Narikaton and Darnussia

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Red Stad sprawl causes political controversy

September 5713 (backdated)


Industrial Facilities in Red Stad

Political and economic analysts have warned that the continued course of the Eimann administration supporting and encouraging rapid heavy industrial growth, especially in the military-industrial sector, is going to lead to problematic political developments, as current events suggest, the first tensions are beginning to show.

Darnussia, Kozaria, Red Stad: The main industrial center of the Dual Republic and one of the largest manufacturing hubs of the Artanian continent stands strong, tall and accelerated as the continued fulfilment of ever-increasing arms contract demand leads to dangerous levels of growth, the national Conglomerate of Dual Republican Arms Manufacturers talks about “securing the future of Narik & Darnussian wealth” while the social-democratic mayor Ulrich Stettin (GRP) ironically reaps the benefit of his ever growing metropolis. While this seems like a good deal for all political factions involved, the expansion of industrial facilities and infrastructure comes at a cost: space.

The Suburbia of the Red-Stad is threatened by the aggressive purchase-plans of companies such as Janssen & Koch or Teichmann Industrievereinigung and it appears like a socio-structural shift within the regions surrounding the city is going to occur sometime soon. Here is where it gets interesting: the suburbs are dominated by conservative party membership (VVP); they’re fighting tooth and nail against the encroaching urban sprawl and very publicly voice their discontent with the federal governments encouragement of these developments. This fuels an ongoing internal struggle within the VVP which has been struggling to maintain its conservative profile as the Hosian-democratic faction is going on the barricades due to the VVP’s failure to maintain social-conservative values and instead opting for unchecked market liberalism. Discontent and dissatisfaction from the structurally strong party organizations of the rural and suburban VVP might lead to a further escalation of these problems.

Social-Democrats, Hosian-Democrats and even members of the far-right nationalist NU are arguing a point nobody in the last century ever thought to consider: can the fundamental attitudes of the Dual Republican status-quo regarding growth and its corporate sector be a problem?