CONSTITUTION CHANGE APPROVED BY COUNCIL OF NOBLES

A happy day for Duke Philipp. The constitution change that he proposed was accepted by both parliaments. While it was clear that the bill would be passed by the socialists and liberals of the Bürgersenat, it was challenging to convince the Lords of the Fürstenrat of his progressive reform that legalizes female succession. In the end it were the people of Herrenbucht who urged the Lords to accept the change. It would have been a political disaster for the nobility if they had stirred up hate among the population by excluding the popular Princess Elena from the line of succession

Her cousin Markus von Wateringas, who already hoped to become Crown Prince held a speech shortly after the voting:

Ladies and Gentlemen. It griefs me to see that Herrenbucht and even its most honorable nobles decided against their own values and broke with our tradition and culture. A woman as the leader of our country and our army is not acceptable in my eyes and there is a good reason that there never has been a Duchess in Herrenbucht before. Women aren't made for this job, and I will do anything I am capable of to take this burden from my cousin

After these words the Duke's Guard was forced to interrupt Markus's speech, because of the crowd who was getting agressive and started to throw things at the Prince


MURDERER OF PRINCE SEBASTIAN EXECUTED

After Erwin Knipser confessed that he manipulated the Prince's car, his fate was already clear. However the police kept him for a while hoping to get information about his terror group. Today the investigations were closed, and the trial, only a matter of hours resulted in a death penalty for Knipser.
The people are relieved to see Knipser die, but a feeling of danger remains, until the police has made progress at finding and arresting the other members of the republican terror group.

Short name: Herrenbucht
Full name: Duchy of Herrenbucht
Capital: Wateringas
Population: 42.500.000
GDP per capita*: 32.000
Literacy rate (%): 97%
Unemployment (%): 4,2%
Tax**: 55%
GDP allowed to the military (%)***: 5%
Population density (x/km2): 22,18
Name of your national currency: Buchtmark
Symbol of your national currency: BMK
Value of your national currency when converted to USD: 1,5 USD per BMK
Three main exports of your nation: Agricultural Goods, Alcohol, Firearms
Three main imports of your nation: Drugs, Electronics, Minerals