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Re: Kazulias Nyheter

Postby Maxington » Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:04 am

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The elegant design possibilities are the most visually evident – but far from the only – advantages of the Voda Car Company's new
Advanced Product Build (APB). The ingenious new frame/build also enables the company to reinforce its safety leadership and
increase its momentum towards the aim that in the future, no one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Voda car. Recent
independent data from the Kazulian insurance company Kazulsksom shows that modern Vodas have close to 60 per cent lower injury
rates compared to the average modern vehicle in Kazulia, which in turn has one of the lowest injury rates in the world. The new
APB build enables significant improvements both when it comes to offering protection in worst-case scenarios and when creating
innovative features that support the driver in avoiding accidents. “We retain our uncompromising attitude to offering superior
crash protection,” says Ulf Hammarström, Senior Director for Automotive Safety at Voda. He adds: “The new build opens up for
further improvements. A small per cent of the safety cage in the original VX-90 was made of a lower quality steel. The structure
in the upcoming all-new vx-90 features high quality hot-formed steel, which translates into significantly improved strength but
without adding mass or weight.” The new build includes a ground-breaking new electrical architecture that elevates the car’s
intelligence level significantly. The build is designed to make it easy to add sophisticated functions and rapidly implement new
technology in fast-moving areas such as microprocessor, sensor and camera technology.

In principle, the electrical architecture consists of a network with three domain features – vehicle dynamics, safety and car
body. “Each master can be connected to every single unit in the whole build of the car. This means that we have one single nerve
system with full control over all the connections in the vehicle. This is unique in the industry,” says Jan Ericsson. The driver
is literally the core of Voda's holistic approach, which is based on real traffic situations. He or she is surrounded by 360°
zones extending from technology cushioning the driver to putting him or her in contact with the world: "The driver and passengers
are embraced by solutions that are designed for intelligent absorption of energy in various types of collisions. The safety
technologies – such as safety belts, tensioners, whiplash protection system, airbags and inflatable curtains – are continuously
being enhanced." In cars built on the new APB build, the smart belt tension systems increase the retention of the occupants
before and during the event of a collision. For example, the rearward-facing radar is used to detect a rear impact. This allows
the safety belts to be tightened in advance in order to keep the occupants in place. The new, APB safety cage, with its mix of
different steel grades, has been made stronger and smarter. The superior strength is achieved by the use a greater quality of
steel sourced in Dorvik. Camera, radar and sensor technologies are extended to detect more objects around the car and to offer
support at higher speeds and in more situations, such as at crossings. “One of the most important focus areas within
collision-avoidance is to help prevent unintentional road departures by autonomous steering intervention in critical situations.
Unintentional road departure is the collision type that results in most deaths and serious injuries in modern traffic,” says
Hammarström.

The sensors used by the collision-avoiding solutions are also part of the extended range of features that makes the drive more
enjoyable by simplifying complex traffic situations. This includes Adaptive Cruise Control with steer assist, introduced in the
upcoming all-new VX-90. The car automatically follows the vehicle ahead in queues. The Advanced Product Build is also designed to
accommodate the implementation of autonomous technologies all the way to self-driving cars. To exchange communication with other
vehicles, the new car infrastructure extends the driver’s theoretical field of vision beyond the capacity of the camera, radar
and sensors. With this car to car and car to infrastructure technology in place, vital information can be shared and exchanged –
creating a more comfortable and safer drive. The modern desire to be constantly connected is moving into the car. This
connectivity can be used to make driving safer and more comfortable – but bringing it into the driver’s seat is also a challenge
from a safety perspective. The desire to stay online may divert the driver’s focus from the road. This is a field where the Voda
Car Company believes that autonomous drive will play an important role. Not having to supervise the drive continuously in certain
situations allows the driver to focus safely on something else. “Allowing the car to act automatically is crucial when moving
towards the vision that future cars will not crash at all. The technologies enabled by our new Advanced Product Build will bring
us significantly closer to this ultimate goal,” concludes Hammarström. In all, the Voda Car Company has stated that it intends on
continuing to provide a safer and better alternative to the automotive brands of other jurisdictions and that the APB or Advanced
Product Build intends on reinventing the very meaning of automotive safety to ensure that Voda maintains its competitive edge in
safety.
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Re: Kazulias Nyheter

Postby Maxington » Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:21 am

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In a major environmental milestone, the National Assembly of Flindar on Monday passed a law requiring Flindar to obtain 100
percent of its electricity from clean sources such as solar, wind and hydro-power by 4800. The new law keeps Flindar at the
forefront of addressing climate change and essentially commits the state's economy with 14.3 million people to a phase-out of
fossil fuels from power plants. It also requires that 50 percent of the state’s electricity come from renewable energy by 4730
and 60 percent by 4750. At a ceremony in the National Assembly of Flindar, Minister-President of Flindar, Astrid Ernman voted for
the legislation, crafted by State Secretary for the Environment and Culture, Vernik Strömberg. The new law gives Flindar the most
far-reaching clean energy goals of any Kazulian state, along with Hent, which set similar targets years prior, aiming to
replacing fossil fuels with ethanol from corn. Ernman's action comes as thousands of scientists, political leaders, celebrities
and others are arriving in Verdalreid this week for the “Kazulian Renewable Energy Conference,” a meeting at the Sebastian
Byström Conference Centre that is spearheaded by Ernman and newly appointed Minister of the Environment and Tourism, Aleksanteri
Heikkinen. The summit aims to secure commitments from cities, states and corporations to reduce greenhouse gases in pursuit of a
cleaner nation after Prime Minister Hanne Halldorson announced her intentions of gradually moving Kazulia away from being powered
entirely from natural gas. The new law also marks the latest and perhaps most high-profile push back by Flindar on environmental
issues. Environmentalists cheered the news Monday. They said the new law will reduce smog and set a benchmark that other states
and countries are expected to copy.

“A child born this week in Flindar can count on reaching adulthood in a state free of smokestacks to create electricity,” said
Julian Jakobsson, Director of the Flindar Institute for Clean Energy Research. “I feel so proud to be a citizen of Flindar right
now.” Supporters of the measure included most of the state’s leading environmental groups and renewable energy trade
associations, along with the Kazulian Association for Respiratory Care, the Kazulian Academy of Pediatrics, the League of Female
Voters and various business groups. Opponents included major utilities, such as Pan Oceanic Energy and Eastern Hemispheric
Energy, oil interests such as the Association of Western Petroleum Dealers, and the Flindar Chamber of Commerce. Critics said
that the bill would bring higher electricity prices. “We’ve reached all these great goals with renewable, but at the same time
our families have paid the price with an increase in their electric bills every year,” said Melker Brodd, an executive in Eastern
Gas during a press conference held by the Association of Western Petroleum Dealers. “If it’s not affordable, it’s not
sustainable,” the utility said in a statement. “We believe customers must be protected from unreasonable rate and bill impacts.”
Opponents also noted that transportation — mostly gasoline and diesel fuel burned by cars and trucks — generates a major percent
of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, more than double the percent power plants produce. The bill passed the National Assembly
of Flindar by a vote of 60-30. Nearly every yes vote came from members of the National Labour Party of Flindar and the Flindar
Liberal Party with the majority of the no vote coming from members of the Flindar People's Party and the Flindar Workers and
Farmers Party. “Flindar must take a stand and take lead on the charge against environmental destruction,” Ernman wrote in a news
publication. “We continue to move forward, and passing this bill is one of the boldest moves we can make to help save our climate
and way of life.”

Flindarites overall seem to favour the law. In a poll during the month long debate in the Flindar Assembly by the Public Policy
Institute of Flindar, a nonpartisan research organisation, 70 percent of likely voters said they favoured the 100 percent clean
energy measure, and 20 percent opposed it and 10 were undecided. The law is the culmination of a movement that began beyond the
federal constitution, when the Flindar Municipal Council signed the first “renewable portfolio standard,”. The renewable standard
required 20 percent of the county's electricity to come from renewable sources, with recommendations being made to the central
government for coal plants and natural gas plants to be shut down in Flindar in replace of hydroelectric plants, wind and solar
farms. More efficient technology and larger projects have helped bring down the costs of green energy. Since the standard's
implementation as a recommendation for the central government, the price utilities paid for solar energy dropped 60 percent. And
the prices of wind contracts have gone down 50 percent over the same general time period, according to the Department for
Transport and Infrastructure. The new law makes a key change. To deal with significant problems — namely the need to keep a
steady supply of electricity even at night when the sun isn’t shining and during times when the wind isn’t blowing — the previous
laws defined renewable energy to include not only solar and wind but also geothermal energy, biomass and hydroelectric power from
small dams. Minister-President Ernman stated that Governor of Flindar, Harry Afzelius would sign the legislation into law in the
coming days.
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Re: Kazulias Nyheter

Postby Maxington » Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:39 am

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Pixi Cosmic had its first flight test earlier this morning in Lourenne, the first since the company's programme collapsed
following a lost of interest in the programme by the company's executive board. Newly appointed CEO of Pixi Group Jaxson Howard,
former Vice-President of Marketing and Research at the Stanley Automotive Company. Decades posterior to both the death of former
Pixi Group Founder and CEO, Derrick Kenny and the shuffling of the company's board of directors, the company's space exploration
subsidiary Pixi Cosmic is re-entering the private space exploration industry, continuing with its intention to be the first
company to commercialise spaceflight through its recently unveiled PSS Moon. “It’s almost too good to be true, isn’t it?” said
Jaxson Howard, the CEO of the Pixi Group, after the gleaming white and silver spacecraft was wheeled into the centre of the
cavernous hangar. “I’ve always believed that having the best-looking planes and trains in the world, while not a guarantee, is a
good place to start,” he joked, then paused. “Isn’t she beautiful?” More than 500 people have signed up to fly on Pixi Cosmic’s
trips into space, which will be launched from the soon to be constructed Cosmic Centre. The development and testing for the
vehicle, however, has all taken place in Lourenne and North Dovani. The day, while jubilant in tone, was tinged with poignancy,
Pixi Cosmic’s CEO, Timothé Auclair said in a statement. Auclair is a retired Aeronautical Engineer with the Lourennais Space
Agency. He recalled meeting with the previous board of directors after they cancelled funding into the programme. “Years of hard
work shouldn't have been put into doubt,” he said. Back then, he spoke with then Director of Aerospace Engineering, Chris
Jakhelln were the two contemplated the future prospects for the return of the programme.

Whilst Jakhelln left his position in Pixi Cosmic to take up a role at the Kazulian Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics as
its President, Auclair remained and was lucky enough to see the board of directors at Pixi change. New Chairman of the Pixi
Group, Christopher Falstad stated that the previous Board of Directors lacked the vision needed to ensure Pixi remained a
dominant force in various industries, including space research. PSS Mon was officially christened by Jakhelln, who stated that he
had some intentions of returning to the company after his term as President of the Kazulian Institute for Aeronautics and
Astronautics ends in 4700. The craft is the first to be constructed by the Spacecraft Development Company, Pixi Cosmic’s in-house
manufacturing arm; the last vehicle was made by an outside company, Space Composites. However, Moon uses the same fundamental
design as the first,Pixi Cosmic’s executive vice-president of operations, Reidar Bryne, said. The biggest difference is a
specially designed locking mechanism which would not allow the feathering to be activated except at the right time. In an
interview with the Market, Bryne stated that the re-entry of Pixi Cosmic into the space industry sets the stage for other private
companies to re-enter the market which is so heavily dominated by government agencies such as the Kazulian Space Exploration and
Exploitation Directorate (SEED), the Dorvish Space Agency and other major space agencies. Pixi's re-entry and reactivation of its
commercial spaceflight programme comes as the Space Exploration and Exploitation Directorate has hinted that it may restart the
Arcadia Programme and complete the Hermes Space Station either on its own or alongside the efforts of Lourenne's indigenous space
agency.

According to Auclair, the intention is to gather aerodynamic performance data on the vehicle and to test one of the key
structures — when the PSS Moon stays coupled to the carrier aircraft in case of a problem and returns to the airport. Later, Pixi
Cosmic will progress to glide tests in which PSS Moon will be released from its carrier aircraft and fly on its own. PSS Moon
eventually will be in the business of carrying tourists who have paid up to $250,000 into space. The sleek spaceship will be
released at about 50,000 feet by its carrier aircraft, then propelled by rocket to more than 50 miles above the atmosphere — past
the point where SEED and the Kazulian Air Force consider someone to be an astronaut. Auclair stated that the company has future
intentions of expanding its portfolio into systems development. Howard stated that the company had intentions to obtain a
contract from SEED to development aeronautics for future space crafts amidst SEED Director-General, Dr. Sabine Thøgersen stated
that there was room for private companies to become involved in SEED's future space exploration and research missions. She noted
that although SEED maintains the greater potential for successful space research and exploration ventures, companies similar to
Pixi Cosmic demonstrate the importance of private-public partnerships in space research.
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Re: Kazulias Nyheter

Postby Maxington » Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:45 pm

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Minister-President of Kelvon Peder Gunderson (NLP), in an address to media outlets following the commencing of the 1st session of
the 1st Legislative Council of Kelvon, announced her ambitious plan to rescue Kelvon's agricultural sector. With Kelvon's
agriculture sector being the centre-piece of the state's economy, the failures of successive municipal government had forced
Kelvon's agricultural sector into an extremely state of dependency on resources from other states, hence collapsing the food
security once championed by the state. Gunderson's pitch aims to inject a rural-specific economic clash into the political
discourse that would fit neatly with his larger theme of attacking concentrated economic power and pit at least some farmers’
bottom-line economic interests against those of big corporate players in the farm sector. Minister-President Peder Gunderson
recognises that small family farms play an important role in sustainable agriculture and providing access to healthy food.
Agribusiness monopolies and large farm production facilities are getting billions in subsidies they do not need and do not
deserve and are using that taxpayer money to drive down prices and squeeze out small farmers. We must end the subsidies, break up
agribusinesses and large farms, and encourage sustainable agriculture that protects consumers and immigrant workers. Gunderson, a
former insurance broker at a now defunct insurance firm outline his agricultural priorities: Family Farming, Agribusiness
Monopolies and Agricultural Labour.

On the sentiment of family farming, Gunderson noted that small family farms operate 48 percent of Kazulian farmland but account
for only 30 percent of Kazulia's agricultural production. He noted that large farms and agribusiness are pushing out small farms
which are crucial for the economies of rural communities. Without small farms as an anchor rural Kazulia has suffered from
depopulation, divestment by private firms and capital flight to urban centres. According to the Department for Food and
Agriculture, almost 90 percent of the 600,000 farms in Kazulia are family owned and operated. Non-family farms account for 30
percent of production. Gunderson noted that a recent report by the Kelvon Department for Food and Agriculture noted that small
family farms use 48 percent of Kazulian farmland but account for only 30 percent of Kazulian agricultural production. The report
noted that said farms don’t make a lot of money because their profit margins are low and that large farms/agribusinesses continue
to dominate due to their high profit margins. Family farming has a major impact on local economies, especially in rural areas.
Farmers tend to buy feed and fuel from local sources, use community banks, and sell to local markets. Minister of Food and
Agriculture Jarkko Rautiainen recognises the importance of family farms and declared additional funding to state agriculture
departments, crediting small farms with the ability to contribute to food security and reduce poverty. According to Minister
Rautiainen:
Producing safe and affordable food for millions of Americans is now predominantly in the hands of large farms and
agribusiness. The type of food production varies by farm size. Economies of scale give a competitive advantage to larger farms
and so a lot of dairy, fruit, vegetables, and nursery crops are produced on very large farms. Field crops such as corn and
soybeans are grown on smaller farms. Small farms need bank financing and usually raise livestock under contract with
processors.

In response to what the Kelvon Department for Food and Agriculture describes as the gradual destruction of family farms,
Gunderson stated that he intends on introducing the "Farming Appropriations Bill" which will create the Agricultural Development
Bank of Kelvon, whose purpose will be to facilitate food security, sustained agricultural growth and socio-economic development
through the provision of focused financial products, customer-centric services and robust strategic alliances. Gunderson stated
that the Agricultural Development Bank will be the sole administrator of the Agribusiness Appropriations Fund which will be used
with the intention of boosting small, family farms.

On the sentiment of large agri-businesses, Gunderson stated that he has intentions of breaking up major agri-businesses.
"Agriculture today is not working for the majority of Kazulians. It is not working economically for farmers, it is not working
for rural communities, and it is not working for the environment. But it is working for big agribusiness corporations that are
extracting our rural resources for profit. For far too long, government farm policies have incentivized a “get big or die”
approach to agriculture. This approach has consolidated the entire food system, reducing farm net income, and driving farmers off
the land in droves. As farms disappear, so do the businesses, jobs, and communities they support.” He explained that large
agribusiness corporations are consolidating and getting so large that they can drive down their prices and squeeze out small
farms. Gunderson stated that he intends on working with the federal government on breaking up the large agribusinesses within
Kelvon, especially those with extraordinary interests. Some agribusinesses in Kelvon are apart of the state's energy sector as it
is these same agribusinesses that provide the maize which is converted to ethanol to power much of the homes in Kelvon. The
Flindar Ethanol and Chemicals Corporation and Kelvon Ethanol are the main companies operating alongside agribusiness
conglomerates the Arthur Newel Company and SP Agricultural Products. The Arthur Newel Company stated that it intends on fighting
nationalisation in the High Court of Kelvon and stated that it would appeal a ruling by the Kelvon High Court in favour of
nationalisation up to the level of the Supreme Court of Kazulia. Advocate-General of Kelvon Arnstein Davidsen, K.C. stated that
he intends on pushing forward with the case for nationalisation and would meet ANC President David Freeland in the High Court.

Gunderson noted that the report from the Department for Food and Agriculture also noted that agriculture labour was in the
decline as small/family farmers moved out of the business. He noted that farm employment accounts for 2.6 million Kazulian jobs,
around 4 percent of Kazulian employment. Farm-workers are an essential part of the economy, Kazulian agriculture depends on them
yet, he also noted they are one of the most economically disadvantaged groups in Kazulia. Gunderson stated that farm workers
should receive consistent and fair pay for their work, and not be subject to hazardous or dangerous conditions and exploitation.
Hired farm-workers range from being Kazulian citizens, legal permanent residents, seasonal labourers on special guest worker
visas, or undocumented workers. Of the approximately 2.6 million farm-workers in Kazulia, nearly seven in ten are immigrants and
approximately two in ten are undocumented. The farm industry in Kazulia would not be able to function without immigrants as they
account for a large percentage of the hired labour on farms. A separate report by Kelvon's Department of Labour and Social
Affairs, neglect at the hands of the municipal corporations and the wider central government to the agricultural sector had
fostered poor working conditions. The report highlight a major hole in Kazulia's worker's protection laws: In addition to earning
low wages, farm workers have no job security, no labour law protections, no overtime pay, no sick leave or maternity leave. The
report highlight the fact that due to the lack of workers protections migrant workers ere subject to abusive labour practices,
wage theft, unhealthy and dangerous work conditions, grossly substandard housing and exploitation. In-order to combat this,
Minister-President Gunderson and State Secretary for Labour and Social Affairs, Gunnar Haugli stated that the Farmworkers
Protection Act would be introduced to the Legislative Council of Kelvon with the sole intention providing increased labour law
protections for farmworkers.
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Re: Kazulias Nyheter

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Re: Kazulias Nyheter

Postby Maxington » Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:00 pm

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Until decriminalisation and subsequent legalisation, Kazulia's approach to the control of narcotic drugs was based, as in many
countries, on policing. The counterculture movement in Kazulia, which garnered considerable political and societal support, was
associated with widespread and public use of narcotic drugs and cannabis. Illicit-drugs, as they are classified underneath the
Dangerous Drugs Act, came into Kazulia, assisted partly by transit points at the borders with North Dovani. The response of the
Kazulian government to the more widespread use of narcotics was to revise the federal law on illicit drugs to define rigorous
criminal sanctions for the widening range of illicit drugs appearing on the national scene. The Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) bill
resulted in a significant increase in arrests and registration of illicit drug users and sellers by law enforcement authorities
and also set into motion the creation of the National Drug Detection Agency (NDDA). The abstinence-oriented law also rejected the
provision of syringes as a public health measure and imposed onerous licensing requirements on any doctor wishing to prescribe
methadone for the treatment of drug dependence. In spite of an increased focus on and resources for policing, drug injection
continued to grow and became a very visible social phenomenon, especially in Kazulia. Skalm, in particular, became a hub of a
young revolutionary movement that united proponents of alternative culture, students, and people who used illicit drugs. As the
number of people in the open drug scene increased steadily, the police regularly dispersed drug users from public places, but the
displacement did not seem to reduce the prevalence or harms of drug use. Desperate to put an end to the widespread use of illicit
drugs in public spaces, the central government at the time tasked the Department of Health and Social Services to establish a
national program to assess the extent and nature of the problem, draw lessons from experiences of the cities and cantons, look at
the legal and policy framework, and make recommendations for new courses of action. Through an open dialogue with the general
public, the Department of Health and Social Services produced a report which concluded that a new drug policy had to be crafted
with a specific focus on prevention, therapy for drug dependence, harm reduction and enforcement. Politikeren spoke to President
of the Institute for Drug and Alcohol Research, Dr Gertrud Therkildsen on Kazulia's incumbent drug policy, Kalistan's ODEN and
the implications for the future.

Politikeren: How would you characterize Kazulia's approach to drug prevention, and what are the defining principles of
Kazulia's drug policy?

Dr Gertrud Therkildsen wrote:Kazulia's drug policy on four legs: prevention, drug dependence therapy, harm reduction and
enforcement. The prevention component consists of a strong information campaign in all educational institutions on the
detrimental effects of using drugs, as well as alcohol and tobacco. The treatment component has mainly consisted of placing drug
users in treatment collectives run by private organizations or NGOs. Substitution programs include measures in which drug users
are provided synthetic drugs, are also used, as well as compulsory treatment in closed institutions. On top of this, the
decriminalisation and legalisation of cannabis and hemp and its organisation into a state-monopoly is also a crucial factor in
the wider policy. The enforcement component includes repression of the use of Class A drugs, excluding morphine
and other drugs used as an addiction treatment medication and/or animal sedatives.


Politikeren: So the decriminalisation of hemp and cannabis coupled with tougher enforcement of hard drugs and cloaked by a
prevention and rehabilitation programme for addiction in the categories of cannabis and hemp and the categories of hard drugs
forms the nexus of Kazulia's drug policy. Do you see a future where this policy would change and in what direction do believe
such a change would take?

Dr Gertrud Therkildsen wrote:Yes, I do see a future where Kazulia's drug policy would change. For example, there is
considerable interest among drug addiction experts in the possibility of closely supervised administration of injected heroin as
therapy for the subset of people living with opiate dependency who did not have satisfactory outcomes from other forms of
treatment. Low-threshold methadone for persons with opiate dependency also gaining an important following among many physicians
and increasingly among some public officials, particularly in Hent as they are set to have to a referendum that would move to
legalise drugs such as methadone and heroin. Of course, the criminalisation of extremely harmful Class A drug will remain until
the government has seen factual evidence in support of decriminalisation of a suite of Class A drugs. However, we have noticed
that there is an interesting debate mounting among the population on whether a drug such as cocaine should be legalised. Some
argue that it is abundantly clear, given decades of trial and error and escalating scientific evidence, that prohibition only
makes risky drug use even riskier and that If we actually want to reduce mortality and other health problems associated with
drugs, it makes more sense to regulate legal drug markets than to incentivize illicit ones. Whilst the IDAR refuses to enter the
discord, from a public health perspective, if people are going to use cocaine you’d want them to be moving away from the more
potent and risky products however that is up to the citizenry and the government. So in general, if the government were to be
moving towards altering the current drug policy to include heroin as a form of addiction therapy and the use of low-threshold
methadone, I predict that they will move along the path of maintaining the core principles of prevention, therapy, harm reduction
and enforcement.


Politikeren: Could you explain the current system of cannabis and hemp retail and distributions, and in a similar manner
could you also speak to the calls that suggest that the state-monopoly model isn't doing enough to compete and wholesale destroy
the black market?

Dr Gertrud Therkildsen wrote:Concurrently, the federal government, through the state governments maintain a quasi-state
monopoly on both the retail and distribution of cannabis and hemp. So for example, the Agathan Cannabis Retail Company and the
Hemp Company of Agatha are both state-owned companies operating with the intention of maintaining Agatha's federally enforced
monopoly on Cannabis and Hemp. Whilst in states such as Agatha, their hemp retail and distribution company is simply responsible
for commercialisation of the product, in the case of Kelvon hemp is involved in the industrial process as it is used by the
Kelvon Fuel Trading Company as a bio-fuel. The state-monopoly was imposed to ensure that the state could monitor the production,
commercialisation and distribution of cannabis and hemp via state-owned cannabis and hemp farms. Virtually, transforming state
governments into legal "drug dealers" for lack of a better title. As it pertains to the sentiments and concerns raised as it
pertains to evidence that the state-monopoly model isn't doing enough to combat the black market in cannabis and hemp, we have
noticed the opinion of Dr Pirkka Kauppinen of the University of SKalm who said the counterintuitive result of the government
trying to protect the public by controlling the entire supply chain of marijuana is that they have put themselves in a worse
competitive position relative to the black market, whereas what we should be doing is trying to make the legal market as
competitive as possible", so that is something we are looking at when state government comes to us on assisting them in revising
their drug policies to address their specific problems. Realistically, we see a policy whereby privately-owned retail outlets to
operate alongside government-owned stores as the most effective approach to strike a crucial middle ground between the government
and those against the state-monopoly.


Politikeren: Are you aware of the Kalistani drug advocacy organisation known as the Organisation of Drug Exporting Nations
(ODEN)? Recognising its recent balls for governments to sign onto their agreement as a means of addressing their drug woes, do
you believe Kazulia should sign onto this agreement?

Dr Gertrud Therkildsen wrote:We are aware of ODEN and their operations, whilst we maintain our reservations to some of the
tactics of the organisation, we believe that the organisation has done considerable work in "addressing" Kalistan's narcotic woes. We
do not comment on matters such as whether Kazulia should sign onto the agreement. The issue was brought to us in the past by the
Department of Health and Social Services and the answer we gave still stands: Whilst its intentions are valid, the organisation
is not doing enough to promote harm reduction and to combat the instances where ODEN sanctioned products find themselves in
nations who strictly prohibit certain substances which the organisation promotes and distributes. Once the organisation continues
to show no interest in combating these instances there will be no real room for dialogue between governments on a potential
policy change. Advocacy is important, but the decision rests on both the people and their governments, democratically elected or
otherwise. The organisation has been accused in the past of fueling the black market in some nations so I believe that the
organisation should work towards addressing that image.
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Re: Kazulias Nyheter

Postby Maxington » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:24 pm

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Since it's initial establishment as a joint agreement between the Royal Kazulian Air-Force and the Hutorian Air Force, the now
evolved Northern Defence Integrated Command (NORDIC) having expanded to include nations such as Dorvik and Lourenne, is currently
at a crossroads (1) the lack of a renewal of commitments by one of the alliance's two founding entities and (2) the need to
determine the capabilities it will need to confront emerging challenges and threats in the decades ahead. Commander of the
Northern Defence Integrated Command, General Roland Persson (RKAF) is currently in Hutori to meet with the Chief of the Defence
Staff of the Hutorian Armed Forces, General Hunter Legault on a renewal of Hutori's involvement in NORDIC and the future of the
alliance as a whole. Prior to entering a private meeting with General Legault, General Persson noted that the discussions were a
first step toward seeing Hutori renew its commitments to the alliance; a broad analysis to identify what threats and challenges
the Kazulia and Hutori will face in the future (particularly in the Arctic sphere) and what steps need to be taken now to prepare
for them. NORDIC "Tomorrow" is largely a vision at this point, Persson emphasised, and any changes to the multinational NORDIC
agreement would require the approval of each of the nations involved in the agreement. But vast changes in the security landscape
have produced a broad agreement that NORDIC must continually evolve to meet challenges to the Northern Hemisphere, he said.
Throughout its history, adaptation has been one of NORDIC's hallmarks, enabling it to remain relevant even as the geostrategic
environment has changed, Persson noted. Kazulia and Hutori formed Northern Defence Integrated Command, merging their air
defensive capabilities to provide a hemispheric-scale ability to monitor, detect and intercept combatant aircraft, presumably
carrying nuclear weapons, explained Major Holvaster Syrén, the NORDIC's in-house historian. That same framework -- warning
systems that ran across Hutori and the Arctic, fighter bases with interceptor aircraft and a command-and-control system that tied
them together and with national command authorities -- adapted as intercontinental ballistic missiles became the more pressing
threat, Syrén said.

The command continued to provide aerospace warning and control for the Northern Hemisphere well after the collapse of the
Northern Council, but also began to contribute its capabilities to maritime patrol missions, predominantly focusing on airborne
and maritime traffic throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the Dovanian region. NORDIC's sensors and interceptors (built jointly
at the expense of both Kazulia and Hutori) supported this new law enforcement mission, providing intelligence to law enforcement
agencies and serving as a catalyst for the close inter-agency collaboration that underpins NORDIC's operations today, Syrén
explained. Some geopolitical strategists have noted that the clear lack of a Hutorian involvement in the command structure which
it was instrumental in forming is extremely concerning, recognising that the integration and interoperability shared by the
Hutorian and Kazulian units of NORDIC could not be easily mirrored with the alliance's new members; Dorvik and Lourenne. In the
context of the early Cold War between Hutori, Kazulia and Trigunia, NORDIC commanders thought the battle would take place right
over the aerospace of arctic, notably near Hutori and Kazulia's arctic claims. Now, the territorial range of threat is much
larger. Syrén noted that although Trigunia is in a notable resurgence, there are still nations throughout terra who have the
firepower and weapons technology to hold a great deal of the Northern Hemisphere at risk. As well, there are now more states with
the ability to deliver lethal force to the nations of the Northern Hemisphere, and ironically the majority of said threats come
fro nations within the Northern Hemisphere. As technology opens the door to greater threats, so must the technology of the NORDIC
partners be integrated and interoperable to defeat current and future threats. Today’s NORDIC mission demands that fighters have
the ability to fly great distances and stay on station for a long time with the right amount of signature reduction, integrated
active defensive measures, Active Electronically Scanned Array radars and long-range infrared systems. In an interview with
Politikeren, Lt.General Isak Lindqvist, NORDIC's Chief of Staff it was stated that if Hutori were to return now, it's presence
would be sufficient.
Hutorian fighter pilots are the best I have flown with or commanded. I have been taught by Hutorian HF-18 pilots and have
taught Hutorian HF-35 pilots. Historically, Hutori has done an excellent job meeting its NORDIC commitments with the equipment
they've had and we [Kazulia] share that skill alongside the Hutorians; that being the ability to be extremely lethal even with
the littlest of resources because we have both learned how to work effectively with what one has. And so against the odds,
Hutorian has continued to do a remarkable job with its current equipment and tactics. But, Hutori's current fleet is ageing and
the types of combat situations we predict in the future will require technological superiority to be tied with tactics. Hutori
has achieved the tactics element but is lagging behind in the area of technological superiority. It needs to upgrade its
air-force to ensure it remains capable of combating future threats. Regardless of which country we are in, purchasing and
maintaining military capability is heavily influenced by politics, and I have no desire to enter that political debate. It is a
fact that there is both a capability and capacity shortfall in the Hutorian Air Force and Hutorians will decide how to either
solve those shortfalls or decide to place the risk associated with those shortfalls onto their Airmen. As global threats
escalate, it is important that Hutori chooses a course of action – quickly – that fills these critical gaps, and that the
solution allows the critical interoperability we discussed previously.


General Roland Persson hinted at the possibility of a joint space security command network between Kazulia, Hutori, Dorvik and
Lourenne with the sole purpose of defending against attacks against the Northern Hemisphere from space and the monitoring of
traffic within the realm of space. Roland noted that the increased eagerness of certain states to re-enter and enter the space
race draws notable concern for NORDIC recognising that it had almost been drawn into a space arms race between the Deltarian-led
CARSS military alliance. Persson stated that NORDIC had to maintain the initiative and extend its mandate to security in the
realm of space. He noted that whilst the threat of thermonuclear war is no longer immediate following the collapse of
organisations such as CARSS and the liberalisation of once rival Deltaria, there was still a need to protect the hemisphere
against the actions of rogue states. Persson stated that he had asked Hutorian Minister of National Defence, Stan Eisenhower to
discuss the sentiment of deploying ballistic missile defence from NORDIC in Hutori for the purpose of adding the nation to the
Ballistic Missile Shield currently being developed by NORDIC.
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Flindar is to encourage the development of driverless cars on its roads, it was announced on Wednesday, with a multimillion-krona
research fund and a review of the relevant laws around road safety. Minister of State for Business, State Development and
Energy, Alexander Adelsköld, said a 10m krona fund will be made available for driverless car researchers in Flindar, jointly
funded by the State Ministry for Business, State Development and Energy and the State Ministry for Transport and Housing. “The
excellence of our scientists and engineers has established Flindar as the premier environment/ecosystem for the development of
driverless vehicles through pilot projects,” said Adelsköld. “Today’s announcement will see driverless cars take to our streets
in less than six months, putting us at the forefront of this transformational technology and opening up new opportunities for our
economy and society.” The State Ministry for Transport and Housing will also kick off a review process of the laws governing
road use, including the Highway Code and the Road Safety Act, to permit the testing of driverless cars on public roads, Adelsköld
said while visiting the technology and engineering company Chimera in Folland. Two types of testing will be reviewed for public
roads: fully autonomous cars without a driver, and those with a qualified driver who could take control at any time. The review
process will conclude in a report submitted to the government by the end of a five-year period, a spokesperson for the State
Ministry for Transport and Housing said in an official press statement. The 10m krona fund will be governed jointly by Flindar's
Business Innovation Agency and the Flindar Development Bank. Interested local research institutions will be able to apply for
funding by submitting a business case paired with a local city or authority as to why driverless cars are a viable transport
solution in their area. Three cities across the State of Flindar will be selected to host driverless car trials from next year,
with each test to last between 18 and 36 months. The deadline for driverless car research applications will run until the next 2
months. The fund was first announced by both State Minister for Finance Felix Dalin and Minister of Finance and the Economy
Karoline Berrefjord as apart of the national infrastructure plan.

Kazulia has various groups already working on driverless car technology, including engineers at the University of Skalm and
automotive firm VOLT, which provides autonomous vehicle technology as apart of its series of SUVs and luxury sedans. “Today’s
announcement takes Flindar closer to seeing fully autonomous vehicles on its roads but it will take some time for them to become
commonplace,” said Mattias Olofsson, President of the Automotive Dealers Associations. “Cars are becoming more automated with the
introduction of assistance systems to aid parking; keeping a safe distance from the car in front; or lane departure warning
systems,” said Greta Egnell, Director of the National Institute for Transportation Safety. “However, there is a big leap of faith
needed by drivers from embracing assistance systems to accepting the fully automated car. Two-thirds of drivers still enjoy
driving too much to want a fully automated car according to research we conducted following the announcement of VOLT's A Series
autonomous-driving capable SUV,” Egnell said. “Driverless cars have huge potential to transform the Flindar's transport network –
they could improve safety, reduce congestion and lower emissions, particularly carbon emissions,” said State Minister for
Transport, Michaela Blix, who committed to the regulatory review of road law. “Flindar is brilliantly placed to lead the country
and the wider community in autonomous technology,” said State Minister for Science and Art, Anders Grönblom. “It combines our
strengths in cars, satellites, big data and urban design; with huge potential benefits for future jobs and for the consumer.”
Driverless cars are expected to begin being tested on public roads next year, although the State Ministry for Transport could not
provide a timescale beyond report submission to the government by the end of the five-year period. “This competition for funding
has the potential to establish the Kazulia as the global hub for the development and testing of driverless vehicles in real-world
urban environments, helping to deepen our understanding of the impact on road users and wider society,” said Samuli Tikkanen,
Director of the Kazulian Development Board.

Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Eva-Stina Bergius stated that the federal government has already enacted laws allowing
for the development and testing of autonomous vehicles. She stated that VOLT had been the only company who has utilised the law
amendment to the fullest extent. Whilst the federal government enacted the law to free-up regulations on autonomous driving, the
ability rested on the state governments to amend the laws needed to ensure that the federal laws are received state-wide.
Minister Bergius stated that the federal laws applied for testing on the national highways and roadways and not regional (state)
highway and roadways. Bergius stated that she met with Minister-President of Flindar Astrid Ernman where aside from additional
assistance to remove snow from Flindar's roads, Minister-President Ernman informed Minister Bergius of her intentions to review
the Highway Code and the Road Safety Act to accommodate for autonomous driving.
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