Free Cities League
Establishing Nation
Beja, People's Republic of Lusitania
The sky was light blue and the sun was shining, and shining with a considerable degree of intensity. Nothing unusual in that region of the People’s Republic of Lusitania, Translima, known for its dry weather, be it during summer or winter. However, this winter was particulary harsh, with very few days of rain, crops dying and a state of considerable drought. Of course that no one knew it, and everybody did, as Ricardo Falcão did his best to hide the fact.
Upon arriving to the Beja Airport, the Vangalan External Affairs Minister was awaited in the recently inaugurated People’s Avenue by the two most important figures of the People’s Republic – President Ricardo Falcão and Father Roberto Palma, Speaker of the Supreme People’s Congress and the Shepherd-General of the People’s Catholic Church. Despite the drought, the grass in the People’s Avenue was green and fresh, and everything was ready for the beginning of the PRL’s foreign policy.
As Quaramazzan was greeted by Falcão and Palma with enthusiasm – “Good evening Comrade Quaramazzan, and welcome to the People’s Republic of Lusitania! (…) Shall we adjourn to the meeting room in the building of the Presidency of the Republic?” And after some informal conversation, the three men sat in the meeting room, where the President regularly met with his Ministers – the room was decorated with socialist realist art combined with some Christian imagery. At one point, Christ and Marx were superimposed over each other, leading workers, peasants and fishermen into what seemed to be some kind of battle. But the whole room was illuminated by the blinding light of the dry winter sun.
The sky was light blue and the sun was shining, and shining with a considerable degree of intensity. Nothing unusual in that region of the People’s Republic of Lusitania, Translima, known for its dry weather, be it during summer or winter. However, this winter was particulary harsh, with very few days of rain, crops dying and a state of considerable drought. Of course that no one knew it, and everybody did, as Ricardo Falcão did his best to hide the fact.
Upon arriving to the Beja Airport, the Vangalan External Affairs Minister was awaited in the recently inaugurated People’s Avenue by the two most important figures of the People’s Republic – President Ricardo Falcão and Father Roberto Palma, Speaker of the Supreme People’s Congress and the Shepherd-General of the People’s Catholic Church. Despite the drought, the grass in the People’s Avenue was green and fresh, and everything was ready for the beginning of the PRL’s foreign policy.
As Quaramazzan was greeted by Falcão and Palma with enthusiasm – “Good evening Comrade Quaramazzan, and welcome to the People’s Republic of Lusitania! (…) Shall we adjourn to the meeting room in the building of the Presidency of the Republic?” And after some informal conversation, the three men sat in the meeting room, where the President regularly met with his Ministers – the room was decorated with socialist realist art combined with some Christian imagery. At one point, Christ and Marx were superimposed over each other, leading workers, peasants and fishermen into what seemed to be some kind of battle. But the whole room was illuminated by the blinding light of the dry winter sun.