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The Ariddian health-focused fast food restaurant chain Santé! (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Sant%C3%A9%21) is looking to expand in foreign nations, an Ariddian Secretariat for Health spokesman has announced.

"We believe Santé! can be beneficial to people's health around the world, providing a tasty, nutritious, healthy and ethical alternative to other fast food chains," the statement read.

Any foreign individual or group of persons may open one or more Santé! restaurants, as long as they have Santé!'s authorisation. To obtain authorisation, those individuals must pledge to abide by the company's regulations.

For more information on Santé!, see here (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Sant%C3%A9%21). If you would like Santé! restaurants to open in your nation, simply say so here.

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Statement of the Government of the Britannic Commonwealth

The Britannic Commonwealth of Eurasia would like for Santé! restaurants to open up in Eurasia. His Majesty's Government sees the opportunity to expand opportunities for healthy eating sterling.

We would enjoy to see Sante's open in our nation.

Official Kingdom of Fornelia Statement:
Seeing both the benefits of healthy eating and a new restaurant that could boost our economy, Fornelia is more than willing to have the chain open up within its borders.

[Official Message]
The Armed Capitalist Republic of The Silver Sky

We would like to inform Santé! that there is no longer suchh thing as this so-called 'Britannic Commonwealth of Eurasia', the former 'Britannic Commonwealth' was annexed by and the government disbanded merely a few days ago by Imperial Whyatican and the coalition of nations seeking to liberate Eurasian civilians from years of opressed rule, the nation is in general chaos and rebellion and has been formall annexed by Whyatican, your workers would probably just end up another casualty, so don't invest in the Eurasian market.

While this is an interesting enterprise, there is absolutely no Errikan market for vegetarianism.

Indeed, the Kingdom would also encourage the opening of your restaurants here as well.

Santé! will gladly give its approval for the creation of Santé! restaurants in Eurasia, Laquasa Isle, Fornelia, Errikland and Bartonstein, provided the persons operating those restaurants locally abide by company regulations.

Also, Santé! thanks you for your interest.

OOC: It isn't British Londinium, it's Eurasia.

OOC: It isn't British Londinium, it's Eurasia.

I suggest you highlight the word "Eurasia" in your sig in some way; perhaps add a sentence "My nation's RP name is Eurasia"

While the West Corinthian government does not encourage vegetarianism, we do encourage healthy eating. Santé! is welcome to open branches in West Corinthia, though we shall also be boosting beef production on government-owned farms to counter the influx of vegetables.

Additionally, we would like to inquire about establishing Corinthian temples in some of your cities to help spread the faith. For more info on the subject, Visit it's wiki. (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Corinthian_Polytheism)

United Kingdom2 wants Sante! to be part of our nation and will fund some of the sante! restaurants in the United Kingdom2.

Signed,
Kate Bowles,Minister of Health

Once news about Sante franchises potentially opening up Bazalonians have started petitioning the government to allow Sante to start franchising out it's restaraunts, The Government on their behalf has approached Sante about establishing franchises in Bazalonia.

The Ariddian authorities will welcome the establishing of Corinthian temples in the PDSRA, if only for their cultural value and the insight they will provide into Corinthian beliefs and society.

Also, Santé! welcomes the interest expressed by West Corinthia, United Kingdom2 and Bazalonia, and will be happy to see Santé! restaurants established in those countries.

Bump.

Praetonia has a free and open market, and as such Santé! restaurants are welcome to set up in the country, but the government takes no position on the business and will not subsidise it as some others have. Advantages of setting up in Praetonia include:

- No minimum wage. The market rate for unskilled restaurant labour is thus low.
- Laissez-faire regulation system. Little red tape to hassle the small business owner.
- Low taxation. Low tax on profit and, because of the low-tax market in other areas, goods the business needs to buy to operate are cheaper.
- Large, affluent market. There are a lot of Praetonians with money to burn on goods of all kinds.

For this particular business, I would say that success will be very limited. Competition with Indian and Chinese takeaways, fish & chip shops and American-style fast food corporations (including CBBC which you mention and similar domestic companies), a culture that view vegetarians as a fringe group and self-imposed operating practises which will make Santé!'s goods artificially more expensive than the rest of the market mean that the initial market will be limited, and the company will fare badly against home-grown health food restaurants unless it changes its operating practises. However, the vegetarian and egalitarian policies may well result in Santé! carving out a niche amongst upper middle class socialists.

Regarding the situation in Praetonia:

It is up to the inhabitants of Praetonia itself to open up Santé! restaurants, with Santé!'s approval, if they wish to do so. Economic and cultural factors do appear unencouraging, but the choice is theirs to make. However, one of the obligations of all Santé! restaurant operators is to provide adequate wages for exployees.

That's what I was saying - a number of Praetonians will probably be interested, but Santé! is only likely to be a niche market. So you can RP having maybe a few hundred outlets in Praetonia, perhaps fewer.

Santé! will be happy for the opportunity to provide its services even to a relatively small number of Praetonians.

Altanar would be most interested in establishing the Santé! chain of restaurants in our country. Vegetarianism is still rare here, as we are a major beef producer. Any opportunity to improve our citizens' health, however, is welcomed.

We would return the favor and establish our nation's signature chain of restaurants, the Solar Steakhouse, in Ariddia. However, we doubt that would be welcome. Perhaps we can work with your health experts to develop a vegetarian alternative?

- Dala Crevenarath, Minister of Social Welfare

The PDSRA's health experts would be very interested in working on developing an alternative. However, since Ariddia has a moneyless economy (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Ariddian_economy?goobergunch1_session=47a8e064c7188b44a42ed20310fcba5e), you may want to reconsider opening any restaurant chain here.

That would perhaps make establishing a restaurant a bit difficult. However, I am confident we can still work together on developing a vegetarian alternative, and provide the results to our respective nations.

- Dala Crevenarath, Minister of Social Welfare

We would be happy to put together a team of experts to explore such possibilities, and to send them to Altanar, or welcome a team from Altanar in Ariddia.

Natasha Jones,
Secretary for Health

Official Notice From The Skgorrian Ministry for Nutrition and Agriculture

The Ministry for Nutrition and Agriculture believes that meat is an essential part of a healthy diet, but will allow one Santé restaurant in Skgorria, and it will be placed within the capital, Skgorria City.

From: Ministry of Health and Sports, The Grand Duchy of Van Luxemburg

To: Santé! Fast Food Restaurants, Ariddia

Dear Sir/Ma'am,

Van Luxemburg is not a nation with a majority of vegetarians, but we see the need of healthy food for our citizens. Due to Western lifestyles, the group of overweighted inhabitants is ever growing. This might be because of the rise of the fast-Food restaurants, mainly the Allanean-based Cute Bunny Vurger Corporation, amongst many others.

Therefore, we would like to offer Santé! 1200 restaurants on parking places along motorways. These restaurants have been previously used by other fast-food restaurants, which weren't up to the task of serving healthy food to drivers who visited them. Following a fine from the Health and Sports Ministry, the company has sold off it's restaurants to the State, which we now offer to Santé!.

We hope that Santé! is interested in these restaurants, and will offer Van Luxemburgian drivers healthy food, on the way.

Signed,

Ministry of Health and Sports,
Emily Glister

Ministry of Traffic,
Alessandro Debiasi

We would be happy to put together a team of experts to explore such possibilities, and to send them to Altanar, or welcome a team from Altanar in Ariddia.

Natasha Jones,
Secretary for Health

We shall put together a team of health experts, and experts in Altanari cuisine, to send to Ariddia for research. Please let us know when you'd be ready to receive them.

- Dala Crevenarath, Minister of Social Welfare

The State of Dyelli Beybi wishes to authorise the opening of 'Santé!' restaurants within it's borders, provided they serve only Dyellian produce and do not check too rigorously for high levels of potentially toxic pesticides.

To: Ministry of Health and Sports, The Grand Duchy of Van Luxemburg
From: Santé! and the Ariddian Secretariat for Health

Dear madam, dear sir,

We would be very pleased to supply Santé!'s services to the people of Van Luxemburg, and help them establish a more healthy diet.

We thank you for your interest, and commend you for attending to your citizens' well-being.

The Ministry for Nutrition and Agriculture believes that meat is an essential part of a healthy diet, but will allow one Santé restaurant in Skgorria, and it will be placed within the capital, Skgorria City.

We hope that the people of Skgorria City will be pleased with what the Skgorrian Santé! restaurant will provide.


The State of Dyelli Beybi wishes to authorise the opening of 'Santé!' restaurants within it's borders, provided they serve only Dyellian produce and do not check too rigorously for high levels of potentially toxic pesticides.

That first stipulation is perfectly acceptable, but unfortunately the second is not. Santé! values the health of its customers very highly, and all Santé! restaurants must provide only healthy food.


We shall put together a team of health experts, and experts in Altanari cuisine, to send to Ariddia for research. Please let us know when you'd be ready to receive them.

- Dala Crevenarath, Minister of Social Welfare

As soon as they are ready to come. We will simply need a short while to select experts and prepare adequate research facilities.

Natasha Jones,
Secretary for Health

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade can ensure the representatives of "Santé!" that all vegetable matter will be subject to the usual Health Department Legislations within the State of Dyelli Beybi.

We also wish to inquire as to the posibility of inclusion of tobacco related salads and the like, as the tobacco industry is regarded as a key agrarian commodity.

-Brigadier Koizumi
Interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Rome, Dartia - A number of malls in the city of New Rome have offered Sente short-term leases to test market their new fast food chain.

OOC: Dartia is a free market economy. Feel free to open as many shops here as you wish. Expect a few reasonable laws to be in affect regarding building codes, child labor, health inspections, insurance, etc.

statment from the warrior king this francise may attempt to open in all the planets the imprium poses but it will not knock s.a.t food division of the best sellers list

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade can ensure the representatives of "Santé!" that all vegetable matter will be subject to the usual Health Department Legislations within the State of Dyelli Beybi.

We also wish to inquire as to the posibility of inclusion of tobacco related salads and the like, as the tobacco industry is regarded as a key agrarian commodity.

-Brigadier Koizumi
Interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Unfortunately, we must insist on ensuring that all food produce sold by Santé! restaurants in Dyelli Beybi be subjected to strict control by the company here in Ariddia. And tobacco would not be acceptable.

Natasha Jones,
Secretary for Health


New Rome, Dartia - A number of malls in the city of New Rome have offered Sente short-term leases to test market their new fast food chain.

OOC: Dartia is a free market economy. Feel free to open as many shops here as you wish. Expect a few reasonable laws to be in affect regarding building codes, child labor, health inspections, insurance, etc.

We thank you for the opportunity.

OOC: Santé! itself requires all its restaurants to abide by legislation on working conditions, fair wages and the likes.

Official Response from the Cute Bunny Burger Corporation

We would like to know what features precisely make the Sante food more 'ethical', and more 'healthy' then ours.

We would like to point out that all our meals are monitored as to their calory content, and all contain no transfats, no damaging preservatives or artificial colorants, and are all monintored by several health organisations.

As a matter of fact, our food is even served in hospitals - for example, the Lifewyze Corporation have made our food their official hospital food!

We have made no statement concerning whether or not CBBC food is healthy. CBBC is not present in Ariddia. Apparently, however, other nations (where CBBC is present) are linking its presence to health problems.

That is not our concern. Our concern is with providing healthy food.

As for why Santé! is more ethical, that is obvious.

Bernard Larousse
Santé! spokesman

Official CBBC Response

Please explain. Is the food all-vegetarian?

[Excerpted from an e-mail from an old acquaintance of a Santé! VP(xxxxxxxxxx@veg.czardasnet.co.st), 24.12.2016]

... In addition, we have heard that Santé! has agreed to open franchised branches overseas. As I've never been a big fan of heart disease, it's sometimes a bit tough for me to find a quick, inexpensive, and healthy meal in a town of 500 with one of those absolutely horrible burger places from Allanea or something, three or four pubs, and the one Indian take-out... I'm wondering how to get the permission to start some little baby santés of my own.

As you probably know I live in Czardas now... yeah, that place over in Northern Haven primarily known for having the most chaotic government system outside Antarctic Oasis... and we have a little group of fellow entrepeneurs here, the Alliance for Corporate Sanitation. We'd be looking at opening a few branches here and there, seeing how they do... what sort of regulations would we be required to follow? ...

[end excerpt]

[Excerpt from the cover-letter to the chief executive officer of Santé!, or equivalent; 2.1.2017]

... initial plans will be for the opening of ten branches in major cities; depending on further success we may open up to five hundred across Czardas and Northern Haven, if bordering nations allow it.

We will also abide by all specified regulations listed below in our application; according to Czardaian law child labour is illegal at any rate, and the prevalence of "all organic" farms is growing, due to the fashionable appeal of "returning to simplicity" and the even more successful studies performed by Czardaian scientists shown to link pesticides to various diseases and genetic mutations.... We have specified, as well, a proposed wage system in accord with United Nations regulation as well as Czardaian law. Further information is contained within.

-- Andrew Meertins
Alliance for Corporate Sanitation
171 Velkya Avenue, suite 416
Déra, Czardas 0722-44

[end excerpt]

Official CBBC Response

Please explain. Is the food all-vegetarian?

Indeed it is.

But our ethics do not concern only animals. Santé! restaurants provide decent wages and working conditions to all employees.

Bernard Larousse
Santé! spokesman

Official Response of the CBBC

We at CBBC consider vegetarianism itself to be immoral. However we would like to point out that we, too, provide decent conditions and wages to all our employees.

Official Response of the CBBC

We at CBBC consider vegetarianism itself to be immoral. However we would like to point out that we, too, provide decent conditions and wages to all our employees.

Bernard Larousse scratched his head as he read the report on CBBC's latest official statement. His wife Sabine, standing behind him and slipping her arms round him, glanced over his shoulder.

"Are they serious?" she asked, incredulously.

Bernard shrugged.
"They're Allaneans. 'Rational' doesn't mean the same to them as it does to most people. Nor does 'ethical', apparently."

He scribbled a quick reply, to be sent off in more presentable form shortly thereafter.

CBBC's view that vegetarianism may be "immoral" quite frankly puzzles me. I will reserve judgement on CBBC employees' wages and working conditions until I have consulted independent data on the topic. Not that (I re-iterate) it has ever been Santé!'s stated aim to pass judgement on CBBC.

Bernard Larousse
Santé! spokesman

ooc

How can you eat those poor plants! Plants are sentience too! Plants may have feelings, too! Don't discriminate by affording preference to animals, then discriminating against vegetables! :p

Most likely, the rationale for anti-vegetarianism runs that all sentient life eats other sentient life to survive, so no-one should have a problem with eating meat because the animals that make up that meat eat other animals, or plants, which are also a form of sentient life. And if it's the barbarism issue, you can't say pulling plants straight out of the soil and chopping them up isn't as barbaric to them as killing animals is! ;)

/ooc

OOC:

Actually, Arriddia, did you read L.Neil Smith?

Also telegram.

OOC:

Actually, Arriddia, did you read L.Neil Smith?


OOC:
No (other than one of his short Star Wars novels many years ago when I was into SW). He's an American Libertarian, but what's the connection?

TG replied to.

OOC: He is extremely critical of ethics-based vegetarianism. I seriously don't want to make it an OOC argument thread, so, uhm, if you get a hold of 'Pallas'... or 'Forge of the Elders'...

[OOC: I think what Allanea is saying is that while you view animals as being practically human, he views them as property. Thus, taking your view to its logical conclusion, humans are forced to suffer through lack of meat by a government enforcing vegetarianism. Whether animals are property or on-par with humans is largely a question of point of view and not something that can be easily answered objectively. However it is interesting to note that while animals themselves have no real sense of "rights" or ethics that they apply to other animals, some do seem to have a sense of property to the extent that they will protect what they view as their territory.

But anyway, enough OOCness, this is an RP thread.]

OOC: I'm swamped with stuff to read right now, but maybe I'll get round to that one day. In the meantime, it might be interesting for Allanean students to debate the issue in Ariddian university faculties or something. ;)

The United Universities of Nova Brittanica would like to request one of your inexpensive, healthy, vegitarian restraunts for each city and university. Also, we would like to donate five hundred million dollars to the Sante! buisness to help build the restraunts in Nova Brittanica and else where.

Note: Should Sante! (hereby reffered to as the corporation) ever sell meat, they should be aware that the United Universities of Nova Brittanica (hereby reffered to as the government) has placed a heavy tax on meat. The corporation should also be aware that there are building codes and minimum wage laws to be followed, by punishment of clusure of all restraunts in the government's territory.

Santé! thanks the people and government of United Universities of Nova Brittanica for their support and kind donation.

Santé! would like to assure the United Universities that it will never sell meat, and that its wage regulations are above minimum wage laws in most nations.

Bump.

The Democratic Constitutional Monarchy of the Secular Empire of Maraque would like submit a request for the approval of Santé! restaurants in all of its major cities.

The Secular Empire should prove to be one of the best markets for Santé!, as according to census data Maraque is a 60% vegetarian nation.

We are willing to 'un'ban fast food in Neo-Erusea is this chain is successful in our country. Sante is free to open stores in Neo-Erusea.

Santé! will be happy to expand to Maraque and Neo-Erusea, and hopes to provide your peoples with healthy, nutritious and tasty meals.

Santé! also commends the people of Maraque for their widespread embrace of vegetarianism.

As soon as they are ready to come. We will simply need a short while to select experts and prepare adequate research facilities.


We shall send our team in one week's time, then, assuming they are ready to be received. We look forward to working with you in this endeavor.

- Dala Crevenarath, Minister of Social Welfare

We are interested in opening Sante restaurants in the Commonalitarianism. However, we are a direct ownership society. This generally means that people who work within a company own shares of the company. We would be willing to pay a franchising fee to start the restaurants, but the structure of ownership is different. The general form of ownership is Partnership, Cooperative, Registered Family Syndicate, Registered Union Syndicate.

Regards,

Mimi Ohyes, Minister of Trade

Ministry of Trade: We hereby approve Sante for operation in Leafanistan and have sent requests for the Colonial Authority to also approve of this.

OOC: You'd find some acceptance as a niche restaurant in the large cities and supersprawls and some universities. You'd be rare anywhere else.

we would like it if sante could open up stores in angelonisia, we would like it to be open a central branch in angelonisia where it then could open more sante stores in angelonisia, we would have no problem with sante as long as it follows the labor laws. Sante could help angelonisia with it's growing ecological problems. we would also like to donate 1 billion dollars to help sante increase it's productivity

We shall send our team in one week's time, then, assuming they are ready to be received. We look forward to working with you in this endeavor.

- Dala Crevenarath, Minister of Social Welfare

As shall we. It should prove to be challenging and interesting research, and we hope for results that will have lasting, postive consequences.

Natasha Jones,
Secretary for Health


We are interested in opening Sante restaurants in the Commonalitarianism. However, we are a direct ownership society. This generally means that people who work within a company own shares of the company. We would be willing to pay a franchising fee to start the restaurants, but the structure of ownership is different. The general form of ownership is Partnership, Cooperative, Registered Family Syndicate, Registered Union Syndicate.

Regards,

Mimi Ohyes, Minister of Trade

That is fine, and indeed quite commendable.

Santé! also thanks the people and governments of Leafanistan and Angelonisia for their interest, and expresses its particular gratitude to Angelonisia for their extremely generous donation.

The Empire is willing to grant you a charter for the restaurants for any, non-Imperial site, in the Empire as long as you do not violate historic sites. Yet, we must first know how many restaurants are you planning to open?

It is not we who plan or decide how many restaurants to open. We would grant authorisation to Scandinvan citizens to open Santé! restaurants, in coordination with the Scandinvan authorities.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

OOC: On the subject of vegetarianism being immoral...

Danger of vegetarians. - A diet consisting primarily of rice leads to the use of opium and narcotics, just as a diet consisting primarily of potatoes leads to the use of liquor. But its subtler effects also include ways of thinking and feeling that work narcotically. This harmonizes with the fact that the promoters of narcotic ways of thinking and feeling, like those Indian gurus, praise precisely a diet that is purely vegetarian and would like to make that a law of the masses: thus they want to call forth and increase a need that they are able to satisfy.

Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Gay Science," pages 128-129.


Pessimists as victims. - Wherever a deep dissatisfaction with existence comes to prevail, it is the aftereffects of some great dietary mistake made by a people over a long time that are coming to light. Thus the spread of Buddhism (not its origin) depended greatly on the Indians' excessive and almost exclusive diet of rice and the general enervation resulting from it. Perhaps the modern European discontent is due to the fact that our prehistory, the entire middle ages, was given to drinking thanks to the influence of Germanic tastes on Europe. - The German dissatisfaction with life is essentially a winter sickness exacerbated by the effects of cellar air and the noxious stove fumes in German living rooms.

Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Gay Science," page 124.


IC

The Amestrian Ministry of Culture issues a decree banning the health-focused fast food restaurant chain Santé from operating in Amestria; a simple continuation of longstanding policy that foreign fast food franchises are incompatible with Amestrian culture. It is also noted that the Santé Corporation is an extension of the Ariddian State promoted national culture (Ariddian vegetarianism).

Response from the CBBC

If the Amestrian culture was truly incompatible with fast food, they would allow the restaurants to operate - after all, nobody would buy in them, and there would be no danger.

Or perhaps the Amestrian government is simply engaging in social engineering?

For once we find ourselves in agreement with the representatives of Allanea.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman


OOC: Funny to see Nietzsche was capable of talking absolute rubbish. I've never taken any drugs of any kind, and I drink very little alcohol.

OOC: Congrats for your 6,000th post.

OOC: Oh, thanks! I hadn't even noticed.

Janis Hedge, the Sarzonian Vice President for Business and Commerce, saw a small item hit the Julianus Road Bulletin as she flipped through the newspaper on her way to work. It was a relatively small wire item that otherwise might have escaped her attention, but she admired the concept when the catchy headline caught her eye.

"Hmm, a healthful fast food chain," she asked to no one in particular. "That should be interesting." Her driver's head perked up slightly, but she paid no mind. She figured the international permits required could pass the Sarzonian food and drug administration with few problems. She picked up her cell phone and called the chairman.

"Hey Hank, did you see this little item on page A18 of the..."

"The Julianus Road Bulletin? About Santé? We're already working on the permits."

"Already?"

"We'd caught wind of it a while ago after one of their representatives slipped an application under our door." Hank was interrupted for a second by someone whispering something in his ear. "Uh, correction. Apparently, someone sent it to us via the Sarzonian national team?

Hedge's eyes widened. It wasn't like Arridia and Sarzonia were regular foes on the pitch. Even she knew the two national teams rarely had encounters inside a stadium. She also knew the governments had minimal relations. So why did their representatives decide to use the Sarzonian national team as an intermediary? She shook her head. That would be a question for another time. Following an exchange of pleasantries and later official word of approval, she picked up her phone after drinking her morning coffee and called the spokesman for Santé.

"This is Janis Hedge, Vice President for Business and Commerce, Incorporated States of Sarzonia. We have granted you permits to establish a chain of Santé restaurants within Sarzonia. If you'd like, you can discuss the situation with me in greater detail shortly."

She also was aware of the Cute Bunny Corporation's efforts to choke off market share, but she also knew that company's efforts to break into the Sarzonian market were less than successful. Only 16 restaurants remained from an initial market penetration of 220 nationwide. And most of them were concentrated in Bausch. And most Bauchians were considered the black sheep among the family of Sarzonian states. Only one Cute Bunny restaurant remained in Portland, one in Nicksia, and none were in Woodstock because that city denied permits.

Time would tell whether Santé would be a success in Sarzonia. But it would at least get a fair chance.

Santé! is very pleased at the opportunity to open restaurants in Sarzonia, and commends the Sarzonian authorities for their concern regarding the Sarzonian people's health and well-being.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

To:Sante! headquarters,
the people of UK2 has loved the Sante! restaurants, and 23,000 people are working for the restaurants.we thank you for building them in our country.

Signed,
UK2 Parliament.

We're glad to hear it is going so well. Thank you again for the opportunity.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

Bump

BUMP, in case anyone else is interested.

OOC: How many Sante branches are there out there?

OOC: No idea, since most of those who have "signed up" haven't specified numbers. Partly due, no doubt, to the fact that expansion is not managed by the company HQ in Ariddia, but by citizens in foreign nations themselves.

while success is highly unlikely, due to a lot of competition you will be facing from typical fast-food stores, you are very much welcome to set up some locations in Swilatia.

We thank you. Santé! is not concerned with competition, and wishes only to present a new, healthier option to customers.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

Sante! restaurants are sprouting up nearly everywhere in the Secular Empire.

Recent government data puts the total amount of restaurants in Maraque to a whopping 347,000, an average of 15,000 per province.

In a recent press statement, Santé! spokesman Bernard Larousse said he was "delighted" by the restaurant chain's popularity in Maraque.

"It is heartwarming to see this reaction from the people of Maraque," Larousse said. "I know they are being responsible, and that parents are making sure to provide healthy food to their children, for example."

The New healthfood restraunt, "Vita!", has begun an agressive corporate war with Sante'. They wish to expand into other states. They have bought out all of their assets in Laquasa, and according to their sources "offer a wider selection and better- and much healthier- food than Sante." Vita does offer lean meats, and all organic vegetables in a tasty style, atmoshpere, and price. On Fridays 10% of profits go to feeding children in Africa.


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The Vita! Logo

"For a healthier world"

The Vita! Slogan

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TV Commercial?

The Aunesian News Network would like to offer you the oppurtunity to advertise your new outlets in the Federation of Aunesia, by placing 3 slots of 30 second advertising time during the News at 10, every night for the next month, all for the small fee of $5,000,000.

Would this be of interest to you? Other advertising oppurtunities may be availible upon discussion.

The Aunesian News Network would like to offer you the oppurtunity to advertise your new outlets in the Federation of Aunesia, by placing 3 slots of 30 second advertising time during the News at 10, every night for the next month, all for the small fee of $5,000,000.

Would this be of interest to you? Other advertising oppurtunities may be availible upon discussion.

The Santé! Company HQ in Ariddia lacks the funds to launch an advertising campaign. However, the ANN is free to approach Santé!'s autonomous branches in foreign nations.

OOC: T'is BUMPed.

Your Resteraunt is welcome in Aqua Anu, however if the ethcial ties and/or practices come into question (such as associating with a business the government strongly distrust) your resteraunt's business can be terminated in Aqua Anu

After a recent count, there are 500 branches of Sante! in Swilatia, which means that unlike it was opredected, the complany is enjoying moderate sucess in Swilatia.

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The Ariddian health-focused fast food restaurant chain Santé! (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Sant%C3%A9%21) is looking to expand in foreign nations, an Ariddian Secretariat for Health spokesman has announced.

"We believe Santé! can be beneficial to people's health around the world, providing a tasty, nutritious, healthy and ethical alternative to other fast food chains," the statement read.

Any foreign individual or group of persons may open one or more Santé! restaurants, as long as they have Santé!'s authorisation. To obtain authorisation, those individuals must pledge to abide by the company's regulations.

For more information on Santé!, see here (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Sant%C3%A9%21). If you would like Santé! restaurants to open in your nation, simply say so here.

Asfaltum would be very happy if you would consider entering our economic market, I hope the fact that we are a FT country on another planet doesn't matter...:)

Your Resteraunt is welcome in Aqua Anu, however if the ethcial ties and/or practices come into question (such as associating with a business the government strongly distrust) your resteraunt's business can be terminated in Aqua Anu

We can assure you that Santé!'s behaviour always meets the highest ethical standards, and thank you for the opportunity.


After a recent count, there are 500 branches of Sante! in Swilatia, which means that unlike it was opredected, the complany is enjoying moderate sucess in Swilatia.

We are very pleased to hear that. This is encouraging news.


Asfaltum would be very happy if you would consider entering our economic market, I hope the fact that we are a FT country on another planet doesn't matter...

Santé! can deliver authorisations for Asfaltum citizens to open Santé! restaurants, so no, that would not be a problem.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

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Sante!:

The Republic of Vantanas wishes to have one of these Sante! in all major cities in the Republic of Vantanas. It is requested that the food for Sante! in the Republic of Vantanas be purchased locally from the Republic of Vantanas.

Vita!:

The Republic of Vanatas wishes to have one of these Vita! in all major cities in the Republic of Vanatas. It is requested that the food for Vita! in the Republic of Vanatas be purchased locally frome the Republic of Vantanas. Also, it is to be recognized that the Republic of Vantanas has a tax on meat that will have to be payed.

You are welcome to set up shop in Emerald Springs, many people have been desiring the Government invest in a Healthy Fast Food Chain for some time.

the company has now expanded to 750 branches, still all in the cities.

The Republic of Vantanas wishes to have one of these Sante! in all major cities in the Republic of Vantanas. It is requested that the food for Sante! in the Republic of Vantanas be purchased locally from the Republic of Vantanas.


The latter should not be a problem, since the restaurants will (presumably) be operated by citizens of Vantanas.

We look forward to providing Santé!'s services in Vantanas.

You are welcome to set up shop in Emerald Springs, many people have been desiring the Government invest in a Healthy Fast Food Chain for some time.

A very encouraging sign. We hope we can respond to that desire.

the company has now expanded to 750 branches, still all in the cities.

Excellent news. We're pleased that Santé! has been able to satisy the people of Swilatia.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

The Republic of Vantanas wishes to thank Sante! for boosting the economy, giving the jobless jobs, and providing a healthy source of nutrition.

However, the unhealty fast food restraunt Deep Fryer, famous for deep fried lettuce, wishes to issue a challenge. Whoever feeds more people by the end of the month gets to turn the other's restraunts into their own restraunt.

The Ri-an Department of Commerce wishes to invite Sante! into the nation.

We recognise the diffrences between the CBBC and Sante! and feel that there will be no quarrels between the two corporations in Ri-an, as their both diffrent enough to satisfy the various appetites of the Ri-anese.

The Republic of Vantanas wishes to thank Sante! for boosting the economy, giving the jobless jobs, and providing a healthy source of nutrition.

However, the unhealty fast food restraunt Deep Fryer, famous for deep fried lettuce, wishes to issue a challenge. Whoever feeds more people by the end of the month gets to turn the other's restraunts into their own restraunt.

We're very pleased that Santé! has proved so satisfactory. As for the challenge, we will leave that to the local managers of Santé restaurants in Vantanas - who are probably citizens of Vantanas.

The Ri-an Department of Commerce wishes to invite Sante! into the nation.

We will be glad to provide our services in Ri-an.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

The Empire of Magic Sorcery always welcomes foreing business to come and conduct business. A new food chain will be great.

Santé! will be happy to provide its services to the people of Magic Sorcery.

The Vantanas branch of the Sante! business would like to inform Sante! headquarters that after a contest lasting for one month, the Deep Fryer has gone bankrupt and the amount of Sante! restraunts in Vantanas has tripled. Business is booming for Sante!, and the Vantanas branch asks the permission to change the name of the restraunt chain in Vantanas to Pastafaria.

This is excellent news! We are glad to see the people of Vantanas are making the healthy choice, and that they are satisfied by what Santé! has to offer.

Permission is granted for a name change. Vantanas' Santé! restaurants may continue to use the Santé! label as well, as long as they continue to abide by company regulations.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

This is excellent news! We are glad to see the people of Vantanas are making the healthy choice, and that they are satisfied by what Santé! has to offer.

Permission is granted for a name change. Vantanas' Santé! restaurants may continue to use the Santé! label as well, as long as they continue to abide by company regulations.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

After a three month study, it has been found that Sante! rivals CBBC in nearly every aspect. The Department of Commerce is currently reviewing both businesses, and later, will come out with a decision regarding the Forbidden city of Lower Elru. We may or may not decide to allow a business to enter, however we will watch both companies very closely. The one that better captures public intrest will be afforded nearly 50,000 instant locations throughout Ri-an, and an extra one within The Forbidden city.

Very well. That is a generous offer. Please keep us informed.

Bernard Larousse,
Santé! spokesman

The Vilvek Times
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The new Fast Food Scene


Sure, when most people hear fast food the think of greasy burgers and the CBBC. However, that's not how things are any more. There are many different fast food companies, one of the strangest, yet most sucessful is Sante!, which offers only "tasty vegetarian food of high nutritional standard". Sante! has just had its 1200th branch open in Swilatia. while this is still not much compared to the CBBC's 7500 branches, Sante! is one of the many new companies that are changing the fast food scene in Swilatia. No longer is it entirely dominated by Places like the CBBC and McRonalds, and their greasy burgers and chips.

No, I am not saying that now it's usually vegetarian stuff. Because it is not. What I am saying is that now fast food is more then just burger shops. there are many different types of food offered at fast food places now. You just walk over to a food court, and you will see many different fast food stores offering many different types of food. Of coure, if you still want one a burger, go to a place like McRonalds or the CBBC. they are still here.

The Nicksyllvanian Empire has hereby declared Santé! Restaurants to be an unpatriotic and dangerous choice for the Great Citizens of Nicksyllvania for:
a) Advocating the dangerous practices and thoughts of Vegetarianism, which is detrimental to the physical and mental health of our Citizens.
b) Implying that foods surved by Santé! are superior and healthier to the great foods and produce provided by the Imperial Nicksyllvanian Government and its associates.
c) Corruption of youth by linking violence to animals as an evil, causing the potentially negative effect of our children to view animals as equals and to regard violence as immoral.
d) Usage of a non-english name, as to imply the English language is imperfect and that the nation is open to inferior cultures.

This measure has been ratified and Accepted by the Supreme Council, the Nicksyllvanian Parliament, the Imperial Nicksyllvanian House of Lords, the Supreme Comrade Generalissmo, and by the grace of His Majesty, Emperor Nicholas Sawatsky.

sante! has 67,000 restaurants now in UK2, this have given many people jobs and homes we thank you


Signed,
UK2 Parliament.

Private Business is more than welcome in ICCD, bearing that applicable laws are followed. Seeing as ICCD is a vegan state I'm sure that your food will be most welcome.


We propose 12 location in all the major population centers. There is one catch of course - since food is provided at default, and fruits and other vegan food sources are common and free, you will likely have to offer the public something they can't get anywhere else. I.E. special recipies, a specific customer service etc..

We wish you the most of sucess in Intracircumcordei

Vive la Vive.

On a different topic, ICCD is willing to give low cost supply of Vegan Food source such as fresh fruits and vegetables. That is any materials left after the quota value or other prearranged export contracts can be designated to provide food source for your huge chain of stores. In general we have an abundance of tropical and subtropical fruits, coconuts, bananas (of both types), pineapple, breadfruit, citrus, papaya, pomegrants.. in addition to this there is an abundance of grapes and olives. ICCD tends to be more fruitarian. We can supply part of your source requirement.

Santé! will be interested in supplying services to the people of ICCD.

Ariddia would also welcome imports of foods from ICCD. However, Ariddia is bound to trade only with countries who have signed the International Fair Trade Agreement (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/International_Fair_Trade_Agreement).

The Santé! company would be willing to facilitate the export of ICCD products to autonomous Santé restaurants in foreign countries, of course.

ICCD only concern is trade restrictions with non members, as ICCD has investments in a number of non IFTA memberstates countries, as well as memberships in a number of alliances that specifically have free trade agreements inclusive.

If the IFTA is willing to give specific exemption to all previously existing trade treasties ICCD is party to and fair trade with non members who do not practice inhumane business practices would not be in the future denied, then it may be tenable. The restrictions on trade with non members universally is issued. It would be more understandable to have a blacklist operating for acting nations with sanctions or emargoes placed against them for business practices.

We will consider, but in the meantime perhaps you can ask the IFTA to allow trade with ICCD on grounds of amible work conditions. There is no slavery or corpreal enforcement of employment practices, no forced child labour. Health and Safety laws in ICCD in general provide for a safe work environment, for any registered businesses. Unions are not prohibited. Workers have free choice to work for whomever they please, as long as the employeer agrees. There are numerous state sponsered work programs that provide social credits for the would be unemployed. ICCD also has a universal social welfare program to protect the unemployed. Employment rates in ICCD are based on the work hour with specific occupations having specific bonuses based on on call status, hazard pay or otherwise. ICCD also has a quota system in place to reward individuals taking part in the state quota program. Essentially producers of quota products receive a protion of the value of the quota to interchange at wholesale trade rates, in a state administered service. This keeps essential products at as low a price as posible, ensuring that domestic needs are met and those providing those needs are rewarded. A very fair system of domestic trade during surplus is exercised. For workers rights we have not forced any controls on employment practice in regard to mutually concensual working arangements which do not violate civis laws (civil laws). Thus there is no fixed minimum or maximum hours, or wages, but individuals cannot be forced to accept employment. The social welfare system is there for individuals who cannot find acceptable employment. While lacking of maximum or work hours or a minimum wage may seem 'inhumane' it is actually fair practice, since no one is forced to work extra hours or have a low rate -- the minumium wage althouhg not being fixed is technically 1 Dian Hour of Credit per hour of work, which is the 'states' government assosiated basic employment payrate. Private companies may set their own payrates. There is no shortage of employment though, and anyone who meets state employment qualification is very likely to get a state employed job as there are uneneding public works projects supported.


It states that specific exemptions may be allowed. ICCD would not have any qualms in joining this alliance if previous treaties were not effected, and trade with members not violating the principles of the organization were allowed.

At the least we would request you ask for an exemption, in leau of certain reservations being allowed for ICCD's entry to the organization.

We thank you for any actions you take in facilitating trade. If you have any questions whatsoever about our employment practices do not hesitate to ask.
If you have any concerns or criticisms of our business practices we prefer to be informed, as we attempt to take into consideration all veiws, especially those of our trade or potential trade partners.

We look forward to seeing the first Sante open in ICCD. We also look forward to providing you with product for your stores globally, if and when mutually agreeable. We look forward to seeing Sante prosper.

Thankyou,
Bailo Heinrich II, Office of the Logotheth of the Drome.

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sante now has 1500 branches in Swilatia.

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The Ariddian health-focused fast food restaurant chain Santé! (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Sant%C3%A9%21) is looking to expand in foreign nations, an Ariddian Secretariat for Health spokesman has announced.

"We believe Santé! can be beneficial to people's health around the world, providing a tasty, nutritious, healthy and ethical alternative to other fast food chains," the statement read.

Any foreign individual or group of persons may open one or more Santé! restaurants, as long as they have Santé!'s authorisation. To obtain authorisation, those individuals must pledge to abide by the company's regulations.

For more information on Santé!, see here (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Sant%C3%A9%21). If you would like Santé! restaurants to open in your nation, simply say so here.

IC:
Message to Santé chairman

Greetings, this is the chairman of the SLFR railroad (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=515170)
I am interested in helping you out, South Lizasauria is low on healthy food because of insects devastating crops and such so I thought we can have business. You supply the food and restaurants I haul the food in and supply you with the ingredients. What do you say?

Ariddia will request trade exemption from IFTA, to import foodstuffs from ICCD.

am interested in helping you out, South Lizasauria is low on healthy food because of insects devastating crops and such so I thought we can have business. You supply the food and restaurants I haul the food in and supply you with the ingredients. What do you say?

Santé! will be happy to operate on the basis of such an agreement.

Ariddia will request trade exemption from IFTA, to import foodstuffs from ICCD.



Santé! will be happy to operate on the basis of such an agreement.

IC:

Chairman of SLFR: Splendid! I'll start laying track for the freight lines, you can build up restaurants in South Lizasauria. Its a deal!

The results are in, and BCCD won, however, startling results happened. By order of Public Demand, Sante! is also given 50,000 new locations, and let into Lower Elru, with a single establishment.
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I was supposed to be 111, Falcunia had posted before me. Silly Jolt forum.

The Kingdom of Falcaunia would appreciate Santé franchises being opened within the nation.

IC: The SLFR has bought out some farms so that we can supply the new healthy fast food chain "Santé!" with various fruits and vegetables. Just list what you need shipped to you and the SLFR will do the rest.

Santé! will be pleased to operate in Falcaunia.

IC: The SLFR has bought out some farms so that we can supply the new healthy fast food chain "Santé!" with various fruits and vegetables. Just list what you need shipped to you and the SLFR will do the rest.

We thank you. That would be a matter to discuss individually with those operating the different branches of Santé! restaurants.

"The Republic of Zaire has given Santé! its stamp of approval to expand into our nation."


Jean Bemba Saolona
Minister of Commerce of the Republic of Zaire
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Santé! will be happy to provide its restaurant to the people of Zaire.

Santé! is welcome to open branches in Kelssek.

Kelssekians have always had a food culture and will surely appreciate what your restaurants offer.

Santé! will be pleased to open in Kelssek.

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Santé! coming to Kelssek at last

GARY LEPINE, staff writer

Ariddia's famous vegetarian fast food chain is finally coming to Kelssek after an announcement that five branches would open in three cities, with Outineau ready to welcome the first outlet in an as-yet-undisclosed location in the business district along with a second to follow on boulevard de Masionneuve near the Louis Desjardins University campus, hoping to attract the student crowd.

With a cheery-looking green apple as its trademark, Santé! turns the conventional image of fast food as bad for everything except the owner's profit margin on its head, providing healthy, ethical and cheap food to millions worldwide.

Several would-be franchisees had been looking to bring the chain to Kelssek, but had always stopped short of a final agreement, fustrating many of those hungry for a bite of the famous chain who had seen the restaurant expand rapidly into other countries. Now, however, such rapid expansion could be on the cards as a masterplan for over a hundred outlets nationwide by next year, if all goes to plan, was unveiled as well.

Santé! will have to compete with a variety of local businesses, and not everyone is completely happy with the news. "I'm doubtful how fresh the ingredients will be, and that's always important. And I know a lot of people would think twice about a multinational, even if it's a country like Ariddia," said one consumer analyst, "They must make people accept them as part of their communities to succeed. However, Santé! definitely has an easier job of it than most others."

However, Ron Vitesse, owner of the eponymous restaurant on René-Lévesque which has been serving hordes of office workers organic and locally-sourced lunches for over thirty years - before "organic" even entered the popular lexicon - and has become an Outineau institution, welcomes the challenge.

"They're welcome to try and beat me. Bring it on, I say." he told Le Etoile.

Kirkenes and Saint-Remy are the other two cities set to get their Santé! locations by June this year, with a deal to lease a prime location in Kirkenes's Union Station on the cards.

Ooc: just wondering, how many branches this chain has in other countries?

OOC:67,000 branches in my country

ICCD-Intracircumcordei;12226962']On a different topic, ICCD is willing to give low cost supply of Vegan Food source such as fresh fruits and vegetables. That is any materials left after the quota value or other prearranged export contracts can be designated to provide food source for your huge chain of stores. In general we have an abundance of tropical and subtropical fruits, coconuts, bananas (of both types), pineapple, breadfruit, citrus, papaya, pomegrants.. in addition to this there is an abundance of grapes and olives. ICCD tends to be more fruitarian. We can supply part of your source requirement.

We have yet to receive a reply from IFTA regarding our request for trade exemption. We'll let you know as soon as we do.

Having received no reply from IFTA regarding its trade exemption application, the PDSRA hereby considers its obligation to the Treaty in this particular instance has lapsed, and is voided.

In consequence, the PDSRA is prepared to begin trade with ICCD as suggested.

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The government of Manhattan Prime is more than happy to allow Santé! restuarants to open in the country.

We will allow 200 restuarants in Brydog. We also wish to know how to join the IFTA, if possible.

Johannes Wallister,
Under-Secretary of Trade
Department of Commerce

Santé! will be happy to have restaurants in both Manhattan Prime and Brydog.

One joins IFTA by going through the Application Department (http://z1.invisionfree.com/forums/CACE/index.php?showforum=13).

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Sante now has 2000 branches in Swilatia.

The Hawk Hegemony kindly requests that Sante stay out of our territories or else action will be taken to ensure the competetiveness of domestic firms.

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As we are concerned with the high consumption of pork and ovine meat, with high ammount of fat, inside our country ever since the economic progresses of the revolution made meat affordable for anyone, we are willing to open 100 Santé! restaurants in opur nation, which are going to be collectively managed, with support and control by the state, of course.

Patricia Iribarren, Trade Minister of the Democratic People´s Republic of Montegrande

To: Sante Corparation

As we have already contacted your newly formed rivals, Vita! we feel a bit of 'healthy' competition would do these restaurants no harm. Our country is plentiful with restaurant brands, but none of them good for you, and we need some good food to keep our people from being fat slobs.

Therefore we request three restaurants to be opened in each of our twelve major cities.

Mrs. Nanny Colden
Assistant Minisiter for Health

Santé! will be happy to open restaurants in Montegrande and Honako, and to provide healthy food to the peoples of these two countries.

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Santé! is still looking to expand in further nations.

Over the weeks of trial and tribulation that plagued Kahanistan since its displacement by the Doomani Army, the exiled government and population in Haven cast about for foreign investment.

Having seceded from the Greater Kingdom of Midlonia in order to remain neutral in that nation's hostilities against Whyatica, the new Free Havenic Republic of Kahanistan was casting about for sources of foreign investment. While most of the CBBC outlets had been salvaged and taken to the Havenic Republic, they were not exactly the foreign investment a lot of people wanted.

With this in mind, roughly 1,000 people in the Havenic Republic contacted Sante! with the intention of building establishments in their nation...

Santé! would be pleased to authorise people in Kahanistan to set up Santé! restaurants, with the full support and approval of Santé! headquarters.

- official statement

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I would be happy to allow Santé! resteraunts in my country, I will take them in if you allow my armed forces to run the cafés as they will be present on military bases in my country and its inrests.

Warazhia

If you wish you can expand into our nation

Santé would be pleased to have restaurants in Warazhia and FreeAngola. Yes, they may be run by armed forces.

Iglesian Archipelago welcomes Santé! to the nation.

Iglesian, you do realize that you just dug this up from a year ago, right?

Well then... applaud for the Archipelago! And count in Santé! with available space provided by the Kenavtan government for twenty-five branches in the capital of Poiuytrewq, backed by some random investers in the Confederacy!

We would enjoy to see Sante's open in our nation.

The Iglesian Archipelago welcomes, of course, Santé! to open a great number of restaurants in my country!