Narikaton and Darnussia

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Schuhbeck’s first move in Foreign Policy: The Triad and Kundrati
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While the deal with Zardugal already marked the beginning of shifts in foreign policy interests, it was initiated by Zardugal itself, now that the government has warmed up to its new role and the DRP cleaned up what they called a “Bureaucratic mess only the VVP could leave for its successors” Schuhbeck is ready for her own projects. Combining information from the records of the Directorate of Foreign Affairs as well as insider sources we see that the liberal government of the Triad approached Kundrati to reconcile with the democraticly invigorated regime. What many of our readers will know is that the relationship between the Kundrati Union and the member republics of the Triad have been cold since the end of the “Hubris War.” Especially the political right under conservative VVP leadership were eager to avoid Kundrati “as a sinkhole for cooperative ambitions.” It seems that with a new generation of politicians and pragmatists in power that this dogma has been abandoned.

According to the Directorate a legal entity called the “Triad-Kundrati Reconciliation Investment Fund” (TKRIF) is in the final moments of its planning stage, adhering to some would call “Triad Orthodoxy” the administration of Schuhbeck tries to improve relations by investing into the economy of Kundrati, an economy which had been damaged by decades of fascist mismanagement and war. Experts propose the idea that the TKRIF is supposed to tie in with the so called “Kundrati Income Doubling Plan” to help mobilize the Kundrati economy by speeding up capital lucration. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Steiner (TKP) confirmed a few key facts about this plan: 1. 50% of the investment is designated as loans with very cheap conditions and 2. The other half are direct investments into the economy in which corporations and some semi-state entities from Narikaton, Darnussia and Himmelshtern are going to provide the money but let the government of Kundrati decide where to exactly funnel it.

Peace and Harmony activists hope for a drastic improvement of relations between the North-Artanian nation and our Three Republic pearl of the south, only time will tell if these plans bear fruit.