The North PacificBoard

Borisov sat up straight this time before talking and then proceeded to speak, "Mr Prime Minister, I would never threaten more violence, too many Listovian lives have been lost over the years for wars that did not concern us; I simply state that the British government's refusal to understand the situation and the will of the people is a slippery slope indeed and you must be ready to face the consequences to your actions. And you ask me what the Five Kingdoms can not provide to the people of Listovia and that is free will. The freedom to choose our destiny. For too long our people have been subject to foreign control be it from London Proper or Tulipeo, our people have had the freedom to choose our future stripped from us. And it is time for this to end Listovia must be granted true freedom from London Proper so that our people can finally build back the way we see fit and guide our nation into the future the way we want." Borisov took a sip from a glass of water and leaned back into his chair.

Berk Blames a Few Problems on the Monroians, and by that, they mean all.

Close to the city of Tenedor, 11:00 PM

The Night had set itself upon Tenedor, The Moon not being out quite yet meant it was pitch black accept for the Lights.

Above, a New Bomber jet flew, AA Did not expect the Stealth craft. nor did it have any reason too. "Cap' , I see the Lights" Said the Gunner, "I see too, Prepare bomb bay doors" He ordered, the Doors opened. Tenedor was a Small city, nor was it important, it just had, Felines. Lots of them, and they needed to be stamped out. A Single Bomb fell out.

the Tenedorians had no time, nor preparation. To prepare themselves. The Reckoning. A Flash as the object hit the town hall As in a instant, explosives set off a chain reaction, heat vaporizes the building as a shockwave blows out, a Mushroom Cloud Rose up, Not a Nuclear bomb, A Big dirty Expensive bomb that Caused everything within a 3 block radius to go up, and everything in the city was hit by the shockwave as flames echoed out from the explosion.

The Felines had it coming as soon as they killed that single archduke.

And Tenedor would Burn.

and Not a single crop would grow in the already cold, now dirty, land area in the city for another few decades at least.

and Midway to Fredens, Tom saw a distant flash, as he flew, he felt wonder.

"What had that been?"

All the council members were seated. A circular table of 10 men and women all sat in silence.

One women, referred to simply as "M" due to the council using initials only, stood up.

"Shall we begin our discussion?", she finally says before sitting again.

The other council members nod in agreement.

"Good. Now, with the recent death of Prince Bernadonne, we aren't exactly in a good position here. There's a lot of things that could potentially go wrong.", M says.

Another council member, across from M; known as K, scoffs.

"M, you overestimate the challenge we face. Emeraldisian democracy is a guarantee.", he says.

M stares coldly at K as the other members stay quiet.

"And who's going to stop another dictatorship from forming if we're careless?", she retorts.

K falls silent to this. All of them knew very well what could happen if they failed the people of the nation...

"M's right. We can't be careless, K.", says another member; known as C. "If we allow the situation to grow beyond our control, then this Interim Government is a failure. Remember our purpose. A temporary system."

The others nod in agreement, with a reluctant nod from K.

"Well, nonetheless; I suggest we get down to ideas rather than bickering.", responds another member, known as H. "I suggest we begin by finishing Project Emerald with the Babans before we take any further action."

"Well, modernisation would be helpful to democracy...", M says. "But even still, most Emeraldisians prefer neutrality and isolation over us joining alliances and picking sides. Once we're done with their help, it's more than likely we will become isolationist again, which is not exactly a bad thing. However; it would definitely damage our relationship with our only real allies."

The others nod.

"That being said, branching back to what H said, we do need to modernise this nation. Take a look at half of the cities outside the capital. They're wrecks, to put it mildly. Emeraldisian infrastructure, roads, and so much more are poorly developed and hardly exist. Those that do only go so far out until they abruptly stop.", M continues. "Henceforth, I think I am in agreement with most of this Council when I say modernising is our first priority."

K frowns.

"Why shouldn't we focus on democracy, hmm; M? Is there a particular reason why you favour the modernisation?", K says pompously.

"Would you rather have a modern democracy or a failed state?", M affirms.

K falls silent and slumps in his chair slightly, knowing his points would get him nowhere.

"Anyways, back to the topic at hand.", M says. "As I was saying; we need to build up our technology and modernise up to the rest of Strangereal, then we can go from there. To what K has said, a democracy can only exist when we are finally built up enough and are perfected as a nation that this Interim can finally end."

The room falls to silent nods.

"If nobody has anything more they wish to contribute or bring to this conversation, then this meeting is adjourned.", M says.

A man, simply referred to as A, raises his hand. M nods to him.

"With the fact of the matter being that modernisation is also key to us, shouldn't we look at economic reforms as well? We live in what we have been told is the "1800s level" of technology, and we possess very little in the way of heavy production of industry. I think we should also put that on the table, too.", he proposes.

M smiles.

"Thank you for that interesting topic, A.", she says. "I will say that I agree with you on that, but with our limited knowledge of things such as carbon dioxide emissions and such, we need to also regulate these potential industries. Otherwise, we could have disastrous consequences."

The council falls silent.

"Well, I suppose that since nothing more is to be said, this meeting is adjourned.", H says.

The council members stand and leave. The meeting ends.

Chris nodded "There is a comprise then. Between kingdom status and your independence. Autonomy. The exacts can be discussed later but it would be in my power assuming parliament did vote infavour of it to offer the whole region colonial status. You still vote in national elections and recieve funding from London proper. But much if not all day to day running of the region would be down to you all and who ever you elect as colonial governor. Of course matters such as foreign policy would be down to the whole government decision and any armed forces you did raise would have to follow commands from London Proper but you find it would be acceptable to get that freedom of choice."

Kadi mayor nodded then spoke "And what does London Proper get for all of it funding and Autonomy it will give us."
Chris looked to the mayor "For one you will all sign up to the Magna carter ensuring each British citizens rights are respected and of course trade. After all it would be rather hard to have borders within our nation."

Ivangord mayor spoke up "And how will we ensure you Brits keep your word?"
Chris "well your militia's that you have the right even now to raise would ensure that any government that tried to take your freedoms would have to pay. I should mention that you would also be protected from outside powers interfering in your affairs as after all kingdoms arent the only ones with intrests in the region. Being part of the kingdoms would give listovia added protection from outside forces who wouldnt be as lets say understanding as the kingdoms. There are few powers in the region that are democracies after all."

The room went quite for a moment before Chris spoke again "Look we dont have to make a choice today but I am sure we could really work towards this autonomy idea. What do you think Mr Borisov?"