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Region: Confederation of Corrupt Dictators

Ridnez wrote:Escalation of Tensions

Centro Nuovo, The Restored First Republic of Ridnez

Bombardone steps up on a podium before an assembled congregation of reporters and cameramen. The Ridnez State Media Conglomerate, the only legal media enterprise in the land, is covering the event.

"Countrymen, the audacious nation of Medici has seen fit to terminate diplomatic relations in response to my suggestion during the last convention of the Imperial Senate that the so-called 'Traditionalist' nationalities have demonstrated proof of their inferiority by merit of their conduct during the Vocryae conflict. During this conflict over The Shadow Cult of Jocospor, these groups attempted to overthrow His Supreme Majesty, the holy Shadow Emperor, and install a pretender. Now in defeat, it has been decided on the auspices of other agencies to extend these nationalities limited clemency. I have always protested this, as can be seen in my plan for pan-national Confederal reconstruction. But more to the point, I have decreed today in retaliation against The Bavarium Producer of Medici Empire that their embassy and diplomatic staff should be seized forthwith. The embassy building is being swept for bugs, booby traps, listening devices, and explosive mechanisms even as we speak, while the now-former Medici ambassador is being held in a secure location to be held ransom to his duplicitous government.

As for the Ridnezite embassy in Medici, the trigger has already been activated for the initiation of an automated sequential protocol installed at all Ridnezite embassies. To illustrate, first, a radio signal broadcast from one of our military installations activates the release mechanism on a secreted nerve gas canister in the ventilation system to kill everyone in the building, in order so that our own diplomatic staff cannot be interrogated to reveal further secret protocols that could compromise the integrity of the fatherland. Second, a timed explosive is activated to detonate in 30 minutes and demolish everything within a 10-block radius, eliminating any material records. Third and lastly, a transceiver automatically relays the data confirming execution of the operation back to the point of the signal's origin, in addition to backing up and uploading all information stored at the embassy's secure computer system to the Directorate of Diplomacy's electronic database, to be reviewed by Director De Marco. I suppose the need to initiate this sequence to defend our national security secrets has tipped our collective hand, but I trust that Director Del Tuono and his men will think of something equally clever in the future. All always, we salute our diplomatic service for their noble sacrifices to safeguard the eternal purity of the fatherland.

At the recommendation of Director Vitale, I have elected to add 'Medicians' to the list of antisocial nationalities and ordered the Directorate of State Security to launch a comprehensive genealogical scan to detect traces of Medician descent in any extant pedigrees. As of today, any citizen who is found to be descended from a Medician going back three generations, or who otherwise is caught identifying as or sympathizing with the Medici nationality, is to be stripped of his status and reassigned to one of the ghettoes at the fringes of our glorious community. Eligibility for social security benefits, deeds to all properties, and rights to equal employment and occupational licensure shall also be immediately negated, with all assets being seized as of now by the state. In addition, a certain number of these defectives are to be institutionalized to participate in a battery of trials for a promising new psychiatric therapy which has been innovated by a group of researchers at the Magnifico University Medical Center.

That is all."

HAIL THE CONFEDERATION!

Citate Di Ravello, Empire Senate

" I cannot help laughing as I read the beautiful speech made by your nation. You are inventing a life for yourself my dear! Your device, certainly daring, to eliminate all traces of your embassy is irrelevant. I want to remind you that Medici closed all its embassies long before the war, yours too, other nations will be able to testify . You should do your research before you talk about irrelevant nonsense.

Are you "searching" our embassy? As said before, it is closed, you will only find dust and air there.

Regarding your studies on "the Medician race", you demonstrate once again that your nation is nothing but miserable nonsense ... Are you looking for descendants of Medici in your nation? Look well. Our people are smart enough not to breed with people of your kind, although I think it's your government that has a problem and not your people ... But just do your childhood studies so that you get noticed. .. The empire doesn't need scientists to see that your people are unparalleled stupidity.

I want to end with a warning though, if your government is smart enough to understand it ...

The Defense Ministry warns that if you in any way abuse any of our citizens serious retaliation will ensue. But you only stoke the flames of our anger, so we prefer to extinguish it and ignore the weak child in the region. Just doubt our loyalty, our history in this region is more full than your skull."

Medician senators applaud

Vive Medici, Hail the Confederation

Cape canavral, Feuraxia, New England INC, and VlaRiSsiA

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