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Empress issues Strongly Worded Warning to Luthori
Orders Regular Naval Forces in 2nd and 3rd Regular Fleets into the Straits
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
May 1st, 5480


Her Imperial majesty warns Luthori against deployment to Anantonese Ocean

Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Nicolette, in a rare address to the National Assembly, issued strong condemnation to Luthorian plans to send an entire fleet to Baltusia. The Empress stressed that Artanian Naval Forces, especially from a hostile nation, are simply "not welcomed" in the Anantonese Ocean. The Empress emphatically condemned Luthorian deployments to Baltusia, and warned that attempting to sail armed naval vessels through the Ananto Strait would be considered an act of war by Ananto.

"We are not sure why Luthori has decided to adopt this belligerent posture toward a peaceful part of this world, but we wish to make it explicit: Deployment of an entire naval fleet from the other side of the planet to the pacific Anantonese Ocean will not be permitted to occur without response. This part of the world has maintained peace and harmony and has avoided conflicts that association with far away nations, especially expansionistic nations like Luthori, always entail. They will not be permitted passage through the peaceful shipping lanes in the Ananto Straits, and if they somehow make it into Seleya anyway, they will need to have come by some other path. This unprovoked action creates an immediate and serious security dillema for Kalistan, and it is not one that we will accept without response."

The Empress then reiterated that the Ananto Strait remains closed to all non-Anantonese Military traffic, and has ordered the 2nd and 3rd Regular Fleets onto alert along the Northern and Southern Limits. "The brave men and women of the Regular Navy have been given order to refit and refuel in Yoshimi and Swedeport, and are in the process of taking up defensive operations along the Northern and Southern Limits to prevent incursion into Kalistani National Waters by any Artanian Powers. The 1st Fleet in Bozo has been ordered to maintain surveillance on the northern approaches to the Strait, and to assist as needed." The Regular Airforces in Kalistan have also been ordered onto alert, and recently rebuilt Surface to Surface batteries along the Vrassan Coast have been called into action as well. "Kalistan will defend the Anantonese Ocean from all incursions by foreign Imperialist Nations."

As the Empress was speaking, word came out that representatives of Her Majesty's Defense Ministry and the venerable Foreign Minister Dame Diane Smith were dispatched to Eroncourt to consult with their Lourennais Counterparts. The Empress confirmed the trip in her speech. "We have sent representatives of our Government, including our Foreign Minister, to the United Kingdom of Lourenne to act as our official envoys during this period. It is imperative that we have the most up to date information about our Neighbor's plans in response to this pending crisis, and Dame Smith is a trusted advisor with our complete confidence. We hope to coordinate with Lourenne for the peace and security of the Anantonese Ocean."

Following the details of the crisis, the Empress held out an olive branch. "We hold no malice toward Luthori. They can't help what they are. They are under enormous internal pressure, and it has made them international pariahs. While it is clear that they have no regard for international norms or correct behavior or concern for the consequences of the actions of the cabal that claims to run that nation, we want to make it clear that we still wish for good relations with our neighbors in Baltusia. Whatever their reason for accepting the hand of the Devil, we acknowledge it is their right to do so. And as Baltusia is a sovereign nation, we hope she will acknowledge our equal rights to defend our coast from a nation which has, for centuries, only had expansionist territorial designs on Seleya, and which Kalistan has served thus far as an effective check against. We respect Baltusia as our neighbor and fellow Sovereign Nation, and would like to invite Baltusia to Kalistan to discuss Baltusia's security needs, and talk about how Kalistan and Baltusia can partner for effective continental and Oceanic security which excludes Artanian nations from our hemisphere."

Her Imperial Majesty received a standing ovation from the Deputies in the National Assembly. Several of the more conservative deputies were overheard commenting that they liked "this version" of the Empress far better than the Empress at the beginning of her career, when she tended to be seen as something of a "hippy." "Her Majesty was forceful and unequivocating," said one Deputy on condition of anonymity. "I think she is determined, and this is what we have been waiting for: Someone who will stand up for Kalistan. She makes me very proud to be a Kalistani."

Following the speech, the Empress went immediately into meetings with Regular Generals, and began discussing the Militia preparations with Institutionalist Leaders and Cabinet Ministers. Elements of the 2nd and 3rd Fleets have already begun taking up positions on the Limits.