Balcony Address (Pacifica)

Crowds in Viniere Square during King Ferdinand VIII's Balcony Adress, 1861.

The Balcony Adress was a speech made by King Ferdinand VIII of Prydon from the balcony of Viniere Manor, overlooking Viniere Square, in the city of Setrivie. The speech's main part announced the abolition of serfdom in Prydon, and compensations promised to landowners. The King was accompanied by his first minister, Boris Bokha who first proposed the idea as a way to avoid the concurrent peasant revolts that had plagued Prydon for centuries. Serf abolition included plans for land redistribution, and rent subsidy which was promised to keep land rents low until 1870. However, this promise was broken following Boris Bokha's death in 1863 due to lack of funds.