Kalopia

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February 18th, 2023 (postdated)

SDLF WINS CONGRESS, MACRIS WINS REELECTION

A strange situation has been created as the SDLF wins both houses of congress while the presidency is once
again won by Macris


After a intense election campaign full of memorable moments the elections have surely caused a weird situation to occur. 
As polls closed and votes where counted it became clear that the SDLF would win both the House and the Council. A massive hit for the NRP who had, until now, ruled without much opposition from the SDLF. But in the presidential election things went differently as sitting president Nestoras Macris won a narrow victory against SDLF leader Karolos Antonis, winning 53% of the vote against Antonis his 47% which secured Macris his reelection to the presidency.

With this electoral outcome the nation is in a awkard position as president Macris will have to work with SDLF members to pass legislation.
The SDLF already made clear that with their new majority they will try and establish a government owned railway company as well as pass progressive reforms aimed to give the great wealth Kalopia accumilated over the past years back to the people. President Macris in his turn has stated that if state owned companies are established by congress he will not cooperate in running them. Basically meaning that the companies wont be able to operate. 

One thing the two sides do have in common is their positivity towards the newly established GPN which, according to both sides, will bring great wealth and opportunity to Kalopia and must be fascilitated and expanded upon. 

President Macris, in his campaign, also promised to expand the navy to protect the GPN if needed. Achieving this will prove to be hard as most of the SDLF is highly pacifist in nature. It remains to be seen if the president will be able to govern with the current situation in congress.



SDLF supporters cheering after news of their victory in the congressional election came in 

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May 25th, 2030 

SDLF WINS FULL MAJORITY AND PRESIDENCY

The until now major opposition party the SDLF has won both congress and the presidency, making 
Karolos Antonis the new president of Kalopia and ushering in a new age after the "Macris Decade"


After first winning congress on several occassions but continuing to lose the presidency the SDLF, powered by recent economic downturn and a popularity dip for Macris, managed to win a massive majority in in both houses of congress and win the presidency for the first time since its existence. The SDLF won over 282 seats in the House of Representatives and over 84 seats in the National Council. The presidency was won by long time SDLF leader Karolos Antonis who managed to secure a overwhelming victory with over 67% of the popular vote against Macris his 33%. With this result voters have given confidence to a progressive legislative and executive branch to enact reforms that benefit the people but also to take the Kalopian economy out of the crisis it has been in for the past 2 years which saw unemployment rise to over 14% and the growthrate stagnating around -0.26%. Newly elected president Antonis pledged to step away from the agricultural focus of former NRP governments and use his massive majorities to enact reforms that invest in the industrial sectors of the Kalopian economy so that Kalopia can truly benefit from the "growth of a well developed nation" Antonis and his SDLF congress have also stated on several occasions that they will create a Nationalized railway company as well as increase regulations on several sectors of the economy so that "Kalopian workers can truly benefit from the country's progress" 

In response to his election loss and to the fact that he had been in office so long demissionary president Macris has announced his resignation as NRP party leader, paving the way for another to take his place and maybe win the confidence of voters back for the NRP.



Newly elected president Antonis after his election win celebrating in Helios

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May 29th, 2030 

AirLift PRESENTS FIRST FEW "AIRLIFT A1" PASSENGER PLANES

After over a decade of development, near bancruptcy and several setbacks the private company AirLift 
presented the first 3 "AirLift A1" Passenger planes just out of production


It is a milestone for a company that until recently was presumed bancrupt. AirLift, founded by former AlphaBank employee Demos Elias has finally presented the first 3 "Airlift A1" commercial passenger planes in a lavish press event. The 3 models where shown from both the in and outside and one of the 3 was even started up, showing the power of the two engines on the aircraft. With the reveal of these planes AirLift hopes to attract potential buyers for the A1 as the company is in desperate need of customers. With their assets dwindling by the day and debt mounting the company needs to peform in order to survive. 

According to insiders from both the Department of Commerce as well as high ranking AirLift employees the new Antonis government is keen to include Kalopian made planes in a potentially new national airline that is rumoured to be founded by the the government. The A1 is listed as a regional jet airliner and is meant for regional flights from within Majatra, Artania and the other continents on terra. The A1, according to experts, could be a excellent opportunity for airlines to expand regional flights and the step to develop such an aircraft is said to be "extremely bold but potentially profitable." 

As AirLift is approaching potential buyers for the first 3 of their planes the company has announced that once those are sold (at an estimated price of 30 million each) the company will step up production and aim for another 50 A1 planes by the end of 2035 if enough funds is available.



One of the three A1 planes constructed by the AirLift company which is now looking for potential buyers.

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June 5th, 2030 

AIRLIFT FINDS BUYERS, MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT ORDERED

After negotiations with several party's the AirLift company has found buyers in Royal Airways in Mordusia and 
KeymonAir in Keymon as well as the Kalopian government


The deals made in recent months have saved the struggling AirLift company. After intense negotiations the company has agreed upon a deal with Royal Airways in Mordusia. The deal includes the order of over 10 A1 regional passenger jets by the end of 2032 saving the company and create a stable base of revenue for it by gaining a big customer for which they will deliver parts for maintenance etc as well. Another deal made also includes the order of 10 A1 jets but now for KeymonAir, bringing even more revenue on the table for the until recently struggling company. The jets for KeymonAir will likely be delivered by the end of 2031 with the first 3 A1 jets that were already ready going to Keymon.

Both airlines have stated to be "happy" with the acquisition of the A1 jets stating that the jet is a "great way to expand our regional desitnations" 
The Kalopian government in its turn has also ordered 10 A1 jets for themselves in anticipation of the creation of Kalopia's own national airline.
It is expected that these 10 will be delivered by the end of 2033. These deals have, in only a few months, made AirLift a highly profitable company and the company itself is already repaying its large debt to investors as a result. AlphaBank, seeing the newfound succes of the company, has also expressed their interest in investing in future operations of the company.

Rumours have also reached media of Kalistan's presumed interest in the A1 but this news has yet to be confirmed. 



A AirLift A1 shown from the inside, the first 3 operational planes will be delivered to KeymonAir next month

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June 13th, 2030 

ALPHABANK EXPANDS INTO MORDUSIA

After reaching a deal with the Mordusian government the international AlphaBank will be expanding into
Mordusia marking the bank its third nation in which it will operate.


The AlphaBank which was originally founded as a Kalopian Private Bank has already grown out to a international bank following their expansion into Beluzia a decade ago. But with a constant growth of the bank and it recently becoming the number one bank in Kalopia even surpassing the kalopian state bank the bank is now looking for new markets to expand into. The first step in this was opening up the creation of bank accounts for not only the rich, which it initially did, but now people from all over society can open up and operate a bank account at AlphaBank, massively increasing its outreach in terms of banking itself. 

To support their image as a international bank the AlphaBank also recently launched a television campaign named "We Are Global" showing AlphaBank its goal of becoming a bank for terra as a whole where people could easily withdrawal and manage money in any country overseas if they operated a AlphaBank account and a range of other possibilities concerning the management of money overseas and easy and fast transactions to oversea AlphaBank accounts were also displayed in this campaign. The bank has already rolled out the first trial for this system between Beluzian and Kalopian accounts which has proved to be extremely succesfull and even increased tourism between the two nations due to the easy system of money exchange and withdrawal resulting from it.

Now the AlphaBank, by reaching a deal with the Mordusian government, has managed to enter the Mordusian market and expand there as well. In exchange for being allowed to operate in the country AlphaBank has offered a share free investment of 2 billion LOD in the energy and green energy sector of Mordusia with most of the funds going to the Alianza Verde and Verdaco companies. AlphaBank has already transfered most of this investment to the respective companies and has already bought several large properties in Mordusian cities that will house AlphaBank locations. The bank is still determining the locations of their ATM's in the nation and is laying the groundwork for Mordusian AlphaBank accounts to be created. Mordusia is also expected to be added to the trial system of the "Global Network" AlphaBank aims to create. 

In addition to their banking activites AlphaBank has been highly succesfull in investing over the past decades, gaining large shares in Kalopian infrastructure (until the Kalopian congress stopped further share acquisitions) as well as investing in housing projects and other smaller industries, producing billions in revenue each year. In Beluzia the bank is highly invested in the weapons industry and is one of the largest shareholders in the sector there overall just behind the Beluzian government itself. In Mordusia AlphaBank is expected to also invest in housing and certain development projects but the bank is also highly interested in the booming green energy and tech sectors of the country and will likely look for ways to invest in those as well, the AlphaBank also agreed to not invest in vital industries as part of the deal.



A large building in the Mordusian capital aquired by the AlphaBank. This will likely be the AB HQ in Mordusia

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AeroKal agrees to purchase of 30 A1 Jets from Kalopian AirLift: Opens first lines between Kalistan and Lourenne, Lodamun, and Kizenia

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January 9th, 2031

ANTONIS GOVERNMENT CREATES NATIONALIZED COMPANIES

A new state owned airline and railway company have been established named "Kalopian Airways" and 
"Kalopi Rail" 


As promised in his campaign president Antonis backed by the SDLF majorities in both houses this week announced the creation of two new government owned companies named "Kalopian Airways" a national airline for Kalopia and "Kalopi Rail" a national railway company for the nation. The goal of Kalopian Airways will be to make Kalopia connected to Majatra and possibly in later stages the world. The Department of Transportation had already, with permission from president Antonis, ordered around 10 Airlift A1 regional jetliners to be the beginning for Kalopian Airways. These 10 planes will likely be flying to and from several majatran destinations as the first objective of the company, as laid out by the government, will be the creation of a functional and strong regional collection of destinations so that Kalopia is connected to Majatra. Kalopian Airways will be led by a director which is directly appointed by the president and can be dismissed at any given time. Financing for the airline will come from the department of transportation. For Kalopi Rail things also start out small. Kalopia does not possess fast quantities of Railway and instead currently relies on only one railway line between Helion and the coast. In a detailed plan the spokesperson of president Antonis described the vision for Kalopi Rail showing the press a plan in which the government wants to invest billions in the creation of a vast network of normal rail between several major and multiple minor cities and towns including railway stations with it. The station in Helion will be totally reconstructed and will serve as the hub for Railway travel accross the country. In additions to hundreds of miles of rail that the government wants to construct within a 10 year period the government also wants to work on Kalopia its first high speed railway track between Helion and Eliopolis. For this high speed rail the government is already looking for a suitable highspeed train to fit the new track and the new board of directors of Kalopi Rail, with the funds they have received, have already started the purchase of several normal trains and cabins for the new normal track that will be laid accross the nation.

The Antonis government also hinted at possible healthcare reform as well as a major change in course concerning the industrial sector as the government is looking to promote industry over agriculture. 




The Logo of the newly established Kalopi Rail

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March 19th, 2031

SDLF ABOLISHED MILITARY, NRP OUTRAGED

The SDLF congress with the consent of president Antonis passed a constitutional ammendment with the support
of left leaning NRP members abolishing the armed forces


In a shocking piece of legislation that took almost everyone on the right by suprise the SDLF controlled congress, with support of the president and several NRP members leaning to the left, abolished the armed forces of the country in an effort to establish the party its vision of establishing Kalopia as a neutral state on the globe. The ammendment and subsequent legislation that was passed after the passing of the ammendment causes both the army, airforce and navy to be abolished with most equipment being sold in a auction. 

The equipment that will be left, which mostly consists out of infantry weaponry and small normal and armed vehicles will be used by the newly created "Protective Security Force" or PSF, the newly established government controlled paramilitary force that is, from this day onward, in control of border and maritime patrol as well as the nation's security. The new PSF will consist of 40.000 men which, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will be trained to "the highest standard" and will be equipped with military grade weaponry much like the "former" soldiers of the armed forces. The PSF will also gain access to small armoured vehicles like APC's and other transportation vehicles. No airforce or maritime force will from this day onward exist and instead the PSF will gain access to maritime patrol boats and access to around 50 transport helicopters to peform aerial reconnaisence when necessary, these helicopters do possess two mounted machine guns each as well in case of emergency.

The right as well as most of the opposition NRP have declared their outrage towards the ammendment and bills created by the president and his party and have even gone as far as to start impeachment proceedings on grounds of "severely endangering the state". The impeachment bill was swiflty rejected by the House. The population overall seems sympthathetic and even supportive of the decision. With many seeing it as a step forward to a full focus on the struggling Kalopian economy and a step away from militarism. The government released a statement upon the passing of the ammendment stating that it is "fully committed to a neutral kalopia on the world stage that can act as a broker between nations in conflict over various matters" 



NRP supporters protesting in the capital of Helios after the abolishment of the armed forces