Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Commentary: Stormark's Foundation Day 2006
Happy Foundation Day, Stormarkers!!!

Today we recall with deep gratitude all the hard work and dedication it took to ensure that our great Viking Nation would live on well beyond the normal life-span for nations of our kind. Four years is nothing to sneeze at, and is indeed a great accomplishment for all of us to celebrate.

In the world we all share, it's increasingly easy to see how so many differences between races, religions, political ideologies, nationalities, and sexual orientations can cause such deep-seeded feelings as to cause death and devastation. In Stormark, we have risen above such petty differences.

Race: We are ALL Vikings!! Skin color doesn't matter to a true Stormarker, for he/she knows that we're all brothers and sisters under the same flag, and with the same goal in mind - the continued prosperity of our great nation.

Religion: Where else can we find a nation that is home to a Catholic Pope, a Hof for the study, worship, and further education of Asatru, and where the Empress is a Muslim - and where such diversity isn't feared, but embraced?? Only in Stormark!

Politics: Free speech - TRUE free speech, lives on in Stormark. We are, of course, an Empire, but opinions from all are welcome. We've never turned anyone away, or lessened another's views simply because he/she may be republican, communist, monarchist, etc. We in Stormark know that it's through such differences in ideology that true progress can be met - everyone has the right to speak up, provide an opinion, and change the course of our nation!

Nationality: Aside from the Emperor himself, I honestly cannot think of a single Stormarker who isn't also active in another nation. Such a fact makes the issue of nationality - well, not really an issue at all!!

Sexual Orientation: If someone can show me a place in Stormark where anyone has been persecuted for, or even questioned about, their sexual orientation, I'd love to hear about it. But I know that's never happened, and is very likely to never happen. Nobody in Stormark is so narrow-minded as to judge someone based on their sexual orientation - we're smarter and more compassionate than that.

There is a fantastic and unrivaled quality about the collective population of Stormark. Together, we've forged a nation that is intelligent, kind, noble, spiritual, and passionate - all without stepping on each other's toes, or insulting our brother and sister Stormarkers. The formula invented by our great Emperor has resulted in the beautiful and vibrant land we all call home.

So on this, our Foundation Day, as we celebrate 4 wonderful years as a nation, let us reflect on what it took to get here, and whom we have most to thank - our Emperor - and friend to everyone he meets - Harald Thorstein I, the Generous Giver. He is our leader, our faithful friend, an incomparable statesman, and truly one of the most kindhearted men ever to live.

LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR
LONG LIVE STORMARK!!!
 
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