We visited Vaguzian-Zimalian rapper Manqoba Kito in his home in the Zimalian quarter in Saburi, the place where he was borned and raised, to ask him about his political views and his Zimalian background. Manqoba is the son of Zimalian immigrants who came to Vaguzia in the late 80s , here his father would start working as a taxi driver and his mother as a cleaning lady. "My parents didn't have the best paid jobs in the world but they did what they could to make my life as good as possible, which meant that i did not see my father for days which meant i would be alone at a lot of evenings because then my mother was also away for work. But in the end this was worth it, they gave me a very good youth, which can be very hard in these poor neighborhoods of Saburi."

When Manqoba reached puberty, he also learned the dark side of the streets of Saburi, where he also got involved in gangs, drugs and weapons "To be honest, it is a shame that i have to say this, but as a Zimalian in the Zimalian quarter it is sort of impossible to not get involved in crime. You have to understand that these kids in the Zimalian quarter are being confronted with extreme poverty from since they have been a baby, this gives these kids almost no perspective, which almost always results in them starting to criminal things to get money. My parents were able to keep me away from crime for a long time, they kept me off the street when the night came and always tried to make sure someone was keeping a eye out for me when they were away for work, of course i had some idea what was going on in the streets of Saburi, i saw the news reporting on countless shootings in the Zimalian quarter and when i walked into my flat, i saw countless people dealing drugs in the building. I only really got involved with these gangs when i was about 14, i found school boring so i skipped lots of classes, started experimenting with drugs, which eventually got me involved into drugs dealing. From drugs dealing i went to robberies and i thank Izra that i eventually never got involved in actual shootings, i could not have lived with the feeling of having killed someone. "

When Manqoba reached the age of 18, he like all other Vaguzian boys, got a letter from the Ministry of Defence, that he was called up to defend his nation against tyranny and foreign invaders.
"Military service literally saved me, i never went to school, always was on the streets, had been arrested around 20 times, and had also been in a youth prison, and now that i was called up for military service, i could finally mean something to these beautiful community. I would serve in the Marines, and here i saw how military service united the Vaguzian people, Northerners, Southerners, Zimalians, Phuebrans, Morelanders all saw each other as brothers because they knew that they had to be able to trust each other to survive on the battlefield. After around 7 months i got send to Academica to fight different rebel groups who had also fired rockets at Vaguzia, i lost a lot of fellow marines and friends in this horrible war. After i returned home from the Academican civil war, i didnt have to finish my military service because i had fought in serious combat situations multiple times. Now everything was the same again, all the poor boys who went to war were still poor and got practically nothing for it. This is when i started to get interested in rapping about whats wrong with Vaguzian politics right now, i also want the Zimalian youth to be more outspoken on Vaguzian politics, because most politicians have been ignoring the big Zimalian community for years, that got to stop now, us Zimalians go to school, fight in the Military for our country and almost every Zimalian has a job, so we got every right to be heard."

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If we look at the current trend of the polls we can clearly see that it looks like Vaguzia is making a big shift to the left wing, while for literally centuries right wing parties have been ruling the country, it looks like we soon may have the first Socialist government in the history of our nation. And it is not hard to see why this shift is happening, for years there has been a big split between the rich North and the poor South of our nation. The South has always voted very socialist and left wing, before the civil war even communist, the North has always voted Conservative and right wing. But because the turnout in the South has always been so much lower than in the north (58% compared to 89%), the left could never made a good fist against the right in Vaguzia. But this is now changing, not only are politics more alive in the South than ever, in the North students are now also speaking up and getting active in politics, and probably the biggest reason for this shift is the fact that immigrants are finally getting interested in Vaguzian politics, so with the South letting their voices be heard and the North also shifting to the left, it now looks like we are heading to a socialist government.

We talked with the leader of the Green Party, Elisabeth Cortez

"I think people are now finally tired of the horrible policies of the past government that have hurt the normal Vaguzians so much, a lot of Vaguzians can not pay their bill for going to the Hospital, going to University or are struggling to simply have food 3 times a day or a roof above their head, so now the Vaguzian people are standing up against this bigotry of the Vaguzian government against its own people. We can also see that the South is finally going to the polling station, so the South is now balancing to what the North is voting, so now the votes of the South will count as much as of the North. It is time for a social Vaguzia, in which every Vaguzian citizens can enjoy good healthcare, can go to a University and to have a decent pension when they turn 60, these are simple principles that the Government doesnt even want to fight for, but they shall be punished for this arrogance. I am also very proud to see that women are finally standing up for their rights, because the abortion law that Vaguzia has right now is medieval, while we are supposed to be one of the more civilized countries of Mundus, but in our country you can only have an abortion if your life is in serious danger, this is absolutely ridiculous and i am happy to see that Vaguzian women are also going on the streets for this, it is time for a Progressive and Social sound in Vaguzia. "

We also talked with the leader of the Socialist Party, Samuele Alberti

"Well we see loads of young people going on the streets now, protesting for a better future, protesting against the injustice that is being done against them. Houses in for instance Domanti have become unpayable for normal Vaguzians, which forces a lot of people to move to the already overcrowded city of Saburi, this situation is getting out of hand and people are seeing this and also see that this is the result of a Conservative government. If the Conservatives and Izraïte Union keep going on with their horrible Neo-Liberal policies, they will pay the bill for it in the elections. "

Another sad day for Vaguzia, in a terror attack on the East Morelandish Embassy and a terror attack on a Helusite Temple has killed 5 people and has left 13 wounded, the shooter at the embassy has been eliminated by a Red Legionnaire, the Cultist Temple shooter is still on the run. This is the first time in 30 years that a terror attack has found place in our Capital City Vallis, even though there have been a lot terror attacks in the past 30 years in Vaguzia, most of them were in the cities Saburi, Flumon and Domanti. The citizens of Vallis are in shock.

"I can not believe that this has happened to our city, of course in Vaguzia we are used to terror attack, but never in our city, which has aways given the citizens of Vallis a safe feeling, that safe feeling is now completely gone. I also feel for the Cultists in Vaguzians who have already been victim of these horrific attacks in the past, Vaguzia is a country of both Izraïtes and Helusites, not only of Izraïtes or Cultists, but of us both" a passerby told us. This attack is the 5th terrosist attack on Helusites in less than one year. The attack in Vallis also raises eyebrows because only 7% of Vallis identifies as a Cultist, which makes it one of the cities with the smallest % of Cultist.

The first shooting was at the East Morelandish Embassy at 3:23 PM when a man ran towards the embassy and climbed over the fence, just outside of the building, 4 people stood who were chatting, the man opened fire on these group of people and killed 2 people before a Red Legionnaire who was also at the embassy shot the shooter down. Multiple eye witnesses have told us that the shooter yelled "This is for the King of the Holy Land!" which wakes the suggestion of it being a revenge attack for the attack that has killed our King. Five minutes after the embassy shooting, a man who was wearing a balaclava walked into a Cultist Temple in the Old City Center of Vallis, in the Temple he first opened fire on the Priest and soon after started shooting at the visitors of temple, this resulted in 7 deaths and many wounded, the shooter had filmed the whole attack with a body cam and live streamed it on social media. While and before he was shooting, he was yelling the words "You shall be punished for your blasphemous feasts and gods"

The attack has been claimed by the Protectors of the Holy Land, a very radical and extreme Izraïte organisation who have said in their manifest that they want a Vaguzia with only Izraïtes living in them. The organisation is rumoured to have around 1,000 members in Vaguzia. The Prime Minister has sent his condolences to the Cultist population and has announced that the terror risk level has been raised to code black which is the highest terror risk level.

"This looks very good, i would be very happy to sign this treaty"

Treaty of Friendship between the Ríocht de Uí Ceinnselaig and the Kingdom of Vaguzia
Recognising the Ríocht de Uí Ceinnselaig and the Kingdom of Vaguzia as friends.
The two nations hereby agree to abide by the Treaty of friendship outlined below.

Article 1 - Diplomatic Status
1.1  The two nations declare each other as friends and agree to do all that is possible to maintain that.
1.2 The two nations agree to attempt to resolve any disagreement between them through open dialogue or when that fails utilisation of a third party.
1.3 The two nations agree to maintain active embassies between their two nations. Within 24 hours of being requested an ambassador must present themselves before the Head of State.

Article 2 - Military Status
2.1 The two nations agree to share military intelligence that they believe is of interest to the other only so far as it does not impact their own nation or contradict any other treaty obligations.

Article 3 - Economic Status
3.1 There will be visa exemptions for citizens of the two nations. (Under the rules of both nations)
3.2 The two nations will slowly lower their tarrifs until they have disappeared  in 2025

Article 4 - Cultural Status
4.1 The two nations agree to work together to promote and understand each others cultures.
4.2 The two nations agree to hold joint cultural events periodically.

Article 5 - Continuation of this Treaty
5.1 The terms of this treaty shall last for five years from the date of signature.

5.2 During that time any changes must be agreed by both nations and ratified.

5.3 At the expiration of this treaty both parties will re-affirm their commitment by a meeting of Heads of State.

Signed, Prime Minister Aaron Kaalit

Prime Minister Aaron Kaalit looked at the document and was very pleased. "I would be very happy to sign this and i am happy to see that our nations have become closer and i look forward to the future of our great nations"

The nations of the Six Dukedoms of Bakkermaya and the Kingdom of Vaguzia do hereby declare themselves to be friends and to that end agree to abide by the articles of the following treaty in order to have better co-operation between themselves for the purpose of mutual benefit.

Article 1- Diplomatic Status

1.1 The two nations shall do all that is reasonable to maintain friendly relations between themselves.
1.2 Each nation shall maintain an active embassy manned by an appropriate Ambassador.
1.3 The Ambassador shall present themselves before the host nations Head of State if given 24 hours written notice.
1.4 Should any disagreement take place between the two nations then mediation run by the Mhorish and Illumic Co-operative Agency shall be sought.

Article 2- Security Status

2.1 The two nations shall share military intelligence in so far as it does not prejudice their own national security or any other treaty obligations.
2.2 The two nations agree to joint patrols of the Mhorish in order to battle piracy.
2.3 The two nations agree to not offer material support to nations considered hostile to either nation.

Article 3 - Economic Status

3.1 Travellers between the two nations so far as the following conditions are meet by the traveller.

a) Their stay is for no longer than 31 days
b) They posses a return ticket booked at least 14 days in advance of travel.
c) They can demonstrate if requested that they have sufficent means to support their stay.
d) They have no criminal convictions of any kind
e) They are not considered a threat to national security.

3.2 Tariffs shall be removed on all trade between the two nations with the following exemptions.
a)Metal Ores
b)Unprocessed Agricultural Products
c)Timber,
d)Processed metals
e)Textiles

Article 4 - Cultural Status

4.1 In order to help cultural understanding each nations embassy shall organise a series of cultural events.
4.2 There shall be joint Cultural events organised on an annual basis.

Article 5 - Treaty Status

5.1 The terms of this treaty shall last for an initial five year period. This shall expire on the 1st of May 2024.
5.2 Any changes to this treaty before that time may take place with the approval of both Heads of State
5.3 On the 1st April 2024 the two nations Heads of State will meet in Vaguzia to amend and approve the continuation of this treaty.
5.4 Should any nation wish to end this treaty before 1st May 2024 they must give six months written notice.

Signed, Prime Minister Aaron Kaalit
Signed,

So here i tell you guys whats happening in the real world, warning, this newspaper is the shitiest you have ever seen

So the Brits still havent made up their mind yet, their Parliament have voted against May's deal once again, and now the EU has given UK more time once again. And even after Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn had a meeting, they still couldnt agree. And now Corbyn has also said Labour actually wants a another referendum, oh and he says he will get an better deal, even tho people like Rutte, Macron, Merkel have already said that this is gonna be their deal and there aint gonna be other deals, it is what it is, sorry Corbyn. One thing that we are now sure of, is that there aint any Strong and Stable leadership from May like she promised, more like weak and unstable as the Middle East. My view/opinion? Brits pls just accept this deal cuz it is our deal or no deal, i am sorry to bring this to you but you need to think again if you think that the UK is ever going to have a better negotiating position than us if it comes to this deal, you are leaving, we aint need to hold your hand, this is your problem, deal with it.

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The best leader of the best country in the world is clear about it: UK if you havent made up your mind before October, then i am really gonna stop holding your hand, then you got no deal.

Well not exactly but look for yourself

If that doesn't work, a hard Brexit seems "inevitable," Rutte said. "Hopefully you don't have to, but it will be very complicated to imagine what you can think of to prevent that."
And considering Macron is for sure also not giving you another chance, more EU countries will probably follow, so guys pls be mature for once and accept the deal, or its no deal.

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Benjamin Netanyahu has won the Israeli elections once again, after a very close election, he has beaten Blue and White by a small margin. The chances of him winning seemed to get smaller after he was involved in loads of corruption scandal, but his firm reaction on the Palestinian rocket attacks on areas around Tel Aviv seemed to have worked out for him and it is going to be interesting if he is truly going to annex parts of West Bank as he promised.  We now also know that the Israelis still support the right wing more now than the left wing, and considering the Palestinians also nowadays are more supportive of Hamas than Fatah, peace seems far away, but then when was it ever close lol.

My view: I mean he has done pretty good stuff, like getting multiple embassies in Jerusalem, but he's pretty conservative and i am more of a classic liberal so besides his Zionist ideas i dont really like him, i was hoping for Yesh Atid but okay, democracy is democracy.

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So The Netherlands went a little right wingy, in the Senate elections the two right wing parties won FvD with 13 seats of the 75 and VVD (the Party of our Prime Minister Mark Rutte) 12 of the 75 seats. After this election the coalition has a also lost its majority in the senate, but they still have a majority in the lower house, but now they need make deals with other parties to get their plans through the senate. One thing that is sure after this election is that the Dutch people have take a more right wing direction with more people now voting for the Right wing party FvD  and also still a lot of VVD voters, with stricter immigration and asylum laws coming, the VVD has already shown that they are also going more right win than they already did, the climate agreement now has also become uncertain with a likely minority that the agreement now has in the Senate. Furthermore, it is looking like Prime Minister is on his last term, he keeps going down in the polls and has already been the Prime Minister for 9 years, so it seems like this is his final term, rumours of this are even getting bigger because of the rise of Klaas Dijkhoff and there being rumours of Rutte wanting to be the new President of the European Commission. And considering it is sure that Klaas Dijkhoff will become leader of the VVD when Mark Rutte leaves, and him being a more outspoken Right Winger than Rutte who is more center right, the next elections are gonna be very interesting to see whether the Greens, the VVD or FvD will win, but if the Greens win, it will also be very uncertain if they can make a coalition, considering no one sees CDA, ChristenUnie, VVD, PVV or FvD working together with the Greens.

My view/opinion: Even tho i find the rise of FvD a healthy and good development, because it finally gives Right Wing voters an alternative for VVD and CDA, i am also worried, because me myself am a big VVD fan and think Mark Rutte is one of the best Prime Minister we have ever had and i am also very Pro-EU, unlike FvD, and many VVD members are leaving now for FvD. Because of this i am happy with the rise of Klaas Dijkhoff because Mark Rutte is now the leader for almost 10 years and not many people win elections after so many year, which is why i am excited about the rise of Klaas Dijkhoff and i truly hope he will become our new Prime Minister after the next general Elections

"A few days ago me and the government have putted sanctions on Novella Alan because we find the hunting on whales unacceptable, especially if it is just for such a small group allowed to happen. This was already worse enough and then the news also came that whales were being locked up in Novella Alan, we thought and still think that the Novella Alanaise government did not do enough to prevent this and that in combination with the fact that they allow the killings of a endangered species of animals made us decide to put sanctions on Novella Alan. In reaction of our sanction the Government of Novella Alan had put the exact same sanctions on us, and after that they called for the Council of Albion to put the same sanctions on us. Because of this, i am forced to pull back our sanctions on Novella Alan. Even tho i and the Vaguzian still are disgusted by the way whales are treated in Novella Alan, we have to reconsider the sanctions for the sake of the economy of our nation. We still strongly request Novella Alan to stop the killings of whales and to punish any form of whale imprisonment in the hardest way possible, and we also ask Mundus to support us in this matter, we cannot allow the killings of whales for such a needless and unnecessary purpose . "

Signed,
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Vaguzia, Aaron Kaalit

Sanction Name: Vaguzian sanctions against the killing and imprisonment of whales by Nya Åland
Target: The Odinist Republic of Nya Åland
Imposer: The Kingdom of Vaguzia
Type: Trade (Passive): Oil, Gas, food, arms. Financial/Asset Freezes. Financial/Asset Freezes (financial institutions and Vaguzian businesses prohibited from conducting business with Nya Ålandic businesses/government)
Motivation: For hunting on whales, which is an endangered species of animals

The opposition and the cabinet have met with each other and came to the agreement that opposition parties Labour and Green Party would support the military budget to be raised to 4,3% of the GDP if in return the Izraïte Union would support the motion to take in 500,000 more refugees from Lakhzovia and Phuebra. Currently the military budget is 4% of the GDP and Vaguzia has around 1 million refugees right now, mostly Phuebran. Prime Minister Aaron Kaalit is delighted with the agreement: "I am very happy that Labour and Green Party were mature enough to get around the table with us and came with reasonable demands against our very reasonable demands. Now the situation in West-Moreland is getting worse and worse, and our military also still being active in Phuebra, it is necessary to give our military more attention and also money so we can take on all the treats that we are facing now. "

Elisabeth Cortez was also happy with the agreement: "I am so happy that the government has agreed to take in 500,000 more refugees, we are one of the wealthiest countries in the world and it would be immoral to just look and do nothing, Vaguzia has always been a country open to immigrants and people fleeing for war, i am happy to see that this is still the case. We are also working on a motion that will allow a lot of the refugees right now to permanently immigrate to Vaguzia because there are a lot of jobs that these people are willing to do and a lot of Vaguzians aren't "

If the current government is also going to support that motion is very unlikely but they wont necessary need the government because some members of the Conservatives have also been vocally supportive of this motion which means the Izraïte Union isnt needed for a majority.

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Vaguzia is still unbeaten after a draw against Quintelia, Vaguzia now has 3 victories and 1 draw and is because of their current form slowly turning into the big surprise of the world cup. "Vaguzia today played a bit worse than previous games, but it was still clear that Vaguzia is in an amazing form, especially Timothy Kaene who was now scored 5 goals. Vaguzia is showing pure passion and everything they lack in talent they make up with hard work and intelligence. " our chef football says

Top scorer of the Vaguzian squad, Timothy Kaene, born to Zimalian parents, is also very happy with the result: "Today we showed again how good we are as a team, coming back from 2-0 to 2-2, in the end it is disappointing that we didn't take the win but we have to take the positives from this and go to the next 2 games with confidence. I truly believe that if we keep on playing like this that we might take the world cup back home, but that might be me dreaming, but nothing is impossible for us right now. "

Coach Vincenzo di Natale is also reasonably happy: "First of all we got to be critical, because those first 2 goal we got against were totally unnecessary and lesson have to be learned from this, because the horrible defending that lead to these goals is just unacceptable. But i am still pretty happy because we eventually came back and got away with a draw which means we are still unbeaten and i also think we are now slowly turning into a force to be reckoned with."

Ok i hear that the result of our Capital City Khyat are in, looking to the polls, it can go either way, Khyat is of course almost exactly 50% Muslim and 50% Buddhist, so Muslim and Buddhist parties are both doing well here. Here are the results

Khyat:

1. Liberal Democratic Party of Phuebra, 35% of the votes
2. Islamic Party, 30% of the votes
3. Free Phuebran Party, 20% of the votes
4. Communist Party, 10% of the votes
5. National Buddhist Party, 3% of the votes
6. National Phuebran Union Party, 2% of the votes

this means that the 60 seats of Khyat go to the Liberal Democratic Party of Phuebra.

This means that the Parliament will look like this:

Liberal Democratic Party: 135 seats
Free Phuebran Party: 95 seats
Islamic Party: 20 seats

Most Provinces have voted for the Liberal Democratic Party of Phuebra which means that Son Chariya is the first President of the Free Federal Republic of Phuebra and also the first female president in the history of Phuebra, in the next weeks, coalition talks will be started and it will become clear who the Parliament is going to elect as Prime Minister, who has to be a Muslim considering the President is a Buddhist.


Son Chariya, President of the Free Federal Republic of Phuebra

Now these results were pretty close to what the polls were telling us, the next results that we have got for you are of course South Deikhsaach and Brasaeatdei (The province in the middle). We all know that Brasaeatdei is the province of the Phuebran buddhist, the landscape of this province is filled with old buddhist temples and about 80% of this province is buddhist, so dont expect Islamic parties to do good here.

South Deikhsaach:

1. Islamic Party, 60% of the votes
2. National Phuebran Union Party, 27% of the votes
3. Communist Party,  6% of the votes
4. Free Phuebran Party, 4% of the votes
5. Liberal Democratic Party of Phuebra, 2% of the votes
6. National Buddhist Party, 1% of the vote

This means 20 seats for the Islamic Party


Brasaeatdei:

1. Free Phuebran Party, 45% of the votes
2. National Buddhist Party , 35% of the votes
3. Liberal Democratic Party of Phuebra, 10% of the votes
4. Communist Party, 5% of the votes
5. National Phuebran Union Party, 4% of the votes
6. Islamic Party, 1% of the votes

This is quite the surprise, polls suggested that the National Buddhist Party would win this region, but the polls have been wrong and The Free Phuebrans have won the 55 seats of this region

OOC

1) yes totally agreed
2) you can do both but do take in mind that the backstory weighs a lot considering else you could just win by ripping off the best pictures of the RL World Press Photo, and you are free to take any picture you want, so not only RL World Press Photos

Cabinet's Office, Vallis




Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Vaguzia, Aaron Kaalit


Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fabiano Franciosa


Minister of Defense, Gabriel Tomassi


Minister of Health, Jean-Paul De Verley


Minister of Culture and Tradition, Frédéric Charbonnier


Minister of Home Affairs and Security, Patrice Blanc


Minister of Justice, Giovanni De Mello


Minister of Finance, Quirino Bertagnolli


Minister of Industry and Energy, Melanio Patino


Minister of Infrastructure, Cloe Mazzotti


Minister of Royal Affairs, Serena Pertile


Minister of Immigration and Integration, Orlando Liuzzi


Minister of Education, Hugo de la Cavallería


Minister of Science, Benjamín Alvarado


Minister of Agriculture, Julián de la Cruz


Minister of Social Affairs, Jorge Magrina


Minister of Media, Fábio Queiroz Coelho


Minister of Sport, Leonardo Aloe

Kaalit was excited by the idea of King Finley as he took another bite of his food and took a sip of his drink. "Now i am very happy to hear about this idea, and we would also be happy to also have this deal with Cantabria. Now we have gotten that out of the way, i would be interested to hear in what we can do for people travelling between our countries, i have always been supportive of less strict borders when possible so i naturally also am very supportive of VISA exemptions, which is why i would be prepared to give VISA exemptions to every Uí Ceinnselaig citizen that does not have a criminal record or is considered to be treat to national security. And now we are on the subject of travelling, i would like to know how we could promote our two beautiful cultures to each other, i had the idea to give Uí Ceinnselaig citizens discount for tickets to enter historic sights like the Holy Temple of Izra or ruins of old Vaguzian castles and temples. "