[Janus Eadric]

Letter from Prince Janus Eadric I, Prince of Neridia

To the people of Saint Andre:
To President Benjamin Meir:
To my brothers and sisters in Neridia:
To all the struggling for freedom and justice -

Over recent days, the Imperial Government of Shireroth has seen it fit to dismantle my home, the United Neridian Principality, and remove me from leading the lands that were duly colonized by Kaiserial decree and command that make up Neridia in the island of Istvanistan, also known as Nova Shireroth. Having been rejected and scorned by the Kaiserial Government, I resigned my involvement in Shireroth and left Neridia. Many others, from Ransenar and other different parts of the Shirerithian Enmpire settled in Neridia, investing all of their savings and earnings into the promise of a new life. The Imperial Government of Shireroth has forever destroyed and dismantled this dream.

In the wake of the dismantling of Neridia, thousands upon thousands of Neridians have joined together in Redquill, Eadricton and many other Neridian cities and have re-formed the Neridian Company, seeking to leave Istvanistan and settle a new Neridian dream elsewhere in Micras. There are almost 200,000 of us now, myself included.

Days go by and the Shirerithian authorities see us as a problem to be handled. They see us as a people not worthy of self-determination, a people that are wholly submitted to the whims of a Kaiser and his deputy Steward. The Imperial Government speaks about the legality of its actions, and while there is truth to their statements regarding legality, their modus operandi is based on a disregard for the rights of local governments to have a say on their own governance, and a disregard for the communication and consent needed from the people to initiate a humiliating process of dismantling the home of hundreds of thousands of loyal Shirerithians.

The Imperial Government speaks of abandoning Neridia to the Green, throwing loyal Shirerithians to the perils of anarchy and lawlessness, of violence and chaos. This will cause hundreds of thousands of loyal Shirerithians to struggle and face highly adverse conditions, all while losing their investments in a venture originally meant to strengthen Shireroth and glorify the Kaiser.

A committee of Neridians led by myself and composed of twenty other representatives from around the Neridian Principality respectfully submit this request before the Government of the Most Serene Republic of St. Andre - to grant protection over Neridian refugees, grant them asylum in St. Andre and provide the protection and rights currently being deprived by Shireroth to the people of Neridia.

This, I, request, placing the dreams of a nation in your hands.

Respectfully yours,

Janus Eadric
Prince of Neridia