Conference on the Coralian issue opens, Madland to assist

Geneva, Madland; MBCC News - President Gasgan of the Democratic People's Republic of Coralia has agreed to sit down in a conference with the Royal Chancellor Edgard Portela of the Grand Duchy of Coralia to discuss a solution to the Coralian issue. The Conference on Coralia, hosted in Ezboard(http://p198.ezboard.com/bconferenceoncoralia12851), has already born fruit, both sides have agreed to enter into a cease-fire/non-aggression accord to make sure these negotiations go smoothly. So far, the Red Antilles have opened their delegation offices, eager to participate in the Conference.

His Imperial Majesty shall appoint a representative to represent Madland in the Conference on Coralia, since he is representing the Grand Duchy. The Emperor has not made any statements yet regarding his plans on a nominee. This nominee will probably have to be approved by the Estates-General.

Madlandian troops in standby to defend legitimate Coralian government

Geneva, Madland; MBCC News - Orders from the residence of His Imperial Majesty in Coralia arrived a few seconds ago to activate a total of 600,000 troops for a possible invasion of Coralia. This comes as the Coralian Grand Duke, Gasgan VI, made a last minute regime change in Coralia, turning it into a socialist republic hours after the Emperor won the elections in Coralia and his party, the Reformist Party of Coralia, was swept into power.

Currently, the Grand Duke or General Secretary are locked in a heated debate in the Coralian forums, regarding the issue at hand. The Emperor has threatened to respond "as Madlandian Emperor" against this coup, while the Grand Duke has contended that he holds the power over Coralia no matter what.

The Emperor sent a small statement to MBCC News saying, "As Royal Chancellor of Coralia, I shall do everything in my power to ensure that this is fixed. I will try to avoid using force, but when necessary, I shall defend Coralia."

Coralia: Last minute regime change as elections conclude

Rathoma, Coralia; MBCC World Service - In a last minute development in the Grand Duchy of Coralia, the Grand Duke of such nation, Gasgan VI decided to suddenly turn Coralia into a socialist state. This comes just a few hours after Edgard Portela and the RPC were swept into power in Coralia in elections supervised by a International Commission.

In response to this last minute regime change, Edgard Portela resigned to all of his positions in Coralia and vowed to abandon it, except for diplomatic relations between Madland and Coralia and the MBCC World Service offices. "I really had lots of plans for Coralia. How could you go ahead and do that just because you so please? I'm apalled," said Chancellor Portela enraged to the Grand Duke. Gasgan did not accept Portela's resignation.

The new Coralia has been set up as the Democratic People's Republic of Coralia (DPRC) in new forums. Talks between the former Grand Duke, or General Secretary and Royal Chancellor Edgard Portela are on the way to fix the situation in Coralia.

Coralia: The RPC, Portela win the elections

Rathoma, Coralia; MBCC World Service - In one of its biggest, most contested elections yet, the Grand Duchy of Coralia has elected Edgard Portela as its Royal Chancellor and his party, the Reform Party of Coralia, has won the majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Upon hearing of his victory, Portela organized a huge rally in downtown Rathoma, attended by many of his supporters. "We will bring Coralia into a new era of progress! We will continue the reforms and make Coralia a great nation!," said Portela in the rally. At the beginning this victory was practically unfathomable, the Trascendentalist Liberation Party (TLP) had captured a great piece of the votes early in the election. The remaining parties, the RPC and the Party for Constitutional Rights (PCR) scrambled for more votes as the TLP's leader Claude du Torchon gained in the polls.

But towards the end, the RPC's campaigns in Coralia and its large party membership came forward to support the party and voted for Portela as Chancellor. Portela took an amazing 62% of the vote, and the RPC took an equally amazing 57% of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies. The PCR remained behind with 14% in the Chamber and 12% for Reza Pahlavishah, its Royal Chancellor candidate. The TLP came closest to the RPC with 25% of the vote for its candidate for Royal Chancellor, Claude du Torchon, and with 28% for the Chamber.

Chancellor Portela is set to make a speech to the Chamber of Deptuies outlining his plans for his tenure as Royal Chancellor. Meanwhile, an RPC party convention is being planned to design a set of legislative plans for the party.

MBCC World Service to open office in Coralia

Rathoma, Coralia; MBCC World Service - His Imperial Majesty travelled today to the Grand Duchy of Coralia to announce the opening of the first MBCC World Service office in the MBCC's history. The MBCC News World Service is to be the intermicronational news provider for the MBCC. This comes as efforts within the MBCC intensify to include more content from the micronational world. "I think that the current view of things in the MBCC is rather overcentralized in Madland, we must cover other affairs that are of interest to the readers," said His Imperial Majesty. The MBCC World Service will now direct itself to covering the reforms in Coralia and Coralia's first elections under the reforms.

John Harvey announces candidacy for Prime Minister of Madland

Geneva, Madland; MBCC News - John Harvey, former Prime Minister of Madland, has come back to Madland and announced his candidacy for the upcoming Prime Ministerial elections. Lord Pontmercy has done so too, but Jorge Tuvallia has failed to announce his candidacy. The final date for announcing the candidacy is October 30.

So far, Madlandians are divided between their choice for Prime Minister. The State Electoral Commission (SEC), which conducts the elections, is preparing itself for a long election.

Madlandian Estates-General open, Emperor says "you've defeated the odds"

Geneva, Madland; MBCC News - With a short but well-applauded speech to the Madlandian people and the Estates-General, His Imperial Majesty opened the Estates-General of Madland last Friday. This event set off hundreds of parties all around the country, as Madland's government transitions to normalcy. This is the first time that the Estates-General meets under the Constitution of 2004.

In his speech, the Emperor used recent events in Madland to prove that it is moving forward. "New citizens have joined Madland. New elections for Prime Minister were called. And now, we're standing here, opening our first official Estates-General session," said His Imperial Majesty in the speech. The Emperor asked the Estates-General to "keep the progress of our nation at the forefront of your first legislative session." In his speech he urged the Estates-General to pass legislation that will maintain the steady progress Madland has made in its transition.

After the ceremony, His Imperial Majesty and the Imperial Family were driven in the State Golden Carriage to the Palace of Geneva where they boarded a motorcade that would take them to the party in the Palace of Wesloderia.

Madlandian Emperor calls for the election of a new Prime Minister

Geneva, Madland; MBCC News - His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Madland, published Imperial Decree 015, calling for the first Prime Ministerial elections under Madland's new Constitution. These would be the first Prime Ministerial elections in Madland since early 2004. So far in Madland, things have alread gotten a little bit heated between the leader of the Monarchist Coalition Party, Lord Pontmercy, and the leader and candidate for the Burning Torches Party, Jorge Tuvallia.

It is expected that the Monarchist Coalition Party (MCP) shall nominate Lord Pontmercy to be its Prime Ministerial candidate. So far, only the Burning Torches Party has published its official manifesto, which was practically a call for the reinstatement of Jorge Tuvallia as Madland's Prime Minister.

"This will be a contested election, I think," said His Imperial Majesty to MBCC News, "Madland has not had a 'favorite' per se in a very long time. We'll see what happens." The election process has been opened to any Madlandian citizen that wishes to run, regardless of whether they have their own political party or not. People wanting to run shall have to publicly announce their candidacy in the Place de l'Ellsamere with a statement of their qualifications for office and positions. All Madlandians are required to register to vote ASAP with the State Electoral Commission.

So far, predictions are sketchy. "Both Lord Pontmercy and I can win," said Jorge Tuvallia to MBCC News, "we're gonna campaign hard." The MBCC estimates that currently support for both the candidates is 50/50.

Madlandian Independence celebrations tarnished by recwar

Geneva, Madland; MBCC News - As voting closed in the Antican Senate on Saturday October 16th, celebrations in Madland were in full swing. A unanimous 6-0 vote was given by the Antican Senate for the independence of Madland. Sadly, on October 18th, Soviet forces advanced into a defenseless, partygoing Madland and quickly captured Geneva in a random recwar.

Soviet troops massacred hundreds of Madlandians that had setup their own militias to defend Geneva, much like their counterparts in the city of Frankfurt had done in the Madlandian Civil War. The Soviets proceded to found the puppet People's Republic of Geneva, saying that "Their [Madland's] independence was a farce! Long live liberation!" The Emperor was safely moved to the secret command bunker of Vranscia, where he assembled most of the Grand Imperial Army of Madland to beat back the Soviets. So far, Madland has shown superiority over the Soviet forces.

Madland's invasion has touched off two more Soviet recwar invasions of Mayo and Madland's ally, Coralia. His Imperial Majesty has pledged to support Coralia militarily, but has not offered any aid to Mayo.

It is not known whether these actions are actually a war or just a wargame. Madland's boards have not been attacked themselves, neither have those of Mayo and Coralia. The initiating force, the USSR, has not yet commented on the inquiry. His Imperial Majesty is set to make the case for Madland in the Micronational Recwar Society to make sure that when these recwars happen, do not happen randomly and without proper notification of the nations involved.

Pre-independence hype escalates, celebrations all over

Geneva, Madland; MBCC News - All around Madland, pre-independence hype has escalated to a great level. Genevan shopkeepers are setting up patriotic displays and towns all over Madland have decorated their main streets with the national colors and banners. Even make-shift statues of Lady Madlandia, the human embodiment of the Madlandian nation, have been erected in town squares all over the Empire.

As the voting on the Antican Senate continues satisfactorily for the cause of Madlandian independence, more and more Madlandians are beginning to see the granting of their independence as inevitable. A Genevan shopkeeper said "We have more than five ayes in the vote. It's pretty much ours." The Madlandian government has not officially planned for any celebrations when voting on the resolution closes on October 16. "I will leave all the celebrating for after we get our independence. What use will it be if we do it before we even get it?," said His Imperial Majesty to MBCC News.

The Madlandian government is set to announce soon the plans for independence celebrations. Many think it will include a guest appearance of the Antican Emperors and other foreign dignitaries. Nothing has been said, but as MBCC News went to press, the government had indicated that an announcement was inminent.

Interim National Budget approved in Madland, set to cause controversy

Geneva, Madland; MBCC News - In a great historic act in the Empire of the Madlandians, His Imperial Majesty put the Interim National Budget, the first budget law in Madlandian history and proposed by Interim PM Jorge Tuvallia, into effect through Imperial Decree 011. The budget was divided into five main sections: Government Operations, Defense, Technology, National Development and Constitutional Commitments. Also a first in Madlandian history, a salaries rate has been set for the Prime Minister, Cabinet members and the Speaker of the Estates-General. Never before in Madlandian history had civil servants been paid.

A part of the budget that is set to cause controversy is the allocation of MR 100 ($10.00) to the cause of micronational cartography in response to Chapter I, Article XII of the Madlandian Constitution. The decree did not specify how exactly it should be spent. "I wish to give a small contribution to the MCS," said PM Tuvallia, "but I don't want to make this look like we want to buy the MCS or something." Many in the micronational world that dislike Madland or just like to be annoying would see this as Madland trying to buy the MCS. "I assure you this is not the case. Madland wishes to make its mark on micronationalism and help develop micronational cartography." Others think this budget is giving a blank check to the Ministry of War and Defense. Lord Pontmercy said to MBCC News, "I think that there should be some sort of specifications as to on what this defense money should be spent on made by the government." He went on to say that "I [Lord Pontmercy] just don't want the money spent in something that is not worth spending on. After all, it's not our money." With that, he referred to the fact that the budget money came directly from the His Imperial Majesty's private non-micronationalism income.

PM Tuvallia seemed very hopeful and optimistic about the budget law and Madland in general. "This is a sign that we are moving forward," said PM Tuvallia, "I want my administration to be one that made a couple of firsts in Madland." These news come before the Estates-General is set to open and Prime Ministerial elections called.

Madland prepares for independence, Estates-General to open

Geneva, Madland; MBCC News - Voting on the resolution set to release Madland has already commenced in the Antican Senate and so far, it has been a unanimous vote for independence. His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor, is set to open the Estates-General on October 22nd. This will be the first official meeting of the Estates-General in Madland's history, also a first under the new 2004 Constitution. "I am glad that we are moving towards the right direction, this is the doing of a country," said His Imperial Majesty today to MBCC News. People all over Madland are beginning to plan for the celebrations that will be set off when the Antican Senate closes voting on the resolution and it passes. "The Great Independence Celebrations" ,as they are being called in Geneva, are set to include military parades, speeches, granting of medals and much more. The city of Geneva is set to be "dressed-up" with the national colors. This bustling activities remind many of the great parade that followed after the end of the Madlandian Civil War. "This is even more happy, we are becoming an independent nation again. Madland is its own thing now," said His Imperial Majesty about comparisons between Civil War celebrations and Independence celebrations. Already, many firework displays have lit up the sky of Geneva and many other cities. New San Juan, the capital of New Puerto Rico, is preparing for a great party that will include a small regatta. "It is a joyous moment in the history of our nation," said His Royal Highness Prince Enrique, also Governor-General of New Puerto Rico, about the celebrations.

It is predicted that His Imperial Majesty will announce the first Prime Ministerial elections in almost a year soon after the Estates-General convenes.

Antican resolution to release all provinces

Aquilaria, Antica; MBCC News - The Antican Senate is currently debating an important resolution that if passed, would release both Korhal and Madland from the Antican Empire. His Imperial Majesty said to MBCC News that "we must put all of our support behind this bill so Madland becomes a recognized independent nation." His Imperial Majesty and Emperor Delphi Augustus of Antica reached a deal in which Madland would cease all government activity until Antica legally grants independence to Madland. "If they're willing to give Madland its independence for that, I'm fine with the terms," said the Emperor to MBCC News.