Candidate no 4 is Minister Daniel Kong. He presents himself and his program:
“I present you my candidacy for President of Ladonia,
I promise I’m gonna do absolutely nothing productive and If you vote me the first thing I’m gonna do is to create the official holiday “multiorgasmic week” for the enjoyment of all ladonian citizens.
It will be unlawful to not have at least one orgasm in the mentioned week.
If you give me your votes, I will declare an official day of “Do whatever you wanna do” some kind of antimartial law, all laws and obligations(but not your rights) would get suspended for an hour (researchers have demostrated that a longer period of time would be too much fun and we could never get back from the ecstatic plane).
And of course we will commemorate the “Pillow War”, only clean and new pillows will be accepted to this honourable commemoration day.
The economy of the new Ladonia would be based on Natural Economy (In tone with the color of the flag) the rebirth of the bartering system with the slight introduction of the random pricing, prices would be randomly selected after a series of Rock-Paper-Scissors games.
And as a definitive solution to poverty I already introduced to you the “Do whatever you wanna do” day, which includes the “steal as much as you can” minute, it would be an natural regulation of the economy by the active participation of the minority. As you can see it is a multifunctional day and useful day…
So, that’s is folks, vote me and I’ll give you heaven.
Daniel Pablo Kong
Minister of Unbearable and Subterfuges, Fraudulent Activities and Multiorgasmic Affairs.”
Candidate no 3 in the upcoming election is George A. Koeze, Consul-General of Ladonia in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Baron van Ladonia. His comment:
“I think it will be the first time that a Dutch Ladonian is running for President.
At the moment I am the Consul-General of Ladonia in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and working to make the name of Ladonia well known in my surroundings.
Many greetings from a windy Holland.
George A. Koeze
Baron van Ladonia”
Baron and Consul-General George A. Koeze in his second home in Switzerland
The second candidate is the Norse Mystery Stone. This candidate has been proposed by minister James Hartman who writes:
“Greetings from the Norse Mystery Stone.
Indeed, Norse Mystery Stone was carried on first hand adventures with a real band of Ladonian Norsemen seeking to expand Ladonia into outback Vinland. That in fact it was Ladonian Norsemen who first came to the new world in Long Ships from Ladonia to Lake Michigan and landed in the land called Indiana as proof one only need look at Norse Mystery Stone and can to see it belongs among the much larger runes stones of Scandinavia.
Now the armed with new world experience of over a thousand years of exposure from Native American cultures to Settlers too Indiana from all over the planet, Norse Mystery Stone believes it is time to return as President of Ladonia to bring new world experience into Ladonian government for the good of both stone and mankind alike.
Back to the Ladonian homeland from where he was carried away over a thousand years ago on his Viking style adventure with real world experience from both sides now to share with us Ladonians.
So vote for Norse Mystery Stone as your natural choice for President of Ladonia!”
The connection with Ladonia has been noted by minister Taru:
“Norse Mystery Stone contains a pattern that originally comes from the sweater that King Ladon wore when he first declared Ladonia to be founded (when he was eating the lamb before the occasion, his wife was busy knitting a sweater made of its wool: thus the Department of History concludes that King Ladon’s legendary meal must have contained salted mutton instead of fried mutton).
Taru
historian
Department of History
Ladonian Academy of Science”
Norse Mystery Stone
All the candidates in Ladonia President Election will now be presented, one per day. After the full presentation the voting will begin.
Candidate no 1: Minister of Art & Jump Fredrik Axwik, interim president of Ladonia since 2007. He has not announced any particular message or statement. But it might appear later on.
Candidate no 1. Interim President Fredrik Axwik
Another day with snow. Ladonia is now rather difficult to reach.
Entrance of Nimis. In the upper background the stony slope of Hartmanburg.
Christian Stranne has shot this nice view from the east of Ladonia. Now, in January, it is cold and a lot of snow. But the picture reminds us that other season will appear in a couple of months.
Maggie, newly Minister of Landscape Architecture, from California, gives this statement: “I will do my best to preserve and improve the nation’s esplanades, ha-has, oases, ecotones, synclines, anticlines and perennial borders, as well as all other features under my purview.”
Minister Maggie
Winter landscape with snow. Today it is not too easy to reach the heart of Ladonia.
Ladonia is preparing the president election. Last candidate is President’s Shoes
President candidate: President’s Shoes
Maggie Leighly from El Cerrito in California has been appointed to Minister of Landscape Architecture.
Minister Leighly says: “As minister I will oversee the forests of Ladonia, as well as its bosques, wetlands, river systems, lakes, vineyards and meadows. Additionally I will be charged with regulating the design, construction and renovation of Ladonia’s piazzas, courtyards, fountains, processional staircases, belvederes, amphitheaters, bicycle paths, pedestrian paths, parking lots and all other public spaces.”
View from El Cerrito. Probably the landscape details are a work by our new minister.