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Copenhagen Tribune Profile
HIS MAJESTY HENRIC III, EMPEROR OF THE NORSE
<Reporter> Your Majesty, it is an honor to be here with you today. HIS MAJESTY HENRIC III, EMPEROR OF THE NORSE

<Henric III> Likewise.
<Reporter> With all due respect to Your Highness, there seems to be some confusion among the international community about our reasons for war with the Sapmi Republic, a neighbor that many detractors of the conflict have characterized as peaceful and cooperative with Norse international policies. Do you have anything to say about that?
<Henric III> What the "international community" seems to have forgotten is the fundamental qualities of the relationships between nations. If I may paraphrase, as Mussolini said, a nation is not merely a geographical quantity to us. It is a spirit, a way of life and being, and the force of arms and power of a nation is the greatest and fullest expression of that spirit. A pacifist world is a neutered world, with nations that exist purely for the benefit of their own leaders, feeding off decadence and incompetence, with the benefits of their salaries financing further decadence, incompetence, and a fundamental decay of the national spirit, the national infrastructure, of the definition of the national consciousness and identity. War, perhaps war for its own sake, is the best way to express the national spirit and identity in a way that benefits the national cause. The land claimed by the "Sapmi Republic" is historically Norse, and must be brought back into the fold. The Sapmi live under a deject, decadent government, feeding off of its own decadence and incompetence in a vicious cycle of decay. We shall liberate them from the tyranny of decadence, as we liberated the Finns from the tyranny of Russian rule.
<Reporter> Of course. Many foreign politicos have accused the Imperium of rampant expansionism and imperialism as part of a fascist manifesto for international dominance... For its own sake, as it were.
<Henric III> The national spirit demands exhortation. To deny it is to profess to decadence, to incompetence, to a type of pacifist laziness that strikes a mortal blow to the very heart of the national consciousness. We have no "fascist manifesto" other than a true, aching desire to be free. Freedom can only be achieved, truly, within the context of loyalty to the national spirit, the national identity, and service to the national consciousness and the national cause. Men are only free when they are at their utmost expression of the national dialectic; you cannot be free without limits. The freedom to do anything one pleases is the freedom to be lazy, and to be lazy is the death of the intellect, the strength, and the "spice of life". Idle hands are the devil's workshop, citizen.
<Reporter> Indeed. What of accusations of "Norse war crimes" and as one reporter from Guyanna put it, "a callous disregard for human life"?

<Henric III> I can neither confirm nor deny those allegations.
<Reporter> Pardon?
<Henric III> What I am saying is, there are known knowns, and there are known unknowns. There are also unknown knowns, and known unknowns. That is to say, there are things we know we know; furthermore, there are things we don't know we know. There are also things we don't know we know, and things we know we don't know.
<Reporter> Uhh...
<Henric III> The attitude of corrupting "democratic" systems such as the "republic" practiced in Russia is unacceptable. The state, for the sake of the nation, must protect the people from their own natural decadence. As the Bible wisely tells us of the 'Fall of Man', so must we be wary of the naturally lazy, naturally evil, sin lurking within each of us. Only through work towards the exhortation of the national spirit can we be free and pure, without sin.
<Reporter> I see. If I may, how do you think this translates into Your Majesty's government's opposition to the Finnish independence movement?
<Henric III> I'm glad you asked. The Finnish "independence" movement is exactly why a discerning state must stand between their citizens and the natural desire for decadence inherent in man's imperfect nature. Self-government is simply not an option, for the sake of peace and normalcy, in Finland. Those who exhort Finnish independence have been deeply separated within their individual state from the national consciousness and cause. My position, and the position of my government, is that Finland, for the sake of the Finnish people, must constitute a provincial district within the Imperium. It is the best way to serve the interests of the national cause, and the best way to serve the interests of the Finnish people. In Finland, as the case will soon be in the Sapmi territories, the rule of my officials is just and enlightened. Whether or not they realize it, the Finnish people cry out in their hearts for freedom, and so do we. When people say something was mutual, it never is. But this was mutual.
<Reporter> Can you respond to the critiques of the liberal movement within the Imperium, that within the last several decades, your succession of "conservative" governments have fostered an overly-martial Norse "high culture"?
<Henric III> I can only respond to this "critique" by exhorting all of you to recognize the signs of crippling decadence where you see it. The pacifistic refusal to express the national consciousness on the international stage, with warfare when necessary and beneficial for the nation's interests, is the height of decadence and incompetence. Personally, as Emperor, I'm quite proud that these subversive, pacifistic individuals do not serve as my administration. They no longer represent the will of the Norse people, and certainly not the national cause or dialectic, if they ever did. It is a glorious time to be a citizen of the Imperium.
<Reporter> Of course. Any last words for our readers?
<Henric III> God bless the Imperium.
