Istalia

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The war is over: Istalia celebrates victory!

The Emperor speech to the Nation: "Our determination has triumphed over the enemy; unity and peace restores hope for a brighter future, ready to rebuild and rise again!"

Emperor Mattia speech broadcasted in Palace Square, Romula, crowed with celebrating people

23 November 5619

As soon as the news spread from about 4:45 yesterday morning, when the authorities of Burìa, the last bastion of Quanzar, surrendered to the Istalian forces, millions of people across the country took to the streets and crowded the squares to celebrate the victory but above all the long-awaited peace.

As the sun rose on the first day of peace in almost twenty years, more and more people joined the celebrations, while the Armed Forces installed rapidly giant screens in the cities and decorated the streets with the colors of Istalia.
At midday, in fact, His Majesty the Emperor gave a speech to the country broadcasted on all radio and television channels and thus reaching the celebrating population in the major Istalian squares.

We proudly report the full text of the speech:

People of Istalia, sons and daughters of this great homeland that today rises with a proud face and a heart full of pride!

Today, before you, with a soul full of emotion, I speak to you, not only as your Emperor and Sovereign, but as one of you, as a son of this nation that lived, suffered, fought and finally won. It is with renewed pride and honor that today we celebrate the victory, a victory that resonates as the triumph of an entire people! The war of liberation is over! Our nation is free and united!

It was not a battle of a few. It was not the struggle of a small group of men and women. No! It was the sacrifice of every single heart that beat for our land, the sweat of every worker who never stopped hoping, the heroism of every fighter who gave everything for the cause of our identity and freedom!

We have been tested, but our strength has been greater than any difficulty! We have been mocked and humiliated by those who wanted to break our unity, undermine our roots and erase our history. But we have shown those who thought they could crush us that Istalia is like a millennias-old tree, rooted deep in this land, impossible to uproot! Our determination has triumphed over the enemy!

Today, as we celebrate our victory, we turn our thoughts to those who sacrificed their lives for the country. To all our heroes who fell on the battlefield, to those who did not return, but whose spirit lives within us, we pay our deepest homage. They are the flame that continues to illuminate our path, the beacon that guides our future. Their memory is our strength! We will never forget their sacrifice!

Now, while the blood of the Istalians stains our beloved devastated land, a new sky opens above us. The war is over, but the real battle, the one we must face now, is that of reconstruction. Our Homeland, although wounded, is ready to flourish again! Every city, every village, every corner of this nation will rise again stronger, bigger and more beautiful than before!

And let it be engraved in living stone as an eternal reminder that our unity and our love for the Homeland, our Culture and Freedom are our greatest wealth. With it, no power, no external force will ever be able to divide us! Our identity is untouchable! No one has been able and will ever be able to eradicate our identity, our culture, our spirit! Our Nation is like a bastion that cannot be torn down, a star that cannot be darkened, a fire that will never go out.

And to anyone who wants to threaten our existence, anyone who wants to break our peace, anyone who tries to suffocate our people and our freedoms, know that we are and will always be a united people and that our spirit will never be broken! Anyone who tries to undermine our path will face the same fate of defeat.

Today, more than ever, our country stands fierce and proud, ready to write a new page in its history. Unity and peace restores hope for a brighter future, ready to rebuild and rise again!

Our homeland is once again united, free and eternal! Long live Istalia!

Shots of the celebrations all over the country

The celebrations continued all day and night and still today, and will surely continue for several more days, obviously so great is the desire of the Istalians to celebrate peace and joyfully embrace the future that opens up before the country, although the challenges that appear on the horizon are many for a country that not only celebrates but also mourns 5 million deaths and must deal with more than half of its infrastructural, economic and industrial fabric reduced to rubble.