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Re: Quanzar and Alaria/Istalia

Postby XanderOne » Fri May 06, 2022 5:24 pm

New initiatives to boast national pride
Elections granted a larger majority to nationalists who push for measures aimed to increase national unity and re-consolidate Istalian identity

21 February 5115

ROMULA - The last elections were a success for the National Alliance and the Government led by Zeno Solenghi. The nationalist party has not only seen its majority in the Chamber of Deputies increase but has achieved the majority in all electoral districts as well as in the two Federal Communities where it firmly controls local presidencies and parliaments.
This result was an important confirmation for Prime Minister Solenghi who, having concluded the quick consultations with the President of the Chamber, was presented by the latter again as Prime Minister candidate, obtaining without problems the confidence of the parliament and then going to Quattroregni Palace to swear in the hands of the Emperor.

Building on this success, the Nationalist majority has announced a series of measures that the Government should implement in the coming months aimed to boast the national pride and re-consolidate Istalian identity and national unity.
Among these initiatives, a central role will be played by initiatives concerning schools and teaching: the Minister of Education of Culture has announced the adoption of a new National Curriculum, which in Istalia all schools without exception are obliged to follow, and the adoption of new textbooks for all compulsory educational cycles from primary school to high school for courses in history, Istalian literature, civics, art, philosophy and geography. Already with the restoration of the Empire the textbooks used under the Union had been progressively replaced by texts previously used until the fall of the Sixth Republic but from next year the new texts will not only obviously be updated, but there is no doubt that greater emphasis will be placed on the national and cultural unity of the country and on the millennial history of Istalia as a united nation. But another noteworthy change of the national curriculum, and which will also affect university education, will be the abandonment of measures linked to the local ethno-linguistic immersion and revival programs promoted in the early years of the first Union of Quanzar and Alaria and which they had also affected the schools. The Ministry has indicated that it will be the freedom of the regional authorities to institute local history and language classes in schools but their funding will be exclusively borne by the regions, with contributions from the respective Federal Community if agreed. Istalian will fully officially come back to be the language of instruction in the Istalian education system.

Again with regard to the national curriculum, the majority presented in parliament a bill aimed at establishing a single national curriculum for civics courses (political education) that all secondary schools must offer to students.
The same bill requires all pupils and students of any grade to learn and sing the national anthem when played in special occasions like national holidays and celebrations.
It was an initiative of the Government, a proposal by the Undersecretary for Culture Fiorenza De Marchi, the establishment of quarterly school cultural festivals, or three days that schools will have to dedicate each quarter to organize cultural and sport activities and events that all schools of all levels will have to organize with the active participation and involvement of students. The festivals may include sports competitions, recitals and theatrical activities, exhibitions as well as short training courses of various kinds, and will be enriched by stands managed by students who will be able to offer food, drinks or gadgets.
Although each school will have the freedom to choose the topic to be treated by each festival, the Ministry has nonetheless issued guidelines that promote initiatives aimed at increasing the sense of national unity and pride in Istalian culture, history and identity, themes that must be categorically respected on the occasion of important anniversaries.

Another initiative of the Government was to reorganization of public television, until now a collection of state-owned community and regional channels controlled by the government, by founding the Società Istaliana delle Reti Audiovisive Nazionali (Istalian Society of National Audiovisual Networks): SIRAN.
The new company will manage five national channels, SIRAN 1 (Generalist and family-oriented), SIRAN 2 (Generalist/Youth and urban programming) SIRAN 3 (Arts and culture programming) SIRAN NEWS (Non-stop rolling news) and SIRAN GIOVANI (Shows aimed at children and young teen), two channels of the Federal Communities, SIRAN SERRENTINA and SIRAN ALARIA (programming oriented towards the two Federal Communtiy), five regional channels, SIRAN FIDELIA/FERANO/TRIVENDITO/CISAVUGLI/NICOMA (each offering programming oriented towards their region partially in local language) and finally SIRAN MAJ (programming oriented towards the majatran minority partially in majatran language).
The new television company will be under the Ministry of Education and Culture which, however, has also issued programmatic guidelines for public television networks of an ethno-cultural nature owned and managed by the regions and the Federal Communities, imposing the obligation to offer at least one daily news service and two hours of general programming in Istalian language.

New directives have therefore been proposed by the nationalists regarding the measures concerning granting nationality: already today immigrants in the country must pass a test to gain nationality but the directives proposed by the nationalists propose that only regular immigrants, with a regular residence permit, will be able to take part in the test only after ten years in the country. As regards legal immigrant minors, however, the rules change according to the conditions of arrival and stay: minors who have completed the entire period of compulsory studies in Istalia or who arrived in Istalia before the age of 14 they will have automatically guaranteed the nationality once they have passed the high school maturity exam, while in the case of acquiring a professional license they will still have to take a test to acquire nationality but of a less demanding nature than the regular one; for minors who arrive in Istalia after the age of 14, on the other hand, they will be able to take the test five years after the acquisition of the high school diploma or a professional qualification and equally in a less demanding form than the regular one.
For the children of legal immigrants born in Istalia, on the other hand, citizenship will be automatically guaranteed at the end of lower middle school (14 years).
In any case, specific commissions of the Migratory Affairs Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be responsible for evaluating the effective and healthy integration of minors into society. In the event of a negative assessment, however, investigations will be conducted on the families and further assistance for integration will instead be offered to the minor.

The new government guidelines, in fact, certainly do not impose forms of forced "instalianization" on immigrants (whoever becomes an Istalian citizen has the right to maintain language, culture and traditions in fact), but obviously require compliance with all Istalian laws and norms and therefore an adequate integration within the country's society and their communities of residence with particular attention to their children who, it is hoped, can become good citizens and productive members of society. You can in fact hear in the news from time to time bad news stories concerning parents and families who have punished, if not killed, children because they do not respect the traditions of their countries of origin and are too integrated into the Istalian society, especially families from countries of the so-called third world or with cultures very distant from the Istalian one or in general "western one".
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Re: Quanzar and Alaria/Istalia

Postby XanderOne » Sat May 07, 2022 1:58 am

Istalia joins international community condemning Dundorf
Government already put at vote the international resolution to sanctions Dundorf for the legalization of slavery in the country
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Jalal Al-Hashimi spoke in front of the press

6 April 5115

ROMULA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs released today an official statement with which Istalia joins the international comunity condemning Dundorf for its decision to legalize slavery and slave trade in the country.

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Official statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Istalian Empire
28 March 5115

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Istalian Empire announces that Istalia hereby joins the international community in denouncing and condemning the legalization by the Government of the Königsführer of Dundorf of slavery and the slave trade.

In response to this barbaric violation of the most basic human rights, Istalia hereby announces its full willingness to adopt the economic sanctions and total embargo measures promoted by the Government of the Commonwealth of Hutori and ratify the common defense agreements against possible acts of open hostility by part of Dundorf in response to its warmonger attitude and its explicit willingness to even resort to use military force to respond to the inevitable international outrage and reaction.

Following this decision and in the face of the determination of the Dundorf Government to defend these barbaric atcs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Istalian Empire also hereby announces the expulsion of the Ambassador of the Königsführer of Dundorf and all his diplomatic staff.


Foreign Minister Jalal Al-Hashimi expressed on behalf of the Government all the dismay that the legalization of slavery in Dundorf generated in Istalia:

It is unbelieveble that in 52th century we have to be witness of nations that legalize slavery. Istalia once, when such crimes were committed in Vorona, was even ready to the most extreme measures to fight such crimes against humanity and in other occasions we didn't fail to make heard our voice.
This time we're no different and Istalia is ready to do its part with the tought turned to those that will have to suffer such barbaric actions.
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Re: Quanzar and Alaria/Istalia

Postby XanderOne » Sat May 07, 2022 2:43 pm

Prince and Princess of the Crown announce expecting their first baby
Next summer the nation will can celebrate the first prince born within the restored Imperial Family
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A recent image of The Grand Prince and Grand Princess of the Crown Michele and Daniela

7 July 5115

ROMULA - Passers-by and tourists who as always crowded Palace Squadre in Romula witnessed this morning something that had not happened since the times of the First Empire and that filled the onlookers with amazement and joy: two court valets appeared from a service entrance side, escorted by two imperial guards and carrying a panel finished with a cherry wood frame that was affixed to one of the marble bases of the two bronze horses that delimited the main gate of Quattroregni Palace.

An official press release from the Imperial Family was affixed to the panel protected by a glass plate:

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Their Imperial Highnesses The Grand Prince and Grand Princess of the Crown are very pleased to announce that The Grand Princess of the Crown is expecting their first child. The baby, which will be second in line to the throne, will be born in late January.

Their Most Excellent Imperial Majesties The Emperor and the Empress, the whole Imperial House and the family of The Princess are delighted by the news and express their best wishes to the Grand Prince and Princess of the Crown.


At the same time, the announcement was also made on the official social media of the Crown and in a few hours the press inevitably stormed the Imperial Palace which therefore organized a press conference in the late afternoon.

The Press Secretary of Quattroregni Palace said the Princess of the Crown, who is thought to be less than 12 weeks pregnant, has been admitted yesterday to Romula's Deodato Policlinics with acute morning sickness where the doctors confirmed the pregnancy.
The Press Secretary then said that due to the health conditions of the Princess she will abstain for the next months from any official engagement and will require a period of rest.
In fact, Prince Michele and Princess Daniela, respectively 37 and 28 years old, have long awaited the came of a child after having tried for years since their marriage. Only a few years ago it was revealed that the Princess suffered from endometriosis and that due to this pathology the couple was having difficulty conceiving.
Since then, the Princess has undergone various therapies as well as a change in diet that finally paid off this year. Now, however, the Princess, as announced, will have to devote herself to total rest precisely because of the greater risks of complications that the aforementioned pathology can cause in pregnant women and for this the Palace has announced that she will move to Villa Annamaria, the well-known Villa in the countryside of Fidelia owned by the Appiano De Borromei Family where the Princess will be able to enjoy the tranquility of the place and the pleasant Canrillese gardens while remaining close to Romula and to the rest of the family.

The announcement years ago of the Princess's pathology was praised by many people at the time for the courage to expose herself so openly to the press, a gesture that the Princess had insisted on wanting to do in solidarity with so many women who suffer from it and other typically female syndromes and for which unfortunately still in today's society represent for many women something not to talk about, to be ashamed of and which have psychological repercussions and on their quality of life.
Since then, Prince Michele has always shown himself to be close to his wife and ready to totally support her, several times even speaking to the press and underlining how very important the support for wives and girlfriends from their companions and their families is to face together such difficulties.
Furthermore, together the Grand Prince and Grand Princess of the Crown made themselves available to support and sponsor initiatives aimed at undermining these taboos still alive in society and awareness-raising activities, such as when they became Godfather and Godmother in Istalia of the world endometriosis day, and therefore supporting the research and medicine in this field also through donations to various scientific bodies and hospitals in the country.
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Re: Quanzar and Alaria/Istalia

Postby XanderOne » Sun May 08, 2022 3:03 pm

Defence modernization program proceeds
New units and equipements are being delivered to the several branchs of the Armed Forces although the program on the multi-role jet is accumulating delay
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The future flag ship of the Istalian Navy LHD "Aquila" being launched

4 January 5116

ROMULA - Yesterday morning at the Terebbia shipyard celebrations accompanied the launch of the first of the two LHDs of the Istalian Navy. The new landing helicopter dock ship, which will become the flagship of the fleet once it enters service at the end of the sea tests, was baptized with the name "Acquila" by the Grand Princess Alessandra, second child of the Emperor.
The new ship, 248 meters long, will be able to embark up to twenty helicopters, although it has been designed so that with some easy interventions it can also embark in the future STOVL fixed-wing aircraft, and up to a 130 vehicles (including tanks), those without amphibious capabilities that can be disembarked by two landing craft via the aft well dock.
For the moment, as mentioned, this and the next unit of this class will embark the new helicopters developed by Leonardi, the LSH-5100. This new medium-heavy helicopter is a helicopter embarked mainly for anti-submarine combat and against surface naval units, while in specific versions it can be used as tactical transport (up to 20 soldiers or 2500 Kg of materials), safe and rescue missions, medical tranport, special operations, electronic warfare, airborne command post, parachuting, VIP transport and flight training.
Leonardi, belonging to the AUDISS group, defeated the other competitor by presenting his helicopter project in record time, taking up some of his most successful projects of the past, such as the Military/SAR Helicopter LH 200, bringing together the undisputed quality of those projects with the technologies, production methods and materials of our days.

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The Leonardi LSH-5100

The Aquila is therefore joining the other new units of the fleet already antered service in the last two years, the first two units of the 10 planned units of Multi-role Guided-Missile Frigates, the "Folgore" (which gave its name to the class) and the "Saetta", respectively the first specialized in anti-aircraft warfare and the second in anti-submarine warfare, although the modular design of these units can guarantee a fully multi-role service that will allow them to conduct operations of various types both in times of peace and war.
Also all the 10 frigates provided by the program will be built by TriesCantieri which, however, was quite disappointed not to have won the bid for the construction of the 6 Fully Multi-role Guided-missile Destroyers which will be the most powerful units in the fleet. The bid for the latter was in fact awarded by Leonardi and currently the hulls of the first two units have been set up in the Leonardi shipyards of Neapuli and in those re-built of Albeta, where important investments by AUDISS and public ones in the last decaded of the last century have restored the industrial shipbuilding apparatus to revive this sector in Alaria.

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The frigate "Folgore" during the trial test in sea of last year

As for the ground armored vehicles included in the program, on the other hand, the first batch of deliveries for the new 8x8 wheeled amphibious assault vehicles built by OTO Al-Mehara, called "Centauro", is already being delivered to the amphibious corps of the Navy. Thanks to the long experience accumulated by the company now owned by AUDISS, the project proposed in the tender easily beat the competition and after having quickly finalized the project, construction began at a rapid pace. The new vehicle will be able to get up to 12 raiders to shore being launched from beyond the horizon, reaching speeds exceeding 6 mph in water and 105 km/h on land. Regarding the weapon systems, the vehicle was designed to be able to install different systems, such as a remotely operated turret armed with a 30mm automatic cannon, 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and two TOW launchers; a remote Weapon Station for 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun or 40 automatic grenade launcher (in these case the troops capacity is reduced to 10) and finally a two-man turret armed with a 40mm autocannon, a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and and two TOW launchers (in these case the troops capacity is reduced to 8).

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The Centauro, the new assault vehicles for the amphibious corps of the Navy

About the tracked Armored Infantry Combat Vehicles for the Army, the bid was won by a consortium between COVEIN (owned by HM Group) and Preda sistemi. However, development takes more time due to the fact that for two times the project was changed in favor of a wheeled version and then back to a tracked version. Finally, last year, the definitive project was unveiled and production started. The new IVF will be able to carry, in addition to the three crewmen, up to eight passengers, can go up to a speed of 70 km/h on road, climb slopes of 60%, climb a 1 m vertical obstacle and cross a 2.5 m trench. As for the armament, the IVF, Combat Support and Command Post models provide for different armament solutions: turret armed with autocannon of 30 or 35 mm caliber with airburst munition support and a 7,62 mm coaxial machine gun; a multi-mission turret with flexible mission pods able to house a large variety of subsystems for specialist capabilities; hence the most powerful weapon system, a turret equipped with a 120 mm smoothbore tank gun able to fire programmable high explosive round sided by a light machine gun and a row of eight 76 mm smoke dischargers. In the ambulance-medevac version, the IVF will instead be equipped with a remote Weapon Station for 7.62 mm machine gun.

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The future IVF for the Army

But for the new defense program not everything seems to go according to plan: in fact, delays are accumulating in the development of the new Multi-role/Air superiority Fighter Jet for the Istalian Air Force.
These are not technical or design problems but rather the delays are deriving from the fierce competition between the two companies remaining in the race: Ajace Aeronautics and Alaria Aerospace. The two companies did not spare resources in the design of their aircraft but especially last year there was an escalation of mutual accusations with both companies that accused the rival of being using the relationships with the various state actors involved in the project in order to win the bid.
Alaria Aerospace accused Ajace of taking advantage of the long-standing relationship between the company and the Air Force while Ajace accused the Ministry of Defense and that of Industry and Commerce of wanting to favor Alaria Aerospace since it is controlled by AUDISS of which the state is the major shareholder.
Regarding the specifications of the two competing projects, given that the respective prototypes are still under construction and both the companies are very reserved in order not to spread info advantaging the rival, for the moment just the preliminary projects can be described: Ajace's is a fighter using a double-canard configuration slightly more massive than Alaria Aerospace's which instead features trapezoidal wings with a distinctive separation between the forward fuselage and engine nacelles.
The race to win the contract seems to be still long and it will probably take at least another five years to know who will win.

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The two Multi-role/Air superiority Fighter Jet projects in competition: on the left the one from Ajace Aeronautics and on the right the one from Alaria Aerospace
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Re: Quanzar and Alaria/Istalia

Postby XanderOne » Sun May 08, 2022 3:55 pm

Imperial baby is born!
The newly arrived child of the heir to the throne will probably be named Tommaso
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Journalists before the maternity pavillon of Deodato II Polyclininc of Romula few hours after admission of Grand Princess of the Crown

21 January 5116

ROMULA - After yesterday afternoon the staff the Grand Prince and the Grand Princess of the Crown announced that the Grand Princess had been rushed to the Deodato II polyclinic in Romula, with the press crowded out of the hospital and public opinion in waiting for news, finally this morning at 10.30 both on social media and in front of the entrance of Quattroregni Palace the long-awaited announcement has finally arrived accompanied by the sound of 12 cannon shots and the ringing of Romula's bells:

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Their Imperial Highnesses The Grand Prince and Grand Princess of the Crown are very pleased to announce that Her Imperial Highness The Gran Princess of the Crown gave birth sefely to a son this moorning at 9.22 a.m. The crying healthily baby weighs 3.1 kg. The Grand Prince of the Crown was present for the birth.

Their Most Excellent Imperial Majesties The Emperor and the Empress, the whole Imperial House and the family of The Princess have been informed and are delighted with the news and express their relief and joy at the safe arrival of this newborn.

Her Imperial Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital for the next three or four days.


For the moment the Imperial Household didn't announced a press conference with the Press Secretary but it is expected to be organized as the Grand Prince and Princess of the Crown will come back together with their child at the Imperial Residence of Villa Sironi-Talliani (the second largest landscaped public park of Romula) where the couple took residence in the Casino of Bellaria, the main building of the section of the park closed to public owned by the Istalian State, which used it for representative purposes, and which since the couple married was converted in their private residence, considering Villa Colonnati, the official residence of the heir to the throne, not too suitable for the family, too exposed to prying eyes and which will be used by the Prince and Princess exclusively as a place of representation and work. The Casino of Bellaria, instead, is set within a large garden, organized both in wild and canrillaise styles, and well protected by walls and hedges from the public part of the park and from unwanted glances.

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Casino of Bellaria within Villa Sironi-Talliani, private residence of the Grand Prince and Grand Princess of the Crown

Despite to official announcement arrived about the name, according to quite well confirmed rumors the couple had decided the name of the child already several months ago after their discovered the sex of the baby, namely "Tommaso", a name chosen to honor the grandfather of the Grand Prince of the Crown Michele, Paolo Tommaso, the only Emperor of the Second Istalian Empire, as well as to create a link with the last Emperor of the First Istalian Empire, Tommaso II, from whom Paolo Tommaso, His Majesty the Emperor Nicola Alessandro and Prince Michele directly descend.
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Re: Quanzar and Alaria/Istalia

Postby Ab3012 » Mon May 09, 2022 2:43 pm

FERDINANDO RUMOR LEAVES THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PARTY BUT HOSIAN DEMOCRATS CONGRESS RESULTED SPLIT IN SEVERAL FACTIONS THAT HAVE MADE THE RENEWAL OF THE LEADERSHIP DIFFICULT: AMONG ALL THE FACTIONS THE MAJORITY ARE THE INTEGRALISTS LEADED BY DE BENEDETTI AND THE LEFT REFORMERS LEADED BY ESPOSITO. THE FIRST HAD THE PRESIDENCY WHILE THE LATTER THE PARTY SECRETARIAT BUT THE COHABITATION COULD BE COMPLICATED
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Representatives of the local circles of Hosian Democracy gathering for the Federal Congress
June 5116

As Ferdinand Rumor announced months ago he has withdrawn from all positions within the Hosian Democracy party. The Federal congress that met in May in Romula's PalaSport to elect the new leadership passionately applauded the last speech of the founder and first leader of the party who was a protagonist in the history of the country before and after the re-foundation of the Empire whose restoration thanks to him enjoyed the greatest democratic and popular support.
But as soon as Ferdinando Rumor left the leadership of the party in the Federal Congress numerous factions emerged and that from the first days made internal dialogue difficult, which turned out to be a bitter and heated debate.
The factions that emerged within the party were the following: the "Ingrisi" led by Annamaria Licori who took their name from Reggio Ingris where the exponents of the faction first informally met and that support very conservative positions but socially are reformers and center-leftist and resulted to be more closely linked to the leaders of the Aurorian Church and they consider themself the heirs of Rumor's leadership; the "DeBenedettini" who take their name from their leader Mariano De Benedetti and who are strongly fundamentalists but support the most liberal positions in the economic field and resulting in facts linked to many large industrialists and the association of industrialists and entrepreneurs; the "Professorini" led by Marino Canu who are so called because the faction is mainly made up of university professors who support more moderate and reformist positions in both fields of civil liberties and economics and who are supported by the party's youth organization, the Young Demosian Movement (Professorini means egghead and it was initially used by the other factions in an ironic way); the "Populars" led by Felice Sironi that is the most centrist faction and that proposes a moderate approach on all fronts; "Reformist Action" led by Sara Esposito who is the faction that supports the less fundamentalist positions and that supports a market economy with strong social elements; finally the "Zanini" or "Popular Base" which take their name from their leader Aldo Zanin and which are the most leftist faction supporting a strongly interventionist economic policy of the state and in support of the workers and in fact they are supported by the trade unions close to the party .
The factions that resulted in the majority each representing more or less 30% of the national congress were those of the "DeBenedettini" and that of "Reformist Action". The most heated debates took place between these two factions and for most of the week of congress they worked behind the scenes to bring the other factions close to them although in the end neither of them managed to really win over the other even if it was "Reformist Action" that ultimately received a little more support thanks to the fact that this faction was the one that declared itself more inclined to confront the party National Alliance on social issues while the "DeBenedettini" received criticism for having shown themselves to be very complacent towards the majority party on both economic and so-called nationalist positions. In fact, the "DeBenedettini" are also supporters of Istalian nationalism and greater state centrism, while "Reformist Action" is supporting more localist positions and is showing itself close to movements linked to local identities and of the peninsula and of the island. This was judged to be a better political line to be supported to avoid that the party seems flattened on too much positions close to those of National Alliance.
In the end, therefore, also thanks to a providential work of mediation by Felice Sironi, the two major currents agreed so that the Presidency of the party and that it will have representative roles and that it will be able to keep the best contacts with the National Alliance with which the party want nonetheless keep cordial relations and with the various social, economic and religious elites of the country has been entrusted to Mariano De Benedetti, while the Federal Secretariat has been entrusted to Sara Esposito and who will be the one who will indicate the guidelines of the party focusing on economic issues and on local identities and powers so to organize the party to better face National Alliance to upcoming elections.
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Re: Quanzar and Alaria/Istalia

Postby Nasrudin » Mon May 09, 2022 8:35 pm

From: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kafuristan
To: Villa Sironi-Talliani residence

The Republic is happy to hear of the healthy birth of a newborn son to the royal family. As a gift, we are sending Tommaso a waist-high golden camel with green and red drapes going down the side. We hope that Tommaso will serve his nation well, and that the Grand Prince and Princess will have a happy family future.

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Re: Quanzar and Alaria/Istalia

Postby Ab3012 » Fri May 13, 2022 4:52 pm

SARA ESPOSITO IS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER AFTER THE ELECTORAL VICTORY OF HD: "OUR PRIORITY IS THE PROMOTION OF A FAIRER AND HEALTHIER SOCIETY IMPROVING WORKING CONDITIONS AND INCREASING THE WELFARE AND ADOPTING MEASURES TO CONTRAST THE DISPARTIES STARTING EVEN FROM THE SCHOOLS WITH SEVERAL REVOLUTIONARY PROPOSALS. ALSO THE DEVOLUTION OF SEVERAL COMPETENCES TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS ON OUR AGENDA"
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Prime Minister of Istalia Sara Esposito

February 5117

Hosian Democracy is once again the first party of the nation and its Federal Secretary Sara Esposito is now the new Prime Minister of Istalia.
Esposito said that her new Government has as its priority the promotion of a fairer and healthier society to be achieved working on several field starting from the economy improving the working conditions and increasing the welfare and adopting measures to contrast the disparities. The Prime Minister Esposito said also that among the goals of its Government there is the devolution of several competences to the local governemnts.
The Prime Minister Sara Esposito said:

A society where inequalities dominate is a society destined to idolize individualism and where few who can enjoy a life that is too opulent are counterbalanced by huge masses of people who cannot and cannot guarantee a future for their children.
A society made up of disparities is a society that is slipping into decay and where crime, ghettoisation and alienation can only increase with disastrous consequences for the whole country.
We must work to ensure that the state is a means of ensuring that the fruits of progress and prosperity are shared evenly, an actor that does not allow anyone to be left behind and that everyone has fair chances and opportunities.
To do this of course the work of redistribution of incomes is fundamental and for this reason it is our intention to increase taxes to the highest incomes by decreasing them to the lowest ones, to increase taxes on luxury goods and with the resources collected in this way we will be able to increase welfare in the our country.
It is also our intention to assist the Istalian families so that they can create even large families without having to fear economic difficulties because we believe that a thriving country is a country where children are born and that can offer those children ever better opportunities.
So we will have to intervene on the side of the workers so that their incomes increase and that their working conditions and their rights are extended and improved. We will propose a greater distribution of revenues towards workers and this time we will do it by lowering taxes to businesses and favoring them with tax reliefs.
But this government will also work to increase the competences that will be devolved to local governments because they are closer to the citizens and able to better address the needs of the various local realities and we would like to involve local governments even more in the management of welfare for citizens.


The journalists then asked the Prime Minister to explain how his government and his party want to promote a healthier society with less disparity by intervening in other areas outside the economy. The Prime Minister replied:

The disparities are not only contrasted with economic and financial measures but also by promoting a greater sense of solidarity and equality among the population and also by educating the new generations. How many of us for example at school have been subjected to discrimination or bullying because we could not afford the most fashionable shoes or our parents could not afford to buy us branded clothes or the latest models of smartphones?
It is clear that we must start from the new generations by educating them on the moral and social equity of all people and on the goodness of a more equitable and more supportive society.
A healthier society is a society that educates its children to respect others and to respect themselves by discouraging unhealthy if not highly harmful behaviors and habits with greater incisiveness.
To do all this we must start from the school which must become a place where children and kinds live and grow up in a condition of equality, sharing and healthy principles.


Despite the explanation given by the Prime Minister, however, it was not very clear what are the measures to be actually introduced in schools to promote what the Prime Minister said.
However by questioning various exponents of the Hosian Democracy party, a somewhat clearer picture emerged and it seems that on the proposal of various pedagogists and sociologists whose ideas are taking hold on many members of the party the main moves envisaged by the Government will be: the expansion of civic education programs, the increase in school programs of group activities and therefore the two measures that are already making talk the most about: the introduction of school uniforms in all levels of compulsory education and the introduction of the Teaching of the aurorian religion in Istalian schools.
When the news relating to the uniforms surfaced last week the Ministry of Education was immediately overwhelmed by questions and requests of all kinds from the press but finally the deputies of HD Malcorsi and Cesponi were the one to responds to the press and who presented the ideas that most likely will be adopted by the Government: for kindergartens and primary schools, a unisex apron long at the knees and with a white collar will be introduced and the color of which will be chosen independently by the schools. For the profil school and the high school, on the other hand, following long debates within the party it seems that there is the tendency towards the adoption of uniforms already in use in many private Aurorian schools and which are inspired by styles adopted in other countries of Aurorian tradition: polo shirt in profil schools and shirt in high school combined with trousers (long in winter and short in summer) and skirts above the knee to which a sweater or cardigan will be added for the winter. Even for the two highest levels of education the schools will be left free to choose the colors.

Deputy Donatella Malcorsi explained the proposal for school uniforms as follows:

As far as kindergardens and primary schools are concerned, aprons like the ones we propose are simple and functional and protect clothes from stains, tears and various damages and parents know what it means and when they spent on dressing their children. But the most important reason that applies to all levels of education is that being dressed all the same promotes the concept of equality and community, prevents discrimination for the type of clothing worn and there are many studies that claim that school uniforms discourage bullying and behaviors not suited to the school environment.


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Proposal for kindergarden's aprons

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Proposal for primary school's aprons

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Proposal for profile and high school's uniforms

The questions on the introduction of the Teaching of the Aurorian religion in schools was the topic that caused more debates and the Deputy Giacomo Delle Bande intervened to answer:

We believe that teaching the Aurorian religion is opportune to get to know an integral part of the historical, cultural and artistic heritage of Istalia and many of the principles of coexistence in society that have become part of our culture come from Aurorian values.
But it will also help teach young people healthy ethical and moral values that will help to counteract the culture of individualism and competition at all costs. Today children and young people are pushed from many sides to unbridled competition and the desire to excel at all costs. The Aurorian religion, on the other hand, promotes equality, fraternity, welcoming others, solidarity and compassion. These are values that we believe are fundamental for the development and formation of a healthy civil conscience for a truly more humane approach to life. And for those who are the most concerned I would like assure you that parents and kids will always have the freedom not to follow the religion class leaving always to the families to decide about this.
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Postby Ab3012 » Mon May 16, 2022 5:07 pm

ESPOSITO GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES UNIVERSAL INCOME AND CHILDREN BENEFITS, INCREASE TAXES FOR FAIRER REDISTRIBUTION BUT DECREASED TAX FOR CORPORATIONS AND LEFT PAYROLL CONTRIBUTION ONLY FOR LARGEST ENTERPRISES. WORKERS PARTECIPATION AND PROTECTION WILL BE PROMOTED AND INCREASED AND STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES LIKE ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION HAVE BEEN NATIONALIZED AND SUBSIDED TOO
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The Minister of Health and Social Services Piera Verdulli presents to the press the reforms on welfare of the government

February 5120

As announced by Prime Minister Sara Esposito at the beginning of her mandate the government presented its most important proposals for reforms and interventions on the agenda.
WELFARE
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Welfare reform will introduce in Istalia an universal basic income that will guarantee a reasonable living for unemployed people or people unable to work. For those who works the provisions will be reduced if salary don't reach the level of adeguate living and thus of course it will depende from the income of people calculated also within their family.
The other great novelty on welfare it is the introduction of an Universal Children Benefit: every child until 18 will have a monthly benefit that the family will can use to cover children related expenses: the family will can buy diapers, toys, pay for sport or cultural actives, buy books, school texts, school uniforms, ecc...
The Children Benefit will be calculated for each family considering the family income, family asset, the number of children. The benefit too will be calculated on the family income and thus it will decrease as income increase.
The government predicts that following the introduction of a universal basic income it will bring many positive effects: of course it will reduce poverty and income inequality but also it will improve physical and mental healthlead. It will lead to positive job growth and lower school dropout rates. The guarantee of the universal income will protect people from sluggish wage growth, low wages, and the lack of job security caused by the effects of the growing gig economy and short-term contracts.
In addition the government will take care of reorganizing the entire state welfare sector and thanks to the universal income and children benefit it can be possible to streamline it in many areas by reducing the relative costs while the saved resources will be available for the new services.
REDISTRIBUTION POLICY
(http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=658385)
In parallel with the increase in welfare services offered by the state the government has introduced a series of measures aimed at a fairer redistribution of incomes that provide for an increase in sale taxes and in particular that on luxury goods and an increase in tax on incomes for the higher ones. The resulting increase in income will cover the costs of the new welfare services.
The Minister of Health and Social Services Piera Verdulli explained that the most important objective to which all these measures are aimed is to fight inequalities and increase the quality of life of Istalian citizens and consequently offer them better opportunities.
CORPORATION TAX, PAYROLL CONTRIBUTION AND WORKERS RIGHTS
(http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=658377 and http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=658379)
Given that the government has therefore focused on the redistribution of income and on such important innovations as universal income and children benefits as regards the business the government has announced the reduction of the Corporation tax by several percentage points but certainly the reform that will please the most Istalian employers is the one on the payroll contribution: only the largest companies will be obliged to pay for the them.
Despite the fact that the large conglomerates have been expanding in the country for half a century and the role of large companies within istalian economy have increased, small and medium-sized enterprises always and in any case remain a cardinal and crucial element of the Istalian economy and will be precisely these that will benefit from that reform.
In the field of company management and relations between employers and employees the government has decided to encourage through tax reliefs the formation of worker councils within companies which by working in contact with trade unions will be able to supervise compliance with contractual obligations, increase negotiation power of workers and better protect workers rights.
STRATEGIC INDUSTRY: ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE AND FOOD EXCELLENCES
(http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=658380 and http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=658383)
The government has then focused on what are strategic industries for the country. It has in fact decided for the nationalization of the energy industry: from next year private companies will be nationalized and from the side of energy production only small scale electrical generation will be permitted for the privates like private houses and business facilities.
Another strategic sector is that of agriculture and food production and the government has decided to financially support the production of Istalian excellences to promote their production, quality and obviously their export. The agriculture and food products that will be promoted include those for which Istalia is renowned all over the world as wine, olive oil, citrus fruits, horticulture, animal husbandry for high quality dairy products and meats and fishing products.
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Re: Quanzar and Alaria/Istalia

Postby XanderOne » Mon May 16, 2022 8:19 pm

Emperor Emeritus Paolo Tommaso has died
The Imperial Household ready to organize solemn state funeral for the only sovereign of the Second Empire
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One of the last public appareance of Emperor Emeritus Paolo Tommaso

7 March 5120

ROMULA - The official announcement came mid-morning from the palace authorities: Emperor Emeritus Paolo Tommaso, first and only sovereign of the Second Istalian Empire between 5074 and 5080, has died at the age of 97 in his apartments in Quattroregni Palace.

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It is with deep sorrow that His Most Excellent Imperial Majesty The Emperor announces the death of his beloved Father, His Imperial Majesty The Emperor Emeritus Paolo Tommaso. Doctors confirm that His Imperial Majesty died due to a respiratory failure caused by a pulmonary embolism that occurred during sleep.

His Imperial Majesty passed away peacefully in his sleep this night at Quattroregni Palace. The Imperial Family join with people of the country in mourning his loss.

Solemn State Funeral will be held the next 12 July in the Basilica of All Angels of Romula.


The Emperor Emeritus had lived since 5116 in Quattroregni Palace where Emperor Nicola Alessandro had wanted to make come him from Villa Annamaria, where Paolo Tommaso had lived since 4194, for the first years with his beloved wife who died just a year before the restoration. Imperial of 5103.

Despite the problems linked to a form of depression that he had already developed a few years after his forced abdication, which worsened following the death of his wife, the last few years spent near the family have been happy years.

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Paolo Tommaso and his beloved wife Miriana few years before his accession to the throne

The already announced state funeral was strongly desired by the Imperial Family not only to honor the ruler of the Second Istalian Empire, to honor the efforts of Paolo Tommaso before and after the first Imperial restoration but also to remember the great dignity that despite adversity he has always maintained.

Already today thousands of people began to deposit flowers in front of the gates of Quattroregni Palace and it is expected for the planned days during which the Emperor Emeritus' coffin will lie in state in the Throne Hall of Quattroregni Palace that many more devout Istalians will line up to pay homage to the former Emperor.
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