Current events of Altverse/AHK Super News

 The following is a summary of news from Akitsu as provided by AHK Super News (AHKスーパーニュース).

October

 * 15: China has officially announced that they will be conducting a referendum on the status of Gusuku via the internet. Voting is to begin on the 18th and end on the 20th, with the results announced on the 22nd. The Chinese government has stated that this is in an effort to show the world that the people of the Gusuku Islands want to be part of China rather than Akitsu, further saying that "once this is proven, Akitsu will have no other choice but to cede the Penghu Islands to it's rightful owner, China". The Penghu islands is the Chinese name for the Gusuku Islands. The Akitian government has said that if the result is yes they will conduct their own survey of public opinion, but will not recognize the results of the referendum organized by China.


 * Monitors have criticized the referendum due to a number of flaws in it which could compromise the legitimacy of it's results. One complaint is that the websites translations into Japanese and Akitian has been done very poorly. However the main complaint is that while everybody has to claim that they are a resident of the Gusuku Islands during the referendum, there are no actual checks in place to make sure that everyone voting is indeed from the Gusuku Islands and not lying about their residency.