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    Wauker | Social Media, But Better

    SBS News @SBSNews • 33m Sutherland's President Aleixo Correira-Rhodes reveals that he has been treated for "early-stage" prostate cancer, urges incoming government to "implement early screening to enable detection" 11 Dec 2025, 08h00 - Everybody may reply 8.4k • 25k • 57.6k
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    Great Sutherland News Section

    National Bank of Sutherland (ÞSB) cuts interest rates a quarter-point ÞSB Chairman, Graham Zammit, told the press that "inflation has calmed down enough" to cut rates for the first time since February Chairman of the ÞSB Graham Zammit (left) has confirmed that the National Bank of Sutherland...
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    Wauker | Social Media, But Better

    SBS News @SBSNews • 1h #Labour and the #Greens have unveiled the #RenewalGovernment plan: - Reversal of austerity and pay freezes, recruitment drives, as well as ending privatisations - National care service and LHA performance and reform review - #GreenNewDeal - hundreds of billions in...
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    The War Room [OPEN*]

    This storyline concerns the December 2025 summit in Eamont, Great Sutherland, held over the tension between Aydin (and Aria), and Nagumay (and a number of allies), over Molucara and the Shuishongs. Any nation participating in this storyline is welcome; please do not reply to this thread if your...
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    Sutherland National Worldbuilding

    The War of the Northern Front 1830-1833 Background Atinea had been subject to a series of wars which reduced it to two rumps, Rosalia and Beira, of its previous form. As on the image on the right; yellow areas were part of Atinea in 1706 (prior to the First Atineo-Sutherlander War of 1707...
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    Wauker | Social Media, But Better

    SBS News @SBSNews • 7h A new #Liberal leadership contest will be held "after the transition government is concluded," an official party statement announced, giving the strongest indication yet that present Chancellor Allister Ramsay is expecting to resign in the very near future. It also urged...
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    Wauker | Social Media, But Better

    Welcome to Wauker; it's social media, but better. Wauker is a Sutherland-based social media platform, used for microblogging. Users may share posts including text (up to a limit of 380 characters), images, and videos, as well as links. It is owned by a charitable, but for-profit, organisation...
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    Great Sutherland News Section

    "Great Reset": Labour rules out coalition with Liberals, VDA The 2025 elections have seen an unprecedented collapse in the three-party system; it seems like Labour may be attempting to separate its fortunes from the other two parties The Labour party's leader, John Blake Sægan (left), has...
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    Sutherland National Worldbuilding

    Factions of the Sutherlander Spring Kingsmen (also "Frederyksmen", "Truefast") Frederyksmen were the most anti-revolutionary of the factions at the turn of 1829. King Frederyk III, who ascended the throne in 1821, was a conservative monarch opposed to the Leiring, a period of liberalisation...
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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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Great Sutherland News Section

    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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    Sutherland National Worldbuilding

    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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