by Pragma » Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:07 pm
T. Sagana Wins Second Term
April 4432
T. Sagana has won in a landslide in the first elections for the President of the Confederated League of Vasakana, her second win at a Presidential election. Sagana won with 77% of the vote, with similarly high levels of support in both occupied Kalkalistan and Vanakalam individually. She won in all six Vanakalamese regions and all 17 principalities in which any territory is currently held by the CLV, though only half of these are predominantly held by Sagana's forces.
Sagana was endorsed by all political parties in Vanakalam, bar the communists, and all rebel princes in Kalkalistan, which - in the areas occupied - enjoyed its first democratic election for a nationwide office in history. Sagana's giant mandate re-inforces her hand in the developing situation in Kalkalistan, which she has invested tens of thousands of her own military troops into - with many returning home in caskets.
Sagana's Freedom Alliance won a 2/3rds majority in the 200-seat Vanakalamese devolved legislature, winning 137 seats, and won the governorship of all Vankalamese regions. Her ally T. Dyshini, the sister of the late President T. Kumar, won the position of Governor-General of Vanakalam, the highest position country-wide - though she still reports nationally to the proclaimed leader of both countries, T. Sagana. The Freedom Alliance's Kalkalistani counterpart, Alliance for a Free Kalkalistan, won 107 of the 200 seats in the newly-established Kalkalistani devolved legislature and all Princes loyal to Sagana got their allies elected bar a few irregularities. The election was so successful for Sagana, it has drawn criticism for possibly having been staged. While it is true that Sagana is very popular with her people, 77% is a very, very high number and so is 137 seats.
Plans to create a federal legislature of 100 seats are already under consideration for if the two nations are finally fully united as is planned. Sagana has vehemently dismissed rumours of cheat, calling them plots from the communist 'sore losers"' whose candidate won only 23% of the vote against Sagana. Sagana's nature as a leader has been up and down, with the economy in Vanakalam improving significantly but personal liberties being cracked down upon.
The government is increasingly authoritarian and repressive, and has implemented wide-scale surveillance and monitoring programs with the little resources they can muster. As the country grows, Sagana's military might does too. If the continent united, it would have more potential manpower than any other country on the globe. Alongside claims of election staging, claims of Sagana developing experimental weaponry that severely damages the environment have also been dismissed.
Brutality Continues In Kalkalistan
October 4432
The Empress Lakshmi of Bhapor has continued a reign of vicious barbarity, as public executions and torture persist among rebels captured and detained by her forces. Her elite and hardened Bhapori guard have continued to use terrible chemical weaponry on civilian and military targets in an attempt to force submission from the local populace. The luxurious former princess of Bhapor has been extremely successful in obliterating the levy troops of the Khoni lords, led by Prince Kaysan who is also the most senior leader in the rebellion out of the native figures involved. Kaysan's troops have been targeted viciously for brutal treatment as the "Black Empress" - as the native populous have started to call her - uses guerrilla warfare to reclaim territory lost to the secession. Lakshmi's enemies have also been crucified and burnt alive, often alongside their families, leaving no person in the region unknowing of her violence.
In the far south, Prince Mrigaj of Vora's mission to save the stranded and isolated Prince Tarun of Vatavana has nearly succeeded, and the distance between the later, who has had to push north to meet Mrigaj, and the former, who has had to battle through dense forest and waves of enemies, has been cut by three-quarters. If the two princes can consolidate their forces, they would pose a massive threat to the Rajavanshi loyalists, who have some of the weakest forces due to the fact they are siding against the will of most of the subjects. Most Rajavanshi, even those sworn to loyalists lords and princes, have chosen to aid the forces of the two princes in their efforts to reunite. They would, however, reunite in a bridge of rebel territory that would be on pressure from both sides. After uniting, the task of striking up rebellions from natives against their lords would begin - a task made much harder by news of the brutality of the regime against rebels.
Vanakalamese invaders, who style themselves as the "Liberation Forum" - a name inspired by the word 'Forum' being associated with Sagana in Vanakalam, due to its usage in the Vanakalamese civil war - have made significant progress. Originally struggling against High Prince Zalim and his large numbers of troops, the Vanakalamese have had increasing success through striking up rebellion and sedition among the minority populous who feel threatened by their Rajutti overlords. The Emperor, Raghu III of Kayal, has had to begin preparation plans for fighting the Vanakalamese in an area in which they excel: urban warfare.
With veterans from the civil war leading much of her forces, Sagana should be confident that if the war comes down to a battle through the streets she would probably win. What Raghu does to combat this remains to be seen, but Raghu apparently is more concerned with reports of a high-impact weapon Vanakalam is developing that makes terrain impassible. Details are not yet public, nor is confirmation of such a program being real.
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