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Dec 29

 

The head of Sweden's Finances stated earlier today that Sweden is officially broke after King Gjord Almstedt learned that a Nigerian Prince had left another Prince a sum of 1580925000.00 ZAR (150,000,000 USD) but needed help claiming it all. King Almstedt was convinced to transfer all of the money to another account to hide the transaction where it was all withdrawn by the Nigerians. The finance head has assured the nation that this will not be repeated as King Almstedt's account permissions have been revoked.

 

In other news a Nigerian Prince purchased massive mansion to the north of Stockholm.

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Vanja Lundgren was sitting in the coffee room when she heard the call to go on the set for the news, she calmly entered the room and sat behind her desk waiting for the cameras to start and the teleprompter to begin. "Good Afternoon, this is your News at 6. This afternoon gave us a thankful reprieve from the antics of King Gjord Almstedt after the Nigerian incident and several lesser incidents, including an attempt to use "The Force" to choke one of his ministers on live television, causing the nation to sigh in relief." Just as she finished the sentence her headphone came to life "this just in, apparently King Almstedt has called for a press conference and we are cutting to it now"

 

The screens Vanja's left and right came on and displayed what the nation was watching. King Almstedt stood at the podium looking around before speaking "One of my ministers pointed out an alien issue to me yesterday during one of our meetings as a an alien washed his office windows. This alien terrified my minister resulting in him fleeing the room as such I felt I must solve this problem once and for all to keep all Swedes from feeling the terror my minister felt. After thinking about it I came to a solution, we will build a massive fence along the border of Sweden and Noord-Uniestaat to keep the aliens out."

 

One reporter was quick to speak up "having been barred from access to the treasure, how does your Majesty intend to fund this project?"

 

Gjord smiled and replied "No worries, some really nice gentlemen in suits offered to loan us the money"

 

The reporter quickly followed up with "Did these gentlemen give reasons for the loan? Do you have any names?"

 

Gjord thought for a moment before replying "They said something about making the offer on behalf of their godfather"

 

The reporter paused before saying "That sounds like a mob loaned the money"

 

Gjord stopped "...Oh"

 

Vanja stared at the screen as it changed back to her "...damnit"

 

OOC: Trying a different news style

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Vanja Lundgren took her seat behind the desk again, ever since King Gjord had annouced the building of the anti-immigrant fence she had been designated as the King Gjord news source. As she readied herself for yet another day of King Djord caused headached the countdown started for the cameras. Vanja stared at the teleprompter as the cameras started rolling.

 

"Today was a busy day for Kind Gjord as he announced the creation of a new corps in the Swedish military. At the unveiling the reporters were greeted by King Gjord surrounded by thousands of corgis where he announced the name of the corps as the "Corgi Corps." Our sources are still trying to uncover where he found so many corgis and how he was able to get the creation of the corps approved by his Ministers."

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King Gjord announced the completion of the anti-illegal immigrant fence and conducted a demonstration of it's effectiveness by repeatedly grabbing onto the electrified wire at the top.

 

OOC: Was planning bigger stuff but it's temporarily on hold.

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King Gjord's latest idea was thwarted by the Minister of Defence after the king attempted to remove the ability newly purchase M1s to use reverse. the King defended his actions claiming that "there is no need for tanks to be able to run away from battle".

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Classified: (Existence of units would be known but specifics would not)

 

A new government plan created by the Minister of Defence, Matthias Öman, has resulted in the establishment of several new specialized special force units in Sweden.

 

Fallskärmsjägarna (Parachute Rangers, FJN) – The unit is a more specialized version of the SOG by concentrating exclusively on aerial deployment into regions. This unit almost exclusively enters areas already involved in combat with the intention of disrupting enemy forces with sabotage and other means. The unit is more likely to engage in multiple combat situations in a mission than the other Special Forces due to their heavy emphasis on sabotage and other means of disruption. Numerous units are deposited behind enemy lines to cause optimal disruption to enemy lines.  As a result this is the largest of the Special Forces due to their extensive use once combat begins. The FJN numbers 800 men divided into 10 groups of 8 teams, each team having 8 men.  Each team has a designated marksman, demolition expert, communications expert, and medic in addition to the leader and deputy leader.

 

Särskilda Operationsgruppen (Special Operations Task Group, SOG) – Less likely to get into combat than the SSG and SIG, this unit conducts the broadest range of missions. These units conduct missions in reconnaissance, and infiltration and destruction/capture/disruption of targets. These targets are often less critical than targets given to the SSG. The unit also often operates with the SSG in regions but will be given lighter targets to increase the effectiveness of the strikes. The SOG numbers 440 men in 11 groups of 5 teams, each team containing 8 men. Capable of aerial, naval, and land based infiltration.  

 

Särskilda Skyddsgruppen (Special Protection Group, SSG) – The most combat heavy unit of the Swedish special forces, joining guarantees combat. Most missions are infiltrate and destroy/extract/disrupt, usually in preparation for the main forces.  Recruits from the SOG and numbers 306 men divided into 17 groups of 18 men. Each group is divided into 3 teams of 6 men. Capable of aerial, naval, and land based infiltration.  

 

Särskilda Inhämtningsgruppen (Special Reconnaissance Group, SIG) – The unit is specifically designated for reconnaissance as the name suggests. This unit places the largest emphasis on remaining undetected for long periods of time to observe movements within a given region. This unit will often infiltrate a region before other Special Forces units and provide intelligence for the units to increase the precision of their strikes. This unit is capable of providing support for SSG and SOG units using sniper rifles which at least two of the four members in a team are expected to be able to use with high precision at a minimal distance of 1km. Due to the higher standards this is also the smallest Special Forces unit numbering 80 men in 20 groups of 4 men but these groups often work in cooperation with others. Capable of aerial, naval, and land based infiltration. 

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After a long period of transition the regions of Norway conquered in the previous war have been officially annexed into Sweden and Swedish citizenship has been granted to all that previously had Norwegian citizenship. To accommodate the changes the national Personal identification number system has been expanded by 3 digits. This will change the system from YYMMDD-NNG to YYMMDD-NNNNGN. Digits 7-10 denoting unique number for a date, 11 being their gender (1 = male, 2 = female), and 12 being the region of birth (1 = Sweden, 2 = Norway). All Norwegians will be given new Personal Identification Numbers. In an additional change the nationalist law has been changed from jus sanguinis to jus soli.

 

Finally a national campaign to train all citizens between the ages of 18 and 65 in the use of firearms, upon completion and passing each person will be given a firearm for the strict purpose of national defence, Any use outside of this will result in imprisonment for a period of 10 years and a lifetime ban from possession of firearms.

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The Swedish Minister of Defence, Matthias Öman, announced the construction of 30 Virginia Class submarines, 7 Independence Class LCS, and 7 Freedom Class LCS, this will mark the first time since formation that Sweden has had a navy.

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