La Conferencia de Altéa

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Elagabalo Narbeburu, Defense Minister of the Kundrati Union

Gentlemen and ladies. My name is General Elagabalo Narbeburu. I am the Defense Minister of the Kundrati Union.

I do not represent 55 million Kundratis. I represent 2 million of them. 

We are holed up in the island of Etxea. We claim the rest of the mainland territory that belonged to Kundrati. Obviously that is not the case to us.

Some of you are probably here to discuss the fascist threat. I have lived it. I lived in Etxea my entire life. I can't describe to you how horrendous the conditions were, how we had to eat cockroaches because we were hungry, despite us working hours upon hours for an unknown thing. I can't describe to you how many of my fellow men and women, colleagues, childhood friends, and more have passed away from exhaustion alone. These are the stories of 55 million Kundrati today.

Some of you fought in the war that liberated Etxea. I cannot express to you the gratitude I have and many of us have for everyone, Kalistani, Luthori, Lodamunese, more who have helped us get freedom. My island is now in ruins, but now we have the choice on what to do next. 

Yet the fascist threat remains. Only fifty miles from our northernmost point, there is that threat. I could take some of you to that point and you could see, on a good day, the other side of the strait. The fascist land. The bandits.

Forgive me, Your Majesty, representatives, for my long talk. But we are a small nation. We can easily fit in your territories in terms of the size of our island. You have the luxury of fighting your wars far away. You have no enemies so close to your border. We have zero luxury there. 

Whatever comes out of this conference, remember, one nation lives in the fear of being swallowed up. And it will be us who will have to fight that threat. I can't tell if we will survive, if we will make it at that point, and I can't tell if anyone will join us in that fight. But right now our mere existence spites the fascist bandits next door.

That is all for now. I thank you for listening to me.