Mack new Esezo.

The election for a new Esezo to take the seat after Keiran Henson's inactivity led to the demise of his government meant the 4th Esezo of Hamland was named Mack.

This is the second HNP Esezo after King Lewis and promised reform of social services as well as more advertising in order to make Hamland a better place. Mack, who has been minister of Transport, is expected to serve his full term, which should end in November near St Josaphat's day.

The new Esezo meant that the HNP published more ideas for curbing Hamland's fortunes. One such was the nationalisation of 90% of the economy by buying King Industries. The reasons were that the mixed economy was not serving Hamland well as there were no real aims for the market and nobody was taking an interest. This is coming as King Lewis is expected to talk about the Socialist market system being ideal for Micronations.

In other reforms, the entire cabinet system is to be overhauled with only 5 of 6 ministers of state remaining. Most of the jobs which would have been small and controlled my smaller ministries will be absorbed by the Home office which should make it one of the most demanding jobs in Hammish government.

End of Hammo-Ocian Relations in Spy Scandal

The Ocian Spy Scandal in Hamland, which has internationally caused massive argument has meant that Hamland no longer will recignise Ocia.

The HNP administration stated they will no longer recognise the state or the government and that they will effectively be wiped form Hamland's affairs, meaning that diplomats and anyone from Ocia who represents Ocia in any way will be asked to leave.

This is the single most aggressive foreign policy move ever taken, due the the coming to light of an Ocian attempt to annex Hamland in a dubious manner. The split will mean that Hamland and Ocia will probably never repair relations.

Ocia have made accusations with little evidence, Hamland has posted an in detail post stating what Ocia's intention was and makes clear accusations.

Operation Animal Hospital, as it was named in the typical manner of choosing a cheesy BBC programme, was the BIBE's month long investigation into Hugo Gravois. After proving that he was a spy, they found evidence that Kovac was indeed behind it, and this evidence is able to be seen with a freedom of information request.

Kovac and the spy profile have been banned and it has hoped that Hamland can now move on from this and improve the country more.

Esezo Impeached

The parliament has officially passed an impeachment motion calling on the election of a new Esezo.

The impeachment comes as the parliament has gone over a month without any activity from the head of state, meaning King Lewis has effectively been running the country.

The lack of action has brought the markets to a halt and parliament to a near standstill, the new election should bing someone new in as head of state, but it is expected that there will be serious discussions within the HNP about the effectiveness of the opposition parties and they may be forced to find a candidate.

Missing Esezo

The Newly Elected Esezo has caused worry by not appearing in parliament.

Keiran Henson has not been seen recently and this has caused worry within the country as his Government is the first non-HNP government. His absence comes in the face of crises when Ocia are flying bombers "unnecessarily close" to Hamland and the Esezo is supposed to lead the country in the front of foreign affairs.

The King has currently been taking the lead of the country and also has proposed amendment to law stating that if in a month's time the Esezo does not make an appearance, then there will be a new election.

UC: One year on

The 24th May has been a iconic date for Hamland, the fall of the UC.

The United Commonwealth was headed by Hamland and contained states such as Monovia, Iridia, Greenuk and Scottania. The UC's states were apart quite weak and together secure.

The UC however fell when states such as Iridia began to doubt the advantages of the UC in terms of activity and this lead to the current state of affairs. So where are the states one year on?

Greenuk is now owned by Craitland in their new home. The island has been under Craitland's control for a while now and Greenuk fell after the breaking up of the UC due to inactivity. It was one of the states who first were in and last to leave.

Scottania also fell after the UC, A large region of Hamland is known as Hammihs Scottania in memory and it still exists as a major region with cities from the old country still existing on the map.

Iridia is now caught up in the Ocian politics and since leaving the UC, had a period of extreme inactivity then joined the Ocian Federation, was given to the DRO (west Ocia) and then had a struggle to leave them and join the East. The state currently has lost territory to Gralus and will be under a lot of pressure with the new state of affairs.

Monovia is now a shadow of it's original self and exists as only an Ocian outpost. They have no independent forum and their presence is almost non-existent now. Remember that when seceded from Hamland, the national liberal party who were the Hammish supporting party, wanted Monovia still to exist as a state.

So it seems the only country to actually benefit from the end of the UC was Hamland. Since the fall of the UC, Hamland has grown in terms of size, an absolutely massive amount. Hamland also has had a year of fantastic activity which is going to pick up again after a poor month, a brilliant stance on the global scene and other feats of cleverness such as the economy and the strong parliament.

Around a month ago, the Hammish parliament did announce plans which did allow there to be a plan for any times where states did want to join the Kingdom. It seems that the UC, although all but one of the states have shrunk, still has left it's mark on the world.

Worst Activity in one year

We've had less than one post a day according to the new data released yesterday. The activity was the second lowest in the recorded history with July 2008's post count at 16 posts over the month.

So what happened?

The post count is for the month before. So June seems to be the worst month for activity in the year for Hamland. Exams are at a close so one would think it wouldn't be that bad, but the fall in activity is probably due to people needing to get back into the swing of things.

We can gladly say the last year has been a great one for activity in comparison to the one before, with many things happening in government. Last year at this time remember Hamland was using the old forums. This was approximately the time of the fall of the UC, with inactivity meaning a lack of faith in Hammish governance and inevitably the breaking up of the bloc to create a new Hamland and one which achieved power on it's own merit.

The pressure is really on the next Esezo to pull Hamland out of the lack of posts in the same way as was done last year. Lots of legislation and programs will have to be undertaken every month as well as use of the budgets to actually make a large difference.

Elections called

The Esezo and King, Lewis, has called a general election due to a time of inactivity and a time for renewal being needed.

The election is due to take place on the 1st of July, and currently there is no HNP candidate for Esezo. There are however two centre-right parties competing for Esezo.

The HPP, led by Keiran Henson, has fielded their leader as the candidate. Opinion polls show him in front. The party has made a lot of promises in their manifesto and is the first real threat to the HNP administration in it's long history.

The Lib Dems are also fielding CJMiller. He is unlikely to get support from the HNP in the Esezo race because of the crisis 8 years ago involving an assassination attempt on the King, ignoring of a vote of no confidence and accusations of votes being tampered with.

The King said he will stand for Prime Minister but there are no plans for him to stand for Esezo in the foreseeable future. He said "It is time for someone new. Ideally I'd have someone from the HNP stand and have a centre-left candidate, but it's sad the choice is between two parties who are right wing."

There has already been one policy clash over the HPP's promise to sell of nationalised industry. The King said "The selling of things such as RNB would be fatal to our economy. This institution is international, and allowing people to privately run it would be to ruin what it was set up to do. The HNP will do it's best to block any plans."

The polls show gains for the HPP and LD, but the HNP are likely to dominate the assembly and the King is likely to get the job as PM. The clash of interests however could mean this term could be an explosive one.