Volume 1, Issue 4

Lindstrom City, Ziegeland - Happy New Year readers! In a sudden turnaround Grand Chancellor Shepard announced in the Commonwealth of Eucalyptia's Main Secretariat Chamber that Natopia is getting cold feet about the new and improved Commonwealth.

Sir Shepard was key in the idealization of the new commonwealth structure with his counter-proposal, the Natopia Plan, to Mr Vasroixe's orginal Grand Sovereignty Proposal. It is recorded in the Secretariat chamber that Sir Shepard has had private discussions with the higher ups of Natopia and this prompted his about face.

Could this be in response to Mr Vasroixe repeatedly calling Natopia dead? Is there an aire of distrust around the alleged co-conspirators, Mr Vasroixe and Mr Henzelli, who are the only other two heads of states in the Commonwealth? The Grand Chancellor was stopped outside of the Main Secretariat chamber and told this paper that "Mr Vasroixe's insults against the proud Natopian Nation have stung harder than I orginally thought. I intended to let it go at the first occurance, in his Grand Sovereignty proposal, by letting him know of my offense. But then he said it again when debateing the Natopia Plan. However, this is not the reason why I proposed a Resolution in the Natopian Senate for Natopia's withdrawl from the ComEu. The ComEu has done very little, if anything in its existance. I've come to realize that just giving it more power over Natopia will do nothing to benefit Natopia, which is my chief concern.

Lavisitya, Lavalon - As the elections are just days away Lavalon seems to have fallen into a slump. Whatever politically charged moments that are usually expounded in the days prior to an election have been sucked clean from Lavalon. The outgoing president has chosen to endorse his Vice President, Lady Chowdhury, over his former Chief-of-Staff and current Chancellor, Mr Henzelli. This tipped the polls in favor of Lady Chowdhury by 4-2. There is very little possibility of Lady Chowdhury's supporters to switch over. The President has made it quite clear that Mr Henzelli's responses to a debate (that he himself sponsored and is currently drawing fire for its questionable and vague execution) are unacceptable to him. The remaining 3 supporters are Lady Chowdhury herself, Sir Shepard (her campaign manager) and Zachary Klaas, all of whom are known for voting similarly in the so called CKS bloc.

An Inquiry into the alleged conspiracy between President Vasroixe and Chancellor Henzelli is currently in the interview phase and being chaired by Chief Justice Shepard with Regent Christophe and VP Chowdhury assisting as interviewers. Even a scandelous inquiry has not shaken Lavalon out of its holidays' slumber. What is going on with Lavalon?