My current location of residence is within the boundaries of our Big Brother's state of Ohio, which, as far as I can tell, is within the catchment area of the Province of Belacostă.

I think I'd like to make that state of affairs official.

Apologies for the delay on this.

The XXIVth Nimlet is open.

Under article III section 5, it appears this Nimlet will have 9 seats. 9 Florencian ballots were cast for parties this election, of which 7 were cast for parties that are currently extant, plus a seat for Senator @mximo and a seat for the Governor, who I guess is still me.

The distribution is as follows:
6 seats for the Progressive Alliance
1 seat for the Green Party

The leaders of those parties, @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu and @Breneir Tzaracomprada, are called to nominate residents to hold these seats.

—Iac Marscheir,
Governadeir da Florenciă

So, it seems to me that Talossan politics is pretty fractured. The two main parties hate each other enough that one of them nearly formed a government with and gave a cabinet position to an antidemocrat.

These two parties won't be able to form a majority without some kind of reconciliation, which neither seems willing to do. Thus, however the deadlock gets resolved, I'd like to propose the following.

Whenever elections are next held, I propose that every currently extant party in Talossa agree to suspend their campaigns for a period of one Cosă term, with every person seeking membership in the Cosă for that term who normally does so under the banner of a currently extant party instead running as individuals, and every such member thereafter voting according to their conscience, rather than their party affiliation.

I am not currently a member of any political party and have nothing to gain from any party's accession to this agreement. I'm just thinking a reset of some sort wouldn't go amiss.

C'e Iac Marscheir, voluntind va serviçù com'iens membreu dels ZAR.

Per lor qi non s'aziuient över els evints in l'óspileu #glheþ in el serveir, Miestră Schivă tent propoçescu l'idéă d'iensă cumpetaziun per dels papiereux scriuts in Talossan, cün ün prix comtantesc per el gagnheir. Éu en perceitéu com'iensă uportunità à levitar la naziun s'intereçù in sieu glheþ, más ocså volt staxar nonobstind q'hi estadra da toct intereçù in această idéă starp els citaxhiéns non-ladintschiçeschti.

(For those who don't keep themselves updated regarding the events in the #glheþ channel in the server, Miestră Schivă has proposed the idea of a competition for essays written in Talossan, with a cash prize for the winner. I see it as an opportunity to raise the nation's interest in her language, but I also want to see whether there's any interest at all among citizens who aren't Ladintschen.)

(What does everyone think?)

¿Qet pensa toct i tzară?

C'e'n glheþinaziun del text på la páxhina principal Talossa se siteu. Schi ingenviens tent dals recomendăs, na me.

(Here is a translation of the front page of Talossa's website. If anyone has recommendations, tell me.)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17o_lIVCzsB6UWy38d9__evXC0r7XhvGnQMsVwoL0N6E/edit

—

A translation of Andy Weir's short story, "The Real Deal". Link to original text in the document.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BkYPNtkgypHoGPP4Pa7AA-6ryVtimI8ENV0hwZ_K8T8/edit

Azul, azul, azul. Suposéu q'acest momaintsch tent estescu vienind duratzie. Gratüleschaziuns es muiteux graschias grülts àls citaxhiens qi tiennent travalats à creatarh acest noveu Wittenberg. Qe lastadra 'n þúsund-ar!

(Hello, hello, hello. I guess this moment's been coming for a long time. Congrats and many great thanks to the citizens who worked to create this new Wittenberg. May it last a thousand years!)