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Die Staatskanzlei
Nürnberg, NÜ
Franken
The State Chancellery was the beautiful classical 19th century style seat of government of Franken. Here the highest civil servant of the kingdom, the President of the Council of Ministers of His Majesty's Government or simply Ministerpresident, had his offices and from here he would organise daily business. To receive fellow chiefs of government the compound boasted a nicely adorned „Ehrenhof“ (honour yard), where the Ministerpresident, his senior aides and a military company of honour would await the respective guest. For protocol and traditional reasons the Ministerpresident never received guests with military honours at the airport. This is a privilege reserved to the King himself.
As Graf Peter Solms, head of one of Franken's noble families („Uradel“ or „ancient nobility“) was just elected into office in Swann's last year in office, the Ministerpresident had not really got in touch with Weatherby Swann before. What Graf Solms had learned from dossiers and briefing by more seasoned diplomats was that Sir Weatherby Swann was an accostable leader, who you ought not underestimate despite his jolly attitude. Exchanging various pleasantries both heads of government went into Solms' own office to discuss their agenda. In the generously spaced room you could discover various artefacts reminding of Franken's history as an EDF host and the alliance in general. Right next to the group of armchairs the two leaders and their aides occupied there was a huge vintage painting showing the contemporary EDF state leaders when the alliance was founded.
„Dear Weatherby, it's good to have you here. First I have the pleasure of conveying you His Majesty's congratulations upon your return to office. In the late afternoon you will have a brief private audience, as King Alfred would be delighted to sweeten the burden of your new duties.“ Graf Solms winked nonchalantly. He alluded to the famous wine vintages of the famous private royal wineries, which King Alfred liked to give away as gifts. „My dear colleague, there are many fruitful and resourceful agreements between Franken and Mayaland. An ordinary man would be quite satisfied with the status quo, but I think your first visit in office to Nürnberg should be marked by at least one worthy and large new accord. After all, the people need something to mull over and subsequently applaud or criticise, don't they? Seriously, there are a couple of treaties which could use some review and re-modelling. Your predecessor was a bit sloppy when it came to this, to be honest.“
The Ministerpresident noticed that Swann's attention was a bit diverged by the vintage painting. „I believe you haven't seen this image as an original before, have you? I had it put here, after it had spent one or two decades in some dusty governmental archive. It's always good to keep one's very roots in mind, I daresay. For Franken the roots in the EDF are her political roots in the 20th century and this new century. Can you spot your predecessor of the day? Forgive my faulty memory, but I'm not sure whether Mayaland was a founding member after the Great War.
Nürnberg, NÜ
Franken
The State Chancellery was the beautiful classical 19th century style seat of government of Franken. Here the highest civil servant of the kingdom, the President of the Council of Ministers of His Majesty's Government or simply Ministerpresident, had his offices and from here he would organise daily business. To receive fellow chiefs of government the compound boasted a nicely adorned „Ehrenhof“ (honour yard), where the Ministerpresident, his senior aides and a military company of honour would await the respective guest. For protocol and traditional reasons the Ministerpresident never received guests with military honours at the airport. This is a privilege reserved to the King himself.
As Graf Peter Solms, head of one of Franken's noble families („Uradel“ or „ancient nobility“) was just elected into office in Swann's last year in office, the Ministerpresident had not really got in touch with Weatherby Swann before. What Graf Solms had learned from dossiers and briefing by more seasoned diplomats was that Sir Weatherby Swann was an accostable leader, who you ought not underestimate despite his jolly attitude. Exchanging various pleasantries both heads of government went into Solms' own office to discuss their agenda. In the generously spaced room you could discover various artefacts reminding of Franken's history as an EDF host and the alliance in general. Right next to the group of armchairs the two leaders and their aides occupied there was a huge vintage painting showing the contemporary EDF state leaders when the alliance was founded.
„Dear Weatherby, it's good to have you here. First I have the pleasure of conveying you His Majesty's congratulations upon your return to office. In the late afternoon you will have a brief private audience, as King Alfred would be delighted to sweeten the burden of your new duties.“ Graf Solms winked nonchalantly. He alluded to the famous wine vintages of the famous private royal wineries, which King Alfred liked to give away as gifts. „My dear colleague, there are many fruitful and resourceful agreements between Franken and Mayaland. An ordinary man would be quite satisfied with the status quo, but I think your first visit in office to Nürnberg should be marked by at least one worthy and large new accord. After all, the people need something to mull over and subsequently applaud or criticise, don't they? Seriously, there are a couple of treaties which could use some review and re-modelling. Your predecessor was a bit sloppy when it came to this, to be honest.“
The Ministerpresident noticed that Swann's attention was a bit diverged by the vintage painting. „I believe you haven't seen this image as an original before, have you? I had it put here, after it had spent one or two decades in some dusty governmental archive. It's always good to keep one's very roots in mind, I daresay. For Franken the roots in the EDF are her political roots in the 20th century and this new century. Can you spot your predecessor of the day? Forgive my faulty memory, but I'm not sure whether Mayaland was a founding member after the Great War.