This thread will be used to track changes in the status of the Drixagh Diet / The Somnery The Somnery seems to be moving into a second phase, the court generally rummages around the idea of education and economic salvation, but there is a very great deal of differing opinions between the many Princes on how to solve the situation. Just outright investment from the south to the North seems to not be an option, not at least without massive concessions from the North that they are unlikely willing to make. As such, the general sentiments of the Princes and their express ideas is summarized as such: On the Unionist-Racical side: Justinian's Racical proposal has collapsed in face of heavy opposition. He however still campaigns to the Emperor for an Empire wide ban on the impeding or restricting of Unionist Missionaries, arguing that it is the base for the Integration and Naval Treaties, and so internal countries should not be treated any different. On the more militant leaning side: Aliandre's stance is military purpose driven pride replacement of tradition: Strip the North of its right to make unilateral laws, but fall short of creating an upper class of privileged Unionists. She does not want the north to be devolved to a Colony. Aliandre claims that the situation in the North is a consequence of societal trauma that they still haven't resolved, and that the Velheim people have nothing to be proud of because they don't achieve anything and only exist as a footnote to Regalian history as a conquered people who won't accept they lost. Aliandre claims that the military will bring pride and purpose to the Velheim people, and by installing a forced-conscription scheme on the North, many of the Velheimers can be taught discipline and structure in their lives, and be given very lucrative wages and subsidies in return for their military service. Her claim is essentially that Nordskag is an ideal: A state that has pride in its military relevance to the Empire, and that when the Drixagh people have a purpose in life other than just being a minor inconvenience to the Empire's cohesion, they will stop being so banal about every minor legal convention. Aliandre currently has +4 Somnery approval. This Proposal is supported by the following Princeroyals: Frederick, Juliana Amalia has no stance yet, but refuses to support Cedromar. On the more Progressive leaning side: Constantine's stance is one called favor for favor, with a compromising attitude: He does not want to change anything legally speaking in the north, but encourage a council of capitalist and aristocrats from the heartlands and greater Calemberg region to drive concessions for individual rewards. Constantine claims that the issues of the North are too big to solve in a single package, and that each point (like Unionist Missionaries) should be solved with an incentive, but that generally speaking the Velheim people should expect concession in return for reward. Constantine claims that if the people feel like they were able to bargain a point, that they will be more willing to swallow the hard concessions because at least they had a role in the matter, though he points out that the conceding willingness will have to come from the leaders, as without enforcing the need for a genuine solution, any talks and compromises will simply strand before they take off. His first and simplest proposal is that the NDF is re-established as a quid-pro-quo, asking that all Drixagh realms remove any restrictions of Unionist missionaries, and removes any and all laws that ban or enforce religious teachings to children, in exchange for forcing the state to financially invest in the north, that the south will buy their right to exist in the north, and that the north will concede on losing some of their population to Unionism and can't force themselves on Unionist families, in exchange for a better standard of living. He says the primary concern right now is to stem the tide of Unionist emigreés. Constantine currently has +4 Somnery approval. Constantine currently has -1 Somnery approval. This proposal is supported by the following Princeroyals: Raymond, Reynaud, Shelia-Manon. Noor has no stance yet. On the Centrist leaning side: Cedromar's stance is one called population dissemination, which is quite radical: Cedromar believes that the issues of the North will never be solved so long as their people will cling to a xenophobic ignorant attitude that is enforced by ethno-determinism by their rulers. Cedromar believes that in order to solve the general wellbeing of the Velheim people, an exchange of population should be done. He claims that the Anglian Old Gods worshipers who fled north almost a decade ago are actually thriving, claiming that the combination of the Old Gods faith and the Velheim cultural customs are a mutually toxifying combination that prevents them from being able to appreciate the concept of diversity, and that in that closed-mindedness, they aren't actually looking for solutions. His plan proposes forcibly re-settling hundreds of thousands of Velheimers to fertile regions in Anglia, wealthy mining regions in Montania, and wine-cultivating regions in Bragacao that are all relatively sparcely populated. He says that in exchange, large populations of Anglians, Dressalo and Daen people should be settled in Drixagh to dilute the extreme cultural domination of Velheim, and create sizeable populations. He claims that the goal should be detaching at least 30% of the current Drixagh population and disperse them over the Archipelago. His claim is that not only will these forcibly resettled Velheim people (who don't have to fear anti Old Gods laws in the lands they will be settled) will have better lives in milder climates with better soil, thje influx of cultural diversity, knowledge, and education in the north will force the Velheim people to cooperate with a sudden large portion of their population, thus creating a situation of necessity vs. oppression or compromise. He also claims that these other regions in turn can be diversified and made more productive with Velheim populations urbanizing, and also familiarizing their populations with more Velheim familiarity, thus also making the south less ignorant to the Velheim people. Cedromar currently has +4 Somnery approval. Cedromar currently has -2 Somnery approval. This Proposal is backed by the following Princeroyals: Dominic, Francis, Ariane, William-Friso, Henry. on the Independent leaning side: Taldemarr has refused to support anyone, but leans to Cedromar on the caveat that Drixagh as a whole will have their administrative borders re-drawn to compensate for the inevitable population shift, and that each region sacrifices some hectaes so that a completely new region or two can be created just for Urlan. Xander has entered the Somnery but has no stance yet. Thomas has entered the Somnery but has no stance yet. Duncan has entered the Somnery but has no stance yet. Valdis has entered the Somnery but has no stance yet. Leah will not enter the Somnery at any point. Renly will not enter the Somnery at any point.
