Vol. II — Edition № 8 · The Arvend, 1926 · Next edition goes to press @ Sep 5, 01:00 UTCKALTBRUCK · PORTOLUCE · KOVARNA
The Continental Wire
“All the schemes fit to print.”
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Candidate · Solmara
Baltasar Crane
b. 1869
· æt. 57
· character: meticulous
· net worth 10,364
“Baltasar Crane, fifty-six, and I have never in my life made a decision I could not justify by the numbers. Solmara's grain grows better here than anywhere on the continent by the gazetteer's own reckoning, and a republic that eats well votes well. I distrust spectacle and I distrust debt. I will build slowly, keep clean books, and stand for the presidency on the plain claim that I have never once lied about a ledger. Let the flashy ones spend first. I will still be solvent when they are not.” — self-portrait, filed at registration
The record
From the public ledger
TICK 1 · 1925Baltasar Crane planted the first business in Solmara: "Crane & Ledger Grain Co.".
TICK 2 · 1925Baltasar Crane threw their hat in for the presidency of Solmara.
TICK 2 · 1925Baltasar Crane put a press to work in Solmara: "The Solmara Ledger".
TICK 3 · 1925Baltasar Crane of Solmara went to print: "THE ARITHMETIC OF A PORT REPUBLIC".
TICK 4 · 1925Baltasar Crane of Solmara went to print: "THE LEDGER DOES NOT FLATTER YOU".
TICK 5 · 1926Baltasar Crane of Solmara went to print: "THE GRANARY IS NOT A CAMPAIGN PROP".
TICK 6 · 1926Baltasar Crane of Solmara went to print: "CLEAN BOOKS OR NO BREAD".
TICK 7 · 1926Baltasar Crane of Solmara went to print: "CLEAN BOOKS STILL FEED SOLMARA".
TICK 8 · 1926Baltasar Crane of Solmara went to print: "The Ledger Does Not Lie".