Of Course, Councilor Greene. The reason why i stated that i was willing to support the Republic of Eastern Haane militarily was due to fact that the Commonwealth kept receiving nothing but reports of the horrendous war crimes that were occurring. So, there was enormous pressure from many citizens of the Commonwealth to intervene to the point that National Congressmen were literally pounding my door to do something about the situation. So, i stated that i would be willing to support the Republic of Eastern Haane militarily. However, i did not state at the moment that i was going to send troops out to Eastern Haane until the situation was fully evaluated and if the moral benefits were worth the costs to the Leagioan Economy. One of the things that people that come to the Commonwealth of Leagio should understand is that we have a strong hatred to a military that constantly commits war crimes and genocide. Now, this is a hatred that goes all the way back to the Leagioan War of Independence, where the oppressors of the Commonwealth (which at the time was a colony) was treated like cattle and slaves. this was not a treatment limited to one race, both white and black suffered under this Tyranny. And so the old memories of the War invokes a spirit within Leagio, where we think that anyone that is being seriously oppressed and beaten is a threat to our idea of liberty, equality, and democracy where we should put aside our personal issues and lookout to the issues of the outer world. That is why I informed the press that i was willing to support the Republic of Eastern Haane. However, i will be glad to announce, which will also be announced formally in Leagio, that due to the current situation that is occuring in Eastern Haane where they are promises that peace will come quick. The Commonwealth will be allowing the Eastern Haane people with the beginnings of the formation of its new government that we are receiving from the various news outlets from there that Leagio will not intervene.
Now, on the economic situation of Leagio, in the recent economic data that was released this month. The problem with getting energy to Leagio is not in western part of the country as i told Commisioner Juncker but it was in the East. The Eastern part of the Commonwealth has a population of at least four million but the problem is getting power to them, because the Minister of Interior cannot just use wooden poles with wires and call it a day. The issue with the East is that at least once a early (three on a really bad year), there is a sand storm that forms up and makes a huge sand cloud that goes through the desert. Now these clouds do not cause much damage but on a strong and powerful one that can go up to high speeds with the clouds going up to hundreds of feet high. Then when those do hit a town or city, they can cause huge damage to homes and send people flying. This was seen about at least 60 years ago when the capital of Vernach was hit and completely ruined beyond recognition. The town lost all power connections, which cut off all remaining communications that the city had with the outside world as it had go through at least 3 to 4 days without aid to recover or physical assistance to rebuild. This resulted in the Commonwealth looking to find a way to keep the electric poles standing incase of another storm like that, which we but the problem was that the process was long, hard, and expensive. The poles are made out of metal and are dug deep through the sand and dirt. So far, we have stable connections to the Eastern territories but the other problem is producing the power.
There are about 7 power plants in the Commonwealth to generate power, or at least try to, for the 21 million citizens in the Commonwealth. The problem is that they do not produce enough for the demands that the country has. Most of the power plants in the Commonwealth are either coal or gas, we are recently trying out solar and wind power which is turning out to have some success but it all depends on their location. The Wind turbines are best suited for the mountainy parts of the Commonwealth, but we would need more to ensure that we can meet up to the electrical demands of the Commonwealth. The Solar Powerplants that we built have success and we hope to build more soon with some being built in Vernach as we speak but here is where the main issue sits. You see the population of the Commonwealth is not always mainly in the capital cities in the states and territories, in some they are spread out like the Territory of Karptiniz in the Northern boundaries of the Commonwealth where we border the country of Kgerland. Not everyone in the East has sufficient power, where they can have an economic life with the internet (especially if a job requires it) or be able to use necessary electrical household items to build a life for themselves. When i talked with Juncker, the lowest total number of people without sufficient power was about 1.5 million people but that was old data as the number is probably at 1.6 million. The Commonwealth had the solution, or so we thought, and that was passing the Eastern Economic Development Act which was suppose to essentially give economic benefits to foreign companies setting up shop in the Eastern territories, especially energy companies. But the probability was that the Commonwealth was not getting much capital investment from the outside world. And every month more and more people go to the East, where a good number of them are going to not have stable and sufficient power levels.
So, that meant more needed to taken on the power issue, the cost of Solar panels and turbines are not cheap to the Commonwealth budget. We have about a 13% budget towards energy and the environment, but have of it goes to each respective category. Before the end of my term as President, i will working to see if more can be placed to that category. But many people in my cabinet tell me that the issue is going to be one that will last at least two to three presidencies if we want to avoid using fossil fuels and other methods harmful to the environment to just get some power to people.
Do these answers help you, Councilor Greene, or am I missing something that the Council thinks that i did not answer?
Kenith Lifejumper
President of the Commonwealth of Leagio
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