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    SBS News @SBSNews • 3h Labour has emerged from the 2025 election with by far the most seats, at 294. However, with 425 seats needed for a majority, they are faced with a difficult choice: enter a minority coalition with the Greens and work with smaller parties, enter a three-party coalition...
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    2025 exit poll: Labour on course to win election A fundamental shift towards the left and hard-right has seen the governing parties collapse much more than expected, as Labour, the Greens, Progress and third parties rise at Ramsay's expense
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    SBS News @SBSNews • 3h Chancellor Allister Ramsay, who is standing for re-election this Sunday, has ruled out a coalition with the hard-right Progress but left the door open to one with the right-wing CL25/Hoyre, as well as both Labour and the VDA. He has also warned of a "two-bloc system...
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    How Rousay became an electoral battleground over housing The relatively quiet island province, known mostly for its whiskey, traditional Rousay music and dance, and sheep farming, has seen divides open over construction and house prices Governor of Rousay Fraser Yrvine (left, Liberal) has...
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    Rudyard Mowbray calls for end to "disastrous mass-mining experiment" of lithium Lifelong environmentalist and SBS broadcaster has called for "intense caution" with future excavation amid "risk of permanent damage to our ecosystems" National treasure Rudyard Mowbray (left) has called for the...
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    Sutherland National Worldbuilding

    Meridional Mercanti Overview Mercanti arrived gradually in Sutherland; it was mostly spoken as a pidgin language by traders and portworkers, which was originally known as Bysenys(c)h in the 14th to 16th centuries (after the Sutherlander word for "[pertaining to a] business"). This pidgin...
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    Vikings: how a political party fights to bring civil rights into the digital age A new political movement has captured the interest of young voters by promising "information revolution" The logo (above) of the new Vikings (ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚴᚱ) political party registered with the Electoral Commission...
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    Eras Horse Racing Thread

    the infection has spread Major horse races in the Commonwealth of Great Sutherland There are fifty-six grade one (Gryþ An) horse racing events in the Commonwealth of Great Sutherland at present; amongst the most prestigious are the Grand Commonwealth, Capital Stakes, and Lord's. The province of...
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    Two years after Aurisine abolishes emergency unit, record floods devastate Tisane Alderman (Governâdor) Gjuliane Tanasi has apologised, but refused to accept calls to resign from the position Gjuliane Tanasi (left) has refused calls to resign, amid the "lacklustre" response to devastating...
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    Sutherlander economy accelerates into 2025 amid fears of "AI bubble" The AI economy made up roughly a quarter of GDP growth in 2024, say the BST (Board for Sutherlander Statistics), and possibly half of stock gains in the same period Stock prices in ESX (Eamont Stock Exchange, pictured on...
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    Sutherland National Worldbuilding

    Loudainism and Dewarism in pre-Richeist Sutherland How the Left in Sutherland transformed from Charterites to Communists The foundations of Communism in Sutherland (right) Domhnall Loudain, alternatively Lobhdain (1824-1914) was an early archaeologist who converted to Communism in the 1850s...
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    Eamont and Kollandipurg sign Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) in Sevenoak The national governments of Triple Collandria and Great Sutherland have ushered in a new age for free trade, investment, and bilateral relations with the 196-page comprehensive framework The CFTA signed in...
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    Craviter Economic Association

    The Serene Kingdom of Caminia hereby formally submits its request to enter the Craviter Economic Association (CEA) in all three (3) communities (commerce, infrastructure, and migration). Regatul Seren al Caminiei își depune prin prezenta cererea oficială de aderare la Asociația Economică...
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    SBS News @SBSNews • 3h Gridiron, or "Gojan", kickball has seen a resurgence of interest in Great Sutherland following the Dolphins' barnstorming performance in week one, in which it saw off Ephyra in a 37-28 triumph. Commentators have hinted at Sutherland's performance in the first week being...
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    Sutherland National Worldbuilding

    Games in Sutherland Shuffleboard ("shuve-ha'pens", thus the later "shippings") (left) A Whitmoor-standard table shuffleboard Shuffleboard, derived from the original "shuve-ha'pens" (literally "shove a halfpenny") and "shuve-board" in Middle Atlish, is a long-attested game played across...
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    IAI2025: Open-source AI model "Armede" released, security stepped up, and "first AI Olympics" The national and provincial governments, in conjunction with numerous research institutions across the Commonwealth, have released the model to "improve public digital sovereignty" The Lorestead of...
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    25/8: Armed police raid "Ten Rings cell" addresses in Shepshed Three addresses have been investigated following identification of debris in the attack Officers raid 44 Rushwyksgæt, Shepshed on Thursday afternoon; Barrowland Provincial Constabulary Commander Alma Whyttaker holds press...
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    SBS News @SBSNews • 6h The President, Chancellor, and Leader of the Againsthood, as well as all fifty-one provincial governors, have signed a joint declaration condemning the so-called 25/8 attacks – which as of now, have claimed seventy-one lives –, sending their condolences to those who have...
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    LIVE: 206 dead after train bombings in Eamont Týrrish paramilitaries, the Ten Rings, far-right terror cells and Ibissian separatists have been mooted as suspects Train outside Ashbrook on 25 August 2025; Chancellor Allister Ramsay holds speech condemning social media intervention and sending...
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    LSN (Conroy) – Landlorsteden Nætwerk How a venture into the atmosphere quickly became the backbone for Sutherlander navigation Overview (left) A satellite for the Conroy system depicted above Eras Sutherland has enjoyed the deployment of its global positioning system, or LSN in Atlish, for...
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    Visit Sutherland @VisitSutherland • 38m As we approach the autumnal season, September and October are the best times to take a swim in the balmy Auvanian Sea off the spectacular coastline of the Azures. From the cosmopolitan city of Maíuca, to cosy villages, plentiful forests, and...
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    Sutherland National Worldbuilding

    Sutherland at the South Pole How the Southern Star guided its countrymen through the ages to the end of the world Cumbrian Age (~300-200BCE) Cumbric explorers from Brigantias had long wondered what the source of the city-state's plentiful imports of tin and copper was. Having been hoodwinked...
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    Is Sutherland's Brigantia mission worth it? (left) Lead astronaut Graham Barraclough, chosen by the SSA (Sutherland Space Agency) for the Brigantia moon mission set to take place in August 2026 It may be heresy to ask this, I am aware. However, as we count down the days to liftoff, surely the...
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    Wildfires strike Rio Sagrado, Montéra earlier than ever The governor of Rio Sagrado, Raúl Varejão, has commented that "none of us could have prepared for this" Wildfires across the northwestern coast of Sutherland Henning Wylcox Environmental Correspondent 6 hours ago (left) President...
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    Sutherland National Worldbuilding

    South Ibissia Byzšəa/Byzsean: Aladatəi Byzš’əia Atlish: Suþibyssen Beiran: Ibíssia do Sul Rosalian: Ibèsia meridional Officially: Community of Aladatia (Menewelþ æv Aladaten) Overview Status – Semi-presidential constituent federal province Capital, and largest city – Cemes (C̣ămăzlak’) ...
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    OPINION: The VDA will not win without ending mass migration - João Afonso Almeida, VDA Chancellor of Sutherland (2004-2007) (left) Almeida on BRTV1, 10 August 2025 It is no secret that the right is in trouble. Even in my own hinterlands, friends and colleagues in the Civic Democratic Union...
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    Sagan: We will not turn our back on gas and oil Left to right: An oil drilling facility off the south coast of Lunnoth near Brunstock, and Labour leader John Blake Sagan speaking on 7 August 2025 Tyler Barnson - Labour leader John Blake Sagan has responded to months of acrimony over whether...
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    Caminian National Worldbuilding

    Națiunea Dreaptă and the Gladioli Revolution Vasile Gavrilița (left), with his head of state King Nicolae III (middle), ruled from the coup d'état in 1979 to the Gladioli Revolution (as in right) in 1998 Background The SSPC, while starting off relatively stable and containing moderately...
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    Nobles and Peasents - Kammark RP [Message before joining]

    Erstes Haus Regierungsviertel, Friedensstadt on a Wednesday, at 7h59 Konrad Meyer looked out of the fifty-second storey window from his desk as Chamberlain*, over the blue-grey skyline dotted with towers of concrete and glass. The sun glared the right side of the window, aided by the clarity...
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    Cancer vaccine trials: How Sutherland is leading the world's fight against cancer Left to right: the Reeve for Health and Care Dr. Graham Bowen, the central campus of the Lorestead of Colne, and a photo of a syringe to demonstrate the administration of vaccines akin to those in the trials By...
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