Vanaza Print - National & World News

**Political News**

The first round of voting, including the votes cast for the Senate and the preliminary round of the Prime Ministerial election, just concluded. The results prove that the young nation remains divided, with no party taking a clear majority in the Senate - though the Cavaliers came out on top, in part due to its exclusive hold on the economic right-wing. Meanwhile, in about a month's time voters will return to the polls to choose between Colonel Dro Ndje and Sub-Officer Pavle Nanava to control the executive branch of government. The two are similar in their left-of-center economic positions, but offer a stark contrast in social policy, with Njde offering a hardline social conservative message whereas Nanava represents the most socially liberal party in politics.

**Royal News**

His Majesty, King Gaioz I, announced shortly after the ballots were counted that his first and only child, a son named Ara, is to be his successor. The teenage boy is now officially Crown Prince Ara.

The King also sent his congratulations to all of the party leaders and candidates for Prime Minister for their success and for making Nydia's first ever election such a successful and spirited event.

Furthermore, His Majesty has announced the composition of his Privy Council moving forward. It will be attended by the four Dukes he has thus-far commissioned: His Grace, Leonti I, Duke of Steini; His Grace, Sergei I, Duke of Mare; His Grace, Cyril I, Duke of Câmpie; and His Grace, Fahd I, Duke of Baltă. A new fifth member was just commissioned: former Prime Minister candidate Josip de Cröy, who crucially facilitated the influx of external aid during the revolution, was recognized by being offered a lesser title - that of a Count, rather than a Duke. Therefore, His Grace, Josip I, Count of Muntana, shall also attend the Privy Council.

**International News**

The Steinard Kingdom enters a fourth year of attempting to repress further nationalist rebellions in its eastern provinces. Even after Nydian independence, about 1/3 of land under the command of the Steinard Kingdom are populated by ethnic minorities, who also by large follow the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church, as opposed to the state-sanctioned Steinard Reformist Church. Though these rebellions face even firmer retaliation from the Steinard Royal Army due to their closeness to core Steinard territory, revolutionaries from these groups take strong inspiration from Nydia and have called for all oppressed minoroties under the rule of Stein to stand together and fight for each other's freedoms, not stopping until the entire Steinard hegemony outside of their core land is dismantled.

The Steinards, for their part, are sending dignitaries to Vanaza as we speak on an urgent mission to make a formal peace with Nydia as soon as a Prime Minister is sworn in.

Meanwhile, the Nesska Empire, still slowly recovering from the heavy defeat dealt to them by Stein about 40 years ago, have begun a military buildup in what appears to be an obvious move towards an invasion of one of its weaker neighbors. This has stirred alarm in the Aruzene Republic, Nydia's immediate eastern neighbor which assisted our revolution with volunteers. Aruze has petitioned both Nydia and our common southern neighbor, the Tukhamen Republic, to stand together against the possibility of Nesska aggression.

But then again, Nesska too assisted our revolution with material aid in order to humiliate Stein. Some suspect that Nesska may instead be planning to invade Stein outright to liberate its rebellious eastern regions, which also happen to share a culture group with Nesska.

However, a few think that the unthinkable may come to pass - that Nesska may be planning to invade Nydia itself. Many write this off as a far-fetched conspiracy due to Nesska having aided our revolution, when they could have just as easily intervened with their military instead. However, 19 years after the revolution began, Nesska is much stronger today than it was then, and after all, Nesska may want to reclaim the land it lost to Stein four decades ago.