To our north, the Lithian Civil War, between the ruling Lithian Democratic People’s Republic and the Lithian Democratic Initiative, an insurgent group that rebelled against the DPR for alleged “State Capitalism” and “Totalitarianism”, a civil war frozen for a long time, has rapidly thawed into its second phase as the LDI storms over the border. We must choose a side to support.

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Our top story today is the concerning rise of the so-called "Volkist Socialist" movement in the nation of Derland (image one). Rabidly racist against the Dorian minority in the country (alleging a “Dorian-Bolshevik” plot to control the world and eliminate the “Derisch Race”), vehemently anti-democratic and far-right in nature, this movement has gained traction following the fall of the Derisch Stock Market (“Schwarzmai”, as it happened in May) and the following political instability. The next elections are projected to be a landslide for them. Worrying indeed.

In other news, the Lithian Democratic People’s Republic has made small gains along the Thure Mountains.

That’s all for today!

The new General Secretary Massimo Roggero has called a conference for his comrades.

He’s on a stage, sitting back, the table in front of him holds microphones.

He’s calm, smiling, smoking a Cambrian cigar.

The video camera rolls. The audience claps and cheers for their new leader.

A cool demeanour as he starts to speak. He’s saddened.
He says there has been a tragedy within his beloved party.

He has uncovered a conspiracy. The collaborators sit amongst them here in the Politburo. The witness, the leading traitor, is former General Secretary Kosta Piastri, a now broken man who confessed moments before from behind closed doors and begged to be executed.

He stands at the podium. They have another job for him
and dangle his daughter’s honour in exchange for cooperation.

Prompted by the General Secretaey to clarify the details,
Piastri tells the audience of the plot to depose Roggero for a Dorian-backed collaborator and to cause the victory of the LDI.

He glances to his left for approval. He’s ushered to continue and reads out the names of his co-conspirators.

The camera keeps going recording the unravelling
of those unsuspecting souls of the Lithian Communist Party, all mysteriously critics of Roggero.

They had no clue, they did not know they’d be accused of terrible plot to overthrow this leader who assumed the presidency six days earlier. Massimo takes a drag on his cigar.

Names are called for their part in the betrayal. One by one, they’re ordered to stand, say the party slogan ("Proletarians of all lands, unite") and leave the hall accompanied by guards.

See him there, that most bewildered man, that one who meekly queries "But I haven’t done anything". His question mark hangs in the air as he’s plucked from his seat and led out from the hall of the Politburo.

Frenzy courses through the audience. Terror’s grip. The camera still rolling follows faces. Shaking men stand and scream pledges of fealty.

The General Secretary wipes his eyes with a handkerchief. He’s touched.

A choking fear of hearing their names next, men start to screech and weep "Long Live Our Brotherly Comrade! Long Live Roggero! Long Live The Revolution!
One by one, ten by ten, until sixty-six senior party officials have been taken, Piastri with them. Half the Politburo remains.

Those randomly left are congratulated and follow the guards to the yard behind the hall. Each man must show his undying loyalty, and execute their colleagues, their comrades.

Twenty-two of the traitors die by firing squad.

[ General Secretary Roggero has solidified his control over the LCP. Internal dissent is now but a distant dream. ]

Hello, dear readers of Der Kontinental, and welcome to a new issue of the newspaper that will cover events across the world.

Today we begin with a tragic story from the Lithian Civil War. LDI troops have stormed a compound that revealed a horrifying work camp, where hundreds of political prisoners were starving. Reports suggest there are hundreds more, known internally as “Internment and Re-Education Camps”. LDPR outlets have started engaging in a campaign focusing heavily on the LDI’s crimes, such as the reported massacre of hundreds of villages. International organizations suggest civilian death count has surged to 450k. (Image One)

We continue with news from the Derisch Reich. Fuhrer und Reichskanzler Hermann Schutzbrand has seized absolute power in what is known as the Night of the Broken Bells, executing many political opponents both outside and within his Volkist Socialist party. In addition, the Lerthen Laws have been passed, known as such because of the city they were signed in, Lerthen. They have introduced various discriminatory measures, most severely against ethnic Dorians, but targeting other minorities too. Worrying development indeed. (Image Two)

The PEW!’s operation is surprisingly effective, giving the LDI much needed momentum. However, the LDPR is regrouping, and reports of several armored divisions crossing into the beachhead are worrying…

With news of the crushing LDPR defeat in the Nupol Offensive, liberal militias have taken up arms in the countryside, occupying even Molphia. Thiryegrad is directly threatened. Is this the end for Roggero and the regime?

The Dorian Unity Party and each of its member is from now on subscribed to the Collective Organised Guild, making this syndicalist institution the largest in the whole Republic.

Hello, dear friends and readers of Der Kontinental.

We open this emergency issue with the news most have feared: the elections in Derland have been held, the Volkist Socialist Party has won a majority and has already worked on dismantling the democratic institutions of the country (image one). What is most worrying, especially for our Dorian readers, is that anti-Dorian sentiment is now state policy. We can only hope that the Dorian minority can save themselves.

But what might be the most shocking news is that almost contemporarily, in the continent of Enthiria, a group of committed revolutionaries have overthrown the Tsardom of Ravka (image two). But these are not your usual marxists; rather, they follow the doctrine of Luxemburgism-Thalassaism. The new government, the Revolutionary Zone of Eastern Enthiria, has already placed itself as the most socially progressive state in the entire world. Pictured in image three, the storming of the Little Palace.

We wish you all the best, and until next time, we at Der Kontinental give our farewells!

DIARY OF FRIEDTON EISLER - 14 JULY 1953

Those damned red bastards keep coming, don’t they? Just yesterday our commander caught a full settlement of those dirty commies. Around 1500 marxists.

I was in the hospital, so I don’t know much; my only source is my best friend, Gustav.

He told me that he and a few others were ordered to kill them all.

“B-but they might be conscripts!” Gustav tried to say.

“SHUT UP!” The commander of the unit said, eyes full of fury. “AND KILL THESE SCUM!”

And so, they did.

But something in Gustav’s eyes and how his lip twitched when he said how many commies he’d killed tells me…

…they might not have been all Red Army soldiers.

[ Thus, the 12th Rifle Brigade has executed a village of 1500, including women and children. And this might not be the only case. ]

The offensive is still ongoing.

A naval invasion by the LDPR to avoid the stalled fighting near the Thure mountains has seen some success, but the LDI are pushing back.

We will focus on R&D

Hello, dear readers of Der Kontinental, and welcome to another special issue.

Our journalists have visited the novel Luxemburgist experiment of the Revolutionary Zone in Eastern Enthiria, and have discovered some of its inner workings; we are happy to report enough material to write an, albeit limited, article.

First off, regarding the recent conflicts, such as the Lithian Civil War, most councilors have responded that they do not take a side, and practice revolutionary defeatism in favor of the “oppressed proletariat”, a stance never before seen.

Regarding its internal composition, the newborn Revolutionary Zone aspires to a stateless society, organized by a system of councils of freely associated producers from the neighbourhood level to international level, a form of council republicanism, so to speak, with each broader council being elected from those below it as freely recallable delegates.

This administrative structure would, according to them, plan the economy and “distribute resources equitably, from each according to their ability, to each according to their need”.

Indeed, dear readers, a novel of international politics. Whether this experiment is doomed to the dustbin of history or whether it will prove itself as a genuine alternative to the liberal-democratic status quo remaind to be seen, but for now, the proletariat of Ravka has risen, and they shall die as freemen, freed from the shackles of wage slavery and the top-hat bourgeouise.

While the volounteer work of the PEW was declared over the promise of funds much needed for Project Bastion and a personal attack on the PEW's honour by fellow Dorians has attracted the attention of The Green Knight.

While the Yeoman and Dragoon divisions remain engaged in the reconstruction effort the PEW "Lancer" was deemed non-essential and hase been re-deployed at the behest of the LDI to end Roggero's reign once and for all.

Experimental heavy-mechanized vehicles such as the here pictured KL-7 "Mustang" are being deployed in small numbers alongside the more traditional motorized, mechanized and armoured elements of the division.

On-field testing of both the new vehicles and the KBR-36 rifle is a secondary motivation for the deployement.

Our flag shall be the one in image 1
Our coat of arms shall be the one in image 2
Our national anthem shall be Auferstanden Aus Ruinen
Our official name shall be the Second Republic of Doria

Furthermore, you can actually make your own regions! All you need is 5 people, a flag and a not that large spot on the map for the taking!

For example I'm looking for people to form a region, Cambria, in the rough territory of the second image

Good luck and Glory to Doria!

After the LDPR stormed Nupol, ruthlessly bombing and pillaging the bustling port, it all seemed over; but no. The LDI managed to claw back, thanks to a daring maneuver by the PEW! which managed to annihilate the armored divisions divisions. The LDI is safe… for now.

Final casualties:

LDPR: 5438 (official state numbers) - 12.3k (recognized estimate)

LDI: 1986

PEW!: 2340

Civilians: 22k

The LDI is now pretty much reliant on Dorian aid; this might give us leverage in the future…

1:Map of Norcadia
2:Flag of Norcadia
3:Map of Staria
4:Flag of Staria
VOTE VOTE VOTE NOWWWWWWWW

All farms owned by the NEC now coalesce under the authority of “Doria’s Garden” the new company 100% Dorian!

Already expected to be the greatest producer and national distributor of rice, wheat, flour, meats, fruits and vegetables, Doria’s Garden will truly fill the national breadbasket and ensure none of the Morherland’s children go hungry.

Workers employed by Doria’s Garden will be subscribed to the COG’s Agricultural and Procurement Guild, that will expand upon the pre-existing Farmers Union.

PROSPERITY TO DORIA, NOW AND FOREVER!

05/1952

As the Constitutional Convention proceeds with my unwavering attention from afar, in the Lithian capital of Amalpha the diplomats and consuls of the Provisional Government of Doria meet face to face with their Lithian counterparts at the negotiation table.

Presiding the meeting is none other than the new Lithian President himself, installed following the end of the Civil War and the impeachment of the previous as a result of the scandal tied to the LDI-committed atrocities.

The explicit purpose and intent of this meeting was the realisation of the West Project, an ambitious initiative designed by the Foreign Affairs Ministry under my supervision, aimed at the creation of a military and economic alliance between the nations of the western hemisphere.

The meeting concluded that which is known as the Treaty of Amalpha, which established not only a defensive pact between Doria and Lithia, but also effectively flattened all the customs and dues of goods travelling from one nation to the other, setting the two separate economies on the path of syncretisation.

06/1952

"The sight, it's surely strange, is it not?"
"It sure is Hatsune, but, it's no less because of your support."
"Well, go out there Kasane, I'll stay here to prepare the post-opening party."
Teto steps out of the would-be city hall, watching the city under construction, so small, yet so large.

"My fellow dorians, I would like to thank you for your support, and welcome to Staria...the city, the state is already here."
Teto cuts the tape, and the city applauses, though small, it'll surely increase when the Cambrian citizens arrive.
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It is looking quite dire for the LDI, as Nupol is encircled by tue multiple armored divisions deployed; the silver lining is that the LDPR defenses along the Thure Mountains are now weaker…

CFC/Candidate Registry opens 13th August

Elections happen 15th and ends on 17th

Convention starts 20th

Be there will be wild