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Sulari Nationalists launch new Campaign for Athosia
New Posters invite Athosians to return
Sulari, Duchy of Suldanor
August 1, 5741


Sulari Nationalists seek to make Athosia an election issue

The Sulari Nationalist Club has released a series of posters, both in hard copy and in online form, aimed at encouraging Athosians to rejoin Kalistan. The campaign, called "It is time to come home" aims to make Athosia a campaign issue in the upcoming General Elections in January of next year. "It's time to see where candidates stand on the question of reunification with Athosia," said Gina Caballero, leader of the Sulari Nationalist Club. "This Empire should not elect politicians who do not stand for return of our lost Duchy. Athosia is Kalistani territory, and only when we build a national consensus around that concept will we see settlement of this issue.

The different posters feature Athosians in everyday scenarios. "We showed Athosian workers, families, city folk. We tried to show Athosia as a modern, developed, and yet also verdant and pristine territory" said Caballero. "Baltusia has long neglected our territory, the jewel of the Northern Seleyan Coast, a veritable garden spot, perfect for industry, tourism, and agriculture. And it is time that Athosians decided for themselves who they want to be with: A nation which neglects them and ignores them? or a nation who will cherish them, invest in them and welcome them home. The choice is obvious from our perspectives."

And yet Caballero said she doesn't think there is sufficient attention being paid to the question of reunification by the Institutionalists or the National Government. "We nationalists ardently support our Emperor," she said. "But we also would like him to lean a bit more into the Athosian issue, to make it absolutely clear that Kalistan wants Athosia to come back home. We want to live and be happy with our brothers and sisters on the other side of the Lucid River. All would be much better off if our ancestral duchy were returned to Kalistan, where it belongs."

The claim to Athosia cannot be enforced by war, according to Kalistani law. However, if Athosia were to return home voluntarily, the Emperor could welcome them and reintegrate them into the Nation. "There are tens of thousands of Kalistanis who live in Athosia currently," said Caballero. "Most moved there to open the land to agriculture and industry. Baltusia has neglected that territory, despite it maintaining that Athosia, or as they call it, "Santiago", is important. The neglect is criminal, most certainly, and it would stop if the Imperial Standard flew over the territory. As of now, all we have is Playa de Paz. But we hope that putting Athosia on the ballot, indirectly, by encouraging voters to ask politicians about Athosia and then only support those who are pro-annexation."

Nationalists are putting significant money behind the campaign this fall. "The Sulari Nationalists are working with Nationalist Clubs across the nation to bring the posters out across the nation. We are not allowed to directly advertise politically, but each Nationalist candidate for Deputy will make Athosia an issue in each of their speeches. We want to emphasize the Duchy and to let everyone know that a vote for a Nationalist is a vote for Athosia." Caballero said the posters therefore are as much for Athosians as they are for Kalistanis. "We want to make it explicit- Kalistani Nationalists are the only ones out here calling for Athosia's return. And if you care about that, then the choice in January is clear."

The posters will go up across the Empire and in selected places abroad to promote Athosian reunification. They will also be sent out across Nationalist Club social media across the nation.

@TheNational