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RE: Valruzia - Aethan - 16-06-2025

Report on the second week of the North Seleyan Games!

June 5650

Medal standings following the second week of the Games

The second week of the I Northern Seleyan Games is keeping the flame of passion and competition alive, as the spotlight shifted from individual athletics and swimming, including waterpolo, to now team sports and combat disciplines. Over the past seven days, the stadiums and arenas across the Valruzian host city have witnessed a spectacular display of strength and strategy.

Fans have filled the different arenas across the capital city to support their teams in matches of football, basketball, handball, rugby, volleyball, and beach volleyball, with chants echoing through the venues. Meanwhile, indoor arenas have hosted intense bouts of boxing, judo, fencing, wrestling, taekwondo and weightlifting, both in female and male categories.

Team sports brought some of the most memorable moments so far, with Lodamun and the host country clashing in a nail-biting basketball that crowned Lodamun as the winners with a 93-92 score, and Tukarali pulling a dramatic comeback in handball to reach the gold medal in its final match against Baltusia. In rugby, Kalistan’s team surprised fans and betters alike, becoming the first gold medal recipients of the Northern Seleyan Games.

Combat sports also saw spectacular and thrilling matches to be seen both in person and on TV, particularly in taekwondo, wrestling and judo, where Valruzia was widely expected to dominate, collecting multiple golds across all its categories with ease. In boxing, Lodamese representatives took the spotlight, becoming the nation with most golds in the category. Fencing events were led by Baltusia, on the other hand. And yet, Kalistan collected two more gold medals in team sports, in the beach volleyball female and male categories, leaving no options to their rivals and achieving the medal without major complications.

As the second week has now finished, Valruzia maintains its lead in the overall medal standings, thanks to its strong showings in martial arts. Baltusia holds the most number of silver medals while Tukarali does so with bronze medals.

This week’s performances have increased the excitement and anticipation for the final stretch of the Games with many sports still ahead on the horizon and the competition being far from over. For sure there will be many more surprises in store!

Stay with us for the latest updates, interviews, and highlights at www.nsgnowogard.wr, and don’t forget to check the full medal table and match replays on our platform!

Results of the second week of sport events

RE: Valruzia - Aethan - 17-06-2025

Report on the third week of the North Seleyan Games!

June 5650

Medal standings following the third week of the Games

The third week of the I Northern Seleyan Games is over, this time after having the athletes performing their abilities in archery, shooting, tennis and badminton, cycling, and the wide range of disciplines in gymnastics.

It has been a particularly intense week, with moments of pure emotion and excellence that will for sure be remembered for many years. The disciplines of shooting and archery saw Valruzia and Baltusia emerge as strong contenders, each taking home two gold medals. Tukarali, on the other hand, gathered a total of five medals, though only one of them gold. Lodamun and Kalistan had lesser luck, albeit Kalistan took home one gold medal in the male shooting rifle category and Lodamun collected 1 silver and three bronze medals.

In racket sports, Valruzian players were eager to prove to be a powerhouse, but despite collecting two golds across both tennis and badminton which included a spectacular comeback victory in the masculine doubles final, it was Baltusia, however, who in the end took the lead in total medals for racket sports with six podium finishes, despite an uneven gold count. Tukarali and Lodamun remained competitive, while Kalistan athletes had not classified for this categories in particular.

The cycling events, both road and track, offered some of the most exciting moments of the week, with the newly built velodrome in Nowogard becoming home to lightning-fast sprints and tight finishes, ending with Tukarali dominating the gold medal count with three first-place finishes in both categories of road cycling and the female track pursuit. Still, Valruzia, Lodamun and Tukarali had strong performances with five medals each, whilst the small Kalistani delegation also secured a memorable gold in the men’s BMX event.

But perhaps the most awaited events of this week were those of gymnastics. In this discipline, the rivalry between Valruzia and Tukarali was in full display, with both nations earning five gold medals and double-digit total medal hauls. Lodamun, while not topping the gold count - unable to win a single gold medal -, was the clear leader in silver medals, with nine second-place finishes, which could very well mark the steps for future victories for the nation. Baltusia and Kalistan also showed strong performances, with three (male parallels, male rings and female vault) and two (male ball and female ribbon) gold medals each.

As the Games head into their final week, the competition becomes more and more exciting. Talking with visitors and locals alike, everybody seems to be enjoying the spirit of the Games around the city, especially enjoying the good summer temperatures that have been blessed over the capital. For the next and final week, mental and traditional sports are the only sports remaining.

Stay tuned with us at www.nsgnowogard.wr for all the latest results, athlete stories, and behind-the-scenes coverage from the heart of the Games. Only one week to go, who will top the medal table in the very end?

Medal results for the third week of the Games

Chancellor Nowik meets with foreign representatives in informal dinner, including close friend Empress Mary Ananto and delegations from Baltusia, Tukarali and Lodamun
"Nothing serious, friendly conversations" expressed the Chancellor
Discussion over recent developments in Baltusian government reportedly discussed too

RE: Valruzia - Aethan - 17-06-2025

Final report: it's a wrap for the I North Seleyan Games!

June 5650

Final medal standings

After four full thrilling weeks of sport, competitions and North Seleyan sportmanship, the I Northern Seleyan Games have come to a triumphant ending. The final week of competitions focused on mind sports (chess, debate and speedcubing), traditional disciplines (horse racing, traditional rowing, sling shooting, stone lifting, tug of war, pentathlon, orienteering and traditional dances), and emerging events (eSports Go), offering one last opportunity for athletes to bring glory to their nations and fame for themselves, and they certainly delivered.

Among the highlights of the week were the chess tournaments, both in classic and team formats, where Valruzia and Baltusia split the golds equally with Valruzian claiming the male categories and Baltusia the female ones.

In eSports Go, Kalistan emerged as the undisputed champion, taking home both golds and solidifying its growing reputation in digital competition. Valruzia and Baltusia added more medals to their tallies, while Lodamun quietly continued its consistent podium presence.

Valruzia made a strong final push with golds in debate, sling shooting, and stone lifting, whilst in traditional rowing Kalistan surged forward, claiming both golds in a heartracing competition against home country Valruzia for the gold in the male category, decided by less than a second difference.

A fan-favorite for children, the tug of war, turned into a clash of titans between the same three nations in both categories: Lodamun, Baltusia, and Valruzia. Horse racing saw Tukarali and Lodamun taking the golds while pentathlon awarded their fame to Kalistan and Tukarali once more.

The last event to be celebrated was the long-awaited traditional dances competition, which offered a vibrant end to the Games. Tukarali made a strong impression in the male category while Lodamun's female performance was awarded the gold.

Results for the last week of Games

After the results have been finally tallied, host nation Valruzia has officially claimed the top of the medal table benefitting from the so-called host country factor, achieving the impressive result of 66 gold medals and a record 148 total medals, with martial arts being its most dominated field. Tukarali and Lodamun followed with 42 and 36 golds, although it was Baltusia the nation that accompanied Lodamun as the second-ranked in number of total medals (131 both of them). And yet for Kalistan, despite its smaller delegation, a total of 44 medals (16 golds and 14 silver and bronze medals) was achieved, showing what its athletes are well capable of.

The closing ceremony in Nowogard marked the end of the Games, with Valruzian gold medalist judoka Rafał Wisz being the one chosen to carry the Game flame to its final destination until the next Games. President of Valruzia Aleksandra Bielecka and Chancellor Szymon Nowik will in charge of the closing ceremony, gifting the representatives of each delegation with a set of Valruzian specialties and the impressive golden laurel wreaths, one for each athlete who won a gold medal in the event.

In a ceremony of music and lights, where renowned Valruzian singer GaOz was in charge of closing, the event came to an end after more than 25 million visitors have gone through the Valruzian capital, exceeding the expectations of the local authorities. We will have to wait until we find out where the next Games will be, especially since the North Seleyan Committee is interested in making the event a 10-year round, but for sure this Games will be long-remembered.

Vote in our poll: What do you think of the I North Seleyan Games?
Valruzian athletes exceed expectations and bring home more than 60 gold medals and a great sense of pride for the nation

RE: Valruzia - Aethan - 19-06-2025

Dominika Rozek becomes new General Secretary of Sovereign Valruzia

In a very close result, current party spokesperson in the Sejm will replace Nowik at the helm of the sovereignist party

January 5651

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Dominika Rozek right after the official results were announced

The very first primaries in more than 20 years for Sovereign Valruzia have shown a very close race between the two main candidates, Dominika Rozek and Mateusz Kadzior, with early favorite Robert Sobieraj becoming the unexpected loser of the night. The results, 40.2% for Rozek and 40% for Kadzior (with 19.8% for Sobieraj) show a very divided party that is having trouble finding the correct replacement for Chancellor Szymon Nowik. In addition, both leading figures represent two different souls within the sovereignists, with Rozek embodying the more nationalistic roots of the party and Kadzior aiming for the more populist left branch.

With the very first step towards Nowik full retirement now completed, it will be a period where the party and the government will be directed by two different people, although Rozek has already assured that the party will be in full compliance with Nowik's demands until the next elections and the Chancellor knowing for sure that he has the full control over Sovereign Valruzia's parliamentary group.

However, things are far from easy. Kadzior has launched a campaign for a recount in the voting or at least, having a two-way primary elections, claiming that the results do not fully represent the will of the militants.

Quote:"If we ask those Sobieraj supporters, many of them will say that they would have liked me to lead Sovereign Valruzia. However, with this three way system, this reality is distorted and the party ends up election the "less controversial" candidate. I would like to formally demand a recount or, at the very least, a two-way race between Rozek and myself, where militants can truly decide and votes are not splitted".

It is unclear whether the party leadership will accept any of these demands, but Nowik's desire for a peaceful transition of power within the party he has turned into an election-winning machine might have been suddenly shattered.

Forward Valruzia, the leaders of the opposition, have asked Nowik to "fully take a step aside" and resign from the chancellery since he "no longer controls any political party", but Nowik has called this "a bluff" and has reminded the conservative coalition that citizens gave him "more than 40% of the seats in the Sejm" and thus he fully retains the "mandate of the people" to complete this legislature.

RE: Valruzia - Aethan - 19-06-2025

BREAKING: Sovereign Valruzia on the brink of split

An internal faction accuses the new General Secretary of "deviating from Nowik's main lines" and betray its electors

February 5651

The transition of power from Szymon Nowik to Dominika Rozek seems to be going through a turbulent moment. With the requests of primaries loser Mateusz Kadzior of a recount or a new two-way round being denied by the new leadership of the party, now an internal faction within Sovereign Valruzia is threatening with forming its own party, accusing the new leadership of deviating from Nowik's main lines and "betraying its electors" after the full ideological program of Dominika Rozek being made public. In it, a hard turn towards more conservative positions is underlined, especially in the social field, something that was not discussed nor proposed during the debates hosted by the three main candidates to replace Nowik at the helm of the party.

"What Rozek is presenting now is not what the electors voted for. She ran on a totally different campaign than what it is being presented now, and for us, it is something totally unacceptable. This is betraying the legacy that Szymon Nowik is giving to us, and will completely destroy Sovereign Valruzia's powerful election machinery".

While this faction, that has expressed its support for Mateusz Kadzior, has also announced that they will still be giving its full support to Chancellor Nowik, now it is more unclear than ever whether Sovereign Valruzia will run as always into the 5655 Valruzian elections, still four years from now, or the party will see the first split in modern Valruzian politics.

RE: Valruzia - journey - 19-06-2025

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BREAKING: Kadzior and his faction split from the Sovereign Valruzia, and will form their own party
Runner-up of the Sovereign Valruzia's January leadership election to succeed Nowik has said that he has "tried everything" to resolve the internal conflicts of the party, but Rozek and her leadership team "just refused to hear him"
3 February 5651

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A historic day for the Valruzian politics, but not a positive one, clearly not for the Sovereign Valruzia, as the ruling party of two decades suffers a major conflict within its ranks. The two-months-long conflict following the close leadership election result, where the "agrarian-progressive" Dominika Rozek has won against the "left-wing populist" Mateusz Kadzior. With Kadzior's attempts to reconcile and do either a recount or a second round between him and Rozek being denied by the new leadership council, Kadzior has announced that he and his party faction will indeed split from the SW, and form their own political force.

Quote:"I am a man, who hates conflicts, I simply don't like them, and I do my best to avoid them. But when you do everything to keep the party together, unite under the ideas we have always fought for, but the leadership simply ignores you and refuses to even listen? I have no other choice but to leave. In fact, the party left me, not the other way around. I can no longer stay in the party, new ideals of which I do not support, simply.

According to the Gazeta Wieczorna's sources, Kadzior has already been gathering signatured to form his own party, Progressive Socialist Party or PPS, which will pursue the "progressive Valruzianism" as its main ideology, while also following mostly same principles as all of the five Nowik governments. PPS would become the fourth left-of-centre political party in Valruzia, with some internal polling showing that the party could capture a significant amount of left-wing voters, allowing for the voting split to happen, especially of those who voted SW previously, something which has been almost impossible until this day.

Reaffirming his previous statements, Kadzior said that even in the case of the new party and a separate parliamentary group will be formed, members of that group will still give support to the Nowik government, adding that him and Rozek "may have differences", but they are still united in their opposition to the "right-wing extremists, who follow the steps of Szumski and Razem".

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Gazeta Wieczorna is a Valruzian daily nationwide newspaper, based in Nowogard, Valruzia.
@GazetaWieczorna

RE: Valruzia - Aethan - 26-06-2025

Nowik's last big plan: Valruzian Horizon

In a very close result, current party spokesperson in the Sejm will replace Nowik at the helm of the sovereignist party

October 5652

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Szymon Nowik explaining the plan to members of Sovereign Valruzia

As his final term draws to its half, Chancellor Szymon Nowik has unveiled the last big initiative of his career: Valruzian Horizon, a sweeping, dual-purpose national strategy to reforge the country’s social contract around two interlinked goals: care and science.

This isn't just a big final gesture by a head of government preparing his exit from the first line of politics but also an unapologetically interventionist and egalitarian vision where the State serves not only as protector, but as innovator, caregiver, and architect of the nation's future.

The plan is structured around the pillars of maternity, healthcare and science, with the further development of Valruzian universal care system and an aggressive public-led investment in science and technology.

Under the so-called "Pojedynczy System Opieki" (Single System of Care, or PSO), the government aims at three main points: infancy and families, elderly and dependent people and the so-called "caregiven professions". With this, Nowik points at the last part of his built political and economic legacy yet left untouched: maternity and new generations of Valruzians. According to this new project, public nurseries and childcare centers will now become free from 0 years - previously it was only from 3 to 5 years - including extended schedules and more personnel available. In addition, the government will extend childbirth and childcare parental leave from the current 18 months (9 per parent) to 2 years or 24 months (1 year per parent, partially transferable), without any loss of salary by law. The government will also encourage large families, announcing economic incentives per each child - 300 VPO/monthly per each child until the age of 18 and a bonus of 300 VPO/monthly for families with 4 or more children.

For the elderly, the plan points at the creation of a public National Network of elderly care, building a mixed system of residences, home care and day centers, with personnel hired by the State, turning care into a guaranteed right publicly funded and delivered by professional people, and with the State absorbing the cost and acknowledging that care is as essential as health or education in the fabric of national life.

Quote:"Our elderly have given everything during their lifetime for the Valruzian nation; it is only fair that, when the time comes, the nation returns the favor in the best way possible"

said Minister of Social Rights and leader of the PKW Lucjan Mirski.

With this part of the plan, care work - long invisible, underpaid and undervalued - will now be formalized under a new national labor statute with regulated wages, accredited training, job stability and union representation, and the government estimates that up to 100,000 new public jobs are expected in the first five years, especially in rural or aging regions.

For Nowik, this is resilience.

Quote:"A society that can care for its weakest"

he recently told the Sejm,

Quote:"is one that can survive anything"

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Parallel to the PSO, Valruzian Horizon introduces a new comprehensive public science strategy parallel to others developed previously by his governments. Known as INNO, it seeks to reposition the country as a sovereign scientific power, one capable of producing its own technologies, medicines, and innovation, not merely importing them.

Five new State Research Centers will be established, one in each voivodeship, covering areas from biomedicine and green energy to neurogenetics and computational biology. These centers will operate under public ownership but scientific autonomy, aiming to decentralize knowledge and bring high-tech employment to the provinces.

But science, for Nowik as a biologist, is not only about labs. The INNO project includes generous incentives to bring back the country’s scientific diaspora, including tax breaks, housing packages, long-term and stable contracts and universal scholarships for all students entering STEM degrees. Two new public enterprises will anchor the effort, by developing the already existing NOVA Pharma industries: NOVA Pharma itself will focus on affordable medication and biotechnology, and the new split of NOVA Tech will dedicate its efforts to digital health, assistive devices, and green innovation.

A important step in this INNO plan is that all publicly funded research will be released under open-access terms, as Nowik believes that "intellectual property produced with taxpayer money will belong to the people"

Some critics, including the opposition Forward Valruzia, have called this plan an "overreach", "a utopian gamble" and a form of "technocratic socialism". But even Nowik's staunch opponents concede its in line with everything Nowik has always stood for during all his years as Chancellor of the nation, as it reflects Nowik’s background as a biologist and his long-standing belief in a rational, evidence-based politics rooted in solidarity rather than austerity. For Nowik’s supporters, it’s about another legacy to leave behind him, with a generational project that will outlive his administration. As he put it in his announcement speech,:

Quote:"Science without care is arrogance. Care without science is helplessness. Valruzia chooses life."

Nowik does not address the split within his party: "the parliamentary group is a solid as a rock; everything else is not under my command anymore".
A political family on the making? Nowik's two stepchildren, Klaudia (19) and Iwan (16) are set to pursue a future in politics, with Klaudia already enrolled in Political Studies at the Nowogard University: "Szymon [Nowik] is the best father somebody could ask for after tragedy struck us"
Dominika Rozek at the verge of resigning: the recently elected new leader of Sovereign Valruzia might be forced to resign in following months in polls continue showing a decay in support for the party, according to internal sources.

RE: Valruzia - Aethan - 03-07-2025

Uprising in inner Sovereign Valruzia

Valusian regional minister of Labor takes the reins of the party after ousting Rozek in a surprise movement

August 5654

Zuzanna Kosowska during a meeting

With polls showing a steady decrease for Sovereign Valruzia following Nowik's replacement choice, Dominika Rozek, last declarations and movements, increasingly more and more people within the party started to feel like they may have made the wrong choice. Elected as a populist progressive, Mrs. Rozek soon turned 180º, causing a split within the party that is still hurting, with the newly formed Progressive Socialist Party led by former candidate Mateusz Kadzior gaining traction, especially among the youth.

Internal word say that it was Nowik himself, still Chancellor of Valruzia and the most respected voice of Sovereign Valruzia - although he has resigned all his positions within the party and pledged not to support any of his succesors - the one that pulled the trigger, after seeing how the party he has turned into an election-winning machine being teared apart by political conflict and bad decisions. In a last-minute voting call among the direction of the party, the majority of its members voted to oust Dominika Rozek, much to her surprise since she had previously placed almost half of them in their current position. The vote culminated in the election of Valusian Labor Minister Zuzanna Kosowska as the new leader of Sovereign Valruzia.

Kosowska, considered a moderate figure who has remained mostly silent during the internal civil war between Rozek and Kadzior, is said to have been preparing for this moment for months. Sources close to the leadership suggest she had quietly gained the trust of both factions disillusioned with Rozek's erratic leadership, promising a "return to discipline and principles without relapsing into dogmatism." Her rise comes at a critical time when Sovereign Valruzia has dropped in the polls to its lowest level in nearly a decade, risking the loss of key regions and parliamentary seats in the upcoming elections, just half a year from now.

Her first declaration as party leader struck a conciliatory tone:

Quote:"This action, as much as it may hurt us, was very much needed. Mrs. Rozek was doing no good to the party, despite having good intentions, I'm sure of that. But the movement that Nowik built is greater than any single name or tendency, and we must stop the bleeding and restore trust, not only among ourselves, but with the millions of Valruzians who placed their hopes in us."

Still, healing may be easier said than done. The Progressive Socialist Party (PPS), now polling above 12%, has solidified itself as the new political home for many disenchanted left-leaning voters. Kadzior, seen by many as the moral alternative to Rozek, has reiterated his commitment to continue supporting Nowik’s government in Parliament but has firmly ruled out any return to SW.

Rozek, for her part, has not gone quietly. After being removed, she released a statement denouncing a "coordinated coup led by relics of the past who fear real reform." She has hinted at remaining active in politics, possibly forming her own movement or joining an existing party. Some of her loyalists within the SW are expected to either follow her or step down from their current posts, but Nowik's silence over this issue is casting doubts over the firm parliamentary grip he has had so far.

The fallout of this leadership change remains uncertain. Analysts agree that while Kosowska’s leadership might stabilize the party in the short term, the long-term damage from the Rozek-Kadzior split may already be irreversible. The era of single-party dominance for the left in Valruzia may be over, replaced by a more fragmented and unpredictable political landscape.

If Kosowska can indeed unify what remains of Sovereign Valruzia and reconnect with its base, she will not only have saved a party on the brink of collapse after more than 20 years in power, but she might also preserve the legacy of Nowik's political revolution. But if she fails, the left in Valruzia might enter a generational period of division and decline.

VALRUZIA TODAY ELECTION POLL, AUGUST 5654

Sovereign Valruzia: 28.2%
Forward Valruzia: 27.1%
Communist Party of Valruzia: 17.9%
Progressive Socialist Party: 12.7%
Dignity and Progress: 7.7%
Valruzian Alliance: 6.4%

RE: Valruzia - Aethan - 04-07-2025

The last sunset: Szymon Nowik bids farewell to Valruzian politics

As elections approach, the Chancellor's long goodbye comes to a close

October 5654

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Chancellor Nowik during the last cabinet meeting before entering in acting capacity

After a quarter of a century at the forefront of Valruzian politics, Chancellor Szymon Nowik is set to leave the stage for good. In just two months, Valruzia will go to the polls to elect a new legislature and, for the first time since the country’s democratic rebirth, the name Szymon Nowik will not appear on the ballot of Sovereign Valruzia.

There will be no final rally, no victory lap, no emotional televised farewell. That is not his style. Instead, the man who guided Valruzia through its most transformative years is slipping quietly out the door, just as he once slipped into power, quietly but purposefully, when others still saw him as a protester in a suit (only sometimes).

For the generations who grew up knowing only one Chancellor, all those Valruzians up to almost 40 years old, this moment feels surreal. But it is real, and it is final. After the 5655 elections, Szymon Nowik will step down.

Quote:"I was never here to rule indefinitely. I was here to build something better."

That line, from his now-famous 5649 announcement, has come to define his departure. And yet, for all its clarity, it barely captures the emotional weight of this moment. Because whether one admired him or opposed him, there is no doubt: Nowik has left a mark no future leader can ignore.

Quote:"I remember all the girls in my class were crazy into him"

says Elizabeta Pasciak, aged 42.

Quote:"When he was elected, he captured the admiration of many"

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Born in 5599 under the Morawski dictatorship, Nowik’s life story is inseparable from Valruzia’s democratic journey. He rose to prominence as a student leader during the 5623 protests, where the death of his cousin Robert Obrzut ignited the fire that toppled the cruel regime; he helped transform a marginal party into a national election-winning force, and became Valruzia’s first democratic Chancellor in 5630. For twenty-five years, he has governed a nation in constant reinvention: reforming its education system, reshaping its economy, modernizing infrastructure, legalizing civil rights, and navigating crises that would have crippled lesser governments. But he is no lesser man.

In many ways, he didn’t just lead Valruzia, he defined it. Under his leadership, the country enacted some of the most sweeping reforms in its history: universal housing guarantees, agricultural sovereignty, biotechnological innovation, industrial revolution, constitutional rights to abortion and same-sex marriage, and a total overhaul of its public services.

At times, he governed with the communists. At others, with centrists or even conservatives. But his ideological fluidity was, in his own words, "a means to a goal: protecting the core values of the Republic." That, to supporters, is what made him pragmatic. To critics, on the other side, this made him the most opportunistic politician, feeding of others to stay alive "like a vampire". Either way, it made him powerful.

Nowik’s departure has not been accompanied by the usual pageantry of political goodbyes. No grand farewell tour. No teary interviews. He has, by all accounts, focused these final months and years on the details: overseeing the Nowogard North Seleyan Games, finalizing housing legislation, and preparing his party for a post-Nowik era, with some claiming he is "furious" at the spectacle his party is giving to Valruzians after internal infighting and the split it has caused within its own ranks. "You invest many years of your life to build a project for the future only for it to crumble in a few moments. That's not fair".

Sources inside the party say he refused all internal suggestions for a closing event in his honour.

Quote:"He told us this isn’t about him"

said one close aide.

Quote:"He wants the spotlight on the future, not on nostalgia."

And yet, the nostalgia is palpable when someone has been present in the lives of the vast majority of Valruzians for many years, in a feat that many doubt will be able to be repeated.

Quote:"25 years in power, for a democratically elected leader, is a huge number that I don't think will be easily surpassed. If you think about it, the Valruzian Unitary State [commonly known as the Morawski dictatorship] was in place for 32 years, barely 7 more than Nowik has been leading Valruzia as democratic Chancellor. And that's only because he made the decision to step down, because before that, there were no indicators that he was on the track of losing the elections, so he could have been easily reelected once again in 5655, I have no doubts about that"

says political analyst Stefan Rak.

Social media is already filled with tributes, retrospectives, and even parodies of his famously reserved style. In Uniatow, his hometown, local students have painted a mural of him beside a quote from his 5623 protest days: "We rise not for ourselves, but for the future."

What will be Szymon Nowik’s ultimate legacy? That is a question Valruzia will debate for years. To some, he is a statesman of rare discipline and vision, a steady hand in a fragile democracy. To others, a figure who stayed too long, blurred ideological lines, and concentrated too much power in the executive, but no one questions that he changed the country.

Perhaps the clearest summary comes from his final cabinet meeting, which was closed to press but leaked in part by a minister:

Quote:"I am not irreplaceable. I am proud of having worked with all of you for all these years, and with all these other ministers that are not here anymore. But the work we began is. Let it continue - bravely, humbly, and always forward."

As the nation prepares to vote without him, that work now falls to others. A new chapter will begin, and when the results are in, Szymon Nowik will no longer be Chancellor. Just a citizen again, living with his loving husband and their two children, who close sources say it might not be long before we hear from them, since both are pursuing careers in politics now, following the steps of their stepfather. What's more, rumor says that after the elections, the couple plans on spending a few days visiting their close friend Imperial Majesty Mary I Ananto of Kalistan, in what will probably be his last foreign trip as head of the government of Valruzia.

But now, for the first time in decades, Valruzia must ask itself: What does our future look like without Szymon Nowik?

Vote in our poll: How do you rate Szymon Nowik's period as Chancellor of Valruzia, in a scale from 1 to 10? What were the best achievements of his governments? And the worst ones? Tell us!

RE: Valruzia - Aethan - 05-07-2025

First post-Nowik elections; Sovereign Valruzia resists, PPS performs strong in cities

Turnout falls for the first time since democratic transition, while government remains undecided as no clear majority

January 5655

Map of the seat distribution for the 5655 Valruzian legislative elections with the winning party by district