Egelion

[Louis]

After months of new proposals, compromise budget changes, and even local protests, the Royal Council axed any and all proposals set forth by the Royal Council to eliminate the nation's beautification efforts. The decision was made by Royal Councilor Cascabel, who has been the main voice of the council since the proposal was originally brought up a year and a half ago. The delay in a decision by the Royal Council was made possible by Cascabel, who went to the Real Court to convince its members that axing the national beautification effort was not necessary. The Royal Councilor created several discussions among members at the court. She attempted to listen to members of the court who insisted that the public wanted more liberalization into the economy and less spending on national image.

However, upon secret discussions with some members at Arteaga Palace, it was revealed that the Royal Court had no "real clue" of public opinion concerning the beautification efforts. In fact, it was revealed that most of the Egelian public actually supported the nationwide effort to improve the image of Egelion's neighborhoods and cities. The smell of deceit and shady politics reached El Capitolio, leading Royal Councilor Cascabel to end any and all debate on the topic. Parties in the Royal Court have now lost their aspirations of using cultural funds to liberalize the Egelian economy. Protests in front of the Royal Court only enforced this decision. To further bash the liberalization proposal, Royal Councilor Ibarra, in charge of the Royal Treasury and of Taxation, countered the Royal Court saying:
 

His Majesty is well informed of the economic policies he has specifically approved from this court and he is certain that the current direction of the Egelian economy is "socially liberal". Further liberalization efforts and investments into corporations would not only send Egelion towards the grasps of right-wing ideologies, but also make inequality more rampant in our cities--an idea that His Majesty finds preposterous to even mention.

King Romulo summoned Royal Councilor Cascabel to Palace of Sorseula the afternoon of the decision to personally congratulate her and thank her for carrying out his will. King Romulo was well-informed on the debate over the national beautification effort, yet opted not to intervene feeling that this would be a crossroads moment for the aging effort. It appears his decision to not intervene would be successful as the Egelian public, to this day, still actively approve of the beautification efforts. As the smoke from this political showdown begins to subside, journalists are beginning to ask question on how this years-long debate ended: who did Royal Councilor Cascabel meet with at Arteaga Palace that led to the ultimate demise of the proposal and how much influence did the Real Academia have in the end result?

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