We must dare to invent the future

[Gran-Occidentia]

Najwej-Urbo. Himyari People's United Republic


Najwej-Urbo was a sprawling city, vast towers of steel and concrete stood where once there had been dirt hovels and the old colonial offices where gone replaced with new modern buildings. Joseph Kyungu had spent his whole life here and in truth he barely recognized the city anymore, even the name had changed...funny he couldn't even remember what the old name had been some sort of saint or maybe a king, it didn't matter anymore the city was Najwej-Urbo now and always would be. Joseph sat in the bus as it took him to work and gazed out at the window as the factories and industrial plants sped by. it was a shame he thought he remembering the avenues lined with trees, all gone now...the trees had not been Hymar natives so had been torn out, so was the rose garden in what was now The People's Park and so many others, but of course these were products of imperialism so had to be expunged although privately he wondered how much danger a tree or a rose posed but then again he was only a simple factory worker, who was he to decide?

He nearly missed his stop he was busy daydreaming, luckily the bus was full of his fellow workers at the Pan-Himyari Solidarity steel mill. One of whom shock his shoulder to wake him from his reverie. But all day Joseph couldn't stop thinking about the trees and roses

 

[Gran-Occidentia]

Nador, European Forum Mandate of Al-Magrab.


Nador was a sleepy little town not far from the border with the Himyari People's United Republic, given the Mandate's chaotic nature the border was becoming increasingly porous which was both a blessing and curse for the HPUR as refugees flooding south as the mandate continued its descent into violence. However there was also an opportunity to export the revolution and spread Pan-Himyarism into the Al-Magrab. And so in the spirit of Pan-Himyarism Paul Mwende on behalf of the People's Security Bureau found himself sitting face to face with one of the Mandate's leading Islamists Ibrahim Hajj Hatmi.

" As-salamu alaykum Mr Mwende, please tell me what has a man such as myself done to deserve a visit from a represent of the United Republic, after all I am only a simple preacher".

" Hmmm well Mr Hatmi you and I both know you are not a simple preacher far from it, you are however one of the Mandates most outspoken critics and from what I have observed no friend to the foreign imperialists that plague Himyar...that is why the United Republic wishes to give you and your organization our support, we may not share all of your beliefs but you are of Himyar and that in itself is already more than enough, so while we are not yet prepared to send men we will be able to supply you with the materials needed for you to liberate your people".