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Nationale Deluta - National Spirit
Ulutorian-Zambet Fatan Routes Complete; The Rest Gets Rerouted

Just last night the last batch of asphalt was poured and the lines painted, sealing the completion of the International Interstate System on the Stelin-Ulutorian routes.

This completion, however, is simply just the road and surrounding infrastructure with rest stops scattered along the way, with things such as dedicated gas stations, restaurants, etc. still under construction. Still, for the first time in history a person can drive from Kolanica to Nedporen, then from Nedporen to Lapod, then from Lapod to Ulutor, all in a car. Heck, they could drive from Kolanica to Ulutor only stopping for fuel and rest. Test drives indicate a roughly week-long journey, although ironically said week-long journey burns less fuel then if one used previously overseas shipping routes.

Of course the vast-stretch of land between Lapod/Sozkana and Grand Ossta presented a challenge at first. That is until a deal was struck with the Sirainuh Crown- a royal family that controls vast economic resources roughly in the middle of that vast-stretch of land, mainly in the form of the lucrative Sirainuh Royal Transportation Co. The Crown did provide resources to the project, but the sheer economic and military might of the Crown was able to ensure that routes that go through this unclaimed land remain protected. More importantly, the Sirainuh Crown's vast economic machine always needs transportation jobs, especially now, giving trucking employment opportunities.

Zambet Fatan trucking companies have also experienced a growing need for more employees, and after hiring all the Zambets they could, they open their doors and allowed foreigners to come service trucks for quite the decent wage- starting salaries of up to $70,000 a year in some cases. That has, naturally, led to a flood of foreign migrant workers coming in. Irongia Trucking's workforce in particular is now almost 58 percent foreigners. This explosive job growth is expected to only further increase with rest stops and travel centers popping up all along the system, and it's fully expected to draw in more foreign employees.

Now, while the routes east of Zambet Fata have experienced tremendous success, the routes west not so much. With civil insurrection raging in Palanche and Malarsia and the always-so-stable Kyokai, it was decided to just reroute the whole system. This reroute takes the system to Zambet Fata's exclave of Aburglie, the only part of Zambet Fata that borders Sinderland. From Aburglie the system will go underwater to the artificial island of Northpoint, which was constructed by the North Nebraskan Waterpike Corporation way back in 2055. From there the system will go straight to the northwestern point of the Nebraskan continent.

This reroute isn't the only new construction of the system being made, as the Zambet Fatan government approved Sumeriti's request to extent the system to the Sumeri nation. The decision was made to route the system from the main Chinernian "port" that goes to Ulutor, but instead add to the "port" with another route that instead goes to Sumeriti.

So, despite the tremendous cost required to build the system, it appears to have been worth it.