Countrymen and women, loyalists and opponents,
Sometimes I get amazed by how ?little? things excite the people of Sikaman. A small spark ? a government announcement or a wild rumour ? throws the citizens of Sikaman into a wee-smoker?s frenzy. They chant, sing, argue and even fight over little things ? things like the announcement that our country has reached the completion point of the HIPC initiative.

I am not ashamed to admit that I don?t know ?tiiii? about the mechanics of the HIPC initiative. I don?t care where we are with the initiative. All I know is that by declaring that we were HIPC, we decided to make our ailment known in order to get some medication for it. Many of you didn?t like the idea of us telling the rest of the world that we were poor and bankrupt. I understood your concerns at the time ? by declaring HIPC, my government broke away from the typical Sikaman character of sweeping the dust under the carpet, keeping a cheerful, squeaky clean exterior whiles keeping the inner rot to ourselves.