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.

General Secretary replied "Excellent. Now I still take it that the previous agreement made with Ms Theresa May this government as well will allow us a naval and air force base in Ireland?"

Jesús was really happy when he first saw Dina after arriving at Hemberdale Railway Station. He shook hands with the Sertian Councillor in the European Council, and spoke: "Ms. Dina, nice to see you! It is a great pleasure to be here for three days and to be able to visit such an amazing nation as Gadalland and Aspern. And of course, let's head to the platform and see how that shiny new train looks!"

Both the President and the Councillor headed to the platform, where the President had been informed that a joint statement between Ms. Dina and him would take place. When they arrived there, he waited for the Sertian Councillor to announce if the statement was taking place or if they were leaving that for later.

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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30th of December
Prague Castle

"Venomous snakes! Just like their one in Garden of Eden. Is this how their appreciate everything we've done for them? To approach a foreign leader, to attempt to breach the unity of our people, that is bordering on high treason. Comrade President I suggest our response to be swift and decisive. The People's Militias must end their demonstrations and we surely have a list of the most reactionary priests we could arrest?" Shouted František Weisser still under clear influence of alcohol from celebrating the election of Albína Reiserová two years ago. Heads of many of the other Government officials were clearly hurting from the shouting as they were dealing with a hangover.

"We do keep a track.... but Comrades, our intel is limited since the founding for the secret police was lowered." responded Bohumila Dvořáková, looking paler than usual.

Weisser, a longtime member of the League of Militant Godless wanted to continue, raising his hand, but a simple short sigh by the President stopped him before his mouth let out any more words and he again lowered his hand. "You know I don't like to do these things František." she said after finishing to massage her temples. She set in front of a portrait of herself, she had installed in the meeting room, as she herself started to believe that her portrait had beneficial effects on human health. After she said her sentence she looked to her right to see Karel Šin, one of the few completely sober members of the government staring into his phone, before she took it from him and placed it on the table before him.

"Comrade President is correct, too strong of a response could tarnish our image on the international scale. We don't even yet know how Inquista will respond." Jasmína Dlouhá quickly came in support of the President's words.

"I see all the arguments are on your side," conceded Weisser with a wide smile, not daring to openly disagree, "I can now see why a more moderate approach would be of most benefit."

"Good, and let the League of Militant Godless know that I wish for them to calm down and moderate too. And besides, you know, Christmas is a nice holiday, we could make that a national holiday." Reiserová smiled at Zuzana Saková who smiled back at her. "Who's in favour of proposing making Christmas a national holiday to the National Assembly? The decision was adopted unanimously." she smiled very slightly.

"Comrade President, what about the trust of foreign investors? We can't afford to let the new mall in Kroměříž without a parking lot and we can't afford to let the protests go for a very long time." Lubomír Mejzlík voiced his concern and for a while there was silence while the President was looking at him.

"You are right Lubomír.... well, you know, can't we move the church, like we have done in Most in the 70s? To demonstrate our dedication to cultural heritage and the, you know, strength of scientific socialism?" she asked.

"We could, but it will be horribly expensive." confirmed Heřman Švestka

"Perhaps the Catholic Church could be told to raise money for moving of the church and we could get people to lay down the rails on a subbotnik?" asked Saková and she was rewarded by an approval from Reiserová, before the President's phone started ringing, she answered and talked a while with her kids before leaving the room for half an hour, returning with red, watery eyes from crying. She wanted to spend today preparing for the New Year celebrations with them, but instead she was forced to sit here and talk about religious affairs. Saková soon rushed to her to give her a hug and after Reiserová sat back down Šin tokk her hand for a moment.

"Share our position with the Archdiocese of Prague and demand from them cancellation of their demonstration as a requirement." she told him, still sobbing. "Any other business?" she then asked the members of her government.

"Yes comrade President." confirmed Viktor Hladík, whose alcohol tolerance allowed him to still take a shot of vodka after the confirmation.

"How important is it?" Reiserová asked, hoping she could leave the presiding over the meeting to Švestka.

"Most important." Minister Hladík soon shattered her plan to leave. "Comrades, we have all heard the blood thirsty wolves in the Council going mad, barking about war, threatening sovereign nations with war breaking down if we do not submit to their will. Now we have great advantage of knowing how cowardly those wolves truly are, but that still shouldn't make us overtly confident... I believe that we need to increase the defensive capabilities of our armed forces in these most difficult times.... comrade President, comrades, I propose to form a biological division of our army and initiate development of biological weapons, in particular botulism, which outbreak we tragically experienced recently."

The room fell completely quiet and so Hladík continued, "We must understand, that our enemy could have nuclear weapons and know too well that if we deployed ours, we would doom ourselves, thus he would know that they are unusable in practice due to their destructiveness. On the other hand they must realize our willingness to use much less destructive biological warfare. And what could their response be? They cannot use their nuclear weapons as a response, for we would seal their doom with our own nuclear weapons." Hladík was still convinced that abolishing ranks in the armed forces drastically reduced their defensive capabilities, but he could not convice Reiserová of it, and thus was willing to increase them through other ways.

"That is horrible, what about the civilians?" Reiserová voiced her concern, "and isn't it, you know, illegal?"

"Comrade President, I assure you that the threat of us using biological weapons would deter any potential invader, we learned of their cowardice recently. They would serve only as a deterrent, this way we are saving civilian lives from war altogether. And war is what should be illegal, when a war erupts all civilized ways have been lost, that must be avoided.... still we would have to take proper care that our program does not get revealed, as it technically is illegal,... others must be only allowed to suspect and be afraid." another long silence.

After about two minutes of complete silence Reiserová finally swallowed heavily, "Better call Silas. He has an understanding of these issues and, you know, he can tell me the Inquistan position."

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?"

(OOC: Ok. lets just end the thread here)

24th December
It was 01:30 in Joint Command HQ with John Peter Key, foreign minister Arron Scott and Defence Minister Bipin Rake who was also Svarnan the first generation of his family born in United Duchies in meetings with the heads of the Air Force and Navy and also Army and the defense ministers of Reitzmag and Yosai with plans to include ECON soon. They talked about the plan for the Svarna crisis. It was decided Christmas leave was cancelled and everyone would be on full alert.

Operation Tiger was made ready to be executed. At a moments notice once called upon fighters and attack planes would take out the airforce and key military bases and infrastructure in Svarna Surya with round the clock campaigns for up to 2 months. The Navy would leave with 60% of ships devoted to Caspian these would move to take out a blockade key ports and the navy, then they would guard a corridor to Duchies in the sea after securing a port with the marines and making sure to hold off the Svarnans. They would maybe seek to take most of the coast to stop resupplies but also to create a safe zone for refugees, they would run ferry routes with guarded civillian ships to get women , children and the frail out first but also men if they were with their families. There would be a safe route to Duchies for refugees where refugee processing would take place with refugees either getting a residency or being able to apply for refugee status in other countries in Europe. The operation would be big , they had hoped this December would be better but alas it was not , trouble had struck again. They would make sure the military would be ready for action as soon as it was required though sanctions and passing of them would be tried first, after all one couldn't just intervene first. The government got in contact with the pro-democracy groups, with a plan to supply weapons in order to help them fight the hopefully weakened Svarnan military.Of course if other nations decided to start before UD and Reitzmag they'd start up anyway backing up other foreign interventions in order to assist and to take ground to make safe evacuation routes quickly though they hpped other nations wouldn't do so and look at sanctions first.The nay launched its part of the plan with most of the nay crossing into the Caspian and airforce moving to the eastern bases ready for operations.

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Intention to rerun
I would like to thank those who have stood up so hard for European democracy and protested so hard against the sham that was allowing a single candidate election to go ahead. However the fight is not won, now we have a different danger, 2 write in candidates in a process which has not been tested but which is also a great danger to the process by allowing people not on the ballot to gain power. This is not how elections are supposed to be run , its supposed to be simple in requirements and common sense , you have a choice between two or more candidates if neither can get a majority of the people then you rerun the election so more can run that people will be happier with and that is what Europe needs to fight for REAL democracy not illegitimate one candidate elections or joke results of write ins winning. A write in winning is a sign that people don't like the process or candidates and its maybe time to rerun. That is why I intend to rerun in actual competitive and democratically legitimate elections not ones worthy of an autocratic state like Svarna Surya like the ones I ran in. I will also continue to pursue with colleagues reform of the EU to ensure this never happens again requiring 2 candidates for any election process to be triggered.

Election Results Svarna Surya:

Party/Organisation Seats Seat Percent Votes: Percent Seat Increase/Decrease % Increase/Decrease: PPSD 330 41.25% 13,933,213 67.92% 53 8.40% Svarna National Congress ** 0 0.00% 808,765 3.94% 0 -1.25% Communist Party** 0 0.00% 1,097,564 5.35% -46 -4.63% SJP 42 5.25% 1,792,528 8.74% -19 -4.41% Shiv Sena 68 8.50% 2,880,840 14.04% 12 1.90% Military Appointed/Elected 360 45.00% -% - 0 - Total 800 100.00% 20,512,910 100.00% - -

** Failed to meet 7% Threshold

Candiate Party Votes Round 1 % % Increase/Decrease Neha Singh-Bhatavadekar PPSD 15,162,158 72.10% 12.20% Gopal Gaur Svarnan Congress Party 1,240,731 5.90% -19.40% Narenda Modi SJP 4,626,456 22.00% 7.20% Total: _ 21,029,345 100.00% -%

"Well, we have nothing to add," Grimwald replied, standing up alongside Crofton to shake hands with the Yosainese delegation once more.

"Mr Watanabe, thank you for taking your time for this summit. Talks like this are important for diplomacy, and we're glad to have you here," Grimwald continued.

"We also would like to mention that you are welcome here at any given time," Crofton added.

After the end of the final talks, the Yosainese delegation was guided to the vehicles that would transport them back to the Forecoaster International Airport, from which they would fly to Tokyo, Yosai's capital. The summit was successfully over.

"Of course. The United Kingdom will always commit to free movement. We benefit as much as you," Starmer replied. And I'm sure California will too."

John Peter Key responded "Well we would like to discuss cooperation on crime. We believe it would be beneficial to share key data and strategies on crime fighting. We feel this would help us both keep ahead of the criminals. Would you be up for that?"

John Peter Key and Arraon Scott were impressed by the hospitality . They were glad to be visiting and the reception immediately confirmed they were right in developing relations more with Aether.He looked forward to the start of negotiations.

Session of Support for Hugo Mendoza as Governor General

It was 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday 11 October 2022 when a communiqué from the National Palace announced that Elisa Ubrique had put an end to the government of Camilo Guterres to request the winner of the elections: Hugo Mendoza, to form a new government.

In accordance with the constitution, the new General Diet met today to give, or not, its confidence to the new head of government.

The session began at 9:00 a.m. with a speech by the Governor General-elect. During a 3-hour speech, he outlined the main lines of his electoral programme and the government he wishes to form.

Mendoza emphasised his Europeanist and democratic intentions. He promised to reach agreements with everyone and to establish a moderate government open to political dialogue.

He also mentioned his intentions to continue with the liberalisation of the economy and the elimination of obstacles to entrepreneurship in Lusitania and Vettonia. He defended his commitment to create a new economic and social power.

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The former Governor General and leader of the Conservative Party, Jose Miguel Orato, spoke for an hour. Orato accused the candidate to form a government of being a traitor and opportunist. He denounced that he had suffered a full-fledged legislative coup d'état and that he does not intend to resign as party leader. He has indicated that, as long as he leads the Conservative Party, there will be no pacts with the government except on essential matters.

He added that he would vote NO to the candidate's investiture.

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For 45 minutes, in descending order of speaking time, the Social Democrat Jorge Mazares spoke. Mazares had announced a government pact with Mendoza the previous day, so he devoted his speaking time to explaining the lines of action he expected from the new coalition government. He called for social investments and a new health and education law to replace the current ones, which date from 1996 and 2007 respectively.

In the rest of the speeches, the support of the Lusitanian Federalists and the Indigenist Party "Victoria Neatia" and the abstention of both the Vettona Union and Concilium Lusitanae stood out. The Communists, Monarchists, Sovereigntists and Ultraconservatives announced their refusal.

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Places of the different deputies in the new Diet

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Votes at the investiture

Vote Number of Votes Yes 187 No 103 Abstention 10

h this result, Hugo Mendoza was elected as Governor General. This marks the beginning of a new era and a new constitutional legislature, which will be the 15th Legislature.

"I slept quite well actually! It was definitely refreshing, just as this breakfast." Reiserová responded to Silas Kligenberg, before pausing from eating for a moment, putting her spoon into the bowl. "Hey, I completely forgot to ask you,.. but, you know, right now the Democratic Republic requires some money. Well, a lot of money actually and so our Minister of Finance recommended to me to make the following offer to you:" Reiserová kept her eyes pointed at her bowl, avoiding Silas' eyes until this point in her speech. But after finishing this part, she paused again took a deep breath and looked Silas in the eyes again.

"Perhaps you and Mikaela could force an economic assistance... and not a small one, from the budget of the Most Blessed State to the Democratic Republic through the College of Bishops. Then the Democratic Republic would allocate portion of the money we get through the assistance directly to the Kligenberg Industries, and possibly to some other Bishops if necessary, you would have to, you know, inform me about that. Officialy we would allocate the money to the Kligenberg Industries to help you develop your assets in the Democratic Republic. Now of course we would be.... and I would be happy if you really used part of this money to develop your assets in the Democratic Republic.... but there would be no conditions. You could use all of it as you see appropriate..... For our part I can ensure you that we would use our portion only for the most noble of goals."

Reiserová hated that she had to offer Silas a bribe and she said the last sentence mostly to reassure herself that she is doing the correct thing, rather than to convince Silas. "You should think about that. Call me in the evening to tell me if you agreed. As for the size of the portion allocated to you, I am willing to accept your demands.... and who knows, maybe then you'll be able to buy a yacht for guests so next time we don't have to share one with your cousin." the President for Life smiled slightly at Silas before finishing her breakfast and heading over to dress herself appropriately and then to Mikaela to continue their adventures.

The President for Life was enthusiastic about the Archbishop's proposal to make it big in Hollywood and was also impressed by her quick thinking and problem solving. Although it would be seen as problematic by the leadership of the Socialist Republican Party and the Democratic Republic of Czech Slavia, she was the party leader and the President, not them, and so she decided that it is time for her to make a guest appearance in a film. Her enthusiasm however dropped when she saw to what character she is supposed to voice. She smiled at Mikaela to placate her excitement with the characters and turned towards the director of the film, "Umm, excuse me? I am supposed to voice that little yellow minion? You think the President of the Democratic Republic of Czech Slavia is a minion who serves some villain? Unbelivable! And do you know what they are called in Czech? Mimoni, which means Airheads. Are you suggesting that the Czech people elected an airhead as their President? I will contact Chancellor Albanese about this diplomatic insult if I do not voice some good character who is not a minion."

After letting the director know about her issues with the film, the President for Life once again turned to Mikaela, "You know if I wasn't a Head of State I wouldn't mind, but now I have to be cautious about who I play or voice. Plus, we can't show the villains winning in the end in Czech Slavia, what message would that send to our kids, so we will have to alter the ending. But at the same time, we also can't show the President for Life loosing, you know? So, I can't be a minion!" she shook her head. Finally after causing a scene in the studio, after which she was offered a role of a flight attendant, and finally a role of a pilot, after she complained and threatened informing Chancellor Albanese yet again. Satisfied with the symbolism of a pilot flying the entire plane to its destination safely, she accepted this role.

While not a singer, Reiserová wasn't completely inexperienced with singing, having sung in some of her earlier movies, so providing a Czech cover to a song of a foreign artist, a standart process in creating Czech pop music, wasn't something she was worried about and indeed she happily sang her version of the song.

Satisfied with her performance she invited the Archbishop for a swim in the sea a short distance from Los Angeles, utilizing the hotter weather in California than in her homeland. After the two women were transported to the beach and laid down their towels Reiserová sat down and looked at the sea. "You know, it will be really hard finding somebody for Rikkalek since we don't know anything about him. We really have to invite him somewhere and let him pick the program of the day, so we can observe and utilize that knowledge later."

After enjoying some time relaxing on the beach and swimming in the sea Reiserová suggested that they make fire and grill some food there and encouraged the Inquistan Archbishop to start assembling sticks for the fire.

The Mizrachi-Roscoes enjoyed the entertainment together dancing ,singing joking with each other and the other guests as the night went on. Amaziah went round the room on his own too with Jakob and Dana getting a little flirty with some of the younger guests of the ball who were LGBT including getting involved in the gay humour. Amaziah was with Jakob as this went on teasing his step-brother as he often did. He had quite a personality as many discovered that night he also showed his disgust at KIDZ BOP shouting "This is music? Cats are dying" . He made faces and mocked KIDZ BOP , he was more of a Halestorm type person and heavy rock person anyway.