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This morning we celebrate Saint Jhon's Day but we are also celebrating the reclaiming of independence of our friends the Vatican from the Italian Stoners. For those not aware, the sacred land has been used to grow premium cannabis that the Italian then used to make their desserts.
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The occupying forces showed no resistance, they opened the main gate, most ran with the supplies, the ones that stayed behind threw a party with the remaining stock.
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Party invitations were sent out to the general community with hopes of appeasing the Vatican Loyalists but to little peril, as this morning, while still recovering from the hangover, reports show that confidence fuelled loyalists mounted an offense at https://app.warera.io/battle/6a3b824b697713b2f3f95b28
Exclusive battlefront photos of the event:

B.E.E.R soldiers marching around the St. Peter square without opposition. Source: B.E.E.R CENTCOM

Party goers celebrating the last Vatican party while the stock lasts. Source: Savoiardo social media
After the short lived Moroccan campaign in the Iberian Peninsula that ended in them having to run away and sell the land they could to the highest bidder, Belgium found themselves with the hot potato. Forced to hold territories it cannot defend alone. The resistance in the north waited for the most opportune moment to counter attack.
The Belgian army has been enjoying Portuguese weather, drinking Super Bock and eating Pastel de Nata for the past week, while great for the morale, battle reports show the soldiers have taken a liking to the Portuguese lifestyle, and this is reflecting on their performance in the battlefield,

Belgian soldiers on Portuguese beach. Source: soldier's social media
Yesterday's devastating attack on Maeslantkering, The Netherlands biggest flood barrier, meant one of Belgium's greatest ally was out of commission. This was the go ahead for the separatists around the kingdom to start their rebellions. https://app.warera.io/article/6a3b036828ae711ac19c8079
At the moment of writing, the rebellions that were initially dealt with in Ireland are back with full force. The United Kingdom has successfully Kicked the Belgium's army out of it capital, sending it running, scattered across the countryside, and what's left of the army in Scandinavia is trapped and might not be able to hold on much longer.

New Map of the North of Europe - subject to change in the next few hours.
Our sharpest readers are now wondering, if the Belgian Empire falls, the plan of cutting Portugal from world economy will fail, and all the effort that has been made by Egypt and South Africa will be wasted. With this being only the beginning of the B.E.E.R alliance, it would mark a clear shift in the world order.
Who will now siege Portugal and keep its territory occupied? Dear readers let me introduce to you THE USA.

Record of the transfer of power of the Archipelago of the Azores
We've seen this before, when the occupying army runs out of fire power, they sell the beautiful and strategic archipelago of the Azores to the greater fool with plans of world domination.
Tune in to future editions of this journal to find out if this country that has been fighting in the Caribbean ever since before I was born, has what it takes to face the B.E.E.R alliance.
The rebellions across the Egyptian Empire are proving harder and harder to deal with as the B.E.E.R Alliance begins to aggressively gain influence with the local separatists. Egypt being one of the global superpowers and the major funder of wars in Europe, experts start to worry that major economical and political shifts are coming to our near future, stay tuned.