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Tōko Hakkera · 08-09-2022, 01:28 PM,

Lady Touko Hakkera waited patiently in her allocated station, occupying her attention between the cat Miki, and trying to judge what kind of people were on the other side of the table. The level of talks was way above a single star system’s concerns, but she intended to make the best of the opportunity given here and now. Harold, despite looking most ornate and official out of all present, made an impression of being most hopeful for the future. She was now given priority now, as higher level commitments would otherwise overshadow her proposals by a grand margin. Acknowledging being given authority to begin, she nodded curtuously to Prime Minister Sanae before starting.

“As governor of Honshu, and an individual with great influence in Kishiro Keiretsu, I want to touch upon a few economic and cultural aspects. I know that before the war, planet Leeds was the primary industrial center for the whole of Bretonia. Anything from consumer goods, though machinery to small spacefaring vessels distributed across and beyond your House. My homeworld specialises in the hi-tech industry such as robotics, electronics and R&D. Details would be specified later down the line but as an example, we could help modernise and standardise farming equipment on Cambridge and Harris alike, lessening your burdening overreliance on Liberty Republic and Rheinland Empire where worrying trend of swapping reliability for rampart nationalism takes place as of late.”

Touko nodded towards one of the aide’s of Kusari delegation, who provided prime examples of posters and other artwork that were famous sights on many worlds. Harmful racial stereotypes, nationalistic recruitment drives, even dehumanizing the opponent. The closer Kusari fleet was to Leeds, the nastier those had become. Lady Hakkera kept a straight face, without any hint of resentment or accusation. Within the provided material, there were also records of Kusari’s own equivalent of the era to deflect any potential accusation of bias. All of those present would have been deeply familiar with what now belonged to a museum.

“Five years of propaganda, gentlemen. Arrival of Gallia only meant wider proliferation of xenophobia amongst general populace. If anything that is ratified and passed out of this room, we need to ensure it lasts longer than the tenure of a single politician. That means repairing the reputation and image incurred during that fateful war. To be honest I would not be surprised if some inhabitants of New London detested us.”

She referred to the Kusarian delegation, who her included were pandered to by the opulence of their host's palace at expense of Bretonian taxpayers and each and every one of them never witnessed the lowest stratas in detail. Some would easily put their next meal or hurt national pride over pragmatic Reasons of State.

“Many of these can vote or will pass their worldview to the next generation. Elections are limited to the lower house of parliament if I am not mistaken but nonetheless cannot be ignored entirely. Legitimacy and stability of the current government can and should be strengthened through an extensive PR campaign to paint the Kusari Empire as a friend who sees you as a partner, not as a vassal. At this point, any counter-reactionary element, spin doctors of hostile ideologies and fringe opposition on both sides of the border could use fear mongering and this very meeting as a pretext to rally your workforce behind their outdated ideals and disrupt carefully and meticulously planned short and long term recovery of Bretonia for their personal gain.”

Her professional outlook cracked if only a little, as matters that affected her personally and not that far back in time would be taken as a prime example. It was difficult to think about to what lengths frustrated Rheinland would go to win the war, if their rampage into Honshu would be allowed to continue.

“Strained but nonetheless holding peace between what was once the Federal Republic of Rhienland, and Kusari by extension of the Gas Miner’s Guild was demolished overnight by staged provocations and fickle populism. Entire state eventually was brought to its knees by exploiting the mentality of its people which changed little from 80 Years War.”

“What I personally suggest is as follows. When an accord is struck between us, we have to show benefits to the target groups. From the perspective of Honshu, I want to restore the status quo we enjoyed prior to the war with your garden world of Cambridge. Both stand notably as renowned institutions of progressing science and learning. Cultural awareness days, student exchanges, partnerships… and what could yield more concrete and tangible results: joint science projects. Not to mention that familiarising citizens with each other's foodstuffs could help optimise yield from arable land according to local climate rather than catering to centuries-long established culinary preferences. This again brings me back to Honshu, for we are unable to feed the entire population without heavily subsidising Kyushu products or letting in foreign Synth Foods megacorp that is aligned to Libertonian interests second only to their quarterly profits.”

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