Blackstone Code

if you can……

Everyone hopes to control their own destiny!

The Republic of Lemar is located in the north-central part of the Eastern Ocean. In the past, this country had little sense of existence.

Because it is too far away from this world!

Far refers to the distance and distance between it and other countries.

Except for part of the ocean trade, few people travel to Lemar, and Lemar people do not travel to other countries.

If technology is not developed, people will not be able to travel far!

Perhaps the farthest place people could go in the beginning was around the area where they lived, but with the advancement of science, people have been able to go further.

The world has not changed, technology has made the world smaller.

The Lemar people didn't have much to worry about before, but now, they do.

The Republic of Lemar consists of nineteen districts in the Lemar Islands, and the president is directly elected by the people of these nineteen districts. .

The biggest difference between it and the federation is that people's power to appoint and remove the president has been expanded. They can not choose the presidential candidate selected by the party, but vote for anyone, including themselves!

However, if a directly elected president does not have a deep political foundation, he can only be a mascot.

There is actually no shortage of such mascot presidents in the history of Lemar. The emergence of mascot presidents can actually be seen as another form of compromise amid the intensification of partisan conflicts.

As the mascot becomes more prominent, conflicts between parties will tend to ease, only to intensify again next time.

Lemar's current president comes from Lemar's largest party, the Help Party (Party for the National Cause). Maintaining neutrality is the policy that the Help Party has always adhered to.

It was like this before, and it is like this now.

There was also a period of tension and worry after they rejected a request from the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to build fortifications in Le Mar.

However, the federal people did not show dissatisfaction with Lemar's decision and launched any public opinion offensive or trade sanctions, which made Lemar relieved.

To be honest, the Federation is now putting increasing pressure on the international community, and people have also seen the role of technology in military and national strength!

In the words of some people, isn’t it that technology is perhaps ten or twenty years ahead of other countries?

Is this a gap that cannot be crossed?

Apparently, yes!

While most countries still maintain a two-dimensional war, the Federation has turned the war into a three-dimensional war.

This represents the crushing of dimensions. This is no longer a matter of strength and technology, but of being in different dimensions.

Even though some countries have caught up now, the gap is still obvious.

The federal aircraft types are clearly distinguished, have reasonable uses and are well designed.

What seems like a small gap may take several or even dozens of times more lives to fill on the battlefield, but it may not be able to fill the gap caused by these gaps!

The people of Lemar have no intention of getting involved in the war between these world powers, they just want to live in peace.

At nine o'clock in the morning, President Lemar woke up from bed.

Lemar does not have much heavy industry, and animal husbandry and seafood are the country's pillar industries.

Almost everyone here is a sailor, and they work at sea and fish under the rules of family, village or company.

A large amount of what is caught is exported all over the world. Among the many products, large marine organisms are the most prominent.

Things like whales, deep-sea elephants, and giant seahorses (no typo) are all export items that account for a relatively large proportion.

Overall, this is a peaceful, moderate country without much dispute.

Waking up at nine o'clock has already given the people a "hard-working" impression of the president.

You know, most people don't get up until noon, because the leisurely life is enough for them to develop the habit of getting drunk late at night.

The location here is slightly to the north, and it gets colder in winter, so drinking alcohol and strong liquor has become a common habit among the people.

Watching TV and getting drunk at night is the normal life of most people.

In the morning, not long after Mr. President drove to the Presidential Palace and sat down, the phone rang in the secretary's office outside the door.

He waited for a while, but still no one answered. It seemed that the secretary hadn't come yet.

He walked to the secretary's office and looked at the phone that had been ringing. After a moment of silence, he picked it up.

Originally, the secretary's job included sorting incoming calls, but now she might not have gotten up yet, so as a hard-working president, he could only answer the phone himself.

"This is the office of the President's Secretary...", he introduced himself as usual.

The voice from the opposite side was not followed by a local accent, but a very natural pronunciation of Standard Chinese.

"Hello, I want to visit Mr. President. I don't know what procedures I need to go through?"

This question immediately stopped Mr. President.

How did he know what procedures were required?

He's never done this.

After being stunned for a while, he quickly asked, "Ah, yes, what identity do you plan to use to visit Mr. President?"

"The identity of diplomat Pengeo..."

Half an hour later, Mr. President was sitting in the office a little uneasy. When the other party claimed that he was Pengeo's diplomat, he became nervous.

At this time, he was waiting for the other party's arrival.

He was guessing what the diplomat would say after arriving and how he should face it.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door. The president came to his senses and said, "Please come in."

A gentleman who looked to be forty years old at most came in. He was dressed very appropriately and noblely, and you could feel the extraordinary aura from his body without him opening his mouth.

He must be a Pengeo noble, the President thought, and then invited him to sit down.

After Pengeo's diplomat sat down, he complained a few words.

"I called your diplomatic department, but I never got through..."

Mr. President was a little embarrassed, "It's the fishing season these days, and the Foreign Minister has to go back to help."

Lemar is far away from the world, and the role of the diplomatic department is very small. Even the foreign minister has less power than the police chief of a certain district.

Not even as good as the Assistant Chief of Police.

Their daily contact with the outside world may only be to help some agricultural products find export opportunities when necessary. Other than that, they have nothing to communicate with the outside world.

Closed, simple and plain, this is the current diplomatic situation here.

Spring has just begun, and the returning fishing season has arrived intensively. This is a very important event of the year for Lemar.

It determines the income of people in this country at least in the first half of the year. Therefore, the foreign minister who is just dawdling every day takes the initiative to take leave to go home and go to sea. The president himself thinks there is no problem.

Who would contact foreign affairs at such an important time?

Pengeo's diplomat was also stunned. He could never have imagined that the reason why he couldn't get through on the phone was that the foreign minister had gone back to fishing.

This...okay!

Mr. President did not want to continue to be embarrassed, "So what is the purpose of your visit this time?"

Very direct, Pengeo's diplomat was equally direct, "We hope to help you resist the invasion of the Federation..."

Saying the same thing as the Federals, Mr. President smiled and did not express his position, "The Federation does not intend to invade us."

"That's only temporary!" The diplomat continued to press forward very directly. "The Federation people are seeking a higher status in the international community, and they will become more aggressive than ever before."

"We have recently collected some intelligence. They are building fortifications in the sea east of Cydoras. You should understand what this means."

Diplomat Pengeo's words made the president stunned for a moment. He really didn't know what it meant, but he knew that this was not a good sign.

But this does not prevent him from showing a solemn expression. Although Lemar's situation is not as complicated as that of the Federation, politicians still need to have the basic qualities of an actor.

"I don't know about this!" Mr. President lowered his voice, which made it seem like there was a trace of dissatisfaction and some anger hidden in the emotion he showed!

The diplomats continued to press, "They used Lemar as an imaginary battlefield..."

"No, it's not hypothetical. They just intend to use Lemar as a battlefield. That's their attitude."

"Mr. President, the only one who can save Lemar now is us!"

The president soon expressed that he wanted to think about it, did not immediately reply to Pengeo's diplomat, and then asked the other party to leave.

Then he called everyone and gathered them in his conference hall.

After he repeated what diplomat Pengeo said, everyone's expressions became... different.

Some showed dissatisfaction.

Some showed timidity.

Some people smiled imperceptibly.

In fact, what diplomat Pengio said is not wrong at all, but it is not entirely correct.

When Lemar refused to side with the Federals, they were no longer allies, at least.

You can't just take care of the Lemar people, so you can't even let Sedoras go undefended, right?

Once the defense is established in Sedoras, it means that Lemar becomes the front line, and there is no way around it.

No one can stay out of the war that affects the world (independent of all rights and wrongs, not involved in anything, and not affected by anything). It can only be said that this is not a federal problem, but Lemar's own problem.

But it is obvious that they are not very comfortable with the consequences they have caused themselves, and Mr. President is also very dissatisfied because of this.

"First, we need to get the foreign minister back. Secondly, we need to contact the Bayler Federation and ask them what they mean."

Mr. President's emotions had been led by Pengeo's diplomats. Just as he was expressing his dissatisfaction with the federal behavior, someone interrupted his speech.

"Mr. President, if we are not going to go to war with the federals, it is best that we can remain independent on this matter!"

"Preferring the position of the Penteo people will destroy our policy of neutrality!"