VOLKMAN PROTESTS ENGULF PETERSBURGH

PETERSBURGH- Following the revelation that North Vienna Governor Charles Volkman is directly related to the dictator Sasuke Volkman, protests between native Belphenians and Viennites have plagued Downtown Petersburgh. Thousands have taken to the North Vienna District Capitol to show support and protest against Charles Volkman. Protesters say that the grandson of a dictator is not fit to hold public office, while supporters argue that the actions of Volkman’s grandfather does reflect the younger’s administration.

The Volkman issue has also reopened old wounds between Belphenia and Vienna. During Drevet’s colonial period, the region was populated by a majority of Jehovah’s Witnesses. However, in the 1850’s, Baptists began coming to the colony. This resulted in a series of religious riots between the two sects. The tipping point came in 1857 when the ship ‘Vienna’, carrying over 400 Baptists was detained in Marshall and subsequently set ablaze by angered Jehovah’s Witnesses, killing most of the passengers.

Are the Volkman protests really about one man’s heritage? Or is it a convenient trigger for unrest?

VIENNA GOVERNMENT TO BEGIN EXPLORATORY DRILLING

LANDRYTOWN- The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources announced that it will begin exploring eastern Osceola and southern Behrbergen. The DANR says they are primarily interested in oil and other precious materials like gold, coal, and uranium or plutonium.

The government currently imports uranium fuel rods to supply the North Vienna Nuclear Power Station. Unless Vienna can ratify trade deals with other countries, Drevet could deny goods destined for Vienna at Port Arlington.

The government is very interested in finding oil in the Cactus Range, doing so could make Vienna a major economic power.

RECENT DRUG BUST EXPOSES EPIDEMIC

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REBACK - If you want to get to the Reback-Duranth International Airport, you may expect delays and road closures.

Since the redevelopments at the airport is about to come to an end, construction on MW 73 (Reback Expressway) started on May 17 as workers upgrade the Reback section of Motorway 73, including adding carpool lanes and Park and Ride locations, rebuilding the Mavis Interchange, rerouting Crystal Road, and upgrading Exchangerose Drive to interstate standards as a free road. Many Rebackers said the upgrades on Exchangerose Drive will save motorists time and money rather than taking Motorway 14.

FREMONT- After a period of mass contrusction FARSA Lines 1 and 3 have opened 4 days earlier than the original prediction. The new lines let passengers go from a station near the coast and Victoria parkway to Danville pike. Line 1 is the main line and goes through the two locations while bypassing downtown partially as a third deck on the Sierra Way viaduct. Line 3 goes directly in to downtown with 2 different stops, it passes over a few roadways. Most of the lines feature 1 trackway in each direction but on some overpasses it reduces to 1 line. The station acess roads give acess to the two main stations, the Victoria parkway station can be acessed from Victoria parkway (MW 57), Sasha G. Mullens memorial highway (MW 74), and also Coastal highway (PR 1). The creators of the FARSA Lines hope that they two new lines will relieve congestion on highways and make people more connected with each other.

FARSA Line 2 is under construction currently and Lines 4 will start contruction soon. Lines 5 and 6 are still proposals and Line 7 is a low-priority plan

Stay tuned to WXFI National News for more updates

FORZA- A recent proposal for a motorway from Grandchester Meadows to Columbia has been dismissed as uneccasary and costly. The motorway would start at the interchange of MW 138 and MW 38 near downtown Grandchester Meadows. It would proceed through a mountainus area intersecting MW 65 and MW 57 with cloverstack interchanges. It would then go south of Lake Allan until it reached downtown Columbia where it would end at MW 85 but a short spur would give acess to the massive Columbia university, the university still being under contrusction however. Supporters state how there is no direct route between Grandchester Meadows and Columbia and that people trying to stay on motorways are forced to go in the incredibly congested Fremont area. People against it say that there is not much long distance motorway traffic in between the two cities and that most people travelling between the cities take air flights. “We should focus on adding more airports as there is a lack of airports in the country” states Ralph Giju, a highly influential polictician in the Farax goverment. “Building a new motorway is uneccasary. It would barely get any traffic.” The Farax ministry of transport still has the corridor as “Low-priority” as a compromise between the people for and people against the motorway. The motorway could still be built in the future.

OXFORD- The Gloti district has recently implemented its District Route system into full force with the routes DR 1, DR 2, and DR 5 being introduced recently. Oxford wants to add DR 3, DR 4, and DR 7 later as well as shorter routes. Oxford states publically the District route system is important as the secondary network of the district behind motorways and primary routes.

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FREMONT- After a Fremont citizen reported “Something that looks extremely unusual” archealosgists discovered an ancient buried city under the SR 304 and SR 139 interchange. Currently the eastbound Harring avenue to Winchester expressway ramp has been closed but not the westbound Harring avenue to Winchester expressway ramp. Motorists have been detoured to the normal Harring avenue to south SR 139 ramp with a at-grade cut across SR 139. Archealosgists have considered closing the Harring avenue to SR 139 northbound ramp completely to uncover more of the buried city.

DANVILLE- The 2 lane Martins Ferry bridge will be destroyed and replaced by a new 4-lane cable-stayed bridge starting next Monday. The new span will feature design-speed lanes and full sized shoulders. The speed limit will be set at 60 Miles per hour similar to the rest of the expressway-grade Highway of the Allies (PR 88). In other news SR 148 will be cut off into sections as well as the designation removed. This is being done to prevent thru traffic and instead direct it into PR 88 which is a much better roadway.

SCOTTSVILLE- The Scottsville National forest will be expanded so that it covers more area. Envirementalists in the area say that there are many endangered species in the area. They also say it will prevent any kind of “Nature decaying” motorway to be built through there as there are plans to possibly create such a roadway.

Stay tuned to WXFI National News for more information

SOUTH VIENNA-

CAPITOL ANNOUNCEMENT

St. John’s City has been selected as the official capital of Vienna, construction is nearing completion on the government buildings. Although Petersburgh was the obvious choice, St. John’s City was designed in hopes of becoming the capital of Drevet. The inaugural ceremony for the new capitol is scheduled for June 1.

NORTH VIENNA-

DOT, PETERSBURGH ANNOUNCE NEW TRUCK RESTRICTIONS

The Department of Transportation and the City of Petersburgh have put into effect new truck restrictions for the downtown area. The new restrictions are as follows:

Trucks over 8 tires, including ALL articulated trucks, are prohibited in the area bounded by;

Mark Harmon Blvd (P-178), M-91 and Northern Blvd

All over-sized loads are prohibited through the S-Curve, between Main and Market Street.

OSCEOLA-

M-91 COULD GET HIGHER SPEED LIMIT

The M-91 could see an 80 mile per hour speed limit. The DOT cited the limited development between Darlington Hwy and East Landrytown Rd.

Hello all,

To celebrate (approximately) 2 years of Open GeoFiction and 1 year of the wiki, I have an idea to which all users can contribute. I would like to invite all users to submit a short story ‘from’ or set in your country which we will then publish as an e-book collection. Ideally these would be some kind of myth, legend or folk tale like Grimm’s fairy tales but anything around 500-2000 words that is intrinsic to and expresses the culture of your territory would be accepted. I feel that creating rich and believable cultures to populate our countries is an important part of this project and something that goes beyond what can be drawn on a map.

If you are unable to write fluently in English we shall do our very best to translate your contributions, and hope that efforts can be found to translate stories in English into your language.

Sarepava

FORZA- A district containing Forza as well as a large amount of rural land has been sectioned, this new district is called Gogh. The first district route has been signed as DR 144 just south of Gogh district through the Henderson forest. MW 805 has been extended from the Thomas Hebron bridge to MW 5 replacing the existing SR 385 expressway with a improved freeway. In the Henderson forest the road has been built as a super-two freeway with the Grant tunnel as well as a scenic rest area and hazmat inspection stations.

Stay tuned to WXFI News

QUENTINSBURGH- President Rosenthal met with Ferdinand Sealy, the leader of Woolonia on Monday. She announced that the future of relations between the two nations was on its way.

Embassies of Woolonia are coming soon to Embassy Square in Quentinsburgh, Freedemia. Direct flights to and from Woolport via FreedemiAir recently began, as well as the acquisition of WoolMedia by Freedemia’s Betterview Pictures.

Woolonia is in the midst of rebuilding after some internal issues resulting in the break off of the largely undeveloped East Woolonia. However, stronger relations between Freedemia and Woolonia has large benefits for both sides- help to further stabilize Woolonia and new and more abundant resources for Freedemia.

More to come as we get the information.

Stay tuned to WQTN News for the latest.

THE FUTURE OF VIENNA

As the infant nation struggles with it’s vision for the future, important questions are being raised about where Vienna is headed. Among the concerns that Viennites have is a startling revelation that could have disastrous consequences for the young country.

Vienna is currently being lead co-equally by the governors of the four districts who are:

Suzanne Nakata of Osceola, Greg Dewitt of Behrbergen, Oliver Rowland of South Vienna, and Charles Volkman of North Vienna.

After extensive research, KPBG 2 has discovered that North Vienna’s governor, Charles Volkman, is the grandson of Sasuke Volkman. Sasuke Volkman has been labeled as the worst dictator in history, being directly responsible for the death of millions of Belphenians during the darkness of his rule. It is believed that Sasuke Volkman evacuated much of his family from Belphenia after 2005.

Charles Volkman has refused to comment on his lineage.

The younger Volkman, along with being the governor of North Vienna, is the head of the Socialist Party. Since Vienna’s independence, Volkman has worked to consolidate Vienna’s government, expanding healthcare, and promote the district as a tourist and business destination. Within the interim government, Charles Volkman has also legalized recreational and medical marijuana, same-sex marriage, and is negotiating with the other 3 governors about legalizing gambling. All of this is in stark contrast with Belphenia’s strict Theocratic Government and Drevet’s Belphenian influenced government.

A spokesperson for the interim government told KPBG 2 that Vienna will press forward with or without Drevet and Belphenia and the two countries must accept our legitimacy regardless of who is in charge.

In other news, the interim government is expected to make an announcement regarding the official capital and embassy information soon.

OK, guys, we have 31 teams. We only need one more. See here for the list right now. http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/2016_International_Foosball_World_Cup#Participating_Countries

On a side note, beginning for the 2018 IFWC, other countries can bid to host the next IFWC. I was thinking we’d do an abbreviated bidding like is being done for the Geolympiad (see here: http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Talk:2016_Summer_Geolympiad).

(Don’t forget to vote for your favorite bid for the 2016 Summer Geolympiad at the above link as well!)

UPDATE- Nucia has been listed as the last country. Thanks to everyone.

== UPDATE == New current roster:

• Akinakya
• Arcania
• Ardisphere
• Ataraxia
• Belgravia
• Belphenia
• Beaudry
• Brasonia
• Cariocas
• Drevet
• Forrintië
• Freedemia
• Hoppon
• Jørpenilands
• Karolia
• Lallemand
• Latina
• Mahhal
• Meilan
• Meridonia
• Orinoco
• Paxtar
• Qugia
• Tarrases
• Tircambry
• Wiwaxia
• Woolonia
• Zylanda

28 teams so far- we only need 4 more for a full tournament!!!

Thanks to all the teams who have signed up.

Even getting some inspiration in world cities in general as Lisboa, London or Atlantic City, is a fact almost all my cities and towns look like brasilian places. Because rarely I use another type of transportation, only buses, because I like buses very much, hehehe. You can see in my cities. Just a few ones have a subway system (I remember only Campo Verde right now). And only Slovech got a tramways system, but the name of this city says, my inspiration was only european cities this time. Rio de Janeiro (where I was born) and São Paulo (I went there sometimes) counts with a relatively large subway and urban rail system. But, alvways, my focus and inspiration are only bus routes, hehehe

Now, I am starting my last metropolis, the capital of my fourth and last country: Alcântara, in Luslandia. So, I try creating FIRST AT ALL, two subway routes, and one urban railway. After this, I create some main highways.

I know I need to extend subway line from Atalaia to Leopoldina, and the rail line to Batalha (Sarandi will be out of capital`s metropolitan area). But I would like to listen some suggestions about this.

Lets see if I will get a good thing in this way now. But I am still imagining all bus routes to this metropolitan area, hehehe

Link to Alcântara: http://opengeofiction.net/#map=12/-22.5183/49.1206

Regards! Bruno Moreira

OXFORD- MW 40 (Veterans memorial turnpike) has been extended to MW 285 as a toll road. It will guide traffic off of the old PR 18. Controversey is still prominent for MW 40 going in the city limits as the Bluff freeway. The hill is a massive challenge as well as going down it either being an eyesore or a cost-prohibitive tunnel. No final decision about MW 40 within the Oxford city limits has been reached.

FORZA- A single section of MW 20 has been approved. A motorway upgrade of Havelock highway is complete and is now a section of MW 20. It is the only section of MW 20 to be approved in the 20 years since it was first proposed. Supporters say it is a huge milestone for the “high-priority” motorway. Groups against the motorway have now taken a huge blow due to this section of motorway being complete. However, groups against the motorway are trying now to prevent MW 20 from going any further than the eastern side of MW 805. They are trying to prevent urban decay from a motorway going straight through the capital city. Supporters say that it will relieve traffic by a huge amount as well as trigger economic devolopment on the decaying east side of Forza. Controversey will be prominent on MW 20 until a final decision is reached which might not be for a long time.

Stay tuned to WXFI News

Ground has been broken for a brand new motorway, MW 40. MW 40 will be built as the Veterans memorial turnpike and will be entirely tolled except for portions within Oxford, Winchester, and Foxworth. The propasal was quickily approved as the priority had been quickily and quietly raised to high. Many citizens had complained because there had only been 3 primary east-west motorways, the motorway has gained support for almost all areas except for in the city of Oxford where Oxford states that there is a massive hill unreachable by a motorway under normal conditions and that a massive downhill viaduct would be an eyesore and that a tunnel would be dangerous, incovient, and cost-prohibitive. Oxford says they want MW 40 to bypass Oxford while the Farax Ministry of Transport wants MW 40 to go straight through the city limits as a free of toll section of MW 40. Foxworth has complained as well due to the Great Susky forest within the path of MW 40 as well as refusing to build MW 40 within the PR 404 loop. Foxworth politicians want MW 40 to end at the PR 404 loop instead of continuing through the Great Susky forest to the Farax/TA021 border. The controversey of MW 40 will continue for a great while.

Stay tuned to WXFI News.

DANVILLE- PR 88 widening has been completed on the entire stretch between the Danville beltway and the southern end of the existing widening except on the Martins Ferry bridge. Proposals have been made to build a new cable stayed span to supplement the two lane existing truss span of the Martins Ferry bridge. The old alingment has been relabeled as SR 148 and is still usable.

FORZA- MW 10 has its SEP improvements completed. Travelers will now find more rest areas and multiple runaway truck ramps. MW 5 will have its SEP improvements done soon

Stay tuned to WXFI News for more updates

FORZA- Due to increased traffic on PR 8 along the Forza River proposals have been made to build a motorway along PR 8 to relieve traffic as well as give a safer route for traffic. The new motorway is planned to utilize the existing roadways of the entirety of the 8th street expressway, Owenton way, and Owenton parkway, it will bypass all places and will be mostly 2 lanes in each direction with it increases to 4 lanes in each direction inside the Forza beltway.

FORZA- The un-built southern portion of the Forza beltway has been a high-priority project for a long time, it has gained more support despite the enviremental concerns because it passes through forests. Supporters say that it will relieve traffic on MW 5 and MW 105 in the downtown area. Protesters say that it will destroy the Henderson forest and split the New Haven park in half.

WATERLOO- Proposals have been made to widen the Waterloo urban belt so that it is 3 lanes in each direction instead of it mostly being 2 lanes in each direction. It will relieve traffic on the heavily used urban belt.

DANVILLE- Danville has started construction on widening PR 88 from the Danville beltway to the southern end of the existing widening just north of the Martins Ferry bridge. It will improve safety, better connect Scottsville to motorways, as well as sucessfully meet future traffic estimates.

FORZA- The capital has approved the Service Expansion Program (SEP) which will establish more rest stops on Farax’s motorway system. It will also build more runaway truck ramps as well as better warn about road conditions. It will expand Farax’s EDI VMS system to better warn about conditions on roadways.

Stay tuned to WXFI News for more updates

== UPDATE == New current roster:

• Arcania
• Ardisphere
• Ataraxia
• Belgravia
• Belphenia
• Brasonia
• Cariocas
• Drevet
• Forrintië
• Freedemia
• Hoppon
• Jørpenilands
• Lallemand
• Latina
• Orinoco
• Paxtar
• Qugia
• Tircambry
• Wiwaxia
• Woolonia
• Zylanda

only 21 teams so far

Thanks to all the teams who have signed up.

The Kingdom of Qugia has officially taken over most of the land which former was known as Ptolomy. Qugia decided to annex Ptolomy because of the total political collapse in the country. It was an easy task for the Qugian Army, because it seemed like Ptolomyans wanted to join the Kingdom. They didn’t fight against the Qugian Army. Ptolomy will now go threw a reformation which will make them more qugian. Name of places will be changed to qugian names. The world has now seen the real power of the kingdom.

A small part of Ptolomy managed to stand up against Qugia. The area lays in the north, and mainly consists of a modernised native tribe. Qugia did not found any interests in the area, and therefore they didn’t even try to fight against it.

Due to the Vienna’s declaration of independence, Drevet was left with 10 KM of redundant motorway. Nottingham Transport Syndicate has decided to abandon the redundant stretch, take it up, and seed the area for forest. The MW 62 motorway west of MW 66 will be superceded by the SR 962 highway, linking into Vienna’s SR 62.

Subsequently, work will commence on MW 66 to link currently disjointed sections, and modernise the existing ones, with the eventual goal of extending the motorway to New Roanoke. Dependent on settlement patterns in Drevet’s Far East and consultations with the Drevet transport authorities, further projects may be necessary.