Esperanto as a neutral tongue: costs and gains for Zandoria

We note that the adoption of Esperanto at the Meridian Convention was intended to prevent any single ethnic or regional language from dominating federal discourse.

The result is a linguistic bridge that enables legislators in San Vicente, Puerto Azul, Bratislava‑Nova and Nueva Singapur to converse without privileging one heritage over another.

Nevertheless, the requirement that all legal texts be drafted in Esperanto imposes a learning curve on citizens whose daily speech lies in Spanish, English, Scandinavian tongues or the multilingual blend of Oriente Moderno.

Our conviction is that the Republic’s continued prosperity depends on sustaining this neutral medium while investing in quality translation and education that respect the richness of each regional tongue.