OOC: Starting a new thread mainly because, in addition to the name change, the former nation's newspaper got taken over in confusion.
CANN: Confederation ProclaimedEnding four years of behind the scenes negotiations, the last vestiges of both Kerisian Colonialism and Socialism have been formally stripped from the nation, as the territory formerly known as the New Endralonian Socialist Republic officially became the United Confederation of Kizenia and Kuzaki. Prime Minister Soria Anaïs Kuzaki held the honor of removing the plaque from the National Parliament, which read in Endralonian "The People's House of New Endralon", and replaced it with a plaque in all three of Kizenia and Kuzaki's official languages, proclaiming the chamber the "National Legislature of the Confederation of Kizenia and Kuzaki." (The reference to Kuzaki is clarified in the Kuzaki language version, where the historic symbol for the Kuzaki Territory, rather than the Family Name of Ren and Soria Kuzaki, is used).
While the national government will continue to set many overall policies, the change in government grants the Province of Kuzaki greater autonomy in local affairs, particularly in Education and Justice.
There was grumbling from the nations New Endralonian community, particularly in Sodali Province, where protesters insisted the nation would "always be New Endralon." Thus far, the protests have been peaceful, with only three arrests when a small group of protesters attempted to block traffic in downtown Fluviului.
Celebrations, on the other hand, were the order of the day in Kuzaki, where Provincial Ministers proclaimed a day of festival in commemoration of the grant of regional autonomy. It is expected that negotiations with Tiania province for a similar autonomous status will be issued sometime in the next year, once tax sharing arrangements are made.