Greetings fellow Rulers, Presidents, Prime minsters and delegates,
After a troubling end of year and festive season my nation was running like clockwork and I decided that I could leave my VP in command while I slipped out for a few hours...
...I arrived to my fishing spot and it was thick with ice 40cm/16in. This was to set to be my first time ice fishing. Although, hopefully this isn't the last time I see a big freeze and I hope real world nations follow our lead with many green nations in TSP. But back with the fishing, it was wonderful. The fish were only 3 and none bigger than a finger but being out in the middle of nowhere, everything white with ice, the peacefulness of it. It was magical.
Even having to hand drill some holes through the ice added some mystery. It was cold but so still with no wind nor rain. I was perfectly warm in my ski suit and the water was so clear! Bringing one bait up from the bottom a perch followed it almost to the surface, but it didn't take. Next weekend i'll be back, Next weekend
But then I returned to see my VP approving a new mining contract and the civil rights had taken a dip. I almost sent her to a "reeducation camp" but realized doing so the old Political freedoms would take a dive too. So she's on her last warning and I'm on the lookout for a replacement from the parliament benches.