Kalistani Major History

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Socialists lay foundation for Nationalization
New Omnibus Nationalizes Power Grid, Makes changes to Drug Policy
Kaliburg, Ananto
January 1, 4882


Premier of the Republic Beloit discusses return of the Dual System

Three Years after assuming the Office of Head of the Government, and after significant changes to the Republican Constitution, the Premier and her Party are finally ready to begin the hard work of restoring the Dual Economy.

"We have been rather limited in our moves toward reinstitution of the socialist economy in Kalistan," said the Premier of the Republic, "along the Dual Economic lines preferred by the Socialists, due to our needs to do a lot of housekeeping and quite frankly, just cleaning up the rubbish around the National Assembly left by decades of misadministration and in other cases, non administration. We now take our first steps toward the Dual Economy."

In the newest Omnibus, called Omnibus 3, the SP calls for strict lines of Nationalization in certain sectors of the economy, to prepare for the re-authorization of the National Industries, a permission to create a National Banking System under a Single National Bank, the Nationalization of all defense operations the relegalization of gambling and prostitution, the deregulation of alcohol, tobacco and pornography, the ending of military cooperation and curfews, the abolition of nuclear weaponry in preparation for the Anti-NBC treaty's adoption, and new citizen liberties around mental illness, euthanasia, abortion, cryptocurrency, right to organize and strike, and recreational drug use."

"Each of our omnibuses moves mountains in months," said the Premier. "Naturally, it is slower than we would prefer, but it is the fastest we can go. Meanwhile, we continue to refit what is left from our Navy and train militia and regulars."

The Premier referred to the recent recommissioning of 4 Indica Class Submarines, KRS-462, 482, 487, and 491 and 3, Ananto Class Destroyers KRS 70, 85, and 89, 2 Kaliburg Class Destroyers, KRS-501 and 507 from the scrap yard at the National Shipyards. "We are working on bringing a handful of Frigates and at least half a dozen more submarines online this year," said the Premier, "But in terms of large capital ships, none were deemed servicable, and have been scrapped. When the KALNAFERCO is reopened later this year, we will begin rolling steel for a new fleet, but this will take time and extra effort. I am afraid we are simply out of ships for the time being, and have to make do with what we have." The remainder of the old regular fleet has been tagged for scrapping, with an effort being made to recycle whatever can be salvaged.

The Republic has yet to hear from Lourenne regarding the title of "Protector of Kalistan", but the Premier is preparing for the worst response, rather than the best. "We have trained one regiment of training, and the Militia is now going through basic along with the Regular forces at the Sulari Depot. Upon completion, all members are receiving basic rifleman training, as well as small arms and irregular tactical training, urban combat training, and signals training This intensifies and lengthens the training regimen from 3 months to 6 months, but we have put one class through already, and are slowly standing up both our Regular forces and the militia." In addition, Officer training is currently happening at Port Eshar Naval Base, and the Premier reports that the Junior Grade officer ranks are nearly filled. "All this is in preparation for Lourenne's response if we should step up our diplomatic pressure over their refusal to relinquish the title of 'Protector of Kalistan' from their Monarch's stile. We are currently drafting sanctions and will be calling on Lourenne's Trading Partners to honor our sanctions in the event that Lourenne refuses to address our legitimate concerns."

These are major changes for the Republic given the course just 4 short years ago. So far the population has been tolerant of the pace of change. Time will tell whether that patience holds, and the Socialist Party needs to begin wracking up results, if the people are to continue to support the Ancient Party.