Narikaton and Darnussia

[Mbites]

April 5587

Dual Monarchy in Tears: Mourning the Emperor

The Elite "Lion Guard" (Guardians of the Monarch and Chancellor) during the ceremonious act of mourning for the late Emperor.

It saddens us all to finally comment on the newest tragedy of the contemporary, our dear leader Emperor Bunjamin has died from a stroke. A powerful and wise man who has led Narikaton and Darnussia as well as the other nations in the Jelbic Emperor with unbelievable foresight. The legacy of the man lies heavy and even heavier lies the responsibility of succession. According to wrnukese media as well as rumors going around, the RSB and the Armed Forces have taken it upon themselves to pivot the situation in their favor to gain power or influence. Their goals are not clear from an outsiders perspective but do hold the rest of the Imperial member states in a very difficult situation, the sensitivity of which has led the government of her majesty Queen Theodora to temporarily disrupt the military and security appartus' hierarchy. Meaning that the Dual Monarchy has retaken control over its own military and is currently trying to communicate with their wrnuk pondons even if difficult. Neither the Directorate of Foreign Affairs nor the Ministry of Defence were ready to give a statement. As the entire state elite of the Dual Monarchy observes with worries, the nation and the citizens are mourning their beloved Emperor. The Lion Guard held the ceremonious torch-march as a symbolic honoring of recently diseased persona cum magna gravita. Three days of mournig have been announced by the government in which only essential services are going to be staffed. 

According to our insiders in the 3rd Point Federation and the Corporate Senate Block the Chancellor has announced the financing of peculiar groups in Beiteynu which some dub a Dual Monarchist power grab during this time of chaos. Various business entities as well as political pressure groups work in and surrounding Himmelshtern consolidating assets and starting long-prepared hostile takeovers of private enterprises. Some VVP politicians have openly suggested legal harmonization as Beiteynu and the Dual Monarchy already pragmaticly use similar rulesets and actual political integration seems more like a "formality." The priorly mentioned political pressure groups also plan to form political parties and financially support candidates to local, regional and the neset who are in favor of Beiteynu aligning more closely with Bannerhafen's line of foreign policy as well as its ever increasing volume and influence over neset trade.