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SPORTRAVEL Around Giovanniland through Football Stadiums: 2nd World Cup Special II Posted 17/11/1422 We're back at SporTravel with another post about the 2nd World Cup of Football tournament! While the Giovannilandians prepare to face off the Landslag from Fujai, after beating the teams of Alchera and Kurabis and most recently losing to Cambria, we will present two more iconic stadiums. Kampo Vetto Urydano, Uryde, Lavanda Prima Capacity: 45,300 People think of the Stadio Abreo-Florino when the question of a football stadium in the northern city of Uryde is given. I mean, that's fair considering its highlight during the II Summer Esferiad last year and its prominence in the city center, but it's actually not the first stadium in this city of five hundred inhabitants! The title goes to the Uryde Old Field, one of the first football fields in the entirety of Giovanniland, founded in the early 13th century. Back then, Uryde had less than half its current population, as the city was starting to attract people from rural areas amid industrialization, and the football's capacity of around 10,000 seats was hailed as a big project back then. Nowadays, the stadium has been expanded four-fold as it takes the role of a secondary stadium in Uryde, where people can see its historical elements, appreciate the coast, and run away from the big events in the Stadio Abreo-Florino. The home team is called the Leoni Lavanduli, a historical reference from millennia ago to the Lavandulan Empire, which had its capital at Uryde, then called Lavandula. Sadly, the Leoni haven't been as strong as they were in the early years of Giovannilandian football, in which they had back-to-back titles at 1320 and 1321 for example, although new management and stadium modernization may mean a brighter future ahead. To their credit, though, their attacking midfield Hortensia Purparbone was chosen as part of the Starting XI for the national team, while their rivals from Uryde Pedesfera are only represented by two reserve players from the city. Hortensia is a young star from the team and looks to be quite promising in national football! Stadio Montano L'Apertura, L'Apertura, Kordelleria Capacity: 7,500 The Giovandolian Mountains of the southern Andolian Territory are not where you'd usually look for a football stadium, but in the largest city of this sparsely-populated region, travelers are able to find a quite iconic arena with a breathtaking view from the nearby mountains! The city name itself comes from its strategic location at a valley within the mountain chain, and is the main route for people looking to pass through the north into the Violet Valley or south into the Emunian Valley. One of the main aspects it's known for, however, is the altitude of over 2,000 meters that often makes players from the coasts of Porto Violeto or Uryde take some time to adapt. That's all for the second part of this series! Thank you for reading, and we wish you good and safe travels if you are looking to visit these and other football places in Giovanniland. If you've got suggestions for the next parts, email us at sportravelgiovanniland@giovamail.com!

April to October 1422 A change in pace Beginning of change As the masses are shouting, the news are writing and things are doing their things... something is brewing in the government. Something, that should change the history of this country for the seemingly better....atleast for the people that is. For quite a while now, citizens of Fauthur have been getting increasingly more public with their opinion about the government, aswell as enciting what seems to be small scale protests across the whole nation. In a recent turn of events, there have been mass gatherings of around 2 to 3 thousand people in front of the West West Fauthur Halls in the capital city of West Fauthur which demanded a change to policies and overall government. Now, one could say that these protesters can be disregarded and just be thrown into jail or whatever, but not with this particular crowd. In this crowd were important people of media such as but not limited to; Streamers, vloggers, National Prize winners etc. There were also some high ranking government officials such as politicians. So, "removing" this protest wouldve been a huge scandal to the current government, which certainly won't help the situation relax more. This particular protest caught the interest of other government officials and more people and the crowd increased and the pressure was at high. They just were not staisfied with the current government and they were certainly being oppessed for now quite some time in their ordinary everyday lives. The people had enough of these antics and want a total change of government, even if they have to do it forcefully. The Downfall The Police couldn't keep the protesters in for long as before reinforcements could arrive, the protest evolved into a riot against the government, getting violent. Flares are being thrown, houses in the streets vandalised, shops looted..all in the name to get rid of the current State. Some rioters, as the protestors will be now reffered to, even managed to get past security and get before the doors of the office of Sir Avery Buntknecht, acting leader and "dictator" as the masses were shouting. They were removed quickly from the building. Seeing as he was being forced to do something and the riot not stopping on its own, Buntknecht ordered the local Militia to step in and end the riot. This was done rather quickly as the rioters were, rightly so, scared of being shot or even killed, although there was still some resistance and even losses for both sides. This action therefore didn't go unnoticed and was used as a caption for further protests and riots across the country. "People Murderer" ,"Psychotic Dictator" the people were calling the Leader now. Even in the following meetings and assemblies in the West West Fauhtur Halls the politicians were increasing their pressure towards Buntknecht. With no other options left, he was forced to "Abdicate" the Leader position temporarily to avert bigger disasters. Buntknecht was promptly replaced with a secret advocate of the movement which was talked about previously and now reform after reform was pushed to relief the citizens and make the country overall less restrictive. The provisional new government also decided to plan out how the new government should be set up and what it shall do and purpose, to satisfy the needs of the population as much as possible. The New Government While the overall economy was at a severe risk due to these drastic changes, it still hasn't shown any signs of massive recession, although the new government could influence that quite hevaily with every decision they make. Now, for the government. After all these days and even more, the government now has a new government and a new ideology adding to that. Now, there are several political parties ranging from left to center-right, as the new government made any more extreme form of Authoritarianism void and banned it. Those parties, like in any democracy, will have seats in National Congress in the West West Fauthur halls. The populace may give a votes for parties they like every year and the party with the highest amount of votes will be able to elect a head of Government. Then, the head of government must choose 6 elegible candidates, whom may not be previous Head of State actors and at maximum only be 2 people from their own party, for the position of Head of State, which the populace would vote on. After the Head of State is chosen, he will have the power to elect a small cabinet of ministers who will then act as managers for their areas they are minister for. Law changes should only happen if the law in question gets enough support from the crongress to be instituted, changed, or be removed. The head of government holds a vote power that equals 5-10 seats in congress, varying on the size of congress. Citizens may also voice their opinion on certain things in the government and will not be punished for doing so. The Head of State, aswell as the Head of Government can call an emergency vote on ministers if they find that the minister in question is not doing his ir her job correctly. The populace will then be able to vote on replacing the minister or not. Every 2 years, a survey must be held by the government that ensures the population is indeed satisfied with the current government. The government is forced to do something about certain areas of the government, if close to, or over half the voting populace thinks negatively about said area. This may include certain Laws, politicians, ministers, both heads of state and government, aswell as other areas. The government may and shall never elect or support any authoritarianist policies and ideologies.For the current state controlled economy is not in rights with the soon to be constituted new government and policies, the form of the economy of Fauthur must change. For now, this will be a placeholder system awaiting further improvement and changes. The current government therfore instituted a Free Market Economy to act for said purposes. This marks the end for this story as it still is in the progress. This is a significant change in the lives of millions of people, hopefully a good one.