From this day forward, I pledge my loyalty, allegiance, and fidelity to the Kingdom of Talossa and to His Majesty's government. I solemnly affirm that I will support and uphold the Organic Law of the Kingdom of Talossa, defend the realm against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, faithfully observe its laws, respect the rights and freedoms of all my fellow citizens, fulfill all my duties and obligations as a citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa, and humbly appreciate the benefits granted unto me by my King, most especially when those benefits take the form of Talossan currency.

Actually rather surprising that only two people seem to have had Germany advancing past France (also I just noticed the title of Gluc's bracket, lol).

IMMIGRATION

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Should the overdue revival of the TalossAssistant prove unsuccessful in increasing the success of immigration applications then we will need to consider alternative solutions. A review of InfoTeca data shows a steady rate of applications between January and May 2026 (in the low to high 20s) but the drop-off especially in the past three months has been in successful applications.

The concern, based on reviewing the data, is in retaining applicants and making them into successful citizens not in attracting applications. The Government has attempted to make a connection between its publication activity and immigration but that is not where the current problem lies. The PA will need to answer to voters why it took months to reactivate a program (at some urging by the Opposition) that will hopefully address the real immigration issue.

Oath sent over.

The Posse looks forward to checking out the finished Sagrada Familia before the race's start.

Azul everyone, it's almost July again and you all know what that means - it's TCAT time! Welcome back to season 5 of the Talossan Cycling Association Tour. After an eventful first leg, won by Gordon Hiatus Suppor Team we now move on to France (although we are actually starting in Spain again) for the second leg (The famous one with the yellow jersey).

All Talossans are heartily invited to sign their teams up! Team registrations are now open, and instructions follow below.

Deadline

The deadline for entries to be submitted is 16:00 CEST (Cézembre Summer Time) / 09:00 (AM) TDT (Talossan Daylight Time) on Saturday July 4th, 2026.


How to register

Step 1: Create a Velogames account

If you already have a Velogames account you can proceed with step 2.
You can create a Velogames account by going to velogames.com -> log in -> click here to register

Step 2: Register your team

While logged in to Velogames, go to the following page: https://www.velogames.com/velogame/2026/entryform.php

Here you can submit your team. After submitting your team you can still make changes to your team up until the deadline! On your team page, which you can find by clicking visit team, you can also change your team name and jersey.

Step 3: Join the Talossan Cycling Association Tour

After you set up your team you can go to your team page (visit team) and under team management there should be a button called join league. There you can join the Talossan Cycling Association Tour by entering the following league code: 639289433

(You can access league scores and/or view who's signed up here: https://www.velogames.com/velogame/2026/leaguescores.php?league=639289433)


Team information

Each team needs to consist of 9 riders, with a combined total cost of up to 100 credits. These need to include 2 all rounders, 2 climbers, 1 sprinter, 3 unclassified riders, and 1 wildcard (which can be any category).

Generally, the credits assigned to the riders are pretty close to the consensus expection of how these riders will perform. This means it is possible to do well without much research, though of course if you do want to research your team there are many resources online, such as ProCyclingStats, various preview sites, bookmakers, and the youtube channel Ow Do Cycling. It is possible to use less than 100 credits, but this is usually not advisable.

A full list of participating riders, categories and credits can be found here. These should be mostly definitive, but should any of your picks drop out before the deadline without you noticing, Velogames will autoreplace them.


Scoring & Rules

The rules for the competition can be found here. Note that we are only focused on the classic competition: 1 team that stays the same throughout the race.

The scoring system can be found here. Points are assigned daily for stage results, intermediate sprints, categorised summits, participating in breakaways, daily classification standings, and team assist points; and furthermore, a sizable chunk of points will be assigned based on the final classifications.

Mick!

-Txec R

WHEREAS it has been more than a fortnight since @Owen Bottu first posted on Wittenberg, following his introduction to the citizens of the Kingdom by officers of the Immigration Ministry, and

WHEREAS as I said in another petition I issued a few months ago, I don't normally write petitions, because I would be addressing them to myself, but

WHEREAS I served as Owen's TalossAssistant, in theory if not in practice, and

WHEREAS Owen has, in that time, demonstrated an active, genuine, and continuing interest in Talossan life, language and culture (and politics, and history), and

WHEREAS Owen desires to obtain citizenship in Talossa, so

THEREFORE I, Sir Lüc da Schir, a citizen of good standing of the province of Belacostă and of the Kingdom of Talossa, do hereby petition the Chancery to issue a grant of citizenship to the said Owen Bottu, as specified by law.

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on June 29, 2026, 12:54:15 AMApart from the US, I've been to Canada, the Bahamas, the UK, Ireland (RoI), and now Catalonia for work -- I did head down to Barcelona while there, logged around 15 km walking the city one day. No visit to Camp Nou though, sorry. :P

Bucket list countries would probably include:

• Switzerland
• Germany -- yes, including a trip to Wolfsburg to visit Autostadt and the VW factory, but also perhaps to catch a Grizzlys Wolfsburg game
• Italy, especially if I can get some good tours in of Palladian architecture
• Finland
• Russia, at least as a hypothetical. In my undergrad years I minored in Russian Language and Culture, and it would be very nice to put some of what I learned into practice. Rather let them get their stuff shaped up a bit before going over though, I think.
• Japan: between traditional architecture in places like Kyoto, a desire to hike Mt. Fuji, and the food...pretty much anywhere...this is probably one I'm going to want to save up a good bit of PTO for.
• Singapore -- not so much a "bucket list" country, but I'll likely be headed there for a wedding next year? That should be fun, I've heard good things about Singapore.

That sounds like an amazing travel experience! It was great to hear about your time in Barcelona. I'm a big FC Barcelona fan, so I have a special fondness for the city. Even though you didn't get to visit Camp Nou, I'm sure exploring Barcelona itself was a wonderful experience. I hope you get the chance to visit again in the future and see Camp Nou then. It's also one of my dreams to watch a Barça match there someday. :-)

If the next Government wishes to offer new Permanent Secretary positions for the outgoing Ministers to continue their duties that they held before joining the Cabinet, that's all well and good. But that ought to be their call.

@Sir Lüc , please move this bill to the CRL.