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Kalistani Government calls on Emperor to Marry
"Playboy ways are not commensurate to Sovereign," says Bennots
Kaliburg, Ananto
August 2, 5152


Emperor Fredrick visits National Wig Museum in Vrassa City in June

Premier Nadine Bennots delivered a petition to HIM Emperor Fredrick this week requesting that he begin looking for a spouse soon to begin a family.

"We ask the Emperor to spend time finding a wife," said the Government's petition. "He will be 29 this year and as he remains unmarried, the Nation grows more apprehensive by the day for the future of the dynasty." The Government, which has waived a requirement of Kalistani Citizenship in Fredrick's case given the lack of noble born women in Kalistan, has noted that while it is admirable that the Sovereign enjoys the life of the bachelor, his remaining single, without heirs causes some consternation among those Institutionalists who are very serious about perpetuating the Monarchy in the Government.

In addition, the Government is anxious to ensure that the Emperor avoids any appearance of scandal. The petition said that the Emperor, as a Kalistani National, is within his rights to life the lifestyle he wishes, but the life of a "Playboy" is not fitting for an Emperor. "We are concerned that the Emperor's fraternization with young females in RF clubs will cause a scandal," said the Petition, likely in response to the Emperor's occasional appearances at various nightclubs in the Capital when he is in residence. "The Emperor is still a young man, but we would prefer his energy is spent on perpetuating his office, so that he can more soberly reflect the Nation, both at home and abroad."

The Emperor has resisted, thus far, the pressure to even keep a constant companion. For a time, he saw model and actress Kelly Costello, 26, of Sulari, socially but he has also been linked to MoCo spokeswoman Jill Greene, who he attended a National Opera presentation with, and thrash metal drummer Dianne Quasney, with whom he was spotted at several football games. In fact, spotting and then investigating the bevy of women in the Emperor's life has become something of a cottage industry for Kalistan's tabloid press. The Government, who is responsible for overseeing the Emperor's security, has expressed frustration at his ability to escape secure areas and get away from body guards.

The Emperor, who is fond of the paparazzi that has grown up around his journeys into public places, always posing for photos with children and their families, and visiting hospitals, schools, and workplaces, often unannounced, has said on a number of occasions that he feels that a public facing Monarch is perhaps best for the country which has been used to a republic for a millennium. "We feel that in visiting with one another in the streets and in the schools and hospitals, and yes, the night clubs even, that does more to endear us to the population than all the acts of the national assembly combined ever could," said the Emperor at the opening of the National Wig Museum in Vrassa City earlier this summer. "Kalistan is a beautiful land, and it would not behoove us to live in isolation from it. We have only the fondest affections for our fellow citizens."

The Government explicitly noted that that affection should not necessarily extend to personal fraternization with women of marriage age in nightclubs in Kaliburg, however. As pressure from the Government mounts on the Emperor to marry, it is expected that the Emperor will eventually relent and begin looking for a wife. For now, the Emperor has responded to the petition by saying "Your entreaties have been noted."