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OOC: Quite a major thing here (for me and some of the nations)

Hello all. I've RPed in Northern Utopia for quite a while, beginning sometime around page 690, and have continued for a good time. It is the case however that I have become less and less active, and within the last two months have not been active at all due to education and other factors. I do however wish to come back to the friendly, creative, and intriguing community of NS, and so will do so, however as another country so that I can do something new. I may not be very active but I hope to at least be relatively consistent, at LEAST weekly reading through. As such it will be the end of Sierlatala and Telada.
Thank you for all the great times. It would be amazing if someone could be so kind to just give a rundown of any major events (I know there's a lot), such as really major nations that have left or entered, any global wars, particularly important treaties/world union laws, or any major trends such as nuclear disarmament, ecological collapse, or financial crisis.

Not OOC anymore (this will make more sense to those who have seen my previous posts):

Within five years of the Community of Sierlatala being declared, it had achieved it's goal of full independence. However this had come at a tremendous cost. The initial independence campaign lasted around six months, being followed by a six month period of negotiations. This led to a peace which was to continue to see internal conflict in the wider geographic area of Sierlatala, with the Community fighting the Sierlatalan Revolutionary Front, Inviski militias, and other competing groups. Telada meanwhilst continued to be plagued by a stagnating economy, which was only propped up by expensive government investments.
These became unsustainable as two unfortunate factors coincided, a major generational group of 65-70 year olds was going into retirement, whilst there was also yet another incredibly poor harvest due to a drought and two brutal storms in the western grain basket. Before long, a coup was launched, placing the previous finance minister into the role of High Marshall. The previous High Marshall was sentenced to exile for failing to achieve the true potential of the great nation of Telada. Along with a few loyalists, he went to the city of Reulensk, a major city in the area of Sierlatala but not under Community control. There he solidified control of the Reulensk local government, until his untimely death due to pneumonia.

The New High Marshall was left with dire prospects, and within three weeks of the coup, the most recent Nuclear Reactor built by CentreStructure suffered a critical accident, leading the reactor to go into meltdown. The Fallout from this, both literally and socially, as well as influence of a regional financial crisis led to revolution. Although the revolution seemed promising for a new democracy, the infighting amongst politically divided groups, old state corruption, and a military crackdown led to the revolution only achieving to place a new, left wing marshall. Telada has subsequently changed from a Federation to a loosely linked Confederacy, plagued in some areas by radiation, in some by a stagnant economy, in some by debt, and in others with unrest. Telada continued this decline, before various regions were either annexed almost unopposed, or declared independence.

Sierlatala continues to trade yet overall keeps to itself. Experts predict that a low birth rate will lead to it having to take more state control of life or higher levels of immigration, which will undermine the faith and ethnic based unity of the Ostriv people in Sierlatala, permanently changing its culture, within as little as 10-25 years.