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United Commonwealth Press - Druk Abjadnanaj Sadružnasci

“The 11-year anniversary of the Czardom’s overthrow and the establishment of the Trans-Sastovian Commonwealth is being celebrated throughout the four republics that make up our great nation, with fireworks displays and parades held in each regional capital. Later today, Prime Minister Kraǔčanka is expected to make a public speech in Stoslaw, which will be broadcast both on television and your local radio stations.

The passing of Foundation Day will also mark the start of the 1993 election season, in what is sure to be a momentous occasion. Due to a combination of both alleged corruption within the FRP and criticism of Prime Minister Kraǔčanka’s response to the ongoing economic crisis, the leading Tryjarchat coalition, comprised of the Federal Republican Party of Vertansk and Solavan, Agrarian-Environmental Union, and the Ikuinist Movement have seen their position challenged by the up and coming Movement for the Defense of the Country, with a stated goal of -“

——

“Turn that off.”

In Stoslaw, a man in an expensive suit snaps, pressing his hand against his forehead. A team of advisors freeze, staring at him before an aide hurries to the radio and hastily unplugs it.

“Of course, Mr. Prime Minister.”

The man sighs, looking out the window onto the city below. “I don’t need to hear more doomsaying with the Army already breathing down my neck. I know things look bad, but we’ll figure out how to get out of this. We always do.”

——

“Turn that off.”

In a small village in the mountains of Otika, a child changes the channel to a static-filled recording of folk music. It is the child’s birthday, and the mother had been out all morning picking berries for the dessert. For that moment, none cared about their distant rulers' politics.

——

“Turn that off.”

In the outskirts of a Solavanian city, two men drive in a now-silent car. The older of the duo is covered in intricate tattoos known as taja by less savory parts of Commonwealth society. The other, a baby-faced young man, anxiously smokes a cigarette in the passenger seat. A loud thud emanates from the trunk as they hit a pothole, causing the younger to flinch.

“Pull over here.” The veteran commands, pointing to a small clearing. “It’s too late to back out now. Get out of the car and help me with this.”

——

“Turn that off.”

In a distant land, men in old military uniforms surround a map of the Trans-Sastovian Commonwealth. All but one is past their prime, with their once-regal attire now weathered and poorly fitting. In the center stands a tanned, clean-shaven man holding a glass in his right hand. He raises it, clearing his throat.

“We’ve spent eleven years exiled from our homeland. I was barely a man when my family was forced to flee in the night, hardly capable of understanding what was going on. Now, with my father gone, I am forced to take the reins. I assure you, gentlemen - this will be our last year away from home.”

A cheer erupts. The same has been promised every year, of course, but now they can feel it in the air - this time will be different.

Salvation in the Secular Age: Lehvant's Experiment with Community-Building and Spirituality

The following is an excerpt from the introduction of the book of the same title.


The modernization project of the French settlers in Lehvant was defined by a sense of disjointedness. Today, Lehvantians still use the idiom “to be like a Frenchman” to describe situations where someone is operating without any context of a particular environment. 

Even prior to the 1830 invasion of Jezairé, French pressure was the primary driver of modernizing reforms such as the establishment of equal citizenship instead of the former religious hierarchy, more rights and opportunities for women, and banning practices such as the death penalty. 

This state-driven process of reform, however, created an over-empowered state that came to define the beginning of the period of French rule. The highly centralized bureaucracy inherited by the French was especially destabilizing, which eventually led to the establishment of French Lycée systems to facilitate the education and indoctrination of technocrats. 

In the meantime, the erasure of the traditional “scholarly class” from the public sphere and the lack of coherence of the new bureaucratic structure to much of the public, led to the well-connected and well-spoken elderly community leaders of the time filling this vacuum in public life. The fact that these leaders’ spheres of influence were limited to neighborhoods rather than large districts shaped the community-building processes we see in Lehvantian society today.

Unlike the French rulers who implemented their modernization project wearing cultural blindfolds, the first elected President of Lehvant, Mehdi Kamran, was highly cognizant of these nuances while introducing his secularizing reforms. This is why, as the precursor to these reforms, he recruited many of these community leaders to begin introducing community practices and superstitions of good and bad luck that would have previously been shunned for being pagan in origin or idolatrous. One of the examples of these initial experimentations that remains today is burying pomegranate seeds in the foundation of houses to represent fertility and abundance. Especially in rural communities where agricultural production was of particular importance, superstitious burials such as this became increasingly popular.

This is why in Kamran’s visits to rural Lehvant following some of his more hard-hitting reforms, such as the abolition of religious-political authority and establishments from public life, he urged people to turn to the communitarian practices of village life. During one of such visits, a villager pressed Kamran about how he is expected to repent, or if his government is forcing him to live in sin. In response, Kamran took the seeds of the olives he’d been served by an elderly woman, and planted one. Kamran famously then told the villager, “To plant a seed, to feed the earth and make something grow - what, if not this, could cleanse us from sin?”.   

The “sin gardens” popularized by this story have become a staple of spiritual life in Lehvant, where the structure of organized religion has over time been replaced by norms and practices that symbolize and emphasize collective responsibility. 
Such practices have evolved through meditations and interpretations written by scholars and theorized as a communitarian, hyper-socialized form of mysticism. Communitarian mysticism involves the belief that people collectively create their common material-spiritual reality, as an intertwining of dualities or opposites. 
 
In his magnum opus “The Dialectic of Spirituality”, Lehvantian divinity scholar Hugo Azimi writes, “Lehvantian mysticism signifies the prospect of a community which emphasizes labor-sharing as a driver of the common good, balancing each person’s knowledge with the intuitive wisdom of others.”. 
 
Azimi’s socialist reading of spiritual life in Lehvant was a novel approach for its time. Since then, however, an increasing amount of scholars argue that while decentralized, communitarian practices of spirituality were manufactured during the nation’s transition to secularism, it is one of several factors contextualizing the unexpected success of democratic socialism in Lehvant. In a conflict-ridden geography where promises of empowerment for the working class have died quick, violent deaths at the hand of power-hungry authoritarian leaders, Lehvant stands alone as a nation that has lived up to these promises and sustained decentralized, redistributive policies such as workplace democracies and a robust social safety net for several decades. 
 
Spiritual life in Lehvant has become the backbone and fabric of a society where people are governed as partners, not beneficiaries. 

• The Europeian Republican Navy has officially transitioned to LibCord! LibCord is the primary operations center for Defender operations, and this shift in policy for the ERN marks an important step in our growth. As of the time of this writing, the ERN has already participated in 7 update operations with our LibCord friends. Additionally, the ERN participated in a detag operation with The East Pacific.
  
  
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• A General Election was held, and led to the election of the 5 person 85th Senate. Senators elected were Prim, Peeps, Gorundu, McEntire, and Cove.
  

• A Discord movie night was hosted with the Order of the Grey Wardens. The gang watched Turning Red! Additionally, a Discord trivia night and mafia game were hosted.
  
  
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I am currently setting up a RP scenario for a international space station for the IDU.

Discuss below

Hello all,



Please see attached the draft Charter of the League of IDU Nations. In authoring this draft, I've sought to preserve the feel of the real-life UN, including various councils and a Security Council, while also streamlining it for the benefit of RP purposes, particularly in an environment where nations may appear or cease to participate actively at any time. 



I intend to bring this to a vote for ratification by the League one week from today, on Wednesday, July 6th. Please let me know any comments or suggestions below in the meantime!

• June 24 - Reopening of registration period
  
• August 21 - End of registration period
  
• August 28 - Groups are announced
  
• September 4 - Week 1  
  
• September 11 - Week 2
  
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• October 2 - Quarter Finals
  
• October 9 - Semi-Finals
  
• October 23 - Finals
  

Hello everyone! Soon, it will have been one year since the 2021 New Riga Olympiad began, and as the IDU Olympiad is a biannual event, it is time to begin discussing what we would want from a 2023 Olympiad. With permission from IDUOC President Laeral, I would like to open discussion for the third edition of the IDU Olympiad. 

There are two main things that would need to be discussed before another addition of the Olympiad can be effectively planned. First, a host nation/host city would have to be selected, and second, any changes to the Olympic Program would have to be discussed(However, sport selection is largely at the discretion of the host, so this would likely have to be discussed after host selection). 

If you are interested in applying to host the IDU Olympiad, please fill out the signup below: 

Nation Name: 
Puppet?(Y/N): 
Proposed Host City: 
Summary of Host City/Bid Details(Optional): 

I look forward to seeing what bids are posted!

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The Nuclear and Zombie Defence Act
An act to protect the IDU from nuclear apocalypse and hordes of undead.

The League of International Democratic Union Nations,

BELIEVING it necessary to protect our region in the event of nuclear war or zombie apocalypse;

RECOGNISING that such cataclysmic events require experienced commanders to dedicate their time to the formulation of strategies for survival and victory;

ACKNOWLEDGING the need to grant temporary powers to such individuals to protect our region during these events;

Hereby resolves the following:

§1 Appointment of N-Day General

1. The President of LIDUN is required to appoint an N-Day General no later than the final day of August each year.

2. The N-Day General shall hold their post only until the conclusion of the N-Day event.

3. The N-Day General shall be responsible for:
b. Negotiating Non-Aggression Pacts and other event-only treaties unless we are in an inter-regional alliance.
c. Recruiting other officers before the event, where necessary.
d. Assuming overall command of IDU forces during the N-Day event.

4. The N-Day General has a responsibility to:
a. Ensure that at least one officer is online throughout the event.
b. Ensure other IDU participants are following orders.
c. Prepare and produce a strategy for the IDU’s participation in the event.

5. The Regional Founder shall give the N-Day General both Appearance and Communications authority for the period lasting from the formal announcement of the N-Day event to the conclusion of the event.

6. Any further officers appointed by the N-Day General are required to follow the orders of the N-Day General and uphold the General’s strategy.

§2 N-Day Alliance Formation

1. The N-Day General is responsible for conducting negotiations regarding the IDU’s participation in inter-regional alliances for N-Day.

2. IDU members are entitled to vote on whether or not to join any inter-regional alliance.

3. The President of LIDUN may impose restrictions on the N-Day General regarding topics of negotiation at their discretion.

4. The N-Day General is responsible for liaising with any inter-regional alliance if our participation in such has been decided.

§3 Appointment of Zombie Controller

1. The President of LIDUN is required to appoint a Zombie Controller no later than the 25th of October each year.

2. The Zombie Controller shall hold their post only until the conclusion of the Z-Day event.

3. The Regional Founder is required to give the Zombie Controller Border Control authority for the period of between the 29th October and 2nd November.

4. The Zombie Controller shall be responsible for:
a. Informing member nations of the Regional Anti-Zombie Policy (RAZP).
b. Ensuring the borders of the region are closed throughout the Z-Day event.
c. Ensuring nations adhere to the RAZP.
d. Warning nations violating the RAZP of the potential consequences.
e. Kicking nations who repeatedly ignore said warnings for the duration of the event.

5. The Zombie Controller may appoint further individuals to assist in the issuing of warnings and reminders of the RAZP.

§4 Ejection of Zombie Policy Violators

1. Violators of the Regional Anti-Zombie Policy are entitled to two warnings given by Telegram from the Zombie Controller or their appointees.

2. Nations who persist in the use of Zombie Hordes following two warnings must be expelled from the region by the Zombie Controller or Founder.

3. Nations who persist in the use of Tactical Zombie Elimination Squads following two warnings may be expelled using the Zombie Controller’s discretion.

4. Nations expelled in this way shall be invited to re-join the region following the conclusion of the Z-Day event.