Kundrati

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[Pravda, Kaesama,  February 5654]

Kundrati celebrates 13th anniversary of the founding of the new democracy with victory day parade, new economic figures and statements from the president.

Tens of thousands of citizens came out today to celebrate and participate in the first victory day parade since the brutal war nearly 15 years ago, the main theme of the parade being celebrations of the brave men and women who contributed to continuing to rebuild the nation. The president gave a small speech at the podium of the march highlighting the major changes in recent Kundrati life and politics;

"My brothers and sisters of the reunified Kundrati, we continue to steadfastly march on making enormous strides every month and every year. in the 4 years since the last economic report the GDP has arisen by another 19 billion Kuno, leaving us only 10 billion away from the pre-war GDP. We no longer needing to expend such enormous amounts into our armed forces as before, having chosen the path of diplomacy and the free market have been able to invest this into the civilian sector to great benefit. Kundrati citizens can purchase meat nation wide for the first time in decades, our farms and mines are full to burst with eager young workers, our business sector see's new benefits of the investments and numerous trade deals secured with the many willing partners who we thank for their openness to the new Kundrati way forward. It is without further adieu that I salute our workers and soldiers who have carved this path for us all with nothing but grim determination and faith in god, and announce victory day commence!"

Orchestra bands playing the Kundrati anthem saluted as the new flag was risen to full mast, the first columns of marching soldiers each from every branch of the armed forces, and police with paramilitaries took the first formations. Following this were numerous columns of construction workers holding shovels and pickaxes, civilian auxiliaries who aided in clearing rubble and mine disposal, and thousands of farmers waving in parade floats with slogans such as, "The fatherland is fed!" and "No child shall go hungry again, Slava Kundrati!." After this a few tanks of the remaining Kundrati army drove down the main streets followed by tractors, bulldozers, and more parade floats of citizens in traditional Kundrati garb throwing out loaves of bread and candies. The skies saw 6 jets of the air force spraying the tri colors of the nations new banner followed by crop dusters in formation of the numbers 54 and 13, for the date and anniversary number. The parade was a great success while smaller but similar celebrations took place nation wide.

In other news, president Jozef Otčenáš recently made comments on the new trade deal in Baltusia and subsequent reactions.

"I am both eager yet saddened by the actions taken by and against Baltusia. We thank them for their openness and recognizing the challenges in changing perceptions of our nation abroad, saw they were willing to give Kundrati a chance. So you can imagine my shock to the brutal reprisals made by Kalistan, who evidently continues to harbor the same pre-war attitudes we've fought so hard to remove. We have proven that we can make peace with former enemies in deals already, but the other powers have to be willing to remove the plank from their own eye before lambasting the splinter in our own. Kundrati is changing year by year for the better, we stand by Mr. Merridan, and our thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Burger for his health issues. We will not stop in securing more deals, pursuing the path of peace and democracy, and rebuilding Kundrati better than ever before!"



Policemen of Kaesama march in formation

Pravda stands with the president and the NRP, Slava Kundrati!