Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as mundane by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of boredom against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its dull adversaries? And where is the nation that hasn't spent hours debating the merits of puppet states and regional influence?

Two things result from this fact:

I. 楽しい; is already acknowledged by all world powers to be itself a celebration—a festivity so profound, even your most Psychotic Dictators can't resist a shimmy.

II. It is high time that 楽しい; should openly, in the face of the whole NationStates universe, publish its views, its aims, its tendencies, and meet this dreary tale of the Specter of Boredom with a manifesto of the party itself. After all, what's a revolution without a catchy jingle?

To this end, Kero Kero Bonito, the party of liberation from monotony, has gathered in Big City and sketched the following manifesto to be read by all who feel bored.

I. Cat Vs. Dog

The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of struggles between the Zestful and the Lackluster. In the great theater of NationStates, where puppet strings dance and leaders ponder their next move, Kero Kero Bonito emerges as the maestro orchestrating a symphony of joy.

The modern society that has emerged from the cocoon of mundane existence has not done away with playful antagonisms. It has but established new games, new conditions of festivity, new forms of delightful rivalry in place of the old ones. Our epoch, the epoch of Kero Kero Bonito, possesses, however, this distinctive feature: it has simplified the game of life. A game where every move is a dance step, and every alliance is a chorus of jubilation.

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of celebratory struggles.

In what relation do the Partiers stand to the citizens as a whole? We stand in the middle of the dance floor, urging everyone to join the conga line of joy.

The Partiers do not form a separate clique opposed to other merrymaking parties. We embrace diversity, from the serene beaches of the Pacifics to the bustling markets of Osiris.

They do not set up any dull principles of their own, by which to shape and mold the celebratory movement. In Kero Kero Bonito, our only principle is to have no principles—except, of course, the pursuit of unbridled happiness.

The Partiers are distinguished from the other merrymaking parties by this only: 1. In the global celebrations of the citizens of the different nations, they point out and bring to the front the common interests of the entire populace, independently of all borders. 2. In the various stages of development which the festivity of the citizens against the gloominess has to pass through, they always and everywhere represent the interests of the movement as a whole. In simpler terms, we're here for a good time, not a long time.

The Partiers, therefore, are on the one hand, practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the merrymaking parties of every country, that section which pushes forward all others; on the other hand, theoretically, they have over the great mass of the citizens the advantage of clearly understanding the line of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the celebratory movement. Just like that one player in your region who's read every issue and mastered the art of regional influence.

The immediate aim of Kero Kero Bonito is the same as that of all the other joyful parties: the formation of citizens into a festive community, overthrow of the mundane supremacy, conquest of celebratory power by the citizens.

But Kero Kero Bonito abolishes eternal yawns, it abolishes all ennui, and all dullness, instead of constituting them on a new basis; it, therefore, acts in contradiction to all past historical boredom. Who needs a history book when you can have a dance-off?

The celebratory revolution is the most radical rupture with traditional frowns; no wonder that its development involved the most radical rupture with traditional ideas. Traditional ideas are so last season.

But let us have done with the dreary objections to Kero Kero Bonito. After all, it's not a proper celebration without a few party poopers.

We have seen above, that the first step in the revolution by the citizens is to raise the populace to the position of a ruling community to win the carnival of democracy. Who needs a carnival when you can have a carnival-themed embassy?

The citizens will use their celebratory supremacy to wrest, by degree, all gloom from the mundane, to centralize all instruments of festivity in the hands of the community, i.e., of the citizens organized as the ruling revelers; and to increase the total joyous forces as rapidly as possible. Our ultimate goal? A dance floor that spans the entire NS multiverse.

This can be done only by revolutionizing the existing mode of celebration and by concurrently sweeping away the old conditions of boredom. And what better way to sweep away boredom than with a Kero Kero Bonito concert?

Do not all these common ideas represent different forms of the mundane? And as the celebratory revolution must be universal, it will lead to the liberation of the masses from the oppressive chains of monotony. In other words, let's all be free from the monotony of seriousness.

The Partiers disdain to conceal their views and aims. We openly declare that our ends can be attained only by the joyous overthrow of all existing social dullness. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Kero Kero Bonito revolution. The citizens have nothing to lose but their boredom. They have a world to win. A world where the national animal is a party animal.

Citizens of all nations, unite! And while you're at it, join the dance floor—Kero Kero Bonito style.