MARCUSBURG - Declaring the Congress of Jenneva a success, the Secretary-General officially publicized the stunning results of the first Mapp "blitzcongress" in the wee hours of October 17.

Contrary to expectations, conciliatory gestures from the Samokritzg seemed to have a minimal effect on Samchorage's reputation following its invasion of New Weimar. As well, many predicted that Samchorage would get off lightly due to the lack of outrage and chaos that normally follows any sudden military action in general peacetime.

Of a plurality of seventeen countries, it was decided that Samchorage would be immediately economically embargoed. Not surprisingly, many Samchorageans are distraught over the imposition of the embargo, and some complain that the Congressional Parliament unfairly added an additional option in another Congress issue that would force their country to foot the bill for reconstruction in the Weimaran capital regardless of whether it was selected to be auctioned or not. (In the Congress, this option was indeed chosen.)

In contrast, two key Samchoragean proposals pertaining to the formal termination of the Weimaran invasion were approved. As a result, Congressional delegates are already on their way to Samchorage to formally request that jurisdiction of the Weimaran capital and Nexusland province be transferred. According to experts, the response to the Samchoragean proposals suggests that the international community is moving past what it considered an unjust military action, and that it now views Samchorage in a more positive light.

However, what surprised almost all delegates was the outcome of the Great Powers bonus issue. Many expected widespread support for the Samchoragean motion to surpress the combat bonus of the Great Powers and that vetoes would almost certainly be issued. Experts are at a loss to adequately explain the outcome aside from one weak theory - ever since the Jaredian abdication, Hanseatic influence on the world stage has collapsed; thus major and middle powers no longer view Great Powers as the tyrants that the League once claimed they were.

Whatever the case may be, the end of the Congress heralds the beginning of the Weimaran auction. In the coming days and weeks, many are expecting a flurry of activity as countries furiously attempt to outbid each other in a public spectacle sure to occupy headlines for weeks.