Memo to: President Mohammed Egal, President, Somali Republic Realizing that the Republic of Somaliland is still not a reality, and that your nation is listed as having "no functioning government", there are several steps to be taken to assure a smooth transition to an ideal republican form of government where the legislative branch cooperates and works on the same level as the executive branch. One should start this series of suggested actions with the words of the American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who, at the outset of his term at a time when there was financial depression and political divisions, said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."