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World News!
Editor's Note:
Dear Readers,
I'm terribly sorry for the delay. As many of you are aware the food crisis has led to the requisitioning of all many resources here in Bermudia so we were unable to meet our usual quarterly deadline of publishing this on New Years Day. We hope you appreciate this Valentines Day Issue and we hope that you have a good time reading it and a good evening with your Significant Other. Of course if you are not with anyone just being seen with this classy quarterly journal should earn you the attention of whomever you want!
As ever bringing you the greatest available analysis of Intentional Politics in a Quarterly Journal
World News!
- Nathaniel Harcourt
The Fight for the Bosphorus- War correspondent Gottfried Faust
The Russian and Roman navies were locked in brutal combat here at Istanbul (or as the previous owners called it - Constantinople) and after a long and hard battle the Russians finally managed to push out the Roman forces allowing a potential invasion across the Bosphorus in the coming weeks.
Elsewhere the Romans managed to hold of the Black Sea Navy but were unsuccessful in stopping the Russian European Fleet which has now made landing all across the southern and western coasts of Byzantium. The Russians are well trained and Moral is high. And the usual incompetency of the Byzantine navy is offset by their intense feeling of patriotism as they defend their homeland. Unfortunately now the Royal Palace has fallen and been burnt to the ground. Some republican citizens flocked to the streets in celebration but for the majority of citizens this has come as a hard blow to Morale.
A few pockets of Roman soldiers remain in the city desperately holding on. however now cut off from any hopes of gaining supplies or relief it is unlikely they will last long.
Food Crisis Hits Hard - International Relations correspondent Michael Sanford
The Food Crisis prompted by the Indonesian blockade which was meant to elevate the status of females in target nations has been an utter farce in its intended effect. In fact many UN analysts worry that the rest of the world may see a rise in hate crimes against women as people continue to make gender the largest issue of our time. The Blockade has sadly been effective in other aspects though and many of the worlds nations will be experiencing massive food shortages in the next month. Nations like Malta will be especially hard hit as it has yet to build an infrastructure for its own food production and its territory encompasses the least fertile areas of the entire planet.
Some nations such as Indo-Persia and GEAR have been mildly successful in creating their own food production facilities though when stocks run out the 90% of the world food that was provided by Indonesia will be very sorely missed.
This is why so may people are deeming Thailand's efforts to secure the means of production so crucial. Thailand has been able to secure the north of Indonesian territory and is trying to organise the food production facilities located there. unfortunately the majority of such factories were located on Java and it is only because the Indonesian government believes that the world will eventually choose Feminism over starvation that these factories have not yet been destroyed by the government. Many of those in occupied territory have been sabotaged beyond use.
This has prompted a huge backlash against the UN as once again Thailand was almost unanimously voted not to have a place in its halls.
State of the United Nations - UN Correspondent William Edwards
These last few weeks have been big for the UN. Firstly as Japan is now fully under the control of either the UN forces or the humanitarians from the Maltese Order. This mark a big step for the world. Upon hearing of the sights these soldiers have witnessed many call for more justice to be brought upon Takeshi Shiro, the current dictator of the Philippines who played a vital role in the months following the poisoned food crisis.
Secondly the UN welcomed 13 new members in this last week. This has caused much controversy though as France achieved membership however Thailand was once again rejected.
Big changes once again.
No more stats, no more national focuses. We're going full story based.
Updates will now be more regular and will focus on 4 areas: War, Major International Concerns, the United Nations and Natural Disasters and anything else might be mentioned in the Editor's note.
If you feel I've missed something feel free to PM me and I might include it in a mid-turn update.
Shame is now reset for all and recorded in the UN group so don't worry if you are not a UN member
