Doll Guldur 1394 continental culture festival / Founding of the GECA

[Candeluian Minister]

In the year 1394, Candelù was the nation which held the continental festival. 

The city hosting it is New Maserut.

The city was built to show unity between Zannese and Granzian people, two Guldurian ethnicities, and for this it was seen as a perfect place for traditions from all over the continent to meet.

A stage was offered to all nations of the continent, and it could be customized in any way prefeared by the nation's organizer.

 

Even though this was already an historic moment for the continent, something else was being planned. After years of wars, unstability, and general problems throughout all of Doll Guldur, leaders from 4 nations started reaching out to eachother, these being Candelù, Zhiznovsk, Nouveauterra and Emmeria. They were planning the creation of the GECA (Guldur Economic Cooperation Agreement), which would be a union open to all nations of Doll Guldur, with various objectives, indicated in the proposed Statement of intent.

"The intent of the Guldur Economic Cooperation Agreement, hereafter referred to as GECA, is:

1. To foster economic growth among signatory members through increased trade

2. To spur growth in internal economic activity of member states

3. To increase regional economic security from large disruptions to the global economic system

4. To promote regional economic and political security

5. To aid in the development of signatory member economies through economic incentives and programs

6. To provide avenues for cross-member projects and programs"

 

 

[Nouveau]

The Nouveauterran cultural stands and tents displayed many wares, foods, and nationally important corporations.

At the far side of the cultural stands were stands owned and manned by Xenoxeno people. The ancient indigenous group has been on the Nouveauterran peninsula for thousands of years, and were integrated into the cultural fabric of the new Nouveauterran political structure as it formed.

Many stalls have clothing. Pure wool tunics and pants usually in a single color, goatskin sandals, and two tone headscarves. Gemstone bracelets, necklaces, and handcrafted gold chains and rings are also on display.

A few large stalls had Xenoxeno cuisine. The cuisine was formed by many centuries of semi-nomadic life. The stalls however only had a small tasting of this palate, usually in easy to carry forms. Marinated and smoked goat, pickled radish, and lentil mash is recicibu, or a resting meal made when ancient nomads set up camp. The dish was handed out in paper bowls with forks.

 

 

 

A popular finger food is crus, goat or chicken with fruits and veggies roasted on a small stick. Its doused in spices and fermented bean marinade for a tangy flavor, with a kick of Annabelle spice for a simple and filling snack handed out as-is.

 

And as a sweet refresher, a more common modern drink of lac, which is a very sweet rice pudding fortified with goat's milk and sugar beet juice, usually refined into a drinkable form if sold as street food.

 

 

 

 

 

More common street food was being sold as the stands came closer to the center of the Nouveauterran area. One of the most common street foods of working and upper class people is haché; a sandwich made of soft circular bread, with eggs and an addition of smoked meat and vegetables mixed together and chopped. It was paired with any combination of sodas and chips.

Also served were dolkvuis, deboned and barbecued on skewers, and handsized spirals of fruit leather on sticks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A number of major corporations also secured stands. To note a few major companies:

Boulaire, a pharmaceutical company, had banners displaying its production facility, and a number of medicines they manufacture, from generic heart medication to anti-inflammatory medicines.

 

 

 

Août, a chemical company, advertised its many different industrial and gardening fertilizers.

 

Air Nouveauterrre, a regional airline, displayed its different travel routes on a giant map of the world, with red lines to every airport they service: in one way or another they reach virtually every continent.

[Nouveau]

The Nouveauterran Speech for GECA

 

 

 

 

 

 

President Hector Tortugus, Prime Minister Marta Resus, Minister of State Rex Brunus, and Minister of Finance Lalo Grasse of Nouveauterra came up to the large pop-up forum stage at the center of the festival grounds. Their entourage of security shadowed them at the edges of the stage.

President Tortugus began his speech. “People of Doll Guldur, and especially Candelú, thank you for your graciousness in hosting our nation at the Doll Guldur Cultural Festival. Tonight I want to highlight an initiative that my compatriots and I have been discussing and collaborating on for some time, that will benefit all of us. First I want to start with the facts.

“The peoples of Doll Guldur have been connected culturally and economically for centuries,” President Tortugus said. “Trade in goods, culture, ideas, technology, and more. Each and every one of us have benefited from it. Nouveauterran crops, Emmerian technology, Zhiznovsk timber, and Candelunian coding. All of which makes our ordinary lives possible.

“It is also a fact that when one of us struggles, we all struggle,” President Tortugus said, beating his gut with his fists. “People lost their jobs and economies stagnated because investment and goods vanished during the Second Northern War. Food shortages in one nation makes the bowl a little emptier in their neighbors’ houses. And far away nations boom with growth while we struggle to put up factories. How is it possible that we can have wheat without the chaff? Strength in unity and independence? Good, without the bad?”

“The Kingdom of Candelú, the Republic of Emmeria, the Commonwealth of Nouveauterra, and the Zhiznovsk Collective have come together to build and secure our home continent,” President Tortugus said. “This is in the form of the Guldur Economic Cooperation Agreement. The GECA will have free trade of goods and services across borders, free travel within the GECA zone, mutual law enforcement and security, unifying safety and regulation, and providing economic security.

“GECA is an opportunity for a new age for Doll Guldur. Fraternity, security, and prosperity for every Gulderienne. Thank you all, and I hope you will join us for the signing and celebration of GECA.”

The four would take on the applause and leave the stage to music. They would walk around the festival grounds with security, sampling local cuisine and posing for photos with media.