[u][b]Empire of Anvegad[/b][/u]


[u][b]ANVEHOLD DAILY NEWS[/b][/u]
[u][b]ALLIANCE![/b][/u]

Chairman Volkov has issued a public statement confirming the signing of the Treaty of Kholkov, and the signing of a three-way defensive alliance between Suravaek and Khernikovia. With this, a solid defensive accord has been established guaranteeing the security and sovereignty of its signatory states with the might of our combined militaries.

Chairman Volkov has declined to state whether Anvegad troops will be sent to intervene in the Suravaek-Honnerian colonial war as of this time of writing, but notes that Anvegad will take its alliance commitments with all due seriousness should the Empire be called upon by its allies when in need. A statement made with the same breath of a new military expansion plan intended to ensure this would be no empty promise. Further backed by comments from leading military generals on the possibility of military officer exchanges for better joint-defense.

[u][b]LABOR! UNITY! STRENGTH![/b][/u]

In other news, the Ministry of Industry has declared a bold new plan to establish railroads across the country, bringing every city of the Empire together through the modern miracle of steam-powered locomotives. Alongside telegraphs and telephones to be built alongside the rails, our nation will be united like never before.

Mass-recruitment for railroad work crews is already underway as entrepenourial railroad companies, labor contractors, and military engineers are all called upon to bring about this union of progress for the state, with the intent of uniting all the major cities of the Empire within the span of a single year, and to provide a basis for further expansion of the railroad to support our growing ports and industries.

"We toil today for the benefit of future generations. While there will certainly be sacrifices and much toil required to bring about this mighty project, our children and grandchildren will forever thank us for giving our nation the gift of iron rails and the boons of industry hastened by iron horses." - Minister of Industry Janus Kalburn

[u][b]RICHES FROM AFAR[/b][/u]

In a report from our distant colonies in the Sarelian Islands, our venture report has confirmed the raising of the flag on Fort Camber and the beginnings of bringing civilization to the natives of the land as proper citizens of the Empire.

Our reporter interviewed the local magistrate on the stance of "uplifting" the natives.

"While we endeavor to integrate these native peoples into the Empire as productive workers, we will also place equal effort into educating their youth into being proper citizens that can provide more than sweat and labor. We will show these native peoples the superiority of the Anvegad way so they can find their true calling in the service of the Empire and help us in turning this colony into a productive establishment of the Empire. Perhaps as auxillaries for our military after seeing their hunters track their prey and how they navigate the wilderness of this island." - Magistrate Arkon Collier.