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Princess Carolina Ananto-Hulanevek Has Died
The Hulanevek Chapter Closes for Kalistan
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
August 22, 5631


Carolina Ananto-Hulanevek now rests with her adopted family in Eveari

Princess of the Empire, Carolina Ananto-Hulanevek has opted for compassionate end of life care in Kaliburg, and has died as a result.  The Princess, who was 85 years old, suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer, was said to be in significant pain and could no longer keep food or fluids down when she made the request for compassionate assistance in dying.  She was surrounded by her family and friends who were informed that her end was imminent and came to Kaliburg from Eveari to be with her.  Her end was quick and painless, and was brought about by sedative followed by physician administered morphine overdose.  She died at 2:30am Kaliburg time, and was taken in a special train from Kaliburg to the family vault in Eveari, so she could be interred without the need for embalming.  

Compassionate end of life care is common in Kalistan, and is seen as death with dignity, because it requires lucid and informed consent from the patient, agreement from the next of kin, and the oversight by the competent medical professional under whose care the patient is.  It is usually caused by a sedative that allows the patient to fall asleep after which point a lethal dose of morphine is administered from which the patient never wakes up.  The entire process is done in reverence and respect for the wishes of the individual, and is usually chosen when there is no hope of recovery or an opportunity to live a good life without a lot of pain or suffering, and is seen as both the humane option for the patient, as well as their loved ones.  Pavlina Ananto-Hulanevek also opted for compassionate end of life care.

Carolina Dvořáčková Hulanevek was born in 5546 in Jildrati City, Etxea, Kundrati.  Her biological father abandoned her mother before Carolina was born, and Carolina's mother died shortly after she was born due to complications in the birth.  The Baby was thus an orphan and was placed with a foster family before she was adopted in late 5546 by Pavlina Hulanevek, who was a finance lawyer and a member of the influential Kundrati Political and Economic family Hulanevek.  When Pavlina met Emperor Fredrick II Ananto in Likatonia in 5550, and was married soon after Carolina turned 6, she moved to Kalistan, where she immersed herself fully in Kalistani Culture.  She learned Vrassan quickly, and soon spoke it fluently without any accent, to the point where she eventually forgot her native Lurrian completely.  She was adopted by Fredrick Ananto in 5556, and named Crown Princess at that time, as a measure to protect both Pavlina (who had been declared Empress) and Carolina from protests and xenophobic slurs under the Lese-Majestie act.

Carolina's childhood was shattered two years later when Fredrick Ananto was assassinated in Neveras City.  In an emergency move, she and her mother fled to the home of Fredrick's uncle in Gaduridos, then an independent nation, who welcomed and protected to two royal exiles.  Carolina would remain in Gaduridos for most of 5558 with her adopted cousins, one of whom, Dana Ananto, was a toddler when she was there, but who would eventually grow and be treated as a sister by Carolina.  She would adopt an affinity for Gaduridos as a result of their welcoming of her and her mother, that would stay with her for the rest of her life.

As Crown Princess, Carolina began serving in a state role shortly after completing national service, flying important missions to Kundrati to begin normalization with Luthori after a long period of tension, and flying to Gaduridos to oversee the accession of the new Kingdom into the Empire.  She also oversaw the construction of the road from Eveari to Dahriel through Green County and the connection of many outlying rural settlements to the Capital, as well as the construction of the Kaliburg Metro along with visiting Kundrati engineers.  She would be crowned Empress of the Anantonese Empire in 5578, succeeding her mother who had served for 22 years and had earned the moniker "The Black Empress" due to her long period of mourning for the late Emperor Fredrick II Ananto, her uncompromising promotion of Kalistani Interests on the world stage, and her utter lack of levity or a sense of humor in dealing with others.  Pavlina began suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease, and abdicated to leave Carolina in the best possible position for a successful rule.

Carolina's greatest accomplishments as Empress were bringing Lodamun into the Anantonese Empire, and stepping out in a unprecedented way onto the world stage.  The decline of Lourenne created an opportunity for the Empire to take up its role as regional hegemon in the Anantonese Ocean, a role it still jealously guards.  She also oversaw the further institution of the Imperial Monarchy, the creation of the 4th Regular Fleet, and the maturing of the Imperial Space and Communications Agency, started under Pavlina, which took the Kalistani space program through development all the way up to maintenance of a global network of telecommunications satellites, weather satellites and surveillance assets for use by the Imperial Bureau of Security Intelligence.

She married William Sandoval, head of the Ananto Growers' Syndicate in 5577, and with him bore two children, the future Emperor Fredrick III Ananto, who suffered from a progressive genetic disorder that took his hearing by the age of 13, and Michelle Ananto-Sandoval, who ended up becoming head of House Ananto, and then Princess Regent of the Empire of Ananto and Kalistan.  She was present at the death of her mother in 5580.  She oversaw the launch of the new Kalistani Currency, the Imperial Ruble, as well as the expansion of the Kalistani Banking system to liberalize capital flows internationally.

Throughout her reign, Carolina was a staunch and outspoken foe of extremist governments.  Kalistan's main nemesis was the fascist state in what had formerly been known as Kundrati, the land of the Empress' birth.  There was a low level conflict, begun during Pavlina's reign that simmered during Carolina's reign, and frequently found expression in economic conflict with other states.  She established an embargo against Kundrati and Likatonia in 5585 in an effort to contain fascism in Kundrati, and frequently accused the fascist Government in Kaesema of gross human rights abuses and atrocities against its own people.  Carolina's accusations mostly fell on deaf ears around the world, as other nations chose to ignore the sanctions and continue to trade with the Fascists.  A brief flash in the conflict in 5586 saw Kalistani privateers easily defeated by Kundrati Navy as Kundrati merchants contradicted Kalistani orders to halt, and after the brief skirmish, Kundrati descended into inexplicable civil war, while Kalistan effectively closed the entrances to the Anantonese Ocean with their fleets.

As Kalistan was reinforcing and fortifying the home region, it improved relations with the new Monarchy in Egelion, and attempted to improve relationships with Seleyan Nations.  There was some small successes, but Carolina's efforts were mostly foiled by a world suspicious of Kalistan for being such outspoken critics of extremist governments in Artania, Seleya and Majatra.  A brief thaw with Likatonia occured during a very positive meeting in 5595, but the door to settlement was slammed shut once more after a civil war sponsored by the fascists overthrew the moderate government, and gave the Legion a foothold in Seleya.  As Kalistan was improving relations with Aldegar, Dana Ananto became Viceroy in Gaduridos, thus fulfilling a mission that was several generations old.

The detonation of the nuclear weapon in Xsampa opened the final decade of Carolina's reign, as Kalistan for the first time offered significant humanitarian and reconstruction aid to Xsampa to rebuild its capital.  This was the first time that Kalistan adopted a major commitment to an eastern Dovani Nation and could be seen as the greatest extent of Kalistani Influence abroad.  That influential zenith would continue for the next decade and a half and see deep investments in Gaduridos and the extension of Kalsitani Naval presence to Newport Lodamun and across the entire Eastern Mad Dog Ocean.  The last six months of Carolina's reign saw the re-escalation of tension with Kundrati, and in coordination with the Crown Prince, the planning of the Kundrati War.  To allow her son to fully prosecute the war, Carolina abdicated the throne on the night of April 30, 5610, and retired to the Ananto Estate in Eveari.

In retirement, the now former Empress looked on as the peace she had tenuously kept was finally shattered, and her Empire descended into war.  Privately she expressed hopes that the Kundrati Legion would be completely overthrown, but she also advised her son and the Kalistani High Command to not over reach beyond Kalistani capacity.  Her warnng was vindicated in the disastrous Artanian Sea campaign, where the Regular Navy's 4th Fleet was ultimately sunk due to lack of the participation of allies or any air cover to speak of.  The strategic victory but tactical defeat caused Fredrick III Ananto to begin pulling back, and focusing on support for a ground invasion of Likatonia, to at least knock Kundrati's main ally out of the war and secure the eastern front in support of Luthorian invasion of Etxea.  The Imperial Forces were successful, but not without Kalistani forces committing significant depredations in revenge for chemical weapons attacks against three Kalistani cities in 5612.

Carolina continued to advise Fredrick as asked, and made sure her son supported the war crimes truth commission which was mixed in terms of public support, to fully bring those who had committed war crimes to justice as a peace offering to Likatonia.  The commission had its desired effect, as Kalistan and Likatonia later established normal relations.  Following the war, she spent the remainder of her time with her husband, playing golf, or visiting her children and eventually grandchildren, or taking walks along the bay in Eveari.  In her last years, she spent her time in Eveari.  After losing her husband in 5624, she has spent much of her time with other members of the Eveari Brethrenist Community who she had known her entire life, and rarely went to Kaliburg again, until she entered hospice last month in anticipation of her end.

Carolina's death ends one of the greatest, most important eras in Kalistani history.  It is likely that the span of Carolina's life, to include the reign of The Black Empress, will be known as the "Kundrati Era".  She is already credited for starting a new dynastic line of the Anantos as her granddaughter prepares to take the throne of Ananto and Kalistan.  All future monarchs will trace their lineage to her, and she will join the ranks of Nicolette I Ananto and Fredrick I Ananto as one of the most important monarchs in the History of the Empire.  She was preceded in death by Her Mother Pavlina, her Father Fredrick, her husband William, and her son Fredrick.  She is survived by her Daughter Michelle Ananto-Sandoval, Princess Regent of Ananto and Kalistan, and her two granddaughters Grand Duchess Mary Natalia and Princess Margaret-Carolina Nicolette Ananto-DeLaurentis, as well as numerous cousins through adoption including the Queen of Egelion, Nicole Reina Montalivet y Sildavia.

May Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Carolina I Ananto-Hulanevek rest in peace, and may her memory live on forever.

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