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 * An underwater city that has been under construction for a little while a few kilometers east of the Boston-Logan National Airport in the BosWash Megalopolis has finished construction. It serves as an underwater research center, a new eastern terminus for highway 90, and a tourism spot for local fish-watching folk.
 * The Refugee Task Force has been implemented in Sequoyah, East California, NWI, and Texas. If a war is declared on any of these states by any ARI member, non-driving civilians may use a series of thousands of high-security double-deckered articulated buses (each one capable of holding an average of 200-300 passengers) in order to be driven to refuge within ten days. The system uses a highly coordinated GPS-based effort to keep buses from clustering initially or causing traffic jams at interchanges. It also relies on a series of predetermined interstate highways to bring people to their destinations. These buses will have an indicator that they are refugee buses so that driving refugees can follow them while driving. Buses will have yield indicators during merges or lane changes to lessen the chances of accidents that could potentially slow the movement of refugees greatly. Buses will always take the innermost lane that they can and will have warnings to encourage other drivers to move out of their lane in order that buses can move quickly in the given lane. Semi-trucks will be used to carry excess luggage. All luggage will be sealed with a unique identification system similar to a fingerprint scan to deter theft. Only security, military, and police will have access to the luggages. Discoloration-based instant drug tests will be used as drugs, alcohol, and enemy soldiers will be barred from the buses. When the buses reach destination, everyone leaving will be thoroughly checked by security/police/military. The system will be engaged only at the order of either the Montanan government, the Illinoisan government, or the executive branches of certain large corporations (only if war is declared).
 * Southern California has entered the American Reunification Initiative. Their state aligns closely with Montana's ideals.
 * The samples carried home from TRAPPIST-1 will be analyzed by scientists of varying fields from Montana, Greater Illinois, Byzantium, and Lebanon.
 * Speaker of the House Crishoh Ashtoel, his sister, and Toru Kitakaze have been confirmed that they are on their way back to Earth from Ceres.
 * MAJOR TRAPPIST-1 REPORT: As the first Alcubierre capsule have returned from the settlement on TRAPPIST-1, it has carried about 86 kilograms of rock samples, data storage, and biological samples obtained from the settlement. It contains:
 * 52 kilograms in samples presumed to be from the the alien race on planet TRAPPIST-1e
 * 6.5 kilograms rock/ice samples from TRAPPIST-1h
 * 6.2 kilograms rock/volatile samples from TRAPPIST-1f
 * 2.5 kilograms rock/water samples from TRAPPIST-1d
 * 450 grams rock samples from TRAPPIST-1c
 * 15 kilograms condensed atmospheric samples from TRAPPIST planets 1d, 1e, and 1f
 * 2.9 kilograms biomatter from TRAPPIST-1d
 * 260 grams organic compounds and volatiles from TRAPPIST-1f
 * a compact, filled 1700TB date storage unit weighing nearly 150 grams, containing thousands of pictures, files, readings, videos, documents, and similar files
 * The number of colonists is at 7,535 colonists. About 71% of them are currently on TRAPPIST-1f.
 * The following new findings have been made:
 * TRAPPIST-1h has a small moon with a mass about 350 times less than itself. It is rich in sulfur, metalloids, silicate compounds, and certain metals. The moon is also tidally locked and has an orbital period of 18.4 hours.
 * TRAPPIST-1d has microbial life, including organisms analogous to prokaryotes on Earth. Their level of evolution resembles what was present on Earth about two billion years ago. The planet is tidally locked.
 * TRAPPIST-1b is a highly metallic/rocky planet with no volatiles present. It receives an extremely large dose of radiation and heat from its parent star, and it is tidally locked. It has mainly silicate-based rock and some metals.
 * TRAPPIST-1c has been found to contain silicate compounds, some post-transition metals, metalloids, and multiple period 4 transition metals. Period 5 transition metals, most notably cadmium, have been found in trace amounts. The planet is analogous to the planet Mercury as it can reach temperatures over 135 Celsius on the perpetually-lit side. The planet has no significant amount of atmosphere. It is tidally locked. It has a surface gravity of about 10.6 meters per second squared, and it is slightly larger and heavier than Earth is.
 * TRAPPIST-1d is found to be covered in liquid water (with some ice on the perpetually dark side) and a small magnetic field about 12.9% as strong as that of Earth's. The life here mainly lives by photosynthesizing the carbon dioxide in its atmosphere into oxygen. The atmosphere was found to be composed of 80% carbon dioxide, 11% nitrogen, 5% oxygen, 3% water vapor, and 1% other gases while having a surface atmospheric pressure of approximately 3.2 bar. The planet is, again, tidally locked.
 * TRAPPIST-1f, a planet comparable in size to Earth, has been found to have a few small oceans of ammonia and water (about 89% of which is ammonia) on its surface. Ammonia, water vapor, nitrogen, and trace oxygen/carbon dioxide/hydrogen cyanide have been detected in its atmosphere; it has a pressure of about 9.82 bar. The planet has been found to have a weak magnetic field about 21% as strong as that on Earth. The planet's oceans are colored blue due to the high concentrations of metals dissolved in the ocean. Alkali and alkaline earth metals are present, as well as transitional and some post-transitional metals (most commonly from the third and fourth periods). Even though TRAPPIST-1f is a strategic checkpoint in the search for life based on an alternative solvent, life has not been found on the planet yet.
 * TRAPPIST-1g has been found to hold a rather thick atmosphere of oxygen, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and water vapor. Water and water ice are present on the planet, and it holds an atmosphere with nearly seventy bars of pressure. The planet is tidally locked.
 * TRAPPIST-1h has been found to have a thick metal-rich water ice shell, similar to Jupiter's moon Europa. It lacks a magnetic field and an atmosphere. This planet is also tidally locked. It also has some trace minerals and salts in its water supply, and it may have a silicate-based mantle and iron/nickel-based core.
 * The TRAPPIST-1 system has asteroids, but these asteroids are estimated to have a total cumulative mass about 0.007% of that of the moon. The asteroids here are rare and scarce, but they have some valuable minerals in them (to a lesser extent than the asteroids on Earth).
 * In summary, the system had more nitrogen than previously thought. It contains a relatively large amount of volatiles, and this is consistent with previous findings dating as far back as 2022.
 * An emissary has been sent out to Southern California inviting them to join the ARI. In the meanwhile, the multi-trillion-dollar Montanan industry sector has initiated the construction of fifty geometrical cities as well as the use of hydrogen fusion over fossil fuel.
 * Montana's industry has developed a space-oriented fusion-driven particle cannon capable of directing over 90 gigawatts worth of tungsten ions at targets. This device features 25 small cannons that are able to focus down on one point, each cannon being able to project 3600 MW worth of energy in the form of tungsten ions. It will be deployed across all of Montana's major space colonies over time unless something greater comes along. It has the ability to accelerate ions to slightly over 0.8 c.
 * The main banquet in Illinois has been started. Afunhumaninter, JoeyFloppa, and most of their cabinet will be attending the banquet. The banquet will have a diverse gamut of cuisine. David Kirtley, CEO of Helion, will also be there for the banquet and will have an educational presentation regarding nuclear fusion, energy production, and the sphericity of the Earth.
 * The multi-trillion-dollar nuclear fusion and space technology giant, Helion, has purchased Shell, E.ON, Fox News, and Origin Energy (from Brookfield) for about $264 billion, $176 billion, $22.8 billion, and $12.7 billion respectively. They have also purchased a few dozen smaller energy companies, with their cumulative worth totaling at $67.4 billion. They are making plans to lower the world's fossil fuel usage and carbon emissions by replacing it with nuclear fusion.
 * Recently, the TRAPPIST-1 colony is predicted to have landed at this point. It took slightly over a month to do, but they did it.
 * The S-580 extension has been finished. This is a landmark accomplishment for the raising of the New Cheyenne Megalopolis.
 * Afunhumaninter said in a press release "I as well as my close cabinet will be attending the Illinoisan banquet very soon, I hope we can all enjoy a good cuisine as well as have a blast of a time. I'll be looking for some drip to wear to the party. I wish you all a good time too."
 * Ceres Report: "This large colony on Ceres is a testament to how far Montana's technological advancement has gone. But as with Eastern Montana, they are lacking a taste for aesthetics. I don't know if the President will agree with me or even side with me for that matter, but our goal should be to make Montana and its major space colonies beautiful, if we continue spreading. Overall, I personally think we need to pause the advancement of space colonies and get Eastern Montana beautified for a little while. I wish I could come to your banquet, but I won't see you for another one and a half months." - Speaker of the House, Crishoh Achtoel
 * Even though triple-alpha fusion may never be economically viable, carbon-helium fusion, also known as fourth-step quadruple-alpha fusion, has been tried with the result being a net positive in energy. Even though modern fusion plants run three-stage algae-assisted energy extraction techniques on the fossil fuel (combustion + hydrolysis + hydrogen fusion), this could prove as the fourth step, making power plants produce nearly pure oxygen gas as a biproduct.
 * Even though the people east in Greater Illinois are holding a large banquet, Crishoh Achtoel, his sister, and Toru Kitakaze will be unable to join them for the meetings due to their space trip. Best wishes to them three.
 * West Montana is introducing Japanese culture to its society.
 * A tornado of magnitude four appeared only 20 kilometers north of Helena, and in about 15 minutes, it was diffused with world-class weather control technology.
 * Helion Energy, a trillion-dollar company behind Montana's behemoth nuclear fusion industry, has expressed its plans for overtaking the fossil industry of Montana, LFA, and numerous other countries. Specific countries are exempt from this plan, including those who already have widespread implementation of nuclear fusion or anything more advanced than nuclear fusion. Their mission is to implement cheap and renewable energy in other countries using hydrogen-helium nuclear fusion.
 * The cluster of geometric cities in the Beryist Reich is finished. A round of over 13,000 geometric cities crossing both New Cheyenne and Devyanostopol has started construction.
 * A major flat-earth apologist social media site, Flatbook, has closed its doors after 13 years of operation.
 * The FitnessGram 20-meter PACER test has been retired for space explorers going on certain missions, even though it is still universally used for armed forces and ground troops.
 * Montana has finally perfected weather control for once! There is now a patented method of producing level 7 tornadoes, which are able to whip and destroy at nearly the speed of sound.
 * A manned mission is being sent to TRAPPIST-1, a star that is 40 light-years away from Earth. With the latest ARI warp drive with a speed of 520 c, the ship will reach the star in about five weeks. They will be armed with cutting-edge weaponry technology, and the mission will also involve some Byzantine and Illinoisan colonists. Many CRISPR farm animals will be brought over, some being cows that can grow to slaughter weight in as little as six months.
 * Speaker of the House Crishoh Achtoel, his sister, and his close friend (Toru Kitakaze) are getting free admission for a trip to Ceres and back; they will be staying for about two months. We live in the future, motherfuckers.
 * The Montanan outpost on Ceres is becoming a hub of asteroid belt activity on its own, as opposed to just an enclave of the greater Mars/asteroid belt colony. They will use asteroids to obtain metals even though nuclear fusion will be used to power the outpost as Ceres has much ice. Ceres and it's over fifteen orbiting artificial habitats are on their way to replace the Moon as the main hub of inner Asteroid Belt activity. The escape velocity of Ceres is about 21% that of the Moon (making flights from the surface of Ceres nearly 25 times cheaper than a flight from the Moon), and the self-sustainability of the ARI's space colony will prove very helpful to this colony.
 * An unusually large and somewhat elongated asteroid with an estimated worth of $8.5Qd (and another smaller asteroid near it holding $550T worth) in many precious in-demand metals has come within one million kilometers of Earth. Advanced mining teams from Montana will be some of the first to scout it out.
 * All Montanan corporate operations have been ceased in Egypt and the Neosoviet Union. Montana in itself does not desire to start a war.
 * As of the recent events, Kultokrat has been found attempting to use the AltUN to assimilate Sorbia into their voivodeship. Montana has always been a supporter of Sorbia's sovereignty from Poland, except if Vlasov himself willingly hands over his country to another, and Vlasov does not consent to this. We hereby oppose the application of Article 5 to this conflict as it would result in the partial if not total assimilation of Sorbian land into the PSNR.
 * Cluster of over 100 Montanan geometric cities started construction in the Beryist Reich. Their combined functional internal area will be approximately 35 km2.
 * A "flat-earth" planetarium opens in Missoula, MT. It portrays the earth and the cosmos from an unconventional flat-earth, young-earth-creationist, and Christian fundamentalist perspective.
 * Bozeman faced a shooting of a Wing-Stop location inside of a geometric city there. 4 killed, 17 injured. It was performed by a lone gunman who was a vegan activist. Vegan claimed he was willing to "die for the chickens abused by Wing-Stop". Multiple relatively peaceful protests burst throughout the city of Bozeman calling for animal rights. Some people even rally for the legalization of raiding non-vegan restaurants.
 * A large cluster of geometric cities in New Cheyenne is fully built; they all took years to build, accounting for multitasking, ultra-advanced air-assisted construction techniques, and the vast quantities of valuable metals from the ludicrous asteroid-mining industry. These new geometric cities are regular hexagons with 50 8-meter floors, 90-meter edge length, and a count of nearly 7,000 individual structures. Each geometric city has an internal usable area of about one square kilometer. More clusters of cities are on the way. Construction is now faster due to the fact that the Artic quantum supercomputer was finished long ago. Much of the construction process is semi-automated. Most of the cluster is between Henderson Blvd. and Mainstreet, with some going west of the former.
 * A ban-wave encompassing millions of accounts has taken place on many major social media networks. They all had one thing in common: they promoted Flat Earth theories and geocentrism. Spherewash is sweeping faster than initially thought. The populace of many big cities, including Helena, Devyanostopol, and New Cheyenne is one of the first to experience mass brainwashing efforts in order to eliminate as many flat-earthers and geocentrists as possible.
 * An exception to the Enforced Aesthetics rule has been put into place: factory farms. They can now make their buildings as ugly as they want.
 * Montana is finished building its first geometric city in Southern California.
 * Research into magic and mystical phenomena regarding alleged forces has started. This includes research on if magic is real (ofc, first of all). If it is proven real without a doubt, magical functions could be harnessed for the uses of energy production among other fields.
 * Another round of megacorporations are planning on helping with Montana's projects. Due to the recent imports of millions of tonnes of asteroid-derived minerals, the band of Montana's megacorporations have begun accelerating their progress, especially on things related to the lunar effort and the New Cheyenne effort.
 * The first mostly-Montanan Titan base has been founded with 200 colonists.
 * The construction of a superconducting ring around Mars has started construction. Asteroid mining will be ramped up.
 * The most recent slaughterhouse raid has been found to have a connection to the Bartonian religious movement.
 * Band of flat-Earth believers reported raiding rocket/space shuttle facility with heavy weapons. There was a middle school field trip to the facility at the time of the raid. 24 killed, 90 injured. The raiders have been intercepted and are awaiting trial. Capital punishment may be used.
 * The industry has announced that Project Spherewash has just been started in its first phase. This is a plan to sharply reduce the prevalence of pseudoscientific beliefs across the world using business denial, private sanctions, mass indoctrination waves, and intensive fact-checking.
 * The industry's plans to absorb and take over Cheyenne (and all of northern I-25) have been made public.
 * There has been a factory farm bombing off of Interstate 94 near the city of New Cheyenne. There are about 13 human deaths, nearly 10,000 animal deaths, and over forty injuries. Terrorism is having an unusually high occurrence rate in eastern Montana.
 * Reports are that the rumored Arctic astronomical supercomputer has FINALLY been built. Running at nearly five thousand orders of magnitude faster than previous technologies, this quantum computer is destined to lead all humanity into the future.
 * Another round of fossil plants shut down due to outcompetition by the technologically advanced nuclear fusion technology.
 * As Montana's cumulative nonhuman kill count since 2029 reaches the 200 billion mark (195 billion of which are chickens), a new round of violent protests across Interstate 90 have erupted. Police and military are on a run to quench these protests ASAP.
 * The city of New Cheyenne has reached a population of 100,000. This city, built by the industrial sector, is near the I-94/I-90 junction and could be the capital of eastern Montana in the case of a schism.
 * The population of Montana's Europa base has reached the 500-man mark. Illinoisan researchers are present in the Montanan base.
 * An anti-chemical weapons bill has died in the Senate.
 * One of Montana's largest animal processing facilities, capable of processing 20,000 cows per hour, has been invaded by a large band of nearly 2,000 militants. The production of meat will be decreased over the next month as repair needs to be made.
 * A bill to split the country by east and west has been written, and is currently up for votes in the Senate.
 * Triple-alpha fusion has been made for the first time in a laboratory.
 * A bill is passed in the House that may ban the shipment and sale of maitotoxins, cluster bombs, phosgene, and white phosphor to GI and LFA. It may still have to pass the Senate. The future is uncertain.
 * Montana has counted a total of 2,515 significantly large nukes in inventory, 12 of which are over 100 MT-TNT in blast power.
 * Montana has made a rough calculation of nearly 100 thousand nuclear weapons in arsenal, including their smallest ones.
 * A bill started in the House to break from the ARI died in the Senate, by a margin of 26%.