27-10-2003, 05:00
Welcome, my friends, to the Democratic Republic of Sharldonia! I am Foreign Relations Minister Charles Bridler, and it is my job, among other things, to familiarize you with our nation and it's peoples, so, let's begin shall we? the D.R.S. is a small nation thus far, located on the island of Tasmania, our territories take up the whole of Tasmania, not because we need it all now, but because we know we will someday, perhaps soon, our Government gives the people what the United Nations calls "World Benchmark" levels of political freedoms, the right to vote is pretty much considered just shy of Holy in Sharldonia, 99% of the population is highly educated, with the other 1% being the unfortunate few who just ran into some very hard luck early on, and programs are in place to help these unfortunate people through their hardships, so they can become educated, hard-working members of society, and leave a better world than they lived in for their children, and all future generations, crime is mostly low except in a few area where minor Drug Cartels have sprouted up, and our main industries are the Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming industries, our Armed Forces are a small, well-trained, all-vollunteer organization that has a Primary Mission of defending the D.R.S. we look forward to establishing political and trade relations with other nations, thank you for your time.
~Charles Bridler.
~Charles Bridler.