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'Ethnic cleansing' on former Crotobaltislavonian-Trivodnian border

MIDWEIS - Violence between Yiddish and Slavian communities in Crotobaltislavonia and the former Free State of Trivodnia has reached "unprecedented levels" say humanitarian organisations operating in the region, as refugees desperately try to flee into Bergenheim and Elben warn of 'ethnic cleansing' taking place.

As part of the peace agreement between Trivodnia and Kadikistan after the Seven Day War, Amstov agreed to hand the cities of Beltizni and Olnitz over to Crotobaltislavonia as compensation for "Trivodnian aggression". However, while the two cities are nominally under the control of Banja Luka, ongoing troubles within Crotobaltislavonia have seen Beltizni and Olnitz descend into chaos, as the Crotobaltislavonian government struggles to assert its authority over the new territories.

"The Slavonian military was all but destroyed following the war with Trivodnia, while Kadikistani forces in the country are focused on securing the Gunnish and Burgundian borders," explains Aleh Sheremet of the Three Seas Research Centre, a think-tank.

A lack of law and order has seen an "orgy of bloodletting" according to one observer. "Yids and Slavs are using the lack of order to settle old scores," the charity worker, who wishes to remain anonymous, continues, "we've treated women who have been raped repeatedly, children showing signs of PTSD after witnessing their families being killed... young men with no jobs roam the streets looking for their next target."

In the run up to the Seven Day War, Trivodnia and Crotobaltislavonia frequently clashed over Banja Luka's descriptor of of Trivodnia as the 'Yiddish Free State' and frequent accusations of a 'Yiddish mafia' being behind the local drugs trade.

This, together with the supposed anti-Semitism of the Catholic Kingdoms of Gunnland and Elben and the demise of Trivodnia, has led to a sense of endangerment among the Jewish populations of the Three Seas region, Sheremet argues. "The Yiddish are frightened... they fear the worst excesses of history are about to repeat themselves," he says.

As a result, thousands of ex-servicemen from the Trivodnian Free State Self Defence Forces are believed to have joined Yiddish 'self-defence militia', which are behind some of the massacres in what Banja Luka now calls 'Orlitz-Slavonia'.

But groups such as the Lions of Ashkenaz insist they are only responding to "state terrorism" by Crotobaltislavonia. "We will not rest until the katsaps leave our women and children alone," vows a balaclava-clad man in a video shared on social media platform Twatter, using an old slur for Slavians.

The presence of criminal gangs such as the Crotobaltislavonian Nekmet Syndikat, which has grown rich and powerful selling street drug Blud and trafficking refugees, also complicates matters. "It is hard to tell what is gang-related and what is motivated by hate," sighs an aid worker who had previously worked in the region.

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'Jewish Homeland' declaration sparks fresh violence

MIDWEIS - News the embryonic Polesian People's Republic will be constitutionally recognised as a Jewish state has triggered more outbreaks of violence in the Three Seas region, as Crotobaltislavonia promises to ramp up its Yiddish 'evacuation' programme.

"Now that the Free Canton has such a powerful endorsement of its humanitarian mandatory evacuation policy, the National Assembly will consider expanding that evacuation to include ALL those of Jewish and Yiddish heritage, whether they reside in Orlitz-Slavonia or in Crotobaltislavonia proper," read a statement from the Crotobaltislavonian Ministry of Information.

The forced movement of people, described as "ethnic cleansing" by charities active in the region, has sparked tit-for-tat reprisals, with vigilantes clearing out Slavonians in areas that are considered traditionally Jewish.

However, with the Polesian People's Republic, which is being carved from Jewish-majority territories in former Trivodnia, declaring itself to be a Jewish homeland, there are fears the violence will spread.

"Trivodnia was largely created to stop Kadikistan accessing the Polesian Sea but it was also intended to put a lid on Jewish and Krasnislavian nationalism," explains one regional diplomat, "by dividing Trivodnia along ethnic lines Kadikistan risks lighting a tinder box."

The Slavian-majority parts of Trivodnia voted to join Kadikistan in a referendum criticised by some as unfair and unfree. They have yet to be formally absorbed into the Communist superpower but many fear partition day will see mass bloodshed.

"Historic wounds will be reopened.. the war may be over but the fighting continues," the diplomat warns.

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EUROPEAN PRESS ASSOCIATION EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH LINDA GRASSER, SISTER TO FLAMBOLYANT OSTMARKIAN DICTATOR.


EPA Journalist: Good morning Linda, it is a pleasure to have you here.

Linda Grasser: Good morning.

EPA Journalist: First of all i would like to thank you on behalf of the European Press Association for accepting this interview which will provide us with more detail about what's going on in Ostmark, and maybe some details about the enigmatic People's Chancellor, your brother. So would you like to tell us a little more about yourself?

Linda Grasser: Yes.. i am the younger sister of Horst Grasser, the People's Chancellor of Ostmark as you said. I was born in the village of Wilhelmstadt. I am the younger of three. Horst, Andrea, and me. Our parents were farmers, and i've spent most of my childhood in my parents farm, milking the cows, making cheese, collecting vegetables.. you know.. the things you usually do when you live in a farm. I also attended elementary school in Wilhelmstadt. My parents died when i was 16. At that point Horst decided to leave the farm, and since i had no way to sustain myself and i needed to continue my studies, we moved to the capital city. In Wien me and Horst lived togheter with Andrea. She still lives in Ostmark, but i haven't heard about her since early October. Horst worked at the facility of the Ostmarkische Motoren Werke, Ostmark's cars factory.. he took care of me and Andrea. He always made sure we received all the care we needed, he somehow attempted to replace our father's role in providing us food, shelter, books, school uniforms.. you know, the things big brothers do when their parents are not there anymore.

EPA Journalist: It must be hard for a young girl.

Linda Grasser: Well yes.. you know, eventually you grow up, and you take your own course. Andrea met a boy when she was 20, and they married. They had two children, and for some time we all live togheter in the same three rooms apartment in the outskirts of Wien. Frictions between us, as you can imagine, were a common occurence. We were packed in an apartment the size of a family of four. We were 7. I moved out of Horst's house when i was 26, and he was 36 at that time. He is 10 years older than me.

EPA Journalist: What did Horst do when you moved out of his apartment?

Linda Grasser: Like most Ostmarkians do when they settle down, he met a woman and married her.

EPA Journalist: Does he have any children?

Linda Grasser: No.

EPA Journalist: Why did you leave Ostmark?

Linda Grasser: ...

EPA Journalist: Would you rather not talk about it?

Linda Grasser: Yes please..

EPA Journalist: Alright, i understand. Let's change the subject then. As you told me during our telephone conversations, you followed your brother's rise to power in early and mid 2018. Can you give us an insight on why he decided to venture into politics?

Linda Grasser: As you know in 2014 Ostmark suffered a severe economic crisis, they say the public debt caused it.. but i'm not an expert so.. i don't know. Horst, who is 66 years old now, was still working at the factory in those days. The government had changed those retirement laws, and from being a few months close to retirement, they told him he would retire at 74 years old.. he got so mad that day. He always talked about it. He said the politicians betrayed the people and the workers. He always told me the politicians sacrificed the people in the name of the god of money.. In those days he received many letters from someone who lived in Kadikistan, but he never told me who it was. One day in March he called me and said he wanted to create a new political party. I told him he was crazy and could have gotten into trouble for that.. but he said he didn't care, and would rather die trying, he said Ostmark needed a savior. He has always been a very stubborn and idealistic person. He almost got sacked in 2010 for challenging his boss, but Horst claimed the factory director insulted one of the workers, and that he acted in defense of someone else's rights.

EPA Journalist: What, in your opinion, was the most important event in his life that convinced him to become a politician?

Linda Grasser: ..his wife's death.

EPA Journalist: His wife's death?

Linda Grasser: Yes.. Horst's wife suffered diabetes.. on the 27th of December, 2017, Horst called me in the middle of the night. He was crying because he couldn't afford to buy insuline shots, and the doses provided by the local health office were not sufficient to sustain his wife's needs. That night his wife had a crisis, he told me.. and she couldn't breath and he didn't know what to do. I told him to call for an ambulance, but he said he couldn't afford it. Given her medical conditions, she was fired from her job and nobody, during those days, would hire a sick woman well into her 60s.. Horst and his wife were really struggling. He often knocked at my door asking for some milk, or meat, and i knew it was for his wife. I was always sharing my food with him i mean.. he took care of me for almost 10 years, that's what what every sister would do in such a situation. I know he didn't eat for one or two days in a row sometimes, but he never admitted it. He was too proud to do that. When his wife offered him a piece of bread or chocolate, he always refused.. saying he was not hungry and had a stomachache. He was lying, of course.

EPA Journalist: Wait.. didn't Ostmark adopt a Universal Healthcare system in the late 19th Century?

Linda Grasser: Yes.. but that lasted until the austerity measures of mid 2016. After those reforms, only those who could afford it had access to life saving treatments. Anyway.. Horst couldn't afford a car either so.. i jumped in the car and rushed to his apartment. A neighbor helped us to get Horst's wife in the back seats. Horst couldn't stop crying. We reached the hospital, but the personnel in the emergency room wouldn't let her in. They asked us to show her private insurance card first.. but she didn't have any of course. Horst begged them to treat her, and promised he would pay all the money back as soon as he got it. All his efforts, however, were to no avail. His wife died infront of the hospital. I remember so clearly my brother's face. That.. yes, that's the moment he changed.

EPA Journalist: Must have been an horrendous experience for him, and for you too given the emotional stress of those moments.

Linda Grasser: Yes.. we drove back to his house. Horst didn't say a single word on the way back home.. and we had the body of a dead woman in our living room. But.. we couldn't afford a funeral. And neither could Horst. We were standing there, in the kitchen. Horst picked up her wife's body and moved her into the backyard. He dug up a hole, with a shovel.. and buried her in his flat's backyard. He didn't say a word for days. I've tried to reach him by phone, ringing at his doorbell.. but he never answered me.

EPA Journalist: Why?

Linda Grasser: Because he isolated himself from the outside world.. you know, like Ostmark today. I know he still attended his shifts at the factory, but he became a very reclusive and misantropic person. I knew he was boiling in hatred. He seeked revenge, in one way or another. Some nights he called me, completely broken.. crying.. and i suspect he also began abusing alcohol. But how could i blame him.. nobody should ever go trought what he has gone trought.

EPA Journalist: How did he become such a popular politician?

Linda Grasser: He started to address his co-workers at the factory, giving them speeches about how a workers' led revolution was necessary to restore the dignity of the people of Ostmark. And it wasn't too hard for him. Many of his co-workers knew what he was talking about, because most of them were facing the same hardships.. he conquered their hearts, because for the first time they recognized one of their own. Soon his Movement crossed the boundaries of the factories. Some people became very close to him at the factory, they helped him to distribute phamplets, attaching propaganda posters on the streets. He gathered in Beer Halls and pubs, restaurants, bars. Everywhere, the people would cheer him and applaud him and support him. The elections were getting closer and donors soon approached him. And do you know what he did with that money at first? He unburied his wife and built her a mausoleum in Wien's cemetery. With a plague on top of the entrance bearing "In loving memory of Laura; July 1st, 1960-December 27th, 2017". I attended the ceremony. Hundreds of people attended aswell. A very heartbreaking moment. I think that's when the people realized Horst was no more than a poor man reaching his old age but yet refused to give up to his misery. He genuinely believed in the things he said.. and somehow, i think he still does.

EPA Journalist: What do you remember about the October 7th General Elections?

Linda Grasser: Months after month his Movement grew into a real Party.. the National-Syndikalistische Volkspartei, as we call it in Ostmark. His entourage grew to dozens and dozens of people.. everyone around him was pushing forward his Party's cause. He always invited me to events, speeches, demonstrations. When he stood up on a table, or a bar counter, or a box in the middle of the squares, the people would burst into hysterical cheers. The people genuinely, sincerely, deeply loved him and praised him. They waved banners saying "Grasser, the last hope for Ostmark". He never used his wife's story to win the support of the people tho, he is a very humble man. He never talked about it.. and the only reason i'm talking about this for the first time, is because i don't live in Ostmark anymore.. meanwhile, the newspapers and medias at the time laughed at him, they called him a bufoon, a clown, a comedian, a populist demagogue.. i don't think they are laughing anymore. Anyway i've always refused to take part to those political events..

EPA Journalist: Why did you refuse?

Linda Grasser: Because i've never liked politics. The night of the election he gathered an assembly at the Wilhelmstrasse Beer Hall. He and his collaborators were watching the big screen, the one where they give the numbers you know.. All the polls were against him tho. From a mere 2,4% at 10pm, the votes for the NSVP kept rising and rising nationwide.. At 4am, the unthinkable happened. 41%.. the absolute majority of seats. Horst called me, he was laughing, singing. I could hear the hysterical cheers and shouts in the background. It was the first time in months, probably years, i heard him laughing. I was happy for him, of course, but i still didn't know what to think about it. And that's how Horst became the Volkskanzler.. but i knew something was not right.

EPA Journalist: What do you mean?

Linda Grasser: After a month the People's Assembly approved his Decree for National Salvation. He became the uncontested dictator of Ostmark. Nobody dared to challenge his power, or even criticize him. His reforms were radical.

EPA Journalist: Such as?

Linda Grasser: The nationalization of banks and healthcare facilities.. and with that, he ordered all the owners of those Banks who evicted entire families from their apartments, all the directors who registered denied care in their databases got arrested for High Treason. All the members of the previous Government.. they got arrested too.. that's the first time i dared to challenge him on his opinions. He told me it was the right thing to do. He said that the people of Ostmark demanded justice for all the suffering brought upon them over the years. All the suicides, the famine.. the cold we suffered in winter. All of that had to be avenged, even with violence if necessary. He said that his actions were not cruel.. he said he was restoring the dignity of the working class and the poor, the two often coincided during the years of the recession. He said: "I am doing what needs to be done to liberate this country and its people from the chains of their misery". After the purge, one night he called me and asked me if i could go with him to the hospital. I've asked him if he was ok and he said yes.. so his motorcade reached my apartment. And we drove to the hospital, the one where his wife died. The same doctors and nurses who refused to treat his wife were standing there. They were terrified. I think they somehow hoped he wouldn't remember their faces. But how could a man forget those faces? The officers of the Volkspolizei arrested them and shoved them into one of their vans. Horst didn't say anything but i know he was boiling in hatred and anger. He wanted me to be there. To witness his revenge. I don't know why.. but I think he was very close to burst into tears, but he knew he had to appear as an invincible man.

EPA Journalist: What happened to the Hospital staff?

Linda Grasser: I don't know.. i don't want to know. What i know is that after that night, his wive's grave was elevated to the status of National Monument. The Central Bank even minted new coins and banknotes with his wife's face on them. He ordered the construction of a huge bronze statue of his wife infront of the Volksrat.. the People's Assembly building. Under the statue there is a plaque saying "In honor of the fallen heroines". The ceremony was heartbreaking, i could almost feel his immense pain. I'm not saying i justify what he is doing in Ostmark.. but i do understand why he is doing it. A few days after the ceremony, he signed a decree that reinstated universal healthcare in the country's constitution. He used the money seized from factory owners and bank directors to fund a massive distribution of life-saving medicines for the sick and the poor. He created the People's Labour Service and conscripted a large part of the unemployed men to build new shelters for the homeless. He funded a massive anti-drug campaign to heal those who fell victims of drug abuse. There were many during those days, as young as 13 years old. That's when the support of the population peaked to over 97%. They loved him as children love their father, and i think many still do. But Horst is still persecuted by the sorrow, the grief and all the tragic events he endured in his life, from our parents' death to his wife's. He spent his entire life helping his family, taking care of me, our sister Andrea.. his wife. He never asked anyone for money, except for the food i shared with him sometimes.. and when for the first time he asked for someone else's help, they turned their back on him. Horst is not the only man in Ostmark who had to endure such trageries. My neighbor's son hanged himself in the basement after he got sacked from his job at the factory. One of my neighbors set himself ablaze infront of the parliament building.. he and his family had just been evicted from their apartment. I will never forget those years..

EPA Journalist: Linda, on behalf of the European Press Association, i express my most heartfelt gratitude for accepting to release this interview. I wish you and your family a happy life, wherever you are now. Is there anything else you would like to say before we say goodbye?

Linda Grasser: My husband was a doctor in the Emergency Room at the Hospital where Horst's wife died.. goodbye.
 
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Beside the bombing of Vesper's Embassy for the Engell, there is no more compelling story than that of Madame Linda Grasser. We encourage the media of Europe to clarify the veracity of these claims, and treat Ostmark fairly as another state in a world rocked by calamity.

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INSIDE OSTMARK: LIFE IN A SECRETIVE STATE.

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VIENNA (Ostmark) - Given the tight hold People's Chancellor Horst Grasser has over the country, it can be difficult to verify the rumors about what it's really like in Ostmark. We must rely on the accounts of defectors, those brave and fortunate enough to have escaped Europe's first National-Syndicalist state. They all tell practically the same account, offering an insider's view of life inside one of the most mysterious and secretive states in modern history. In a country where practically every aspect of life is regulated and monitored, anyone going against the norm is bound to stand out. National-Syndicalist Ostmark does not look kindly on those who stand out; the government views non-conformity as rebellion, which they feel must be quashed quickly, thoroughly, and as early on as possible.

Anti-European sentiment in Ostmark is not just reflected in the country's public policy, or used as a way to cultivate frenzied fear at political rallies. It is woven into the very fabric of the nation. As early as elementary school, Ostmarkian students are given lessons that are nothing more than anti-European propaganda. Since the outbreak of the Engellpox, anti-European propaganda is at an all-time high. There are billboards showing famine and death all over Gallia and Germania, abundant conspiracy theories about the west that are promoted by the Ostmarkian government, and anti-European rhetoric casually enmeshed in Ostmarkians' everyday lives.

The government keeps close tabs on anything that impacts the lives of the Ostmarkian public. Nothing is bought or sold without the government's permission, to a point. Beyond that point is the black market, which has sparked a sort of underground free economy in Ostmark. All sorts of goods are smuggled into the country, including money, cell phones, and even bibles. Of the utmost concern to the government, however, is the dispersal of information, primarily via cell phones and the few electronic devices with Internet access. Information is power, and enough power can give rise to revolt, so smuggling anything with Internet access into Ostmark is dangerous. For Ostmarkians, there are no anti-Grasser protests to attend, no social networks to connect folks who are equally frustrated about the state of the government, and no way to legitimately air grievances with the ruling powers. People's Chancellor Horst Grasser is seen as wise and infallible.

School uniforms breed social uniformity, or at least that's likely the rationale behind the National-Syndicalist regime's rules regarding school dress codes. All students must wear uniforms throughout their primary education. In college, women must still wear uniforms. Women also cannot wear short skirts or sleeveless tops at any time. Women's shirts must reach at least the knees, and women are never permitted to wear pants except when they are employed in factories and farms.

Most average, run-of-the-mill folks in Ostmark cannot own motor vehicles. While not technically illegal, the industry is regulated to the point that car ownership for individuals is practically impossible. It is a perk mostly reserved for those who work in the government. To get around this, Ostmarkians who can actually afford a personal vehicle are buying cars and then registering them under the names of state-run institutions. Most Ostmarkians rely on public transportation, usually buses.
 
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"Did you read that article about @Ostmark ?"

"Interesting stuff. The encyclopedia says they come from Elben stock."

"I don't doubt it. That part about their school kids and girls in skirts. They have the right idea."

"Too bad that national syndicalist flim-flam reads like a red fantasy land."

"It just reads that way if they can't even buy themselves a car."

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OSTMARK FORCES OUT EUROPEAN PRESS ASSOCIATION JOURNALIST

VIENNA (Ostmark) - A reporter for European Press Association has become the latest foreign journalist to be forced from the People's Republic of Ostmark, which has a history of retaliating against news organizations and individual journalists for critical coverage. Angelika Klein, who was EPA’s Ostmark bureau chief, said it was not clear why Ostmark’s Foreign Ministry declined to issue her a new journalist visa. “They say this is a process thing, we are not totally clear why,” she wrote on Twatter. Ms. Klein has written extensively about surveillance and incarceration of dissidents and former members of the government, subjects the People's Police have tried to block journalists from covering.

Ms. Klein was the first reporter for EPA permitted to work on a regular basis in Ostmark by the Foreign Ministry since early October. The ministry and security agencies have traditionally not allowed news publications to have reporters officially live in the country. EPA asked Ostmark to give residency status to reporters they wanted to post there. The authorities have responded by giving them temporary visas that are more easily revoked. The Ostmarkian regime had told EPA it would allow Ms. Klein to stay in Ostmark on a visa that was valid for one month, and the visa could be renewed with the approval of officials. Ms. Klein’s visa was renewed once, but officials decided not to renew it a second time.
 
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GRASSERISM AND OSTMARK'S FUTURE
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VIENNA (Ostmark) - Of all the strange ideas coughed up by communist ideology over the decades, few are as strange as Ostmarkian National-Syndicalism, or "Grasserism", the putative contribution of Horst Grasser, Chancellor of the People's Republic of Ostmark. Grasserism is said to be based on the principle that “man is the master of everything and decides everything.”

Horst Grasser is said to have developed this ideology during his days as a production line technician at Ostmarkische Motoren Werke, but in fact the National-Syndicalist People's Party did not announce this epochal doctrine until its election on October 7th 2018. What probably happened is that Horst Grasser, critical of the evolution of socialism and worried that it might spread to Ostmark, decided to distance himself and therefore felt the need to develop his own, distinctly Ostmarkian contribution to the socialist world.

The result is a mishmash of bromides about creativity and human mastery of all things and is even more gaseous than the works of Chairman Leninov, but it served its purpose of advancing Horst Grasser’s cult of personality. It also gave an air of principled resolve to the regime’s decision to pursue a policy of international isolation. It was a policy of isolation but certainly not of independence or self-reliance.

Because despite whatever the official ideology said, rocky, mountainous Ostmark was never in a position to be self-reliant agriculturally or economically. Behind the loud talk of independence which characterized Ostmarkian political parties for over two centuries, its economy relied heavily on food imports, a fact that became brutally obvious when after the 2014 default, the country was in the throes of a massive famine. The scale of this disaster is mind-boggling enough, but we can only imagine how bad things would have been, and for how long, had the Ostmarkian government decided to really pursue a strategy of self-reliance. Attempts to make a small and barely arable country agriculturally self-sufficient are a sure recipe for disaster. If one wants one's people to be fed, trade is the answer; if one wants first of all to control them, a different answer suggests itself.

Of course, the function of ideology is to conceal the reality of what is going on, but in the case of Grasserism, the lie is even more convoluted than that. Grasserism is actually a “sham ideology” produced for foreign consumption; visitors to Ostmark can reliably embarrass their government “handlers” by asking them questions about Grasserism since most Europeans, including foreign governments, know little or nothing about it. According to historians, who have read, watched and listened to Ostmarkian-language-only internal propaganda, the actual ideology of the regime, the one it feeds its own citizens and the one it actually believes, is a race-based nationalism according to which the Ostmarkian people are a pure and childlike race, eternally beset by evil foreigners and protected and guided by their wise and parental People's Chancellor.
 

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Polesia bans traditional Jewish attire in anti-Zionist crackdown

MIDWEIS - The Polesian People's Republic, a Kadikistani puppet state carved out from former Trivodnia, has issued a blanket bear on the public wearing of religious Jewish garb, as the communist country wages war against what it calls "Zionist agitators" blamed for violence on the Crotobaltislavonian border.

Local media announced the measures earlier this week and charity workers active in Polesia have reported seeing local security forces trimming the beards and payos of orthodox Jewish men, as well as removing their kippahs and shtreimels. Women have been similarly seen being ordered home to remove their wigs, veils and other garments.

"Religious clothing is a sign of loyalty to a powerful other than the People's Republic and incompatible with the new proletarian Jewish identity," declared Yaakov Zilberfarb, the firebrand premier of Polesia to an assembled crowd in the capital Amstov.

The new rules come not long after the Polesian government warned speaking Hebrew and owning foreign goods were signs of 'Zionist sympathies'. "Having initially looked like the new regime would take a light touch approach to governing we may end up with somewhere even more dictatorial than Kadikistan," warns one regional diplomat.

The Polesian government and the Kadikistani military occupation authorities have both blamed Zionists for the violence along the Crotobaltislavonian border, which some NGOs have described as ethnic cleansing.

Following Trivodnia's defeat in the world called Seven Day War, Crotobaltislavonia, a key ally of Kadikistan, annexed the Trivodnian cities of Beltizni and Olnitz, which both have large Jewish populations. The annexation, coupled with internal troubles in both Crotobaltislavonia and former Trivodnia, has triggered a wave of communal violence complicated by the involvement of criminal gangs.

"We're nowhere near the end of the tunnel right now and I doubt there is even any light there," laments an aid worker helping out in the region.
 

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THE RISE OF THE "OSTWAVE SOUND"
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VIENNA (People's Republic of Ostmark) - Despite its retro fetishism and insular network of artists, the so-called Ostwave Sound, a future-focused sound undeniably indebted to the clubbing subculture of Vienna, is pulsing forward with a Disco-meets-Totalitarism swagger. That satisfied-but-anxious feeling you had watching 80's cult movies for the first time, that inexplicable sense of comfort you got every time your favourite 80's tv shows intros came on, these sensations might just bubble up again when you hear the dark aggression of ostmarkian artists like Laserwehr or the pure '80s worship of Futurevolk.

In the past couple of months alone this sub-genre of electronic music has transformed from a whisper in a few select clubs in Vienna into a self-sustaining musical ecosystem hoisting itself up and expanding rapidly. It all began in October, when regime censoreship in the People's Republic of Ostmark limited most music imports and denied the release of dozens of new tracks on the pretext of "defending ostmarkian culture from foreign influences". DJs and music producers in Ostmark coped with the tight rules of National-Syndicalist censoreship by creating tracks with no lyrics - thus likely to pass examination by the propaganda department of the National-Syndicalist People's Party - but with sounds inspired by '80s cyber-noir neon-glowing fashion.

Since then, and especially after the release of Futurevolk's , the genre has exploded in a plume of electronic fury, with artists emerging all over the small south-eastern country.

Futurevolk, arguably one of Ostwave’s biggest names, remembers the ’80s with a simple fondness that pervades his music. “That whole time in my life was pretty magical, as everything was still new and big,” he says. Perhaps the answer is that simple: ’80s pop culture was plainly, well, badass—vibrant, over-saturated, chest-thumping—and Ostwave’s blending of modern electronic composition with nostalgia makes for an irresistible combination. That’s supported by science: we tend to favor music we’ve heard before, and memories tied to music often relate back to a particular time in our lives.

But maybe it goes deeper than that, too. For other Ostwave artists, like Robert Muller, a.k.a. Laserwehr, the ’80s represent a clash of optimism and pessimism, a fascination with flying cars and robotic dog walkers, tinged with a dark apprehension about what’s to come. “On the one hand, we had all these cool predictions about how the near future would play out and how awesome it would be,” he says. “On the other hand, there was this general concern that we could be wiped out at any moment. So I feel like people wanted to make the most of the time they had.”. That palpable impermanence is captured in Ostwave; there’s a comforting minimalism among the flickering neon signs, high-speed car chases, post-future haircuts and cyborg assassins.

As for the future of Ostwave, there seems to be an irreconcilable split among fans who fetishize its niche status. Muller mentions the “black hole” of recommended OstTube videos for Ostwave artists — a modern equivalent to crate digging—that maintains the genre’s “underground” cred despite its growing popularity. “Discovering Ostwave is part of the fun of listening to it,” he says. Regardless of Ostwave’s emergence to the level of zeitgeist, its artists remain devoted to the sound’s aesthetics, motivated by more than traditional definitions of success. “I find it hard to believe I’d stop making this kind of music just because it’s not in style anymore,” says Helmut Adelberg, a.k.a. Futurevolk. “It wasn’t when I started, after all. I do hope however that one day Ostwave will become popular all over Europe”.
 
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Seathan Forsaidh publishes info on Caledonian policies in Loago

IVAR - In his first public appearance after he requested political asylum to Kadikistan, Seathan Forsaidh, the ex-leader of the Caledonian secret services makes the first of his promised disclosures. He stated that considering the ongoing status of the operations, he wishes to unveil what he calls the "on ground realities" of the Caledonian presence in Loago.

Supporting his statements with a series of documents which he describes as the SDS' reports on Loago, which he also sent to EPA, AP and a plethora of national news agencies, Seathan Forsaidh condemns the transformation of the Himyari nation into a corporatocracy. The documents state that the last democratically elected PM of Loago, Horas Muzorewa, wanted to nationalise the Caledonian Himyari Company as it ended up functioning as a state within the state, thus threatening the Loagan sovereignty.

As a response, the documents show, the CHC managed to ally with far right elements from the Loagan Security Forces and have funded and gave their support to the coup that brought General Calum MacMhaoilein to power in Maseru, ending 60 years of democracy in Loago and beginning a brutal military dictatorship that defends the interests of the CHC and of the white minority, mostly made of Caledonians, Gunns and a few Engells on the coast, around Maseru.

The recent interest of the Caledonian government in the destiny of Loago, states Forsaidh, is fueled by neo-colonialism, as the CHC is going through a rough patch, the Commonwealth joined to support it, but the arrival of the peacekeeping force isn't actually done allegedly to support the transition, but rather to secure the creation of a puppet government of Dun Eidyn itself, stated the ex-general.

The news comes a bit as a shock, especially for the Himyari nations of Natalia and Azraq which were critical of the minority rule and military government in Loago as they now might be faced with a total return of Caledonian sovereignty in Eastern Himyar. Considering that both nations are ruled by anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist parties, it might be clear by now that even if the alleged documents presented by Forsaidh are true or not, neither Jugol nor Camp Hill will take a risk and see Scanian and Gallo-Germanian powers return with their "civilising mission" to Himyar, even if the said mission is now modernised into a peacekeeping one.
 

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The Anti-State takes noted of the condemnable, if not surprising, continued agitation against Jewish life in the former Trivodnian territories by the junta styling itself as Jewish, but acting not unlike the progromistas of yesteryear. It is apparent that far from being a safe haven for Jewish life, the regime in Amstov is operating in the interest of Himyari occupation and state absolutist rule of the eastern kind to provide an active death trap for those that would seek to ensure the future of the Jewish people and their pursuit of freedom of justice negated.

The world community cannot watch as ethnic cleansing and religious crackdowns are being orchestrated in a corridor of tyranny extending through Eastern Germania. The Anti-State will work with the World Zionist Congress to formulate a robust response and to facilitate the evacuation of those requiring it, and we will work with progressive delegationist actors in the region to enable these policies.
 

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Allegations of ethnic cleansing and oppression of the local population are based on falsified information meant to discredit the legitimate social emancipation of Eastern Germania. Indeed we challenge all those who utter ill-considered and unfounded statements concerning grave crimes being committed, as far as genocide, to come forward with facts. So far we have found nothing besides empty words from both Eastern and Western demagogues as we continue to strive towards the establishment of socialism in the territories that formerly belonged to the Rogue State of Trivodnia. While we recognize that radical changes such as land-reforms, collectivisation and nationalisation might cause hardships to some we are determined to continue them at a pace that is appropriate for the region. Concerning the alleged deportations of Yiddish locals we feel confident that every Yiddish comrade you can find in the Free East will deny them. Offering positive state economic and financial incentives to relocate to unpopulated regions is something that governments from around the world have always done. Labelling such programs as ethnic cleansing is deceitful and unworthy.

Those who deny the new geopolitical reality of Eastern Germania are denying these people's right for emancipation through democratic reforms. Referendums held indicate a clear and undeniable support for the radical changes taking place and the inclusion of Southern Krasnislavia into the People's Federal Socialist Republic of Kadikistan. We will also clearly state that no person, of any descent including Yiddish, has been forced from their home. Those who wish to remain in an area outside of Polesia are free to do so, much like the Jewish people that have lived in Kadikistan for centuries and became valiant supporters of the Marxist-Leninovist teachings and models. The fact that many Yiddish people are taking advantage of the state incentives to relocate within the framing of the is a result of effective administration and the choice itself is the beauty of true freedom.

In accordance with the we will not tolerate any interference as the guardians of established or establishing socialism.

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TEKST - WORD FROM PRESIDIUM OF THE COUNCIL OF COOPERATIVES

The Council of Cooperatives will not tolerate accusations against our steadfast Kadikistani Proletarians, it is clear that autocrats (self-admitted or not) intend to discredit the doctrines of Marxist-Leninovism while refusing to recognize their own vices. The information presented by the actual government in Shigo is simply state-sponsored propaganda. Any action which would jeopardize the security of Eastern Germania would also jeopardize the security of the Northern Cooperatives. Our Proletariat should not need to remind the world that only this year was a man convicted to burn by the stake in Germania. Socialism guarantees stability in a world full of autocratic regimes and ruthless terrorists willing to commit terrible destruction in the name of their goals. Already, our populations of Jewish diaspora return to their homelands in order to seek fulfillment and lives not constrained by the former government.

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Public statement - for immediate release.

To whom it may concern,

In so far as the Government of Pelasgia is concerned, Polesia is as true a home as the Jewish Gallo-Germanians will ever get, the same being true for its predecessor state, the Free State of Trivodnia. The clowns of the World Zionist Congress would do well to abandon their pipe dreams of colonising Philistia and expelling the indigenous locals to replace them with Gallo-Germanian and other settlers who simply ascribe to a corrupted version of the Jewish faith. As for the "Anti-"State's claims of Himyari "occupation", we find such statements could quite laughable indeed, and call on our partners in Touzen to look at the opinion polls and election participation of the millions of indigenous Philistians who have no issue with their continued participation in the Empire. Then again, a state which claims not to be one is capable of all sorts of mental gymnastics, so they could perhaps try to find a downright talmudic explanation as to why the people of Philistia are not really Philistian, or as Philistian as a collection of foreigners who have no tie to that part of the world other than sharing a version of a minority religion native thereto.

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We won't comment on the capability of Polesia to function as a home-state for Jewish Gallo-Germanians. As far as we can see, the Jews living in Eiffelland-Retalia generally don't feel the urge to relocate to Philistaea, given the fact that they are full citizens of Eiffelland-Retalia and full members of the Eiffelloretalian society. We will do everything we can to keep it that way. In parallel, we will discourage Jews living in Eiffelland-Retalia from relocating to Philistaea. However, of course we can't influence the decisions of Jews who are no citizens of Eiffelland-Retalia.

Rüdiger Zimmermann, Demissionary Minister of Foreign Affairs and Demissionary Vice-Chancellor
 

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Azraq to welcome more Loagan refugees

JUGOL - The Azraqi Emperor has promised to personally support the resettlement of "hundreds" of Loagan refugees to Azraq, as he implored his government to help resolve the growing crisis in Loago.

Speaking in his annual Christmas address, Emperor Tiirka Illah urged the world to learn from the traditional Christian tale of Jesus's birth and be "more welcoming to others".

"I do not want to see Loagan children born in a stables or anywhere other than a hospital or home because noone would take their family," he continued.

The Emperor made his plea after attending Christmas mass at a Cyanopian Orthodox church near the Azraqi border with Cabaon, another former colony of Caledonia like Loago.

Local commentators say the move was highly symbolic, given Azraq welcomed thousands of migrants from Cabaon in the Seventies and Eighties after the local phosphate mining industry collapsed, leaving the Himyari country destitute.

Yet so far Azraq has refused to take in refugees from Loago in any great number despite the ongoing civil war, which some pundits say is down to prejudice. "The Azraqis have long seen themselves as superior to other Nethians and despite vague declarations of pan-Himyari solidarity that sense of superiority sadly remains today," argues Loagan columnist Zakia Nyo, who points out Loago was also a rich source of slaves for Azraqi merchants historically as well.

However with the Azraqi Emperor pledging to house Loagan refugees on his own land, many hope this well change. "We could really do with Azraqi help," admits one aid worker.

Emperor Tiirka Illah also called on the Azraqi government to "play a leading role" in fixing Loago more generally.

"As one of Himyar's oldest and most successful nations, we have a unique responsibility," he declared.
 

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Caledonian parliament votes to retreat from Loago

Dun Eidyn - The Aonach of Caledonia has held a vote day in which it condemned Toiseach Olibhia MacAnndra of being in the contempt of the institution as the way she and her cabinet have managed the crisis of the defection of Seathan Forsaidh and the Loagan Bush War have isolated Caledonia and have destroyed any chances of PACFOR to fully pacify the eastern Himyari state.

The MAs from the Turnip League have pushed put a bill to call for the end of the PACFOR mission, motivating that the main goal, to see civilian government return in Maseru and General Calum MacMhaoilein step down from power. They have been joined by the formal opposition from the Seoradh and Seed of the North parties, but also from the Party of the Left and National Corporatist Union, thus bringing the vote to 320 for and 270 against.

Olibhia MacAnndra has stated that she is disappointed that many of the Himyari nations have fallen to the lies and deceits of a traitor that now works for Kadikistan and all he does is to discredit the efforts Caledonia has made especially in the recent times to pacify Loago and to save Cabaon from economical catastrophe.

Even so, seeing that she lost the support of the Turnip League, which have been described as nativists who always were against the colonial prospects of the old Caledonian Empire, Olibhia MacAnndra will need to set up a quick retreat from both countries, if not face a motion of no-confidence from a uniquely united opposition and see the future government do the same.

There have been important reports who say that in Cabaon especially, a brusque push for independence might be tragic, as that will also end the aid program, in Loago it is expected that many of the PACFOR soldiers, especially the Elbener volunteers to join the security forces as volunteers and this new flow of good soldiers might help the National Unity Government to stop the onslaught of the PFLL and many even manage a series of counterattacks.

The Caledonian authorities are adamant in ending the imperial chapter in their country's history and to fully release Loago and Cabaon of their responsibilities in the Obsidian Union, as they want to keep their homeland away from the crises that developed in Himyar and at the same time try to survive in the redrawing of the political map of the Commonwealth after the defection of Seathan Forsaidh who is still waited to continue his series of disclosures.
 
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We commend the Emperor of Azraq for his plea to give shelter to Loagan refugees. The situation in Loago is a reason for concern, and as we realise a problem difficult to solve. We continue to follow the situation with interest.

Rüdiger Zimmermann, Demissionary Minister of Foreign Affairs and Demissionary Vice-Chancellor
 
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