Maria was poor, dirt poor. But she got by. She couldn't farm the plot on her own. But she could make a living milking the cows, tending the chickens, keeping the garden, and weaving and selling the rugs her people had been making for as long as they could remember. And she waited for her beloved...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Banja Luka
GENERAL RELEASE
My! So many have so much concern for Crotobaltislavonia's Jews! I never realized! Of course, if parties are interested in taking the Jews off our hands, Crotobaltislavonia is more than willing to make such arrangements. Of course, an exit...
FOR GENERAL RELEASE
Official Communique
To: Hedwig Allinger, c/o the People's Republic of Ostmark
From: Ministry of Culture and Sport, Free Canton of Crotobaltislavonia
Banja Luka, Crotobaltislavonia
The Free Canton of Crotobaltislavonia is pleased to extend an invitation to Miss Allinger to...
Land. Land! Real estate. The space on top of it that folks live in. The rich, black europe to grow things in. The valuable stuff to dig or pump out and sell. LAND!
And Boroslav didn't care the least about all that. Unlike the idiots who made and lost fortures on their stupid "land", Boroslav...
SECRET
FROM: Maximilian Jedreck, Foreign Minister, Free State of Crotobaltislavonia
TO: Bernard Lavosnier, Foreign Minister, People's Republic of Serenierre
SUBJECT: Improved Relations
Dear Sir,
It has been brought to my attention that though Serenierre and Crotobaltislavonia are nominal...
Prime Minister Musayev sat in his car, thinking about events back in Banja Luka. "Thinks will be different from now on," Kruten had said. And after the general had laid out his plans, Musayev could not disagree.
Things will be different. And maybe better.
The motorcade slowly pulled through...
From: The Free Canton of Crotobaltislavonia
To: The Kingdom of Justosia
Subject: Naval Deployment Beyond Justosia's Waters
Sir or Madame,
It has come to my nation's attention that a group of your warships approach Gallo-Germania. We do not understand the reasoning for such a provacative...
SENSITIVE
FROM: Maximilian Jedreck, Foreign Minister, Free State of Crotobaltislavonia
TO: Whom It May Concern
SUBJECT: Our Frontiers
Sir or Madame,
Let us agree to a measure that will speed things up at the border of our country and mine. The Free Canton proposes an exchange of officials so...
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
FROM: Maximilian Jedreck, Foreign Minister, Free State of Crotobaltislavonia
TO: Rodrigo Ferreiro, Foreign Minister, Aurarian Republic
SUBJECT: Aurarian Nationals In Crotobaltislavonia
Sir,
The conviction of your man was based soley on the ironclad eyewitness testimony of...
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
FROM: Maximilian Jedreck, Foreign Minister, Free State of Crotobaltislavonia
TO: Angela Zweigler, First Hand, Republic of Bergenheim
SUBJECT: European Press Association
Dearest Angela,
I have just finished reading the EPA's article regarding Orlitz-Slavonia. I have never...
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNIQUÉ
FOR THE EYES OF THE PRESIDENT ONLY
FROM: Valerian Fyodorov, President, Free Canton of Crotobaltislavonia
TO: Sergej Moravscik, First Secretary Central Committee of the All-Union Kadikistani Communist Workers' Party, Commander-in-Chief
SUBJECT: Status of General...
Delivered to the Gunnish Embassy in Banja Luka
SECRET
Dear Sir or Madam,
It is time for bilateral negotiations to begin regarding the final disposition of Gunnish and Northern Alliance forces in Crotobaltislavonia. The Motherland must return to normalcy. And I have heard rumors of Gunnish and...
From the desk of His Most Esteemed Excellency, The President-For-Life of The Free Canton of Crotobaltislavonia, and The Dear Leader of the Crotobaltislavonian Nation Raul Farrago
Monsieurs and Mademoiselles,
Greetings from Banja Luka! I am heartened to learn that the Free State is eager for...
One good thing about living in a country governed with a firm hand, the police kept a lane clear on the main roads for government traffic. Radek's drive to the airport was unobstructed, probably for the best since the General had told his driver to "step on it."
At the airport, the car...
Delivered by the ambassadors assigned to the Crotobaltislavonian embassies in Elben, Trivodnia, Ruthenia-Galicia, Bergenheim, Bourgogne, and Gunnland to the foreign ministries in the aforementioned countries.
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UNCLASSIFIED
From: General Alexander Radek, Minister of Defense of the Free Canton...
Delivered by the military attaches assigned to the Crotobaltislavonian embassies in Amstov and Eschenbach directly into the hands of the foreign ministers of Trivodnia and Elben.
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FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
From: General Alexander Radek, Minister of Defense of the Free Canton of Crotobaltislavonia...
These were two of the most powerful men in Crotobaltislavonia. And neither was calling himself "Big Brother". The first was middle-aged with dark curly hair and wearing an army uniform covered with decorations. He was General Alexander Radek, Minister of Defense for the second time. He was...
From the State Political Administration:
Citizens are reminded that the hunt for gangster counter-revolutionary Pochenkoists continues. While the SPA believes the enlightened Italian-majority west of Crotobaltislavonia are clear of counter-revolutionary activity at present, the degenerate...