[b][u]The End of Two Eras?[/u][/b]

-As spring ends we go into summer. Fields of golden wheat as tall as a man cover the landscape as well as the days being longer and the sun’s rays beating down more harshly. It seems appropriate that on such a glorious days a, new, even more glorious nation is too appear. The former Lance Empire and Numburg have come together as a single nation under the name of Prussia. Gabriel III has been declared the first Kaiser and the very first congress was held to announce the new constitution. Whilst these celebrations took place there was not entirely peace around the new nation and many groups were getting their opinion heard through less than friendly methods.
The largest and surprisingly friendliest of these groups were the ‘Independents’. This is a huge group of protesters that begun by boycotting the first congress as their demands are simply that the two nations were perfectly fine independent and that they should have remained that way. They write letters to governors and collect signatures in attempts to force a split before it is too late.
The second group are a whole other story, this is the ‘Nurmburg Naturalists’, they believe that Nurmburg don’t need this kind of rule, that they ran fine without a Kaiser and Prime minister. Most of the members are part of smaller companies within Nurmburg or have financial backing from larger companies and so are well equipped with lifted military equipment that was bought and stolen easily from the new army that is now in complete disarray. They have already said that if the joining is not halted they will begin a terror campaign against everything they believe is ‘Anti-Nurmburg’.
A third group are the ‘Lance Royalists’, this group believe that the Kaiser position will become ignored and under respected as a result of being dirtied with Nurmburg politics. They are currently protesting in and around the former Lance capital and demand that the congress be completely dissolved as well as the nation keeping the name The Lance Empire. They are yet to declare whether they will use violent means however they have a lot of support within the Lance Military and may call on this institution. 
Another group are the ‘Red Army’. This is a new political group that has formed on the former border between Nurmburg and Lance and spend their time attacking any important looking traffic such as orders, taxes and political personnel. They believe that the decision was not offered to the people and that until a fair way to let the people decide is found they will continue to slow the efforts of the system.
The fifth largest group is the ‘Old Farts’. Despite the comical name this is an important group, it is made up of former army veterans and those who support them. They believe that by merging the countries you are defeating hundreds of years of military history and disgracing the deaths of those who fought for those nations. They are a very volatile group and despite being armed with their older more outdated weapons have a master mind in the way of tactics. 
There are also a number of smaller groups who march through the streets burning government property and attack officials in response to the recent merger. It seems the glorious new nation of Prussia is going to have a huge number of problems to begin with.

-Further more in the Empire of Corustaria the rebels who started by burning villages are drawing more support as they claim that further dealings with foreigners could lead to the same traitorous effects that the forming of Prussia had. Not informing even the people of this new apparent nation. Although in the smaller villages which they attacked there was little support in larger cities the racism runs rife and immigrants and foreign traders are attacked by mobs on the street.

-King Baba-Uti of the Hutuda tribe sat on his royal cushion as the scouts stood around him, his many wives behind him in the corner of his royal tent. The scouts finished their reports and left, in front of the king a map of the continent they knew simply as Motherland was spread out. Crudely drawn on were the markings of these ‘new peoples’ locations. To each city and hold he had sent a messenger to carry the news that these were the lands of King Baba-Uti and that if they were to swear fealty to the king he would welcome them with open arms. However if they were to reject they would need to compensate him accordingly.

-Finally the ‘Mighty Hammer’ has come into contact with the forces of Corustaria. It turned out to simply be a wealthy retiree’s idea of a joke. He has been taken into custody and is to be dealt with as Corustaria wish.