03-15-2019, 07:15 PM
The Capital Building
The Capital District, West Brigidna
Elva, 1597
"Meeting adjourned." The knock of a gavel and everything was a shuffle of papers and coats and computers. The meeting of the executive council for the West Brigidnan Union had just ended and the various individual leaders were on their way along with their aides and orderlies.
It had been nearly five years since the Union had been established, itself the product of decades of cooperation and effort by the governments of Florinthus, Galeae, Oslanburg, and Vienland. It had been a long process filled with pitfalls and triumphs, compromise and disagreement. Even now, five years in, things were still not entirely smooth on all fronts.
The military, one of the more important parts of a government, was still not properly merged on all accounts, and leadership, both civilian and military, were still at an impasse of how to move forward. That had been the subject of this particular meeting of the executive council, presided by the Prime Minister of the Union, Klaus Ofthevek, an Oslanburgan who had been selected as the first to fill his role.
Ofthevek was a curious choice, as he had no prior executive experience and was simply a rising voice in the Oslanburgan Democratic Party. What he lacked in experience he made up for in tact and prudence, which was why he was one of the prime choices from the newly established legislature. His term, which was to be up in 1601, was frantic at times, as the establishment of an entire government was on his list, but he had settled into the groove well enough.
There was opposition to his leadership, however, particularly from Florinthian union-sceptics who were unwary about an Oslanburgan being chosen to lead the new government. There were still occasional protests in the more conservative regions of Florinthus, though their frequency had died down in recent years.
All eyes, however, were on 1600. The second general election in the new Union, and a critical one too, since the government could potentially change hands.
The Capital District, West Brigidna
Elva, 1597
"Meeting adjourned." The knock of a gavel and everything was a shuffle of papers and coats and computers. The meeting of the executive council for the West Brigidnan Union had just ended and the various individual leaders were on their way along with their aides and orderlies.
It had been nearly five years since the Union had been established, itself the product of decades of cooperation and effort by the governments of Florinthus, Galeae, Oslanburg, and Vienland. It had been a long process filled with pitfalls and triumphs, compromise and disagreement. Even now, five years in, things were still not entirely smooth on all fronts.
The military, one of the more important parts of a government, was still not properly merged on all accounts, and leadership, both civilian and military, were still at an impasse of how to move forward. That had been the subject of this particular meeting of the executive council, presided by the Prime Minister of the Union, Klaus Ofthevek, an Oslanburgan who had been selected as the first to fill his role.
Ofthevek was a curious choice, as he had no prior executive experience and was simply a rising voice in the Oslanburgan Democratic Party. What he lacked in experience he made up for in tact and prudence, which was why he was one of the prime choices from the newly established legislature. His term, which was to be up in 1601, was frantic at times, as the establishment of an entire government was on his list, but he had settled into the groove well enough.
There was opposition to his leadership, however, particularly from Florinthian union-sceptics who were unwary about an Oslanburgan being chosen to lead the new government. There were still occasional protests in the more conservative regions of Florinthus, though their frequency had died down in recent years.
All eyes, however, were on 1600. The second general election in the new Union, and a critical one too, since the government could potentially change hands.