Cildania

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CPP Government introduces Gene and Seed Vault Project Treaty Bill



The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marjanu Benjacar, recently introduced a Bill to ratify the Gene and Seed Vault Project treaty into the House of Commons. The Gene and Seed Vault of Oleria, also known as the Crypta de Genes et Semillibus de Oleria or CryGSO, is a state-of-the-art facility located in the mountains of the Selucian province of Oleria. Built in 4823, the vault is designed to protect against the loss of genetic material and seeds in the event of large-scale regional or global crises, as well as to preserve wildlife.

The CryGSO is a secure facility that is under the direct oversight of the scientifics working in the SuCoSQua, Selucia's national science agency. It is designed to be a long-term storage solution for a wide range of genetic material and seeds, including those from agricultural crops and animals, as well as from plants and animals that are endangered or at risk of extinction.

The Gene and Seed Vault Project treaty is an international agreement that aims to ensure the preservation and protection of the CryGSO and its valuable contents. The treaty is being ratified by a number of countries around Terra, and its adoption would allow for the sharing of resources and expertise between participating nations in order to further enhance the vault's capabilities.

In introducing the Bill to ratify the Gene and Seed Vault Project treaty, Minister Benjacar highlighted the importance of preserving genetic diversity and the vital role that the CryGSO plays in this effort. He emphasized the need for international cooperation in order to ensure the long-term survival of the vault and its contents, and stated that the adoption of the treaty would be a significant step towards achieving this goal.

The Gene and Seed Vault of Oleria is a critical resource for the preservation of genetic diversity and the protection of our planet's wildlife. The ratification of the Gene and Seed Vault Project treaty would be a major step towards ensuring the long-term survival of this vital facility and its contents, and would serve as a testament to the importance of international cooperation in preserving our planet's biodiversity.

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Cildania PM introduces Constitutional Amendment Bill



The Prime Minister of the CPP Government, Regina Inglott, announced today the introduction of a Constitutional Amendment Bill in the Parliament. The Bill aims to install the President of Cildania as the elected Chancellor of Arcanum University, a role previously held by a monarch. The Bill also proposes the renaming of the House of Commons as the House of Citizens and the reduction of nobility rights to titles only.

According to the Prime Minister, these changes are necessary to modernize the country's political system and bring it in line with contemporary democratic practices. The new Chancellor will be elected by the people and will serve as the head of the university, a role that has traditionally been held by the monarch.

The renaming of the House of Commons as the House of Citizens reflects the government's commitment to representing the interests of all citizens, rather than just those of the nobility. The reduction of nobility rights to titles only is intended to eliminate any special privileges or advantages that the nobility may currently enjoy.

The Constitutional Amendment Bill will now be debated and voted on by the Parliament before it can be enacted into law. It is expected to face opposition from some quarters, with critics arguing that it represents a significant shift in the balance of power within the country. However, the Prime Minister has expressed confidence that the Bill will be passed, stating that it represents an important step forward for Cildania.

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Qart Cildar Times
Prince Franġisku of the House of Scolesi-Aveta declares Principality of Cildania
July 5283


Kalċidon Cesareo, the new Prime Minister of Cildania, discussing the future of the nation.

Qart Qildar (Aqildar) - Prince Franġisku of the House of Scolesi-Aveta, a lesser noble house of the little remaining Cildanian nobility, announced in a sort've bloodless coup, the new Constitution of the Principality of Cildania. His Serene Highness, Prince Franġisku and long-time political advisor Kalċidon Cesareo announced the formation of the "Restoration Movement", a right-wing conservative party that aims to "...restore the Cildanian people to their rightful place in Majatra." The movement, largely supported by many Cildanian's, has drawn large crowds since its formation in May of this year. It has brought a large cross-reference of Cildanian society out in support of its formation, notably many Cildanian's who are supportive of the Apostolic Church of the Isles and its leader, Jebel I, who has offered his support and blessings to His Serene Highness, Prince Franġisku. While the support for the monarchy remains to be seen, the political side has garnered much support and the popularity of the leadership of the Restoration Movement cannot be understated. Alfred Pantalleresco, the interim Minister of Finance, is a former Vice President of the Central Bank of Cildania who resigned in protest over the governments lack of action on rampant inflation within Cildania. In a speech before gathered bankers and financiers, the incoming Minister of Finance stated that he would take direct action on inflation as well as secure "...industrious agreements with foreign partners and others on securing Cildania's economic future." The Finance Minister noted his close relationship with incoming Minister of Trade and Industry, Kristofru Cordina Cortis, who wanted to harness the power of Cildania's mineral wealth to support its economic future. Cildania, according to a study conducted by both state and independent geological organizations, is rich in a number of minerals.

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Qart Cildar Times
Armed Forces reform, economic movements under the Prince
September, 5283


Several officials from the new Armed Forces of Cildania

Qart Qildar (Aqildar) - The new Cildanian Minister of Defense Wenzu Torrepiano has hired several outside consulting firms to help with the overhaul of the Armed Forces of Cildania according to a report issued by the Ministry of Defense. Notables include Gath Defense Collective, based out of Dorvik; former Istalian defense official Abbondio Gardella's consulting firm, and several others. In his first speech to gathered officials and officers of the freshly "reformed" Armed Forces of Cildania, the new Defense Minister noted that he had long discussions with several members of the outgoing leadership of the Armed Forces of Cildania regarding the status and future of the armed forces and envisioned a strong, mobile defense force that was rapidly capable of responding to incidents locally and abroad with a strong emphasis on Cildania's maritime history. The newly formed Defense Staff would be lead by the Chief of the Defense Staff, Squadron Admiral Gabrijel Bugeja, a veteran of the Armed Forces of Cildania only recently promoted by the Prince for his efforts in assisting the Minister of Defense in his reorganization efforts. The Minister of Defense noted that the Armed Forces of Cildania would consist of five branches: the Cildanian Army, the Cildanian Navy, the Cildanian Air Force, the Cildanian Gendarmerie and the Sacred Band. The Sacred Band, an elite fighting force historically important to Cildania, will take up the role of special forces and military intelligence in addition to the protection of the royal family and VIPs within the government.

The Minister of Defense also announced the formation of a national security council, called the Supreme Council on Defense (Gizri: Kunsill Suprem tad-Difiża), which will focus on handling the vast amount of national security and defense-related issues. The Supreme Council on Defense will include the Prince, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign and Majatran Affairs, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of the Interior, and the Chief of the Defense Staff and other as needed representatives. The Supreme Council will be lead by an appointed Secretary of the Supreme Council on Defense, announced to be former Cildanian Navy Squadron Admiral Sebastjan Bellanti.

In other news the Ministry of Finance has formally created a new register of corporations operating out of Cildania, the first to be re-registered is Royal Cildanian Shipping (Gizri: Tbaħħir Rjali Kildanja), the corporation owned by the House of Scolesi-Aveta and currently managed by the brother of the ruling Prince, Rikkardu Scolesi-Aveta. RCS remains on of the largest shipping firms in the Majatran Sea and has been a potent fundraiser for the Prince and the new royal family, something that the Prince has boasted about when discussing job creation in Cildania. Other notables include the prominent bank, Bank of the Isles (Gizri: Bank tal-Gżejjer); Isles Energy Corporation (Gizri: Korporazzjoni tal-Enerġija tal-Gżejjer) and several others. The Ministry of Trade and Industry is aiming to gain large-scale foreign investment back into Cildania and is likely to harness the potential of Cildania's natural resources as a means to gain that foreign investment.

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Qart Cildar Times
Religious visa program to launch in January; Armed Forces develop new scheme to manage contracts
October 5284


A Cildanian Army Merkava 4 main battle tank, originally purchased from Beiteynu, practicing new firing drills developed by the Defense Staff.

Qart Qildar (Aqildar) - Minister of Education and Culture Danjel D'Emanuele announced that the Principality of Cildania will create a religious visa program which will permit those of the three major religions of Cildania: Hosianism, 

Yeudism and Ahmadism. The religious visa program will allow those who wish to visit Cildania for a period of 30, 60 or 90 days to do so. The program, which will be formally launched as a component of a tourism push from the Ministry of Education and Culture in addition to the Ministry of the Environment and Tourism, has become centerpiece to the economic recovery strategy of the new Prince and the Prime Minister. Education and Culture Minister D'Emanuele has hinted that the program might be expanded to allow for permanent residency and than potentially allowing those to gain citizenship in Cildania. D'Anjel Bourgion, the Environment and Tourism Minister, has stated that religious tourism has allowed Cildania to become the epicenter of multiculturalism and a plural religious society. The program which was unofficially started when the Restoration Movement took over, will be formally started in January, 5285. According to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism there has been over 7,000 applicants for the religious visa program have pre-registered with dozens more every day. Prime Minister Kalċidon Cesareo is supportive of the program despite some drawback from the more conservative, nationalist wing of the Restoration Movement which has voiced preference towards those who believe in the Apostolic Church of the Isles and other blends of Hosianism. Rabbi Tzadok Mocatta, the head of the largest temple in Qart Qildar, pushed back against a number of Deputies in the Council of Deputies for their preferential treatment towards Apostolic Church of the Isles.

Prime Minister Cesaero hopes that the religious tourism will provide an added boost to the Cildanian economy. In recent weeks the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and Trade and Industry Minister have held high-level talks with a number of mining and raw material-based corporations including Lucia Mining Corporation, a Cildanian-based mining and raw materials corporation founded by Acrisio Lucia, an Istalian immigrant who moved to Cildania to be closer to his religious beliefs. Lucia, a dedicated Apostolic, left a significant piece of land to the church and was honored by the then Patriarch of the church for his efforts. Lucia's heirs and heiresses have continued the family business and own a sizeable percentage of the rare earth metal mining operations across Cildania. The family's business has slowed down in recent decades as the Cildanian economy has become stagnant and the prospect of foreign trade has declined. "We're eager to work with the new government and we are incredibly happy to find new partners for our companies hard work." While Lucia Mining is one of many corporations the government has met with, the incoming Governor of the Central Bank of CIldania (Gizri: Bank Ċentrali ta' Kildanja), Patrizju Surdo has worked tirelessly with native banks on Cildania to begin providing government-backed loans to corporations wishing to expand operations. The Ministry of Trade and Industry has worked with both private and government entities to expand foreign trade and is hoping that trade deals will be made, notably with larger power blocs such as the Artanian Union in exchange for increased foreign investment into Cildania.

Prime Minister Kalċidon Cesareo and Secretary of the Supreme Council Squadron Admiral (ret.) Sebastjan Bellanti announced that the Cildanian Armed Forces had contracted with several firms, notably those who had previously provided equipment and material to the armed forces, to re-contract with the armed forces. For instance, the Beitenyu-based firms responsible for the maintenance and handling of the Merkava 4 main battle tank would be re-hired and asked to train the Cildanian Army in how to manage the main battle tank. Underneath a royal charter and agreement with the government, the Royal Defense Corporation (Gizri: Korporazzjoni tad-Difiża Rjali; KtDR) will oversee a variety of contracts related to the modernization of the armed forces. Chief of the Defense Staff Squadron Admiral Gabrijel Bugeja noted that the first major development will be the drydocking and restoration of the several Qildar-class Frigate, a derivative of the De Zeven Province-class Frigate (also known as the Banstill-class Frigate) that were originally operated by Vanuku. The Prime Minister has announced his intentions to hold talks with a variety of foreign governments to determine the supply of new aircraft, helicopters, main battle tanks and the like to support the modernization and re-organization of the Armed Forces of Cildania. The Ministry of Defense has noted that it has desire to build a native defense industry in the country but it is likely that it will be relegated to licensing foreign equipment to function under Cildanian parameters.

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Qart Cildar Times
Cildania eyes new roads, a new naval base and a reformed MEA?
January 5288

Qart Qildar (Aqildar) - Finance Minister Alfred Pantalleresco and Trade and Industry Minister Kristofru Cordina Cortis have worked with the Council of Deputies to support new laws to better allow for foreign investment into the country; something that the government has admitted has been lacking. Cildania was once a significant center of Majatran-based shipping due to its central location and entrance to the Majatran Sea, something that the Prime Minister has sought to re-capture in recent years with the re-opening and modernization of several ports on both the eastern and western coasts of Cildania. This has not been without issues as the Majatran Sea has, like several other places, had recent issues with pirates due to the lack of overall sea trade throughout the Majatran Sea. In cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense, the Cildanian government has formed the Sea Guard (Gizri: Gwardja tal-Baħar). The Sea Guard was a formation of ancient Cildania that was dedicated to protecting Cildanian ports and coastal towns and cities from raiding by pirates and enemies of Cildania. The Sea Guard will form the coast guard for Cildania but will also be expanded to provide support in combating piracy, likely through the provisions of adding in smaller frigates and corvettes to allow them to operate on the open seas. There are also rumors that the two have pushed the Prime Minister to agree to re-ascend to the Majatran Economic Association re-launching the organization in cooperation with Kafuristan.

Economically the Cildanian economy has grown, something that the Prime Minister has lauded in many of his speeches. The Prime Minister has cited the expansion of tourism as a major component of economic expansion, notably in coastal cities where tourism remains incredibly strong since the foundation of the Principality in July 5283. While tourism remains potent, the guiding hand that the government has given to the new mining and refinery industry has caused a boom across Cildania in mining and refining materials for sale. Trade and Industry Ministry officials have noted an "uptick" in foreign businesses purchasing the raw materials, the Port of Qartja in northeastern Cildania, has become a notable port where many Seleyan, Dovani and Kerisian nations have found raw materials shipped. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has proposed a new series of national roadways to connect the major ports of Cildania albeit renovating the existing roads that are present but have fallen into disrepair.

The Royal Defense Corporation has secured space in the Port of Qart Qildar for a new naval base that will serve as the epicenter for the renewed Cildanian Navy. Secretary of the Supreme Council Squadron Admiral (ret.) Sebastjan Bellanti announced that the naval base, to be known as the Port Qildar Naval Base, will serve as the headquarters for the Cildanian Navy and will consist of a large-port that will be able to provide service and home to various vessels of the Cildanian Navy. The base will currently house the 8 Qildar-class Frigates of the Cildanian Navy that are undergoing modernization and restoration, a process that began in October 5284 at the behest of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. Nearly 4 years later it is expected that the first of the 8 will undergo sea trials but sources within the Cildanian Navy are not optimistic as to the prospect of the vessels success. While the Cildanian Navy undergoes perhaps one of the most radical transformations in the region, the Cildanian Army has experienced a revival since the reforms began.

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Radio Television Keymon: Mad Dog Shipping (MDS) rebrands as Elliker as the company's restructuring programme focuses on expanding into Majatra via a proposed hub in Cildania.

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Beiteynu
Trade delegation tours Majatra

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Qart Cildar Times
Beiteynu visit to Cildania
July 5289

Qart Qildar (Aqildar) - Cildanian Foreign Minister welcomed representatives from the Beiteynuese government, notably the Ministry of Finance to discuss deeper economic cooperation with Beiteynu. Prime Minister Kalċidon Cesareo and Finance Minister Alfred Pantalleresco met with the Deputy Finance Minister from Beiteynu to discuss the cooperation. "Beiteynu among others is a continental leader in financial and economic matters and the beginning of cooperation between Majatran-based trade partners." Beiteynu is likely to make a push for the development of trade ties with Cildania focused around Cildania's potent raw resources market which many nations have approached Cildania about. Cildania is likely to shop for future cooperation in regards to rebuilding its defense sector, notably in the authorization of local production. Sources have reported that representatives from the Royal Defense Corporation were present. Prince Franġisku I announced that Giuseppe Ciancio had been appointed as the new Ambassador to Beiteynu following the spot being vacant for several years following the Restoration Movement's assumption of power and the formation of the principality. Ciancio, a Cildanian Yeudi, previously served as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Cildania and was Director of Majatran Economic Policy within the Central Bank of Cildania and has become a pro-Majatran proponent within the new government.

Cildania has been a driving force in the development of new trade ties across Majatra and has reaped the benefits since approaching several continental partners and re-opening foreign trade ties across the globe. Corporations such as Lucia Mining Corporation, HydroTech Corporation and others have been pushing the forging of new agreements across the private sector in exporting goods and services across the world. Royal Cildanian Shipping (Gizri: Tbaħħir Rjali Kildanja) has made a competitive push with the purchasing of 17 new "supercontainer" ships in an attempt to re-gain a sizeable marketshare of both Majatran and international shipping. Cildania, a leader in raw material mining and refining, has shopped gaining support for its new economy and it includes partners such as Beiteynu and Kafuristan on the continent.

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Beiteynu
An uptick in Beiteynuese-Cildanian trade