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ONS VOLK - 5/9/19
BLF terror attack strikes Pretoria

PRETORIA - This evening as the parliamentary elections were coming to an end and polling stations began closing, several explosions followed up by live fire were reported near Pretoria central. Police responded quickly and engaged 5 armed men in a shootout, resulting in the deaths of all assailants and one member of Afrikaner Security Forces. An additional 3 Bantu male suspects were arrested in connection to what government officials now say was a BLF terrorist attack targeting White voters.

In response, Prime Minister Rensburg authorized police sweeps of majority Bantu African and coloured neighborhoods in the outskirts of Pretoria, and extra Security Forces have been mobilized to maintain the peace. Additionally, President Murray triggered the Emergency Powers clause of the constitution, authorizing the PM to suspend Parliament indefinitely and take command of the Armed Forces of RSA.

Prime Minister Rensburg gave an impromptu speech on television, addressing the matter and reassuring the public:

"These are troubling times for our Commonwealth, and with the activation of emergency powers this government will pursue every means at our disposal to find the culprits behind today's terror attacks and put an end to the BLF menace. We must stay at each other's side and defend our country from the terrorists who seek to destroy it. Now is the time for action, and we are fully prepared to do whatever it takes to restore order as swiftly as possible!"

Diplomatic and Trade Relations

The Foreign Office of RSA has made preliminary arrangements to meet with representatives from Kongo-zaire and The Turkish-State to discuss diplomatic and trade relations with Rhodesia and suid-afrika. Main priorities of the talks will be intelligence cooperation, establishing embassies, negotiating trade agreements, and investment opportunities for foreign governments in RSA.

Pro-Republic Protests Heckled
The Crisis of Liberalism in Hungary
A planned protest in central Budapest was jeered from the streets as the citizens of Hungary reaffirm their faith in the status quo. Leader of the Hungarian democratic front and also leader of the protest Kovács Janós stated his firm disappointment with the people of Hungary to the media.

"The Parliament of Croatia managed to gain a house of commons through weight of public demand, why could I not be born Croatian."

Demand for federal democracy has historically be low in Hungary since the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the prevailing public opinion being that stability and enlightened leadership makes for a stronger Hungary than a chaotic and ever-changing leadership. This stands as opposed to the parliament of Croatia, which stands separate from the parliament of Hungary, which instituted the creation of a house of Commons in 1973 as a response to the declining membership and attendance rates of the parliament as well as growing dissatisfaction with what was perceived to be higher levels of political indifference in the Croatian parliament. On the other hand, Hungary's nobility has a far greater level of political involvement, coupled with the growing noble class and parliamentary measures to poll and measure public satisfaction with various policy measures.

Pro-democracy organisations are not new to Hungary, having existed since the 1920s, they have however mostly remained unpopular due to their extreme views on the total abolition of the monarchy in Hungary, which many Hungarians view as sacred. Pro-democracy organisations reached the peak of popularity during the late 1940s and early 1950s before links to the Soviet Union were discovered in 1963 which destroyed most of their support. As things stand, it appears that support for a Hungarian republic remains just as, if not lower than ever.

Wolne miasto Gdańsk
^{Free City of Danzig}

Emmerich Forster, whose great grandfather was the late Albert Forster, has seen his radical far-right party reach frightening approval rates from the local population. Emmerich's party, the Danzig Liberation Union (Związek Wyzwolenia Gdańska, or ZWG), has reached 34% approval within Gdańsk County, the highest of any extremist party since 1989.

Emmerich Forster's great grandfather, Albert, was appointed Head of State of the Free City of Danzig by Führer Adolf Hitler in 1939 before the city became part of the Third Reich, where Forster continued to survey the region until the collapse of the empire in 1945. He was hung in 1952 for his crimes against humanity.

Emmerich Forster, who identifies himself as a 'true citizen of Danzig,' founded the ZWG at the beginning of 2017, after the last federal election. Aimed at the 0.4% of the population who are of German decent, Forster hopes to 'liberate Danzig' from Polish rule and to place the city back on the map as an independent nation.

ZWG has since become the largest party in Gdańsk County, capturing the attention of strong conservative members. The party identifies as 'moderate right,' but is instead in a complex situation, being identified as 'extreme left and right, so radical centralists of a different kind,' by the Polish Electoral Commisson. Forster is public about his ultranationalist views and strong neo-nazi opinions, but has also stated that the region 'must return to an era of socialism' like his fathers and his great grandfathers, refering to both communism and nazism as 'successful and logical' if only they worked together.

Current Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has stated that he is not concerned in regards to Forster's threats, saying that he has 'full faith in the Polish people' that they will not elect 'an open nazi or an open communist, let alone both.'

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

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"Now our next story coming out of Turkey, as any drastic that happens in Turkey effects the entire world, and right now things are happening. Bigly." (A clip plays from TRT World English that shows the MHP's Devlet Bahçeli claiming victory in Turkey's General Elections) "Turkey just elected its former President, Devlet Bahçeli of the Nationalist Movement Party, or as its known in Turkey the MHP. The MHP are one of the nations oldest parties, rising to prominence under Alparslan Türkeş, better known as Turkish Joker. Someone who has been criticized as a fascist by many in the west, and even in Turkey. It's just crazy to see the continued rise of the far right across the world, its like the world has gone mad. First Trump, now Bahçeli. Turkey has been ruled by the MHP's main opposition, the rather egotistically named Good Party, which itself is a breakaway from the MHP. But why the election of Devlet Bahçeli as Prime Minister is so important was seen last night when Turkey fell into chaos as their Parliament voted to join the European Union." (Another clip from TRT World English plays that shows the EU vote, highlighting IYI Party members turning on the President voting with the MHP. Following by the mass riots that broke out across the country.) "Right now Istanbul is under martial law, with the military seizing control of the Istanbul's bridges that connect Europe and Asia. The MHP has seemingly taken over not just the Turkish Parliament, but also their main opposition in the Good Party, with most their MPs voting along with the MHP. Now Turkey is set to join the European Union, with the Prime Minister who has refereed to EU leaders as 'lesbian cows' set to travel to Brussels to sign the treaty. However like many things that Devlet Bahçeli has done, this did not go without controversy." (Another clip playing from TRT World English, this time showing a statement made by the BeNe leadership calling to assassinate the Prime Minister of Turkey if he stepped foot on Turkish soil) "And it only gets worse, as just today Turkish law enforcement detained a ship of 219 refugees, and are planning to send them back to their nations. The world has truly gone mad, but for Turkey their is one home. The leader of the Shining Sun Party, the daughter of Korean immigrants, Ayla-ah Kim. Seemingly coming out of nowhere, she has taken the Turkish political arena by storm, with her party winning the third most seats in the Parliament, and set to be the new opposition to the MHP. But she has been constantly attacked by the MHP for not being 'Muslim enough', and now this." (A final clip plays, this time from A-Haber English that shows a tweet made by Ayla-ah Kim on her engagement to Serbian Deputy FM Hana Adrović) "That's right, right now the main opposition to the MHP is the child of immigrants who is engaged to a Serbian. A nightmare for the MHP, who despite this, have already run ads denouncing Kim for her lesbian life style. Now you would want to think that President Trump would not be involved in this story, but sadly that is not the case. When Bahçeli took office President Trump tweeted out in support of him, promising to work with Bahçeli. Effectively endorsing a racist homophobic fascist."

SVT World
Stockholm, Skandinavia

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Prime Minister Ragnar Martinsson Hosts President Ashraf Ghani Of Afghanistan At The Sager House

Prime Minister Ragnar Martinsson hosted the President of Afghanistan at the Sager House today. The two leaders discussed various agreements and Prime Minister Ragnar Martinsson affirmed that Skandinavia won't ban refugees from Afghanistan seeking asylum in Skandinavia, however, both leaders agreed that the Afghani people are best suited to stay in their country peacefully and the PM condemned the Taliban for its horrendous acts in Afghanistan.

Prime Minister Martinsson said that Skandinavia will invest building 12 schools in Afghanistan where the Afghani children can get quality education for a very low cost. Skandinavia will also waive application fees for any Afghani citizen applying for Skandinavian universities and announced the 'Skandinavia-Afghanistan Friendship Scholarship' which would be given to women and fund their entire cost of education in Skandinavia. Skandinavia will also invest in solar power plants in Afghanistan through Vattenfall and develop some high tech IoT based surveillance systems in public areas for the Afghani Government so that it will help the Afghani Government to keep track of crime and identify crime in Kabul and any other suspicious activity.

Skandinavia will also fund a week long football camp for young girls and boys at the end of the season. Ada Hegenberg and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will serve as the ambassadors for it.

The two leaders then visited a site for the proposed Skandinavia-Afghani Friendship Garden in Stockholm and President Ghani and Prime Minister Ragnar Martinsson laid the foundation stone of the garden.

Pings : Islamic State of Afghanistan

Hello guys, long time no see, sorry for not playing, i was moving, got new job, no time to play. Now i have more free time and i remembered nationstates and this region, so i thought i give it another chance.

Too bad Libya is taken, can i join as some other nation? I like small(er) nations and dictators (hence libya duh), so maybe North Korea? I see it is open.

If allowed (i know i need new application), i have one more question, but let's see if i'm accepted first.

Boznia-hersegovina wrote:

Legislation to Prevent Pet Deaths Debated
Sarajevo Times
9/6/2019

Following the failure to pass legislation in the EU parliament, Prime Minister Demirovic is pushing for a law which would prohibit the transportation of animals when the outside temperature is 35º C. He wishes for this to be enacted at the national level, claiming that it would prevent pet deaths from overheating. However, many people disagree that this would be effective at all. Okur Jukic of the Bosnian Party had the following to say:
"Whether it be in Mostar, Sarajevo, or Neum, it rarely ever gets above 30 degrees, much less 35. This legislation would do almost nothing to prevent pet deaths and it only wastes our time from looking at other solutions to early animal deaths. The government has shown itself to be ineffective at putting an end to animal cruelty. This legislation will do nothing, only make the government look good while it ignores the horrible animal abuse we see here."

Demirovic, however, believes that this legislation would still help. Many members of the Party of Democratic Action, the Our Party, and the Social Democratic Party have voiced their support for this bill, and believe it will lead to more laws to help with the all too common animal abuse seen in Bosnia.

Results of the Vote

In Favor: 332
Against: 168

This law passes.

Beograd Danas,
September 7th, 2019.

PET PROTECTION BILL PASSES SKUPŠTINA

After the yesterday's proposal of implementing of such a policy failed on the EU level, leaving EU Council President to agree with the blocking side about the amendments that could possibly let the policy pass, he has advised all the EU members who supported the policy to pass it in their national parliaments. One among first nations to act in accordance with suggestion was Serbia, following the Bosnian example. This morning, after RH Speaker was contacted by a Prime Minister, a session was organized, making it the second one after the summertime holiday.

Debate over what was called a Pet protection bill was opened by the RH Speaker, who turned to fact that there was barely enough MPs to have a session at all, while this bill should not be discredited as an unimportant bill, because it's consequences may actually be a major ones. The reading of the bills was finished before the noon time, and amendments vote was finished in next hour and a half. At that point, the final debate started with Prime Minister stating the following:

"Mr. Speaker, this is an important bill, to make us fit with the European standards regarding the treatment of the animals. Animals has their rights, as our Cabinet has always believed and as we do believe now, while preparing to present so-called Vet Police to protect them form abusive owners. This bill is a proposal which comes to us as a perfect introduction to the further measures on that path, which I intend to finalize before the elections take place in January. The governing coalition consists of the parties which have a long tradition of promoting the compassion values for all living beings, and that is something we're all proud of." (MPs chaunting: Yaaaay!) "I hope that gentlemen sitting on the opposite side have the same ammount of compassion, and I call them to support the bill, which is not marked by any ideological approach, but a common-ground for anyone who calls himself a caring politician."

After him, a Leader of the Opposition took a word:

"Mr. Speaker, as I have an more imporant proposal waiting to be settled, I have decided that my party MPs would not take a chance to speak after me in this debate, so that we could pass on vote faster. When it comes to this proposal, Mr. Speaker, as a father of a child who cares of two dogs and a cat, I would be attacked first by my daugther before anyone else, for being a heartless idiot in case of refusing to vote for this bill. Therefore, New Democracy party would support this bill, as we hope that the governing coalition would gather it's forces united once after a long period of divide between SDP and DS, to support this cause as a just cause."

After this, vote took place with a following result:

Yay - 129
Nay - 0
Abstain - 6
Not in chamber - 114

KARAĐORĐEVIĆ DYNASTY TAKES BACK THE LAST NAME; MONARCHY REFERENDUM SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY

After the Pet protection bill passed, next stuff to be put on the table was proposal made by the Opposition leader David Bojčić (ND), requesting the Tanović dynasty to re-take their old last name - Karađorđević, which was banned from usage after they went to exile when communists took power after WW2.

"Tanović last name was adopted to cover their identity before 1990, but now they should be able to re-take what is rightfully their. In the same manner, Mr. Speaker, I ask this Skupština to approve the request and schedule the referendum with a simple question: "Should Serbia be transfered back into the monarchy?" We have had a long tradition of monarchism in Serbia, and I believe we should return to that tradition and develop it for a modern age. While Crown Prince Velimir doesn't ask for power, we have a duty towards his family to give him back what is rightfully his. Therefore, I ask this Skupština to shcedule the referendum for a same day that general elections take place in January." - said Leader of the Opposition David Bojčić.

"Mr. Speaker, although I have no doubt that people should vote about whatever they find to be an appropriate subject of voting, I still doubt the causes of why does the Leader of the Opposition puts this now on agenda. He knows very well, as any of us does, that the referendum campaign would boost his rating, as his party would probably be the only one to campaign in favor of monarchy. In case of passing of such a referendum, I would like to aknowledge the Skupština that no person from SDP party would take the position of serving as the King's PM, as we all have trust in a direct democracy on all levels, no priviledges for the royalty and republicanism for as long as the blood goes trough our veins!" (MPs chaunting: Yaaay!) "Therefore, I would accept the offer for the referendum, but I would give my best, as long as I am the Prime Minister of this nation, for the result to be in a manner of promoting the idea of Republic. Thank you Mr. Speaker." - replied Prime Minister Adam Marković.

After a long debate that followed, with a growing number of present MPs, result was following:

Yay - 159
Nay - 38
Abstain - 0
Not in chamber - 53

Due to crisis of the Republic caused by parliamentary decision to schedule the referendum for january, President of Serbia Lazar B. Jerkov has called Crown Prince Velimir Karađorđević to visit him at the Presidential Palace of Serbia, to discuss the matter.

FOREIGN MINISTER MET WITH PGP LEADER

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Lazar Hadži-Zdravković has met leader of Turkish party PGP Ayla-ah Kim. At a talk, hosted in his office, in a presence of Deputy Foreign Minister Hana Adrović, who's now a fiance of PGP leader, the three has discussed the post-elections situation in The Turkish-State. Meeting lasted for an hour, and was later described as passing in an friendly and non-official manner, as Minister looked to be more interested into the nature of Adrović-Kim relationship, as the journalists are, than in the actual agenda of the meeting. Shortly afterwards, he stated in the press:

"I was informed this morning, by the pro-EU opposition representative coming from Turkey, about the situation there. After the meeting I have concluded that my concerns were right. I use this chance to express my deep feeling that Mr. Bahceli's Cabinet has no legitimacy among the Turkish people, as he leads the minority Government with less than 50% support in the parliament, a Government that opposed the people's vote on the referendum with all possible means and at the end stood on a loosing side during the vote about Turkish eurointegration. As he's the result of major parties lack of compromise, the minority PM Bahceli should in my opinion resign in a shortest possible period, for opposing the majority referendum vote and loosing the crucial parliamentary vote while attempting to neglect the result of referendum."

Beograd Danas,
September 7th, 2019.

PRESIDENT JERKOV MEET CROWN PRINCE VELIMIR KARAĐORĐEVIĆ, REGARDING THE UPCOMING REFERENDUM

President Lazar B. Jerkov and Crown Prince Velimir Karađorđević met today in the Palace of Serbia, a presitential residence, to discuss the motion passed by Skupština this morning, which has scheduled the referendum for transfering Serbia into the Monarchy after a 75 years of being Republic. On the request of Leader of the Opposition David Bojčić (ND), the motion was debated and eventually passed, while being criticized by Prime Minister Adam Marković as a Bojčić's poor attempt to boost his party rating on the elections. After the meeting Between Jerkov and Karađorđević finished, both of them have addressed the press on a joint conference.

"I'm glad that Crown Prince has accepted my invite to visit me today and discuss the matter. We've agreed over numerous topics, and the most important one was that whatever a result of referendum in January be, we should both work then as we do now on promoting the unity of our people. House of Karađorđević has it's royal status granted by the law that we've adopted a year ago, and in case of eventual defeat of monarchists, that law would still be in charge of defining their status. Also, we have came to an conclusion that in case of monarchists victory on the referendum, numerous details, from our Consitution to the lyrics of our national anthem, should be changed in accordance with situation and peacefully. I have high hopes that our people are a reasonable people, as they always were, and that they would make a best decision for the future of this nation in a democratic way. I have always stood for democracy, and I am ready to accept the result of their democraticly expressed opinion whatever it would be. Therefore, a numerous measures would be put in charge, to prepare us for eventual switch of the political system. But I use this chance to ask those who've scheduled the referendum in Skupština today, making it the most important political subject out of nowhere - What are you going to do if the referendum fails? In that specific case, you are going to be faced with fact that you've wasted a lot of time and energy of this nation nothing for, and not to mention that you would afterwards possibly face the invite by the Constitutional Court for acting against the Constitution which defines Serbia as the Republic." - said President Lazar B. Jerkov.

"Before I state anything other, I feel a duty to state that this referendum was not my idea. Since we came back home from the exile two years ago, I have made it clear that I recognize the Republic as a legal governing structure of our nation. I have said back then, as I do say now - I have no governing ambitions. If our people decide that they want me to be king, well, who am I to refuse their call? Of course, I would accept that invite in case of referendum victory. But, until then, not me nor anyone other from our dynasty will be involved in daily politics as we want to preserve the public unity. Therefore, I would not request power, nor express any political ambition. Thank you." - said Crown Prince Velimir Karađorđević.