A Memo to the Citizens of the Republic

Citizens of the Republic of Austinnica: It is with unconcealed pride that I declare to you today the selection of the official bird of our fair land, long may it prosper. A quorum of our parliamentarians labored long into the afternoon over the selection, and in a fit of fevered genius reinvented the sandwich midway through. I am utterly convinced of the excellence of their selection.

The Birny bird represents many of the virtues of our mother country: staunchness, stalwartness, solidarity, others. Let it therefore be so reckoned.

May the treaty between the dinosaurs and the robots stand forever! Death to the cephalopods! Carry on.