Empire of Anvegad October 1906 SOCIATIEM IN QUESTION? The Empire of Anvegad stands alongside Survaek in it's denunciation of Kalpian aggression in Vakellia. Decrying Kalpian aggression and ruthless aggression in Vakellia above and beyond conventional imperialism, Chairman Volkov questions the integrity of Sociatatem's beliefs in the face of this new colonial war and what they will do about their aggressive member nation. It is one thing for a empire to invade and conquer, but for a supposedly status-quo seeking state to take such a course of action makes the Empire of Anvegad wonder at the true aims of Kalpia. In other news, various Anvegad officials and industrial group representatives have been dispatched to Vakellia for formalization of relations between local states and Anvegad. Interception of diplomatic and economic courier ships will be considered a hostile act against the Empire of Anvegad and the Imperial Restoration. INDUSTRIAL DRIVE Meanwhile, newspapers and public speakers in Anvegad continue to tout the growing industrialization of the Empire. Trains loaded with steel are common sight among the cities as new factories and workshops are built in Anvehold and Port Endeavour. Enrollment in the national academies has never been higher as major industrialists issue scholarship grants for the purpose of raising a new generation of skilled industrial workers and welders, while the number of farmhands leaving the countryside to join the But that is not enough for minds such as Agevius Teslov as he announces his plan to begin work on a new centralized power station in Port Endeavour with the generous assistance of Engines East, the Empire's foremost naval heavy industry firm, as part of its ongoing modernization reforms to meet the future head-on, and completely electrify it's primary capital shipyards alongside establishing direct railroad connections to it's dockyards. "To what end is progress? Why to enable more progress of course. Never before have we had a chance to maximize the utility of every person within the empire. To live beyond day to day struggle for food and shelter, and bring everyone together to further the ends of the nation at large. The time of progress is now." - CEO Miloslav, owner of Miloslav Toolworks