Kundrati/Etxea Government Publications

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President of the Kundrati Union's "Address on Artania"

This paper was written anonymously within the Office of the President of the Kundrati Union and read live on national television by President Christian Åkerlund Mnesilochus Santoro Kafuricus.

THIS PUBLICATION IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND IS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO SEE.

I come to you not as the President but as an Artanian.

We are facing an excellent path. We are reaching the proverbial light at the end of the dark tunnel that has plagued Artania since the Hubris War. For the first time, all of Artania is coming together to strike out what we must do to preserve unity, peace, and happiness for our continent. We are following Majatra and Seleya, and we are following our ancestors in this task.
Everyone is doing their part, and so must we.

But let us remember the failures of the past. Many attempts at the Artanian Union have been made and have failed for many reasons. We attempted to create a joint security organization for securing Artania from foreign threats, which unfortunately was lost to the wind. We were not firm at it, and that was our downfall. We were not firm on the Artanian Union, and that was its downfall. We had forced upon our throats an organization that was fair to one side, and even that failed.

Everyone is to blame, especially ourselves. We tested that organization that failed through a simple act, and it crumbled, though it wasn't just us who did that. Others have done more. But we should be to blame for being there in the first place and not rejecting non-Artanians and anti-Artanians from our continent. It was us who were caught up in the flames of the Hubris War. We now have to reap what we have sowed. 

But we must also not accept fear. We should have an equal share of the pie, so to say, for we are as Artanian as Luthorians or Dundorfians are. Racism will not get us anywhere, and neither will exclusionism. It is only through cooperation that we can work together. Though we may have different ideas, ideologies, and thoughts from each other, we must throw them down and build a big shield - for the enemy without is stronger than the enemy within in Artania.

As a man from Kundrati, I can make the most change there. So we must do our part a lot. We must throw everything at pan-Artanianism. If we have to work with the Dorvish, then so be it. So be it if we have to work with Luthori or the Dual Republic. Just because we are our own race and language does not mean we can't tango with others. While we have been laughed at in the past for proposing peace during the Hubris War and may be laughed at right now, we also know that not everyone shares that sentiment. There is hope, Kundratis, that we will be welcomed back a brother.

But I will say this. Those who are against the idea of a pan-Artania, those who continue to laugh and belittle and push us down, well, we remember. We remember. If it helps, you can laugh some more. At least you won't push Artania down, will you?

And to those who believe in one Artania, or at least working better together, you have a friend in us once again.