Arstotzka, the functional decay of an ultra-bureaucratic state.

[President Costava]

ARSTOTZKA -  EVERYTHING IS FINE IN GLORIOUS ARSTOTZKA The name conjures up visions of a former soviet satellite country, riches of gold and oil, extremely low unemployment, hard working people, rich farmlands and technical innovation. A strong and vibrant country with a modern army and air force and an air of expectancy, handed down from father to son, that their land would be the greatest in the whole continent.

 

Grestin was a thriving metropolis of great buildings and the frenzied rush of people going about their affairs much like any other major city in the world. It was such a powerhouse of people, ideas and innovations and the strong arstotzkan mentality over rode all... Today, Grestin appears to be a run down shanty town with decrepit buildings, boarded up windows, filthy garbage riddled streets and squalor everywhere. 

 

So, what happened?

 

The Soviet Union collapsed, and then the economy and infrastructures of Arstotzka followed the fate of its motherland. This utopia, this land of riches, this gemstone of order and equality, is now like so many other third world nations, a struggling mix of corruption and backward mentality coming to terms with life in the 21st century.

 

Unfortunately, Arstotzkans have not been able to rise above the ruins of their country and are cursed with a background that has not reached the stage which would enable them to mentally grasp all the requirements that are needed to administer a complex and busy country.

 

From being the underdog of the Soviet Union, to being an independent country today, has created major economic and social problems. There is an ongoing payback mentality that encourages Arstotzkans to ignore the law. In one way apartment blocks are regularly burgled and highjacked and effects stolen. This is not done covertly, and gangs of the organized crime regularly threaten households... Apart from the trashing of cities which have become sleazy rubbish dumps the hospital services are almost non existent.  Indeed, apathy is probably the correct word to describe how the rest of the world views this cursed nation.

 

Edited August 13, 2013 by President Costava

[Markus Wilding]

We in the Soviet Union demand this slander against us cease. We have not collapsed and are very much still capable of projecting power to your tiny, irrelevant backwater. Allow us to remind you it was the glorious Soviet Union who freed you from the fascist Germans. Continue this and we will be forced to intervene to restore education to your country.

 

- Chairman Innokentiy Zolnerowich

[President Costava]

ARSTOTZKA - The Arstotzkan authorities have arrested an investigative journalist on suspicion of taking bribes to discredit the Glorious Republic of Arstoztka and its neighboring country, the Caucasian Union, according to state media. Alexander Rashenko who works for the Truth of Arstotzka newspaper and made his name exposing corruption, was allegedly caught taking cash from an opposition leader in Grestin City. Rashenko, who has recently worked on investigative stories related to the conditions of the economy of Arstotzka, was detained by police who confiscated “an illegally owned pistol, computers, cameras and documents.”  

Reports added that two of the journalist’s stringers who had worked with him were also arrested. The Truth of Arstotzka newspaper confirmed its reporter had been held in a brief news item, but did not provide any further details. "We send our apologies for the infamous and defamating words said by our journalist against the Glorious Soviet Union. Arstotzka will not tolerate further pathetic attempts to discredit its history and its glorious present, or insult our neighbors in order to destabilize our relations and trigger diplomatic accidents in times when Arstotzka needs international support most." said President Costava during a public conference.

                

 

Edited August 13, 2013 by President Costava