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President Ulrik Thorssen and the Shalmar Crisis - Ayzek - 11-25-2018
The Shalmar Islands were a small group of islands in the central Aesean Ocean. Once Lanlanian territories, the islands were granted independence in 1509, after the indigenous population's separatist movement gained international attention and pressure mounted on the Lanlanians. The islands economy had been built on servicing the Holy Lanlanian servicemen and women that were stationed or passed through there, and quickly tanked when they suddenly withdrew.
Located in the middle of nowhere before the age of globalization and having a minuscule market, the islands found it difficult to recover. Nonetheless, Nylander foreign aid kept them afloat. The islands developed a largely self-sustaining economy on the backs of their fisherman and agriculture. More recently, it began acting as a flag of convenience and a valuable transshipping port.
Under Nyland's influence, the islands have nurtured a budding democracy. The President was both head of state and head of government and checked by the Jelaniti, Shalmar's legislative body. A small island nation in a largely peaceful world, Shalmar had little to worry about beyond pirates--which it countered with a small fleet of armed boats led by the Aesean-class RSIS Morlo patrol boat provided by New Alden. On land, the Republic was defended by the Nyland-trained Republic of the Shalmar Islands Self-Defense Force.
Uromaj, Shalmar Islands
Wednesday, 25 Zechyr 1596
President Ulrik Thorssen was elected by the Jelaniti in Dosa after his predecessor was removed following a vote of no confidence. He was a stout man, ethnically Shalmari, though as Lanlanianized as the rest of the country. His predecessor, Lizette Garlund had been removed and arrested on corruption charges. No one expected that her cousin, General Rikard Buttahede, would react as aggressively as he did.
Thorssen and his government certainly didn't, as he boarded a plane to the nearby Republic of Papuwa on a state visit.