[center][h2][b]The Tsardom of Radena[/b][/h2][/center]
[center][b]1899[/b][/center]
 
[center][h3][b]Eastern Opportunity[/b][/h3][/center]
After much discussion among the Tsar and his advisors, the Imperial Palace had officially announce the “Settumu Resettlement Act”. Offering a year long housing subsidy to any willing to brave the journey to the the Eastern lands of Settumu, Economic Minister Grishin Gennadiyevich made a statement that the law had hoped to achieve “new found economic opportunity” within the more barren territories of Radena. Many speculate that more initiatives to improve upon the Settumu territories could vastly improve the economic potential of Radena as a whole.
 
A week after the initiative had begun, nearly one hundred families had been reported to have begun an almost year long journey to Settumu. Reports show that many of these men and women are poor farmers hoping to capitalize on the cheap and abundant land. This trip however is not expected to be easy. Most of Radena’s Eastern territories consist of vast amounts of untapped and untamed tundra, with few if any settlements within the vast expanse of emptiness. Officials had advised any who wish to take the journey to be prepared to rely mostly on whatever rations and foodstuff brought with you for several days and to pack for intense cold, especially during the winter season.
 
More families are expected to attempt the journey once winter comes to an end, in hopes of a far easier journey during the initial trip. Fifteen Radenan families are reported to even be taking the journey by sea, some of which is an even more dangerous journey than by land. Estimated to take only a few months to reach the Eastern shores of Settumu, it comes with dangers of intense and uncontrolled waters of the southern oceans.
 
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[i]Family of 8 traveling to Kutbor (circa 1899)[/i][/center]
 
[center][h3][b]Zellonian-Osladian War[/b][/h3][/center]
With the most recent addition of Kalpia into the war against Zellonia’s claim to the western straits and Zellonian Sea, many among the population fear an official declaration of war from the Imperial Palace. These tensions carried over several days, until Tsar Pyotr II made an official statement to address the concern over the issue of Radena’s stance on the war.
 
“The Kingdom of Zellonia and the Tsardom have had strained relations over the past months due to the acquisition of a Radenan merchant vessel at the hands of the Zellonian Fleet. However, due to the reasonability of King James, the merchants alongside their vessel and cargo were quickly returned home once more, without any issue or incident between our country and theirs. As such, the Tsardom of Radena will remain staunch neutrality towards the war happening so close to home, so long as the people of Radena remain unharmed and both the integrity and honor of this mighty Tsardom is maintained.”
 
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[i]Artist rendition of Tsar Pyotr II later that year (circa 1899)[/i][/center]