Kundrati

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Kundrati economy recovers, however work still has to be done - as purges continue

[16 August 5682]

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The Kundrati Union is a war-torn economy. A war-torn economy that has been so for the last couple of decades. In fact, we are now approaching 100 years since the Legion began to take over Kundrati and led it on the path we are on today. The country has thus had a large brain drain, and international cooperation for the benefit of the Kundrati economy has collapsed and not been restored to any meaningful extent since before the Legion took over.

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Work, however, continues on the rebuilding of the economy. Phase 1 of the Kundrati Income Doubling Plan of the Hadriana-SDLP administration continues as the Kundrati Civilian Job Corps works with international companies from the former Jelbic Empire to restore vital infrastructure. Infrastructure had already been worked on, however, for years because of a lack of investment; various projects on infrastructure were delayed. With the help of foreign investment, however, deadlines are starting to become approachable. While one won't see paved roads on every highway for a while now or restoration of power works for a while, improvements can already be seen as more workers are being mobilized and inspired to join the KCJC, and international brains start to invest in Kundrati labor.

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The priority, as per the KIDP, is restoration of infrastructure in the north and in the south. Already, cranes are becoming very common in these areas, with unemployment decreasing significantly in those particular areas and those areas seeing larger (internal) migration from the centre, which have remained lacking in development. The Ministry of the Interior reports that up to 200,000 individuals are moving every few months either north or south from the centre, with cities like Kasaema starting to be depopulated by these migrations.

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The President of the Kundrati Union, Claudius Hadriana, has said that he is proud to work with the international community to rebuild Kundrati. President Hadriana says that Kundrati is an important partner for the export of Dundorfian materials, especially silicon, and that with Dundorfian silicon and Kundrati gold that the technology industry in Artania and beyond can benefit from a developed Kundrati. Hadriana has especially sought international cooperation from Luthori, where Kundrati-Luthorians make up a good minority of the population and where Hadriana has begun to focus some effort on the former Jelbic Empire, which has already promised to work with Kundrati on major infrastructure development, the Triad of Narikaton, Darnussia, and former Beiteynu, where economic advice would most likely assist in boosting the Kundrati economy, and Egelion, where there used to be a relationship during a divided Kundrati and where additional investment could be sought. Kalistan is also another nation that could be sought after, and President Hadriana noted that he would like to rebuild burnt bridges as soon as possible. Negotiations with the Triad continue with a deal already being proposed by the Triad; however, work continues on final details. A deal is expected to be finalized by the end of the year at least.

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But all of that also relies on the status of the purges of Legionaries and former Vanguardists. Let's look at that now. The Ministry of Justice has noted that at least 370,000 individuals who have had former Vanguardist or Legionnaire pasts have been tried through the courts and that around 260,000 have been sentenced. The majority of them have signed a legally binding oath ensuring their loyalty to the Union and democracy. The minority who have refused will be sentenced to jail sentences, and they, alongside some of those who have signed these oaths, will lose their rights for at least ten years.

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Higher-ranked individuals have been found and tried through the system. As of today, around 1,300 individuals have been executed who have held high-ranking positions of the Legion or Vanguardist Kundrati Workers Party. Another 1,000 sit in death row waiting for their sentences. Trials have been slow, with one lasting seven years, and trials are expected to continue past at least two Presidential administrations.

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Military individuals who have held past lives in the Legion or Vanguard who were not low ranked, alongside many individuals with those pasts who are currently in prison and in general have been subject to training on how to identify propaganda, how democracy works, how fascism is bad, the truth of the Legion and the VKWP, and general deprogramming from the old Legionary and Vanguardist propaganda. This is also expected to take years, and, understandably, some may not be recoverable. Some military officers have been court-martialled and have met similar fates as high-ranking individuals of the parties. Lower-ranked troops and those in the military found guilty of lesser but serious crimes have been let go on a dishonorable discharge, and they will not be subject to benefits for veterans, and they will have lost their rights for a period of at least ten years.

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And so Kundrati moves.