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Her Highness Crown Princess Carolina Ananto-Hulanevek Flies to Gaduridos
Grand Duke Mark Ananto-Orleans joins trip to discuss Empire
Kaliburg Free City, Ananto
May 2, 5574


Crown Princess Carolina, center, joined by Grand Duke Mark Ananto fly to Ciudad Gaduri

In a remarkable breakthrough in foreign affairs, Her Highness, Crown Princess Carolina Ananto-Hulanevek and Lord Mark Ananto-Orleans, Grand Duke of Kalistan, flew to Ciudad Gaduri today.  Their agenda:  beginning the process of bringing Gaduridos into the Empire.

"Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Pavlina I Ananto, has ordered me and the Grand Duke to fly to Ciudad Gaduri and bring Gaduridos into the Empire," said the Crown Princess Carolina.  "I will be representing Her Imperial Majesty, who cannot travel due to being ill with influenza, and will speak on her behalf.  My Uncle will serve both as my translator so we may conduct the discussions in Egelian, as well as a representative of House Ananto."

Her Highness said that the offer for Incorporation will include full local autonomy over domestic policy, and partial autonomy over foreign policy.  "In addition, Gaduridos will be able to keep their language and culture in tact, and will still be free to use the LFR for all local exchanges and for international trade.  The Kalistani Ruble will also be introduced and will be freely convertible in Gaduridos."  In exchange, the Empress asks that Gaduridos sign a handful of important treaties, acknowledge the Empress as the Sovereign of the Gaduri People, appoint for themselves a Governor General to govern the Nation in the Name of the Empress, coordinate major Foreign policy through Kaliburg, take down all trade and travel barriers as they exist, and consider themselves an integral part of the Anantonese Empire.  "We will grandfather Gaduridos into the AESA and all other treaties regarding Anantonese Security, trade, and cultural exchange, as they please," said the Crown Princess.  "This will also not disturb Gaduridos' existing arrangements with any other nation, including Lourenne who possess a military base currently on the Island of Marlingantos.  We instead welcome the opportunity to build additional connections with the Lourennais Navy."

The Crown Princess added a few more points.  "The goal is to keep Gaduridos as independent as possible.  Therefore, it appears that the Empress will keep the title of Queen of Vintalli, a matter which can be discussed at a later time, but will not require Gaduridos to adopt the ancient name of the Kingdom.  Obviously things have changed in the last several thousands of years, and we would like to preserve the nation and the Gaduri people in tact without changing too much.  We obviously cannot permit the republic to remain, however, We do acknowledge the democratic traditions of Gaduridos and welcome their experimentation with Government on their own terms.  So long as Her Imperial Majesty reigns at the end of the day."  The nods to democratic institutions in Gaduridos seem to be the most striking point of the agreement.  "The people are used to governing themselves, such as it is, in Gaduridos.  In Kalistan we seek something different.  It is fine to have some variety."

The meetings will take place over the next two months, and Her Highness expects to have a draft treaty ready to submit to both the Empress and the Gadui National Congress by the end of the year.  This is the highest profile visit of Her Highness since she visited Kundrati and secured a settlement with the Luthorian Empire that ended the Embargo and opened the nation back up.  The trust placed in the Crown Princess by Her Imperial Majesty suggests that The Crown Princess is a quick study, and is gaining a lot of very valuable experience that will aid her when she is Empress.  Gaduridos is the first of the Crown Lands to join the Empire, and will cause a change in Kaliburg, as the Empire of Ananto and Kalistan becomes the Anantonese Empire.