Hulstria and Gao-Soto

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HULSTRIA WEEKLY
FEBRUARY 6, 4914 | Hulstria Weekly has been an independent newspaper committed to reporting on news across the nation, regardless of scale, since 4223.
DAN INTRODUCING SWEEPING LEGISLATION
Is this the beginning of the end for peace and freedom in Hulstria?
The Kunihito nationalist Kunihito-dan Kettō (Party for Kunihito Unity), otherwise known as the Dan, has introduced an omnibus bill into the Reichstag curbing Hulstrians' freedoms in a range of areas. The omnibus bill removes the right for homosexual or single people to adopt, prevents sex reassignment surgery, bans multiple citizenship, and prohibits gambling outside of private settings, among other proposals. It will be signed into law in September.
While many conservative Hulstrians applaud the move away from LGBTQ+ rights and the reintroduction of the death penalty, the bill has faced near-universal criticism from the populace. The greatest cause for concern has proven to be the new freedoms the bill grants to the military, which now has been proffered essentially the same rights as the police force and will be able to use weapons of mass destruction indiscriminately. Restrictions on treatment of prisoners of war have been relaxed.
Hulstrians from across the political spectrum have breathed a sigh of relief at the absence of laws restricting non-Kunihito racial freedoms and weakening the electoral process - an unexpected move from the hardline Kunihito ultranationalist party, which entitled the bill 'Securing the Integrity of the Kunihito Race' - but experts warn that the political situation is sure to further deteriorate. Hulstrians and other ethnic groups not entirely of Kunihito blood have begun preparing for violence to be incited by Dan paramilitary groups expected to be founded under the security of the new law, which allows paramilitary groups to operate under their own discretion.
The Kettō was formed late last year and secured all 750 seats in the Reichstag as the only party to contest recent snap elections. The Reichstag voted unanimously to sign the bill into law.

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Hulstrians are rioting across the country in reaction to a new omnibus bill proposed by the Kunihito-dan Kettō (Party for Kunihito Unity), also known simply as the Dan. Intended to clamp down on progressivism and expand military powers to secure the safety of the Kunihito people, who already face a hostile climate and a declining population, businesses owned by Kunihito have been thoroughly damaged in Kien and elsewhere across the nation.
Three regiments of the military have joined the police in arresting 547 rioters on charges of property damage, assault, and/or arson. An additional six Hulstrian arsonists are charged with burning down a shop in Thague and killing five Kunihito employees, as well as two Hulstrians and a Hulstro-Showan. Almost all defenses for arrestees of the military were mainly based around the technical illegality of the arrests. The regiments responded by pointing out that with the Dan's monopoly on the Reichstag and its instant vote for the bill, the delay until the signing of the bill - which grants the military the rights of the police force - was merely a formality, and that they effectively had full jurisdiction.
Kokumudaijin Takanashi Yoshihisa, the head of government, released a personally-written open letter to the collective rioters condemning them and calling on them to cease violating the law, but Hulstrians across the nation continue to riot and damage property. The Governor-General has refused to comment.

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Four terrorists linked to the Hulstrian nationalist Hulsterreich Volkspartei attacked the Neu-Liore Shipyards in a suicide bombing today. The four each drove a car filled with explosives through different entrances, bypassing guards and detonating their car bombs once they were close to particular buildings. Eighteen people died other than the attackers, who also damaged the Tauben, a large minesweeper that was under construction. All victims of the attack were Kunihito and Gisoten.
Police raided a location in Luthorische Bai used by the terrorists as a safe house this afternoon, finding five additional conspirators and an additional cache of explosives. It is believed that they were planning to attack the St. Theodore Army Base that evening, while police were focused on securing the scene of the attack on the naval yards.
The leader of the terrorist cell, Leopold Trimme, participated in the first attack and as such was among the twenty-two fatalities. Trimme was observed by fellow Volkspartei members to be despondent after the Kunihito nationalist Kunihito-dan Kettō won the latest legislative elections unanimously. (The Dan was the only party to contest elections, as was the Volkspartei during its heyday.) After the Dan passed the Forwarding the Military bill in April 4915, Trimme was filmed yelling racial slurs referring to Kunihito along with other Volkspartei members and some of his future conspirators.
Minister of State Takanashi Yoshihisa paid his respects at a memorial service for the eighteen victims, and was found to have weeped while in attendance. His cabinet joined him in doing so. The Governor-General released a statement denouncing the attack and extremism in the Volkspartei, but was met with criticism from Yoshihisa, who felt that a mere statement was not nearly enough and that Hulstrian ultranationalism had simmered in the party for too long. Observers are describing a widening rift between the Head of State and the Head of Government. Some are suggesting that the Governor-General may simply be attempting to save face before he inevitably loses his office to Dan candidate Izumo Kano in 4919.

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Arms manufacturers Nakai Systems and FriederWeih Technik are collaborating on a new concept fighter jet under contract with the government of Hulstria and Gao-Soto, Nakai CEO and president Nakai Akinari announced today. Since July last year, the government is seeking an agile fighter primarily centered around a strike role, dubbed for now the H-13X, but has not been able to find contractors up to its standards until now.
Initial concept art for the fighter indicates that Nakai and FriederWeih are primarily using Trigunian features such as twin ventral intakes, as well as the broader abstractions of Trigunian fighter design philosophy such as a focus on close-range engagements. Experts have pointed out the obvious practicalities when carrying out close air support, and are pointing to possible future negotiation with foreign arms corporations for a high-caliber autocannon.

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First Hulstrian refugees arrive in Luthori

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In light of shocking new revelations regarding treatment of ethnic Hulstrians fleeing the nation for Luthori after mass riots by fellow members of their race, the government has decided to pass a bill clamping down on immigration in order to ensure citizens are afforded a better quality of life than in Luthori. It also aims to ensure that the best and brightest ethnic Hulstrians remain in the nation, where they will be able to provide scientific advancements to Hulstria and the world with the most cutting-edge equipment to date.
"The world's next Ernest Weinstein may be about to leave the nation for good," Foreign Affairs Minister Fukutsuchi Taroemon said yesterday, "and in any future wars, losing him or her to our enemies would mean absolute disaster for us."
Investigative journalists for the Shimbun ventured to Luthori recently on the same Luthori-chartered cruise ship the first group of refugees were travelling in. They were horrified by cramped, unsanitary conditions and mistreatment for the ship's crew. The situation on Luthorian soil was no better; refugees were ushered by Luthorian officials into detainment camps comparable to their situation shipboard.
Fukutsuchi, other members of the cabinet, the ambassador to Luthori, and even the Governor-General (an ethnic Hulstrian who has proven rabidly opposed to government policy) all expressed their dismay and anger with Luthori for its treatment of Hulstrian refugees, dubbing it 'deplorable' and 'evil'. The Luthorian government has yet to respond.

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Hulstrian citizens were shocked to hear that the army of Sekoku attacked the southern border with Hulstria earlier today. From 3 AM until 9 AM, Kien time, multiple companies struck Hulstrian border outposts and climbed the mountain range that intersects the border, trespassing into Hulstrian territory. Fortunately, no soldiers were killed. Reichsbürgerwehr troops sustained nineteen casualties; the Sekowan military reports an inflated figure of fifteen.
There are already calls within the Kunihito-dan Kettō, the only party to hold any of the 750 seats in the Reichstag or Ministerial offices, to declare war on Sekoku. Foreign Minister Fukumoto Gonshiro still is trying to quell rumors of a war and diverting attention to the threat posed by the nearby socialist state of Kalistan. Defense Minister Kidehi Chojo, however, was joined by the ambassador to Sekoku in calling for outright invasion in retaliation for the undeclared attacks, to 'unite Dovani under our banner'. No other cabinet members nor the Governor-General have commented anything other than restrained anger.
Sekoku has long been a point of contention for the party due to the dominance of the Sekowan culture. While Sekoku claims to be a separate Sekowan nationalist state, the Dan insists that the Sekowan culture is a subset of that of the Kunihito and that the two states must therefore be united, with the 'deviant' Sekowans reassimilated into wider Hulstrian Kunihito society.

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Sekowo denies ordering troops, urges diplomacy

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Despite attempts by Sekoku to downplay the recent attacks on our shared border, observers state that tensions between Hulstria and Sekoku have a microscopic chance of cooling down. Sekoku came to the World Congress General Assembly 'apologizing' for past Sekowan military atrocities and imperialism, claiming that the companies that participated in the attack were renegade units, and hoping 'all can learn that diplomacy and peace are the best courses of action for the future'. However, Hulstrian government officials remains convinced that the attacks were instigated with the permission of the relevant Sekowan authorities - not least among them Defense Minister and Reichstag Majority Whip for the ruling Kunihito-dan Kettō, Kidehi Chojo.
Since before the attacks , Chojo has been calling for war with Sekoku in order to integrate the nation, which is dominated by the Kunihito subset Sekowan culture, into Hulstria and Gao-Soto to complete the national union of the Kunihito ethnicity. Chojo rabidly attacked the Sekowan government, pointing out that the Sekowan military is trained as a defense force akin to that of Hulstria. Such a blatant offensive move as the attacks on the border could not have happened on small units' own volition, but only with extraordinary and exceptional orders from the Sekowan government and its military commanders. Sources close to the government and the military have said that it had been planning a defensive military buildup for some time, but has not accelerated it to any significant degree until now.
Sekoku has been one of the primary reasons for Hulstria's recent drive for militarization. Variables regarding the border's geographical and climatic features are among the criteria for the H-13X, a strike fighter under development for the Hulstrian military by Nakai Systems and FriederWeih Technik, and Hulstrian UAVs have been performing reconnaissance of the border continuously since the attacks in order to secure it from more encroaching Sekowan forces.

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Seko Disbands Military, Request WC Investigation