Dalibor

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大理坡觀察者 | The Dalibor Observer
The Dalibor Observer is an independent, investigative broadsheet print and digital news organization based out of the nation's largest city, Yingu.
The organization reports mainly on national political and general news.
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3 March 4876
Recent anti-corruption reforms spurn subsequent investigations - result in "thousands" of arrests
From members of corporate boards (and their CEOs), various officials in government agencies and ministries, to even members of the Assembly of the Union, investigations into corruption enlisted on behalf of the judiciary have resulted in thousands of apparent arrests.
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by:
Dai Guanyu
Junior Legislative and Economic Analyst
With contributions by:
Tao Lin
Senior Crime and Judicial Analyst

Many of the nation's rich and powerful had seemingly awoke to a stir this morning with news that they never expected to hear - such information that likely left them at rapt attention or stunned silence: That their extensive dealings in corrupt ventures or their many ways of slinking beyond Dalibor's (admittedly previously weak) corruption laws had been pulled out from underneath the rug, leading to their immediate arrest and trial before a court. Cheng Fu's recent League government has taken large overtures towards establishing strong anti-corruption laws within Dalibor, one that would tighten the grip around those who wish to do no good until it would be unbearable to persist. Such pursuits have seemingly bore the sweetest fruit this week, as apparently thousands of individuals from just about all corners of the nation were met with members of the national police services upon their properties, with arrest warrants to boot.

Almost immediately, many of these individuals, both foreign and national, took to social media to voice their immediate outcry when possible - deriding the rule of law as "witch hunts" or "undue persecution". Such posts were likewise slammed by their fellow Daliborians, with some accounts of League politicians joining in the condemnations. The country's Chief Prosecutor, Zhen Wu, remained firm during a press conference today that all men are innocent until proven guilty, but remarked "Reading just a handful of these men's arrest reports, it's very unlikely such a protection will exist before a jury," The anti-corruption campaign has attracted it's fair share of critics, arguing that the overbearing nature of the legislation passed last summer granted too wide of a description on what constitutes the crime, possibly leading to a carte blanche on opposition groups.

Soon enough however, supporters of the campaign fired back - pointing towards August's legislation as "air-tight" and leaving hardly any room for misconstruing the provisions. "What I think we're witnessing here is men who realize that their times of playing fast and loose have crashed and burned - much like their overpriced sports cars that they fly up and down the empty streets of Gangzhou," Gu Lin, President of the anti-corruption watchdog group Transparency Now remarked in an interview. "When their avenues have been exhausted, that machismo image that they instill upon themselves quickly fades away - leaving a cowardly, terrified criminal behind."

Reports released by the municipal police force of Dalibor City showcase the truly staggering amount of ill-gotten wealth the various CEOs, mid-level crime bosses, and dirty politicians received - with apparently "billions" of Indralan Shapir being froze in their bank accounts, or outright requisitioned by officers. Alongside currency, scores of items have been confiscated by forces in Dalibor City alone - ranging from luxury cars, expensive furniture, and in some instances, exotic animals.

After trials are held and sentences are given, the judiciary wishes to redirect these items and raw currency back towards the government - with the various purchases made by corrupt officials being auctioned off to foreign investors. "The sheer amount of Shapir that was lifted from these scumbags shows just how ineffective our previous governments were at fighting this glaring problem within our nation - if not outright participating in it," Ms. Gu stated in our recent interview. "Thank goodness for the fact that we finally have a government and leader that sees through the lies, deception, and outright intimidation by the cliques that've dictated Dalibor's intentions for years. I can only hope that we honestly never see this kind of bald-faced abuse of power again."

Despite the rousing success of the arrests, a handful of individuals reportedly out on the police's warrant have seemingly exited the country, either fleeing to Indrala or other neighboring countries. The Foreign Ministry's Overseas Crime Office has already written declarations for their extradition - a small slight that may suggest a degree of sloppiness from the national police, seemingly furthering the need for Cheng Fu's desire to invite foreign defense and security contractors into the nation, to assist in modernizing the nation's police forces, alongside the military, to a smaller degree.


Co-Chair of the Yingu-based investment group Prosperity Investments, Wei Xuefeng, is arrested on anti-corruption charges midway through a meeting with potential clients.
Mr. Wei is just one of many that have been shuttled into local police precincts under the first phase of the Democratic Progressive League's "Three Pillars of Inequality" policy.

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大理坡觀察者 | The Dalibor Observer
The Dalibor Observer is an independent, investigative broadsheet print and digital news organization based out of the nation's largest city, Yingu.
The organization reports mainly on national political and general news.
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21 June 4876
Interior Ministry secures contract with Broadshore Defense and Security Consulting Group, aims to bolster police and military
After lengthy talks between the Interior Secretary Yu Cheng and the group's CEO, Tom Westmore, Broadshore has secured a contract to modernize and train the country's police and military, following various attempts at intimidation towards the ruling government.
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by:
Xun Lei
Senior Political Analyst and Commentator

Following the mass wave of arrests as part of Chairman Cheng Fu's corruption phase of the Three Pillars of Inequality campaign, a similar wave of attempts at intimidation were thrust before the government - bomb threats, animal heads being left at the personal homes of Assemblymen and the Chairman himself, and even a few smattered assassination attempts. The government has further buckled down on it's commitments to "purging the rot" from Daliborian institutions, with the social media page for the Interior Ministry releasing a statement that an extensive contract was secured between their agency and the Baltusian-based Broadshore Security and Defense Consulting Group, or simply Broadshore.

From the Interior Ministry's social media page:

We have remained firmly committed to seeing that the efforts of the judiciary are not stalled by intimidations or empty threats - as such, Interior Secretary Yu Cheng has secured a lengthy contract with Mr. Westmore, aimed at greatly improving the efficiency of our national and local police forces, alongside the military. Dalibor welcomes the guidance and security that Broadshore offers, and greatly looks forward to seeing their instructors on our shores.

Not long after the Interior Ministry's deal, various "detachments" arrived in Dalibor City - mainly led by former militia member Andrew Livingston. Minor controversy erupted over various press upon Mr. Livingston's arrival, due an alleged mercenary past, but Livingston denied such claims. Broadshore's men were greeted by representatives of the Interior Ministry, then ushered into it's building for a conference. Stepping out from the flanks of men for a brief press statement, Yu Cheng reiterated his support for the help of Mr. Westmore's services. "For years our nation has suffered from lack of adequate training to it's policemen, resulting in the egregious situation that we see ourselves thankfully getting out of," Mr. Yu stated to reporters. "Alongside that to some degree is the military - which, while having been supervised occasionally by Indrala, have become somewhat outdated."

Despite the much needed assistance, various critics and some of the more nationalist-inclined members of the offshoot factions of the League voiced their concerns about the granting of influence of foreign contractors to some of the nation's most powerful institutions. "Forgive me if I'm wary on such developments," a League assemblymen commented. "But if we are to grant a few foreigners influence into our chief institutions for preserving our borders, and our judicial system, then I'll bet we'll find ourselves right back in the predicaments we wish so ardently to get ourselves out of."

For now however, it seems, both parties have been largely acceptive of the deal - with Broadshore's CEO, Tom Westmore, speaking positively about the contract. "I think what we achieved for Dalibor is a step in the right direction - not just for what they want to accomplish, but for how we want to further expand going forward. If Indrala was the gateway for Dalibor, then Dalibor will be the gateway for our company to further assist nations in the east who struggle to preserve their institutions."


Broadshore's CEO and Chairman of the Board, Tom Westmore, speaks at a defense conference last winter. The corporation, which provides security and military training guidance as well as consulting, operates largely within the Luthorian speaking world - owing to it's headquarters in Culverstown, Baltusia - but has broadened it's reach in recent years, operating in Majatra and Keris.

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大理坡觀察者 | The Dalibor Observer
The Dalibor Observer is an independent, investigative broadsheet print and digital news organization based out of the nation's largest city, Yingu.
The organization reports mainly on national political and general news.
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4 August 4876
Assembly passes economic reform, moves to vastly reshape nation's monetary policy
The Democratic Progressive League has passed via it's majority a slate of economic reforms - most notably in the form of a new economic policy, alongside the gradual abandonment of the Indralan Shapir, and it's replacement with a new currency, referred to as the Daliborian Yuan.
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by:
Xun Lei
Senior Political Analyst and Commentator
With contributions by:
Dai Guanyu
Junior Legislative and Economic Analyst

With practically all corruption swept underneath the rug - with strong reforms to reinforce such moves, it appears that corruption not only contributed to a gargantuan amount of misplaced money, both in private spheres and the government's own funds, but also attributed to a significant amount of capital and revenue for the Daliborian economy. As such, with the swift departure of such dirty money, the national economy has began to flounder somewhat, with various industries chafing under lower income - resulting in rising prices to cover losses.

The Assembly has approved a variety of economic reforms today, namely the strengthening of the Central Bank and it's authority over financial matters, alongside the beginning of a new economic policy, aimed at bolstering small businesses and granting lowered taxes to the lower class - while simultaneously passing a VAT and wealth tax, despite the protestations of the few affluent members of the nation that lacked deep pockets. The two new forms of taxation have, according to figures released by the Economic and Financial Affairs industry, resulted in a surge of new revenue for the government, allowing for the spearheading of economic development.

Most importantly (and controversial) of the Assembly's reforms was the changes made to monetary policy - notably the abandonment of the Indralan Shapir as the national currency and it's gradual replacement with the Daliborian Yuan, or Dollar. The Central Bank set a deadline of 20 years to see it's full implementation, but expects such a conversion to be much shorter than that. "The placement of 20 years for the conversion is more of a maximum limit," a spokesperson for the agency said. "The Central Bank wished to be flexible in it's timeframe, though we firmly believe that such a change will be much more speedier than what was recommended."

Pegged to the Shapir until the currency reaches a stable level of inflation and strength, the Yuan will reportedly be denominated into $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, and $500 banknotes, with coinage being denominated into 5, 10, and 25 cents - alongside having $1, $2, and $5 coins. Designs for the coins and banknotes are already underway by the Central Bank's National Mint, but have also announced a national design contest on social media. Popular runner-ups that've been proposed in the hours following the announcement have been Dalibor's famous volcanic Mount Huojuren, pastoral scenes, historical heads of state, and various native animals.

Nationalists and protectionists have lauded the recent economic reforms, while acknowledging the shared cultural link between Yingdala and Dalibor. "We were practically one in the same many centuries ago - and, to some extent, still are - but having our own currency not only allows for national pride, but the chance to finally begin to have monetary self-reliance," Shen Xinyue, of the Dalibor City-based Economic Reporter stated. "We can ease ourselves out of possibly having a larger than comfortable influence of foreign currency dictating our markets - and start to call the decisions on our own."


Economic Minister Liao Ming speaks before a press conference this morning. The newly-elected leader of the Economic and Financial Affairs ministry, Mrs. Liao has spoke firmly in support of establishing a new currency for Dalibor - alongside vast reforms to the national economy.

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大理坡觀察者 | The Dalibor Observer
The Dalibor Observer is an independent, investigative broadsheet print and digital news organization based out of the nation's largest city, Yingu.
The organization reports mainly on national political and general news.
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12 December 4876
New structural reforms to the government passed - Abolishes Chairmanship and State Counsellor positions in favor of strengthened Presidency
Alongside various reapportionments to the amount of seats the Assembly of the Union is granted, raising it's number from 250 to 290, the Assembly would see it's name changed to the Chamber of Deputies.
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by:
Xun Lei
Senior Political Analyst and Commentator

Long-expected to many political analysts but still granting occasional surprises, the ruling League government has passed an omnibus bill aimed at enacting a breadth of reforms to the structure of the Daliborian government - largely aimed at clearing up longstanding bills, and untangling confusing government bureaucracy. Taking inspiration from a host of western governments, the new legislation formally dissolved the offices of the Chairmanship and State Counsellorships, replacing them with a President and Vice Presidential system, with various powers granted to the executive to allow for robust strength. The transition to the new offices was reportedly "seamless and without issue". Alongside changes to the executive, various provisions for reforms to the legislative were also included.

Chief among them the restructuring of the chamber of the Assembly itself - accounting for population growth of an additional one million citizens by allotting more seats to the Assembly, raising it's number of members from 250 to 290. The legislature still remains unicameral due to the small size of Dalibor as a nation, but following up on it's corruption reform, the League's Assemblymen included a maximum limit of terms a member of the legislature can serve - previously eliminating the unlimited number of terms, replacing it with a maximum of two, consecutive nonrenewable terms of the unchanged five years. Furthermore, a name change was enacted for the Assembly - renaming it the Chamber of Deputies.

As the contents of the bill were published on the public website for the Chamber of Deputies, various analysts took issue at the amount of powers that were being granted to the Presidency - chief among them the ability to dissolve cabinets without legislative oversight, the ability to dissolve a sitting session of the Chamber without approval, and strong veto powers, which were criticized as unfair. A spokesperson for the President's office defended the changes, stating that "...such provisions have been included due to the so-called 'renegade' nature of Daliborian politics - we are still facing pushback for our anti-corruption campaign, leaving the possibility for the sabotage of our legislative institutions by unscrupulous elements possible. These provisions are not for a particular President, but for all Presidents in the future - to ensure that they have the sufficient powers they need to thwart corruption and unjust practices where they stand."

It's not exactly clear at the moment that whether or not these reforms are genuinely in the name of reforming the nation, or simply entrenching executive power. Some have highlighted the presence of authoritarian-leaning factions within the League as evidence for yet another repeat of the authoritarian governments of centuries past, while others have highlighted the populist-oriented tax reforms to the working and middle classes, and the shrinking of various corrupt corporate entities via trustbusting, which has resulted in a steady rise in availability of consumer goods to the common Daliborian, alongside a steady rise in purchasing power, despite a temporary slump in government revenue.

Regardless, it seems the shifting nature of Dalibor's past and political systems seems to have finally been trumped with something more cohesive - and one that will likely stand future tests of strength.


Chairman-turned-President Cheng Fu speaks before the newly-sworn in Chamber of Deputies.
The President has already faced various criticisms for his strengthening of the Presidency - to which he remarked was "modernizing an outdated bureaucracy".

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大理坡觀察者 | The Dalibor Observer
The Dalibor Observer is an independent, investigative broadsheet print and digital news organization based out of the nation's largest city, Yingu.
The organization reports mainly on national political and general news.
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17th February 4878
Chamber of Deputies approves new administrative divisions for the nation
Following the allotment of more seats to the national legislature due to population growth, the Chamber of Deputies has also approved new administrative divisions for Dalibor, effectively erasing the uncertainty of regional borders after the dissolution of the Socialist Union.
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by:
Xun Lei
Senior Political Analyst and Commentator

Following the dissolution of the Socialist Union, there was a variety of ambiguity with regards to regional borders - especially true with regards to proportions accounting for population growth trends and allotting a slew of members from each region of the nation to the national legislature. The increasing in size of the Chamber of Deputies' seats thus definitively required a consensus on the matter, one that the Chamber was able to reach within hours of debate.

Upon the passage of the Administrative Reform Act of 4878, the nation's regional units would therefore be referred to as Provinces, usually drawn up around major population centers or geographical boundaries. Special cases for administrative units would be granted however - them being the Capital Region of Dalibor City, which is it's own unique province and is subsequently the seat of it's region, and the Yingu and Gangzhou Special Administrative Regions (or SARs), which were drawn around the metropolitan areas of each city. Although the latter is more of a ceremonial function at the present moment, due to Gangzhou's historic nature as being long abandoned.

Such changes to the nation's administrative units are expected to greatly eliminate byzantine bureaucracy and improve the collecting of essential government revenue such as taxes. For years, one of Dalibor's main hurdles that prevented it's advancement and modernization unlike it's neighbor Yingdala were confusing mixes of regional and sub-regional units - municipalities were depicted as higher than provinces, or traditionally lower than them. "We aimed to eliminate confusing and cluttered bureaucracy," the DPL's caucus leader within the Chamber of Deputies stated. "And that is just what we're doing - finally putting to rest an utter mess of administrative jumble, and clearing the haze, allowing for the government to properly do it's job."


A map of the new administrative divisions for Dalibor, posted from the Chamber of Deputies' website.

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大理坡觀察者 | The Dalibor Observer
The Dalibor Observer is an independent, investigative broadsheet print and digital news organization based out of the nation's largest city, Yingu.
The organization reports mainly on national political and general news.
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3rd January 4877 (OOC: Postdated)
Snap elections held for new Chamber of Deputies, Democratic Progressive League retains it's majority
Following an expansion in seat numbers to the legislature, snap elections were held shortly thereafter, resulting in the League holding onto it's majority within the Chamber.
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by:
Dai Guanyu
Junior Legislative and Economic Analyst

With the expanding of the number of seats allotted to the Chamber of Deputies last month to account for a population growth of over one million in recent decades, raising it's numbers from 250 to 290, snap elections were held to fill the 40 freshly-created vacancies within the legislature. Not having enough time to concretely mount opposing campaigns, the opposition within the Chamber, predominantly consisting of the Workers' Party, floundered in exit polls, despite having modest showings among rural electoral municipalities. Another hurdle to mount a significant challenge to the largely popular DPL government was the National Solidarity Party's announcement of their filing for bankruptcy, after a number of steep legal fines following some of it's members implications in corruption scandals left them unable to consistently pay them off.

As such, the National Solidarity Party withdrew it's candidates for members of the Chamber, alongside it's nominees for President and Vice President - rendering them functionally removed from national politics. A lack of clear policies to challenge the DPL on also resulted in the Democratic Party and the aforementioned Workers' Party unable to gain further seats. Meanwhile, the snap elections were nothing short of comfortable and free of anxiousness for the ruling League, who trailed consistently in the polls broadly among all voter bases - even including those who had traditionally voted for the Workers' Party or National Solidarity.

The DPL's confidence and supply within the legislature, the Conservatives, who, despite their shift towards a more centrist outlook, expanded their seats within the Chamber, raising their members from 35 to 57. Not much of an increase, but perhaps even more of a supermajority for the DPL to wield going forward. With regards to a campaign platform, the DPL predominantly ran on their continuing efforts of anti-corruption and economic revitalization - this time advocating for more agrarian reforms to be passed in order to stave off anxious concerns of food insecurity (or outright collapse) in the nation's northern provinces.

President Cheng Fu was quick to thank his supporters - both on social media and a televised speech - for their continued faith in his government, remarking "We still continue to wield the ingenuity towards a new era. With your defection from the mainstream establishment and putting your beliefs in us, we were able to radically reduce the amount of flagrant corruption that plagued our country for centuries past. We're still following on that path - the Three Pillars of Inequality campaign is not finished unless EACH citizen of Dalibor is the master of their own future!"

The government has through it's Agricultural Ministry advocated for the subsidizing of hardy, mass-producible cash crops to both funnel further strength into the economy by increasing Dalibor's export market, and to ensuring that food insecurity is wholly eliminated. With a continued mandate from the public, it seems highly likely that such reforms will be enacted - alongside many others the DPL has expressly advocated for.

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達利波日報 | Dalibor Daily
Dalibor Daily is your source for all that's fresh and current in popular media and music. Headquartered in Dalibor City, your inside ticket to all the latest shows, movies, and music lies right here.
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26th February 4878
Dalibor submits its first entry for FOMAT after fierce competition
Following a fierce competition for Dalibor's submission, the Kunihito artist Yasuhiro Tokohama won out, with his latest single - "Love in Your Eyes".
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by:
Meng Fang
Editor-in-chief

Certainly a bit of an odd choice for a country that's majority Indralan - but nonetheless winning out in the online voting period was Yasuhiro Tokohama's recent hit single "Love in Your Eyes", a powerful romantic ballad, which is a bit of a step out of his usual rock and funk-oriented repertoire - but otherwise swept the music scene here in Dalibor. In fact, over three of Yasuhiro's recent hits made it into the top ten within the final round of voting, with the two others being "Quiet Roaring" and "Living on Time", both excellent rock and funk hits, but failed to secure the nomination.

If you ask me, putting a romantic song for FOMAT is a bit unconventional, but there's always a vast array of genres on display with each passing one. In other years it's rock - and the next, traditional pop. After that? Maybe even country. The list goes on. It was a bit of a crowded field for the nomination, with the first entry for FOMAT likely always going to be something special. Despite some initial displeasure over a native Daliborian not reaching that coveted submission spot for FOMAT, some can arguably consider Yasuhiro a Daliborian himself. Kunihito by birth and born in Hulstria and Gao-Soto, Yasuhiro's family eventually settled down in Dalibor, despite it's often unscrupulous reputation. Despite a rough upbringing, Yasuhiro had a natural talent for music and has been known for his wide vocal range.

Working in both the Indralan and Daliborian musical scenes for well about a decade now, Yasuhiro has certainly racked up his fair share of gold albums, and a steady crowd of followers. Just last summer during his concert in the middle of the Outlands, during his "Whispering Winds" tour, he broke a record crowd size, with around 213,000 people in attendance. Being no stranger to sold-out venues and absolutely raided record stores of his newest releases, Yasuhiro was reportedly somewhat interested in performing his piece live for FOMAT - rather than giving a lip-synched performance, as some have opted to do so. "I just sort of feel like shaking up the formula every now and then," Yasuhiro stated during an interview this week. "Give the people what they want, you know? Where's the fun in that raw, visceral energy you get from doing something live, rather than mindlessly mouthing the words?"

Regardless on what Yasuhiro has in store for FOMAT, Dalibor has finally offered itself to the table - and with an excellent first song to start with. For those who haven't heard Yasuhiro's latest single, you can have a listen down at our website, found here.


Yasuhiro Tokohama, seen here in a promotional photo for his latest single, "Love in Your Eyes", has won the nomination for Dalibor's submission to FOMAT.
Despite being Kunihito by birth, Yasuhiro has become wildly popular over his now decade-long career in music.

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大理坡觀察者 | The Dalibor Observer
The Dalibor Observer is an independent, investigative broadsheet print and digital news organization based out of the nation's largest city, Yingu.
The organization reports mainly on national political and general news.
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10th December 4678
Agriculture Ministry to follow up on it's plans for cash crop production by announcing slew of subsidies
Following it's planned desires for the subsidizing of hardy, sustainable cash crops during the snap elections, the Agricultural Ministry has announced a slew of generous subsidies and grants to reinvigorate Dalibor's agricultural industry.
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by:
Xun Lei
Senior Political Analyst and Commentator

Following the expressed desires of both the President and the cabinet's subsequent Agricultural Ministry, the agency has put forth it's intentions to introduce a slew of generous subsidies and grants for a variety of crops to enter mass production in the country's traditional agricultural heartlands to the northwest, and expand production in the north. For years, Dalibor has suffered food insecurities for a variety of different reasons - corrupt and unstable governments often being the largest contributor. Crop production has largely remained at subsistence levels, which has often caused the government to rely on grain imports from neighboring Indrala - which strengthened trade and diplomatic relations, but lowered self-sufficiency for the country's food supply.

Hoping to change that situation, the ministry held a lengthy conference this afternoon expressing key details of the campaign - namely raising crop yields out of subsistence levels and contributing to a healthy agricultural market for the purposes of trade, alongside boosting the national economy alone. "Our nation is small but we have traditionally held large tracts of land capable of feeding the entire nation if used properly," Zhao Xun, the Agriculture Secretary, stated during the conference. "But as many of you know, due to the shifting nature of Dalibor's governments and their stability, this has traditionally not been the case."

The main subsidies granted towards the campaign are the vast lowering of prices for fields and seed prices, rendering them to greatly affordable and accessible levels for practically all citizens. Coupled with traditional subsidies were the enacting of large land grants to preexisting farms, encouraging small ones to migrate to larger ones, and the smaller ones being reorganized to support typically lower-yield crops. Specific crops that were targeted for growth by Mr. Zhao were rice, soybeans, and wheat - with a specific emphasis on rice, noting it's ability to thrive in practically any climate or soil. Other, non-crop sections of the agricultural industry targeted for expansion were dairy, meat, and wool, which have often been harvested for centuries, but due to Dalibor's previous years of corruption and instability, were unable to be brought to efficiency and normal levels.

"In closing, I hope that we can truly eliminate hunger in our great nation - with a land as small as ours, all of our citizens needs can be met and then some," Mr. Zhao remarked in his closing comments. "It is simply an embarrassment for a country of our size to still have hungry citizens. Such issues cannot be allowed to exist further." The agricultural ministry has set a minimum period of five years for citizens to claim benefits from the program's grants and subsidies, and will be offering technical assistance to those who wish to learn farming techniques for the first time, in a partnership with existing farms. Although the ministry has not set a maximum period or deadline for the project in it's entirety, stating that it's goals were an "ongoing, long-term" campaign.


A rice paddy is pictured in the southern Outlands, near Dongru. Agricultural production in Dalibor has remained traditionally stagnant, largely being done at basic subsistence levels. With recent plans announced by the Agricultural Ministry, such conditions seem set to drastically change.

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大理坡觀察者 | The Dalibor Observer
The Dalibor Observer is an independent, investigative broadsheet print and digital news organization based out of the nation's largest city, Yingu.
The organization reports mainly on national political and general news.
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3rd March 4879
Ministry of Foreign Affairs to petition World Congress for aid in developing Gangzhou
A most unusual move, but yet one that has seemingly become more necessary, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has decided to submit a formal request to the World Congress on behalf of it's ambassador to grant aid in developing the nation's de jure capital region.
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by:
Xun Lei
Senior Political Analyst and Commentator

For a millennia and two centuries now, the sprawling city of Gangzhou, once the shining star of Dalibor during it's time as a colony of Indrala, has sat empty and abandoned. Weeds grow out of cracked asphalt roads. Vast, meandering sidewalks host no citizens to tread upon their concrete paths. A fickle population of anywhere between 2,000 or less permanently resides in the city, formerly belonging to criminal and other unscrupulous groups, but now finds its population largely made up of would-be corporate oligarchs and casino employees and their upper staff. The region has seen absolutely no development whatsoever in recent centuries - despite many promises to do so.

Structural damage was common in old abandoned buildings, with a scattered few succumbing to lack of repair and maintenance and crumbling over the years. Others face intermittent luxuries of electricity (except the ones which stand to gain a potential profit), and the few civilians who actually reside in the region live in unheard of squalor and poverty. Running water and heat are distant memories, and the occasional sewer main bursts, sending excrement onto the open streets. Gangzhou is, in the most bluntest terms available, a failed city. Vast apartment blocks dot the skyline, arranged neatly in rows, but lay neglect of residents. Stray animals roam the streets and sometimes fight each other.

Gangzhou has been somewhat of a gnawing liability for governments past. There was always a drive to see it revitalized, but the sheer nature of disrepair and ruin essentially necessitated a wholly new reconstruction of the city itself - which brought with it exponentially high costs, leaving it's development into a proper metropolis firmly out of reach.

Until this year, it seems.

Devising an unconventional proposal, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has decided to address the issue not as a national one, but perhaps a humanitarian one - the sheer scale of abject abandonment leading to a lowered quality of life for Daliborian citizens, and contributing to a crisis. Therefore, the Foreign Affairs Ministry sent it's singular ambassador to the World Congress to request the Assembly's allowance for multiple nations to contribute to it's rapid development. Certainly a gambit, Dalibor's ambassador to the WC did state that her wishes were ambitious, but were nonetheless a genuine plea to finally put to rest Dalibor's most gnawing issue.

From the Daliborian ambassador to the World Congress, Ms. Xue Yaling:

...I understand that the request that I bring before the floor of this Assembly is not only unconventional but ambitious; However we believe that the scale of this issue is akin to that of a humanitarian crisis - Less than two thousand people infrequently live in a capitol region that is vast and expansive, once originally designed to house quadruple that. As Yingdala is our gateway into the west, it is Gangzhou and Dalibor City that are the doors that open into the entirety of the continent of Dovani. We believe the potential for a complete renovation of the city opens up to numerous benefits, both economic and diplomatic - and ardently agree that all nations may benefit from their potential contributions.

The World Congress has yet to issue a formal response to the remarks of the nation's ambassador - although the possibilities of economic benefit to both Dalibor and foreign countries is vast, alongside possible diplomatic opportunities.


Abandoned apartments line the outskirts of Gangzhou, nearby one of it's old industrial districts.
Often described as a "economic sinkhole", the city has laid in disrepair for centuries.

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大理坡觀察者 | The Dalibor Observer
The Dalibor Observer is an independent, investigative broadsheet print and digital news organization based out of the nation's largest city, Yingu.
The organization reports mainly on national political and general news.
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13th August 4879
Finance Ministry to regulate stock market to strengthen the Yuan, despite corporate pushback
Announcing a slew of regulatory measures aimed at strengthening Dalibor's new national currency, the ministry has soldiered on despite pushback from corporate interests.
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by:
Dai Guanyu
Junior Legislative and Economic Analyst

Continuing in it's policies to further develop the nation's new national currency, the Daliborian Yuan, the Ministry of Finance approved a slew of regulations aimed at the nation's stock market, implementing various stopgap measures to prevent fast-rising inflation, which has been a consistent concern for various analysts and the ministry itself. The regulations still allowed for the national currency to float in it's exchange rate regime, but did leave provisions for direct intervention in circumstances that absolutely require it. "Belief in the free market has always been a strong, ardent relief of all Daliborians," a representative for the ministry stated. "But in order to strengthen our freshly created national currency, after years of having the Shapir, we felt it necessary to enact some regulatory measures to ensure that such growth is not only stable, but also consistent."

Almost immediately after the announcement of their intentions, pro-market lobbyists and members of both prominent corporations and stockbroking agencies took to social media to criticize the new set of regulations, referring to them as government overreach in the free market, despite the mixed economy approach of the ruling Democratic Progressive League, and it's further intentions for state-directed economic and infrastructure development. "The market has always been able to self-regulate," one criticizer wrote on social media. "The government's reforms are a step in the wrong direction, and could break the careful balance of the Yuan."

Regardless, the finance ministry has dismissed such claims. "As I have said, these are stopgap measures to bolster the national currency and ensure it's strength and consistent growth," the aforementioned ministry representative reiterated. "I scarcely think that this is government overreach." Alongside such reforms to the nation's stock market, the Central Bank has continued its efforts to ensure a smooth conversion to the Yuan. Various institutions have already began conversion of wages, prices, and other offers over to the Yuan, while banks have offered conversions for personal savings at a stable rate. Whilst not having as much strength as the Shapir or other international currencies at the present moment, the Finance Ministry hopes these measures will allow for a speedy conversion to the Yuan for all the nation's three million citizens.

The stock market has seen a revival in its operations in recent years, owing to the government's anti-corruption reforms and recent agrarian campaign. President Cheng Fu expressed ambitious goals for the nation's economy, desiring the rapid development of the Yuan in the timespan of a decade, alongside the complete revitalization of the national economy in just under two decades. Despite the doubts of analysts, President Cheng has remained adamant that such could happen if healthy trade and diplomatic ties were renewed with some of Terra's most strongest nations.


The trade floor of the Dalibor City Stock Exchange is shown in session. Long considered an important center for continental trade despite Dalibor's colorful history, many traders cast doubt on the Finance Ministry's regulations. Despite the pushback, the ministry has remained adamant that such reforms would allow for the strengthening and stable growth of the Daliborian Yuan.