East-Gouw Marken officially wants to join the Rurikgrad-Pact
Prince-Bishop Quintus VII of East-Gouw Marken has officially and in person apllied for membership of the Rurikgrad Pact. It is very rare for a leader of Gouw Marken to involve directly in politics, almost every communication is done...
To: the Presidents of all Rurikgrad-Pact Member States,
To: the secretariat of the RP
Your excellencies,
The State of Gouw Marken (East), cooperating for many years with individual members of the Rurikgrad Pact, expresses its sincere intentions to join the Treaty for the benefit of all members...
The Prince-Bisshop on Trivodnia
East-Gouw Marken sees the situation in Trivodnia as an internal political matter. If for any reason economic support is needed, it is up to Trivodnian authorities to make decisions. It is amazing to see that supporting Trivodnia together with Kadikistan is...
Two claims are made today
1) From team East-Gouw Marken: wrong medal count - the silver in mixed curling is counted for as bronze
2) From team West-Gouw Marken: Pollie Kinderloos of West-Gouw Marken wins silver in Woman’s figure skating and is announced as Kristel Scheve from East-Gouw Marken...
Sports or War on ice?
Sports headlines in East-Gouw Marken
Silver in women’s ice hockey, Bourgogne shows itself a bad loser
No medals in men’s ice hockey, disappointing result. 8-year training scheme to be reviewed
Kadikistan wins over the temporally lost provinces (note: East-Gouw...
East-Gouw Marken asks explanation for cutting the national anthem; it is seen as a serious insult. Maybe the matter about Joachas Gunn is indeed not a local one - but one for the whole of Europe, just like this insult is seen by the whole of Europe?
West-Gouw Marken asks explanation for...
Two people injured during ‘illegal manifestations’ in Markstad
The spirit of the Winter Games has turned to violence in Gouw Marken today, as the events in Gunnland caused major riots at the border in both West- and East-Markstad.
Everything started after the gold medal in ski jumping was won...
East-Gouw Marken considers this an internal matter to be solved according to the law of Jydermark-Ostveg.
West-Gouw Marken recognises the true successor Joachas Gunn.
Random East-Markenese: 'Why can't I find this any more on the internet'?
Random West-Markenese: 'Why is this subtitled into '... we knew that East-Markstad could bend pretty far in both directions'?
[OOC me laughing my head off]
Winter games in Ayr : when sports is not only about sports
The Winter Games are traditionally a major happening in Gouw Marken, a Nordic country where winter sports are popular during the cold, dark season.
Normally the East does far better as the West, and that translates every time in a...
As my country is split, there will be two teams. Gouw Marken, a Nordic country, has a tradition of winter sports. It is known for Ski-jumping, Curling, Figure Skating and Ice Hockey. West-Gouw Marken (WGM) will not send any woman in ‘not-womanlike’ sports (to compensate having two teams OOC)...
On the crisis in Crotobaltislavonia
East-Gouw Marken fully recognises the presence of Kadiki troops in Crotobaltislavonia. Once again, Kadikistan has done everything it has been obliged to, to save world peace and to behold economic and political safety of the region. Our little nation will not...
This week in East- and West-Gouw Marken
As the Revolutionary Gothic Fleet sets sail for Oostdijke, Quintus VII had to explain to the public what the status of the Military District east of the city was. Upto now, it is known, but not questioned, that a vast area was under construction to serve...
Katholica, West-Gouw Marken, office of the Prince-Bishop:
"This news is outrageous and once again proves the danger coming from the red alliance against the true religion in this world. These helpers of the devil shall be judged now and at the End of Days. Our whole nation offers its deepest...
Papal elections again without any Markenese influence
A countries religion on drift
Since the conversion of the nation to Orthodoxism under the reign of Quintus II, there has been no Catholic Markenese Cardinal any more, and the country abstained from every conclave.
Even with a substantial...
East-Markstad, office of the Prince-Bishop
The Engellexian Republic has nothing to fear from East Gouw Marken, as we have honoured our mutual sovereignty for centuries. If, however, Engellex should interfere, we can only urge our neighbours to block all trade with the rebellious West. Sure...
East Gouw Marken joins Rurikgrad-pact
Quintus VII spoke to the nation:
“Kadikistan and Gouw Marken are old friends. It has been 25 years that our nations are joined in friendship and mutual understanding. It has been 60 years since the first famine, and Kadikistan has since never left the side...
East Gouw Marken adopts a new flag. It uses the old colors as a connection with the old traditions, but in a new outlay, as the country is in a new era. The hammer is a symbol for the farmers and workers, the calliper significates the territory that is part of this nation: the whole of Gouw Marken.
Insight story: recent history of West Gouw Marken 1970-2000
After the Great Schism of 1969, when part of the clergy returned to Catholicism, the counter-bishop Philippus VI was elected. He resided in the bishopric summer residence near Markstad. In june 1971 Quintus III was murdered and the...