Rutania

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(Taken from the National Front's newspaper, The Citizen)

The National Front won 189 out of 675 seats, once again making them the second largest party in the National Assembly. Presidential candidate Lord Huddersfield won 41.80% of the vote in the second ballot with the support of the Crimson Eagles in the first ballot. The Eredian Party won all but one gubernatorial elections, with the National Front winning Ardinia. The Crimson Eagles and newly-named Urban Party of Rutania both lost seats in the National Assembly.

Lord Huddersfield issued a statement,

While the National Front regrets not being able to deliver a total victory for the moral majority of Rutania, our gains in the National Assembly bring us one step closer to it, and our victory in Ardinia gives us control over the local affairs of this proud conservative province.

Photo: Lord Huddersfield just minutes after the release of the election results.

Governor-Elect Angus Marple issued a statement of his own,

I look forward to a term of servitude to the people of Ardinia and hope that the electorate will be as satisfied with me as I am with this result.

Other news

Defence Minister Norman Heldreich announced this morning that he will soon release the details of the PRF rebellion.

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Since 3057, Commonwealth Media has provided the people of Rutania with news from reputable, well known reporters who ask tough questions and engage in investigative journalism; all in pursuit of the truth. Furthermore, unlike the liberal-leaning Rutanian News Network (RNN), we make a commitment everyday to offer the Rutanian people fair and balanced news from both sides of the political spectrum without the bias.

Our recent acquisitions in news have led to the successful operation of our 24-hour news channel known as the Rutanian News Channel (RNC) and a national newspaper known as the Rutanian Times. In fact, RNC is currently the second most watched 24 hour channel in Rutania and its audience is growing everyday.


Commonwealth Media headquarters in Karlsdorf

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UPR Prepares for Upcoming Presidential Primaries

October 19, 3108

Background
Next year, from April 30 until May 31, the Urban Party of Rutania will be conducting its first presidential primaries to decide who the party's nominee for President will be. But for right now, lets look at how the process will work.

Process
Registered UPR voters will go to the polls on a specific day and will vote for their choice. Each of the 5 provinces being delegated a specific amount of "points" based upon population. A candidate is allocated a specific number of that province's points based upon how we he/she did. The total number of points will be 500 and a candidate must win 375 to claim the nomination. If not, the nomination will be decided by the party's 100-member congress. Now we will take a look at the field of candidates that have so far made (and in the case of Mr. Holmes, not made) their decision to run. All candidates have until December 1 to file the necessary paperwork.

Candidates
So far, only 2 candidates have declared their intention to run for the parties nomination; Alejandro Martinez and Bob Harkin. Some are speculating that the party's leader Reggie Holmes might throw his hat into the ring, though many are skeptical after he dodged the question several times on RNN's The First Word with Larry Donaldson.

Declared

50 year old Alejandro Martinez is the current front runner in the race to be the party's nominee for President and rightfully so. His down to earth attitude and broad appeal among the masses makes people feel comfortable and gives the sense that he's 'one of us' despite the fact he is a multimillionaire. Did we mention he is a multimillionaire? Yep, he's estimated to be worth about 450 Million RUT and will likely be able to fund a majority of his campaign for the party's nomination and for the presidency on his own.

His biggest weakness is his problems to connect to the independent voters who favor more taxes on the rich and corporations, something that Martinez is against. In fact, the main reason his bid for President failed was because of his comments during a fundraiser where he compared the independent voters to "a bunch of cry baby's"...ouch. In the end Martinez paid for it in the the 3108 election where he only received about 2% of the entire vote and of course finished dead last. Nevertheless, as long as Holmes or some "super candidate" don't enter the race, he pretty much has the nomination in the bag.


Congressman Bob Harkin (UPR-Menwell, Grovton) is a freshman representative who is relatively unknown nationally and within the party. Many see him challenging Joan Andrews next year as leader of the party's Progressive Faction and nothing more. For Harkin to even have a chance, he needs to gain exposure and rally his base or else he is doomed to an early exit in the primaries in April.

Potential Candidates

Reggie Holmes has stated numerous times that he is not considering running for the party's nomination and we believe him; or at least we will when the deadline to file paperwork to the party's National Election Committee passes on December 1.

Declined to Run

Congressman John Wise (UPR-Freemont) is the party's congressional leader and the chief spokesperson of the party in the Assembly. He decided on in August that he would not run for the nomination and instead would focus on the legislative goals of the party for the next 3 years.

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DeNozo rips Matheson, Liberals at CPC

November 1, 3108


Rita DeNozo delivers her speech at CPC

Self proclaimed "Queen of Talk Radio" Rita DeNozo ripped President Matheson and his party on Wednesday at the Conservative Policy Conference (CPC). DeNozo attacked Matheson and his party on their failure to fix the expanding budget deficit. DeNozo also brought up the President's unwillingness to place several members of the DRP on trial and his lack of leadership while a civil war raged in this country in this country a year ago. DeNozo's also demanded President Matheson prove he is not an illegal immigrant; a popular myth that is spreading like wildfire. DeNozo's speech was meet with a lot of praise and she is scheduled to speak on Friday. CPC is a week long conference where fiscal and social conservatives gather in an effort to rally their base and generate new ideas.

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Harkin Drops Out; Martinez Named Party's Nominee

May 1, 3109

Congressman Bob Harkin (UPR-Menwell, Grovton) officially dropped out a day before the primary in Ardinia. Therefore, Alejandro Martinez, was declared the party's nominee.

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Martinez Questions Matheson's Citizenship

May 17, 3110

While at a campaign stop in Bozarland on friday, UPR presidential candidate Alejandro Martinez, was asked by a reporter about whether or not he believes the President was born in Rutania. Martinez responded by saying:

Well you know, I think he's born here; I mean, I want to believe him, but he has yet to produce a valid birth certificate and that raises some questions. Look, the Rutanian people obviously want the truth from the President and he so far is not giving (them) what they want and is instead continuously dodging the question. To me, that says he is hiding something and whatever that something is, I want to know.

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Defence Minister Heldreich stepped up to the podium and arranged his notes.



"I apologise for the delay, but there has been much bureaucratic red-tape to cut. By now I'm sure you are all anxious to hear the government's report over the tragedy that happened four years ago.

First of all, I would like to recite the casualties. The Rutanian armed forces suffered two dead and thirty-nine wounded. The Rutanian police suffered sixteen dead and forty-four wounded. The Crimson Eagles Paramilitary suffered twelve dead and twenty-six wounded. Five Rutanian civilians died in the encounter, and eighteen more were wounded. The memory of these heroes and upstanding citizens can never be forgotten. The Rutanian civilian casualties were mercifully lower than we feared as the terrorist PRF were only after Dorvish and Ikradoni citizens and possessed only substandard weapons.

Now about the mission. The Rutanian armed forces were deployed to the Floral province to rid it of terrorist vermin. The mission sounded easy enough: backyard troopers were no match for the Rutanian war machine. However, there was the civilian population to think about, and the armed forces were relegated mostly to protection duties. With this particular obstacle in mind, a special forces group has been authorised to assassinate the PRF's diseased head, Paul Woodward. The operation was a success, and soon the PRF dissolved. The Rutanian troops arrested the remaining stragglers; however, we were not authorised to do an all-out man-hunt.

We sympathise with the families whose loved ones were lost; their lives will never be replaced."

The Defence Minister cleared his throat and looked at the audience. The hall suddenly burst with questions. "How many terrorists were arrested?" "Were any of the leadership caught?" "How effective were the PRF's biological weapons?"

"As of now, my ministry still cannot release information on the number and positions of those arrested. Also the PRF's backyard bacteria were ineffective. Investigations showed that these were mainly used for torturing purposes to please the sick mind of Paul Woodward. That would be all. Good evening."

Minister Heldreich picked up his notes and exited the room.

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Rutania Under Siege from Brutes and Degenerates

The Rutanian Supremacist League have uncovered a vicious conspiracy currently undulating in the upper echelons of Rutania's government, namely, the conspiracy to coerce Rutanians to mingle with the filth and degeneracy of inferior races. All of the RSL's efforts to prevent this have been blocked in the National Assembly by a pack of deviant, cowardly pigs. Most outrageously of all, the RSL's bravery in exposing and condemning this villainous conspiracy has led to their censure---in the very halls our pure-blooded Rutanian forefathers forged. The resolution was submitted by the UPR, the political front of black savages hell-bent on contaminating Rutanian blood, paralysing Rutanian initiative and supplanting the Rutanian race out of Rutania! The RSL responded heroically to the corruption and cowardice of the Rutanian politicians and vowed never to apologise to the pack of degenerate brutes blacks are and to exercise their basic Rutanian right to hurl abuse at ugly, alien filth. Mr Reginald Blackburn, chairman and chief parliamentarian of the RSL, has appealed to the senses of Rutania's spineless leaders and was unsuccessful. He has also called for the extermination of all apes in human form, namely blacks, and was refused. Rutania truly is in a sorry state of racial and cultural degeneracy.

Interview with Mr Reginald Blackburn.

Giles: Mr Blackburn, we realise the disaster that racial contamination is, but isn't asking for the extermination of your fellow human beings a bit excessive?
Blackburn: Mr Giles, you have been sorely misinformed. There is no evidence that blacks have been descended Adam and Eve same as you and I. They are of a different species, and the law of nature states that races must combat each other for dominance. We, the ethnic Rutanians, must win that combat.

G: But Mr Blackburn, DNA evidence suggest that all human beings descended from the same ancestor and that race is completely irrelevant...
B: Blasphemy! Are you an atheist? Is Rutania an atheist nation? What abject nonsense! Here is how the current composition of human races came to be: As God moulded humans from clay, He made mistakes, and that mass of human garbage became the inferior races. As God became more practised in clay-moulding He created the perfect specimen, the Rutanian progenitor, Adam. He was so pleased with our forefather that He gave Adam another such perfect creature to accompany him and propagate their like. Thus, we Rutanians were born. The other races were not so privileged, envied this beautiful couple and bred through sodomy.

G: And the DNA, Mr Blackburn?
B: It came from the earth God used.

G: Very compelling, Mr Blackburn.
B: Thank you, Mr Giles.

---Interview concluded---

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Rutania Elects Joseph von Heyst President

In these trying times, Rutanians have found it imperative to be lead by the RSL and thus elected Mr Joseph von Heyst. The RSL is the currently only voice of moderation to be found in the degenerate socialist mire that is Rutanian politics (or what passes for it these days). The dour, plodding Matheson apparently cannot compete in Rutania's present political landscape. Two new parties have formed, both of them socialist and enthused. Rutanians preferred these young bucks over the dinosaurs at the EP. Mr Heyst won the elections through his party's dedication to Rutanian supremacy (an issue the rest of the parties leave out), capitalism, self-reliance, strength and racial cleanliness.

President Heyst plans to visit Saridan.
President Heyst is scheduled to visit the Armed Land of Saridan next month in the hopes of improving relations with Saridan and enlightening Terra of the true condition of the nation.

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OOC: Juclandia moved in Saridan, btw.