Ostland

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Archduke signals Willingness to grant further Autonomy to Kunihito

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Just one year after succeeding his father, the young sovereign is already causing unrest in the political establishment

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In response to a collective petition from numerous Kunihito subjects, the Archduke announced that he was willing to decouple the Touryou State even more from the government affairs of Ostland in the future. He instructed both the Ostland Council and the parliament of the Touryou State to draw up appropriate proposals for constitutional reform. While Touryou is already eagerly drafting proposed legal texts, the majority of the Ostland Council is protesting against the monarch's plans. Some even go so far as to accuse Florentin Felix of undermining the state and endangering the integrity of Ostland as a whole. According to them a further increase in autonomy in Touryou would de-facto amount to a tolerated secession.
Rumors that the still relatively inexperienced head of state intends to limit the influence of the church and initiate reforms to secularize Ostland only fuel the uncertainty in large parts of the political landscape. Florentin Felix, however, appears unimpressed by such concerns and seems determined to implement the path he has proposed in order to lead Ostland into an even more pluralistic future.