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Campaining dirty sure is fun. It just doesn't catch too many votes though, bummer

Fellow Mitgardians, are you really this crazy making "Mittenlander" your next Prime Minister? I ask you, What has he done for you so far? - Nothing! What is his poltical expecience? - None at all Where has he been the last years? - No one knows for sure, but not in Mitgardia! Who does he work for? - His own coffers! When will he screw you? - As soon as he gets into office! and the others? An old witch and a young rebell who is questioning the rule of our mighty Jarl! But nobody with any kind of politcal experience! As I have shown you, so far my life was dedicated to the Mitgardian cause! It was me who drove out the Drow, me who was trusted by the Jarl, me who went abroad in order to negotiate better trade agreements with our southern neighbors and me who has served in the Thing for the last for years!! None of the others has any kind of experience in politics! And the biggest liar of them all, the greediest little imposer from the slums of Valholl (or should I say Albion?), a member of the "Money Grabbers Party" is to be your next PM? Wake up Mitgardians, trust someone the Jarl trusts too. Trust me, Trust Eric Grimmson SAY NO TO DROW Grimmson 2012

Fellow Mitgardians! Enough of all this foolish political talk. If you vote for me, I promise you a free barrel of beer and a roasted chicken! So hurry up, cast your vote and join the fun just outside the Valholl Thinghall! Free beer for everybody and of course No to Drow! Eric Grimmson

Dwarfs for Grimmson!! So they say Grimmson is a racist because he hates the Drow and believes that Magic is bad for Mitgardia! Well, the dwarfes of this country can certainly say that Grimmson is the only one who listens to us!! Sure, we work underground a lot, but doesn't that make us so vulnurable to all kinds of dark creatures (inclunding drow)? But is it not us who are the backbone of the Mitgardian industry and aren't we the ones who really should know what's going on undereath? So Mitgardians, trust us, the dwarfs of the Mitgardian mountains, for we too say NO TO DROW

That's what Orcs deserve if they don't play according to the Mitgardian rules!! Really funny start to your challange III entry!

So they say I'm a warmonger! Well Mitgardians, it's been shown before where apeasement leads to, and I can only remind you of the incidents revolving one of our border towers a few years ago: So No to Drow! what else could be the solution to make this nation proud again? Lower taxes? Sure, make the richest even richer, because it's them who profit not You! Decrease import duties? Right, and have cheap Avalonian lumber flood our markets putting our rafters and lumber men out of buisiness! Kaliphlin Mead? - Guys we inveted that stuff in the first place!! Have witches and magicians take control? No more freedom for you pal, because magic is Nocturnian and leads to a quick take over by the evil guys!!! If being a warmongers means to care for Mitgardia, well let them call me a warmonger! No to Drow! says Eric Grimmson

your right, and the truth has just been revealed, there can only be one option and that is Eric Grimmson Say No to Drow!

Dear Mitgardians, as you take to the polls today, I would like you to remember of what your choices are: Would you like to vote for a witch? (the picture has just vanished, isn't that prove enough?) a traitor? a criminal? an immature womanizer and drunkard? or an experienced leader of the Mitgardian armed forces? Well, if your sick of all these political clowns and wannabe politicians vote for Eric Grimmson the true Mitgardian and always remember: Say No to Drow!

Ah damn, too late, I had just completed my mud campain ...

Awesome builds there SOT, hard to say what I like the most, because I actually like all of it. It truely is a pleasure to be in the same guild with such a MOC master!!

hehe, too bad we've got so little time left, because now that we got more candidates I'd really like to get the mud sling going, so guys, fear Eric Grimmson and stay tuned!!

i guess we do have to find some kind of excuse for non-mitgardians to be voting, e.g. a job there, a partner, mitgardian ancestry etc. otherwise it might look sorta odd, (especialy when it comes to drow [say no to drow!! ])

sounds pretty accurate, I'd just add mead though

Well, if nobody else wants to compete for being Prime Ministerof Mitgardia, I guess Eric Grimmson will have an easy win. Suits me ...

I sure am glad that there still are some humans left in Nocturnus! Other than that nice build, I really like the covered bridge and the overall structure of your building. Nice roof color pattern. Good job!

@palathadric: I'm not sure why you are putting up with the task of commenting on ALL the embassies, as I guess that this must be a rather exhausting task. But thanks for the positive feedback anyway!

Hey ya, challange III sounds really cool and I'll see what I can do. The only thing that bugs me now is the question to tear down either Valholl or Stoneroda, as I'm out of bricks. Tearing down Stoneroda would mean an end to the entire project but Valholl is something I'd really like to expand. Any advice from anyone? @SOT: That palace just really rocks! I love it, the throne, the windows, the floor, all nicely though of and put together!!

@DM: yeah, I guess I have to buy more of these 1x2s so I can finally do the cathedrals of the Hanseatic realm, I'll see. I'm glad you like the construction site. I tried to make it as realistic as possible, checking out the guidellon website regularly actually inspired this @Jareth: I was actually really annoyed by diagonal walls always ending up with an uneven number of studs, whereas most doors, arches, windows etc only allow for even numbers, so I came up with this @CM: you know how sailors are, once they get their money there is no holding them back. The funny thing is that the last picture actually was not done this way on purpose. However, I liked it so much that I kept it. I guess a bucket of water would actually make spinning around ...

LEGOman273: I'm sorry, but the figure you're inquiring about is actually my character Steen Larsson having grown a beart. But if you see your character anywhere in there, it's cool with me, you can use the pic.

Fellow Mitgardians, once again the Jarl has asked us to cast our votes to determine who is to become the next Prime Minister of our precious realm. And as obedient subjects, as well as proud citizens, we shall answer the call of our omnipotent great monarch. Therefore, this spring I, Eric Grimmson, son of Thoralf Grimmson, declare my candidacy for the upcoming elections. I promise that I will be the best PM Mitgardia has ever had and I will especially start focusing on the drow issue. But before I get to this, let me introduce myself: I was born and raised as the son of a noble man residing near Helgestorp but I actually never lost contact with the working class. During the semester breaks at Valholl University (VU – Go Vikings!!!) I worked as a rafter to actually earn all the tuition to be paid, by myself! During my military service I was quickly appointed messenger to the Western regions and actually gained recognition as a tough drow fighter. As a natural language talent, my major at the VU was the languages and cultures of Historica, I was sent on mission to Mpya Stedor, Kaliphlin, where I earned a lot of credentials as a serious business men negotiating win/win deals most of the time. Having returned from this mission, I finally settled in Valholl, where so far I have served one term representing Helgestorp in the Mitgardian Thing. I am a member of the No-Nonsense party, whose goal is to abolish witchcraft, slaughter as many drow as possible and teach the orcs how to behave as citizens, and not as the kind of savages the pretend to be. I’m married and I’ve got two teenaged sons who are eagerly awaiting their time in the Mitgardian forces. So If you too say NO TO DROW you should make me your new Prime Minister

With this note, I, Eric Grimmson, declare my candidacy for the elections of Mitgardian PM, more infos about me an my agenda later today in the campaing thread

Oh man, I can already see us bullying each other American style! This is going to be just great, and I already got a candidate going. I'll take pics tomorrow and get the guy running. BTW, As you can see in my moc, women are of course also welcome to campaign, when it comes to having an egalitarian society, we're leading the other guilds by light years! Rule Mitgardia!!

thanks guys, it seems that I too improve by the moc during this whole GOH festival, as I would like to call it. I'm having a lot of fun and sure am not ready building up Mitgardia. @NM: yeah, Scandinavia is part of this, but the main inspiration for this comes from old Hanseatic cities such as Brugge, Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund as well as Gdansk all situated on the southern shores of the Baltic and the North Sea. I've actually wanted to MOC them for quite a while, but never knew how to translate their Brick-Gothic style into LEGO. I guess I found a solution though @AtG: dude, it's the official Parliament of Mitgardia, not just a townhall! BTW, this is only a small part of it, about a third I guess. I ran out of bricks, so I kept it open. @SOT: Mitgardia will of course always remain a constitutional monarchy. However, a PM would be a great idea. I think we ought to have an election!

my depiction of Valholl: discussion here

@NM: hey thanks for putting me into your moc, it's so cool!!