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Julian would walk out to the cheering crowd; in the past few days, many would have been told. Everyone knew what was happening here. Here, in this place, outside the large Raymond monument and the old Columbian Capitol Building, was where every Columbian President and Emperor had been sworn in since its construction, including Raymond himself. He would sit down on a throne, the crowds of Columbians from all over the empire cheering his name and singing "God Save the Emperor,"  the Anthem of the Columbian Monarchy. Meanwhile, Valerina, who had been assigned to crown him, would be standing in the background as every member of the Columbian Cabinet, the Supreme Chancellor, and the High Command approached the Emperor one by one and swore their allegiance to him one by one. Valerina would then walk over to her son and place the Columbian Crown on his head while he sat smugly staring at the crowd. She then declared that Julian was now 18. He, His Majesty, Emperor of All Columbia, Empress of Untenca, Queen of North America, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, Grand Protector of the New World, Head of the House of Wooloo, and Duke of Rotterdam, would now gain his full executive powers from hence forth. As this was his official crowning ceremony, the crowd would erupt into applause. Meanwhile, Margret would walk up and congratulate her brother and also swear her loyalty was expected of the temporary next heir to the throne.

_{God save the Emperor!}

The following morning, the Emperor would walk into the throne room, followed by the Imperial High Command, who would give him a briefing on the current galactic situation, firstly the Hirziklandzers that the Emperor had heard so much about. Their resistance to Columbia had surprised the nation, including the high command. They held out for an entire week against the Colombians, managed to inflict thousands of casualties, and repealed several attempts to take the local hyperpowers' capital. uniting temporarily under one government to repeal the Columbians. While they ultimately failed in this endeavor, as even their spirit could not beat being outnumbered technologically and manpower-wise by 15 to 1, they still put up a fight, and for this, they have gained the Emperor's respect and mercy. Despite being a supposedly inferior nation to Columbia, he decided to grant them vast autonomy instead of outright annexation into Columbia.

Declaring the entire planet under the hyperpower's monarchy. A candidate had already been found by the FIB. Prinses Vicktoria was the oldest of the previous monarchs. most of whose family had been accidentally killed during a misguided artillery bombardment of the family. Now, the former Royal Family is mostly comprised of Dukes and Duchess of the Nations. but they were the most legitimate successors. Therefore, he installed them by royal decree as Kaeisern of the Konijikra Herzikland. and also went about establishing a loyal collaborator government. after running through hundreds of candidates. Katrjin Hulsman would finally pop up in this seemingly infinite list of former generals, dukes, duchesses, and members of the aristocracy. a high-ranking general, a fierce authoritarian, and an old-style conservative who had a strong drive to do whatever benefited them. and at the moment.

The Columbian Collaboration would be the best bet. They would be contacted and appointed Prime Minister. 
Next, he would be briefed on the current situation in Apollonia. The nation had been stolen by vultures, but the hegemonic allies had been gracious enough to secure portions of the Far East for the Columbians. Immediately, the Emperor would throw out all other solutions to the problem, which included annexing Apollonia as a formal part of Columbia and/or restoring the republic in favor of an alternate solution, the Margret Alternative. He proposed turning Apollonia into a kingdom, once again restoring its throne under his sister, Margret. While the Emperor had been told that this plan would likely not be popular, he would not hear anything different. and therefore Congress confirmed his plan the following morning. The Provisional Emergency Government of Apollonia would be reorganized into the Kingdom of Apollonia. a state that would declare itself the successor to the old Democratic Union. Margret would accept the crown within the week. planning to establish a social authoritarian system, although she would keep this plan to herself.

Lastly, he would be briefed on the most important issue of the week, the untecans and equestrians. The equestrians had seemingly broken their leash, but with the permission of the hegemony. However, the Untecans had committed the greatest sin in Julian's eyes. How dare they join in the pathetic feast of Apollonian land? the Columbians greatest ally? for almost a millennia! How dare Irulan step out of line like this? He was tired, and how dare she then have the gual send the regent on the eve of his coronation a threat to force him to act against the equestrians? to threaten TREASON NO LESS. No, the Columbians would send a simple demand. Either Irulan withdrew. or she would expect no help from the Columbian Military against the Equestrians and any other nation that attempted to force Untenca off terra. Meanwhile, the Columbians would deploy 1.5 million men to their Untecan Vassal, mostly stationing them outside of major cities. ready to rush. Julian, meanwhile, ordered the High Command to begin to consider war plans against the Untecan State. and preparation to implement martial law in the country.

And once again, putting a Columbian Royal Gaurd Detachment in Archos. just to send a message to Irulan that threatening independence would not be tolerated, not under any circumstances. While Congress would disagree, they would simply be overruled by the New Emperor, now fully engulfed in his new powers and authority. Meanwhile, in a shocking move, he would also announce that, due to some convincing from the Chancellor, he was forcefully delegating 10 trillion dollars more to Belter reconstruction, using his authority to audit and edit the Federal Budget. much to the announcement to the Federalist People's Party and the NPP, who protested loudly in the halls of Congress, and the Emperor would also announce coming visits to Ebott, the Hegemony, the Soviet Union, Equestria, and Mexico. stating that he mostly planned to engage in friendly diplomatic talks with their leaders. and in Mexico's case, just to tour the country, considering he had never been. 

Meanwhile, the OREEP was going ahead at full speed. The corporations were beginning to gain a foothold; meanwhile, many local corporations would attempt to join up with the Belter Economic Association they had been invited to. However, they were already struggling; many of the occupied worlds now had worthless currencies. something corporations were quickly beginning to exploit with their rapid establishment. so it's likely that this would be a costly investment for the Belters. Meanwhile, several planets would be transferred to the Belt by the Congressional Commission. border worlds that were high in natural resource content. and would begin preparing to sell the land on these worlds for development. 

KDY and Stellar Mining Co. are already lined up to be the first buyers. Stability has mostly returned as the Columbian Military Mobilization has mostly offset the overextension issue. Despite the mobilization, chaos and violence were still prevalent. as for the worlds currently being settled. They still had a good four years to go until their crews and colonists were ready to conquer their planets for Columbia. However, a new threat was arising. A virus had been discovered in the new OREEP territories that was slowly spreading. The news was suppressed, but the Columbian Special Biological Research Division of the OSS would be deployed to gain samples of the virus to begin working on a cure. 

Julian would also appoint a New Royal Gaurd Captian, as was tradition. still mad at Irulan and remembering Benji, the Soilder who raised Columbia's flag above the Archos Place and had proven himself a Columbian Patriot and a Capable Commander during his time in the Columbian Military. He would be appointed Commander of the Palace Gaurd of the Royal Gaurd Division. And lastly, the Columbians would severe all ties with Hyperborea upon learning of their accession to the Cosmocracy. and would also contact the Soviets separately to negotiate a military alliance against the Hyperboreans and Cosmocracy if they were to move on to the former Apollonia. And with all that, Columbia moves on, preparing to face...

The New Galactic Order of Things