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I (hopefully still invisible) double back to look for my follower. If that fails I attempt to telepathically communicate with the dog and ask it to smell if there is a follower behind myself.

Blast... well I am taking France's seat then. Retech and paul- Do you have any qualms with switching to a standardized FETA currency (the argent) as it would be far more powerful than the dollar most likely and it would be far more resistant to change as well (the currency).

I create an illusionary copy with aid from my dilithium armor. I then summon a blast of smoke and create the illusion that I am invisible. While the smoke clears I have the copy drive the cart and I double back to look around (And who Pray tell would be the other two most-deadly people in the game?)

Actually France and Germany both retain their seats as they are a combined group (I combined the two into one country... if I say germany it is simply because I do not want to type Franco-Germania or German-Franco)

I continue on (wow... umbra has just become one of the more deadly characters in the game)

I go onto the quest to find the altar of life!

I go to new-Exile and ask around for the location of the altar of life.

Archi but it is something that the third reich did... Therefore I can compare you to the third reich.

Okay then.... Grim goes to the ivory tower and asks if he could buy a life sphere with gold pieces. He then asks if he could train with the mages and if so he asks to train ritualism.

Abyssia has gone on a massive spree of conquest.

The German-Franco government declines to send armed forces to the UN stating that "The abolition of war is not a possibility, If there are two people on the planet then someone will want someone else dead and there will be war." All projects continue. The German-Franco state asks that abyssia be kicked out of the UN stating it's habit of conquering it's neighbors and comparing it to the third reich.

Paul, icu, retech and mather (I think) just survived a fight with a demigod. Kemios is about to fight a zombie horde and for me... well not much has happened.

Here!

Pretty much it. EDIT: Archi if he can suddenly give us all a massive loss of GDP (and ignore the fact that the US is a service based economy and going isolationist/loosing all creditors would ruin it)I see no reason why I cannot simply exchange the dollars for a new currency.

Oddly enough the German-Franco government had converted all of it's dollar holdings to the argent right before they were rendered null.

Okay then... All countries aside from the SSR in FETA are preparing to adopt the argent. This should take around a year to complete and will give a far more stable currency then that which currently exists.

Dusty do you have any objections to the argent (that is if you are still in FETA) in light of the growing crisis FETA extends membership to the united states protectorates in europe as well as the middle east.

A gold standard will not work... The German-Franco state proposes a standard currency throughout FETA which would be called the argent. It would have the same denominations as the euro etc. etc.

Dungeonal might I remind you about a certain order declared in irc. The German-Franco government asks the Itallian government to stop it's imperialism as it is rather off-puting. It also remarks about the irony of the Abyssian empire talking about imperialism and complaining to the african congress. Projects are continuing.

Three child minimum? In an industrialized western country? Are you mad? not really.... It is a program that I created to combat the aging population. It is some basics for people with three or more children (I probably should change it to two or more though...)

Dusty the "hand-outs" were to compensate for the lack of the childrens labor. Also Dungeonal I have had morocco for just as long if not slightly longer than you have had tunisia. The German-Franco government is starting a loan program that would allow people to set up small businesses (Dusty I was talking about the raise in general education and wages) Houses are being set up that would allow moroccans to seek jobs in france/germanies industrial sector. The three child minimum is not being taken into effect in the Moroccan province however.

It's the usual. I would not think that they would need that much after being forcibly conquered. In other news projects Q, Z and W are being started as of now.

The Franco-German State is using stratos fighters to drop anti government propaganda throughout recently conquered africa. (On a side note I now control morocco) The plan for Morocco is mandatory (but free) public education as well as small handouts to help the poor get on their feet (This should give me a ~5% rise of GDP per year starting around 15 years from now). All projects continue. The Franco-German government calls a meeting of the African Congress to discuss the rampant expansion by their neighbors.

Three! (if this thing is going to go on today)

The Franco-German Government begins research of bacteriophages.