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Kalistani News in Brief:  IBSI replaces Billboards in Lucid and Yoshimi
Kalistan Welcomes ArtSat back to Kalistan; Dana Ananto replaces Mark Ananto at head of Royal House
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
October 4, 5584


New Billboards to replace the anticommunist posters facing into Athosia

IBSI changes out Athosian Billboards
The billboards which have been broadcasting Anti-Communist messaging into Baltusia from Kalistani territory have been repainted with a new graphic.  The template is fairly similar and features the message "Athosia is a fact:  The Anantonese Empire Stands Ready to Welcome You Home!"  The messaging was approved following the passage of the Athosian Protection Act in the Kalistani National Assembly, and features a pastel pink and purple theme and an updated photo of Her Imperial Majesty.  "We decided to keep the same basic design," said Stacy Albertson, of IBSI Public Information.  "The design is familiar by now to Baltusians and has become something that many of them say they look forward to seeing every morning on their daily commute.  The message might be different, but good propaganda is consumed whole in a way where the consumer is not really aware they are consuming it."  Albertson says it is important for those in Athosia, AKA "Santiago" in Baltusia, to continue to develop the Athosian cultural identity.  "Athosians are different than inland Baltusians," said Albertson.  "They tend to be better educated, travel more due to better access to infrastructure, and adopt more cultural trends from both Kalistan and Gaduridos, which are viewed as prestige cultures.  They tend to have better access to health care, and therefore live longer than their back country cousins, and tend to be better paid.  They are, for all intents and purposes, much closer to people just across the border in Kalistan than they are to some of the wildest reaches of a place like Westbrook along the Valruzian border, where people are downright rustic."  The Billboards will remain in place indefinitely, as Kaliburg takes steps to more closely tie Athosia to Kalistan.

Kalistan Welcomes ArtSat
In a last ditch effort by Kundrati executives and investors to expatriate capital holdings and escape nationalization by the Kundrati Government, Miramar Holdings, the business Branch of the House Ananto, has agreed to purchase a majority share of the Kundrati Space Communications firm Artanian Satellite, permitting the corporation from opening in Suldanor.  "We wanted to ensure that if we helped the investors from Kundrati out," said Miramar Spokeswoman Carly Thompson,  "we would not accidentally be helping the Kundrati Government out instead.  As a condition of safe haven, Kalistan has allowed us to purchase a majority stake in the corporation, so we can protect profits against repatriation."  ArtSat has opened an account with the Kalistani Foreign Investment Bank to hold the Kalistani block in trust, in the event that the corporation is ever able to return to Kundrati.  "Miramar stands ready to divest its full stake in the company when they return to Kundrati," said Thompson.  "We have no interest in owning that company, only in helping right minded Kundratis protect what is theirs from fascists who would expropriate it."  Part of the terms of the deal include providing space in Spencer to ArtSat to open their new Corporate HQ, and a restoration of access to Spencer Space and Flight Center.  "They are also planning to employ their own people in the program to ensure that as few people as possible lose their jobs," said Thompson.  "The people of Spencer stand prepared to welcome the Kundrati Exclave to Suldanor, and look to learn more about them and their culture, and in exchange, share Suldanorese Culture with them."

Dana Ananto-Alvarez Officially takes the reigns of House Ananto
Lady Dana Ananto-Alvarez has officially taken over House Ananto from her retiring father Mark Ananto-Orleans.  Lady Dana, who holds a Barony outside of Sulari, was originally slated to become Duchess of Suldanor, but Mark Ananto feels that she would do a far better job running the Family's finances, and has requested that she be named head of House Ananto.  Her Imperial Majesty Empress Carolina I Ananto confirmed the choice, and has instead named Dana's brother, Calvin Ananto-Alvarez to become Duke of Suldanor.  As Grand Duke Mark Ananto retires, Her Imperial Majesty will likely look for a replacement outside the family, with many suspecting her preference will go to former Chancellor Bradley Downs, who is currently head of the Orthodox faction of the Institutional Party in the National Assembly.  Some believe that naming Downs to the Grand Duchy will effectively neutralize him as a political opponent to the ascendant Nationalist faction, but others ague that Downs is a competent administrator and is the natural choice for the position.  Her Imperial Majesty is expected to make that decision within the month, and meanwhile, has already started working with Lady Dana to conduct and independent audit of the Family's finances to kick off the administration with balanced books.