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Amric Al'Aeshir
Amric came to Eutopia to retire mostly from his career as a writer. He wrote many books on a great many subjects. Known as the "Isaac Asimov" of his generation he came to the island in Term 4. Looking for something to do he started the Eutopian Society for the Environment. A thinktank and activist organization it published many brochures on how to help the environment. Numerous luminaries of the time were either sponsers and/or helpers.
He first entered the political arena as an Advisor to the Environment to the current MHES of the time, Sebastian Fiztpatrick. Upon Fitzpatrick leaving government service President O'Floinn offered the position of MHES to Amric. A position he held in every administration until the tail end of Term 7. Retiring from politics for awhile he returned to the US to sit at the bedside of his dying son.
The hurricanes and mismanagement of the government in Term 8 caused him to return for disaster relief, not to mention the creation of St. Esprit and Tilapia. He paid for his efforts in the disaster relief from his own pockets. Some time in term 5 he created and continued to build various companies, most to help the environment in some fashion or another.
Various former Presidents, such as O'Floinn, Talbott, Glasser, and other political bigwigs convinced the retired politician to run for President. In a hurricane like campaign where the candidate ventured everywhere in Eutopia he won in a massive landslide. In fact the Unity Party had a majority in the General Assembly as well.
After a somewhat successful Presidency he campaigned for Hawkton Tilly for President in the United Moderate Party. Upon Tilly's loss Amric again retired from politics to concentrate on his businesses. Still very successful in business it was the ongoing fiasco of the de Fourgeres government, Sergei's death, and the coup of Levarge that convinced him that he HAD to return to politics.
He had trusted in a new generation of politicians to steer Eutopia in the direction he and the others had began in Term 9, only to see it all collapse around him. He is returning to politics with the goal of SERVING the people, just as he did in his beginning in Eutopia.
His retirement over, he plans on serving the people to the best of his ability. his two term rest is over. Time to face the people and the opposition and allies and get the job done. Do it RIGHT this time!
Amric is divorced with a daughter and son still alive. His daughter has once visited Eutopia to visit her father. His ex wife is remarried and happy with her life. The two children are of age and still on good terms with their father. Amric has had no liasons with anyone since his arrival in Eutopia.
Amric came to Eutopia to retire mostly from his career as a writer. He wrote many books on a great many subjects. Known as the "Isaac Asimov" of his generation he came to the island in Term 4. Looking for something to do he started the Eutopian Society for the Environment. A thinktank and activist organization it published many brochures on how to help the environment. Numerous luminaries of the time were either sponsers and/or helpers.
He first entered the political arena as an Advisor to the Environment to the current MHES of the time, Sebastian Fiztpatrick. Upon Fitzpatrick leaving government service President O'Floinn offered the position of MHES to Amric. A position he held in every administration until the tail end of Term 7. Retiring from politics for awhile he returned to the US to sit at the bedside of his dying son.
The hurricanes and mismanagement of the government in Term 8 caused him to return for disaster relief, not to mention the creation of St. Esprit and Tilapia. He paid for his efforts in the disaster relief from his own pockets. Some time in term 5 he created and continued to build various companies, most to help the environment in some fashion or another.
Various former Presidents, such as O'Floinn, Talbott, Glasser, and other political bigwigs convinced the retired politician to run for President. In a hurricane like campaign where the candidate ventured everywhere in Eutopia he won in a massive landslide. In fact the Unity Party had a majority in the General Assembly as well.
After a somewhat successful Presidency he campaigned for Hawkton Tilly for President in the United Moderate Party. Upon Tilly's loss Amric again retired from politics to concentrate on his businesses. Still very successful in business it was the ongoing fiasco of the de Fourgeres government, Sergei's death, and the coup of Levarge that convinced him that he HAD to return to politics.
He had trusted in a new generation of politicians to steer Eutopia in the direction he and the others had began in Term 9, only to see it all collapse around him. He is returning to politics with the goal of SERVING the people, just as he did in his beginning in Eutopia.
His retirement over, he plans on serving the people to the best of his ability. his two term rest is over. Time to face the people and the opposition and allies and get the job done. Do it RIGHT this time!
Amric is divorced with a daughter and son still alive. His daughter has once visited Eutopia to visit her father. His ex wife is remarried and happy with her life. The two children are of age and still on good terms with their father. Amric has had no liasons with anyone since his arrival in Eutopia.
Alastar Cain
Alastar Cain was born the son of an engineer and architect in Uxbridge. He grew up during the calmer years of Eutopian history, avoiding politics and the problems that swamped much of the nation. He emerged into the realm of politics after the Socialists were defeated and Josephus lost the presidency. Cain joined the Conservative Union of Eutopia, feeling himself to be a staunch conservative and monarchist.
He worked his way up the party ladder quickly, and came to the attention of the national party leadership. He was quickly brought to the attention of the government as well. As a prominent member of the CUE, Cain was named MESA, and was appointed to deal with a series of environmental laws and treaties. However, he was arrested with the rest of the cabinet during the coup, after only a brief time in office.
During the military regime, Cain worked with EMS and Red Cross, fearing that violence would break out between the military regime and the resistance. It, much to his relief, did not. Cain did not leave Eutopia during the dictatorship; however he also took no part in the numerous resistance groups that had sprung up.
Alastar Cain was born the son of an engineer and architect in Uxbridge. He grew up during the calmer years of Eutopian history, avoiding politics and the problems that swamped much of the nation. He emerged into the realm of politics after the Socialists were defeated and Josephus lost the presidency. Cain joined the Conservative Union of Eutopia, feeling himself to be a staunch conservative and monarchist.
He worked his way up the party ladder quickly, and came to the attention of the national party leadership. He was quickly brought to the attention of the government as well. As a prominent member of the CUE, Cain was named MESA, and was appointed to deal with a series of environmental laws and treaties. However, he was arrested with the rest of the cabinet during the coup, after only a brief time in office.
During the military regime, Cain worked with EMS and Red Cross, fearing that violence would break out between the military regime and the resistance. It, much to his relief, did not. Cain did not leave Eutopia during the dictatorship; however he also took no part in the numerous resistance groups that had sprung up.
Jim Sykes is 25 years old and single. He just graduated from Eutopia University with a degree in journalism.
His parents are middle-class, perhaps a bit upper middle class. His dad is a succesful accountant with EndTech. His mother a school teacher.
Because he is still young, he is a bit confused politically. Many of his friends are liberals, even socialists. But Jim is somewhat of a nationalist. He would love to see Eutopia united, even militarily, if that's what it takes.
He matured during the terms of Josephus and De Fourgeres and ended up quite disgusted with the failure of democracy in Eutopia. He was old enough to vote in the last election and voted for De Fourgeres, cause his dad did. His mother was a Josephus supporter at heart, but didn't go against her husband's wishes.
Jim felt betrayed by the De Fourgeres term. He was, it turned out, a wolf in sheep's clothing. Jim felt the war against Cuba was highly unnecessary, although he didn't care much for Castor and didn''t shed any tears over his death.
He supported Levarge's coup. He felt the time was right for change. The democrats had failed. He believed if he joined with the Levarge party, he could rise to the top in time. With Levarge's death, he started to weigh his options.
He likes gouda cheese and fine wine. He reads avidly and listens to Coldplay. He loves Monty Python.
His parents are middle-class, perhaps a bit upper middle class. His dad is a succesful accountant with EndTech. His mother a school teacher.
Because he is still young, he is a bit confused politically. Many of his friends are liberals, even socialists. But Jim is somewhat of a nationalist. He would love to see Eutopia united, even militarily, if that's what it takes.
He matured during the terms of Josephus and De Fourgeres and ended up quite disgusted with the failure of democracy in Eutopia. He was old enough to vote in the last election and voted for De Fourgeres, cause his dad did. His mother was a Josephus supporter at heart, but didn't go against her husband's wishes.
Jim felt betrayed by the De Fourgeres term. He was, it turned out, a wolf in sheep's clothing. Jim felt the war against Cuba was highly unnecessary, although he didn't care much for Castor and didn''t shed any tears over his death.
He supported Levarge's coup. He felt the time was right for change. The democrats had failed. He believed if he joined with the Levarge party, he could rise to the top in time. With Levarge's death, he started to weigh his options.
He likes gouda cheese and fine wine. He reads avidly and listens to Coldplay. He loves Monty Python.
Anthony Joseph Garibaldi III
Antonio Giuseppe Garibaldi III grew up in the Latin provinces having to deal with his father being an aspiring reactionary politician and one of the leaders of the Tridentist movement. Like many teenagers, he began using drugs recreationally, supporting environmentalist causes, and started going by the more Anglo-sounding name "Anthony Joseph". When the Spanish-speaking provinces seceded, the Garibaldi family moved to St. Brendanstown, where his Irish-Catholic mother was from. Sadly, after the secession, his father's political popularity died out, as he had been advocating equal treatment for Latins, and now the country was falling apart because his warnings had not been heeded by the Anglo community. People refused to admit their wrongdoing and blamed the Latins themselves, which caused young Anthony to a period of self-realization and brought him to move to the isolated town of Kemper, located off of the main island. He rekindled his relationship with his father and was put back into his father's will. When his father died, Anthony acquired a vast sum, the rights to two media publications, and a political legacy. The government continued to make huge mistakes and when the military junta took over, Garibaldi III supported Levarge both financially and politically. Now that the military dictatorship has ended, and it seems free elections are on the way, Garibaldi has his own plans for Eutopia, and not "only" for the United Provinces.
Antonio Giuseppe Garibaldi III grew up in the Latin provinces having to deal with his father being an aspiring reactionary politician and one of the leaders of the Tridentist movement. Like many teenagers, he began using drugs recreationally, supporting environmentalist causes, and started going by the more Anglo-sounding name "Anthony Joseph". When the Spanish-speaking provinces seceded, the Garibaldi family moved to St. Brendanstown, where his Irish-Catholic mother was from. Sadly, after the secession, his father's political popularity died out, as he had been advocating equal treatment for Latins, and now the country was falling apart because his warnings had not been heeded by the Anglo community. People refused to admit their wrongdoing and blamed the Latins themselves, which caused young Anthony to a period of self-realization and brought him to move to the isolated town of Kemper, located off of the main island. He rekindled his relationship with his father and was put back into his father's will. When his father died, Anthony acquired a vast sum, the rights to two media publications, and a political legacy. The government continued to make huge mistakes and when the military junta took over, Garibaldi III supported Levarge both financially and politically. Now that the military dictatorship has ended, and it seems free elections are on the way, Garibaldi has his own plans for Eutopia, and not "only" for the United Provinces.
Václav Zlonický, or "Vas" as he is known to friends, was born 35 years ago in a rural area in southern New Schleswig. He was the second son of Sámo Zlonický, a wealthy landowner in the area and a monarchist. His youth was filled with some opulence, although his father instilled a strong ethical code by ensuring he only was given luxuries when his actions deserved him. Although his family is officially Roman Catholic, none of them have practiced for decades.
His elder brother Jan left Eutopia for the Czech Republic when Václav was 10, leaving him the only child left. He witnessed at a young age the end of the monarchy (an event his father disliked, but Václav came to support) and the beginnings of a republic. After completing his mandatory education, he skipped college and began touring the country looking to get away from his childhood. It was at this time that the turmoil of the New Republic began. He soon came to realized how important stability was and returned to Tabor, completing his education at Leopold von Güthler College.
While at LGC, he decided that the ideal government would be a strong yet representative one. He graduated, made peace with his father, and opened a market in Tabor. It was the dictatorship of Levarge that made him set on ensuring good government in his country. As soon as the news of Levarge's assassination reached him, he made the decision to actively enter politics.
His elder brother Jan left Eutopia for the Czech Republic when Václav was 10, leaving him the only child left. He witnessed at a young age the end of the monarchy (an event his father disliked, but Václav came to support) and the beginnings of a republic. After completing his mandatory education, he skipped college and began touring the country looking to get away from his childhood. It was at this time that the turmoil of the New Republic began. He soon came to realized how important stability was and returned to Tabor, completing his education at Leopold von Güthler College.
While at LGC, he decided that the ideal government would be a strong yet representative one. He graduated, made peace with his father, and opened a market in Tabor. It was the dictatorship of Levarge that made him set on ensuring good government in his country. As soon as the news of Levarge's assassination reached him, he made the decision to actively enter politics.
John O'Floinn
A mild biography for a mild man.
O'Floinn was born in Dublin, Ireland. Departing for the US at the age of 18 to attend Harvard university, John took an interest in the law, and stayed at Harvard for law school. It wasn't long before he was running his own firm. Though he enjoyed his time practicing law, O'Floinn stopped taking on clients for himself after a few years, leaving his subordinates to handle the caseload the firm was carrying. John, meanwhile, had built a solid financial base through years of clever investing.
On his first business venture, O'Floinn encountered success manufacturing electronic equipment involved mainly security. O'Floinn would be jumped to millionaire status when his company was given a government contract to manufacture equipment for the Department of Defense. He went on to open a string of pubs scattered around America and Canada.
He was temporarily audited by the IRS when he jokingly said "I'm worth five and a half million dollars that you know about," during a speech he gave to a board of congressmen about a new surveillence system he was developing. The IRS agents, who thought they were on the verge of discovering a massive tax-evasion plot, were stunned to learn that the 1.3 million dollars O'Floinn's company had tied up in the Carribean Islands made up a legitimate tourism business.
A triumphant run for the US senate shot O'Floinn's wealth up another peg, but more importantly he gained influence and experience that would later prove to be useful as he could not at the time imagine. After a successful senatorial term, O'Floinn ran a campaign for governor of Massachusetts. About two years into his term, a group of right-wing extremists attempted to gun John down at a public park dedication ceremony.
Calling it quits for American politics, O'Floinn resigned his position and moved to Eutopia, arriving at the end of Term I, during the Term II elections. But he couldn't avoid political conflict. Shortly upon arrival in the island, O'Floinn began construction of the Eutopia Racetrack, which caused him to clash with socialist leader Josephus. An outstanding lack of support for Josephus's threats to close down the track was shown, and John won his fair share of respect for standing firm in the face of then Vice-President Josephus.
Term III saw John's re-entry to politics, with the first of two terms of O'Floinn's Presidency. He was elected at the head of the Coalition to Preserve the Republic, an alliance of all major pro-republican parties. He was re-elected in term IV, after which the coalition split apart. The O'Floinn administration set a number of projects in motions that would reap benefits for later administrations, most notably the expansion of New Lancaster Airport. It also saw the foiled coup attempts of General Dan Hartwell and Roger Smith, not to mention a fresh crop of troubles in the WET, started by the rape of a Topan woman by an American officer. After his Presidency, O'Floinn was chosen as Attourney General, and became a great proponent of judicial reform.
Other O'Floinn accomplishments include the opening of the Shamrock Fields Golf Club, O'Floinn's Old Irish Brewery, and the highly successful tv talk show, Eutopia Tonight! With John O'Floinn. O'Floinn, being an only child, inherited his entire family fortune after the death of his parents in Term VIII. Much of the family's vast corporate empire had recently been sold off, resulting an immense expansion of O'Floinn's cash reserves.
O'Floinn would use some of his inheritance to expand his Racetrack and other Eutopian enterprizes, though he would put away a vast fortune in banks. A small, yet noteworthy, chunk of the money would be withdrawn after several months. It is still unknown what O'Floinn did with it.
O'Floinn would retain his position as Commissioner of Justice through the Gall/Grant fiasco, and was a key member of the Unity Party, which would hold the Presidency and a 3/4ths majority of the General Assembly during Term IX. With the many cloak and dagger stories surrounding the formation of the party, O'Floinn remains one of the few who knows the entire truth.
A strong supporter of Hawkton Tilly's campaign, O'Floinn was highly disappointed at his loss to Josephus Locke Sergei, though he accepted it and went on to work with the new President on a number of issues.
It would be during Term X that O'Floinn threw what would later be termed by some as a coup d'etat within the United Moderate Party, when he supplanted Jake Langley as party chairman. At the time, he likened himself to William Pitt, who had said on the brink of the American Revolution "I know that I alone can save England, and that no one else can." Believing that he was the only man with the ability to reinvigorate the centrists in Eutopian politics, O'Floinn set out to ensure a more moderate figure in the Diamond Office in Term XI. He believed he had succeded when Loic de Fourgères took office, but a numer of mishaps in Term XI would mark the term as a solid failure for Eutopia.
Between a major terrorist attack, a scandal surrounding MDIS Truman's dealings with Nikolai Volkov, to whom he provided cash, immunity, and a pair of end-user certificates, the subsequent mysterious death of the MDIS, and a quasi-war with Cuba, it was a dark time for the United Provinces. When de Fourgères departed to conduct the operation against Cuba, O'Floinn was named acting President. He began to take to steps to improve things, but riots and a military debacle set him back. de Fourgères, returning from his failed project in Cuba, attempted to remove O'Floinn from the Diamond Office by declaring himself capable of fulfilling his duties, naming P.G. Talbott as MTIA and VP, and resigning. O'Floinn declared that de Fourgères's orders to remove him were invalid due to a Constitutional technicality.
When OSO troops entered the Diamond Office, O'Floinn managed to slip out of the Diamond Office and over the border into Tilapia, where he waited out the coup amidst meetings with various other exiles. O'Floinn took immense pride in not being captured by Levarge, and recounted the story numerous times during his exile.
During Levarge's reign, O'Floinn came into contact with old allies Amric Al'Aeshir and Michael Lundgren and formed the Moderate Republican Party, which would gather a fair number of seats in the Assembly, as well as the Attorney General's office for Term XII. O'Floinn would naturally fill the AG's position. Amric's breakdown and Michael's disappearance from public life would leave O'Floinn in the awkward position of running the party's legislative affairs while holding the AG's office and attending to the general adminstration of the party.
Political Resumè
Positions
President - Terms III-IV & XI
Only President ever elected to a second term
Commissioner of Justice - Terms V-X
Speaker of General Assembly - Term X-XI
Vice President - Term XI
MERL - Term XI
Attorney General - Term XII
Parties
Member - Moderate Party - Terms II-V
Member - Eutopian Progress Party - Term V
Chairman - Eutopian Progress Party - Terms VI-VII
Founder & Chairman - Centrist Republican Party - Terms VII-VIII
Member - Unity Party - Term IX
Member - United Moderate Party - Term X
Chairman - United Moderate Party - Term X-XI
Founder & Chairman - Moderate Republican Party - Term XII
A mild biography for a mild man.
O'Floinn was born in Dublin, Ireland. Departing for the US at the age of 18 to attend Harvard university, John took an interest in the law, and stayed at Harvard for law school. It wasn't long before he was running his own firm. Though he enjoyed his time practicing law, O'Floinn stopped taking on clients for himself after a few years, leaving his subordinates to handle the caseload the firm was carrying. John, meanwhile, had built a solid financial base through years of clever investing.
On his first business venture, O'Floinn encountered success manufacturing electronic equipment involved mainly security. O'Floinn would be jumped to millionaire status when his company was given a government contract to manufacture equipment for the Department of Defense. He went on to open a string of pubs scattered around America and Canada.
He was temporarily audited by the IRS when he jokingly said "I'm worth five and a half million dollars that you know about," during a speech he gave to a board of congressmen about a new surveillence system he was developing. The IRS agents, who thought they were on the verge of discovering a massive tax-evasion plot, were stunned to learn that the 1.3 million dollars O'Floinn's company had tied up in the Carribean Islands made up a legitimate tourism business.
A triumphant run for the US senate shot O'Floinn's wealth up another peg, but more importantly he gained influence and experience that would later prove to be useful as he could not at the time imagine. After a successful senatorial term, O'Floinn ran a campaign for governor of Massachusetts. About two years into his term, a group of right-wing extremists attempted to gun John down at a public park dedication ceremony.
Calling it quits for American politics, O'Floinn resigned his position and moved to Eutopia, arriving at the end of Term I, during the Term II elections. But he couldn't avoid political conflict. Shortly upon arrival in the island, O'Floinn began construction of the Eutopia Racetrack, which caused him to clash with socialist leader Josephus. An outstanding lack of support for Josephus's threats to close down the track was shown, and John won his fair share of respect for standing firm in the face of then Vice-President Josephus.
Term III saw John's re-entry to politics, with the first of two terms of O'Floinn's Presidency. He was elected at the head of the Coalition to Preserve the Republic, an alliance of all major pro-republican parties. He was re-elected in term IV, after which the coalition split apart. The O'Floinn administration set a number of projects in motions that would reap benefits for later administrations, most notably the expansion of New Lancaster Airport. It also saw the foiled coup attempts of General Dan Hartwell and Roger Smith, not to mention a fresh crop of troubles in the WET, started by the rape of a Topan woman by an American officer. After his Presidency, O'Floinn was chosen as Attourney General, and became a great proponent of judicial reform.
Other O'Floinn accomplishments include the opening of the Shamrock Fields Golf Club, O'Floinn's Old Irish Brewery, and the highly successful tv talk show, Eutopia Tonight! With John O'Floinn. O'Floinn, being an only child, inherited his entire family fortune after the death of his parents in Term VIII. Much of the family's vast corporate empire had recently been sold off, resulting an immense expansion of O'Floinn's cash reserves.
O'Floinn would use some of his inheritance to expand his Racetrack and other Eutopian enterprizes, though he would put away a vast fortune in banks. A small, yet noteworthy, chunk of the money would be withdrawn after several months. It is still unknown what O'Floinn did with it.
O'Floinn would retain his position as Commissioner of Justice through the Gall/Grant fiasco, and was a key member of the Unity Party, which would hold the Presidency and a 3/4ths majority of the General Assembly during Term IX. With the many cloak and dagger stories surrounding the formation of the party, O'Floinn remains one of the few who knows the entire truth.
A strong supporter of Hawkton Tilly's campaign, O'Floinn was highly disappointed at his loss to Josephus Locke Sergei, though he accepted it and went on to work with the new President on a number of issues.
It would be during Term X that O'Floinn threw what would later be termed by some as a coup d'etat within the United Moderate Party, when he supplanted Jake Langley as party chairman. At the time, he likened himself to William Pitt, who had said on the brink of the American Revolution "I know that I alone can save England, and that no one else can." Believing that he was the only man with the ability to reinvigorate the centrists in Eutopian politics, O'Floinn set out to ensure a more moderate figure in the Diamond Office in Term XI. He believed he had succeded when Loic de Fourgères took office, but a numer of mishaps in Term XI would mark the term as a solid failure for Eutopia.
Between a major terrorist attack, a scandal surrounding MDIS Truman's dealings with Nikolai Volkov, to whom he provided cash, immunity, and a pair of end-user certificates, the subsequent mysterious death of the MDIS, and a quasi-war with Cuba, it was a dark time for the United Provinces. When de Fourgères departed to conduct the operation against Cuba, O'Floinn was named acting President. He began to take to steps to improve things, but riots and a military debacle set him back. de Fourgères, returning from his failed project in Cuba, attempted to remove O'Floinn from the Diamond Office by declaring himself capable of fulfilling his duties, naming P.G. Talbott as MTIA and VP, and resigning. O'Floinn declared that de Fourgères's orders to remove him were invalid due to a Constitutional technicality.
When OSO troops entered the Diamond Office, O'Floinn managed to slip out of the Diamond Office and over the border into Tilapia, where he waited out the coup amidst meetings with various other exiles. O'Floinn took immense pride in not being captured by Levarge, and recounted the story numerous times during his exile.
During Levarge's reign, O'Floinn came into contact with old allies Amric Al'Aeshir and Michael Lundgren and formed the Moderate Republican Party, which would gather a fair number of seats in the Assembly, as well as the Attorney General's office for Term XII. O'Floinn would naturally fill the AG's position. Amric's breakdown and Michael's disappearance from public life would leave O'Floinn in the awkward position of running the party's legislative affairs while holding the AG's office and attending to the general adminstration of the party.
Political Resumè
Positions
President - Terms III-IV & XI
Only President ever elected to a second term
Commissioner of Justice - Terms V-X
Speaker of General Assembly - Term X-XI
Vice President - Term XI
MERL - Term XI
Attorney General - Term XII
Parties
Member - Moderate Party - Terms II-V
Member - Eutopian Progress Party - Term V
Chairman - Eutopian Progress Party - Terms VI-VII
Founder & Chairman - Centrist Republican Party - Terms VII-VIII
Member - Unity Party - Term IX
Member - United Moderate Party - Term X
Chairman - United Moderate Party - Term X-XI
Founder & Chairman - Moderate Republican Party - Term XII
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Fernando Herrera is a product of Eutopia’s Latin heritage. His father, Martin, died when he was four in a logging accident and the lack of any sort of severance by the greedy lumber company would be the first of many influences on his son’s life. No one had better talk about the rumors about his mother’s mixed ancestry. They are false! And his bravado helps suppress any of his feelings on the matter. Every slight in his life – his expulsion from grade school for fighting, his involvement in the barrio gangs of San Martin de Porres, his appalling poverty, were anvils on which to forge his own brand of political philosophy.
Fernando is a disciple of a self-molded mix of libertarian and socialist ideals. Inspired by the long-term goal of a socialized utopia, he believes that the means to this glorious end lies not with the compulsions of the state or an organized populace, rather with the almost complete decentralization of government. Underlying this is his strong Spanish heritage, hardened by his having to leave the Tilapian provinces for many unhappy years in the Gallic regions of Eutopia. Unhappy over the secession, it is yet one of many grumbles he has with the impotent obstructionist society around him.
After his mother died six years prior - owing to some infernal Gallic disease naturally - he left Saint Esprit for the troubled opportunies of Eutopia City. For the moment, he is a drifter, a sometimes day laborer in the shabby suburbs of the capital city, impetus without a cause. He is tall and proud of his black bushy beard to the point of ferocity. Fernando’s keeps himself properly groomed and trim, though not to the point of obsession. Those who obsess over the physical admit that there is something wrong with themselves. He denies that his eyesight is weaker than it could be, and refuses to wear any form of eyewear, effeminate instruments if ever there were. Of course, this helps him in confrontations since his rivals on the street and in the coffee-shops feel that he looks right through him. His ideals are tempered by more pragmatic means, violent if necessary. And why shouldn’t he? There is so much to despise.
Fernando is a disciple of a self-molded mix of libertarian and socialist ideals. Inspired by the long-term goal of a socialized utopia, he believes that the means to this glorious end lies not with the compulsions of the state or an organized populace, rather with the almost complete decentralization of government. Underlying this is his strong Spanish heritage, hardened by his having to leave the Tilapian provinces for many unhappy years in the Gallic regions of Eutopia. Unhappy over the secession, it is yet one of many grumbles he has with the impotent obstructionist society around him.
After his mother died six years prior - owing to some infernal Gallic disease naturally - he left Saint Esprit for the troubled opportunies of Eutopia City. For the moment, he is a drifter, a sometimes day laborer in the shabby suburbs of the capital city, impetus without a cause. He is tall and proud of his black bushy beard to the point of ferocity. Fernando’s keeps himself properly groomed and trim, though not to the point of obsession. Those who obsess over the physical admit that there is something wrong with themselves. He denies that his eyesight is weaker than it could be, and refuses to wear any form of eyewear, effeminate instruments if ever there were. Of course, this helps him in confrontations since his rivals on the street and in the coffee-shops feel that he looks right through him. His ideals are tempered by more pragmatic means, violent if necessary. And why shouldn’t he? There is so much to despise.
Prof. P[ierre] G[ordon] Talbott
Family Background:
His father, Richard H. Talbott (1936-Term X), was a moderately prosperous civil engineer from St. Brendanstown, remembered mainly for his work on the Königsbrucke east of Chateauvallon.
His maternal grandfather, Henri Bourlanges (1918-1943), was the eldest son in a rather-prominent Chateauvallon family. He became an outcast in the family, however, with his 1940 marriage to Mary Jarvis (1922-1995), a munitions-factory laborer from New Lancaster. In 1941, he volunteered to fight for the Free French forces--and was killed in action in the summer of 1943 north of Monte Cassino, never having seen his daughter, Patricia Bourlanges (1942-). Henri's place was restored in the family only upon hearing of his heroic death, and his widow and infant daughter moved in with his parents in 1944.
Patricia and Richard met in 1966 while Richard was in the planning stages of the Königsbrucke project. They were married the next year, and Pierre was born the year after.
Early Life
The Talbotts lived in Chateauvallon for the duration of the Königsbrucke project--and, as such, was raised in an near-exclusively Francophone community (with the exceptions of his father and maternal grandmother). When Pierre was twelve, the Königsbrucke was completed and the Talbotts moved to Richard's hometown of St. Brendanstown--this dramatic adjustment from Francophone to Anglophone society, compounded by birth of his younger sister, Zoe, made this a very trying time for Pierre; it was during this period that he adopted the less-French "P.G." as a nickname.
Talbott Before Politics
Talbott is a proud alumnus of Eutopian National University, Class of '88, where he graduated second in his class with a B.S. in Mathematics. Politically, he was a something of a radical at University, and was rumored to have been involved with several Marxist groups on campus. However, the downfall of Communism, a few unfortunate incidents during his college years, and his later military service tempered his leftist sentiments, and he remained politically apathetic throughout the 1990's. After graduation, P.G. served his year of National Service in the Eutopian Navy. To his chagrin, he soon realized that he was quite prone to seasickness, making his service quite unpleasant. Nevertheless, he remained in the Navy Reserves until the foundation of the Republic, eventually rising to the rank of Lt. Commander. He returned to ENU for graduate work in Mathematics after his year in the navy, received his Ph.D. in 1992, and shortly thereafter began teaching there--a position he would hold for the next thirteen years.
Talbott's Entry to Politics
At the very end of Term III of the Republic, he once again became interested in politics, and joined the Conservative Coalition [CC]. As an extremely junior member of the party, his involvement in politics was minor, if not downright insignificant. When, near the end of Term IV, the Eutopian Progressive Party split off from the CC, Talbott considered jumping ship with them--but ultimately remained loyal to his party--a decision he would never thereafter regret. With the CC reeling from the loss of its two most senior leaders, P.G. was able to come more the fore. He played an instrumental role in the CC-CRE [Center Royal Party of Eutopia] Conference, drawing up a joint platform and cementing an alliance that has, in at least limited respects, lasted to the present day. The Conference selected Talbott as the alliance's nominee, much to Talbott's surprise and pleasure. Although he put up a solid campaign, the withdrawal of Vasco I_Killed-Kenny from the race in exchange for the Vice-Presidential seat doomed Talbott's efforts to failure. Despite beating Josephus of the ESRP and gaining over 35% of the vote, Jake Langley of the EPP won handily. Talbott was, however, elected to a seat in the National Assembly as the CC-CRE's most junior member. Throughout Term V, Talbott played an active role in the National Assembly and was generally an opponent of the Administration's policies, especially regarding the Farpoint crisis, in which he condemned the Langley administration's cooperation with the Americans. Talbott's major legislative accomplishment of the term were the PREBA (Popular Responsibility of the Executive Branch Amendment), which allowed for impeachment of ministers, and the Addendum to the Presidential Succession Amendment, which overruled the precedent set by the High Court in installing Vasco I_Killed-Kenny by defining clearer Constitutional rules for certain unlikely situations involving AWOL presidents--both of which, unfortunately, were ultimately transitory. Late in the term, Talbott was appointed MECT by the unlikeliest of suspects--Vasco I_Killed-Kenny. As MECT, Talbott was instrumental in securing Eutopia a spot in the Olympics...but, like most other MECT's, did little else.
Talbott's Presidency
Talbott had decided halfway through Term V that he would run again for President--expecting to run against Langley again--this time, a much-weakened Langley. However, come election season, things were a bit different than he expected. He was running against Vasco, not Langley. Vasco had received the critical endorsement of the Moderate Party while Talbott was on honeymoon. And Col. Haynes, the Chairman of the CC, had just been involved in a botched coup. Talbott's campaign itself was rather messy and slipshod, in which Talbott had to dodge accusations of ties with the quasi-fascist Tridentist party (despite the fact that he was the first to denounce them). Despite all of this, Talbott was elected President for Term VI by a very narrow margin (and partially due to spoiled ballots) over Charles Morgan and President I_Killed-Kenny. Despite a rather productive first few months in office, during which much progress was made in developing the budget and plans for economic recovery, absence of several key members of his cabinet (his MTEF, Jake Langley, and his MDIA, Julseau, to name but two)crippled his administration in its second half. The budget was never submitted to the National Assembly (as the President never received the appropriate budget figures from the ECB headed by Arun Rao), and the economy only worsened. Talbott was able to push through two major bills through the almost-empty National Assembly, however--a major restructring of unemployment benefits and a bill privatizing the nationalized shipyard corporation, Maritcon. During the debate over the privatization of Maritcon, Talbott was injured by a rock thrown by a unemployed Latin fisherman, Luis Gonzaga, setting in motion a sequence of events which eventually lead to the secession of Tilapia and St. Espirit--a sequence of events for which Talbott has always denied culpability.
Defeat
A poor track record combined with an almost non-existent campaign led to a rather sizeable upset in the polls for the Term VII elections, gaining under 40% of the vote and losing to Dr. Glasser. However, he did gain the one CC slot in the National Assembly and was appointed Dr. Glasser's MDIA, a job which took up most of Talbott's efforts in Term VII. Talbott's efforts to reform the military under the Governmental Commission for Military Reform (which he founded late in his term as President), largely failed to acheive significant results due to the arms embargos and his long absences from Eutopia. These absences were due to his diplomatic mission to the United States in an attempt to smooth over relations and end the arms embargo. Although he failed at the latter, he did reach an agreement with the Americans concerning a free trade relation between the US and Eutopia. However, this plan was approved by neither the President nor the National Assembly.
Talbott in the Wilderness: The Third Republic
Talbott's return to Eutopia at the end of his mission was prevented by the hurricanes that wreaked disaster on Eutopia at the end of Term VII. Thus, throughout Term VIII, he stayed in Washington and remained the main spokesman for Eutopia and the Federalist cause in the United States, even appearing on "Highball," on which he crushed Senator Blowerd in debate.
Talbott returned to Eutopia at the very end of Term VIII, serving as international observer for the independence referendum in the WET, where his decisions on the three-way ballot made possible the WET's "No" vote, thus keeping the WET in the United Provinces of Eutopia.
Talbott joined the Unity Party in the run-up to the Term IX elections, but remained uncharacteristically quiet in the campaign. After Amric's landslide, he was reappointed to his old role in Cabinet, now renamed MTIA. He set out in an aggressive campaign of diplomacy to fulfill his two major goals of the term--improving relations with the United States, and working towards Eutopian reunification through a sequence of consequences. Although he was able to secure a lifting of the Japanese arms embargo, his term in office was, on the whole, unproductive. The CAFTA conference, intended to establish a free-trade zone over the island, was a personal failure for Talbott, and he was rarely seen in government afterwards. Talbott's departure and the death of Lucien Napier (Eutopian ambassador to the US) essentially shut down Eutopian foreign policy for the remainder to the term.
It is rumored that Talbott may have suffered somewhat of a nervous breakdown halfway through Term IX, caused by the combination of failure in public life (the CAFTA conference) and in his private life (his divorce and loss of the custody battle).
He returned to politics briefly in Term X, winning election as Speaker--creating an interesting situation where Talbott was Speaker, and his old foe, Josephus, was President. However, this did not prove as interesing as it had seemed--both of them proved dismal--Talbott more so, disappearing again a few months into his Speakership.
He resurfaced again in Term XI, serving on-and-off as MERL and Vice-President, taking the first steps towards developing the WET oil fields. However, his performance was still generally dismal, and had to be fired twice for dereliction of duty. There have been rumors that he was planning a coup against Fourgéres at the end of Term XI, but they have no substance.
Talbott headed to the United States again during the Levarge dictatorship, where he lectured and taught Mathematics again for the first time in twenty years.
Family and Personal Life
Near the end of Term V, Talbott married Charlotte S. Jenkins (b. 1966), press manager for the CC and former editor of The National, and honeymooned in The Grenadines. They later had one son (born near the end of Term VII), Carl. The marriage was not stable beyond the first year, however, and the two were divorced when Talbott arrived back in Eutopia at the beginning of the Third Republic.
Talbott has one sister, Zoe (b. 1981), who followed her father into engineering.
Detailed Character Biography of Ewan Fillian
Name: Fillian, Ewan Marc
Date of Birth: 4th of January 1974
Place of Birth: Neuwestbaden, Eutopia
His grandparents and his mother, Marianne van Heeren, moved to Eutopia just after the Second World War. They fled from the Netherlands. His grandparents died 5 years after their arrival in New Lancaster. In 1973, his mother married his father, Jake Ewan Fillian. They moved to Neuwestbaden and in January 1974 they got their first child, a boy named Ewan Marc Fillian. In October 1976 they got their second child, a girl with the name Viviana Adrian Fillian.
Ewan Marc Fillian went to school in Neuwestbaden and during his time at Neuwestbaden University he studied Politics and International Relations. Short after passing his exams he got an employment at the Eutopian Embassy in the Netherlands in The Hague. By that time he was 23 years old. He regained this position because his mother had taught him Dutch when he was still a boy. Suddenly and totally unexpected, the then Ambassador of Eutopia in the Netherlands died, and he applied for the job. His application was successful and he became Ambassador of Eutopia in the Netherlands. He had several short love-relations but he did never married.
After 7 years in the Netherlands he wanted to go back to Eutopia again. He bought an apartment in Eutopia City short after a referendum was announced by General Levarge. Some friends connected him to a nice and lovely girl, named Bridgette Wallice. He married her when he was 30 years old.
Colonel Harrison William Bradstreet, EA
Born to the wealthy, aristocratic George and Anne Bradstreet of New Lancaster. The Bradstreets have been on the Island of Eutopia since the English arrived. At one point in time, Colonel Bradstreet's great-great-great-great grandfather, Lord Jonathan Bradstreet, was appointed Royal Governor for a two year stint, before beginning a long standing tradition of Bradstreet Military Service in Eutopia.
Colonel Bradstreet was born 48 years ago at Lakeside Manor, the large mansion which has been in the Bradstreet Family since its construction in 1588. Raised with a strict Episcopalian Monarchist background, Harry Bradstreet was witnessed to many changes in Eutopia. At a young age, he saw the colapse of the monarchy, and his father, at the time Baron Lakeside, was stripped of his title and almost lost everything.
At the Age of 18, all Bradstreet men were to be sent to the West Point Military Academy to be trained as an officer. With the reduction in wealth, George Bradstreet was forced to send young Bill, as he was known by his middle name, to the New Lancaster Military Academy.
There, Bill excelled in the art of war, earning top honors. In his final year at NLMA, Bill met and began to date a young, beautiful Bridgette MacIntyre. After graduating, Lieutenant Bradstreet married Bridgette. This caused great internal strife within the Bradstreet Family, for Bill converted to Roman Catholicism and married the Irish girl. For the first four years of their marriage, Bill and Bridgette were cut-off from the Bradstreets, until he was promoted to Major, and re-accepted into the family.
After 26 meritorious years in the Eutopian Army, Colonel Bradstreet retired into civilian life. His father soon passed away, leaving him and his family of three kids (Maria, George and Michael) Lakside Manor, and his father's post-monarchy business BP Enterprizes.
Formerly an iron company belonging to W.K. Pierce, Bradstreet's fathered turned it into a defense corporation, called Bradstreet and Pierce Defene Enterprizes.
Dabbling in politics, his name won him two consecutive terms as Mayor of New Lancaster. With Lavarge's Coup, Colonel Bradstreet tended to side with the army for its corruption purge, and now that a new era has emerged, Colonel Bradstreet is entering national politics.
Major Edward George Archibald Braxton
The son of a British MP Reginald Fitzgerald Upton Braxton and Penelope Regina Shanton Tollingworth.
At the age of 12 his parents died tragically when their yacht sank during a storm. Edward was then sent to live his mad uncle who lived in Eutopia Hieronymus who in Edwards eyes swandered Edward inheritance of some shipping company.
When Edward left school he went to study at Oxford were he received a major in History and Philosophy, due to his uncles "connections" Edward managed to secure a teaching role at West Point Military Academy teaching military history.
When he found out that he was receiving no respect from his students and colleagues due to the fact that he was never in the army. Edward Braxton joined the army and served until he was honorably discharged due to illness. Thrust back into civilian life Braxton set up the Officer's club tea rooms, which was where he got into politics when Loic De Fourgeres offered him a membership to the UMP, where he ended up serving as being an assembly member, CEO of ENDTech, and acting MITA.
Just before the Leverage Coup Braxton discovered that His mad uncle had died and left him the Braxton shipping Line and an immense fortune.
After the Leverage coup Braxton lived a peaceful quite life in London until he was asked to come to Tilipa to take part in a resistance movement against Leverage which never came to fruition. After the fall of the coup Braxton has re entered politics as member of the ELP.
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THE VANDELFT FAMILY
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The Vandelfts originally hail from Delft (hence the family name). Then known as the Leeuwenhoeks, they emerged as one of the city's leading merchant families in the late sixteenth century. Anton Leeuwenhoek was one of the first investors in the VOC, and for several decades, the family's business flourished. Due to the family's considerable wealth and power, several Leeuwenhoeks were members of the Heeren XVII during this time. However, the great explosion of Delft in 1654 devastated the family's fortunes: it lost most of its assets to the explosion and subsequent claims by various creditors. The only part of the family business that survived was the local branch in London, where the family relocated in 1656.
London records of the late 1650s typically refer to the family as "the Leeuwenhoeks of Delft." This gradually changed to "the van Delfts," presumably because English tongues had a hard time wrapping themselves around the family name, but also because the core of the family's business in London - a tea house founded in 1659 - was called the "Van Delft Fine Tea House and Merchants." By the 1670s, the family was known simply as the Vandelfts.
By 1721, family finances had recovered sufficiently to once again consider direct involvement in the East Indian trade. However, the British East India Company held a virtual monopoly over this trade, and the family was unable to get a foot in the door. As the situation looked more promising in the British colonies, family patriarch Henry Vandelft decided to relocate the family business to New Lancaster City. Arriving in Eutopia in 1724, the Vandelfts quickly established themselves as a leading merchant family in New Lancaster. The family business thrived, and in 1758, the "Vandelft and Partners East Indian Company" (specializing in the tea trade) boasted high profits, extensive tea plantations in India, a small flotilla of merchant ships, and a small army of its own.
Once more, history intervened to set back the family's fortunes. In 1773, the boycott of British East India Company tea in the American colonies prompted the British government to pass the Tea Act. This Act allowed "John Company" to sell tea in the American colonies without incurring the usual colonial tax. The measure backfired, intensifying American boycotts of British tea. In 1774, the Tea Act was amended to include Eutopia. This allowed the British East India Company to undercut the prices of Eutopian tea merchants. Worse still, "John Company" had accumulated large stocks of tea due to the American boycott; these stocks now flooded the Eutopian market. The "Vandelft and Partners East Indian Company" came close to financial ruin, and was forced to sell most of its assets - including all its tea plantations - to the British East India Company. Trying to weather this crisis, the family took a page from its own history: as they had done in 1659, they changed gears and became local tea merchants. The headquarter of their former East Indian Company was transformed into a now-famous tea house (established in 1780).
Up to this point, the Vandelfts had been fairly conservative, supporters of a strong British Crown regulating the Empire's economy. Its near-ruin in the 1770s changed the family's political outlook dramatically: the Vandelfts became advocates of limited government as well as Eutopian independence (hoping that the latter would undo some of the damage done to their family business). Eutopia achieved independence in 1815, but the family's hopes that this would allow them to re-enter the East Indian trade were dashed: while they were still wealthy, they lacked the capital to rebuild a trade network. The family's business did well in the following decades, and the Vandelfts maintained a respected position in New Lancaster society, but they never again achieved the power and status they had enjoyed in the mid-eighteenth century.
The current head of the Vandelft family business, William Wymond Jerome Vandelft, was born to parents Walter Wystan Jacob Vandelft and Amélie Hélène Vandelft - née Sobriquet, of the Chateauvallon wine merchant family - shortly before the death of Eutopia's last monarch. He took over the reins of the business from his father towards the end of Term XI. Jerome is married to Shushila Abigail Vandelft. The couple have three children (triplets, in fact): Wilfred Wallace Jonathan, Wilmot Walton Joshua, and Sarah Anjuli Olivia.
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GIOVANNI ROMANO
Name: Giovanni Romano
Place of residence: Eutopia City
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Memberships in organizations: None yet
Political leanings: Confused. A serious socialist but also fiercely nationalistic.
Financial status: Makes a modest income as an author. He is generally able to mooch off of other people.
Biography: The Romano family emigrated to Eutopia from Italy after the end of WWII. His father, Giosue Romano, was an early supporter of Mussolini, but his feelings waned as Mussolini became a subordinate to Hitler and especially after the Italian fascists began practicing anti Semitic policies.
The Romano family was once quite wealthy, but the war and the expenses involved in leaving Italy took its toll on their finances. Still, the Romanos were able to live quite comfortably in Eutopia and afford a good education for their only son, Giovanni. Giosue Romano was active in the local branches of both the ESRP and ESA and this influence Giovanni's political thought.
Giovanni has gained some noteriety for his short stories which he has often used as a vehicle for social commentary. His last story, the "Martyr" , has raised more than a few eyebrows for espousing Giovanni's own brand of radical mystical socialism and nationalism. Sales have been good, and have allowed to live comfortably. His ambitions have grown, and he now plans a career in politics.
Richard Berenguerr
The Berenguerr family were Hugenuots, originally from the Perpignan area, who fled to England in the early 17th century. After the restoration of the monarchy one member of the family, fearing a return to Catholicism, emigrated to Eutopia.
Settling in the Douglas area, his line soon became prominent in the local area, holding a variety of offices over the years.
Perhaps the most notable Berenguerr under the monarchy was Aurelius. A staunch reactionary, Aurelius commanded the troops that dispersed the 1848 pro-democracy forces.
And indeed, throughout the next century the name of Berenguerr was frequently found in the context of Anglophone support for an absolute monarch.
Richard Berenguerr's parents, though not right-wing firebrands of the type that previous scions of the family were, very definitely belong to the conservative side of the political spectrum.
Richard, on the other hand, was heavily involved in Left-wing politics even before he went to university and once at Witney he was a prominent figure in the realm of student politics and journalism.
That stopped the year after his graduation, as he began work on his doctoral thesis. Not coincidentally, that was the year Levarge seized power. No direct evidence of involvement in subversive activity was ever proved, but there's a thick file on his suspected involvement with armed resistance groups knocking around in an archive somewhere.
Having failed to provide a thesis, Berenguerr left academia and moved to Spalding, subsidising himself by a combination of manual work and radical journalism. Having been involved in left-wing politics and having found himself unsatisfied by these parties, he instead joined the ELP, in which he represents the socialist of the party.
The Berenguerr family were Hugenuots, originally from the Perpignan area, who fled to England in the early 17th century. After the restoration of the monarchy one member of the family, fearing a return to Catholicism, emigrated to Eutopia.
Settling in the Douglas area, his line soon became prominent in the local area, holding a variety of offices over the years.
Perhaps the most notable Berenguerr under the monarchy was Aurelius. A staunch reactionary, Aurelius commanded the troops that dispersed the 1848 pro-democracy forces.
And indeed, throughout the next century the name of Berenguerr was frequently found in the context of Anglophone support for an absolute monarch.
Richard Berenguerr's parents, though not right-wing firebrands of the type that previous scions of the family were, very definitely belong to the conservative side of the political spectrum.
Richard, on the other hand, was heavily involved in Left-wing politics even before he went to university and once at Witney he was a prominent figure in the realm of student politics and journalism.
That stopped the year after his graduation, as he began work on his doctoral thesis. Not coincidentally, that was the year Levarge seized power. No direct evidence of involvement in subversive activity was ever proved, but there's a thick file on his suspected involvement with armed resistance groups knocking around in an archive somewhere.
Having failed to provide a thesis, Berenguerr left academia and moved to Spalding, subsidising himself by a combination of manual work and radical journalism. Having been involved in left-wing politics and having found himself unsatisfied by these parties, he instead joined the ELP, in which he represents the socialist of the party.
Name: Patrick Connel
Place of Residence: St Brendanstown
Memberships in Organizations: none currently
Connel was born on October 19th 1979 in Berlin where his Father was serving in the U.S army, on completion of service the Connels, originally of an Irish Background settled in St Brendanstown towards the mid eighties. It was here in this heavily influenced Irish town that Connel began his dabbling into Politics.At 18 Connel studied Politics at the London School of economics and on completion moved to the United States where he became a member of the Democratic Party. A hardened campaigner Connel helped run a congressional campaign in Texaswhich was ultimately unsucessful, 3 governorships in which he won two and a senate race which saw the incumbent republican lose with an impressive 35% swing towards his Democrat candidate. On hearing his fathers terminal cancer Connel moved back to Eutopia to be with his Family. It was here he decided to re enter Politics and change the national rule of the Political elite which has run this country since the start of the Republic. Backed heavily from his base in St Brendanstown, most contributors to his new and as of the 25/1/06 still not CRO legal party are from the Irish community.
Connel currently splits his time from his office in Eutopia city and his Family home in St brendanstown which he shares with his wife and 3 kids.
Place of Residence: St Brendanstown
Memberships in Organizations: none currently
Connel was born on October 19th 1979 in Berlin where his Father was serving in the U.S army, on completion of service the Connels, originally of an Irish Background settled in St Brendanstown towards the mid eighties. It was here in this heavily influenced Irish town that Connel began his dabbling into Politics.At 18 Connel studied Politics at the London School of economics and on completion moved to the United States where he became a member of the Democratic Party. A hardened campaigner Connel helped run a congressional campaign in Texaswhich was ultimately unsucessful, 3 governorships in which he won two and a senate race which saw the incumbent republican lose with an impressive 35% swing towards his Democrat candidate. On hearing his fathers terminal cancer Connel moved back to Eutopia to be with his Family. It was here he decided to re enter Politics and change the national rule of the Political elite which has run this country since the start of the Republic. Backed heavily from his base in St Brendanstown, most contributors to his new and as of the 25/1/06 still not CRO legal party are from the Irish community.
Connel currently splits his time from his office in Eutopia city and his Family home in St brendanstown which he shares with his wife and 3 kids.
Arthur M. Brand
Born in Douglas in the late 1950s, Arthur Brand is a concert pianist and recording artist of renown in the worlds of classical and jazz music. After winning the Bulow Piano Contest in 1979 with an all-Eutopian music final-round program, Brand's career was launched; it never slowed. Arthur Brand has for several decades toured the world performing with major orchestras, bands, and a Bill Clinton goodwill tour; he has recorded with Dave Brubeck and Simon Shaheen, and under contract with New Lancaster Recording Company (owned by C.S. Morgan) recorded several volumes of the Great Eutopian Classics series. Under Morgan's tenure at the International Affairs Ministry Brand was an international goodwill ambassador.
Brand has settled down more in recent years, after the death of his parents in Western Eutopia Territory caused him to have a career rethink. He still performs around Eutopia, but finds himself interested in politics more and more. He recently finished a book, The Piano Man, and embarked on a concert tour with local Arab musicians through the Persian Gulf region and Lebanon.
Born in Douglas in the late 1950s, Arthur Brand is a concert pianist and recording artist of renown in the worlds of classical and jazz music. After winning the Bulow Piano Contest in 1979 with an all-Eutopian music final-round program, Brand's career was launched; it never slowed. Arthur Brand has for several decades toured the world performing with major orchestras, bands, and a Bill Clinton goodwill tour; he has recorded with Dave Brubeck and Simon Shaheen, and under contract with New Lancaster Recording Company (owned by C.S. Morgan) recorded several volumes of the Great Eutopian Classics series. Under Morgan's tenure at the International Affairs Ministry Brand was an international goodwill ambassador.
Brand has settled down more in recent years, after the death of his parents in Western Eutopia Territory caused him to have a career rethink. He still performs around Eutopia, but finds himself interested in politics more and more. He recently finished a book, The Piano Man, and embarked on a concert tour with local Arab musicians through the Persian Gulf region and Lebanon.
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The Cojuanco Political Dynasty
The first known record of a Cojuanco was of an emigrant from the Philippines of mestizo, or mixed race, extraction, in the 16th century. In fact, the surname derives from Cantonese, perhaps the name of a long-forgotten patriarch named “Kuo Huang Kuo”. Like most in the Spanish colonial empire, the Cojuancos were staunchly Roman Catholic.
The first mention of a Cojuanco holing a political office was in 1601, when an Antonio Cojuanco was mayor of Capistrano. By this time, they had acquired the status of Creoles, mostly through intermarriage.
With the English rule of Spanish Eutopia, the Cojuancos saw their chance to make a mark of themselves. Alvaro Cojuanco, a wealthy colonial merchant, became a commander in the local militia, and even publicly practiced Anglicanism. Needless to say, his family disowned him, until the Independence of Eutopia in 1815, when he, seeing no need to observe what he saw as a defunct religion, came back to the fold. For years, the Cojuanco family served as members of the Estates-General while it existed, and also managed to build a massive banking firm, loaning money to the kings of Eutopia. Their banking empire boomed throughout the 1800’s, making the family one of the wealthiest non-Anglos in Eutopia.
The fall of their banking empire, like so many financial enterprises, was in 1929, with the Great Depression. Domingo Cojuanco, who had been its owner, then decided to reinvest in communications equipment, selling Cojuanco Bank assets to smaller holders, and instead setting up “Oakleaf Communications”, which would provide Eutopian army units with communications, and working with the government to transmit diplomatic packets across the Atlantic.
Their main ‘job’, politics, had blossomed into one of the most (in)famous political machines, with their network of patronage. This continued till the 70’s, when the family split between Domingo, a liberal, and Alessandro, who dabbled in far-right politics. The current scion, Francisco, is of the Domingist branch of the family.
The first known record of a Cojuanco was of an emigrant from the Philippines of mestizo, or mixed race, extraction, in the 16th century. In fact, the surname derives from Cantonese, perhaps the name of a long-forgotten patriarch named “Kuo Huang Kuo”. Like most in the Spanish colonial empire, the Cojuancos were staunchly Roman Catholic.
The first mention of a Cojuanco holing a political office was in 1601, when an Antonio Cojuanco was mayor of Capistrano. By this time, they had acquired the status of Creoles, mostly through intermarriage.
With the English rule of Spanish Eutopia, the Cojuancos saw their chance to make a mark of themselves. Alvaro Cojuanco, a wealthy colonial merchant, became a commander in the local militia, and even publicly practiced Anglicanism. Needless to say, his family disowned him, until the Independence of Eutopia in 1815, when he, seeing no need to observe what he saw as a defunct religion, came back to the fold. For years, the Cojuanco family served as members of the Estates-General while it existed, and also managed to build a massive banking firm, loaning money to the kings of Eutopia. Their banking empire boomed throughout the 1800’s, making the family one of the wealthiest non-Anglos in Eutopia.
The fall of their banking empire, like so many financial enterprises, was in 1929, with the Great Depression. Domingo Cojuanco, who had been its owner, then decided to reinvest in communications equipment, selling Cojuanco Bank assets to smaller holders, and instead setting up “Oakleaf Communications”, which would provide Eutopian army units with communications, and working with the government to transmit diplomatic packets across the Atlantic.
Their main ‘job’, politics, had blossomed into one of the most (in)famous political machines, with their network of patronage. This continued till the 70’s, when the family split between Domingo, a liberal, and Alessandro, who dabbled in far-right politics. The current scion, Francisco, is of the Domingist branch of the family.
A Short tale of Kenneth Haug's Career in the Navy (First-person)
Life in the navy:
I enlisted in the Navy 15 years ago. I immediately hopped to the officer training academy, applying for helicopter pilot. I got through training, and was qualified in an SH-2 Sea Sprite. I was assigned to the ENS Thorn. Over the next 6 years, I flew dozens of rescue missions. The first was a rather memorable one: A Tilapian fishing trawler had run aground in high seas.
My helicopter was the first to head out, followed by one from Unapproachable. The first lift wasn’t that hard, we picked up 7 crewmen and returned to base.
But then came the second lift. The waves splashed a rock upwards, literally turning it into an unguided missile. The rock touched our rescue rope, and the men we had on the rope right then dropped down.
So I flew down to as low as I could get it, lowered the ropes again, picked them up, and continued.
Eventually, I was named Commander of the ASW helicopters in the fleet. Then the Cuban War came up. I had married the previous year and my wife had given birth to a son 3 months before, so it was sort of emotional to leave her alone. But it had to be done.
While sailing within the task force, my helo lifted off dozens of times, finding what was believed to be a submarine but found out to be corals. Eventually we refused to take off unless we got to see the contact ourselves.
We finally got the shot when a Cuban Foxtrot got too close. So, we were circling around this damn Foxtrot, then, BAM, Unapproachable’s helo comes in and smacks his ass hard. So we return to base. War over. I was damn dissapointed.
Life in the navy:
I enlisted in the Navy 15 years ago. I immediately hopped to the officer training academy, applying for helicopter pilot. I got through training, and was qualified in an SH-2 Sea Sprite. I was assigned to the ENS Thorn. Over the next 6 years, I flew dozens of rescue missions. The first was a rather memorable one: A Tilapian fishing trawler had run aground in high seas.
My helicopter was the first to head out, followed by one from Unapproachable. The first lift wasn’t that hard, we picked up 7 crewmen and returned to base.
But then came the second lift. The waves splashed a rock upwards, literally turning it into an unguided missile. The rock touched our rescue rope, and the men we had on the rope right then dropped down.
So I flew down to as low as I could get it, lowered the ropes again, picked them up, and continued.
Eventually, I was named Commander of the ASW helicopters in the fleet. Then the Cuban War came up. I had married the previous year and my wife had given birth to a son 3 months before, so it was sort of emotional to leave her alone. But it had to be done.
While sailing within the task force, my helo lifted off dozens of times, finding what was believed to be a submarine but found out to be corals. Eventually we refused to take off unless we got to see the contact ourselves.
We finally got the shot when a Cuban Foxtrot got too close. So, we were circling around this damn Foxtrot, then, BAM, Unapproachable’s helo comes in and smacks his ass hard. So we return to base. War over. I was damn dissapointed.