Vanuku

[Kubrick]

Bianjie and Wrnuke sign limited economic partnership agreement

Workers in the new ZSME factory in Gemun getting acquainted with the Jelbic photolithography machine.

7 September 5711, Wiel, Kingdom of Wrnuke
Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture have presented a new diplomatic accord with the Khanate of Bianjie. The Dovani nation is one of a few listed as a 'brotherly nation' in Wrnuke's foreign affairs list, due to their Jelbo-Tukaric heritage and the fact their head of state is a H'án. Up until recently the Jelbic kingdom and the Dovani khanate have had little relations, but the signing of the recent limited economic partnership agreement has changed that. Due to increasing labour costs the Zamjetnék Smíodíyoz Métral Estifíestinyrkakríjo company, or ZSME (Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography), has been searching for trusted foreign nations to establish new production plants in. Global demand for photolithography machines and integrated circuits is high, and the existing factories in Wrnuke cannot match global demand. In previous statements Prefect Pshamazrk was rather critical on using foreign nations to sell these machines to, or to even deploy them: "The production of microprocessors is an incredibly sensitive endeavour, the level of precision that the ZSME machines operate at are hard to match by any competitor, so a certain reserved attitude should always play a part in these negotiations." Ultimately, she relented after she was presented with the Bianjie-Wrnuke agreement.

Under the limited economic partnership agreement the partially state-owned ZSME is allowed to establish two factories within Bianjie. While the management and training staff will be primarily from Wrnuke, all other workers will be recruited amongst the population of Bianjie. One factory has already been set up on a trial basis with limited staff for a test run and ZSME so far has only released positive press releases on the progress of establishing the plant. In turn for using labour forces from Bianjie several agricultural and irrigation experts have been embedded with Bianjie's Ministry for Agriculture. The Khanate hopes to improve its yearly yields and gain more efficiency in crop growth. In Wrnuke the majority of its agriculture is located on the lower marshes, areas that are prone to flooding, or arid steppe that has in the past heavily resisted any attempt at agriculture. The lessons of Wrnuke's past are now applied to Bianjie's ever-growing agricultural industry. A special grant was also approved that enables less affluent farmers from Bianjie to purchase a tractor or other agricultural machines from Wrnuke. The government in Wiel will pay for the majority of these purchases, hoping to further modernise and mechanise farming in the Khanate.

Krsyiji Sagmot'l (United Media) is the national news agency of Wrnuke, it is bound by law to give neutral news to the nation.