State Gazette: A Week in War Era Belgium #6
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:
Presidential election kick-off!
Today marks the start of the presidential elections. Let's hope things go a little smoother as last time, if you need a reminder, go read up here:https://app.warera.io/article/6a01734503857ac9f75ee701
Today candidates could register themselves on the voting ballot, an overview for you:
https://app.warera.io/user/691d7aefc66380bdd827820f (https://app.warera.io/party/69e22803e64f9fd7291386b7)
https://app.warera.io/user/6976a8203af9f6490858ca61 (https://app.warera.io/party/698cfd5903daee7f6b18ec5e)
https://app.warera.io/user/69a4bf37453e47d4b80d3e63 (https://app.warera.io/party/698dcf054ffc5ff8fb299446)
https://app.warera.io/user/6a0705deb797e7df7a4c601b (https://app.warera.io/party/69cff2e87c951c1d66a0708f)
https://app.warera.io/user/69772cc881af219a707489ab (no party)
https://app.warera.io/user/69d1dd763790cc0563595cc8 (https://app.warera.io/party/698f5265ac74a73e88d83ff4)
Helsinki conquered
Another week of fighting incoming? Lithuania attacked the Finnish capital, with great help of Belgian troops (top damage of the battle), our alliance manages to secure yet another capital city in Europe!
Tuesday:
Voting day!
Today is an important day, all Belgians do their monthly duty of going to the voting booths in search of a new president! https://app.warera.io/user/6914ff45cdf57cd0c13144f8 is not running for re-election so we will see a new name with the sparkling star next to it. Who will be in charge the coming 30 days? Keep reading to figure it out! In the meanwhile, let's take this opportunity to thank our former president for all his work for our beautiful country!
Disco in Belgium?
While other countries across the world are coloring themselves green to celebrates https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a2 republic day. Belgium decides to remain in it's tradition of the last day of the government term to be total chaos! We started the day as red, followed by orange, yellow, green, blue and shades of purple.
The smart readers among you might have noticed, those are the colors of the rainbow! A celebration of the pride month. However, Belgium ended the day in a color that's honestly so ugly that I would rather see us being wiped than having to look at that abomination every time I open War Era.
Smurfs achievements
The achievements of our elite MU: https://app.warera.io/mu/69bfeca032fb887b699d98be. Have been listed in a nice article made by https://app.warera.io/user/6914d6382bcf008a80a140b9. Go check it out: https://app.warera.io/article/6a1c520b1a7ff8ab4931a8eb
Wednesday:
A new president king for Belgium!
The votes have been counted, and the one and only https://app.warera.io/user/691d7aefc66380bdd827820f has been crowned as president of our nation. Or King, as his fans prefer. We wish our king the best of luck in his upcoming term! Now we look forward to see the government that will support him!
A new government for Belgium!
With a new king comes a new government. I present to you Babu I:
https://app.warera.io/user/691d7aefc66380bdd827820f - King
https://app.warera.io/user/6952f1c404275298fa853ac7 - Vice President (or vice king?)
https://app.warera.io/user/6917074956671e472ca52468 - Minister of Defense
https://app.warera.io/user/69a986a9a487a2280bec9e2a - Minister of Economy
https://app.warera.io/user/69c4dc19cde5836cb7979931 - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dutch Instagram account
The Dutch have opened an Instagram account to recruit new players! To celebrate, they are doing a giveaway, and the Belgians are also welcome to participate!
The account: https://www.instagram.com/wareranl/
https://app.warera.io/article/6a1fe0ed2d46bdb67d2f5d9d
Austria is next!
Czechia is breaking free from their Austrian occupation, and we are helping them. Some nice fighting is expected the next couple of days!
Thursday:
Country tournament!
Tonight a last-minute announced country tournament started. We got matched with our best friends, The https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a0! The two hardest hitting countries from our alliance! Our opponents included Chile, France and Japan. It was an amazing fight! jets and tanks flying in from both sides, it was truly a Final in the very first round. It was very close, but unfortunately we got eliminated in the first round in the very last tick, it was an amazing fight nevertheless!
https://app.warera.io/battle/6a207add07a130d604687124
Friday:
Congress candidatures
Today, congress elections start, candidates can register themselves. 34 candidates have registered, there are 22 seats for taking. My colleague https://app.warera.io/user/696e314a9fcc1dc99ed414a6 created a very nice article spitting through all the candidatures, this should give you a nice guide to see who you want to vote for on Saturday!
Article : https://app.warera.io/article/6a2286d16dc0a62d25d8a1ba
Discord rework finished
The Department of Internal Affairs finished the Discord rework. There are now a couple of optional roles that you can get which gives you access to certain channels. Go check it out on our Discord. And if I may suggest a role to choose for you: we could really use some help in the Recruitment department, getting that role gives you pings when people post things on our subreddit, all you have to do is open the link and give it an upvote and comment. A small gesture that can help a lot with getting new players to Belgium!
Saturday:
Election day!
For the second time this week Belgians make their way to the voting booths. Congress
Another Belgian Pro MU!
https://app.warera.io/mu/6919436a9317706a741d016e reached pro status, that makes 4 Belgian MUs with this nice achievement. Congrats!
Sunday:
A new congress!
A new congress has been chosen, good luck to all elected members! If you want to see some details about the elections, check out https://francescoparadiso.github.io/PoliticalView/
Some numbers:
180 people voted
The largest party is https://app.warera.io/party/698f5265ac74a73e88d83ff4
5 party-independent members were elected
King Babu presents his government
Just as the previous president, cabinet members and unofficial minister roles will support the government. An overview:
Ministry of Defense: https://app.warera.io/user/6917074956671e472ca52468
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: https://app.warera.io/user/69c4dc19cde5836cb7979931, https://app.warera.io/user/691cd68b92948e91cb5d9768 (cabinet)
Ministry of Economy: https://app.warera.io/user/69a986a9a487a2280bec9e2a, https://app.warera.io/user/6953fbf4ee2779e168e5a460 (cabinet), https://app.warera.io/user/69768d0ad0b91ae6b45fa262 (cabinet)
Ministry of Education: https://app.warera.io/user/69a4bf37453e47d4b80d3e63
Ministry of Recruitment: https://app.warera.io/user/6952bb7eacdca89d86ebb496, https://app.warera.io/user/699ae2ec70876ee43066acda (cabinet), https://app.warera.io/user/69d262c9e59a3144eb4424cb (cabinet), https://app.warera.io/user/6976999c59a84b0ddaed2489 (cabinet)
Ministry of Technology: https://app.warera.io/user/6988c571c5c82ef9ae1b73cb, https://app.warera.io/user/691cd68b92948e91cb5d9768 (cabinet), https://app.warera.io/user/697682194a7b128637540abd (cabinet), https://app.warera.io/user/6917074956671e472ca52468 (cabinet)
Ministry of Domestic Affairs: https://app.warera.io/user/695a8673b00a4dc3ab275282, https://app.warera.io/user/6915348217a579f225d11019 (cabinet)
Best of luck the the new government!
Update of the diplomacy list
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has published an updated version of the diplomacy list on Discord, who are our friends, and who aren't? Go check it out on Discord!
Will next week be as eventful?
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