I find it ironic that the Pulias People's Party seems to believe that I intend to serve only the upper class, as my true goal is to allow as many as possible to become part of it, which means doing my very best to elevate every citizen of Pulias to that level of wealth.
But I will not bother engaging in petty name-calling like the Pulias People's Party seems to have decided is the best way to get elected. Instead, I will tell you what I have done, and what I intend to do.
Some of you may have heard tales of Silverman's speech in Coventy, in which he accused me of caring for naught but scientific advancements, even at the expense of the people. These accusations, I am willing to answer.
I know for a fact that Silverman did not 'overhear' these conversations - rather, he was a full participant of these, and could have raised any and all points he wished to. Likewise, he seems to forget that I stated that if it was within the mandate of the interim government, the very first building to be constructed would be a Water Mill, rather than a Factory or an Observatory. How, then, can he claim that I care only for science and production?
Either of those would increase scientific advancement in the short term, but what I care about is the long-term, and in that, the city would benefit from growing as large as possible, as a large population will only serve to provide even more ingenuity for our nation!
With that said, I will return to what I intend to do for this city!
I have heard that some desire a Camp to be constructed on the grazing land of the Deer nearby. As the Minister of Interior, I was the one in charge of Worker assignments, and I can assure you that even before this first election, I had given orders for such a Camp to be constructed. In fact, it rated only below other Resources close to our cities, such as Coal and Luxury resources.
Speaking of Luxury resources, I intend to initiate trade with the newfound nation of Dalmacia. If at all possible, I will seek to obtain gold from them in return, to resolve the current gold deficit, but failing that, I intend to trade it for other valuable goods that would improve the lives of the average Pulian.
With regards to construction, I fully believe in my previous decisions to construct a hospital and a factory, as both would greatly benefit our glorious city. After that, however, I believe that attempting to construct the World Wonder Pentagon as soon as possible would be a great aid to our nation. While I have no wishes to wage wars upon other inhabitants of the world, I remind you of an ancient Latin proverb - Si vis pacem, para bellum. It means 'if you want peace, prepare for war." Our world has undergone great changes, and in this new world, people will doubtlessly attempt to take advantage of any weakness in our nation.
Therefore, I propose that we construct this wonder, so that we may in the future upgrade our troops at reduced costs, thus allowing us to field greater armies. Armies which will doubtlessly be needed to protect our nation.
However, we still lack the necessary advancements for that. As such, I believe that we should construct an additional Land Ironclad. After all, we have only combat-capable units for three cities, which leaves one of them vulnerable to attacks by enemies such as the Luddites. And while I have full faith in our citizens abilities to defend their home city, I would hate to see the nearby lands pillaged by hostile forces.
