IMPERIAL EAST TERRA COMPANY BUYS TALMORIA
Chief Factor of the IETC Charles Fotheringhay inspecting a native regiment of the Company's Forces
The company which administered Gaduridos on behalf of the Pontesian crown has bought the United States of Talmoria for an unspecified amount after years of absent government. The Imperial East Terra Company has invested its significant resources into adminstering the country and improving infrastructure. Chief Factor, Charles Fotheringhay, said 'The Company has a glorious history in administering countries and has been very active recently in regional infrastructure projects and natural resource extraction. Our aim in Talmoria is to put an end to the crippling poverty resulting from years of civil strife and maladministration and to making the country profitable.'
Diplomatic officials from Gaduridos are said to be livid and nervous about the purchase of the country which lies only a couple of hundred miles to the East to their homeland. The history between The Company, which once governed and colonised Gaduridos, and the Republic of Gaduridos will surely make relations tense.
James Corden-Bleu, External Affairs Director, criticised the Republican Pontesian government for betraying the rights of all Pontesian citizens. He stated, 'the Pontesian government's weakness in submitting to Gaduridosi demands regarding Pontesi's historic sovereign claim over that country betrays the right of every Pontesian to the lands of Gaduridos.'