Federation News Service Posted September 5, 2016 Posted September 5, 2016 (edited) BENNELONG CITY, SAPPORA VII — Markets sector-wide were up this week as the Federation Council bestowed the status of potential candidate on New Sydney, the first major success in that planet’s efforts to join the Federation. New Sydney applied for Federation membership earlier this year in the hope that access to new trade markets and offworld investment would solve its ongoing economic woes. Fiscal mismanagement, corruption, and declining trade revenue have kept the planet in depression for over a decade, during which an estimated four million inhabitants have left seeking better opportunities elsewhere. Read the full article at fns.news This article was written by LtCmdr. Didrik Stennes of the USS Darwin-A. Edited September 5, 2016 by Roshanara Rahman
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