[CENTER][B][COLOR=#00ff00]The Republic of Paraka-January 1905[/COLOR]
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[CENTER][U][B]The Corruption Persecution of 1905[/B][/U]
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The Sovereign Freedom Party had won the elections of 1904 with a rather large margin of voters surpassing both the Populists and the Liberal League of Citizens with promises of a better government for the people, to help the development of the country without heavy government involvement. Such was the political platform of Armaq who fought tooth and nail for every vote he had won in the elections. Armaq Talaqo had been born as the son of a plantation owner in the west and had steadily risen in a political career after he saw a case of corruption within his town after the major choose to contract a rather peculiar company over the more trusted local construction company, by the way, they spoke it was clear that they were old friends doing favors.

The major was indeed sued for corruption later on, but the trial was long and the punishment not really of the scale of his misdoing. Thus wishing to put an end to such acts Armaq Talaqo proceeded to seek and persecute cases of corruption within the government, he often called them "Thieving bastards" to all those who would take the money of the people for their own ends.

Many saw this as the start of the government having a firmer hand against corporations and trusts in the country, however, the real results of this new approach was yet to be seen and thus the competitiveness of the president and his new cabinet was at risk of being ridiculed and put to shame, or if they were successful being looked upon as bringers of justice to the country.

President Armaq Talaqo thus prepared for a very busy year as he sought to tackle many big issues within the country.

[CENTER][B][U]The Grey Chromium Act of 1905[/U][/B]

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The lands of the republic while rich in resources had yet to develop to their full capacity, the president wishing to smooth the scarcity of said resource decided to pass an act to make it easier for companies to receive land grants in places where chromium had been found, of course, this was to be closely reviewed by government officials in order to avoid the abuse of this act, needless to say, the act also stipulated that if people were living in the land, the company would have to fullfill a reparation that would cover moving costs among other things for the people living there, this was done in hopes of the companies avoiding to intrude in agricultural land or more urban locations.

It is of note that the industries that used the most of said resources were the newly not so thriving arms industry which was severely lacking in comparison to other industries within the country and to that of the world being severely behind that of countries such as Julia and other Euranian nations.

[CENTER][U][B]Shooting Tournaments around the country.[/B][/U]

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The administration of the Sovereign Freedom party had always been as conservative and isolationist, however, that policy of isolationism didn't mean that the country shouldn't have a strong army or navy, even though these were only to be considered as tools of the government for the protection of the rights and freedoms of its citizens, at least, that was the posture of the SFP and it seemed like it would take a while for the army and navy to get to par with their peers in Eurania.

The first step of the party members was to promote shooting seasonal shooting tournaments within the country in the hopes of attracting more volunteers to the army and to also make the public more familiar with modern weaponry, of course, this needed cooperation with the small arms industry of the country, for this reason, the minister of defense saw it opportune to meet with several of the leading companies both private and state ones, to speak about sponsoring said tournaments. The meeting would take at the capital and depend on how it went, the tournaments may have seen more sponsorship and better prizes.

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