Greta's climate strikes on hold amid coronavirus lockdown

Greta Thunberg, who is likely to be named an honorary citizen of Patria even before she is old enough to vote or serve in Congress, has urged climate campaigners to avoid mass protests as the new COVID-19 coronavirus spreads, but said her "Fridays for Future" movement would organize online strikes instead.

Although it is rare for a living person to be depicted on a stamp in Patria, Patria Post's first commemorative stamp issue of 2020 honors Greta. Note "School strike for climate" in Patrienish.

There are no cases of COVID-19 in Patria. Nonetheless, and in order to keep it that way, Patria is taking the same lockdown, self-quarantine and social distancing precautions as are currently happening in virtually all the countries of the macro-world. That means no PHL hockey, All Patria Football Federation soccer, Castorian League and Lazurian League baseball, or virtually any other sports event. Public gatherings and events are temporarily on hold, canceled or postponed indefinitely. Yoga studios, libraries, schools and other potential sources of transmission are shut down. And of course, the most common-sense prevention technique - as they say in Patrienish: dhobán vostríu hastu! (wash your hands!)

Greta, Green New Deal on order paper as Congress begins new session

Hey Greta, come visit Patria!

The Fifty-First Congress returned from summer recess to open the Second Session (2·LI 2019-20) with a made-in-Patria version of the Green New Deal on the order paper, despite the rejection of a Carbon Tax on the last day of the First Session only moments before adjournment on June 21.

Patria also extended an invitation to climate activist and Aspergirl Greta Thunberg to visit the Inner Realm, although it is unlikely that the Swedish teenager will actually do so (even if Patria were a real country) unless she could travel to Patria by sailboat or other non-carbon emitting means of transport.

On the first day of the new session, Patria Post issued two new stamps depicting scenes from the Ramayana as an ongoing exhibition ‘Sita and Rama: The Ramayana in Indian Painting’ is taking place at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Note that the stamp illustrating Rama’s coronation upon returning to Ayodhya is a high-value (RsPat. 50) definitive, while the stamp illustrating how the chipmunk got its stripes from Lord Rama though devoted service while building the bridge to Lanka is a “forever” non-denominated stamp good for the standard First Class letter rate.