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[h2][color=steelblue][b]The Second Republic of Boletaria[/b][/color][/h2][color=steelblue][h3]Winter, 1921[/h3][/color][/center][hr][hr]

[b][CENTER]The Free Concordant[/center][/b]

The brain child of Roman Sudek, Foreign Minister of Boletaria. The subject of a mutual defensive alliance of the successor states of the Osladian Empire had been briefly approached during the Peace Conference at Parma, but had failed to find substantial result. The proposed alliance however still held support within the governance of Boletaria, and Roman who had played a critical role in the proposal's development, would once more offer his proposed alliance in the early months of 1921. 

[i]The Free Concordant[/i], Roman hailed it. A proposed alliance binding the successor states in a defensive alliance from which any foreign aggression would be answered, to prevent the resurgence of the Osladian Empire. Such a collective alliance would also benefit the free states in dissuading the encroachment of independence by the world's major powers , while also elevating the standing and influence of it's member states internationally in a world threatened with a new balance of power, or so Roman had claimed at the time.  

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[i]Ambassador Prindis of Boletaria, posing for a picture with his pilot before his flight to Romanow on a diplomatic mission.[/i][/center]

February 21st, Boletarian diplomats were dispatched to the three nations of Romanow, Loremia and Tangaria. To once more promote the need for [i]The Free Concordant[/i], made evident by the recent happenings in Romanow. 

"[i]In our newly enjoyed independence, whether fought for or not. The free states of the west must look to one another for alliance and friendship to ensure that independence remains. Not a year has passed since the ink was set on the Treaty of Parma, and the expansionist regime of the Osladian Empire have already shown their willingness to once more upset the peace in the name of empire, by their illegal actions and attempted annexation and suppression of the brave people of Romanow. 

This should not, and will not stand. The Free Concordant I believe, is necessary if the free states are to remain indeed, free. If we are to remain free of the oppression of other powers, of their binding and debt, it will be done as a united front. This is why I once more propose the mutual alliance put forth by the proposal of the Free Concordant in 1920, to stand against the tyrants and oppressors of the world.

I hereby invite the brave seafarers of Romanow, the hardy cossacks of the Tangarian Plains and the ever industrious people of Loremia to a convention in Wrenclaw, where such a beautiful thing it would surely be, can be discussed at length to ensure freedom and civilty."[/i]
- Letter from Foreign Minister Roman Sudek to the leaders of fellow Successor States.

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[center][b]The Fuso-Boletarian Expedition[/b][/center]

Good timing, available funding, and the willingness of people, institutions, and nations to work together were key for advances in cartography and the mapping of the known world. A year after the Terrible War, the circumstances were right for a joint venture between the Boletarian Explorer Society and the Cartographers Union with their counterparts in Fuso, to enable an expedition to the untamed islands of Northern Faresia. 

The joint Expedition, propped up by the Second Boletarian Republic and the Imperial Republic of Fuso were charted to explore the great many islands in the north in the name of enlightenment and cartography, as nations not only joined by their enthusiasm in aviation, but also by their want to see the globe explored. 

In late February, several Boletarian explorers made landfall in Fuso with their large amounts of gear suited for the expected tropic weather in Northern Faresia. In the Fusan coastal city of Kahime, the Boletarians were to join up with their counterparts more accustomed to the land, before embarking upon the expedition proper after several days of preparation. 

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[i]Explorers of the Boletarian Explorer Society founded in 1920, exploring Serranthian ruins. Circa 1920.[/i][/center]