Chapter 1 – Elites & The Sangkees

The Council of 7 is the highest echelon in the Prosperity For People (PFP) party. They have reached this level because of their highest achievements in their own sphere of influence amongst the Elites who look upon them as Demi-Gods. Today, they have gathered in the Great Hall of the High Superiors, all 93 Members of the Elites. They chatted animatedly, their voices filled with excitement. They laughed and giggled about the easily brainwashed and bought over the Sangkees (short form for the Citizens of the Republic Sangkelila).

“Yes, you should have seen those Sangkees grinning from ear to ear when they received their Browny gems!” laughed the Member for Area 91,”they even queued for 2 hours just to get 3 Browny gems! Hahahahaha!”
“Oh, you should have seen my Sangkees who were dripping with saliva while waiting to receive their free Zany cookies!” laughed to Member for Area 59 who owns Zany Cookies, Incorporated. “They queued in the rain for 2 hours! Ah Hahahaha!” the Member for Area 59 laughed mockingly at the Sangkees.

Soon a loud cymbal clanged Bang! Bang! Bang! The band present started playing the national anthem of the great Republic of Sangkelila people.
The anthem played for about 5 minutes at the end of which, the Great Leader stepped onto the podium. The 93 Members immediately stood up ram rod straight to show their allegiance to the Great Leader. They respected him for his great ability to distort truths into falsehoods, the ability to bend falsehoods into realities. The Members in full synchronisation with one another broke out in a chant, “Hail, the Great Leader, the most respected One, the highly worshipped One! We pledge our allegiance to you the Only One!” In an instant the eyes of the 93 Members turned white! They had entered into a trance. In their trance, the Great Leader began showing them the riches – money, condominiums and bungalows, luxury cars, gold and pearls – of this world. “You will have all these. This Year our growth and performance had been achieved as planned. Well done! We did even better than 5 year ago! Hahahaha!” The Great Leader ended his proclamation with a hideous laughter that reverberated in the minds of the 93 Members.

“Thank you, O Great Leader! I offered the Commoners free Chicky Eggs!” They were so happy and voted for our 5 Members.

“Thank you, our Wise Leader! I offered them free trolley bags so that they can buy more items from our supermarket chain – The Chain Supermarket!” They were so happy too that they voted for us to enter the Governing Council of PFP party.

“Our Great Leader, how I adore and respect you! Our Team at Area 53 gave the Sangkees 1 Brownie Gem to buy groceries from the The Chain Supermarket worth 20 Brownie Gems! The groceries were all snapped up within 1 day! The Sangkees voted overwhelmingly for our Team to return to the Governing Council of Sangkelila!”

For the next 30 minutes the Great Leader heard all sorts of ingenuities devised by his 93 Members to secure the astounding success of his Party to rule the Republic of Sangkelila for the next 5 years.

The Council of 7 who are seated above the Great Leader look on approvingly of the achievements of the 93 Members. They wriggle their tentacular two pairs of eyes joyously, knowing the the 93 Members continue to practice the 7 doctrines that they had instituted and transmitted to them. Each doctrine injected into the Sangkelireans ensured that they behave in a manner that continue to preserve the longevity and prosperity of the People And Prosperity party.

The Council of 7 consist of 7 highly intelligent beings each whom have mastered its own craft. None of the Members have seen their Council Members. Some may not even know they exist. Only the Great Leader was allowed to have an audience with the Council.

The Great Leader was a most humourous person, it was rumoured that one could die literally from looking at his smile. In fact, it was not a rumour. One day he went to the supermarket to buy some groceries. He had forgotten to turn on his alternate human face. The moment the cashier saw him, her face turned as pale as an A4 sheet of paper. Her heart felt like it turned into stone! Of course, the Party’s Members immediately stepped in with their own doctor to pronounce the cashier had died of an heart attack!

As they say, there is always two sides to a story, two sides to a coin. However, nobody thought the two faces of their Great Leader would turn out to be a nightmare. After all, the PFP party, had been supporting and advocating the prosperity of the Republic of Sangkelila for a Century.

“I have always said – Prosperity can be Real or Perceived!” Proclaimed the Great Leader. “As long as Sangkees think that they are prosperous, there’s nothing to complain about!”

“As long as Sangkees have a roof over their heads that is worth millions of Sangs (currency in Sangkelila), there’s nothing to complain about!”

“As longs as Sangkees have jobs whether its in the SangkeDome or SangkeMines, that can earn them money, there’s nothing to complain about, don’t you think so?” asked the Great Leader his voice booming through the Great Hall of the PFP Headquarters.

The whole congregation stood up and burst into a furious clapping of hands, showing their absolute support for the Great Leader