Kalistani Major History

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Kalistani Premier endorses Agenda of President of the Republic
"We need an Active Presidency now more than ever," says Premier
Kaliburg, Ananto
April 21, 4913


Premier of the Republic Jackson calls for cooperation with President

In a response to the President of the Republic's Innaguration speech, Premier of the Republic George Jackson declared his Party's support for the agenda laid out.

"We have the votes to pass this agenda easily, and not hold the President up from pressing matters of state," said The Premier. "It looks like we have endorsed a Comrade of the Worker and the Everyday Man and Woman in Kalistan in President Small, and on this trajectory, there is much that we can do working together. Now it the time for President Small to fully step into his role as the Face of our Republic on the international stage. We need an Active Presidency now more than ever, with the bellicosity of Malivia looming on our horizon. And I believe Comrade President Small to be the correct man for that job."

The Premier signaled prioritization on increasing public transportation links to Rural parts of the Republic, especially Vrassa and Neveras. "We have long had uneven development in our Republic, and I believe the first step can be infrastructure projects that will further tie our frontier districts together with our more developed areas. This will bring jobs and commerce to these areas, and it will also encourage development in new sectors which can't find a lot of room in places like Sulari or around the capital." The Premier also signaled interest in a jobs bill which would target specifically these rural areas. "We find a lot of people out in rural Vrassa or almost all of Neveras either involved in Extraction industry or in services for local people. We would like to change this, offering incentives for private sector companies to offer good, high paying jobs to the people of these areas, and expanding some of our operations into places visited by infrastructure improvement, to put more of these people to work in jobs that will allow them to live higher standards of living, have the opportunity to build wealth, and to also help supply goods for the Republic." The Premier also strongly endorsed the development of Kalistani industry over transnational trade, and is looking at the degree of unionization in the various Joint Stock firms that Kalistani investors have with foreign Businesses. "Given that these firms are all majority share Kalistani, by law, I believe that they all comply with Kalistani labor law already, but this is a matter for investigation, so a definitive answer can be provided. In short, we just don't know at the time, but are perfectly willing and able to find out."

On the foreign policy front, The Premier was similarly in agreement. "We have taken steps already to pull diplomatic personnel out of Maliva and recall all of our citizens from that country. At the time of the recall there were more than 400 Kalistanis living and working in or visiting Malivia. All have been contacted, and all but 14, who are associated with a Brethrenist group in Malivia, have chosen to depart the country. In addition, we endorse the cessation of all trade with Malivia, and will ask our friends across Seleya to do the same. I have also asked the Defense Ministry to step up patrols in and around the Ananto Strait, as a precautionary measure. The ball is in Malivia's court now. We hope they will repudiate such dangerous rhetoric and make an effort to restore what was otherwise, on balance a positive relationship with the Republic."

The Premier finished his comments by expressing faith and confidence in the work that the President is doing to pilot the ship of State. "We are in the capable hands of a reasonable and dedicated President. That in and of itself deserves the support of the Socialist Party, and President of the Republic Small has got it." The Premier then said he will be working on some initiatives with the President's Party to begin enacting this agenda.

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Sonic Planter's second record neverknown hits Number one on Radio 1
Grit's Highest Charting Entry abandons acoustics for solid Grunge Rock Blast
Kaliburg Ananto
October 7, 4913


Sonic Planter's neverknown on VDR hits Number 1 in the Republic

The Port Swedes Grit sound has finally reached the top of the Charts in Kalistan, beating out several alt-folk and traditional alternative entries to become the top selling and top requested album in the entire country.  The album is also one of the biggest departures from the alt-folk roots of Grit, and the most grunge oriented Grit record to date.

Kris Conrad, lead singer of Sonic Planter, who is a critical darling in the Kalistani music press, and is also well thought of by his fans, was characteristicly understated by his band's topping of the charts in Kalistan.  "Yeah, well..." was his response, as he took a massive drag on a cigarette.  He had nothing else to say about it, before he was called away by band mates for a soundcheck, three minutes later.

The album spends more time plugged in than it does acoustic, demonstrating the Grit scene's growing frustration with association with the alt-folk movement that fed into it initially.  In a separate interview, Conrad was more talkative.  "I mean, yeah, but people keep talking about this Port Swedes sound...  they call it Grit...  I mean...  that's pretty uninventive, don't you think?  And like every band in Swedeport sounds the same?  And we all sound like we took lessons at Joanie's knee?  I think we've matured and I think we have grown, and we have always been loud as F--K...  so...  You know, Its like Yeshua, folks...  give us our due..."

Loud is a good word for the biggest record in the country, which is Sonic Planter's second album for VDR.  "We made the bass extra thick, like gravy," said Sonic Planter bassist Benjamin Colberg, "And Matty (Gill, drummer for Sonic Planter) did ALL kinds of strange time sequences... almost like Math Rock.  And don't even get me started on the Wizard (Ken Mayall, also known as the "Wizard of Swedeport")  the tracks he laid down are drills into the brain"  Without much in the way of acoustic guitars or melodies or orchestration which is fairly standard on Grit records to date, the album threatens to not even fall into the category of Grit.  "it is probably the most grungy stuff we've done to date," said Colberg.  The closest song to the actual Grit style is the final song of the album, "Surprise Her" while the song "foureighths" takes the acoustic format of Grit and turns it on its head, introducing a hint of Vascanian aesthetic into Kalistani music with the use of sitars and acoustic guitars which are subsequently turned into a trippy psychedelic sonic environment.

Most of the songs are about dystopic, with darker themes than were heard on their first album.  Songs like "Drown Me" and "Blackest of Black" are relentless driving songs about anomistic despair, bordering on fatalistic Annihilation.  "The Day I Died Twice" is a song about Conrad's brief career as a drug user, and "Surf's Up" is about people who have different expectations of him and his band than they have of themselves.  "A lot of this stuff is about stuff that we have spent years dealing with," said Colberg.  "The whole band, I mean, it really sucks living in this sh--ty town where it rains all the time, and sometimes you feel starved just for a ray of sunlight, but like we survive somehow anyway." 

Perhaps the most powerful song in this host of very personal, very loud music is the song "Murder of Crows".  Though it has not been attributed as such, some people believe that this song was also about how the death of Jennifer Stepanov deeply affected Conrad.  "I think he was a little bit in love with her," said Colberg.  "We tease him about it and he gets kind of defensive, but I would say this song is more of a love song to her ghost than anything and when she died, he fell into a very deep depression.  But to cope with that, he turned to music, and got this band together, so in this sense, it was something that turned out alright for him.  It could have gone much worse."

With such a massive record at the top of the charts, Grit and bands that are associate with that will only continue to be released in the Republic for the time being, and talent scouts for various record labels are now fairly permanently camped out in Port Swedes, attending all the shows, and listening to all the bands.  Grit records have now been released by both VDR and ARC, and there is a suggestion that KMI may be getting ready to jump into the game as well.  But for now, the spotlight belongs almost completely to Sonic Planter.

Listen to neverknown here.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPzWEIiM8us]

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October 3913

Claims Committee to use agents within Kalistan for research exercise

Following the stern Kalistani reaction to to the planned visit of four members of the Claims Committee to Kalistan, the Committee has announced it will rely on "discreet agents working for us in Kalistan" in order to carry out its investigations in to whether Kalistan should rightfully be considered part of the Greater Malivian Empire.

Three of the four committee members who were meant to go to Kalistan cancelled their flights just in time to avoid being detained by the Kalistan authorities. However, the fourth, Kamala Ghoshal, who was the most keen to go, left earlier than the others, and found out the news of Kalistan's intentions too late. As a result, she was arrested and detained upon landing down at Kaliburg Airport.

Foreign Minister Vishnu Satavelekar has written to his Kalistani counterpart, asking for Ghoshal to be released. He also attempted to clarify Malivia's position in relation to Kalistan:

I need to emphasise again that the government of the Greater Malivian Empire has not made any territorial claim on Kalistan, and does not have any plans to do so.

The Raktavani National Party is a broad-based political party which represents a diversity of viewpoints. It has internal democratic mechanisms. The party's annual conference has voted to set up a committee to investigate, amongst other things, whether Kalistan should be considered a part of the Greater Malivian Empire. However, this investigation, this research is still underway. Nothing has happened. It has not been decided at either a party level or a government level to make such a territorial claim. I can only plead with Kalistan and our other international partners to please be patient and not jump to unjustified and over-hasty conclusions. I add also that centuries of history demonstrate that the existence of a Malivian territorial claim does not mean we go to war to seek to impose it. That is not how we do things.

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Lion Pack voted as the fan favorite artist to send to FOMAT
The band chose to perform their song Luna
Kaliburg, Ananto
December 11, 4913


The Lion Pack after their most recent tour of Kalistan

10 thousand randomly selected individuals were polled, on who of the recently famous artists should be sent to FOMAT XVII.
"We definitely did not expect for this to be the deciding factor, but at least it's honest." Said the pollers themselves, after hearing about the poll being the ultimate decider.
"We should be thankful that the people get to see their part in the music of Kalistan that is chosen to represent us."

The Band from Kaliburg, The Lion Pack, was on top of the charts, with 53% of the votes

The Polls results, in %

The Kalistani band Lion Pack has been voted as the most wanted artist to represent Kalistan in FOMAT XVII, and the community seems to agree with the democracy of the solution. The Lion Pack was surprised by this, and the lead singer and guitarist Matt Forest told the Rawk Monthly that "The Lion Pack is proud to be democratically elected to represent us, and we will bring home victory and show our talent for all of Terra. We have chosen a song, Luna, which represents both Kalistan's music, as well as representing the Pensio language, and bringing out their beautiful language."

The Lion Pack's song Luna is about endless love for the moon, which critics and listeners alike consider to have a deeper meaning, and having a possible connection to the mysterious love life of Matt Forest, who has been in quite a few incidents with women. The Singer has not given a statement concerning these allegations, but seems to have the enthusiasm in his singing on the newest single, which is to be broadcast in FOMAT XVII.

The Lion Pack will be flown to FOMAT XVII to Beaufort, Lourenne to perform their newest hit song, Luna.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfyJrjdZNLc]

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Kalistani Minister of the Interior denies Malivian "discreet agents" are in Kalistan
Malivian agent is charged with Espionage
Kaliburg Ananto
October 30th 4913


Kalistani Interior Minister Tomas Brand, exasperated at Malivian provocations

The patience of the governing Socialist Party of Kalistan is growing thin with the bellicose and erratic behavior of the Government of Malivia

"First they send one of their spies to the Republic," said Interior Minister Tomas Brand, who expressed clear exasperation at the provocations from the Malivian Government, "after we explicitly warn them that this individual will be arrested upon arrival in the Republic, and then they claim to have 'discreet agents' within this country that are conducting espionage, when there is absolutely no proof that there are any Malivians who are at large in this country. At this point, I can't tell if they are trying to troll our Government or if they really are just plain delusional."

The Malivian Government's representative, a "Kamala Ghoshal" who is supposedly a representative of a foreign Party in Malivia was arrested while trying to debark a plane from Endralon at Kaliburg International Airport. "We no longer have any direct flights to that country," said Brand, "and so naturally they put her on a third party flight to send her to Kalistan. We have arrested her, and the Government of Malivia has asked for her return. We will return her once we have gotten all actionable intelligence from her." The Minister acknowledged that ODEN was involved in the Interrogation techniques in Ms. "Ghoshal's" case, though these type of interrogation techniques are not usually used. "Given the seriousness and brazenness of her arrival in Kalistan, and given that she is not a citizen of the Republic, she does not enjoy any constitutional immunities from interrogation and incarceration," said Brand. "Consequently, she will be detained in the Republic where we will continue to question her, and she will continue to cooperate with members of the State Intelligence Service."

According to Comrade Brand, under heavy persuasive drugs, Ghoshal has already supplied named of several individuals supposedly within the Republic, who she maintained were working with her Party's efforts. Upon followup on the information, it was revealed that most of the names she supplied have already fled the Republic, or never were in the Republic to begin with.

"This grows tiresome," said Brand. "Why Malivia chose to include Kalistan in its powerplay is a mystery, but we believe that it was a country that felt that it was not getting enough attention internationally, and therefore has decided to incite reactions in random countries around the globe with some ridiculous theory of an ancient Empire which has been rejected by everyone else. They are quickly becoming a pariah state, and therefore falling outside the protection of the international system. If they push the matter too far, Kalistan will feel the need to deem further Malivian provocation as acts of war, and will begin targetting any shipping or air traffic, civilian or otherwise which comes near Kalistani territory, because who knows what sort of threat these vessels could harbor. If they are willing to claim our Republic for their ridiculous empire, they are willing to do just about anything."

The Foreign Minister of Kalistan reported once more that the claim that Malivia has contacted her office about anything is an outright lie. "No, we have not been contacted. We read their foreign Minister's statement in their newspaper. It is all an outright fabrication, and either the Foreign Minister is misrepresenting himself to the Malivian Press, or someone in his office is intercepting his communiques, but the notion that we have received any messages from Malivia, either before or after they decided to try to delegitimize Kalistani Sovereignty is a flat out falsehood."

This nadir in relations with a country that was, until a few years ago, not even on Kalistan's radar, is troubling to say the least. "We are preparing all options," said Minister Brand. "Nothing is off the table at this point, including the authorization of privateers to operate in and around Kalistan against Malivian shipping."

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Poll reports that 2/3 of respondants are in favor of restoration of Privateer Act
Malivian provocations said to be driving support for Piracy
Kaliburg, Ananto
November 18, 4913


Poll of 23,673 voters, with a margin of error of +/- 1.35 percent, conducted between July 15 and October 30, 4913, by Vrassa District University/ Albin Harris

Kalistanis are firmly in favor of reauthorization of Privateering, says a recent poll conducted by the conservative leaning Vrassa District University. The University conducted a phone and text poll of more than 23,000 Kalistanis over a fourteen week period, in three waves, says project director Dr. Albin Harris. "Using voter databases, we reached out to a randomized sample of more than 23,000 registered voters in a survey. Voters were asked one question only, after we identified ourselves and what we were conducting the survey on. We asked Voters 'Do you Strongly Agree, Agree, Are Neutral or have no opinion, Disagree, or Strongly Disagree with the following Statement: The Government of Kalistan should reauthorize Privateering in the Ananto Strait and in the Anantonese Ocean." If they gave us any other answer than "No Opinion" we asked them a follow up question, about their response, and these qualitative answers were more enlightening than the longitudinal data we acquired from the Survey Question."

The results of the survey showed that 48% of all respondents agreed and then another 18 percent strongly agreed with the statement. Conversely, only 22 percent either disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement. "These results in and of themselves, which we have strong confidence in, reflect a continued support in the population for non-traditional methods of defense of the Republic. What was really surprising was the level of support for these sorts of tactics, which have in the past and will continue to draw condemnation from the World, and maintain Kalistan's status as something of a pariah state." International Law, which Kalistan does not acknowledge, dictates that there should be freedom of movement on the High Seas, but Kalistan has historically reiterated that its security and sovereignty outweigh the international community's need and desire to enforce its will on individual nations.

"What is more interesting, I think," said Dr. Harris, "was the answer to the substantive question that we asked as a follow up. More than 35% said that not only should the Republic authorize piracy against other nations' shipping, but that we should invite other nations who Malivia is having a problem with to join us in our activities. Many of this group said that we should be looking for opportunities to magnify the effects of the interdictions on the high seas and in Kalistani National Waters with a multi national force of pirates roaming about, boarding shipping bearing Malivian colors, and if they are resisted, sinking the ship. That was a surprising response, which can be explained by several comments that we got which talked about patience with the backwater Artanian regime coming to an end in the Republic. It appears that the people of Kalistan are growing tired of Malivia's irritation and are beginning to look for more escalated solutions to the problem."

Kalistan has not yet reauthorized Privateering, but recent comments by the Premier and others in the Government have suggested that the Republic is warming to the idea. The people on the other hand are decisively behind the reauthorization, and will lend political support to the Government and the National Assembly if this is the way the Deputies should choose to go.

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Kalistani Premier to advance Reauthorization of Privateering in Ananto Strait and Anantonese Ocean
Actions aimed at Malivia and her allies
Kaliburg, Ananto
April 3, 4914


Partisan Marine irregulars begin patrols in support of the Regular Navy as Privateering is considered in National Assembly

The Premier of the Republic, George Jackson will propose an official re-authorization of Privateering in the Ananto Strait and in the northern Anantonese Ocean by the end of this week, government spokespeople said. The Republic is already stepping up its defenses at sea around the Republic in preparation for world condemnation over the action.

"Rather than jointly condemning Malivia's Government for seeking sovereignty claims over its neighbors and over Kalistan," Premier Jackson said earlier this week, "their world Congress have voted to sanction anyone who responds in any way to Malivia's diplomatic threats. A bare majority on the Security Council voted that anyone who responds to Malivia's war drumming that they will be in violation of what they term 'international law', which they believe supersedes national law and national interest and would be subject to serious sanctions." The Premier, however was clear. "Regardless of what those three nations believe, we will defend our nation from the provocations of a country they refuse to do anything about."

To this end, the Premier has suggested that the use of privateers, one of Kalistan's oldest and most controversial instruments of foreign policy, be re-activated," said Premier Jackson. "We will limit our letters of Marque to searches and seizures of Malivian and allied shipping, with bounties on Malivian shipping. Kalistani private actors will be authorized to seek out and capture Malivian and allied shipping in the Northern Anantonese and if they can bring the ship to port, Kalistan will pay bounties per tonnage of cargo from Qualified Shipping." The Republic will then quarantine the Malivian shipping, will dispose of the cargo on the international market, and will use the money to offset the bounties paid for the Shipping. The Government of Malivia will not be compensated for seized shipping. In addition to seizures on the high seas, any Malivian or allied shipping calling at any Kalistani port will be seized under the Privateer Act.

"The goal is to divert Malivian shipping far from Kalistan. If they do not send ships through the Straits or the Northern Anantonese Ocean between Seleya and Keris, Kalistani Privateers will never encounter them. We have no idea what kind of malevolent goods are gonna try to come through on their ships, and this is really the best way." In anticipation for the bill, all three fleets of the Kalistani Regular Navy, and the Militia Marines have been put on alert and patrols are already starting across the Ananto Strait and Ocean waters adjacent to mainland Kalistan. With the passage of the bill, the Anantonese Ocean could begin seeing privateers sailing within nine months.

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The Path Pushes for Further Recognition as Faith Spreads Internationally


The Founder of the Path, William Gardener, giving a sermon

The Path to Paradise's Gate, the Charismic Hosian sect lead by the enigmatic William Gardener and his family, now has over 250,000 converts internationally, according it's head of outreach, Steven Gardener.

The success of our Heralds and of course of our Founder at spreading the Word of God, has lead to many joining us in Walking the Path. Prior to the last election here locally for example, nearly all of our membership was within the Duchy of Northriding, which remains of course the home of our faith. But now, there are Gatherings of the Path in all five Duchies of Luthori and of course, let us not forget, with Luthori international travel now no longer restricted, we have managed to spread to our southern neighbours in Hobrazia and to the United States of Baltusia. I'm sure in time we will see further converts in other nations as others hear the Word of the Founder and join us.

The vast majority of the Path's membership is within the Holy Luthori Empire, though Hobrazia is known to have at least 2,000 converts within the past several years, and growing rapidly. Across the sea the United States of Baltusia is known to be home to some thirty thousand converts, including numerous notable politicians at the state and federal level. The success of the Path can be proscribed to William Gardener's raw charisma and fiery rhetoric and the success of the Path's social media blitz, having created a highly sophisticated so online advertising apparatus which has allowed them to spread internationally, albeit quietly without William himself having to have visited.

As apart of the Path's expansion, the Founder has named his brother Jonathan, the Herald of Artania, in charge of spreading the faith throughout Artania, with his primary focus being on Luthori's immediate neighbours, and expanding the membership in Hobrazia, and moving into Narikton & Darnussia, Rutania, Beluzia and even Irkadon while his sister, Rosalie, has been named the Herald of Northern Seleya, with Rosalie focusing her efforts at spreading the faith throughout the northern Seleyan nations, with a specific focus being placed on Likatonia, Lodamun, Valruzia and Kalistan. Rosalie herself now resides within Johnston DD in the United States of Baltusia, having made it the Seleyan Headquarters of the Path.


Herald of Northern Seleya Rosalie Gardener

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Privateers score first hit against Gau Raksha Paltan Freighter
Ship said to be critically damaged; all hands aboard rescued and deported
Anantonese Ocean of Port Swede, Vrassa
January 1, 4915


Freighter from the Terror group known as the Cow Protection Army is first “sinking” by Privateers

Privateers sailing under the first round of Letters of Marque have sunk a freighter just off the coast of Kalistan belonging to the Gau Raksha Paltan, a well known transnational organization described by some as a “terrorist organization” and which have alleged ties to the government of Malivia.

According to captain Felicity Ross, who claimed the first prize in the privateer war, the Malivian ship, of about 7600 tons was flying Malivian colors until it was approached by Ross’s vessel, a small modified yacht, armed with two torpedos and three 50 caliber deck guns. When Ross dropped The Kalistani ensign, and raised a black flag, the Malivian ship apparently dropped its colors, but was not able to surrender before she was fired upon, and critically damaged.

Ross said she notified Regular Navy who were operating in the sector, and then proceeded to monitor the ship until the Regular Navy fire ship KRS-167 Vulcan arrived to begin rescue operations of the Malivians who had gathered on deck. The entire crew, according to the Malivian Captain, was all accounted for, and were detained in Port Swedes. The ship itself sank an hour after the last Malivian was taken off the ship and sunk to the sea floor.

Ross reportedly claimed a bounty of 22,500 KRB for the ship. Had she attempted to bring the ship into port, the bounty would have been significantly higher. “We don’t have the crew,” said Ross, “to have attempted the capture. But the bounty is more than enough to allow me to replenish my munitions, and make a little grip on top of that.” Ross said she intends to begin working with larger “fleets” of privateers in the future to attempt a capture. “That will have to wait until more people are carrying letters though,”she said. “We just have a few of us out here now, but the word is thats about to change.”

Ross spoke with the Republic before headed back out on her patrol route.

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While Grunge and Pirates dominate news in Vrassa, a new Spiritual Group forms in Suldanor
Luthori Spiritual revivalist Movement builds a small base near Sulari
Sulari Suldanor
April 7, 4915


A small group of adherents of the Hosian sect known as "The Path: prepare to welcome Luthorian leader Rosalie Gardener whose arrival is "imminent"

Kalistanis are often drawn to interesting foreign things. The global evangelism of a newly organized Hosian Revivalist movement known as "The Path" is certainly no different. In Kalistan, more than 250 former members of various other Hosian denominations have been convinced to join the new group called The Path and move to the Group's new ranch outside of Sulari.

"I was a Brethrenist all my life," said one new convert who referred to himself as Sprite. "But after hearing Sister Rosalie Gardner speaking in Baltusia a few months ago, I decided that Brethrenism is a far too complex path to my own salvation. For example, Brethrenism doesn't have anyone telling you what to do or what to believe. How could I possibly know whether I am on the correct Path with nobody telling me? I can't figure that kinda thing out for myself. Humans need to be told by those who actually are in touch with the mind of the One."

Another new convert to the path, a young woman aged 20, was very enthusiastic about the lifestyle she has encountered with the Path so far. "Like, we totally got to choose our own names when we got here. I chose Poppy because the flower is not only beautiful, but it also holds the mysteries of the universe itself." When asked what her name was before she joined the Path, she said "I used to be named Poppy, because that was my grandmother's name. Now, my name has so much more meaning, not only for me but like also for the whole world(?)"

The tract of land upon which the Path adherents are building what can only be described as a Commune, is set up in the hills to the south of Sulari. "We're pretty self sufficient up here," said Compound Direct Snow Lightning. "At the Path Center for Spiritual Growth and Change, we have a common house, where we do not only all our cooking and eating, but also our praise celebrations, where visiting dignitaries will speak, where we hold meditation and classes on the Path. Generally speaking, its our all purpose building. And then you see, over there we have our residences: all people staying here, either permanently or temporarily get to live in two person rooms, which let's say, encourage them to be out and about, rather than spending a lot of time isolated from the group, and over here we have the veggie farms, where people spend their mornings, farming and singing and contemplating the words of our Leader."

In addition to the vegetable farm, the group has built their own water and power stations, have working sanitation, a small school for children, and a barn for cows. "We put it to a vote and some members are not ready," said Lightning, "to give up their old ways yet. In time, and meanwhile, we can use their dung for several things including fertilizer." He made sure to point out that the cows will not be slaughtered under any circumstances and will have free roaming rights in the sizeable 14,000 acre pasture adjacent to the settlement. In addition to all its own food, the group also grows cannabis, opium poppies, psilocybin mushrooms, and a small amount of coca, all for sale to ODEN to generate revenues for the Compound.


The Path, a new vegan diner in downtown Sulari, the Path's revenue generating operation in Kalistan

"In addition, we will be generating revenue," said Lightning, who introduced our reporter to the Business Manager, a person named Toadstool Rainbow. "While we've been building the settlement here at the Center, we've also purchased, and cleansed, I might add, a small diner in downtown Sulari where we can sell vegan food to hungry customers." When asked if that restaurant would include any proselytation, Rainbow was explicit. "No. It is just a business. We will have materials there on the counter and we aren't gonna hide who we are or what we are doing but we aren't gonna force it on anyone. We just want people to be able to get some good food in downtown Sulari. If you want to see the Evangelists, follow me."

Lightning went to a small garage where a number of young women all with long hair and white linen clothing were in the process of readying their MoCo mopeds. "An Eliyahu Biker Gang," said Lightning with a laugh. Many of the women rolled their eyes. One of the women explained her conversion strategy. "All I plan on doing is inviting some guys down at the beach to a Party, you know?" she said. "Guys like cure girls who smile and flirt a little bit. But you know it's all God's work. It it gets some scripture in their hands, so much the better!"

It is hard to say what the message of the Path is, but as seekers of a New Message grow in number, look to see more information about the teachings of the Path to come out.