Kirlawa

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Luthi selected to be case study for direct democracy
July 8th 5439

The Aontas Náisiúnta has announced earlier today that the city of Luthi will be a pioneering case study on the potential for direct democracy to be implemented into cities nationwide. Cooperating with Direct Democracy Kirlawa, a minor party which is popular in Luthi, the NU seeks to investigate the potential for public participation in the governing process, and the possibility of enhancing democratic security as a result. The system is based around digital voting and the to be created "Luthi Electoral Commission", whose is responsible for voting security, dissemination of correct information and maintenance of digital services. All eligible electors under the system, who are people of permanent residence and citizenship, can propose and vote motions, which can be in any of the fields a city council usually covers, and other fields the national government permits.

While many have speculated what will happen throughout the experiment, economist Sadhbh Hynes has shared us the following insights:

.... we should be of the expectation that a large amount of zoning legislation will be quickly removed, along with many permits that people my find arduous to obtain. We have very little insight as to what will happen to the population, as this system appeals to some more than others, and we could see specific groups moving to or from the city based on this reason. What is most concerning is the risk of populist agendas being pushed through the system by manipulating people's emotions, or of even more concern, people selling their votes to others for either money or the other person's vote in something they want.

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Medinat Dpt. doubles-down on Artanian cooperation with visit to Kirlawa - November 5440

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Luthi Fully Direct

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Government to purchase five supercomputers
December 9th 5443

The Roinn Trádála agus Tionscail has announced that in collaboration with the Roinn Oideachais that the government will be purchasing five supercomputing clusters from Leistungsstark Computers, a Dundorfian manufacturer, for educational, research, civil and military purposes. The deal has been predicted to cost around 1.9 billion DUM which the government is going to purchase using the education, industry and military budgets, along with the national surplus. The purchase is expected to take two and a half years to complete as LS Computers produces, tests and transports the clusters. Three of the five nodes are going to be given to new physics and mathematics institutes that will established under the NU’s upcoming “Thinking Third Level” project, where they will be free to be used by students, faculty and researchers in the pursuit of education and science. The finally two clusters are to be given to the GNP’s Cybercrime Unit and the Defence Forces.

The GNP has stated that the cluster would be used for the storage, dissection and testing of malware and cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The Defence Forces have refused to declare what they intend to use their cluster for, and zero indications of its purpose has been given, causing many to speculate anything from target acquisition systems to cyberwarfare departments. Further suspicion has been assigned to the GNP, with some speculators believing that the cluster could be used for surveillance purposes.

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Deltarian state visit and economic mission deemed a "great succes"

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KSMC releases "exceptional" report
February 9th 5444

Kirlawan State Mining Corporation, known as KSMC for short, has reported a massive growth in both it's scale of operations and product produced as a result of said operations. The report started with the first report on KSMC's endeavours into gold extraction, with the establishment of several new facilities nationwide, many of which are still digging towards the depth of the prospected gold, but a few have already reached their sites. As a result of this, a total of 12.2 tons of gold has been extracted and transferred to state reserves over the last year. The government has sought to grant KSMC further land rights to more gold deposits in order to expedite this growth, with the ambition of reaching the yearly extraction rate of 120 tons over the next 15 years.

KSMC hasn't been idle in other fields too, with the sulphur extraction field been massively expanded. Delays have ensued however due to environmental risks alongside the need for precautions to prevent the deposits being lit on fire. Despite this approximately 500,000 metric tons of sulphur was extracted this year, with further growth goals being set into millions of tons. KSMC's coal facilities have not suffered either, and while they initially experienced little growth, the pace was picked up towards the end of the year, with 318 metric tons of coal being produced this year. It is expected that the state's electrical grid will soon be able to fully run off internal reserves soon enough.

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Protests against the government legislative extension

June 5444

The National Unions constitutional proposal to extend the lifetime of the Dail from five years to six years has led to widespread protests across major Kirlawan cities. The National Union is the only party represented in the Dail and this is the second time in three years the National Union have been accused of manipulating the electoral system to maintain themselves in power following calling early elections in 5441.



Large scale protests against the National Unions electoral reforms in the Kirlawan capital

The extra-parliamentary Fine Choiarlabhan have criticised the government and vowed that once elected to the Dail they will push for three year legislative terms to encourage greater democratic accountability into Kirlawan politics.

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NU TO REORGANISE THE COURT SYSTEM

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Kirlawa and N&D to join the Yeudish Neset; Kirlawa joins JAMS - June 5446

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The Coup that Never Started
February 12th 5448

The Gníomhaireacht Náisiúnta Póilíní has announced that last night, in a nationwide operation, it had subdued an attempted coup against the government by a far-right pagan paramilitary group called "Creideamh Págánach". The paramilitary was initially caught by GNP corruption monitors in 5442 as they attempted to convince and/or coerce officers of the GNP to join their organisation. The organisation of police officers in secret societies is criminalised as a treasonous offence, and was of immediate concern to the monitors, who began immediate investigations into the paramilitary along with the Special Crime and Security Department. Over the next 6 years nearly 5,000 conspirators were uncovered across the state, with them being located in organisations ranging from Kirlawan State Mining Corporation and the Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh to the Department of Defence and Defence Forces. Special Detectives uncovered nearly 34,000 documents linking together the groups massive network of grassroot funding disguised as the charity "Good and Green", along with their primary intelligence cells and important figures.

The GNP received word from a Special Detective who had managed to infiltrate the "Inner Circle" that the coup would be launching on this very day, and as such the GNP poised to strike on the 11th. Hundreds of Emergency Response Unit personnel, and thousands of Armed Support Unit personnel prepared to arrest or eliminate key conspirators, while standard Detectives and Officers organised to arrest minor figures. In just under 2 hours, the coup had been completely crushed with 89.2 percent of it's reported members having been arrested or eliminated. Further searches are ongoing today to attempt to arrest the remaining members. The Department of Justice and Department of Defence have both declared the operation a resounding success, with minimal loss of life on the GNP's end.