The Commonwealth of Alien Races

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 The Commonwealth of Alien Races
OFFICIAL NAME: The Commonwealth of Alien Races
OFFICIAL STATE MOTTO: "The greatest strength can be found in unity."
OFFICIAL STATE ANIMAL: Dragonhawk
OFFICIAL STATE CURRENCY: Mosaica
OFFICIAL STATE LANGUAGE(S): Common, Bamilian, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Russian, Arabic, Swahili

UNITED NATIONS CLASSIFICATION: (Inoffensive) Centrist Democracy
UN CIVIL RIGHTS RATING: Good
UN ECONOMIC STATUS RATING: Good
UN POLITICIAL FREEDOMS RATING: Excellent

HEAD OF STATE: Most Wise Prime Minister Reismark Basheerin (I)
ASSISTANT HEAD OF STATE: Premier Zaren Mulroney (L)
PARLIAMENT MAJORITY LEADER: Senator Stephen Miller (L)
PARLIAMENT MINORITY LEADER: Senator Tenoch Cortes (C)

PARLIAMENT CONFIGURATION
114 Senators & 218 Representatives of 38 Divisions

POLITICAL PARTIES
Labor Party (53.9%)
Conservative Party (38.0%)
Bull Moose Party (4.8%)
Gold Party (1.8%)
Socialist Party (1.2%)
Technocratic Party (0.3%)

EDIT (12/27/02): UN Civil Rights Rating upgraded from Average to Good

[Maniac]

A friendly suggestion for accuracy : you should replace the tau-eta of "the" and "wealth" by a theta. And the chi of "Common" by a kappa. Also translating "w" in wealth as omega seems a little strange.

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Boy Wizard Stirring Pot of Controversy
Boy Wizard Stirring Pot of Controversy

MANCHESTER -- J.K. Rowling's famous creation is causing quite a stir, and it's not of the cauldron variety.

Some religious leaders are requesting that the latest Harry Potter novel, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," as well as all of the previous books in the series (the latest book is the fifth of a planned seven), be removed from schools and libraries throughout the nation and banned throughout the Commonwealth.

"We firmly believe that these books negatively encourage our children to perform acts of great personal and public danger," says Miranda Mistletoe, who as evidence points to a sequence in the latest book in which Harry mistakenly calls on demons in an attempt to use them for unintended purposes.

Parents and teachers alike are appalled at the religious' leaders attempts.

"Once again, people are reading too much into these books," remarked Chastity Washington, president of the National Teachers' Employees Union (NTEU). "They're nothing more than a way of escaping the reality of these harsh times we live in for a few hours at a time. And kids and adults alike love them."

The government has yet to act, but political analyst David Matthews says it is likely Parliament will reject the petition of the religious leaders. "One of the issues foremost in the minds of the Prime Minister and Labor leaders alike has always been preservation of the public's right of choice," he remarked in a press conference. "Censoring these books would obviously go against that mentality."

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Originally posted by Maniac
A friendly suggestion for accuracy : you should replace the tau-eta of "the" and "wealth" by a theta. And the chi of "Common" by a kappa. Also translating "w" in wealth as omega seems a little strange.

Maniac: I'm just using the font face Symbol as Microsoft defines it. I'm definitely NOT trying to be a Greek completist.

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BREAKING NEWS

CNN NEWS ALERT
CNN NEWS ALERT

NEW YORK -- The Commonwealth of Alien Races has been officially welcomed into the United Nations as a full member.

More details to follow.