Florencians, my first pledge is to follow through on the activities to which I commit. If you review my provincial activity while in the Nimlet you will notice much of the activity has been generated by myself. One interesting example is the founding of the Order of Florencia and the honoring of Art Verbotten. Another is the law requiring an Annual Government Gazette to inform Florencians of the activities of their Government.

Florencia is many times a sleepy place where many people come and go but I pledge, first, to follow through.

Quote from: Glüc on August 29, 2025, 11:06:27 AMSo are we dropping this?

Yep, confirming it has been dropped.

One day left for category nominations.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on August 19, 2025, 04:12:32 PMThat's true sadly. It sprung to mind as an interesting category but there are only so many news agencies with notable themes.

So are we dropping this?

We're coming for you GHS!

Azul all,

I would like to announce that the Chancery will held a legally required biannual Census during the upcoming month of September. The Census will be open for responses from September 1st to September 30th; the Chancery will send out a mass mailer on September 1st.

The Census will be hosted on TalossaDB (aka the new database still without a proper name or official launch). Answering the Census should be relatively quick and straightforward and should be doable from both a PC and a mobile device.

In the meantime, you can read a FAQ about the Census here:


This might get updated later, as will the rest of the Citizenship and Census part of the Database, which has received a few updates over the last month. I would like to thank @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP for his help in translating the Census so that questions are available in both English and Talossan.



Sir Lüc da Schir, UrB
Secretary of State

FYI @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu @þerxh Sant-Enogat @PENorwood

I invite citizens to check out the first application made using the new form and confirm that it's providing enough information to properly assess the new migrant.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on August 18, 2025, 09:01:17 PMI support this bill. A friendly observation that in the amended section I think you mean officer not offer.

@Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC Did you mean officer or offer?

Stage 6 Olot -> Pal. Andorra

Vuelta's first true mountain stage was defined by a ten rider breakaway including Jay Vine (GHS/DED), Lorenzo Fortunato (BDC/DED/PTM) and Bruno Armirail (CHX/MCB/PTM). They got all the way to the finish, with this TCAT trio getting respectively first, third and fourth place; Vine himself went on a solo attack on the final climb and won by around a minute over non-TCAT Torstein Træen, who takes the lead of the general classification off Jonas Vingegaard. The Dane got 11th and second in the group of favourites, only bested by Almeida (CFA/DED/REX). The duo are now 5th and 6th in the general classification, with Giulio Ciccone (CHX/CJO/GHS/MCB) just behind both today and in GC, and the leading quartet all unlikely to stay there for long.

It's still very early days though, as you definitely can't win Vuelta but you sure can lose it. Indeed, Juan Ayuso (CJO/PTM/VFL), already off a disappointing showing in TCAT Italy earlier this year, managed to disappoint again by dropping very early on in the final climb and losing almost eight minutes to Vingegaard and Almeida; his bid for the general classification is already over. And for a last bit of the bad news, Koen Bouwman (VFL) is unfortunately the third TCAT rider to abandon. Not the best first shot at a summit finish for Tiberi, Buitrago, O'Connor and Landa either - all of them are already a minute down on Vingegaard, Almeida, Ciccone, Jorgenson, Hindley, Pellizzari, Bernal and Gall, who at a first look seem like the strongest GC picks (again very early days).

In TCAT, Dead Last get the win they nearly got two days ago; making the most of these mountain breakaway stages is very important* and they almost got it perfect with Vine and Fortunato on the podium and Almeida best of the GC favourites. DED accordingly takes over Cjovani's podium spot, with Port Maxhestic, today's strong second holding Fortunato and Armirail, also a big mover going straight from last to midpack.


Standings after stage 6:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	2963	+482
2nd	(+1)		Maricopa Cabana Boys (MCB)	2348	+371
3rd	(+2)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	2322	+674
4th	(-2)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	2229	+182
5th	(-1)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	2071	+396
6th	(+1)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	1899	+375
7th	(+4)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	1864	+528
8th	(-2)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	1755	+200
9th	(-1)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	1668	+227
10th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	1597	+203
11th	(-2)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	1543	+128

Tomorrow, arguably a pretty similar stage. Will today's first impressions prove correct? Will we see another breakaway win (and from whom), or will the GC guys take this one instead? Tune in to find out!