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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:29 pm    Post subject: Behind the Nation: Holy Kingdom of Harmonia Reply with quote Add User to Ignore List

Slavery in the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia

Slavery, the word conjures images of large groups of hopeless and helpless men and women being worked to the bone by cruel overseers. Lorded over by horrendous tyrants, these poor souls are whipped and beaten to within inches of their lives, and even to their deaths, for the slightest of offenses or even no offense at all. The slaves are a mish mash of conquered warriors, poor farmers, and the destitute and the downtrodden who have committed no crimes and whose only fault was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. To some this is what slavery reflects and an accurate description it is.

However, slavery is not what goes on within the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia. Such a culturally rich nation does not need to resort to the horrendous physical punishments doled out by other backward nations and uncouth societies. Our prosperity was not built on the broken backs of slave labor but by the power of the people born and bred in our great nation. Harmonians sweat and toil for what they wish to accomplish and they fight tooth and nail to protect what they have created. With dedication and spirit we build a better life for ourselves and for others.

The slavery that the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia is charged with is nothing of sort. We wish only better living for the citizens within our borders and have gone to great lengths and spent much to forge great traditions which have undergone centuries of revisions and evolution to insure that servants of our nation are given the utmost for their efforts and those they serve are rewarded in kind. To outsiders these long established traditions resemble slavery because they harmonize with the cruelty of the world instead of standing to challenge it with idealism and misguided hope.

The basis for this system is the transfer of human labor. This is done in all cultures since those who can not find work in one area move to another. They do this to establish and then to maintain their livelihood since it is what all productive citizens seek to do. But it is not the transfer of labor which gives the indication of slavery but who is being transferred. Those in question are children. Specifically they are the children of 3rd class citizens. At first glance this appears a cruel separation of a family but this is idealized thinking that does not hold since the world we live in is not ideal.

When the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia wishes to expand its influence it finds areas adjacent to its borders that can benefit from the high culture and technological sophistication that our great nation possesses. When suitable candidates are found offers are then made to bring these societies into the fold of our nation. When one agrees they receive much though trade of goods, the labor of skilled workers and the protection of our highly trained and disciplined military forces. A situation of mutual benefit is worked out and all is well.

But some do not see fit to improve their situations and seek only conflict and strife. The small minded and stubborn among their ranks pound the drums of war when the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia offers them the olive branch. They forge their steel into swords and shields when we seek to give them plans for plows and hearths. They inflict wounds where we seek to deliver doctors and medicines. And, sadly, they are met with coffins and tombs when we only wished for cradles and prosperity. Their decision of choosing violence instead of peace is gravely troubling to us. Their destructive nature is disease and it is clear that a remedy is needed.

This remedy is preservation. It was made perfectly clear that those misguided souls subjugated by our nation didn’t value life. They didn’t value their lives, the lives of the staunch defenders of the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia, or the future lives and livelihood of their children. It was with great regret that we came to the only option open to us. If they sought to throw away the lives of their children the only thing we could do to stop that was remove that power from them. Alas, the only way to do that in a caring manner is to remove the child from such a corruptive, intolerant and destructive environment.

To many this must seem like the ultimate act of cruelty. To rob a father of his son, to steal a daughter from her mother, to literally raid the cradle. Surely, an alternative, any alternative, would be a better option then this. Sadly, we have seen the alternative. We have seen the misery and suffering caused by random attacks on our soldiers. Attacks created and guided by the hate and anger that burned within the conquered. We have seen them pass on their fury to their sons and daughters who have been encouraged to take up the fight when the parents are no longer able to. We have seen their blood soak into the ground of fields where crops will no longer be grown and harvested and on roads where goods will no longer travel. We have seen the alternative and it is death.

So these children are removed from their families. They are taken to the households of the priests and the aristocrats of the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia and are given a better life. They are put to work in an environment where they are given proper care and treatment. Where they can be taught the values of hard work and see the rewards for their efforts. They are shown that they have the ability to better themselves and better others around them. They are given what their parents would take from them for even the slimmest chance to gain revenge on their liberators. They are given life.

These children are not being led as lambs to the slaughter as some would have you believe. They are treated properly and given the chance to make a difference in their lives and in the lives of others. With their labor they free up others to tend to more important matters in society. Many hours are saved and bodies liberated so dignitaries can work longer, priests can work harder, and these children can sleep better knowing that in their short time here they have made a difference. These children are not the victims of a great crime but are the fortunate who have been rescued from such. They have been removed from a destructive environment that sought only to imbue them with fear and hatred of their selfless liberators.

The Holy Kingdom of Harmonia understands that future generations should not be punished for the ignorance and mistakes of their predecessors. We seek to remove these poor souls and show them the errors that were made in the past. We introduce them to the grand vistas and monumental achievements of the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia and give them a life experience that their forefathers could only dream of.

We seek to remove the taint of envy and mistrust bred by generations of sub-standard living and endless pointless conflicts. By showing these children the light we seek to make their future generations grow and prosper in ways that they could only dream of. They come to sing the praises of the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia and act as a deterrent to future mistakes, mistakes which could just as easily rob others of a higher standard of living and the knowledge of making a contribution to a great and benevolent society.

However, even with our great power we can not diminish the darkness in the hearts of men. All we can seek to do is remove the offspring from their cruel and destructive environment so that they do not succumb to such corruption and thereby prevent that darkness from spreading further. The pains inflicted upon the family is a sad fact that we hope to one day remedy but at this time such a feat is beyond the efforts of millions of dedicated and hard working citizens and their love for prosperity and righteousness.

Others seek to discredit our humanitarian efforts by pointing out the supposed sub-standard living of non-humans within the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia. This is yet another gross misrepresentation as scant facts are spread far and wide and the result is a large amount of inaccurate hearsay. The stalwart servants of the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia value all life and we go to great lengths to ensure its survival regardless of the race involved.

Many look to the conditions of non-humans and use this to discredit our traditions and seek to place blame on us. However, they can not see what has been done in the past and what we seek to accomplish in the future. The Holy Kingdom of Harmonia works carefully with our non-human members to keep them as productive and prosperous members of society in opposition to their aggressive work habits.

These non-human members look upon the glorious achievements by the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia and then compare them to the accomplishments of their own cultures which seem crude and petty by comparison. To make up for their shortcomings they applied large amounts of hard work to compensate but have poured in far more resources then they were able to spare. These were not the resources of brick and mortar or metal and glass but of sweat and blood. They overextended their very bodies and ended up suffering for their zealous ambition.

Once again the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia saw this self-destructive behavior and knew that we would have to intervene to prevent the loss of innocent life. By injecting our experience and tolerance into the situation we were able to temper their aspiration and guide their hands to a more productive and stable application of their labor. By our grace we have been able to align what they believe they can accomplish to the reality of what their labor will support and have created a sustainable future where everyone can work in harmony.

Until such time that they are able to safely attain the spectacular greatness of Harmonian life they live in humble conditions compared to their saviors. They have come to see this as a necessary evil in order to maintain the proper mindset and ensure that their children do not fall into the same pattern of living that nearly destroyed their ancestors. There are occasional lapses in judgment and it is these events which are greatly blown out of proportion.

When you think of the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia do not think of barbarity and cruelty. Do not think of ignorance and belligerence. Do not think of hatred and strife. Think of a candle burning in the darkness. A candle that hopes to illuminate the mind and the soul of each and every individual that is trapped in a prison made of the mistakes of past generations. A prison made with walls of hatred and bars of hopelessness. Think of a candle that seeks to fight against every evil and injustice in the world. Then, think of the future.
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