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National Police Reform
The National Police Reforms and Reorganisation Act has passed which greatly reformed the police throughout the country. This reform came from the need to improve law enforcement on a State and National level to combat the rise in crime seen particularly in the northern States and seeing the success of Ultran's reform's it was decided to pushed this reform forward. The National Police Reforms and Reorganisation Act lays out the reforms that will be undertaken by the States and the National governments. The reform covers all forms of law enforcement from regular police to armed units to the Coast Guard. The reform begins by transforming the former national police into the new Bundes Polizei / Heddlu Ffederal (Federal Police) which will cover the whole country and act as support for State police. Other unit were formed such as the new Border Police and the Police Aviation Corp which will serve to protect air traffic and regulate it as it flies over the Kingdom. It will have a small fleet of planes to conduct its duties.

Police Aviation Corp plane which will operate in Alorian skies.

The powers of the Federal Police were determined to be "The National Police will provide law enforcement duties, including investigations and patrols, mostly as a supporting unit to State police forces, however in some areas such as immigration and customs they will be the only force." Combined with the State police forces, these changes to law enforcement should greatly improve law enforcement throughout the Kingdom. State police forces are to be organised in a similar fashion to Ultran's successful reforms. Their powers under the reform are to be "The State Police forces will provide law enforcement duties, including investigations and state patrols within their States only and will not hold any power outside their State. Same goes for Overseas Police forces."

As well as this reform several acts were passed which changed police powers and conduct within the country, such as the Protection of People's DNA Act and the Police Powers Act and the Public Assemblage and Dispersion Act which greatly expand State powers in law enforcement.

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States Form State Police Forces
Following the passage of the National Police Reforms and Reorganisation Act, the States have formed their own police forces. The first State was Sildar which modelled their force on Ultran's new police force. The force will be split into various levels, County Police, City Police and State Police. County police will operate within their respective county and be controlled by the County Council. The county police will remain an unarmed force and operate with the trust and support of the community and act as the first units to arrive at the crime scene. City police will have a similar role but shall operate only within the cities but supplemented with CSI and drug units to aid in combating the drug crimes occurring in the cities. The final force is the State Police which will serve as the State's major police force and act to support and backup the other two forces.

Gavonshire and Cymertraeth closely followed Sildar but took a different approach to their police forces. Being less populated and less urban than the northern States, crime has remained low and had seen a decrease in recent years anyway. The organisation of their new police forces are different than the 2 northern States. Rather than splitting their police forces into County, City and State level, they instead created only a State level police force to insure that the entire State was covered. This decision was taken as many counties in both States have little population and therefore don't require or have the funds to operate their own police forces. The State police forces will be responsible throughout the State.

Caermoel, the final State to form it's police decided to also on a different approach. Instead of a three branch force or one branch force, it created it's police force with two branches, City Police and State Police. City police would operate very much like other city police forces in Sildar and Ultran and the State police would operate both as the county police and State police. However police doctrine is to take a slightly different approach in Caermoel as the police forces are also to be community workers and support people with mental health and other conditions. This new doctrine has been called "Humane Policing" by the members of the State Assembly who are part of the Workers and Miners Party.

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Ministry of Internal Affairs Restructured
Following the recent reforms to law enforcement in Aloria the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Justice were restructured in order to properly administer the new changes. Many new departments and bureaus are to be created such as the Bundes Polizei / Heddlu Ffederal Department which is the department which will control the new federal police force, the Bundes Polizei / Heddlu Ffederal. These changes to the structures of both Ministries will ensure that everything they are responsible for is properly administered and overseen.

Separation of Powers Act
A new act was passed in parliament called the Separation of Powers Act. The text of the act will placed down below. The most important part of the act is that it prevents members of parliament from being part of the Council of Ministers. This change is being passed as many in the AKP/PGA believe that being both a Minister and MP would distract the Minister from his duties and prevent them from focusing on their role as Minister.
The Separation of Powers Act

This act will prevent members of

Article 1: Members of the Parliament will not be able to form part of the Federal Council.

Article 2: Members of either Chamber of Congress will be able to be a member of a State Assembly.

Article 3: All members of the Council of Ministers except for the Prime Minister cannot be members of Parliament or the Federal Council.
Article 3.1: This is to ensure that Ministers remain outside of the politics within the Chambers of Congress and focus on their roles as Ministers.
Article 3.2: The Prime Minister is exempt from this as they lead both the government but also the majority within Parliament.

Military Reform and Reorganisation Committee Created
A new Committee was created today in Parliament called the Military Reform and Reorganisation Committee which will investigate and plan the reestablishment of the Alorian Armed Forces following their dissolution in 5080 by the Defence & National Security Act 5080. This act never created a military force to replace the former force. Seeing recent events in Lourenne and New Verham, many in Parliament want to reestablish the armed forces in order to safeguard our country and our democracy.

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AKP/PGA Wins 5101 Elections
The AKP/PGA under the leadership of Elma Scheer has once again won the national elections for Parliament and the Federal Council. This surprised no one as the party once again ran unopposed on a national level, however on a State level things are different as the AKP/PGA has to compete with many different parties in State Assemblies. The AKP/PGA ran on a very similar platform to other elections however the military has become a main part over the economy, which in previous elections had been the main focus. However with the economy doing very well in recent years, the AKP/PGA has decided to shift it's focus to creating an Alorian defensive force to defend Aloria's national territory and sovereignty.

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Election Results in the States
Welcome to the show, it now 6pm and I am your host Catrin Pritchett,
The elections for State Assemblies were held following the National Elections which saw many local parties run in the elections. Each State has counted it's votes and they will now be announced.

Firstly we have the State of Ultran, where 6 parties ran in the election with 171 seats up for grabs. Here are the results,
Ultran Communist Party - 4 seats
Liberal League - 18 seats
Green Party Ultran - 25 seats
AKP/PGA Ultran - 115 seats
The Law Party - 9 Seats

State Governor: Rhys Merrick, AKP/PGA


State of Gavonshire
Gavonshire State Assembly: 185 Seats

Social Democrats in Gavonshire - 32 seats
Farmer's Party - 84 seats
Green Party Gavonshire - 27 seats
AKP/PGA Gavonshire - 42 seats

State Governor: Aeron Blevins, Farmer's Party


State of Caermoel
Caermoel State Assembly: 121 Seats

Caermoel Labour Party - 47 seats
Liberal League - 11 seats
Workers and Miners Party - 54 seats
AKP/PGA Caermoel - 9 seats

State Governor: Sibylla Winter, Workers and Miners Party


State of Sildar
Sildar State Assembly: 203 Seats

Green Party Sildar - 39 seats
AKP/PGA Sildar - 46 seats
Sildar Liberal League - 120 seats

State Governor: Lina Hoffman, Liberal League


State of Cymertraeth
Cymertraeth State Assembly: 175

Green Party Cymertraeth - 29 Seats
Socialist Party - 35 Seats
Cymertraeth Labour Party - 53 Seats
AKP/PGA Cymertraeth - 13 Seats
Cymertraeth Farmer's Party - 45 Seats

State Governor: Cora Valentin Metz, Labour Party

In Ultran the AKP/PGA has maintained it's majority in the State Assembly, but lost in Sildar to the Liberal League which won a majority of seats. In Cymertraeth the Farmer's Party has gained a huge boost in seats nearly beating the Labour Party. Parties will now begin negotiating coalition agreements in order to enter government.

Elections were also held for the new Assemblies in the Overseas Territories and the results were,
Shepherd Islands Overseas Territory
Assembly: 21

Shepherd Islands National Party - 13 Seats
Citizens of the Isles Party - 8 Seats

Guardia Overseas Territory
Assembly: 15

Guardia Citizens Party - 15 Seats

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State Assemblies Form Governments
Welcome to the show, it now 6pm and I am your host Catrin Pritchett,
Talks have ended in all States as parties have formed coalitions which will govern the States for the next 5 years and Governors have been selected for the Overseas Territories.

In the State of Ultran, the State the AKP/PGA Ultran stayed in the majority and to continue to focus on expanding the industrial sector, deal with urban decay in major cities as well as expand the tourist industry. The Liberal League gained a majority in the State of Sildar where they intend to lower government oversight into people's private lives.

In the State of Gavonshire, the Green Party Gavonshire and Farmer's Party stayed in power and in Caermoel, the former government of Caermoel also stayed in power between the Caermoel Labour Party and the Workers and Miners Party. In the State of Cymertraeth a coalition between the Cymertraeth Labour Party and Socialist Party stayed in power too.

The Governors for the Overseas Territories are to be Harri Lowri Perry for the Shepherd Islands Overseas Territory and Winnifred Griffin for the Guardia Overseas Territory which had held the positions previously.

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International Companies Come to Aloria
With the country's entry into the Artanian Union and the many pro-business policies of several States in the Kingdom, many international companies have decided to establish some of their operations in Aloria. Since Aloria is within the AU's common market, goods made in Aloria can be transported and sold within the AU common market freely without incurring additional costs or paying tariffs. In addition Aloria has a very low corporate tax rate at 10% which apart from Malivia's at 8% is the lowest in the Artanian Union which added to the country's land access to all countries in the AU except Malivia and the country's very business friendly approach, has made Aloria the perfect place to bring start operations in for many companies. Already companies from across Terra have established some form of operation in Aloria despite the country's labelling by the University of Keymon as a tax haven. The States of Ultran and Sildar have been the two States that have seen most of these compnaies move to, but some have also located themselves in Cymertraeth and Caermoel.

Huge Drug Seizure in Port Freiheit
This morning the Port Freiheit Metropolitan Police located a huge stash of cocaine in the port of the city. The police located the stash after receiving a tip from an anonymous source last night. A drug investigation unit was sent to supposed location of the drugs, which were found inside a shipping container inside an abandoned warehouse. Inside the container were many bags containing the drug. In total police found 66 large bags of cocaine with an estimated street worth of 500,000 ALO. An investigation is now underway to determine who this stash belongs to.

Bags of cocaine seized in Port Freiheit

PM Welcomes Return of Selucian Democracy
Following the end of the Orderist Empire in Selucia by a bloodless military coup in June 5103, a triumvirate has come to power which has been tasked with restoring the Selucian Republic.
Prime Minister Elma Scheer expressed her view on the situation in Parliament today,

Selucia has always a symbol of stability and democracy in the western hemisphere and it was a great shock to many of us when the orderists came to power. Their brutal albeit short regime disgusted many of us, however it's collapse will be welcomed by all those who value democracy around Terra. We in Aloria welcome the people of Selucia back to the democratic world.

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The Alorian
The Alorian is one of Aloria's oldest and most respected Draddeg-language online news platforms.



     Liberal Opposition Unites
     December 5340

     It has been decades since the presidency of Aloria has been contested, and since 5282 the Republic has been without a functioning government and with no active public policy. In the past few years Aloria has experienced a failed attempt at state takeover by the ultra-conservative Aloria First and monarchist and integralist United Alorian Monarchist Association, which have left some impact on Alorian legislation but were otherwise unable to assume power. At the same time many socialist and social democratic laws remain on the books in Aloria, though their enforcement is virtually non-existent.

     This chaotic and confusing environment has created an atmosphere of distrust among both citizenry and investors, as Alorian economic activity has ground to a halt and the standard of living has been in free-fall. Though there have been attempts to restore a functional government, most recently under the new Progressive Alorian Party, these have largely been unsuccessful. Adding to Aloria's economic and political woes is the rise of ethnic tensions between the nation's Dundorfian and Draddwyr communities, as well as recent demands from other unrepresented Dradic (OOC Celtic) ethnic groups for official recognition.

     A new attempt at forming a united and stable opposition movement came last month with the establishment of the Free Democratic Party of Aloria, a classical liberal political movement founded by wealthy entrepreneur Gwenwynwyn ap Pedr. The Free Democratic Party, known by its bilingual acronym PRR/FDP, is, according to its statements, the first attempt at restoring an organized, principled, and committed political force that will restore the confidence of national and international investors and reestablish a thriving and free Alorian economy. The new party is secular and progressive on moral matters and economically right-wing, believing in a small state and limited intervention in the economy.

     It is uncertain how much popularity a classical liberal party can gain in Aloria, historically heavily polarized between democratic socialist and ultra-conservative political movements. But with the collapse of the Alorian economy and the lack of any kind of functional government for several decades the liberals of the PRR/FDP may have a chance at implementing their political vision.

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The Alorian
The Alorian is one of Aloria's oldest and most respected Draddeg-language online news platforms.



     Constitutional reforms approved
     November 5343

     Having won last year's general elections with a comfortable constitutional majority, the liberal Free Democratic Party of Aloria (PRR/FDP) now governs the Alorian nation and has successfully pushed through the first of the many constitutional reforms the party has been campaigning on since its foundation. The reforms adopted so far are largely aesthetic and and do not generally affect the form of government and the political system, with the notable exception of the introduction of parliamentarianism.

     Though these reforms are largely symbolic and change the official name of the nation, the national anthem, or the capital city, they are by no means meaningless. A major impulse behind the constitutional reform has been moving away from Dundorfian-inspired names and symbolism and the embrace of more traditionally Dradic and Alorian terminology and symbols. The PRR/FDP is keen to emphasize it is not a nationalist party and that it does not embrace any form of collectivism or collective identity, and that these reforms are merely a reflection of Alorian traditions with no intention of excluding or marginalizing any minority group. In spite of these assurances, it is likely that one impulse behind the adoption of the traditional Alorian language anthem and the relocation of the capital to the ancient Alorian city of Llyn is at least partially motivated by the recent emergence of Alorian nationalism. Though it claims itself unaffiliated to it, it is possible that the PRR/FDP may be trying to appease a potential challenge to its at the moment absolute control of the nation.

     Another potential challenge, and one that the PRR/FDP has shown signs it is willing to embrace, comes from the other smaller Dradic minorities. The Sildarian (OOC Cornish) and Ultranian (OOC Breton) peoples living on the northern coasts of Aloria have long been considered a part of the Alorian Dradic (or Draddwyr) ethnicity due to the fact that their languages are closely related to Alorian (OOC Welsh), but they have distinct identities and cultures which they have recently began reclaiming. The recent rise in Sildarian and Ultranian identities does not, due to its moderate nature, challenge Alorian dominance of the nation, and as such can be relatively easily appropriated by the PRR/FDP government, which includes several Sildarians and Ultranians among its ministers.

     It is not just a constitutional reform that the liberal party is interested in, however. Following decades of neglect and mismanagement the Alorian economy has fallen to one of the weakest in Artania, and this is a situation the PRR/FDP is keen to remedy, though its proposed solutions may not be universally popular. Believing that Aloria's economic woes stem from state overinvolvement, the PRR/FDP has been championing a liberal and laissez-faire reform to the Alorian economy, also including a reduction on welfare spending, lower taxation, and a promotion of foreign direct investment. Though these measures may be actively resisted by a large part of the population, the PRR/FDP's monopoly on political power and strategic use of relevant symbolism will allow it to push through its vision and ensure its endurance.

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The Alorian
The Alorian is one of Aloria's oldest and most respected Alorian-language online news platforms.



     Sildarian and Ultranian recognized
     May 5345

     Aloria is a multilingual nation. Though it is dominated by the Alorian language, it is also widely known that Dundorfians constitute a significant minority, and Aloria remains in the mind of most as the nation divided between Draddwyr and Dundorfians. But that public perception is not quite accurate. For one, the percentage of the Dundorfian population has been decreasing for some time, and they no longer constitute nearly half of Aloria. But another, often overlooked fact is that the word "Draddwyr" does not refer to any one ethnic and linguistic group, but is instead a blanket term referring to several distinct albeit closely related ethnicities.

     In Aloria the words Draddwyr (singular Draddiwr) and Draddeg have typically been taken to mean the Alorian people and language, respectively. It is with this meaning that public census figures are published, and with which a majority of the population of Aloria identifies. Additionally the words are used to refer to the people and language in Dankuk now more commonly known as Penru, a small ethnic group that suffered genocide twice in its long history and that has little in common with Aloria's people. These definitions, while not incorrect, are misleading, because the word Draddwyr means nothing other than "Dradic" (OOC Celtic) in the Alorian language. And indeed, Alorian and Penru are Dradic languages and their speakers are Dradic peoples, but so are the Kilani and Caldorian people of Kirlawa and Ruthania.

     The self-designation Dradic became popular in the 18th and 19th centuries with the rise of Alorian and Dradic nationalism, at the zenith of Aloria's golden age and before its incorporation into the Dundorfian Empire. Dundorfian rule, the ethnic conflict with the Dundorfian minority, and, in Dankuk, genocide and discrimination at the hands of the Kyo majority or the Dranianos, have all strengthened the Dradic self-designation. But the pre-existing identities have not been erased, and indeed the Penru and Alorian peoples are keenly aware of their linguistic and ethnic differences.

     In Aloria, apart from the Alorian people, two other Dradic minorities have been subsumed under the Dradic umbrella, and that is the Sildarian (OOC Cornish) and Ultranian (OOC Breton) peoples. This grouping was facilitated by the fact that all three speak closely related P-Dradic languages (that is languages where proto-Dradic q became p, compare Alorian mab with Kilani mac, the latter in a Q-Dradic language, both meaning "son") and have similar cultures and histories. More importantly, this was motivated by a desire to demonstrate a clear Dradic majority in Aloria, as alone the Alorians (OOC Welsh) would not have been the largest ethnic group.

     With the gradual decline of the Dundorfian minority that is no longer the case, and Sildarians and Ultranians have recently begun campaigning for their recognition as distinct ethnic groups. The PRR/FDP government has acquiesced to these demands and is in the process of adopting such a recognition, after having previously recognized the traditional Sildarian and Ultranian names of the respective provinces and cities. This acquiescence comes not so much out of an embrace of Ultranian and Sildarian nationalism as out of a desire to preempt its further radicalization and coopt these movements and ensure their loyalty to the federal republic, perhaps wishing to avoid the ethnic conflicts that have been taking place in nations like Kundrati. A similar proposal to grant full recognition for Kurmalic Dundorfian (OOC Alemannic German) has been rejected by the Kurmalic community, which wishes to maintain cultural ties to Dundorf and Dorvik. Unlike Sildarian and Ultranian, Kurmalic Dundorfian is widely spoken and understood throughout Kurmal (Caermoel) and parts of Gavonia and is not at risk of extinction, in spite of its status as a purely oral language.

     With these reforms the PRR/FDP government is trying to ensure stability and guarantee the loyalty of the citizenry, before it can embark on its ambitious programme of reconstruction and a more assertive foreign policy. Although these recent policies represent a significant shift compared to those of past governments, Aloria's economic and political decline requires bold moves if it is to be reversed. A permanent solution to Aloria's ethnic issues may well be the necessary first step towards a full recovery of its international status.