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Cyber Security, Who is Protecting You?
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has released new guidelines for internet users in the capital Kremlyov. These new guidelines require internet users inside of the capital city to install a root certificate if they desire to access foreign internet services. This guideline is currently a test project by the cyber security division of the Ministry to attempt and further secure the internet services of the nation from cyber attacks which have been on the rise for the last decade by foreign entities. Over the course of this month internet service providers will be mailing, emailing, and texting their clients with information and offering support to help citizens install the government certificate so they will have continued access to the entirety of the web.

Ministry officials say that if this proves successful in thwarting even a small percentage of cyber attacks upon the citizens, businesses, and government institutions of Tarusa they will begin to roll it out across the entire empire within the year if the first six months of this trial prove successful/
 

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Elbaron - Foreign Communications

Should these measures be successful, the government of Elbaron would be very interested in inviting Tarusian experts to the capital for a consultation about how to effectively curtail the spread of illegal, seditious and terrorist messages to the innocent ears of patriotic Elbarone citizens.
 

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Lianozov To Cease gas shipments along Ostmarkian Pipeline

As tensions have continued to grow across the border shared with the Empire and Ostmark has continued to grow the state controlled Lianozov has decided to cease exports along its northern gas pipeline. Spokesmen for Lianozov have stated that the gas will not be turned back on until full payment is received and negotiations over a new contract has been established by an authority recognized by the Empire or another sort of agreement is reached. As we have been told, the pipeline is to be closed at midnight on the 28th.

Officials for the Tsar have reported this has nothing to do with the desire of some of the population of Ostmark desiring to return to the former republic it once had been, but everything to do with the man in charge of doing such. That Ludwig Bohmer is a man that is just as guilty as Grasser and is attempting to destroy evidence of his own malicious deeds against the Ostmarkian people with the ordered destruction of state archives, and the banning of the National-Syndicalist People's Party all while claiming to allow everyone the freedoms of a full fledged democracy. It is quite hypocritical and an attempt to give himself a name as the savior of Ostmark, when in reality he should be being held for his crimes against the state and people.

The spokesman for the Tsar has made it clear he is willing to enter into talks with a Representative of the Bohmer regime, but it comes with pre-conditions on the release of General Wilhelmstadt and his loyalist followers as well as the cessation on the destruction of State Archives immediately.

We at the paper fully agree whole heartedly with the Tsar, if Ludwig Bohmer has nothing to hide, then the cessation of acts against transparency should be reasonable and acceptable if he truly is desiring a Democratic Ostmark once again. Why the democratic world so easily brushes aside the facts that records that could indict many guilty parties currently and formerly in the government are being destroyed is quite a disturbing show of how even the democratic world, truly isn't as transparent and for the people as they would righteously claim to be.
 

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We call upon the government of Tarusa to reconsider this decision.

Whatever Interim-Volkskanzler Bohmer's role in the Grasser-administration was, fact is, that he is currently trying to lead Ostmark to democracy. The current actions by the Tarusan government may be focussed at Interim-Volkskanzler Bohmer, but has the potential to destroy the transition to democracy as a whole. There is nobody else but Interim-Volkskanzler Bohmer who can lead this transition. Furthermore, please do not overlook that Bohmer will step down as soon as there is a democraticly elected government.

Dr. Norbert Schmelzer, Minister of Foreign Affairs
 

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Zaran Troubles, is CSEAC Collapsing?


Bajororzság was already facing unrest with issues from neighboring states. Unrest that caused the collapse of the previous administration and the rise of a new government led by the newly minted Prime Minister Kovács. As he has worked tirelessly to cease the unrest grappling his nation he has found himself at odds with nations that just mere months ago were clamoring to be their friends, and now are suspending parts of the agreement. This comes as other issues within the treaty have led to suspensions of parts of it as nations use clauses to further their own agenda.

These nations, ones that pushed the screaming agenda of "democracy at all cost" for Ostmark, are now looking to trample on the democratically elected Kovács government. This new action with previous actions only reinforces the Tsar and his officials points that the crying call of Democracy at all Cost only matters when it fits the agenda of certain central european nations. They have started to flex their muscle economically and additional military resources have found the way to the border of another as an act of intimidation.

It is the job of the Prime Minister to keep his country together, to protect the nation and its citizenry. When outside actors and internal agitators look to stir the coals and make flames additional measures must be taken for the security of the greater citizenry. Prime Minister Kovács is doing his job, and is faced with economic pressure and what could appear to be a threat of military action. That is the "Democratic World" and the "Democracy at All Cost" that only matters when it fits an agenda by central european powers, and where yet again Tarusa finds itself standing opposite of them as the Tsar and the Tarusan Empire stand behind and support Prime Minister Kovács and his nation against outside influence in its internal matters.
 

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I'm awfully sorry, but I have to point at some mistakes in one of the latest messages in the Tarusan Times. At this moment, the only country that suspended the CSEAC treaty and sent troops to its border with Bajorország, is Remion, and that country only does so because it considers these measures necessary for its own safety. The only other things the neighbourcountries of Bajorország are doing, is offering a location for peace talks between the Pannonian government and the Zaran movement (the Holy Frankish Empire), and pointing at the fact that the Zaran Troubles are spilling over to neighbourcountries and therefore calling upon the government of Bajorország and the leaders of the Zaran Movement to start peace talks. This is something completely different from CSEAC-membercountries planning an invasion to overthrow a democratically elected government.

Dr. Norbert Schmelzer, Minister of Foreign Affairs
 

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Victory Parade in Kremylov
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Troops of the 98th Guards Airborne Division alongside other military units from the Kremlyov Military district put on a parade in honor of the victory achieved by the Imperial Forces in Csengia forcing the withdrawal of Republican Forces from the conflict zone and securing the borders of Csengia. Elements of the 98th Guards Airborne Division first took Sankt Viet from Eugenian forces and held the city for weeks before being forced from the city in a fighting withdraw from the city outnumbered and attempting to avoid being surrounded and cut off.

Currently around 250 men from the division remain in the hands of the Republic of Remion who has refused to release them. The Tsar and other government officials including from the ministry of defense have vowed they will not rest until those who were performing their duties on the rear guard of the withdraw protecting their fellow soldiers are brought home. This vow comes on the heels of protests days earlier that saw the burning of the abandoned Remion embassy on embassy row and the calls for blood from parts of the population.
 

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Diplomatic Spat, Empire Takes High Ground

With the announced fabricated results by government officials of the Republic of Remion blaming the Empire for the sinking of the Oyleric it has set off yet another diplomatic row with the democratic world. Nations of San Jose, Remion, and Eiffelland expelling diplomatic staff and restricting visa applications so tightly that no new ones will be issued to imperial residents. While one would expect the empire to retaliate in kind it has instead opted to take the high ground. While the Republic of Remion already has minimal staffing due to incidents with the protests earlier in the year that resulted in the staff being withdrawn, the other two nations still maintain a full diplomatic corps and will for the foreseeable future unless they remove their diplomatic corps on their own.

Visa restrictions will be tightened however requiring sponsorship by two individuals before entry into the country will be permitted and the time allowed for certain visas will be restricted as well.

The government knows it was not involved in the sinking of the Oyleric, and the claims by the Republic of Remion are once more aimed at seeking revenge for its embarrassing loss in Pannonia. The Republic seeks revenge for its losses and will go to any means necessary, including fabrication of evidence, or coming to conclusions without sufficient evidence to point the finger at its rival so it can once more claim to be a victim of Imperial aggression.
 

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Democratic Imperialism

One can wonder, what is Democratic Imperialism, is this a real thing? Rest assured it is, even as naysayers would say it could not be as it goes against the ideals that the democratic world supposedly upholds. Do they really have any values or morals left to preserve while saying it is we whom are the corrupt and evil in the world? Lets just take a look to the west, in the Kingdom of Eiffelland, a nation that claims to be so cleansed of evil intents and thoughts even the almighty would be envious of how pure they are and that they must be the chosen people.

In all seriousness where should we start? How about in Al-Maghreb, a state that has been administered by the kingdom for decades under the European Forum mandates. These mandates were designed to eventually lead to independent nations once again when it was determined that a location had reached the point of self-governance and reliance to be capable of being a viable independent state. When you dive deeper into the facts, you will see with a cold hard truth that, if all the facts from the kingdoms own offices are in fact truthful, than this mandate should have achieved its independence long ago. When you look at the statistics from their own reports the mandate has a higher living standard than five, yes five, sovereign nations with it being potentially six in certain years and this is from a quick glance into reports of other nations. It has its own standing military which is augmented by an equal number of soldiers from the kingdom. Authorities in Trier claim that such a large force is needed to protect the mandate from the Noks Free State, a country with a force a third the size of that of the Al-Maghrebs and if you include those from Eiffelland a sixth of the size. That appears to be a different picture than what those in Trier would like to claim as it uses a lie of needing to protect them, when it is quite apparent they could very well take care of themselves with such odds.

With a few of these facts one then needs to think, the mandates have ended by voting from member states, obviously this would be a perfect time and example to show that the mandates were a success. The truth is cold as is reality that Democracy is only Democracy when they want it to be, and it can be manipulated to fit their agenda at will as has happened countless times. Al-Maghreb instead of being given its right to be a sovereign independent nation as it met the requirements of fulfilling everything that is a sovereign nation is given a list of choices by the Kingdom. These choices:

1.continue as a colony of the Kingdom
2.continue as a colony until a set date and then gain independence but with a defensive pact
3.gain independence but have to continue dealing with the kingdoms troops for several more years
4.become a colony of another power
5."other" option.

Now we shall break these down into truths.
1. Exactly as it states, it was never treated as mandate, it was always treated as a colony of the Kingdom.
2. Even in independence you will still be dependent upon us
3. We will drag our feet hoping something happens to justify our continued presence.
4. This isn't even an option, your ours and ours alone.
5. Nobody will be able to write the same answer enough to make it count, so we don't have to worry.

It is quite clear that the only option they have is to remain as a colony as they have been treated or throw off the yoke that quietly oppresses them. One may say, "But its Eiffelland, they are as Democratic as a nation can be, they would never take away peoples choices", we could be inclined to agree if the choices weren't so blatantly an attempt to blindly keep its yokes upon the people of Al-Maghreb. Why would it want to do that? Its a simple answer, if it did become independent, the potential for an increase in pricing, or a limiting of the amount of oil that finds its way from the mandate, I mean colony, to the industrial machine of Eiffelland could cause issues. That is but just one reason, another very well could be it needs the colony to counter Tarusan influence, as it so keenly constantly moves its military assets to areas where Imperial forces operate or could operate, if there was a threat to Al-Maghreb its only due to the presence of its Germanian overlords.

Al-Maghreb has met all the requirements of an independent state, something that many of the mandates had yet managed to fulfill before their abolition. Thrakia a nation divided seems as if it is on course to being an independent state before Maghreb.

Would this be enough to claim there is Democratic Imperialism? If it was the only example it would not be enough to claim for certainty but it is not the only example. We now must look just to the South of the kingdom at a breakaway province of Bourdignie. This is yet another state that the Kingdom of Eiffelland claims needs its protection, would it really however truly need its protection as it claims? The facts are Bourdignie has a peace treaty with the Kingdom of Csengia essentially proving its independence. It has never been acted against aggressively since before the signing of the treaty or after by either the Empire of Tarusa or the Kingdom of Csengia. So what protection does it truthfully need? From the Frankish Empire perhaps? This would be true if it were not for a fact that initial polling shows nearly half of those of Frankish ancestry and language want to be a part of the Frankish Empire and the fact the stated goal of its actions was not to completely subjugate the entirety of Bourdignie but bring those regions under its own influence as entities which will have equal rights as all the other parts of the Frankish Empire.

Georg von Heidemar, a member of royalty from the Kingdom of Eiffelland rules in Becs-Alstedt. Proof that it does not just use military means and excuses of offering protection to extend its control over various parts of the world, but will simply use other means to put royalty in charge with relations to the King.

What about Tarusa, the acclaimed "Evil Empire"? It has not launched a war of aggression, it first was never involved in any conflicts. A subsidiary of a corporation owned by the Tsar and a private citizen of the Empire were contracted to support the Pannonion government against illegal actions taken against its sovereignty. When this was not enough and assistance was requested the Empire dispatched a limited number of troops to the region to protect the territorial integrity of Pannonia against these aggressors, one of which was the Kingdom of Eiffelland, seeking to break apart Pannonia. The Empire supported Kovacs, followed by his successor General Horvath, and finally was forced to find an immediate solution to preserve the Csengian state with the untimely assassination of Horvath by forming a new government which became the Kingdom of Csengia which has achieved greater recognition globally than any other former state of Pannonia. One could hardly call that an act of Imperialism, but the opposite could be said of one of the states which was responsible for the breaking apart of Pannonia and now has thousands of troops stationed within the borders of Bourdignie.

What can be summarized from all of this. It is in fact the democratic world, namely the Kingdom of Eiffelland, which is the Imperialist and acts with Imperialist ambitions around the globe parading and masking its actions in "defense of democracy" while labelling those with different ideologies as the true imperialists. It is the Kingdom of Eiffelland which looks to continue to hold its grip on Al-Maghreb when others such as Tarusa and Serbovia released or work towards the formation of an independent state in Thrakia. It is the Kingdom of Eiffelland which looks to expand its frontiers at home, while keeping those abroad for its exploitation for its industrial machine at home. It is the presence of military assets from the Kingdom of Eiffelland which jeopardize, not provide, safety to those whom have to endure from these actions.

As El Presidente Constanza rants on twatter of the Global Exploitation Conspiracy, it perhaps is a real thing. It is in the Kingdom of Eiffelland, not the Empire of Tarusa as he would sometimes believe.
 

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A Look Into the Cabinet
Getting the chance to carry out a full interview with the Tsar is nearly impossible and the same is virtually recognizable with the cabinet of advisors he has surrounding his decisions. When one does get the chances to speak with any it comes in the forms of their own pre-dictated arrangement and topics. In a rare opportunity a request by the Times for an open discussion over some topics with the cabinet was actually approved and allowed to occur in what is believed to be an unscripted process as we were allowed an hour with the ministers of foreign affairs, industry and development, and lastly defense. The men for these ministries are respectively Luka Volkov, Evgeniy Makarov, and Leontiy Makarov.

The topics of discussion ranged from the Pannonian conflict and the Kingdom of Csengia, the image of the Empire in the foreign world, threats to the Tarusan Empire and its allies, the state of the nation economically, and the view of the Tsar towards the nations of the world. The course of the meeting allowed us insights into the workings of the minds of the nation that allows more perspective into the decisions being made by those who lead the great nation. We will not be giving direct quotes from our time with these men but summarizing the points of discussion.

To get the broadest subject of foreign policy and what would potentially take up the most time of discussion was the Pannonian affair and the Kingdom of Csengia. The men all seemed to carry the same tone and line of the Tarusan involvement was never planned, and only happened by coincidence when no other option was seen as possible to save the collapsing state. Minister of Defense Leontiy Makarov and Foreign Affairs Luka Volkov each gave their positions of how Pannonia was being carved up and weakened by foreign actors who seeked to dismantle the state and take pieces of it, and look to still take chunks of it for themselves, they were quite fervent with pointing the finger at the Kingdom of Eiffelland. This then began to tow into the lines where they discussed how the Kingdom of Eiffelland is actually the problem with peace and prosperity on the continent and not the opposite of what they try and claim. If it hadn't been for the Josefinos who took more care and worry for peace in Gallo-Germania than this conversation would be most likely taking place under the clouds of war, that the Josefinos cared more for peace than the Germanic people themselves do. At the end of the day an Eiffellander doesn't care about anything other than if they can make a mark off of someone or someplace, its why the weapons of Eiffelland are more prolific than other nations weapons systems as they will arm anyone who will pay, or they think will be capable of providing them with future sources of income.

The men shared a common agreement that many nations of the world criticize yet also try to manipulate the situation of the Empire for their own advantages. That they immediately condemn the Empires actions for stepping in and supporting and re-constituting a government in the former borders of Pannonia instead of allowing it to become a failed state, yet look to bargain to recognize what so many already do, that Csengia is the successor of Pannonia. Even those states that do not recognize it as the legitimate successor state only do not for the attempts of squeezing concessions from it.

When the topic of the economy of the Empire was brought up by us the other two men were largely silent leaving most of the back and forth with Evgeniy Makarov. He was quick to discuss the future of the Empires growing economy, pointing to the continued lowering of unemployment across the nation as manufacturing had a large uptick in domestic and foreign demand, partly fueled by the needs of the military domestically and abroad. The continued rebuilding of Csengia and the Pressburg Pact agreements that increased trade between the states and affiliates, and how the victory in Csengia had opened what would hopefully be a valuable economical partner for decades to come combined with Serbovia.

The final topic was the position of the Tsar his outlook towards foreign nations. This was largely something these men could speculate on themselves as none of them were the Tsar. They stated that relations with the fellow pact members and affiliates was only growing stronger, and that he was not yet taking an official position on the WOTO but was finding the potential outreach of them across the Thaumantic and outside their region as troubling, but the greatest threat towards the Empire and the stability of Gall-Germania in his own eyes still remained that of the Eiffellanders and that his potential to cooperate with nations who shared similar views would only be enhanced until the threat was diminished.
 

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No Honor in Germania

The referendum has come and passed, the results spoke loud and clear demanding a withdrawal of the armed forces from the Scanian Germanic Fiefdoms of the North. An agreement that was agreed upon and to be honored, no matter the results, by all participants which has been by both the Frankish Empire and the Tarusan Empires and other nations.

This is not the case with the Germanic fiefdoms of Scania that have continued to remain in place under the auspices of installing yet another formal government and negotiations with that entity on withdrawal. Clearly a stalling tactic to further entrench themselves in lands that have made their voice known that these occupational forces are not welcomed. They will have a "new democratic" government installed that will no doubt follow the principles of Post-Delegationism replacing the still young government that had barely had a chance to form the new Germanic nation from the ashes of Pannonia. Already the country has been renamed to the Federal Republic of Walchenland-Dietlinchoven under the continued occupation.

The threat on the Imperial borders and those of our allies in the Kingdom of Csengia are continually proven.

Other News
  • Delivery of two new Amphibious Assault ships from the Frankish Empire will be completed in the coming weeks, adding new tools to the Imperial Navy as it modernizes its forces.
  • Unemployment stays steady at historical lows from increased manufacturing demand domestically.
  • Mild winter prevails, officials warn the worst could still be ahead.
  • Officials disappointed in the election results in Justosia, call it one of the saddest days in recent conservative history.
 

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To The Greatness of The Empire
Text manuscript of Tsars speech in Trinity Square
"Citizens of this greatest Empire, our nation has endured and continues to grow. Our armed forces are the largest and strongest fighting force in the world, and our diplomats around the globe act to serve our interests and secure favorable agreements that ensure the continued peace and prosperity where they can and if we must use our armies, they will bludgeon our enemies to death.

Gallo-Germania is protected and peace shall reign across this continent. A meeting was hosted on one of my yachts in the Gothic Sea and after tense negotiations an agreement was reached between the Frankish Empire, ScanLaw including its subset nations, and our own nation. Baron Bakhmeteff achieved in the secret meeting what he could not achieve in the European Forum after countless obstacles and blockades by liberal democracies, a guarantee for lasting peace and security. The borders of the Kingdom of Csengia will be altered with the addition of some territories of Bourdignie being ceded to the Kingdom, with it the Kingdom shall be slightly over 2/3rds the original size of Pannonia. The Bourdignie exclave of Thuringau has been ceded to our nation, it shall be known from this point forward as Westmark. Little will change in Westmark in the day to day lives of those living there, those who travel for work will be able to continue working in Vrijpoort with continued ease of access both ways across the border.

We will be cooperating alongside of the Post-Delegationists of ScanLaw. This is something that will come to a shock, potentially anger many, as the rhetoric from my halls has constantly claimed PDism is a threat to our way of life. The anarchic wolves are no longer waiting for the fence to fall down, we have found other feeding grounds for them and ourselves. With any expansion of the Post-Delegationist way, must also come an expansion of Imperial Authority, hand in hand. They will come to the defense of our interests, and we shall come to the defense of their interests. It will take some time for adjustment to this new situation, there will be bumps, but the fields of our continent will not be soaked in the blood of our citizens and theirs. The Gothic Sea is the most militarized sea in the world, and now also the most safest because of this.


The Democratic world attempted to use the European Forum to covertly force us into a conflict, as weakening all of us, strengthened themselves. Our three nations weakened by war would have allowed them greater ease to seize our foreign lands, and potentially force changes for the worst in our own nations. They have failed, where we have succeeded. The balance of power globally has not just tipped in our favor, the scale as broke from the balance being thrown off. The Empire has never been stronger! The Commonwealth which preceded our nation as it is was never as strong as we are now. Between the Gothic Sea Pact and the Pressburg Pact peace shall reign and we shall prosper greatly. My youngest son is as well engaged to marry the Queen of Csengia, binding our families together and expanding the Kiselev family once more.

Our men and women are currently engaged in an operation to secure our interests in Northern Himyar. The Crown Colony of Maghreb as it shall be called. It is just the signs of another failure of the European Forum. A mandate left to rot, when the mandate system was abruptly ended. A mandate that had been ill prepared under the Democratic states that failed to properly adjust and prepare it for independence. We will bring these lands under our control, protect our sphere of influence, and return development, production, and stability to this area."
 

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The Folly in Democracy
In the foreign print of nations, social media, most outlets from the majority of the democratic world we can all see a common trend. The Empire is Evil and is the pariah of the international world. These lies are what they need to justify their selfless morals that they only gain when its convenient for their agenda. One only needs to look at the countless plights that have plagued the former mandates amongst others before and currently even now, and how they silently ignore these issues until they have themselves a scapegoat to hoist themselves upon their pedestals to give an appearance of being attentive to the needs of those whom most need it.

Where were these nations in sending aid to the former mandates in the immediate time of revocation of the mandate system? Where were they when anarchy ensued and warlordism ran rampant in the former mandates? Where were they in the breakaway province of zara that they had supported for so long diplomatically and caused the upheaval themselves? The answer is simple, they were self-indulging in their self-righteousness. They never once cared for the plight of the peoples of these nations as they now do, no. The democratic world was perfectly content and happy with the status quo, a status quo that suited their own agenda. The people of Al-Magrab and Hajr are just the fad for today to this world, come tomorrow they will be as insignificant as the germanic people of Bourdignie were before, and the Zarans before that. The picture painted is imperialism, aggression, tyranny of the Empire. Lets paint a different picture, indifference, feckless, negligence of the righteous democratic world. ScanLaw positioned troops initially in the former mandate of Hajr to provide limited stability long ago, not an care was given so much that even now most of the foreign outlets ignore this fact. Now that peace has been established in Germania allowing the powers that truly care to bring stability, prosperity, and protection to the peoples whom need and deserve it that they care. They care as it is yet another crisis created by their own hands that they cared not to find a solution for.

The enemy is always the same, the tactics and trivial actions are always the same. The enemy splinters and collapses as time proceeds as they are only acting in the interests of nations and the people of those nations for as long as it fits the political agenda. It is for these reasons that the Empire is always making moves politically securing peace and alliances with the great nations of the world, as the world knows the Empire is a nation that sticks true to its values and will not turn its back on its friends. The world only needs to look at the zaran issue to see, a government supported by the democratic world was overthrown by another when its usefulness had ran out followed by leaders of the coup whom proceeded to flee the country shortly after leading to anarchy and chaos but no aid was to appear until the evil empire had organized an effort to bring the province back into the Kingdom of Csengia, the nation that rose from the anarchy imposed by the outside world under the guidance of the Empire.

The only evil in this world is from those which claim the righteousness of being democratic and resisting Imperialism, for their own actions condone and support anarchy repetitively across the globe, with them only caring when it fits the political agenda.

Other news
  • Oil revenues remain strong with prices high globally. Swelling stabilization funds for potential budget crisis's.​
  • Imperial Troops mission in Crown Colony still overwhelmingly successful​
  • Planning of Royal Wedding underway​
  • Foreign products see gradual price increases from surging transportation costs, potential for global shipping reduction if prices continue to rise according to Ministry of Industry and Development​
 

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War Is Coming
The Withdrawal of San Jose from CETO, the announcement of Tianlong of the deployment of three carrier taskforces to Radillo, and the rise of a pretender for the throne. It is a clear sign that the Central European Treaty Organization is plotting a large scale military operation to neuter the empire and install a puppet in charge that will bring their "democratic ideals" to the Empire.

The Imperial Armed Forces have been preparing for this conflict for a long period of time and will be triumphant in the coming struggle as it has been in the conflicts of the past and the future. In the coming weeks and months the dedication of the people to the Empire will be tried and tested, but we are a strong people and will succeed where every other nation fails. The mobilization of the reserves has been ordered by the Emperor and the nation will be ready to take the fight to the enemy.

San Jose being a former member of CETO and withdrawing itself from the treaty within hours of the announced Tianese deployment is clear proof that behind their closed doors discussions have taken place for a military action that El Presidente could not himself support and he wished to save his people the bloodshed and destruction that would be rained down from above by Imperial bombers and missiles. The existence of this alliance has been repeatedly claimed by the Emperor of being an anti-Tarusan coalition, this is undeniably still the truth. When this war comes, the world shall be able to blame this coalition for the destruction of the worlds economy, but Tarusa as the victor will bring about a new world economic order from the ashes that is less susceptible to the volatility of this "democratic order".

As the defenders in this coming war, once we are victorious, our enemies will be the ones neutered. We will dismantle their offensive capabilities and ensure that a lasting peace with no prospect of a great war will be possible for the generations that come.
 

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Defense of the Fatherland
Televised Speech by Ivan
"Citizens of the Empire. The time I have warned us about, the time my father had warned us about is near upon us. Weeks ago I ordered the mobilization of elements of the human reserve, bringing back to duty some sixty-thousand former service members to refresh their training and begin outfitting equipment from the reserve stockpiles.

No doubt about it, we are at war!

We are at war with the rebellious elements that have chosen to support the pretender to the throne. The pretender who is supported by CETO. Some would have claimed I was paranoid over the deployment of such a large force of ships of Tianlong from Toyou, but what one needs to see is the fact it was true. A large combat fleet of the enemies carriers, one of the largest carrier forces assembled at a single stage in history for combat operations has left the enemies harbor and gone into the sea. Our forces will locate and track this force, and when they act we will deliver a crushing blow so devestating that they will be forced to come to terms with their populace for taking on such a venture.

Those who can hear this broadcast that have doubted my rule, those who are supporting or contemplate supporting Konstantin. What more proof do you need that he is propped up and supported by the foreign adversaries of our people? Will it take Konstantin riding thru the streets of Kremlyov on an Rheinbunder tank with a Tianese escort, if so then it shall be too late at that point.

I will not, and our armed forces will not let it reach this point. We will persevere, we will come out on-top as we have countless other times thanks to our battle hardened commanders.

We are at war, it is time we stop fighting with the gloves on and take them off. We are at war with the world, and so we shall make the world bleed with us. I am asking that factories begin working extra shifts, for citizens to begin rationing and preserving what they have, and any extra effort to the war cause. This enemy is meeting in Valls right now, with the aims and discussions of how to dismantle the Empire abroad, and domestically. They think we are weak, we are strong as we are Tarusan."


As the Tsar stepped away from the podium the cheers from the nobility and officers present began, faint chants calling for the overthrowing of the enemies governments could be heard of the Imperial Anthem.
 

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False Flags, The 11th Hour
Televised speech by Ivan
"The enemy continues to pursue the policy of war. As an enemy battlefleet patrols off the coastlines of the Crown Colony of Maghreb they have sank one of their own allied vessels. The preach of peace, once more as my father had claimed, the only peace they want is peace on their terms. Their terms are quite clear, the disbanding of the Empire, not just its new colonial holdings, but those of generations. The European Forum, aka the tool of democracies to paint a picture of legality, to demand our withdrawal from the Crown Colony of Maghreb and the Noks Free State which has been a crown holding for 140 years via their tool. If they wish to see our withdrawal from our overseas possessions we will do so the same time they withdraw from their own!

When will the enemy strike? We do not know, but we know that it will be under the false pretenses and legal discourse they attempt and use to justify to their peoples. When the blood is shed, and the body bags are coming home to their peoples, they will ask the questions, they will then seek the justice against the false pretenses laid before them. However they will not get the retribution they deserve under the weak governance and judicial systems placed upon them by the weak governments before them.

I will once more reiterate for you, the citizenry and men and women of our nations armed forces. The enemy is coming for us, it is not a question of if, but when. The Anti-State tanker and the propaganda that has been spewed about it being an attack from our own side against the commercial vessel is just one more false pre-text they will use to rally their population behind them, behind a lie. One only needs to see their own military activity off the coast of Maghreb, the lack of any activity beyond patrol boats monitoring their battlefleet from our own vessels in the lower Meridian, and confirmation of a minefield laid in wait off the coast of the Crown Colony by said battlefleet.


Now the question for the governments of these nations, those that have doubt about the cause, those whose consciousness is not morally corrupt. Are you ready to send a generation to die on the foreign battlefields by intervening in this civil war? Taking a strike at what you believe to be a wounded bear? Are you willing to do all of this under false pretenses, because it is "for the better"? It won't be my government that falls, and if somehow it does, it won't be the only one to collapse from the unjustified war that was sought after by foreign powers across the globe."
 

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Democratic Double Ideals
As the threat of war looms still ever closer on the horizon for the already at war Empire, the government has continued to rally the public to its cause under Tsar Ivan. The government has continued to point out the double standards of the European Forum and the Democratic allies of the Valls Pact. Not many have to ask what the double standard is as many Tarusans remember vividly the collapse of the mandate system of the European Forum and the rush by multiple regional and global powers to seize control of the mandates and assert their authority and continue the stability that had been abandoned, the Empire being one of them.

So what makes it a double standard to those who are not as well informed, or as many in the democratic world are being misled, how is it such? The answer is simple, there are other powers that are also guilty of occupying the former mandates but they have not been targeted by the democratic world, only the Empire has. This is due to the fact that they are also guilty of occupations, but gloss over those facts as it does not fit their narrative once more.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs points to the constantly touted Resolution 9/2023 of the European Forum as their justification against Tarusa, condemning it for the invasion and occupation, calling for the removal of the Imperial Armed Forces from not only the former mandate, but also a century old colony of the Empire in Himyar, The Free State. The ministry points out that is not only just Tarusan forces that occupy Maghreb, but a significant portion of the former mandate is also in the hands of the Hanseatic Republics which is a member of the DDI and Valls Pact as well as Hajr which was a former mandate itself. While the Hanseatic Republics were a part of ScanLaw before the polar divorce, it has been the Hanseatics which have taken control of the Himyari portions of the former ScanLaw in the messy aftermath of the split.

The Ministry has taken to make it a point that therfore, it is the DDI and the Democratic nations of this world that have taken more of the former mandates via conquest than the Empire itself has undertaken and this is just a veiled attempt to seize what they can as the opportunity has arisen. It is not about freedom and returning the mandates, it is about seizing more for themselves and their ideal forms of government and twisted agendas.

Cabinet members have been quoted pointing to the ultimatum by the Federation given to the State of Gutarike, how threatening and demeaning such a message was. Stating that is not a message from a democratic state that attempts to keep peace, but that of a government that seeks to provoke a conflict and force a nation to submit to its will by brute threats of overwhelming force, they would know as its the type of message Ivan himself would send. They have also went so far as claiming that the Central European Treaty Organization was as weak as it had ever been as it required the support of the DDI and was willing to double down on the double standards even tho when the war is over, CETO will be finding that they have screwed themselves and only strengthened a new enemy by giving them everything they had wanted, all in the name of destroying the Empire.

The official position from the Kremlin is that it shall defend every inch of the Empire against the Democratic forces of the world and will let the people realize the lies they have been fed from their governments by the stacks of body bags that are shipped home from the conflict with the Empire should they continue on the path they have chosen. The Tsar has so far ignored violations of the territorial waters by its enemies, and has only acted in the defense of itself while fighting rebellious elements, the pact is a coalition of the willing to wage an offensive war against the Empire and its allies.
 

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Nation under Attack

A patrol in the Gothic Sea came under attack from Federation and Hanseatic forces just off the Rikord Archipelago. Emperor Ivan responded immediately with launching missiles across the border at military targets across Lethonia. The Emperor took the time to brief the public of the rapidly changing situation that had unfolded in the Gothic Sea as the Empire of Tarusa itself was found under attack, similar to how the Gutarike State was attacked. A Patrol that was headed to the Gothic Sea from Kremlyov to show that the Empire would not be bullied into the Democratic Defense Initiatives proclamation of hegemony over the Gothic Sea. A doomed patrol that had done nothing wrong, had carried out no actions beyond routine, gunned down just outside of the territorial waters of the Empire approximately 25 km from land, 98 men who will never return to their families with another nine being rescued at sea by coastguard vessels.

The Emperors message was loud and clear, that the attacks against the Empire and its allies would be met with a rapid and strong hand as Imperial forces crossed the border into Lethonia. The nation has rallied around Ivan after the malicious unprovoked attack. It is the opinion of this paper that the attack was inevitable with the so called Valls Pact continuously probing the Empires boundaries waiting for an opportunity to strike, with many wondering whether the first blow against the Empire would come in the Meridian or the Gothic. Konstantins forces have ceased operations against Kremlyov, and over the night the calls from the public on private messaging boards across the Empire have called on Konstantin to honor the Empires hour of need and come to the defense of the Empire despite his differences with Ivan. Some have gone as far as to label Konstantin a coward and a traitor for having allowed the forces of the DDI to engage the patrol with his forces easily capable of assisting from land based and air assets had he chosen to respond.

Some comments from various citizens have taken a similar line to that of the regime in pointing to once more hypocrisy of the so called Democratic world and double standards. While they all believed Tarusa would be the first one to strike, as its labeled as an aggressor state around the world, it has only once launched an offensive conflict in recent times, with the other times being the defense of the Kingdom of Csengia during its collapse and now when it itself has been attacked as well as its fellow Gothic Pact member of Gutarike.
 
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