Kalistani Major History

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Kalistani Republic
Kaliburg Rising: New signs of Life for the Capital
Socialists Name New Candidate for President
August 12, 3997
Kaliburg, Ananto District

The War in Kalistan is over, and war refugees are return to Ananto by the thousands.  With them is returning the technical, academic and cultural expertise which evacuated the island when its major cities fell under Indralan Guns.  In the wake of the return of the civilian population of Kaliburg also travels private capital who are looking for great deals on real estate.  As former owners sell out, Kaliburg's developers now see a fantastic opportunity to create vertical growth along the Devon Bay shoreline. 


A New Skyline is slowly rising in Kaliburg from the Rubble of a decade of War

Concerned are those who held on, either out of choice or out of necessity, who were not able to escape with the well off and weathered out the conflict in their shattered capital.  The poor and working classes of Kaliburg are responding to the return of the refugees by lobbying the National Assembly, still temporarily at Xanadu, to help them hold off mass gentrification in Kaliburg.  To demonstrate their plight, the poor of Kaliburg staged a march to Xanadu last month to present a petition to the National Assembly calling for Immediate action.  The petition was presented to Premier Estevez, who accepted it, and proclaimed an immediate moratorium on new land transfers within the Old City, pending legislation which he plans to advance after the upcoming election.

As a result, only commercial development continues in the Capital.  Several major service industries are rebuilding their headquarters buildings in downtown Kaliburg, and some companies are skirting the moratorium by going in on joint ventures with the real estate's current owners to grab up prime territory before any legislation can be passed.  For the most part, though, developers and speculators are honoring the moratorium.  Of pressing concern, however, are housing opportunities for returning refugees, and these concerns will have to be balanced against the demands of the SP's constituency among the poor and working classes of the Capital.


Thomas David Carrangus, the presumptive next President of the Republic will take over from President Allen in October

In other news, The Socialist Party has announced that Current President of the Republic, Henrietta Allen, who served before as the Foreign Minister and was the Sister of the now Legendary Hero of Dahriel, General Henry E. Allen, will retire at the conclusion of her term, in two months.  The Socialist Party has therefore named the former Hip Hop Artist Thomas David Carrangus, as their next Presidential Candidate.  Carrangus, related by marriage to the Carrangus Political Family and the outgoing Director of the Kalistani Republic Security Bureau, Twilla Carrangus, is not a political novice.  He was in charge of the Refugee resettlement program on the mainland during the War and was widely considered a competent bureaucrat. 

Carrangus will be the first Non-Brethren Presidential candidate from the Socialist Party since 3976, when the Late President of the Republic Poppy Bennots defeated sitting President Olaf Delgado in 3976.  Party Leader and current Premier of the Republic Juan Carlos Estevez stated, "We went with Comrade Carrangus because what Kalistan needs right now is a competent Administrator.  We face a number of challenges, not least the rebuilding of Kaliburg and Eveari.  David has agreed to serve as the point person for reconstruction efforts, and has the support of the entire Party."  Carrangus is widely expected to win the Election and then get down to business.