Editing History of Zamastan (section)

==Anya Bishop Presidency==

One of Anya's first acts was to solidify her position on the world stage, primarily through the [[2019 Tofino Leaders Summit]] which saw several leaders and diplomats from around the IDU. 

The waning days of March 2019 saw disastrous flooding in the prairie regions of Zamastan, resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people. 

Following a series of deadly shootings in Zamastan, one of which killed 11 people in a nightclub, Bishop signed legislation passed 428-72 in the [[Congressional Hall (Zamastan)|Congress]] that banned most kinds of semi-automatic rifle style weapons and initiated a buy-back program. This move was widely praised by nations such as [[Sanctaria]] and [[Laeral]], which had their own gun control measures.

In June of 2019, journalists from the nation of [[Xiomera]] who had hidden in exile in [[Lauchenoiria]], Laeral, and Zamastan, were the topic of an extradition crisis. Bishop denied the extradition of the journalists back to Xiomera and imposed sanctions on the nation. In response, the Xiomeran government did the same. Following a hack on [[Kerlile]]'s national broadcasting service, Kerlile also imposed sanctions on Zamastan. The trade war continued into mid-september, when it finally died down after a [[2019 Eirian Trade Mediation Conference|mediation conference]] hosted by [[Eiria]] settled the dispute. Bishop was widely criticized for her role in the dispute, mostly for her reluctance to begin negotiations and her impulsive persistence to add more sanctions and tariffs as the dispute progressed.

On August 31st, a [[2019 Coastal Valley Earthquake|magnitude 8.3 earthquake]] struck the coastal valley region of Zamastan, devastating the city of [[Kelowna]] and killing over 4,300 people. The international community rallied behind Zamastan and assisted in rebuilding. This is widely considered by Zamastanian experts to be one of Bishop's most important moments of leadership, as she greatly dropped politics and went to work relating with the everyday Zamastanian and assisted in rescue relief. 

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