The August Public Record
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Alba Longa, Imperium Augustum: The August Senate has reportedly accepted the Toliman Affairs Tribunal's "Charter of the International Association of Nations Act", mandating the formal recommendation of the Act to the Augustine Office. It is not yet certain that Caesar will choose to pass and execute the Act, but a communique issued by the August Conclave indicates that the August Household is planning for the Act's execution.
The communique appointed an officer of the household staff to receive correspondance on the matter of selecting a representative to the IAN, Divine Opp. Patricia Palladus. It is believed that the Conclave, the collective term for Caesar's children eligible to succeed him, will likely make a recommendation alongside the August Senate, permitting Caesar to select between the two if he chooses not to elevate an individual from his own shortlist. Whilst it would be unusual for an individual in the Conclave to receive such an international position, it is possible that the IAN would be a convenient posting for a politically neutral Conclavist, or one who is unlikely to pose a serious challenge to the throne. Such would achieve the careful balance between overcommitting to the IAN, potentially unpopular domestically, and failing to achieve a reasonable status in the face of more experienced candidates.
In particular, two Conclavists are likely candidates - Princess Johanna Jura, and Prince Varus Nascorus. Princess Johanna Jura is a current officer in the Medical Service, her service in which necessitates political neutrality to which she is unusually committed. Her involvement in the IAN would send a clear message to both members and August citizens on Imperium's stance regarding the IAN's responsibilities, whilst also being one of the most reputable candidates likely not to cause civil uncertainties. Prince Varus Nascorus is best known for his relationship with international spiritualists, particularly in Myroria and Plembobria, as well as his long-term partnership with the workers' syndicates and cooperatives that support Imperium's state-controlled unions. His appointment would trade potentially serious government dysfunctionality for what would likely be nonpartisan support, as well as elevate Imperium's unofficial policy of pragmatism regarding the international left to the beginnings of formal diplomatic partnership.
Whilst under ordinary circumstances, Princess Johanna Jura's personal popularity and Prince Varus Nascorus' immense personal unpopularity would make a Conclavist recommendation of Princess Johanna Jura a foregone conclusion, their close personal friendship is likely to delay such a recommendation. Were the Conclave to make a recommendation based on consensus, it would be expected that the matter would be so open-and-shut that they would not entertain submissions from the public. However, it is the expert consensus that Princess Johanna Jura and Prince Varus Nascorus are likely to enter a personal arrangement on the recommendation, so that one shall withdraw to support the other - in which case, Princess Johanna Jura is believed to carry enough personal cachet to force through a recommendation unilaterally.
The August Senate has also invited submissions on the matter of its selection. It has proposed the appointment of an officer from the Medical Service, or from the August Reformation Tribunal. The first would mirror the advantages behind Princess Johanna Jura's own appointment, but would further depress the reputation of the August representative in the IAN, and would in the case of her appointment be likely to fail. The second would give the August Reformation Tribunal the right to make its own appointment, which would likely be based on the heavily regionalist agenda of the ART, known for its intimate ties with Silly String, Montani, Toliman, and Floregasquan politicians and business. It is possible that it would choose to seek out a partnership with the Friends of the Tamerlan Corporation, the corporate organization responsible for the administration of the Plembobrian-based Tamerlan Corporation generally accepted to be a front for pro-Novrith Pact public servants. The two are known to be on amicable terms, and may choose to propose a joint candidate against the August Senate.
Finally, Caesar himself may choose to appoint a staff officer known to him. Such an officer would likely be drawn from the Divine Service, and would almost certainly indicate a highly ideological approach to the IAN, primarily on the matter of hereditary rule and on preserving August sovereignty in the realm of military and territorial policy. Their rank would likely be inflated in order to match their elevated status in the Augustine Household, but would indicate to both the IAN and the state Caesar's intention to directly subjugate IAN policy to the executive.
The Censorial Service has appointed Caroline d'Vesuvio to accept public submissions on the matter of recommending an August representative to the IAN, and will use them to engage in public relations and campaign activities with funds donated from August citizens. Foreign officials are invited to lodge submissions with Msr. d'Vesuvio on behalf of their governments, with submissions being forwarded to the appropriate institutions and individuals.
OOC:
Details of Princess Johanna Jura and Prince Varus Nascorus can be found here: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/7502216/1/
Post submissions to Msr. Caroline d'Vesuvio here: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/7437257/
