From Obscurity...

[The Commonwealth of GA&LB]

The Sunday Morning Herald aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4[SUP]th[/SUP] August, 1946​ A Royal Tragedy! aKing a Queen dead in car crash! Prince Thomas to be crowned later today!

The Union awoke to horrific news this morning. Our beloved King and Queen have been victims in a horrendous car accident on their way home from a formal engagement. We do not yet know many details about the crash, but it has been confirmed that there it was a wreck like no other, and impossible to survive. The Royal household has confirmed that Prince Thomas will be crowned

He could never finish the whole article. 10 years was a long time... a decade had passed, yet looking at the framed newspaper clipping he had in his desk draw still hit him like a wet fish slap across the face. Every time he looked down, a tingle sense that his parents would not approve of his leadership style rang through his body. Then, in defiance, he remembers that these grown adults got drunk, jumped behind the wheel of a sportscar and didn't wear seatbelts. "Died how they lived I suppose". The voice from across the room snapped his head up and over to it's source. There he was. The King. His brother. "How's my favourite little subject doing?" the smugness spiralled through the air and gut punched him. Like it did every time. "Would you kindly fuck off, or I will have you Boncarian passport revoked". "Please little brother, enough of the jokes, this visit is for business, not pleasure. Reports from Kruger de Whet indicate we've struck another deposit. And it's big. Bloody MaWHOsive. I think it's time we shunt our little collection of states out into the big wide world."

This was the conversation Crown Prince Joshua had been waiting for. His tiny little corner of the world had for too long been insular, a craven little state sitting atop a mountain of wealth. Now, their time had come.

"I presume you have a plan? A jumping off point? Some sort of next step" Josh strained to hide the excitement in his voice. "Yes I do. But you might not like it..." Joshua's face retorted, as if to say 'go on'. "Political union. Lesser Boncaria will become part of a greater Commonwealth, under the lead of what will now be known as Greater Arsekakia. You can keep the title of prince, you can run your little state as you were, but all other provinces, duchys and states will fold into my realm. Merge the flags, keep the whole we're in charge, elections are dumb, we know whats best 'thing' going. What do you say". Josh smiled. It was funny you know. He was going to say the same thing... you couldn't tell they were brothers...

Foreign Office of King Thomas I and Prince Joshua I aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaFor the benefit of those addressed​ Official communique from the new nation of ​ Greater Arsekakia and Lesser Boncariaa For the attention of the world at large; ​

We, the reunited peoples of Greater Arsekakia and Lesser Boncaria, wish to extend the hand of friendship and warmth to those across the world. We, the glorious peoples of Greater Arsekakia and Lesser Boncaria, wish to state our sovereignty over both ourselves, the lands we call home and the fruit of those lands. We, the peoples of Greater Arsekakia and Lesser Boncaria, hope that today marks the beginning of a new chapter for our great nation

Regards, The peoples of Greater Arsekakia and Lesser Boncaria