State Gazette: A Week in War Era Belgium #5
Welcome to another edition of the Belgian State Gazette, your weekly recap of the chaos, success, and questionable decisions that make our country the most entertaining place in War Era!
Monday:
The Netherlands on their way to Stockholm
After taking over Oslo last week, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a0 continue marching towards Stockholm. In Dalarna & Värmland, the Swedes and the Dutch put up a great fight, a true spectacle! Belgium marks second in damages done on Dutch side, the bond between the two countries seems unbreakable. Victory for the Netherlands, who continue marching through Swedish land!
https://app.warera.io/battle/6a132605a63e5cbd8db67e59
Berlin part II
After a failed attempt to take over Berlin through Denmark, allied forces gave it another shot. The Germans with their huge population however managed to keep us out of their capital once again. Italy did manage to take over Saxony in the meanwhile, and Luxembourg managed to break free of German occupation once again during the battles. Germany kept their capital, but at what cost? Only Brandenburg and Lower Saxony remain, Bavaria & Baden-Württemberg are disconnected and will likely be let go.
https://app.warera.io/battle/6a14392180489a31ea01a3e9
End of Belgian donation campaign
The last gazette announced a donation campaign to raise money to fund our wars. The Belgians raised, in total: 47 051,968 BTC ! The Minister of Economy expresses his gratitude and promises the money is well spent!
Tuesday:
The Belgian invasion continues
After taking over Great Britain last week, it was only a matter of time for Belgium to continue it's campaign into Ireland. Monday night, the first Belgians marched into Northern Ireland. They were met with heavy resistance, but when the sun rose on Tuesday, more Belgian and allied troops arrived.
https://app.warera.io/battle/6a14983d5a401ff392e979da
A new Minister of Defense for Belgium
The Minister of Defense, https://app.warera.io/user/69175a4947cb935b3e09c080, is very busy doing non War Era related stuff. As we are currently in full war mode, https://app.warera.io/user/691d7aefc66380bdd827820f is going to replace him until the end of this term. Good luck https://app.warera.io/user/691d7aefc66380bdd827820f and thank you for your service https://app.warera.io/user/69175a4947cb935b3e09c080!
Congress member https://app.warera.io/user/69962d16ad578e2ef06c31d3 impeached
A minor incident last week caused https://app.warera.io/user/69962d16ad578e2ef06c31d3 to leave our Discord, there was hope he would come to his senses in the coming days, but he seems to have quit the game. To keep our congress as efficient as possible, a law has been placed to impeach him. We thank https://app.warera.io/user/69962d16ad578e2ef06c31d3 for his service to our country, and I hope he returns someday!
https://app.warera.io/region/6813b7049403bc4170a5d6c0 liberated
We have released Northern France back to our good friends in France, holding that region was not very beneficial as France fought with a -50% debuff for us. We did swap all the beer barrels to Jupiler & Stella Artois before we left, you're welcome neighbors!
Wednesday:
Stockholm has fallen
Not only did our troops have a victory in Northern-Ireland, The Netherlands managed to take over the Swedish capital. A complete wipe of Sweden is only a matter of time. Congrats to our Dutch brothers.
Berlin part III
Truth be told, our enemies have been holding their fort in Berlin strong for now. Wednesday, Italy attacked the German capital. The third attack in a week time. Third time the charm for our alliance, or will the German flag remain at the top of the Bundestag?
Belgian-Dutch war coming?
It's commonly known that the Belgians and the Dutch are two peas in a pod in this game. Nothing seems to be getting in the way of the brotherhood between us and our neighbors. Except for our Swedish friend, who claims this:
The question to Belgium and The Netherlands is simple: What are you willing to sacrifice to see Swedish meatballs?
Good luck to the Belgian students
I'm lucky my well paying career as a War Era journalist no longer requires me to go to school, but for some Belgians, 'de blok' is starting, no gift, and definitely in this hot weather. The team of the state gazette wishes all students the best of luck and as little buizen as possible. And remember to make some time to study every now and then between playing War Era!
Thursday:
An important day for the alliance!
A almost full victory has been achieved today by our alliance, an overview of all fallen capitals:
Lisbon
Madrid
Belgrade
Kyiv
Caracas
Berlin
Stockholm
Olso
Bucharest
London
Dublin
The Belgian war machine in numbers
Belgium achieved 3 billion total damages. Two Belgian MUs are in the top 10 for total weekly damages, congrats to https://app.warera.io/mu/69bfeca032fb887b699d98be and https://app.warera.io/mu/697dfff14fe43895c80e9f4b. Belgium is currently third in weekly damages. We are top in damage in so many battles. I must say that I am very proud to share these numbers, well done Belgians!
Presidential elections coming up
The months feel like weeks here in War Era, we're already counting down towards the next presidential elections. These got kicked off by the primary elections in the parties, an overview of the winners:
https://app.warera.io/party/69e22803e64f9fd7291386b7 - https://app.warera.io/user/691d7aefc66380bdd827820f
https://app.warera.io/party/69d66c1044093573e056dc6f - https://app.warera.io/user/6952f1c404275298fa853ac7
https://app.warera.io/party/69cff2e87c951c1d66a0708f - /
https://app.warera.io/party/69b1da5d965d2ea7618beb3c - /
https://app.warera.io/party/698f5265ac74a73e88d83ff4 - https://app.warera.io/user/69fbb55c6739c4a14d3fa799
https://app.warera.io/party/698dfcf9570bf123aa2b4ff1 - https://app.warera.io/user/6953fbf4ee2779e168e5a460
https://app.warera.io/party/698dcf054ffc5ff8fb299446 - https://app.warera.io/user/69a4bf37453e47d4b80d3e63
https://app.warera.io/party/698d74e4fbbee25382ce6683 - https://app.warera.io/user/6976126c49e107124e71abd2
https://app.warera.io/party/698cfd5903daee7f6b18ec5e - https://app.warera.io/user/6976a8203af9f6490858ca61
One of these names will likely be our next president, take a good look Belgians, and figure out who deserves your vote! And good luck to all candidates!
Friday:
War is over?
What a heavy fights we have seen the last days. Every country of the BEER alliance have felt our strength. Belgium was outputting the most damage of our alliance! Great work everyone!
First election candidacies are coming in
The presidential elections are coming up first, but also candidacies for congress have already been posted by eager candidates. Discord will contain the articles for all candidates, there's even already articles on people who not to vote for! I suggest all Belgians to have a good look before the elections come up and make a well informed vote!
Saturday:
The last one standing?
Today Finland was attacked, the last BEER alliance member that wasn't wiped yet.
Belgium Armed Forces revolt kings
A revolt happened yesterday in Sorlandet by Norway (occupied by The Netherlands). The Belgium Armed Forces MU were top MU in this battle, doing half of all the damage coming from Belgium!
Sunday:
Contract chaos
Commanders need nothing more than this title to know what I'm talking about. Figuring out how much damage your MU can do, requesting contracts left and right, waiting, some more waiting, only to get underbid by an allied MU... Congress is discussing on how we can coordinate contracts better. It's still in an early phase, but in name of all commanders, I welcome this with open hands!
Belgiums best week in combat
It must have been Belgium best week so far in terms of combat:
We were second in weekly damages as a country!
We are fourth in all-time damage!
Our elite https://app.warera.io/mu/69bfeca032fb887b699d98be MU was number one! in weekly damages!
https://app.warera.io/mu/697dfff14fe43895c80e9f4b ranked 7th in weekly damages!
On May 26, Belgium did 130.02M damage in a day, only 4 countries did better!
I'm probably overseeing a lot of other achievements this week, but overall, Belgium had it's strongest week so far!
Next week is election week, who will rule over our country, who will lose his seat and who will get the chance to prove his/her best in congress?
Join us and find out, or tune in for next week's edition of the State Gazette weekly summary!
The Daily State Gazette on Discord is written by congressman https://app.warera.io/user/695a8673b00a4dc3ab275282