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I rolled to break the tie between Nya and Durat, and got Nya. Congratulations, Princess Nya.
There are three issues on today's docket. You must resolve them by means of voting or abstaining, and you can offer suggestions on what resolution will work best.
The first guest of the day is Ambassador Reneil Do, of the Noseridge Confederacy. The Noseridges have recently won a defensive war against the Lizdassians, which they accomplished only because Ferdongu aided them with weapons in exchange for lucrative lunar mining contracts in the post-war. The Noseridge Confederacy is very minor, and it would be charitable to call them even a local power. Still, their victory was a major embarrassment for Lizdassia Prime, and there is much bad blood on both sides.
>"Careful, now," warns Reichskomendant Durak. "They act polite, but they always argue in bad faith. Their domestic politics are run exclusively on a 'who can publicly embarrass Lizdassians the most' platform. Trust nothing they say, it's always lies or deceptions."
Ambassador Reneil stands before the Council and bows.
>"Greetings, honored ambassadors. I come before you with a matter of the gravest importance. Five years ago, the Lizdassian-Noseridge Treaty was signed. It states, and I quote, 'all surviving works of art crafted by Noseridges on planet Rojab and taken by the Lizdassians will be returned within four years.' Sadly, I must inform you that your Lizdassian allies have violated this honorable agreement many times before -- this will be the eighteenth. You see, Noseridge factory slaves during the war were forced to build 5 million laser guns. The surface of each gun is decorated with an emblem of a Lizdassian dragon. Since the guns are made by Noseridges and have art on them and were made on our planet, that makes them our works of art. We thereby invoke the treaty such that the guns be turned over to the Noseridge Confederacy."
>Ambassador Durak laughs. "This is complete absurdity! First, those were willing laborers paid for their work in food, shelter, and safety. Second, the emblem is a Lizdassian design, and was just stamped on by the factory machines, which, yes, were built and operated by Noseridges. You'll just sell those guns to the Ferdongu, and want to make us look bad to make us technically violate a treaty. Besides, we're still using the guns. The Reich obviously votes against giving away our valuable military technology."
You don't know how the other ambassadors will vote. Do you have an argument to contribute, a suggestion to make, or do you want to immediately jump to voting?
If you vote now:
>Vote for Lizdassians: +1 approval from Lizdassians, -1 approval from Noseridges - other non-Council factions more likely to think you're a puppet
>Vote for Noseridges: +1 approval from Noseridges and Ferdongu, +1 Economy or Military for Noseridges, -1 approval from Lizdassians, Lizdassians lose 1 Military - other non-Council factions less likely to think you're a puppet
