Istapali

[Zanz]

http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=7721

[Svetlana]

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For the first time in the modern history of Istapali, the Federal Assembly has failed to pass a budget following repeated negotiations between the rulling People's Party for Freedom and the Alliance for Hope and Change. Prime minister Shingai Shaw has announced that the government will request an emergency loan from the Bank of Lourenne if a budget isn't adopted.

Immediately after the failure to pass a budget, a new economic report released by the High Authority for Economic Development under the guidance of the Central Bank shows that inflation continues its upward trend which started a year go following the catastrophic wheat and rice yields. Furthermore, the Central Bank has warned that Istapali will most likely default on its foreign debt soon if no solution is found for the budget. 

As if things weren't already bad enough, a joint announcement from the Museum of Archeological History and the Museum of Arts was realized announcing the closure of the those two museums for an "indeterminate period of time" due to low visits and the lack of funds traditionally allocated to them by the Ministry for Culture and Arts. The closure of those two museums is a huge blow to Istapali's tourism sector as it is a major source of income for the country that already relies on foreign tourists to dump money on its economy.

Furthermore, the Bank of Lourenne openly refused an emergency 15 billion CFR loan on the basis of Istapali lacking a budget and its foreign debt already making up 130% of its GDP. The news sent shockwaves across Istapali's financial world, plunging the already fragile stock market in Namaji into free fall as experts repeat their gloomy vision for the country's future and people selling their stocks in mass to try and save their finances.

Trying to calm down the situation, Finance Minister Diliza Mgijima said that Istapali is "far from defaulting on its debt" and that "Me and the rest of the federal government are working tirelessly on finding a solution to addressing the predicament we're in." Even tho the message was meant to reassure the population, it only worsened things as many don't believe what the government is saying given the repeated corruption scandals involving them.

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Written by @TheIstapaliClub

[Svetlana]

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As the country goes through its worst economic crisis and drought ever recorded, it seems that the Sublime Federal Republic of Istapali's will soon go through a political crisis to form an unholy trifecta of doom and despair.

The first signs of the crisis showed itself when the People's Party for Freedom lost their 30 year long grip over the capital Namaji to the Alliance for Hope and Prosperity in a massive blow to their credibility and reputation as the natural part of governance in Istapali. Even then, the ACP only managed to win a majority by forming unprecedented coalitions with the Pan-Dovanian Pact for Socialism, a rising political force which seems to feed from the current chaos engulfing the country.

To add fuel to the fire, reports of local government officials in the North rerouting the already scare water supplies to their private properties and emptying the reserves that were meant for the local population consume has sparked outrage all over social media. On top of that, the Ministry for Health and Family released a statement warning mothers in the north from breastfeeding their infant due to a recent Ebola outbreak across the region which has left the medical staff triaging because of the lack of resources and proper infrastructure.

Furthermore, the Ministry of Defense raised the salaries of its workers and soldiers in general by 15% on "grounds of ensuring Istapali's sublime defense network" which didn't land with citizens at all when the first signs of a food shortage began showing themselves openly. The production of wheat and rice has already fallen by 35% and reports of a crop virus spreading among the upcoming sewing season has made the hopes for a return to normal impossible as the federal government is forced to now import double the amount of agricultural products to try and keep up with skyrocketing food insecurity.

Seeing the chaos gripping the Istapalese political scene, the speaker of the federal assembly Simba Coghlan has stepped down from her position from the "unclear political majority in the assembly who seems to only care on maintaining their stuffed salaries while the common folk suffer." Her resignation was then followed by those of the parliamentarian clerks and secretaries, effectively paralyzing the legislature until a new speaker is elected clerks hired.

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Written by @ClubIstapali

[Svetlana]

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The crisis continues in Istapali as the number of Ebola cases in the north has officially crossed the fifty thousand threshold and the state of emergency being declared across the entirety of the northern provinces while the societal fabric and the social contract are both pushed to their limits threatening to throw the nation into an unprecedented era of troubles.

The news of an organized attack against the only general hospital in the city of Jezu, the second most populous city in the north, which was responsible for the treatment of server Ebola cases was forced to shutdown due to the extreme damages brought to its infrastructure and vaccine reserves. The attack was then followed by 16 groups of angry mobs storming local ebola treatment tents and raiding their supplies in a desperate attempt to gather medicine, those same tents then announced their permanent closure due to security risk posed by those raids. Health experts warned that if the Ebola virus travelled down from the sparsely populated north down to the densely populated south it could usher in the worst epidemic ever recorded in the modern history of Istapali and Dovani.

On top of that, the federal government has announced the start of strict food rations limiting the amount of food obtained by citizens "to the absolute survival minimum and nothing more". The announcement was met by riots across the federal capital Namaji with angry crowds accusing the government of rerouting the food imports authorized by parliament to fatten themselves, the revelation that the Health Minister Lubabalo Nombembe had gained more than 20 kilograms during the food crisis didn't help the government's case at all.

Seeing the chaos ravaging Istapali, the riots in the Capital, Ebola outbreak in the north, and complete paralysis of Parliament, Prime Minister Mzukisi Dlulane announced his resignation and retirement from public life in a televised address to the Nation. His resignation immediately triggered article 4 of the constitution which mandates that Parliament must find a new prime minister or snap elections will be automatically held 60 days after the Prime Minister's resignation. Some see the threat of snap elections as a possible way to pressure the PFP and ACH to cooperate and form a grand unity government, but a majority of the population are already preparing themselves to hear empty promises in the radio and television.

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Written by @ClubIstapali

[Svetlana]

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The worst has finally hir Istapali as the Central Bank of the Sublime Republic officially announced that Istapali is defaulting on both its foreign and internal debts alongside filling for bankruptcy with the world Congress following catastrophic electoral results and failure to form a government.

Ever since the resignations of Simba Coghlan from the position of speaker and Mzukisi Dlulane as prime minister, the country was forced to hold a snap elections in which the Alliance for Change and Hope did secure a majority but a number of their deputies continue to be absent leading to the quorum not being met to form a government.

Immediately after the country was declared bankrupt, the value of the Mertical, Istapali's currency, collapsed overnight and fell from a pretty low 12000 Mc = 1 CFR to 700,000 Mc = 1CFR overnight. The collapse of the currency's value caused inflation to skyrocket and break historical records as it reached 739% and people scrambled to buy supplies and daily necessities before they became luxuries.

On Monday when the stock market opened, the news of the nation's bankruptcy had hit the investors hard as the screens of the building were all flashing red as a massive selling of parts was being orchestrated by investors to save their entire savings. Unfortunately when they saw that their entire reserves were effectively wiped out and we're as valuable as toilet paper, many lined up to the windows and began jumping to end their lives. The director of the stock exchange, Khuthala Jali was found dead in her office with a suicide letter apologizing for all the people she didn't warn of the impending economic crash.

Hundred of thousand of citizens then frantically pulled their money from all their bank accounts and thousands more even raided the building the CBSR and found that all of the staff already left, killed themselves, or died trying to block the angry. In a desperate attempt to stop the crash of the country's currency, the president ordered the deployment of the army to all money printing offices and allowed them to open fire if any attempts to infiltrate are made.

These news coupled with the new parasite infecting this year's maze harvest and locusts devastating the wheat fields has pushed many to believe that this cascade of crises is nothing more than divine punishment for straining too far from his path with many starting to look at the country's LGBT community with hatred and blaming them for it.

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Written by @ClubIstapali backdated

[Svetlana]

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Much to the suprise of both the citizens of Istapali and the international community, the Sublime Federal Republic of Istapali has finally a new prime minister after months of the president rulling by executive decrees due to a hung parliament.

The news came after the supreme court threatened to call in another snap elections as the deadline to form a government had finally reached its limits and the powers of the president couldn't extend it any further, this led to the ACP and PFP holding a series of negotiations that resulted in the agreement to form a grand coalition and emergency national unity government as a temporary solution to maintain law and order in the country and possibly try to sway the international banking institutions to lend them aid loans and avoid a second bankruptcy.

During his inauguration speech, Sidima Nombulelo promised to redress the nation through an ambitious welfare and economic rebirth package that would see the minimum wage raised by 40% alongside the enshrinement of the right to work in the constitution and the establishement of the Federal Labour Research Agency that would guarantee work positions to all adult citizens while promising internships for minors above the age of 16.

While many don't believe that his government will last a year, even less that he'll be able to put Istapali back on the right track with inflation hitting the thousands of percents, the mercetal being as worthless as dirt, famines destroying the country, and ebola wiping out thousands, but it gives a spark of hope during uncertain times such as these.

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Written by @TheShare

[Svetlana]

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To the absolute horror of the Istapalese government, their third and final request for an emergency 30 billion fleurs loan from the Bank of Lourenne was refused again, but this time it may signal the point of no return for the country.

While Nombulelo's government had placed all in on the fact that Istapali's long time rivals and competitors agreed to form a National Unity Government for the sake of keeping the country together and restarting the economy, the Bank of Lourenne still refused their request and this time they didn't even bother with giving an excuse. The government's response was immediate, the office of the prime minister accused Lourenne of racism, colonialism, and predatory behavior due to "them happily giving away moans for their Canrilles bitches like they're cookies, but when we request one to restart our economy they refuse us immediately like we're some trash they need to get rid of."

The news of the loan being refused sent the already dying stock market crashing down even faster until the entire building had been closed down and police called due to the alarming high suicide rate among betters there. The value mercetal hit rock bottom, collapsing by 4890% and inflation jumping to 73,382.91% and in response riots broke out with the Pan-Dovanian Pact for Socialism accusing the government of incompetence and an utter disgrace for the country as hospitals close down from the lack of treatment, Ebola wiping out thousands every day and literacy rates among the population reaching historic level, Istapali has became a hotbed for radical ideas to spread, especially revolutionary ideas. 

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Written by @TheShare (extremely backdated)

[Svetlana]

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Many had expected the situation in Istapali to stabilize itself after the election of Sidima Nombulelo to the position of Prime Minister and formation of a National Unity Government to respond to the ongoing economic and humanitarian crisises rocking the nation, but the rejection of yet another emergency loan by the Bank of Lourenne in June of Last year and the cases of Ebola skyrocketing in the Capital have been the drops that finally flooded the vase.

Prime Minister Sidima Nombulelo was visiting a rural village in the outskirts of Namaji when news broke out about rogue regiments of the Federal Armed Forces left their baraques and began marching down to the country's most critical institutions, the Federal Assembly, Presidential Palace, and Supreme Court. Before he could understand what was happening, an assailant shot him in the neck while screaming "Glory to the Revolution!", Sidima was then pronounced dead a few minutes later when paramedics ruled the injury as fatal and that any attempts to rescue him will just result in permanent brain damage.

After the death of the Prime Minister was made public, the FAF units stormed Parliament and forced its members to vote its own dissolution alongside dismissing the Supreme Court and Impeaching President Muzukuru Mudzuri from his functions. The leader of the coup, General Rungano Chikerema then hijacked the state's TV and radio broadcasting channels to announce the state of war across the country alongside the formation of the National Reconciliation Junta composed of members of the rulling People's Freedom Party and Alliance for Change and Hope while Pan-Dovanian Pact for Socialism was formally banned and its leaders executed on charges of treason and conspiracy with Xsampa and Utaristan, the two nations the junta accuses of trying to spread the "communist disease onto our sublime and blessed republic".

Reports of the start of a potential insurgency starting along the border with North Dovani, where 70,3% of the Ekina people are located, have started to emerge as sighting of arm distribution happening between underground networks because of the Junta's obvious Vanhu and Psiku supremacist agenda that has already shown itself in the abolition of the protected status given to Ekina, Kwikoe, Zaki languages.

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Written by @TheShare.

[Svetlana]

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While many had expected January's coup to at least bring some sense of stability to the country through its mixed civilian-militarist powersharing agreement, the government quickly lost control of the situation as the population turned agaisnt it due to the unresolved Ebola outbreak and continued repression of left wing organizations and parties that denounced the kleptomania in the highest circles of governance, and in response the crackdowns intensified to the point of political assassinations happening on a daily basis.

This powderkeg of tensions and instability finally exploded on the Second of September when a regiment of soldiers from both the ground and air force marched on Namaji to depose the government, known as the Young Officers Clique. They stormed the presidential palace alongside the buildings of TV Istapali where their leader, Rungano Mangwende proclaimed the end of the Sublime Federal Republic of Istapali and proclaimed the Istapalese Virtuous Federation of Labour. He then suspended the constitution and dismissed the junta government before appointing himself as "President of the Revolutionary Transitional Government of National Concord" and his ally, Nduma Takawira as "Premier of the Revolutionary Transitional Government of National Concord".

Shortly after, the leader of the deposed junta Funganayi Mutambara declared Rungano's coup and the dissolution of the republic as illegitimate and a "shameless attempt by outside forces to subjecate Istapali to their disgusting communist lies and fantasies that have captivated the population". Mutambara continued and declared an "open and total war against the bloodthirsty demagogues of RTGNC", and that the National Reconciliation Junta calls upon "all patriots of Istapali" to "rise up and resist this illegitimate government." 

A day after the coup happened, clashes occured between revolutionary and federalist forces as Rungano Mangwende ordered his forces to take the building of the Federal Assembly and the Supreme Court while NRJ forces escape out of Namaji and begin relocating to Antoque in hopes of installing a parallel government to crush the revolutionary junta given that most of the army sided with NRJ instead of the RTGNC. In response to the clashes in Namaji, citizens have begun forming their own local mutual defense committees using weapons taken from abandoned baraques and military posts as some people have taken advantage of the chaos to loot, kill, and rape across the capital a far cry from how the city used to look a mere 3 years ago.

Seeing the armed forces of Istapali eating itself in the north, Ekina separatists rose up against the NRJ and proclaimed the Blessed Kingdom of Ekidonia with Jongephi Vetyeka as its regent and head of the Council of National Rejuvenation. Whilst the Ekina separatists have taken villages across the border with North Dovani, it is still unknown what their intentions are in this conflict as it extremely likely that the kingdom will ever survive once the armies in the south finish eating each other before averting their gazes back to the north to crush the revolt.

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Written by @ClubIstapali

[Svetlana]

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Ever since the coup of the young officers in September and proclamation of the Government of National Concord in opposition to the National Reconciliation Junta, the capital Namaji has been the battlefield of the two factions vowing to take control of the country's institutions in hopes of garnering legitimacy in the eyes of the international community.

While many had expected the GNC to drive out the NRJ from the capital due to the population overwhelming supporting the Revolutionaries, everyone was taken by suprise when the NRJ launched operation "Dying Star" and managed to drive out the GNC from the Presidential Palace and break the siege of Parliament. However victory was short lived as immediately after GNC forces were driven out into the suburbs, the revolutionary leader Rungano Mangwende called upon the population to revolt in Namaji and make "the lives of our enemies a living hell they cannot escape". 

The broadcast was immediately followed by reports of fires breaking across the city, NRJ military posts being terror bombed, and civilians orchestrating sabotage operations agaisnt critical infrastructures. It is obvious that the Government of National Concord has the population's overwhelming support since many blame the NRJ and the old civilian government of being the cause behind Istapali's catastrophic domestic situation.

Furthermore, news about the ongoing Ekina revolt in the north show that the forces of the Blessed Kingdom of Ekidonia have managed to cement themselves alongside defeating NRJ forces to the point of expelling them along the entirety of the North Dovani and New Englia borders much to the disarray of the junta who still tries to gather popular support through their campaigns.

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Written by @TheShare