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While the Occident and the Thaumantic lands are battling all sorts of plagues derived from the popularly called Engellpox, Caledonia is battling its own epidemic. Caught up in the high north, in a region with some of the least sunshine in the whole world, its people are battling depression and suicide on an alarming rate. In 2010, Caledonia became the country topping the list of states by number of death by suicide. The worst year has been 2011, with 25.5 per 100,000 deaths and while by 2018, Caledonia managed to reduce it to 16.5 per 100,000 death, it still remains a huge social issue.
Social and Economic analysts have described Caledonia as a bit of an odd ball on this end, as when the 1999 recession hit, there have been less than half the suicides that are taking place now in the country and they have started to rise once the recession has ended and the economic book in Dumnonia has started.
A more conservative member of the Aonach, Gòrdan GilleChrìost, member for Dunadd has commented that the rates of suicide can be observed to be higher in the regions where free economic zones where implemented: "I cannot observe that the people in places where the government calls 'economically free', the people outright prefer to end their God given lives. Can you imagine how bad must it be, if people are ready to risk an eternity in hell than such a life? I don't want to be dogmatic and condemn the consumerist culture of those regions though I believe that a problem is there too. I think that the idea that free markets make the people happy and free is thoroughly wrong as it transforms them into slaves. The people are overworked, overfed, over-entertained and thus they simply cannot care about the preciousness of life," he stated.
The Right Honorable Toiseach, Olibhia MacAnndra has stated that while the numbers have gotten better, depression and suicide are still grave problems that the country faces and the people suffering from them should not be ostracised by religious speeches about how much suicide is punished in the afterlife, but in prevention. Hence, she has created a new ministry in her cabinet, the Ministry of Suicide Prevention and Loneliness, which will work together with the Ministry of Health to ensure that by the end of her term, the suicide rates will drop to under 8 per 100,000 deaths. She was criticised by the more conservative members of the Aonach and by the religious establishment, which still deny that the high number of suicides can be called a national crisis and even go as far as to state that many of the numbers have been artificially inflated in the statistics.
As of yet, suicide is illegal in Caledonia and those who manage to survive it are prosecuted. But still, this doesn't stop many of the people as on average there are 8 suicides a day reported in Caledonia.
OTHER NEWS
Seashell portrait of Jesus: A special kind of icon has been blessed today at the Saint Piran Monastery in Dun Tain, where the monks have worked for over a month to unveil a seashell portrait of Jesus Christ.
Government stands fully against Loago: Toiseach Olibhia MacAnndras has stated yet again that no compromise is to be done with the minority government in Loago. The country has been declared by Caledonia to be decolonised and given to Wala administration, as Toiseach MacAnndra described them as civilised and catholic people.
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