Kalistani Major History

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Dolgavan Empress renews Anantonese Bond with Kalistan
Konstanja III meets with Empress Nicolette during Ananto vacation
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
September 22, 5480


Empress Konstanja III surrounded by security as she visits Luxon Station during visit to Ananto

The reigning monarch of the Dolgavan Empire, Empress Konstanja III recently concluded her visit to The Empire of Ananto and Kalistan. During the visit, which was officially an informal visit, the Dolgavan sovereign met with Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Nicolette to renew an old friendship begun many years ago during a similar visit by The Empress to Dolgava. Her Imperial Majesty not only served as tour guide to the visiting Empress in Ananto, taking them to many cultural sites like the National Assembly, the Imperial Natural History Museum, the National Art Gallery, and Kaliburg National Speedway, but also invited the visiting Royal Family to take a trip on Ananto's maglev rail to visit the Imperial Estate in Eveari, where the Empress treated her Dolgavan counterpart and her family to a formal state dinner complete with various local cuisines from across the Empire.

Following an overnight stay in Eveari, Konstanja was welcomed to board the AnantoRail and travel further to Luxon in Ananto, where she stayed at Pacific Bay resort. While there, the Empress enjoyed days and nights in the warm seaside resort, taking a break from the troubles of office. She was invited to take surfing lessons, went parasailing and snorkeling off the Ananto Reef, and suntanned on the beach. The visiting Royals also took in the Global Music Hall of Fame in Luxon, where they were treated to a command performance of the Vrassan-based alt-folk band Plateau. The Empress also enjoyed Luxon's criminally underrated night clubs, where she saw DJs, local bands, and at least one national touring act, and partied with locals, who greeted her warmly, as they would any other Luxon residents. Most Kalistanis were not notified of her presence, and she was not bothered by paparazzi at all, ensuring that her vacation was without stress.

During her two week stay on Ananto, Empress Konstanja and her family also took day trips into the Xanadu Mountains and to Dahriel, the center of Kalistan's cannabis cultivation zone known as the Gold Plain. She was given a tour of one of the major plantations on the Gold Plain by Jane Delgado, who is General Secretary of the Ananto Growers' Syndicate, and shown the agronomical processes of cultivation of Dah Gold, including germination, plant sexing and transplanting, watering and fertilization, harvesting, selection, and packaging for ODEN-K Warehouses in Kaliburg. Dolgava is a fellow member of ODEN, and Ms. Delgado was happy to exchange information with the Empress, who showed a remarkable degree of knowledge about Dolgava's own processes.

Following her lengthy stay in Luxon, the Empress and her Family returned to Kaliburg, where she was greeted one final time by Her Imperial Majesty, and Chancellor Newburg, who held one final luncheon with the Empress, that included a select press conference with journalists from The Republic and KRTVN Channel 1. Following the Press Conference, Konstanja was transported to the airport where she and her family returned home. She was seen off by the Empress and the Chancellor, as well as a small crowd of Kalistani well wishers.

The visit restored a long standing friendship between Kalistan and Dolgava which formed centuries ago over music and ODEN. The Chancellor reported that she found Empress Konstanja to be delightful and serious, and very curious about various aspects of Kalistan and her people. She also said that the two Empresses share a similar sense of humor and have many points in common on both weighty and less consequential topics. "They got along famously," said Chancellor Newburg.

With the successful visit of Empress Konstanja, peace continues to reign in the Northern Anantonese.