Celebrations
A Meaningful New Holiday and a Splendid Old One
Kantrias’ celebrated its very first anniversary with a marvelous festival last fall. People gave heartfelt speeches, participated in artistic contests, played games of luck and skill, and discussed ways to make Kantrias even greater. As a treat, some citizens from Kantrias’ younger days gave newcomers tales of how things used to be. Overall, the festival honored the dedication of all who made Kantrias what it is today.
Deeper in the winter, Kantrias enjoyed a lively cross-regional Christmas festival with friends in the region of Ainur. Contests, games, and casual discussions—and even an elegant Winter Ball that quickly descended into madness—made for a splendid celebration and brought the two regions closer as allies.
Politics
Newcomers Jump into the Fray; A Senator Vanishes; One Election on the Heels of Another
This past season, voters choose from one of six candidates for the 13th senate beginning on the 9th of November. Half of them—Teach, Proto105, and Rulza—were ambitious newcomers who had joined Kantrias no earlier than the month before. However Rulza, who did become a senator, disappeared shortly after. Promising a leave of absence no longer than Tuesday the 19th of November, he has not appeared in Kantrias since the 16th of that month.
His disappearance prompted a By-Election for a new senator on December 4, about two weeks after his disappearance. After a close vote, Prince Caldemar became the new senator. Luckily he managed to keep his new position through the next senatorial election, which began only a week afterwards on Dec 11. He and five others ran for this 14th senate, but this time newcomers avoided the elections.
The 3rd chancellor elections occurred around November 9th as well, with a victory for Senator Micro Kohala.
Foreign Conflicts
An Aggressive Spirit Waxes and Wanes among Allies.
The season for war held strong this October. As close war allies, Kantrias, Europeia, and the United Imperial Armed Forces (the UIAF) took turns helping each other capture foreign regions.
Kantrias Invasions: Europeia and the UIAF aided Kantrias in its successful invasion of The Creed and 4Chan Party Van. The Creed was a small, unstable region that has remained so since the invasion. 4Chan Party Van has since been deleted and sent to the NationStates Boneyard. The UIAF also aided Kantrias in the successful invasion of small, static region Zemilid, at the same time as The Creed invasion.
UIAF Invasions: Kantrias joined the UIAF, and sometimes its allies, to capture The Empire of Cats and New Zealand.
Europeia invasions: Kantrias and the UIAF joined Europeia in its invasion of The Impact Federation. Kantrias also helped Europeia to capture Global Call, Axis Dictatorship, and Next Superpowers of Planet Earth.
While the fall season was marked by several victories, holiday spirit had begun to replace the spirit of battle by November, and the number of invasions among the allies dwindled.
In Other News
- Sara Lucky Leutria Quilor became the newest addition to the royal family when Prince Caldemar announced his adoption of her on October 19.
- The Land of Kings and Emperors invited Kantrians to their Emperor’s Ascension Festival near the year’s end.
- A few citizens gathered for a protest over the temporary Christmas-themed forum skin, citing the slightly brighter colors as excuses (cross out) valid reasons to bring out their pitchforks, torches, blackjack and other weapons.
- New citizen Adara Vidalia was hired as the next director of The Asylum News, a political newspaper for the Insanity Party of Kantrias.
