Post by Tadin on Jul 27, 2008 18:02:38 GMT -5
[shadow=red,left,300]THE MEDITERRANEAN TIMES[/shadow]
27.JUL.08
MEDITERRANEAN CONFEDERACY FOUNDED
Last week the Mediterranean Region gained another alliance in the region--The Mediterranean Confederacy (MC). Debate over the formation of the confederacy had gone on for week prior to the adoption of the Confederate Constitution. The drive to create the Confederacy was led by the author of the constitution and recently elected Prime Minister, the Sultan of Tadin.
"I want to say that this confederation will only be fun if everyone uses their imagination. You will need to imagine that there are 'issues' for us to deal with. NS is a game in the end, so why not extend it to this logical conclusion," stated the Prime Minister.
The confederacy consists of a Senate, a Prime Minister, Ministers of government and a Supreme Judge. All nations who join the confederacy are given a seat in the Senate. One Senator is elected Prime Minister and another is elected Supreme Judge. Currently, the Confederacy has a total of six nations: Tadin, Idrisi, Sierraofmonoroco, Mavonen, Ioniopolis and Ixzara. All are serving in roles of government.
The Senate did not waste any time after their election to begin enacting legislation. Minister for Commerce and the Treasury, Ioniopolis introduced legislation today to create a unified currency and a tax system for the confederacy.
FOOD SHORTAGE HITS THE MEDITERRANEAN
Economists today at the University of Ixzara stated that the regional food shortage was the worst in decades. "we are seeing prices spike up in some of the most vulnerable countries," said Prof. Bartling. "Grains and other staple foods were wiped away by the droughts."
This year's unusually dry weather is seen as one main problem for the food shortage. Geography professor Pat McChaffie of Ixzara University agrees that the vulnerable countries are being effected: "We see that in regions like ours here in the eastern half of the Mediterranean are dryer than the western half. The shortage is not evenly distributed. This is also a problem because we also export more of our food. We are probably going to become less competitive."
Other reasons for food prices going up is the use of ethanol in the region. "We are finding more and more of our foods are going to these biofuels and less and less is actually going to our regional food supply," says the Confederate Ministry for Commerce and the Treasury Spokesperson. "Continuing with this system is only going to starve more and more people. What is needed is some sort of international policy that will create some sort of balanced system in order to sustain a good food supply as well as a fuel supply!"
So far, no alliances or nations have begun to draft a policy to deal with the food shortage. James Blaikie of Mavonen states that he has found it harder and harder to pay for things with rising food costs: "I used to be able to buy so much more food and still be able to pay all my bills. Now, food is becoming one of my biggest expenses!"
27.JUL.08
MEDITERRANEAN CONFEDERACY FOUNDED
Last week the Mediterranean Region gained another alliance in the region--The Mediterranean Confederacy (MC). Debate over the formation of the confederacy had gone on for week prior to the adoption of the Confederate Constitution. The drive to create the Confederacy was led by the author of the constitution and recently elected Prime Minister, the Sultan of Tadin.
"I want to say that this confederation will only be fun if everyone uses their imagination. You will need to imagine that there are 'issues' for us to deal with. NS is a game in the end, so why not extend it to this logical conclusion," stated the Prime Minister.
The confederacy consists of a Senate, a Prime Minister, Ministers of government and a Supreme Judge. All nations who join the confederacy are given a seat in the Senate. One Senator is elected Prime Minister and another is elected Supreme Judge. Currently, the Confederacy has a total of six nations: Tadin, Idrisi, Sierraofmonoroco, Mavonen, Ioniopolis and Ixzara. All are serving in roles of government.
The Senate did not waste any time after their election to begin enacting legislation. Minister for Commerce and the Treasury, Ioniopolis introduced legislation today to create a unified currency and a tax system for the confederacy.
FOOD SHORTAGE HITS THE MEDITERRANEAN
Economists today at the University of Ixzara stated that the regional food shortage was the worst in decades. "we are seeing prices spike up in some of the most vulnerable countries," said Prof. Bartling. "Grains and other staple foods were wiped away by the droughts."
This year's unusually dry weather is seen as one main problem for the food shortage. Geography professor Pat McChaffie of Ixzara University agrees that the vulnerable countries are being effected: "We see that in regions like ours here in the eastern half of the Mediterranean are dryer than the western half. The shortage is not evenly distributed. This is also a problem because we also export more of our food. We are probably going to become less competitive."
Other reasons for food prices going up is the use of ethanol in the region. "We are finding more and more of our foods are going to these biofuels and less and less is actually going to our regional food supply," says the Confederate Ministry for Commerce and the Treasury Spokesperson. "Continuing with this system is only going to starve more and more people. What is needed is some sort of international policy that will create some sort of balanced system in order to sustain a good food supply as well as a fuel supply!"
So far, no alliances or nations have begun to draft a policy to deal with the food shortage. James Blaikie of Mavonen states that he has found it harder and harder to pay for things with rising food costs: "I used to be able to buy so much more food and still be able to pay all my bills. Now, food is becoming one of my biggest expenses!"