by Max Barry

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Region: The Alliance of Dictators

The greater antipodes

Artarum wrote:This being Artarum, there was no "local city council". Instead, Liudan was governed by an appointed governor, who also undertook the duties of mayor. Recently, a new one had been appointed, this one a National Coalition bureaucrat, who was infinitely more left-wing than the previous one who had been a staunch conservative and royalist, but still quite suspicious of the far-left as all good Artarumen were.

"The Artarum Workers Society," the response wrote, "is hereby given permission to have a rally to exceed no more than 500 individuals in the city square, under police supervision. The police reserve their right to dissolve the assembly as they see fit. Regards, Governor Percival Weatherby." The small letter was sent back to Comrade Murphy - these people didn't sound more leftist than the Labour Front, and those were in the Imperial Parliament anyway.

The Antipodean-backed political organization, being very careful not to abuse the trust of the Governor's decision, mobilized no more than 30 individuals from the Party and the Artarum Workers Society as organizers for the assembly in the city square, many of whom were recruited from unions and college campuses. The remaining 470 permitted - however many would arrive - would be those who were invited via flyers, street posters or social media posts and it was safely assumed that their relatively new and small group would not even be capable of violating this agreement.

Al wahid wrote:The Front, initially losing ground to the regime forces, have begun slowing government advance through the mountains. With each passing day, they are reinforced by local warlords swearing fealty to Muhammad Masoud and his pro-democracy cause.

The Peasant Guard volunteers were becoming alarmed by these developments and decided to take independent action early and covertly. Wherever they could feasibly reach, the rate of explosives affixed to the mufflers of warlords cars began to take a rapid climb during the following week; it was intended that it would either kill their intended target or provide a clear deterrent against endorsing Muhammed Masoud and hopefully spare General Hakimi from dealing with a united front of foes later on.

The columbine republic, Spiritual Republic of Caryton, and Al wahid

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