[center][h2][b][color=007236]The Osladian Empire[/color][/b][/h2]
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[center][b]A People's Tsar[/b][/center]

While a general sense of normality was slowly returning to Oslograd and the urban centers of Oslad, tensions continued behind closed doors in government offices. The air at the Office of Foreign Affairs hung with a tenseness as staff awaited impatiently for more reports to flow in from Soroya. With each passing day it seemed the victorious nation was once again lighting the powder keg, but now in Faresia. When the report had arrived stating that a Soroyan diplomat had come to the table with a diplomat from the traitorous Romanow Islands, defectors from the Empire in the Treaty of Parma, the Osladian state was forced to act. Tsar Anton I himself released an official statement to be put in the papers and sent directly to the Soroyan embassy via telegram. 

[i]"To Whom it may concern,

The actions of the Soroyan state over the last month have been detestable for a nation who launders themselves to be 'peaceful' and 'protectors of the new status quo'. While Osladian women mourn their dead and we begin rebuilding our nation torn asunder by your belligerence, you once again beat the drums of war against another innocent nation who refuses to bow to your demands. I speak not only for my people, but the people of the Tangar steppes and the Survaekom deserts when I say that the gun-boat diplomacy being committed by the Soroyan Kingdom is blasphemy. Now, I shall be clear, I respect Queen Eline and her noble line. For I am sure once in a more peaceful our families shared glasses in solidarity like proper Centrans. However I detest the deplorable actions of her politicians, who she has unfortunately let run wild and allow their riches to dictate policy as opposed to the will of the Soroyan people. I am sure the average Soroyan is far too busy celebrating the men returning home to care one way or the other how a nation upon another shore acts with their tariffs or trade policies. 

As Tsar of the Oslads by right of God I plead for the Soroyan Kingdom to halt their aggressive policies in Faresia. For if they do not I fear that once again Soroyan men will be forced to march off and fight in another conflict so soon after their arrival home.

- Tsar Anton I Manshevki, Tsar of all Oslads."[/i]

For some, the Tsar's bold language was viewed as uncouth for a monarch and more in line with the words of a commoner. For others, the simple and direct language was a show of full disclosure, that the Tsar was just like the rest of us and voiced his anger rightfully. However, in the military staff the Tsar's words fell short. He should have demanded immediate removal of the Soroyan ambassador from the Romanows! Yet, he remained silent on the far more close to home crisis, instead appealing to the Soroyan people's exhaustion from war and bloodshed. This more pacifistic and direct form of administration would become common place throughout Anton's reign and lead to him being called 'A People's Tsar'.

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[i]Tsar Anton I with Tsarina Octavia and Grand Duke Andrev II on the Khynzt River, circa 1920.[/i][/center]

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[center][b]Crisis in Korenia[/b][/center]

While tensions rose in Faresia and war seemed once again to rear its head, fire spread in Centran as well. On the streets of the Korenian Republic blood was spilled between protesters and government security forces. In any other circumstance the issue would have not mattered to the Empire. However, the new Prime Minister of the Korenian state was loyal to the Osladian crown and someone the Empire could call a friend. So, via telegram, the Osladian Office of Foreign Affairs sent a message of support to the Korenian Republic and offered the state it's gratitude and wishes of luck. Though not confirmed, it is believed arms were indeed sent in support of the new government.