The Aritans have laughed down suggestions by the Bolitic Emperor Borca that they should leave the DDS. The Aritan government has made a proclamation reaffirming their commitment to the alliance with the DDS. "When we became the closest ally of the DDS we know that some days would be bad. But what is the alternative?" the Aritan leader Dalanki said in a televised address.
"Only a fool would believe the Bolitic and ABBOs would allow us to be unhindered if we left the DDS. The truth is we would be easy to pick off at their leisure once the DDS had been destroyed. If they could destroy the DDS then we would be a snack in comparison to a banquet!
"Only in alliance with the DDS can we be strong and protected. We will rebuild with DDS help and our own resolve, we will be stronger than before!"
There has been a demonstration in the capital about being in the DDS however but riot police pacified the demonstrators and showed them the error of their ways.
