Jelbe

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Kohav downgrades DEFCON status and initiates scale-backs - May 5401

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Talks on the JMMO hit roadblock - May 5402

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Majatran manufacturers discuss development of MAEW under MSCO - May 5415

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Royal Election Turns Violent As Late Khan's Sons Bid For Supreme Power
9 April 5423

River Drtéréksrne, Jelbek Khanate A great and dusty procession is approaching the capital Baofluz. This follows the "election" of the new Khan, Genzi IV. It began from the ancient royal election site on the right bank of the River Drtéréksrne following the dramatic events which took place in the election The two main factions supporting the two princes Genzi and Termkai have after eleven rounds with no conclusive result chosen to try and take the capital by force.At the eleventh round the late Grzkai XX's fourth son Termkai had garnered 53% of the 8,453 votes cast while his younger brother Genzi, the twenty-fourth son of the late Khan received 44% of the votes. With a supermajority necessary for election, the presiding officer ie the Marshal of the Kurultai (head of the legislature) declared that a twelfth round would held in 40 hours.

Within five hours or so, H'ansrmko (Prince) Genzi and his leading supporters accused Prince Termkai of bribery and busing in commoners to pose as aristocrats and participate in the noble-only process. The Marshal suspended the twelfth round for another 40 hours to investigate the complaints. Sometime later that night, Genzi and his supporters made the show of withdrawing from the race and a few hours later attacked the opposing camp, slaughtering the unprepared and utterly surprised Temrkids. Hundreds are thought to have been killed while thousands more fled the chaotic scene. Among the dead were Prince Temrkai and Grand Shaman Azi Genzisrmko Nubajrka who scolded his cousin Genzi for spilling noble blood and warned him of the sure punishment of the Earth Mother. After the massacre, Genzi hastily organised a new election standing as the only candidate and then proceeded on to Baofluz.

The election serves to extend the Nubajrka royal clan's 187 year reign. As bizarrely as things turned out, the well educated Prince Genzi went in as the "progressive" candidate seeking to reform the tax system and fund infrastructural development along with the exploiting of Lake Majatran oil deposits. Prince Temrkai had mostly offered continuity and an increase in aristocratic perks.


The Jelbék Purple Stripe is the oldest media outlet in Jelbe. It is written to a foreign and Settled (Jeztaghényr) Jelbék audience.

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Horde Blocks Genzi IV From Capital
9 July 5423

Baofluz, Jelbek Khanate The Great Jelbek Horde (the Khanate's national armed forces) has rejected Genzi IV Khan's claim to the throne. Lt. Gen. Omr Omrsrmko Brn the commander of the Horde has issued a statement co-signed by the head of the Jelbek navy and air force denouncing the royal election as "illegitimate and embarrassing to the wolf nation." The Horde has blocked off Genzi IV from entering the capital and have sent a force to secure the royal election site.

Genzi IV who has led a large group of supporters estimated at between 10 and 15,000 denounced the Horde as "treacherous and covetous " At the main road into Baofluz, the would be Khan was greeted not only by Horde troops bur also thousands of Baoufluzians who loudly cheered the actions of the Horde and denounced Genzi IV. Urged on by several shamans who warned the crowd that Genzi IV's massacre at the royal election would lead to certain punishment by the gods, the crowd proceeded to charge upon Genzi IV's followers. The Horde led by Lt. Gen Brn joined in and they easily dispersed Genzi IV's rabble. Genzi and several of his leading supporters were captured and remain in military custody. Brn marching back to Baofluz was greeted by euphoric crowds and announçed that the Horde would form a "transitional government until such a time as a legitimate royal election could be held."


The Jelbék Purple Stripe is the oldest media outlet in Jelbe. It is written to a foreign and Settled (Jeztaghényr) Jelbék audience.[/quote]

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Jelbek turmoil risks destabilizing Lake Majatra region, FM says - 10 July 5423

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Government Seeks To Reassure International Community Over "Recent Changes"; Partisans Remain Active In Western Jelbe
12 July 5423


Baofluz, Jelbek Khanate Jelbe's military dominated government has moved to reassure the international community that the troubled country's troubles are only temporary and that the country will bounce bank to full order and stability.Fielding a press conference largely composed of foreign reporters, Lt. Gen Omr Omrsrmko Brn announced that the interim government has appointed Prince Grzkai the sixth son of the late Grzkai XX Khan as Regent-Atabek of the Khanate. Prince Grzkai, 60 will act as caretaker until a royal election is held. Brn acknowledged the concerns expressed by the Coburan Foreign Ministry as "not invalid" but refused to provide a solid timeline for the transition of power which the Great Jelbék Horde hopes to achieve.

Meanwhile a dozen partisans of Grzkai IV Khan were killed on a Horde just the western city of Nemawar. Two Horde troops were killed in the exchange. Skirmishes have continued between the two forces mostly in the south west of the country where so-called loyalists have retreated into the Great Perimor Steppe. Lt. Gen. Brn denounced the violence and vowed to "sweep the traitors off the face of Terra", pledging to send in more troops to the area with orders to shoot traitors upon sight. Unconfirmed reports claim that between 50 and 80 civilians were killed in reprisals against those thought to have given aid and comfort to the Genzids.



The Jelbék Purple Stripe is the oldest media outlet in Jelbe. It is written to a foreign and Settled (Jeztaghényr) Jelbék audience.

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Kurultai Forcibly Dissolved After Three Years Of Political Deadlock
12 May 5426


Baofluz, Jelbek Khanate Jelbe's legislature the Kurultai has been dissolved by its acting head of state Regent-Atabek Prince Grzkai "on the advice of the Council of Mnistrs." The move comes after more than two years of defiance from the body where it has rejected several bills proposed by the military dominated government. The 9th Infantry Brigade occupied the legislative palace in central Baofluz and delivered a Yassa (decree) issued by the Regent-Atabek proclaiming the dissolution

The Kurultai is one of Terra's oldest deliberative body and legislatures having been in existence in some form since the seventh century CE. It has been dissolved a few times before. Its membership is entirely aristocratic with the entire electorate equally so - only members of the aristocracy partake in its famously venal elections where seats can be bought outright and a constituency may have as few as ten voters such as the infamous Vrnkrt located in the north west of the country. The greatest of the clan chiefs such as the Vrn Beks control multiple seats - the Vrn control 9 out of the 120 seats. Extremely reactionary: the Kurultai's chief concerns are opposition to any form of direct tax, preservation of the power of the clan chiefs and aristocratic monopolization of public appointments.

In a somewhat chilling statement prior to his departure, the Marshal of the Kurultai Bek Shlajkai Jebrsrmko Baokrt denounced the move as "tyrannical and against Jelbe's cherished traditions of aristocratic democracy." He warned that the "bulk of the nation who worship the ground that we the great men of the realm walk on will not accept this and soon you will learn that Baofluz is not Jelbe."

The Bek said nothing more before withdrawing to his clan territory in central Jelbania although some in the capital wonder if he may take up with the Genzid partisans who continue to plague the government and killed 4 Horde troops just last month in an ambush of a western military outpost. Many deem this as unlikely since the Bek himself barely survived the massacre carried out by Genzi IV at the botched royal election. The partisans have swiftly issued a statement denouncing the dissolution and pledging to restore it "once Genzi IV H'an enjoys his own."


The Jelbék Purple Stripe is the oldest media outlet in Jelbe. It is written to a foreign and Settled (Jeztaghényr) Jelbék audience.

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Senapati offers support to Prince Grzkai during visit to Jelbe

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Aristocrats Divided On Royal Election As "Great Men" Receive Little Support From Lesser Chieftains
12 May 5426


Baofluz, Jelbek Khanate Senior aristocrats have slammed the recent royal election which elevated Regent-Atabek Prince Grzkai to Grzkai XXI Khan. The 64 year old was elected unopposed at the traditional election site. Some 4,500 aristocrats took part - considerably lower than the 8,000 plus who participated at the last one. They have ignored considerable pressure by Senior aristocrats who called for a boycott. As the seniors found after the dissolution of the Kurultai in 5426 their authority had long been eroded by their absence in Baofluz. Junior chieftains have also benefited greatly from the Chieftain Support Programme which was instituted by the Brn government in 5327 which granted them pension and "administrative support payments". The lowest ranked chieftain, a Taj earns 400 LOD a month and receives another 800 LOD for so-called administrative support. The program is thought to cost the public purse around 120 million LOD per annum.

The chieftains have thus largely stayed out of plots led by the former Marshal of the Kurultai Bek Baokrt to challenge the government and many made the journey to the election where they received generous travel and subsistence expenses. Diplomatic passports have been dangled as a potential privilege along with other trinkets. The aristocrats have also expressed interest in the planned taghe (provincial) government and the hundreds of legislative seats and executive positions expected to arise out of that.

The fact that the government intends to expand suffrage from aristocrats only to all persons owning real property worth above 5,000 LOD has not dismayed the lesser aristocrats much. Nor has the abolition of all feudal dues upset them since most are earning more from the Programme than they could ever have from their subjects. The Government which has replaced the dues with a small property tax claims to be earning far more that it spends on its Programme and says that this is caused by the greater efficiency and lower administrative costs of having a single tax authority than several thousand chieftains collecting taxes, each acting as a semi-independent polity.


The Jelbék Purple Stripe is the oldest media outlet in Jelbe. It is written to a foreign and Settled (Jeztaghényr) Jelbék audience.[/quote]