Zardugal

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SUPREME COUNCIL PASSES NEW BUDGET, EXECUTIVE COMMITEE ANNOUNCES NAVAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM


One of the most probable planned purchases, the "Whitney the Great"-class cruiser

The SC accepted a movement to grant additional funds to the Commissariat of Defense by taking loans from the Central Bank of Zardugal. A sum of 17 Billion Spesmillo will be invested into a radical modernization of the ZDF. As the first step of this long term project Commissar Augusto Kraĉo announced the purchase of new equipment for the navy from Baltusia. This will be accompanied by investments into Zardic shipyards. Latter to be bolstered by funds from the Commissariat of Trade and Industry with the goal of revitalizing the Zardic civilian fleet as well. Past economic analyses have shown that Zardugal lacks in infrastructural capabilities to trade goods. The inability to transport larger volumes of exported goods is especially concerning for an economy that is headed towards increased reliance on very specialized industrial branches in the future. Many members of the SC also appreciated the EC's ideas out of patriotic and ideological motives considering Zardugal currently still being heavily dependant on the fleets of other, mostly capitalist nations even for trade missions headed towards socialist partners.