She nodded and walked with purpose and a direction of where to go. She took the young pope through winding corridors filled again with statues and ornate and decorated walls and well... ornate things in general.
When she finally stopped walking you were at a door. She opened it and inside was a large equally fancy room with a large bed aswell as several amenities. "I trust your holiness will find this room suited for someone of your stature" she smiled. "If someone tries to assassinate you just give us a call and we'll make sure you won't be assassinated."

And soon enough a the final dish arrived. It looked oddly, simplistic. A glass of what looked like beer and a small piece of bread was laid on a small but ornate plate. "This is the final dish, but it can also be skipped without anyone considering it rude your holiness" Erin said with her usual smile on her face.

"Of course, that is good to hear" the president remarked. "And I think that we have concluded a very good and productive meeting now. Unless, your holiness wishes to add something I will see to it that Erin escorts you to either a room that we have prepared or to the airport."

Erin looked at the pope and nodded, almost as if confirm that the president was speaking the truth and that this was the plan.

"I will send the chef your regards your holiness, and I thank you and I wish you luck aswell." Then Erin spoke again, she had been quiet for a bit now. "Your holiness, I would like to know something... Is the ecclesiastical state willing to send a regiment to New Colovia? A marching regiment that is. We have an annual parade to honour our military and our independence and I think it would be a good symbol if your regiments marched with ours as a sign of peace and cooperation between our two states."

The president nodded with Erin. "Truly it would be an honour your holiness, it's an important holiday and I think if your soldiers put up a good display with ours then that could help shift public opinions atleast slightly. What do you think your holiness?" Both the president and Erin then started eating, continuing their meal and finishing it slowly.

Colovian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dear and honourable nation of Herrenbucht. New Colovia wishes to announce that it shall be attending the holy matrimony of Princess Elena and Prince Laurenz. We shall be sending our Ambassador who is currently in Wateringas at this moment. He shall attend with one bodyguard aswell as a gift to the young couple.

New Colovia hopes that this may strenghten relations and bind our nations, even if by a small amount, closer.

May God bless,
Karith Ilver, minister of foreign affairs for the Republic of New Colovia.

He walked in and shook Von Thallers hand introducing himself. "My name is Vassir Drasov and I'm quite glad that you invited us and to have recieved a warm welcome Mr.Von Thaller" he continued "Of course, New Colovia as well as I understand the situation" he thought for a second before opening his mouth again. "If our nations are to have a military cooperation, perhaps some sort of military parade or event would suit that purpose well. Colovians are quite similar in some ways to that."

"And maybe have some sort of speech before the parade. Our nations do have similarities and I'm sure there are ways we can highlight the benefits of a cooperation in many ways." The Ambassador waited to listen to Von Taller's opinion on the subject. He looked a bit nervous as he waited, shifting around, tidying up his suit but despite of this he still had a slight air of confidence around him.

"Speaking of food..." The president chimed in. "Here comes the second course I believe."  he was correct as waiters and waitresses walked in. This time their platters carried a bowl of what appeared to be some sort of soup that had a light but apetizing brown colour.

She looked at and took a spoon to taste it before returning her gaze to the young Pope. "That means a lot! I actually helped plan this" she exclaimed proudly. "Your job sounds really stressful, how do you manage it all?"

"I'd like to know that aswell, 2.2 million soldiers is quite impressive. Juggling that aswell as spiritual plus secular needs must be quite hard to balance." He, clearly interested in what the pope had to say.

"It's pretty good is it not?" The president took a sip from the wine then a bite out of the food that had been served. "Life is going quite good so far." He continued, this time in a more serious tone "I've had some set backs on tax reforms and such from the senate aswell as some people who are... let's just say, explosive at times." he sighed. "It's quite honestly a bit sad how hard it is to actually fulfill my campaign promises with the amount of work against me I'm having. I'm suprised we're not in a civil war yet!" he chuckled at the other leader sitting infront of him

Soon amongst the noise of people laughing and talking aswell as eating another sound could be heard. That which ounded like heels tapping against marble. The same secretary from before wearing similar, but slightly more fancy clothes joined the two men at the table. The President smiled and give her a nod. She seemed a bit shy, and a bit nervous.

"I do hope you remember our lovely secretary that we met earlier your holiness? I asked her to join us, and seems that she accepted."
She turned her head towards the young pope and in a quiet voice said "Hello your holiness, i-it's an honour to be able to be here!"

Dear Mr. Von Thaller. What you speak of is true, and I can tell you that we are very delighted to have recieved this proposition of yours. I have read up on the history of your nation before and I must say I agree. Our countries are both former colonies that fought to get were we are today.

I have been granted permission to send both an ambassador aswell as accompaning staff to set up an embassy in Wateringas. Expect them to arrive in 3 days.

May God bless,
Karith Ilver, minister of foreign affairs for the Republic of New Colovia.

The way towards the dining hall went through a long marble hall. Statues, paintings and designs on the wall decorates the hallway in many exquisite ways "No offense, but I've never understood that part... Why not simply converse with the Lord directly?... but that's beside the point..." he said "What brought me here was, well I joined the party's youth group when I was 15, and I made sure to engage myself as much as possible. About, what was it now? 6 years ago I was chosen as the minister of defense by the goverment. I saw things I was unhappy with and I worked hard to establish myself as a influental member of the party until I was elected as the party leader during the party congress."

The president seemed to ponder his next answer, it seemed quite obvious that no one had really asked him about that before and he was a bit unsure on how to answer. "Well, your holiness. My goals are fairly simple right now I wish to finish my term and leave the country in a better shape than I left it. Then I'm not actually sure on what I wish to do if you want me to be quite honest, work keeps me very occupied... How about yourself? If I remember my history correctly, are you not one of the younges popes in history?"

A smile crept up on the presidents face "I apolagize, it's called... Biathlon, the word escaped me. It's quite a fun sport... And the treaty is good. I'll make sure the parliament gives me to ok to sign this as soon as possible. Or atleast to make my signature legally binding." The president took out his pen and signed the paper before handing it back to the young pope. "I will call a vote for it today and notify you as soon as possible during this week. Will that be acceptable?"

The presidents head then peaked up when he heard the complaints. "Perhaps your holiness would like to stay here? I can arrange a great dinner for you. And an oppertunity for you to talk to the secretary later aswell" he winked and laughed.

The president nodded as he listened to each point that the young pope brought up and explained to him. The president looked at the foreign leader and made a hand gesture to indicate that he wished to view the draft copy of the agreement that had been drawn up.

Of course it was slightly unnecessary as the president had already listened to the points as well but it had never never hurt to double check any sort of legally binding agreement.

 He skimmed through it and finally spoke. “You’ll have to excuse me taking my time. But I think I’ve come to a conclusion, this agreement sounds very favourable to the country, both financially from the trade agreements but also diplomatically with working together militarily and hosting sporting events.”

“I would like to change one point however if I may… In the last section it states that “Neither of the parties shall create taxes, limits, bans, or quotas on the goods or services of the other party on basis of their origin from the other party, with exception to such taxes, limits, bans, or quotas created by international organisations of which the parties are members thereof.” However we have some very strict standards on imported and domestic goods.”

“And sadly I do not have complete executive power to sign the treaty directly. I need a referendum in our Parliament, and that could make it a lot harder to get the approval of the parliament to give me the power to sign the bill. Would your holiness be able to renegotiate some other type of deal? Say, perhaps we change it so that one party may ban goods from the other party. However a company may make an appeal to the party in which it was banned…. Does that sound acceptable your holiness?”


He snapped his fingers and laughed. “I almost forgot, the sport that we should play should be some sort of ski-race. It’s quite a fun sport, and popular here at least.

The president also takes a small peek with the pope. Eventually letting out a slight laugh of enjoymentat TYP's comment  as soon as she closed the door.  "Of course, Colovian women are known for their well proportioned... shall we say assets?. But to more important matters your holiness. There is no need for attempts at flattering me, but I thank you for atleast being polite."

The president continues to ponder the agreement aswell as what negative effects but also what positive effects it might bring. Finally after a moment of pondering he opens his mouth to speak. "And is there any sort of catch to this me and my countrymen have to be aware of? Does your holiness and his Ecclassical State have any sort of notable hostilities that are kept under the radar that I should be aware of? I do not wish to accidentally sign an agreement that leads us into a costly war." He waits for a bit before continuing. "No offense of course, I hope you don't misunderstand me your holiness, I don't think you would betray me and you have no reason to cheat me. But sometimes information gets a bit mixed up and lost."


The president pours a glass of water for himself, taking a sip before grabbing the glass jar and holding it in such a way to offer TYP a glass of water. "Some of the best water in the country, I reccomend trying it atleast once" he said with a smile.

The president sat down and put some of his paperwork aside in a neat and orderly stack to make room on his desk. The president seemed a bit lost in thought, most likely from the stress in his job.
"Well your exellency, it is an honour to meet you aswell, howver no need to refer to me as "your excellency"" he said with a slight but noticable Colovian accent.
"Well, firstly I think it's time to further improve relations between our countries. We are both moral nations aswell and our people are pious. Even if our convictions in certain areas differ I think that further cooperation could benefit us both. Would you not agree?"

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History
New Colovia was first sighted in 1629. And it wasn't long until the same explorer who's name was Serian Clover founded New Colovia as a penal colony in the year 1632, it was primarily made up of convicts and religous refugees, mostly protestants. The people and the natives assimilated well and gave rose to a creole culture where the language of the natives aswell as their music and food was preserved whilst the settlers contributed to their religion and architecture aswell as more advanced knowledge.
At the turn of the 19th century the vast majority of the population spoke the Colovian language aswell as having a diffrent type of religion than their so called mother country. There were even several notable times where they colonial administration had a hard time speaking with the people as they spoke completly different languages.

It wasn't long until a new figure, who opposed the colonial administration stepped forward. A young poltician who spoke of breaking away from their overlords and creating a new and completly independant state.
The people rallied behind him and many protests aswell as a few riots insued. The administration tried to crack down but this only created more zeal until there was a full blown civil war.
The people used guerilla warfare to combat the administration and slowly but surely drove them back to the capital. The city however was a fortress and the only reason the rebels managed to take the city was because of a mutiny of Admiral Aker who harboured secret sympathies with the rebels.

After a long siege from both land and sea the administration surrendered and on 9th of April, 1832 the country declared itself as the newly independant nation of "New Colovia"
The country remained relativly islotated and kept to itself, expanding slowly as it's population increased. Sadly however the country had a large reccession in 1902, which made the country elect the Erel'isher party. They made sweeping reforms, and managed to remove the republican democratic system.

During this time catholics were forcibly converted to protestantism or jailed in horrible prisons until they either converted or died. However at the death of the president his heir took up the idea of democracy and held the first free open election in the year 1932. Since that year the standard of living has increased and so had the economy.

Government Type:- Federal Republic
Population:-:- 45 million
Capital City:- Anvil (2.3 million)
Demonym:- Colovians

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Currency:- Serillian
GDP per Capita:- 50,206
Unemployment Rate:- 5%
Main Industries:- Arms industries, cheese exports, automobile industry and Information Technology (IT)

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Racial ethnicities:- White 87%, Native 7%, 3% mixed/other
Ethnic Groups:- New-Colovian 84%, Native Colovian 7%, German-Colovian 3%, Herrenbuchtian 0.8%, Lodjan 0.4%, Other 1,8%
Languages:- Coloviak, but english is very common as a second language
Religions:- Prostestant christianity (mostly non-denominationals and Lutherans) 85%,, Atheists 7%, Other (Orthodoxy, Mormonism etc) 8%
Average Life Expectancy:- Men: 79 years    Women: 82 years

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Head of State:- Prexidenti (President)
Head of Government:- Prexidenti (President)
Name of Legislative Body:-  Oldirbethorak (The People council)

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Policies	Stance
Drugs Law	Softer drugs decrininalized in most states, harder drugs give jailtime and the same goes for distribution of any drug.
Same Sex Marriage	In the law of New Colovia a marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman. Thusly same sex marriage is not legally recognized. However the cermony in and of itself is permitted
Education	A parent has three choices in the education of their child. There is Public school, Private school and Homeschool. Public school is free for all citizens of New Colovia and has 3 Levels. Early School (Veldirkena,  litterally translated as "young school") it lasts from the ages of 7 to 11. Middle school (Avenkena), lasts from the ages of 11 to 16. Then the child is moved to a so called Achirkena or "trade school". There he/she picks a subject or trade they wish to study. This usually lasts between 2-3 years but sometimes it lasts 4 years.
Property Ownership	People over the age of 16 can own apartments with their parents signatures. However ownership of houses, land and more has a minimum age of 18.
Voting	Anyone who fulfills the requirements and has signed up can vote. The requirements are the following: Be 18 or older, Own property of some sort or pay rent for atleast 2 years, finish tradeschool, do not be unemployed, do not be a convicted fellon of a class 3 crime.
Prostitution	Prostitution is technically legal. Being a prostiture is completly allowed, however buying any sort of sexual service from a prostitute is heavily illegal and can give up to 2 years in jail.
Freedom of the Press	The Media is completly privately owned and is not controlled by the goverment
Freedom of Movement	Anyone who is in the country may travel freely, however on entry into the country a visa and passport is required.
Abortion	Abortion is illegal except if the mother's life is threatened or if the child is dead/will die very soon and needs to be removed
Health Care	Healthcare is largely privatized with  the goverment only owning clinics in a few parts of the country.
Gun Laws	All firearms except artillery or explosives are allowed if you are 20 or over.
Internet Neutrality	The Internet is owned by several private ISPs
Business Ownership	Anyone may start a company. Smaller companies generally pay less tax whilst larger companies pay more tax.
Marriage	There is no offical age of marriage in the country, however 16 or 18 is generally considered the limit and priests or judges will not approve marriage where a person is younger than one of those ages.