklenburg Baltica 0 2 0 2 -1 0 -6 1 2 0 0 Wesshire Baltica 0 2 0 6 1 0 -45 36 0 0 0 Sudshire Baltica 0 1 0 -1 -2 9 -13 6 0 0 0 East Polderlands Baltica 0 2 0 -3 0 0 -7 5 3 0 0 Hamborg Westseaxna 0 2 0 9 -2 0 -13 4 0 0 0 Flussgelort Westseaxna 0 2 0 6 -1 6 -33 18 2 0 0 Castcon Westseaxna 0 2 0 4 -2 0 -15 1 10 0 0 Wulfsberg Westseaxna 0 3 0 2 -1 5 -6 -2 -1 0 0 Bielefeld Westseaxna 0 1 0 3 0 5 -7 -2 0 0 0 Wuppertal Westseaxna 0 2 0 2 -1 0 -7 2 2 0 0 Karlsruhe Westseaxna 0 2 0 4 -1 0 -7 2 0 0 0 Oberhauesen Westseaxna 0 2 0 -1 -1 7 -15 2 6 0 0 Sheafford Westseaxna 0 2 0 9 -4 -2 -6 1 0 0 0 Münster Westseaxna 0 1 0 3 2 3 -10 -1 2 0 0 Saaleburg Westseaxna 0 2 0 5 2 0 -6 -3 2 -2 0 Castonbez Westseaxna 0 3 0 4 -2 5 -6 -3 -1 0 0 Wupperbez Westseaxna 0 2 0 6 -1 0 -12 3 2 0 0 Karlsbez Westseaxna 0 2 0 5 1 11 -31 11 1 0 0 Flusselbez Westseaxna 0 2 0 1 2 15 -37 8 9 0 0 Bielebez Westseaxna 0 1 0 2 0 0 -26 9 14 0 0 Schleswisbez Westseaxna 0 3 0 2 -2 3 -25 7 12 0 0 Arrynfort Albion 0 3 0 1 -2 1 -3 1 -1 0 0 Narnia Albion 0 2 0 2 0 0 -14 4 6 0 0 Wealdshire Albion 0 1 0 8 -1 0 -10 1 1 0 0 Ryeshire Albion 0 2 0 3 1 0 -25 -1 20 0 0 Arandale City Aranvale 0 3 0 8 1 0 -10 -1 -1 0 0 Tullybez Aranvale 0 1 0 4 -1 0 -10 4 2 0 0 Roycebez Aranvale 0 3 0 2 -1 -4 -5 5 0 0 0 Ungerbez Aranvale 0 3 0 1 -2 0 -22 19 1 0 0 Doornewater Doornevale 0 1 0 4 -1 0 -12 5 3 0 0 Umberbez Doornevale 0 3 0 10 -1 0 -11 -3 2 0 0 Freybez Doornevale 0 3 0 2 -2 -2 -7 3 3 0 0 Rutigerbez Doornevale 0 1 0 3 2 0 -27 5 16 0 0 Cair Para Cair Para No Election No Election No Election No Election No Election No Election No Election No Election No Election No Election No Election Irmgardis City Irmgardis City -7 -4 2 3 5 8 3 0 0 0 10 Total - -7 128 2 242 -33 114 -844 240 170 -2 10

Councils by Party:

Governing Parties Councils in Power % of Councils Rank Increase/Decrease ADA 0 0.00% 9 0 The Left 2 2.82% 7 2 IUIC 1 1.41% 8 0 PSD 36 50.70% 2 16 Moderate 54 76.06% 1 5 Lib 22 30.99% 3 4 UoD 13 18.31% 5 -19 Unus 17 23.94% 4 -1 AfD 4 5.63% 6 4 Other 0 0.00% - -

Seats By Party

Party Councillours % Rank Increase/Decrease % Change ADA 1 0.02% 9 -7 -87.50% The Left 208 3.79% 7 128 160.00% IUIC 14 0.26% 8 2 16.67% PSD 1083 19.73% 2 242 28.78% Liberal 598 10.89% 5 -33 -5.23% Moderate 1639 29.85% 1 114 7.48% UoD 690 12.57% 4 -844 -55.02% Unus 1017 18.52% 3 240 30.89% AfD 240 4.37% 6 170 242.86% Other 0 0.00% 10 -2 -100.00% Total 5490 100.00% - 10 -

Briekish Elections: The story so far

22/05/2023: The polls for the national elections closed just yesterday, and the counting process has begun. Already, there are several districts which have declared winners.

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The Czech President for Life has finally stepped out of her plane. Exhausted, as she didn't get much sleep the previous night, due to reading. At least the sun felt pleasant in Spain on February, much more pleasant than in Czech Slavia. She was followed out by the Minister of Culture Karel Šín, who under the guise of deepening the cultural ties between Spain and Czech Slavia wished to visit the director of "Jersey" and show him, that "tiger blood" have gotten Šín to the government while the director kept directing sitcoms. Both politicians fixed their sun glasses and stepped into cars that have been prepared for them, to go to meet the Spanish President.

When the cars brought them to Palacio de la Moncloa they stepped out and Reiserová approached Aguilar with her hand extended, "Jesús, so nice to meet you!" as she shook his hand she leaned closer "What sort of issues are you getting yourself into again? You know, not a day passes that I don't have to read about your disputes surrounding the Straits. I thought you solved that issue?". She lent back and moved her head to face Šín, before bringing it back to face Aguilar, "I believe you haven't met with our Minister of Culture, have you?" she smiled at her Spanish counterpart.

Aguilar picked up the videocall while flying towards Sertia once again this year, as the situation was indeed of importance. He was, nevertheless, impressed to see people on the room hanging onto the edges of the ancient table, and his face could not hide what he thought, but he decided not to ask and rather proceed with the conversation:

"Mr. Cranst, it is also lovely to see you once again. My plane is actually flying over the Atlantic Ocean and will soon be landing in Sertia, and I will be heading to the meeting point we have designated. About Individual #1, the Spanish Armed Forces deployed in the island have been granted permission by the Spanish Government, and King Felipe VI has been informed. It is all up to you now, Fornithias".

The train slowly pulled its way out of the station, going faster and faster, headed southwest. "Well, Mr. Aguilar", Mr. Cranst said, "We'll be arriving at my home in about three hours. I think we have some things to discuss. In the meantime can I offer you some palm water?"

"Then I guess this brings the summit meeting to an end! It has been a pleasure, Mr. Starmer", Aguilar said, shaking hands with his British counterpart just before both signed the agreement they had reached on that summit.

Another international visit was over as soon as the British delegation left 'the Rock', and the Spanish President had one thing for sure: a new era began for Spain and Gibraltar.

3rd of April
Prague Castle

Silence reigned in the meeting room of the Prague Castle, silence and heads pointed down, at the table. With the exception of heads of Reiserová, Weisser, Dlouhá, who were looking in front of them, and Šín, who was looking at his phone. "Well?" President Reiserová!s voice finally cut through the tense silence.

"Exceptional comrade President, not a moment too soon, not a moment too late, but just at the opportune time. Our economy has fully realized is potential within the primary stage of socialism, and it is time to move forward with realities of today. I of course support your suggestion fully." nodded František Weisser with a smile, finally, his dreams were going to fruition. The President has suggested the re-nationalization of private property, starting with foreign companies, and he could not hide the pride he felt at being vindicated.

The President's focus shifted to her Minister of Foreign Affairs who took a deep breath, "Of course there will be difficulties, but I believe as far as my department goes, we are ready to respond to any,... hostile actions from abroad, our alliances should stand as firm as our Party under your guide. I join comrade Weisser in supporting your suggestion." Dlouhá confirmed and Reiserová acknowledged her response with a simple nod.

"Heřman?" the President asked her Minister of Finance, who raised his head and exhaled, "I realize it might be the right thing to do, but I am not quite sure the budget will be ready for such an abrupt step, we have not managed to meet our saving goals, and the funds we were capable to gain from abroad also did not meet our expectations." his remarks were met with a smirk by Minister Saková, who, despite otherwise agreeing with him, was never able to get enough funding form the Ministry of Finance for her own Ministry, due to the goal to collect a large amount of money, instead of investing over the last half a year.

"And what about our international partners, just a few months ago you have welcomed the Emperor of Inimicus here, and before the Prime Ministers of Reitzmag and Spain, you have called them your friends, you asked them for all those investments and you have promised them..." he was cut off before he could finish.

"I am an actress Heřman, I called them what was necessary and I acted towards them as was necessary to develop our state. The people, the workers and peasants of this country, are my only friends." Reiserová responded, "And as you said, it is the right thing to do. And inevitable if we want to achieve, you know, a highly developed socialist economy, either we do it now or we leave it for later. I realize the risk, and I will not leave the burden to my successors." she continued, with a loud exhale at the end. She got the idea of what a socialist economy should look like from the books, given to her by Minister Weisser, and she has thought, that achieving a fully developed socialist economy was a task for her. A task no other could handle aside from her, due to the potentially damaging reactions from abroad.

"Very correct comrade President! To leave this necessary step on the revolutionary road for later would be to spit in the face of all those who have sacrificed their lives to building a highly developed socialist economy, now that it is within reach." reassured her Weisser, once again acknowledged only by the President's nod.

"Will everyone be ready to carry out their duties?" Heřman Švestka asked, with his voice slightly shaking. And the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Interior responded with their nods.

"Pavel?" the President asked her Minister of Agriculture, "What about the, you know, farmers and the fishermen?"

"The farmers and the fisherman are always behind you, comrade President!" he responded, "But, please,consider the effects re-nationalization could have on the sector, I would say they need... more time." in fact however, Dohnal like many others in the room, disagreed with this re-nationalization, doubting any potential economic benefits and fearing instability, isolation and recession, at best.

"Perhaps then, we could make an exception for the agricultural and fishing sectors? Perhaps six more months for small and medium agricultural enterprises and a full year for small and medium fishing enterprises until they are nationalized?" Lubomír Mejzlík suggested his compromise. He also wan't a keen supporter of the idea of re-nationalization, but he sensed an opportunity to appear as a trouble solver in front of Reiserová.

"All the private enterprises in fishing industry are small or medium." Dohnal responded before looking at the President's face, seeing her eyes were set on him, he felt pierced by her gaze, "I think the farmers and fishermen would be in support of that idea." he resigned himself.

And again the room fell silent. Finally Karel Šín stood up and opened his mouth with a smile. But before he could sey a single word, his actions were noticed by Zuzana Saková, who quickly jumped to her legs and not wishing to let any other to appear more loyal shouted: "Long live comrade Reiserová!" despite also disagreeing with re-nationalization. Soon she was joined by Šín, Weisser, Dlouhá, Mejzlík and in few seconds by all the other Ministers. President Reiserová smiled, "The decision has been adopted unanimously, I'll see you in the National Assembly in two hours." with that she turned around and walked to her private office, as majority of her government grouped together, to discuss the influence of minister Weisser.

Meanwhile Reiserová opened her phone and wrote two sentences to Silas Kligenberg, "Remember when I told you I will always be gentle to you, and that you will thank me for it? I will be expecting that 'thank you' today : P" she pondered for few seconds before sending the message. But as soon as she did, she turned down notifications from him. He had to believe she was too busy to answer him at the moment. Once again, the President for Life realized how difficult the task, of not peaking at the messages from him until the evening, in front of her was.

State Assembly Elections:

State Local Seats PR Winners Bonus Seats State Assembly Seats Governing Parties Mumba 141 71 212 NAP Naya Dillee 109 55 164 NAP Ghanna 100 50 150 NAP Uttar Bhoomi 97 49 146 NAP Sentraraaliya 50 25 75 NAP Maatr Bhoomi 50 25 75 SNC Manipur 50 25 75 SNC Goa 65 33 98 SNC Total 662 331 993 -

The plane landed John Peter Key and Arron Scott greeted the Prime Minister and Teagan Carter. They followed to the cars that would take them where the meeting would take place.They commented on the lovely Georgian like architechure.

Cranst turned again toward Wond, smiling triumphantly, who turned, in turn, toward Cranst, who looked mortified.

Cranst spoke first. "So, have you reconsidered, then?"

Wond had no choice. He did not want his movement to end, nor did he want to accept the terms. But to him, it was undoubtedly the former which held the most importance to him and his followers.

"Very well, we agree to your terms, Mr. Cranst. I'm glad we could agree on peace". His voice was full of vitriol, but he'd gotten what he wanted, and he firmly believed that Sertia would deliver, at least for a while.

Cranst said: "Good". He waved his hand to his envoy, who communicated the message to the world.

The Republic of Aspern had officially been granted independence.

((ooc: don't know or care.))

Albo remained pensive for a while then looked at the General Secretary.

"If I think of anything else, we'll be in contact," he said.

Secretary of State Yuichi Matsuda saw his saree "Ms Sakar, please sit." He knew what the Svarna Suryan ambassador was here for. However Yosai in its current iteration is the most democratic form it has been, known as the '2nd Republic'. The Yosainese form of democracy has had its own run in's with authoritarianism and has lived though it in his youth as well as most of his generation.

"How was your journey, not to arduous I hope." He said with a polite smile.

Condemnation of Mishar Republic
I condemn the Mishar Republic and its cowardly Duchian bootlicking government in withdrawing its condemnation of the Duchies terrorist and rogue regime and its war crimes in Svarna Surya. Europe has kow towed to Duchies tune like a Duchian puppet rather than implement the crushing sanctions on United Duchies and Reitzmags governments it should have to ensure the collapse of those governments and fighting to arrest and charge the war criminals in charge of those governments who are the biggest menace to peace in Europe. Europe should remember this act of terror by these nations forever and no apology or blood payment will fix this , only criminal charges.

I praise Inimicus and North Diessan as the only countries taking the bold actions to punish the criminal regimes in Duchies and Reitzmag and protect peace in Europe.I am taking refuge in Inimicus as an asylum seeker as I believe the Reitzmag government and Duchies government will assassinate me or bring trumped up treason charges against me if I go to the United Duchies given the rogue terrorist regimes they are.I will campaign for justice for Svarnans and to ensure the Duchies and Reitzmic governments face real justice. Thank you all who did vote and support me against this rogue and terrorist regimes in the heart of Europe , our fight for justice will continue.The only way for this menace to be dealt with is cripple the economies fully or take out the governments by military force and commit to regime change against these rogue regimes.

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The Spanish President gave a look to his agenda, where he had noted the topics he wanted to discuss with his Hellenic counterpart. Trade, gas and travel had been discussed. But he had forgotten some topics that he wanted Mr. Panagiotopoulos to know about. A few months ago, Inquista and Spain, alongside Gania, had started the Union for the Mediterranean, but the thing did not go as expected because Gania had not been present at all on the summit: they were actually there, but said nothing. Now that Gania had left the European Union and that one of Spain's neighbours had joined, it was a great chance to revive the Union's project.

"I do not know if you have heard about the Union of the Mediterranean, Mr. Panagiotopoulos. The main goal of this 'alliance', if it can be considered as such, is protecting and pointing out the value the Mediterranean way of life has not just for the countries which are heavily dependant on it, but also for the whole of the European Union. We actually had a summit, but the thing did not go as planned because one of the members remained silent during the entire summit, which led both the Inquistan and Spanish delegations to confussion. Would Hellas be interested in joining?"

"Poor guy, and yet he had the voice,.. well you know, if he practiced it a little, but I had no idea performing would make him so upset,.. still, where would we be if everybody left when they become little uncomfortable? I mean, can you imagine what would happen if you just,.. gave up and run away from your responsibilities? All of us have the duty to do our part and constantly improve ourselves. I wouldn't tolerate such desertion. Cowardice and defeatism must be eliminated." Reiserová started resumed conversation with the Emperor about his Consul, before derailing and talking more to herself, repeating phrases she learned, mixed with inspirational wisdom she saw shared on Instagram and Facebook. After these words her eyes once again connected with those of the Emperor, "But who am I to give advice to you, you obviously know what you are doing and what must be done. And your speech was really great, I am sure the school will take you up on the offer to visit the Empire!"

When the duo finally got back to the President's office in the Prague Castle , Reiserová was quite shocked to find Strathclyde already there, waiting for them, "Wait how did you,... who let you in? No, nevermind." she then turned to Artabanos, "You can't have one thing working, how could they have let another person into my office without my explicit consent?" she said before fixing another glass of whiskey for her guests. Before sitting down and listing in her papers.

"So you'd want us to lower our regulation standards? Well, you know, that is a complicated manner. But, I will do the following, and please consider it a show of our goodwill, you know, we aren't expecting anything in return, even if Inimican businesses won't increase their presence on our market what I'll say will apply. We will lower corporate taxes by 2,5% to help you cover the burden of obtaining permits. And we would be interested in hearing the opinions of foreign investors after they had time to evaluate the effects of the lower taxes, perhaps then we could agree on amending our regulations, to accomodate for you. But it would be up to you to get in contact with businesses from other states, you know the Reitzmic, the Inquistans, the British, the Duchians, the Spanish, the Duxburians.... well everybody. Could you do that for us? That is what we would like to receive in return." she took her eyes from the papers and placed them on a calendar on her table, moving her finger through the days. "Let's say we could arrange for this meeting between the government and foreign-based companies, including of course the Foundation in the first half of April?"

"There is one more thing." Reiserová said while relaxing in her chair, and connecting her hands together, "*My government is of the opinion that the market in the United Duchies is highly unstable, and with a, you know, proper aggressive approach it could collapse and become dependant on foreign imports. So if the Foundation would be up for it, you could start opening stores in smaller municipalities, buying off local competition and supply our products at cheaper prices to the Duchian populace.... particularly our agricultural goods, denying Duchian farmers places where to sell off their products and liquidating them," she took a long sip, before continuing in a lower tone, as if embarrassed by what she is proposing, "then the Foundation could buy off their farmlands and turn them to something else, as your heart would desire. Of course our farming collectives would help you in covering the initial costs of this operation." she smiled nervously, the plan wasn't hers, but she made sure that the Minister of Agriculture Dohnal, whose motto was that the three areas requiring state support the most was agriculture, fisheries and traditional family, wouldn't spend too much time with the Emperor.

"And you know, perhaps we could also contact our other friends, like Silas from Inquista... by the way what impression do you have of him? I've heard so much nasty stuff, but it just seems like jealous gossip to me, he has always been really polite and sweet to me..... oh, never mind, so, what do you think?"