Kundrati

[Dredd]

[Pravda, Kaesama, November 5656]

Shock and panic as Kundrati stock market faces massive recession! President urges for calm, Ludvík Otčenáš gives speech

Today suddenly, after multiple large stock sales a massive panic occurred in the stock market today as people scrambled to withdraw both money and stock shares in a tidal wave crash. Estimates show a nearly 38% bear market crash, with billions being withdrawn overnight. Tens of thousands performed a run on the banks to take out their savings, but there was not nearly enough physical bills to accommodate everyone, with multiple branches shutting down and filing for bankruptcy in the last week. Jozef Otčenáš urged for calm, assuring the public their money is not going anywhere and to not panic withdraw their savings lest their bank go under, the reserve is printing money at rapid pace but trying to strike a balance between inflation and need. We attempted to reach out to banking CEO Gustav Čech of "Viable" bank, however sadly he passed away after a 20 story fall in Kaesama this morning according to the police report.

Ludvík Otčenáš gave a speech to thousands of angry supporters today on behalf of the fatherland front;

"My kundrati comrades, the last week has been one of intense suffering and panic due to the so called 'free market' we've adopted this past decade. Oncemore the proof is before your very eyes, the machinations of international capital and the deplorable speculators no doubt from Luthori and Kalistan who cooperated to attack our people again, from bombs to bank notes.

In these countries, these so called 'democracies', the people is by no means the center of attention. What really matters, is the existence of this group of 'democracy makers'! That is, the existence of a few hundred of giant capitalists, who own all the factories and shares, and who ultimately lead the people, and are not at all concerned with the needs of the masses. They truly are the only ones who can be called international elements, because they conduct their business everywhere! It is a small, rootless, international clique, that is turning the people against each other, that does not wish peace for us! They talk about press freedom, when in fact all these newspapers have one owner, and the owner is in any case the sponsor. The masses of the world peddle their yellow journalism to hate us, then we must hate harder! We must stand up once and for all and purge the maggots that eat away at the foundations of our fatherland!

Since I entered politics, I have sometimes mistakes. But what actually is a mistake in politics? When I look back, I have only one sentiment: an enormous regret. Regret that we did not succeed, that we were not able to create this Kundrati Artania which would be the master of Terra for all time, which made the Kundrati race the greatest, with the mastery of the spirit.

And when we see what there is on the other side, what 30 years of the victories of others has given? Anarchy throughout the world, this rout of our way of life, this desertion of righteousness; we see in our own countries the decay of morals, the fall of the fatherland, the fall of the family, the fall of social order; this appetite for material goods which has replaced the great flame of the ideal which animated us, well then truly, between the two we chose the right side. The small, miserable Terra of today of this petty tinpot market, cannot give happiness to mankind, the consumer society poisoning humanity rather than elevating it.

But for us we dreamed of something great, and we have only one desire, that this spirit be reborn. And with all my might, up to the last moment of my existence, I will fight for this. So that what was our struggle and our martyrdom, will one day be the resurrection!"

Tens of thousands were animated by the speech delivered by Ludvík, this excerpt being only minutes of a 30 minute speech delivered in Lirnak. Furious crowds and riots followed as dozens of businesses were torched and destroyed, mainly targeting foreign owned assets. Luthorian and Kalistani sigils were spray painted on many businesses accused of being responsible for the crash. Police battled with protestors for 2 days until finally the smoke cleared with millions in damages. Lirnak has been placed in a state of emergency temporarily under curfew until the situation is able to be controlled. The president has reached out to the international community asking for aid, and has sadly announced the V-8 rail project to be temporarily halted while the market adjusts to the chaos.



Rioters in Lirnak