Per the relevant update in Franklin County, below is unemployment data since January 2008:

Month		Unemployment
2008	January	3.7
2008	February	3.7
2008	March	4.0
2008	April	4.0
2008	May	4.0
2008	June	4.4
2008	July	4.4
2008	August	4.2
2008	September	4.2
2008	October	4.0
2008	November	4.5
2008	December	5.2
2009	January	6.0
2009	February	6.5
2009	March	6.4
2009	April	6.5
2009	May	6.1
2009	June	5.8
2009	July	5.5
2009	August	5.0
2009	September	4.5
2009	October	4.4
2009	November	4.3
2009	December	4.2
2010	January	4.2
2010	February	4.2
2010	March	4.0
2010	April	3.9
2010	May	3.5
2010	June	3.2
2010	July	3.2

Per the relevant updates in Franklin County, below is a table of Franklinite inflation data since January 2008:

Month		Inflation
2008	January	+ 0.8
2008	February	+ 0.1
2008	March	- 0.2
2008	April	+ 1.1
2008	May	- 0.5
2008	June	+ 1.8
2008	July	+ 3.2
2008	August	- 0.5
2008	September	+ 2.3
2008	October	+ 4.5
2008	November	+ 2.0
2008	December	- 0.4
2009	January	+ 1.0
2009	February	- 0.9
2009	March	- 0.5
2009	April	+ 4.0
2009	May	+ 1.9
2009	June	+ 1.5
2009	July	+ 2.0
2009	August	+ 2.2
2009	September	+ 0.3
2009	October	- 1.2
2009	November	- 0.5
2009	December	- 0.2
2010	January	- 0.4
2010	February	- 0.3
2010	March	- 0.4
2010	April	- 0.2
2010	May	- 0.1
2010	June	- 0.2
2010	July	- 0.1

As promised, below is the historical series of Franklinite GDP growth. GDP growth first began to be tracked in 2008, and has been calculated for every month since January 2008. The numbers are adjusted for inflation, and are calculated at an annualized rate:

Month	GDP Growth
2008 January	+ 0.9
2008 February	+ 0.8
2008 March	+ 0.9
2008 April	+ 0.5
2008 May	+ 0.06
2008 June	+ 0.3
2008 July	+ 1.0
2008 August	+ 2.0
2008 September	+ 1.0
2008 October	+ 4.2
2008 November	- 0.5
2008 December	- 0.9
2009 January	- 2.5
2009 February	- 1.5
2009 March	- 0.5
2009 April	- 0.7
2009 May	+ 1.0
2009 June	+ 1.4
2009 July	+ 2.5
2009 August	+ 1.2
2009 September	+ 1.9
2009 October	+ 1.8
2009 November	+ 4.5
2009 December	+ 5.1
2010 January	+ 5.0
2010 February	+ 4.5
2010 March	+ 4.9
2010 April	+ 3.8
2010 May	+ 3.1
2010 June	+ 4.5
2010 July	+ 5.9

Below is the GDP per capita, which is the GDP divided by the number of residents:

Month	GDP per Capita
2008 January	40 190
2008 February	40 529
2008 March	40 917
2008 April	41 156
2008 May	41 183
2008 June	41 309
2008 July	41 998
2008 August	42 852
2008 September	43 285
2008 October	45 089
2008 November	44 863
2008 December	44 465
2009 January	43 354
2009 February	42 074
2009 March	41 569
2009 April	41 237
2009 May	41 649
2009 June	42 232
2009 July	43 287
2009 August	43 806
2009 September	44 638
2009 October	45 436
2009 November	46 899
2009 December	47 505
2010 January	47938
2010 February	48 225
2010 March	49 671
2010 April	48 667
2010 May	49 640
2010 June	50 385
2010 July	49 981

This will be updated as data is released every month.

Below is the text of the Franklinite Military Reorganization Act of 2010, as referenced in Update 305 of Franklin County.

Franklinite Military Reorganization Act of 2010

Section I

The Franklin Military Council is hereby dissolved upon the appointment of the Commander-in-Chief under Section III, and each member of the Council shall resume their previous commands within the Franklinite military, provided the member in question does not choose to retire if eligible.

Section II

The entirety of the functions of the Franklin Military Council shall be transferred to the new office of Commander-in-Chief of the Franklin County Military.

Section III

The Commander-in-Chief shall be appointed by the Assembly for a term of 1 year, among eligible candidates who have submitted a statement of candidacy by the Judiciary on or before the day prior to the appointment vote, as scheduled by the Assembly. The appointment vote shall be taken by preferential ballot. Every voting Assemblyman shall be required to rank all the candidates.

Section IV

To be eligible as a candidate for the Commander-in-Chief, the person must:

1) Be a citizen of Franklin County not serving a sentence for a crime
2) Be a current or retired member of the Military

The second requirement may be overridden by unanimous vote of the Assembly.

Section V

In the case of death, resignation, or sentencing of the Commander-in-Chief, the Assembly shall appoint a new Commander-in-Chief within 5 days of such death, resignation, or sentencing, to serve for the duration of the previous Commander-in-Chief's term. In the time between these two events, the member of the Military possessing the highest rank with the most time in such rank shall act as Commander-in-Chief.

Section VI

Incapacity of the Commander-in-Chief shall be determined by a special assembly of members of the Military with the highest, second-highest, and third-highest rank. To convene the assembly requires the concurrence of three members of the Military eligible to participate that the Commander-in-Chief is incapacitated. The special assembly shall then make the determination of capacity by majority vote. If the Commander-in-Chief is found to be incapacitated, the procedure of Section V shall be followed.

Section VII

This act shall take effect on May 1, 2010.

If you wish to sign up as a candidate for the November 2009 Proculian Cabinet election, please do so here by leaving a comment. You can find more information here in the FC city journal. Before signing, you may also like to take a look at the Proculian Consitution here.

For more information, see the associated Franklin County update

Executive Patricius Maximus, in a regular press conference today, was asked by a reporter about the new establishment of a Conservative Party in Franklin. Below is the excerpt from the conference, including the question after the new party:

REPORTER: Mr. Executive, we have recieved a statement from the meeting of Assemblymen and other citizens in the LIH condominiums, saying that a Conservative Party had formed, and also that 3 Assemblymen are now members. What do you think of this development?

EXECUTIVE: I have read their statement... and what do I think of it? I think it is a development that should have been accepted. Franklin has now had 3 years of extensive settlement, and we definently have principles that most of us adhere to, expressed most famously in our Constitution. Since we do have them, it naturally follows that people who would be, likely scared of potential necessitated change in our state structure or our culture, would band together and form a party to advance those aims. I am obviously not a conservative, and take on the label of liberal, so I really don't agree with them. However, I believe the more debate we have, the better. I wouldn't mind debating with communists or fascists, if they had seats in the Assembly, although I am certainly not either. In any event, next June the people of their districts will decide who they want to be as their Assemblyman. Next question.

REPORTER: Uh, yes. I would like to call attention to the Lou Damato case. There have been two headlines -- one, that the recall petition has been certified by the Judiciary, and two, that the grand jury has referred his case to trial. What is your opinion?

EXECUTIVE: Well, the people of his district have decided they don't want him, and I respect his case. I also agree with the grand jury's decision, and await the verdict.

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The server for the AFDES site (a CJ alliance which Franklin is a member of) appears to be down at the moment. Our server operator, Simmaster, states that the server downtime, which is intermittent, is a mystery at the moment, but he is working diligently to figure out the cause, and once that is done, to rectify it.

In the meantime, links to the AFDES site and wiki will not work. Sorry for any inconvenience rendered on the fans of Franklin County.

On June 23, the Executive of Franklin held a rather short and to-the-point press conference on the first contact with an unknown alien species, which is apparently hostile. Below is the transcript of the conference:

EXECUTIVE: Good evening. I'm sure that all of you, and for that matter everyone on Earth, knows of and is shocked by these pictures that have come out. I'm sure you have many questions, and I will do my best to answer them.

REPORTER: What will you do with the Agonite mining system now that whole probes are being destroyed?

EXECUTIVE: Well, ideally I would like to put up an automated defense system around Agonus to pevent the ships from intruding there, but that would be foolish at the moment... because with any countermeasure, you need to know first what you are countering.

REPORTER: How are you going to find out about it?

EXECUTIVE: I have asked the New Follomer Syndicate to dispatch the FSS Uniden to the planet to probe the area, and hopefully that will shed some light on the aliens.

REPORTER: Some in Follomer have speculated that it is an experimental Dlorwani ship. Do you believe this is a possibility?

EXECUTIVE: It does not match Dlorwani ships, nor would I think the Dlorwani would have any reason to blow up the Agonus probes. As far as we can tell, it is totally alien, and we are working from that assumption.

REPORTER: Do you believe it is possible that the aliens will extend their attack, and it will develop into a war?

EXECUTIVE: Well, I cannot discount the possibility, but indications now suggest a, uh, pseudo-optimistic outcome of them just wanting Agonus, which is bad enough. However, we will do everything possible to avoid war, short of compromising Franklinite interests at Agonus. Last question.

REPORTER: What about security precautions in Franklin in case of invasion?

EXECUTIVE: As you do, or should I say should, know is that the Franklinite Constitution does not allow for anything like martial law to be declared, but we can and are deploying military aircraft and putting troops on standby alert in case anything turns up. As furthur information becomes avaliable, I will put out statements. Any additional questions? [pause] Alright, this conference is adjourned.

It was the greatest unknown of the Franklinite-Soltrian War: the initial rationale for it. It appeared to be irrational without these documents, but newly released memorandums, documents, and letters from the run-up to the war. For the sake of concisement, we will not publish every letter here, but all of them have been posted at the Executive's Website.

The documents collectively reveal a fascinating story behind the build-up to the war, starting with the Soltrian Coup of March 2009. After the coup, the socialists had a behind-the-scenes debate on how to most effectively fulfill the promise of "spreading the socialist message".

A few advocated domestic development and exhibition as the best way. However, most wished a more aggressive route: war. Eventually the war proponents won the debate, and began plotting on how to win it. They reasoned with military planners that the only way to sustain a conquest of any one state on the island was to conquer all of them and eliminate resistance. A build-up was in order for the military, which started the Allies down a path to war.

Upon the final completed plan, Franklin was determined to have the strongest military, and thus the most potential resistance. It was decided: Soltria would attack Franklin County, and then proceed to complete the conquest of the whole island, and we all know how it went from there.

The present government has explicitly expressed no interest in re-enacting these plans, and states they will focus on domestic improvement. In fact, the present government is composed of the original legislators who opposed the war in the first place.

This story has been transcluded from the Special Reports page on the AFDES Wiki.