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The Foreign Office has announced that up until the end of August, requests for diplomatic relations will be considered. Since 2014, the Foreign Office has maintained a policy of refusing to consider requests for diplomacy due to the sheer volume usually received, instead reaching out on its own initiative to request formal ties with nations…

Results have been announced for yesterday’s election, the first for the new Divisions recently established for non-residential subjects. Three of the four Divisions had only a single candidate stand. Turnout in these Divisions was, as expected, accordingly quite low, although voters did have the option to vote for an abstention, which – should the majority…

Nominations have closed and candidates have been announced for the elections taking place on July 31st. The upcoming elections are a historic first, being for the Divisions established at the start of the month to represent non-residential subjects in Parliament. Any non-residential subject – that is, an Austenasian not living within an Austenasian land claim…

Non-residential subjects of Austenasia will henceforth be able to vote for Representatives in Parliament, following a new law passed this evening. This sees the culmination of efforts led by Prime Minister Lord William Wilson, whose campaign for the premiership included a pledge to see parliamentary representation for non-residential subjects (an idea originally proposed by his…

Tulsabai Ramdas Pethe, the eldest member of Austenasia’s population, passed away early this morning aged 86. The news was announced on social media by The Rt Hon. Ketan Uzagi, Mrs Pethe’s grandson, “with profound grief and sadness”. Mrs Pethe, born in January 1937, was a resident of Imperia, an Austenasian Crown Dependency situated in central…

An Act of Parliament was passed yesterday formally establishing the Precious Metals Account, an online investment account from which profit can be drawn from investing in precious metals such as gold, silver, and platinum. The Precious Metals Account (PMA) was initially set up by Lord Michael Simpson with a starting investment of $200 in precious…

The population of Austenasia yesterday saw a huge expansion to its highest ever level, rising to 150 after an unprecedented grant of non-residential subjectships. Thirty six applications for naturalisation have been approved by the Home Office, the largest ever single increase in Austenasia’s population. The applications came from the Empire’s Honorary Subjects, who were invited…

Monday 1st May saw an expedition of the Imperial Geographical Society (IGS) explore an area of Surrey countryside first visited by the Society in 2011. The expedition – led by Emperor Jonathan I – consisted of nine people, including Emperor Father Terry, Emperor Mother Margaret, and the latter’s sister-in-law Lady Boxall. The former Lord Marshal…

Honorary Subjects of Austenasia who have held this status for a certain amount of time will from now on be able to apply to the Home Office for naturalisation, thereby becoming non-residential subjects with full Austenasian national status. For most of Austenasian history, the only way for a non-resident to become an Austenasian was for…

A property in Portsmouth was yesterday designated the Diplomatic Residence to serve as a home for the imperial couple. Emperor Jonathan I and Empress Hannah moved into the property in November last year, shortly after their wedding. The full title of the property is the Diplomatic Residence of the Envoy to Portsmouth, referring to a…