[NSG Senate] Senatorial Database

[Battlion]

Euàn Welder - Democratic Left

Account Name: Battlion
Occupation: Senator
Party Position(s):

Social Policy Spokesman

Positions in Government:

Minister of Commerce (1st Cabinet)

Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Democratic Socialism, Social Democrat and infrequent supporter of some Third Way Policies
Family: Divorced from Emily Taylor (34) with one Son Jeremy Welder (16)
Background: Euàn was born into a single parent family after his father died in a Coal Mining Accident weeks before he was due to be born, His Mother went on to have two other children with fathers currently unknown and continues to live a single life in her old age (64) and currently lives in a small single apartment.

Euàn (35) got married to Emily Taylor at the ages of 18 and 17 respectively and not long after had their first and only son Jeremy Welder who currently is "seeking employment" however has expressed a direct interest in political activities. Additionally he never made it past secondary education and instead opted to get into the world of work by following on from his father and working in the Coal Mines, and not long after he became an ordinary member of Democratic Left before putting himself forward as a candidate following another mining accident claiming the lives of 15 people whilst he was not working that day.

He was elected on a promise of ensuring any of his votes met one or more of his three core values which are "protecting the rights of workers", "preventing exploitation of ordinary people from the wealthy elite" and "improving work safety".
Faith: No Declared Faith - Orientates his views around some "deep" Christian Values
Likes: Occasional Running, Progressives, Spending time with his son and representing to his best ability
Dislikes: Doing Nothing, Social Conservatism, religious authoritarianism, selfish individuals
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• Reserved for the Now

[French Guyane]

Aliyya Petit - Independent

Account Name: French Guyane
Occupation: Businessowner
Party Position(s):

N/A

Positions in Government:

N/A

Constituency:
Political Ideology: Social Democrat
Family:
Background: Aliyya Petit was born in the town of Midar, Morocco into a merchant family. In her early years she was mostly looked after by her mother and extended family as her father was trying to expand the family business, however that changed in 1985 when she left Morocco with her family to live in Marseille, France a move designed to expand the merchant company into the Western European market. In the years that followed her families merchant business began to grown alongside rumours of more questionable activity, following the collapse of the Soviet Union these rumours only grew as the company took over formerly state-ran assets across the Eastern Bloc and took over a large portion of the transport industry including civil aviation, ferry and ship construction business.

In 2004 she graduated from ENS and became involved in the family business and helped foster growth towards the wider international market. Aliyya took over the business in 2012 and moved to Calaverde following the fall of the dictatorship to take advantage of the economic situation in the country.
Faith: Muslim
Likes: Economics, politics, football, cats and social/economic equality
Dislikes: Islamophobia, imperialism, aggressive dogs and social conservatism
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• *ADD QUESTION* - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*

[Argentarino]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Cristobal Araullo is open to any questions concerning foreign policy.

[Patria Magna]

"Senator you self-describe as being "anti-corporate", would you care to clarify this position? Do you want to outlaw private cooperations?"

"I would not outlaw private industries or companies. However, I seek to siphon power away from the CEO and boards and give them to the workers and government."

"Sir, how would you prevent a worker-controlled company from becoming a politicized, bureaucracy-filled morass?"

[Of the Quendi]

"I would not outlaw private industries or companies. However, I seek to siphon power away from the CEO and boards and give them to the workers and government."

How? Why?

EDIT: As minister of industry will you be working towards accomplishing this?

[New Zepuha]

"Senator you self-describe as being "anti-corporate", would you care to clarify this position? Do you want to outlaw private cooperations?"

"I would not outlaw private industries or companies. However, I seek to siphon power away from the CEO and boards and give them to the workers and government."

I think I just had a small heart attack.

Guys an idea, let's take away the thing that the board paid for, and the CEO worked so hard to gain control of. Genius! Oppress the few for the many as usual.

[Dejanic]

"I would not outlaw private industries or companies. However, I seek to siphon power away from the CEO and boards and give them to the workers and government."

How? Why?

EDIT: As minister of industry will you be working towards accomplishing this?

This guy is the minister of industry?

Something has gone terribly wrong here. I think Blair is going to leave hospital and return to the debate very soon.

[Murkwood]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Cristobal Araullo is open to any questions concerning foreign policy.

Thoughts on Israel. Go.

[Argentarino]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Cristobal Araullo is open to any questions concerning foreign policy.

Thoughts on Israel. Go.

I believe that both Israelis and Palestinians have a right to the land they occupy. I firmly believe in the Two-State Solution and denounce the Israeli policy of building settlements in lands that are de facto Palestinian. I think that there should be an effort to build and modernize the infrastructure of the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza. The reason for this is so that jobs are available to Palestinians; it will allow the Palestinian people to enjoy prosperity, and if you make them prosperous and give them jobs, you take away the strength of groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. Take away the strength of their base, and they are nothing but a voice in the wind.

[Lolomz]

Please Delete My Senator From The DataBase

[Dragomerian Islands]

Senator Dragomere is still open for quetions!

Ask any questions about Dragomere or the CBN. Any rude questions or snide remarks will be ignored.

[The Nihilistic view]

Senator Dragomere is still open for quetions!

Ask any questions about Dragomere or the CBN. Any rude questions or snide remarks will be ignored.

Just like CBN since it's been admin vetoed at the moment.

[Rohane Alista]

Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Eligio Evangelista is open for questions.

[Mollary]

Pierre Mandel - Democratic Left

Account Name: Mollary
Occupation: Senator
Party Position(s): None
Positions in Government: None
Constituency: Some mining backwater
Political Ideology: Social Democracy (Third Way)
Family: The Night
Background: Pierre Mandel appeared out of the night and thus began a successful political career. He has no background, and is rumored to have magical powers over people.
Faith: None
Likes: Third Way, Social Democracy, Liberalism, Sinister Things
Dislikes: The Far-Left, The Far-Right, Truth
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

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[The Nihilistic view]

The Calaverdean Railway Company - Private Railway operator

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Account Name: The Nihilistic View
Objective: Provide the highest quality of service at the lowest possible price in railway travel.
Political Affiliations:

Boris Johnson

Location: Nationwide
Size: Around 10,000 employees, 300 stations, 2500 miles of track (3ft 3 and 3/8 in in Adrius, 3ft everywhere else), 450 locomotives, 5000 items of rolling stock both in use and in storage.
Typical Uniform/Attire: *UNIFORM, LIVERY, ETC. HERE*
Background: Founded in 1862 by the Johnson family. Boris Johnson after the end of the Junta and is looking to bring a new era of low cost efficient travel to the nation.

The company deals in both passenger and freight traffic.

Supports:The age of Steam.
Does not Support: Chavs that play chicken on the railway tracks, Diesel trains are necessary but not as nice as steam.

Financial and performance information:

Average ticket cost per mile: $0.18
Revenue: $ 3,212 million
Operating profit: $82 million
Debt Level: $1,567 million
Punctuality: 92%
Reliability:97%
Consumer satisfaction: 90%
No of complaints per million passengers: 512
Number of passenger miles: 11,167 million

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

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Still filling out.

[Sebastianbourg]

A. Lorentz Bankiers NV - Financial services firm

Account Name: Sebastianbourg
Objective: To provide the best banking experience.
Political Affiliations:

Sebastian van Oldenbarnevelt, Liberal Democrats of Calaverde, radical-centrism, monarchism

Location: Calaverde, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Furthermore, we plan on expanding into Argentina, Brazil, the Cayman Islands, Colombia and Venezuela in the coming months.
Size: 1,500 (in Calaverde); 3,000 (in total total)
Typical Uniform/Attire: International Business Attire
Background: A. Lorentz Bankiers NV (trading as Lorentz) was founded in the year 1900 by the late Dutch-Calaverdean banker and investor Antoon Lorentz upon his graduation from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and subsequent return to his native Calaverde. We offer a wide range of financial services including but not limited to: private banking, asset management and merchant banking services.
Supports: Money, Calaverde, stability, Sebastian van Oldenbarnevelt, sensible regulation
Does not Support: Excessive regulation, instability, military government
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• Does the bank support the regulation of the banking industry - Yes, we do support the regulation of this industry but we strongly dislike excessive and nonsensical regulation caused by the fear of the banking industry and the illusion that the industry and more-specifically those who work in it are different from normal people.

[French Guyane]

I'm open to questions from the public

[United Provinces of Atlantica]

Freetown San Cristobal Communal Trust - Charitable trust
Account Name: United Provinces of Atlantica
Objective: To keep Freetown San Cristobal running and to have it be a model for an anarchist society.
Political Affiliations:
[blocktext] WA Libertarian Socialist Council, Social anarchism, Jean-Luc Martin/[blocktext]
Location: Freetown San Cristobal
Size: Roughly 5,000 Trustees (all residents of Freetown San Cristobal)
Typical Uniform/Attire: N/A
Background: The Trust was formed after the conversion of one of the Generalissimo's estates into Freetown San Cristobal, as something to legally own the area.
Supports: Social anarchism, Environmentalism, Anarchism, Libertarian socialism, the LSC, the WA, the LFC
Does not Support: Statism, Capitalism, Union busting, pollution, corporations
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• What is your stance on the current government? - We're against the government because it's a government operating a State, and that's something we'd like to abolish. However, we see the government as better than a potential right-wing one, but not as good as a WA one.

[Sebastianbourg]

Ernst Ioan Pärt Pētersons - Iron Guard

Account Name: Sebastianbourg
Occupation: Journalist, political activist, university professor, private tutor
Party Position(s):

President of the Calaverdean Iron Guard

Positions in Government:

N/A

Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Third Positionism, fascism, ultra-nationalism
Family: Anna Ozols (wife), Vladimir Pärt Ozols (son)
Background: Constantin Ioan Fieraru was born in Chișinău, Moldova (then part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) to a working-class but educated family. Furthermore, his family was not Moldovan or ethnically-Romanian; his father, Jaan Pärt, was a former university professor at odds with the government from the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic and his mother, Lydia Kalpaks, a teacher from the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. He lived in in Moldova until 1988 when his father's relationship with the government improved and he was allowed to take up a professorship in chemistry at the Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, Russian SSR.

When the USSR fell Jaan Pärt immediately resigned from the university and returned to Estonia with his Latvian wife and Moldovan-born child; the whole family decided to take-up Estonian citizenship. The economic situation in Estonia at the time was dire and so Jaan Pärt accepted a diplomatic assignment to the Latin American nation of Calaverde.

In Calaverde the younger Pärt excelled academically. He learnt Latin, French, English, Dutch and Spanish in addition to Russian, Romanian/Moldovan, Latvian and Estonian which he already knew. Furthermore, he convinced the Ministry of Education to allow him to 'test-out' of secondary school which he completed in 1994 at age sixteen. Immediately thereafter, he moved to the United Kingdom where he read Classics which he completed in 1997. He remained in Cambridge and completed his doctorate in Classics in the year 2000.

Having studied continuously for six years Ernst Ioan Pärt came to the realisation that his doctorate in Classics was worthless and that no-one would hire him for no-one required a teacher of Ancient Greek. For this reason, he returned to Calaverde, naturalised and became a private tutor and part-time gigolo to survive.

Eventually, he obtained a professorship at the University of Latvia but he resigned almost immediately despite the fact that he turned into a proper playboy and not simply a gigolo due to 'the Cultural Marxism in Latvian society' and returned to Calaverde with a Latvian woman named Anna Ozols which he had married while in Riga, Latvia.

After the restoration of democracy and the overthrow of the military Junta in Calaverde Ernst Ioan Pärt attempted to win a seat in the national legislature. Unfortunately for him, he only accrued massive debts with Lorentz Bank which his supporters paid-off in part. Worse still, the Estonian government attempted to revoke his citizenship since Estonian law prohibits dual citizenship but he argued successfully that a natural-born Estonian citizen cannot be deprived of his citizenship.

Ernst Ioan Pärt is perhaps the most nationalistic figure in Calaverdean politics but his views are not those of an ordinary fascist; he is not racist rather he prefers people to stick to their own and he deplores Adolf Hitler. Perhaps his unpopularity in Calaverdean politics is due to his seemingly-hypocritical nationalism; apart from being Calaverdean he holds Estonian and Latvian passports and identifies as white and European-Calaverdean.
Faith: Agnostic
Likes: Ultra-nationalism, fascism, Europe, Estonia, Calaverde, Latvia
Dislikes: Marxism, multiculturalism, Africa, Asia, Russia
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

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[Sebastianbourg]

Ernst Ioan Pärt Pētersons, President of the Calaverdean Iron Guard is open for questions. By extension, the Calaverdean Iron Guard is open to questions too.

OOC: I would suggest his opinion on abortion, same-sex marriage and things of that sort.

[Sebastianbourg]

Calaverdean Iron Guard - Political party

Account Name: Sebastianbourg
Objective: To restore Calaverde to its former glory.
Political Affiliations:

Fascism, Third Position, Keynesianism, social conservatism

Location: Calaverde
Size: 10,000
Typical Uniform/Attire: Olive green/black military-style uniform (with great-coat while in air-conditioned environments)
Background: After the restoration of democracy the Calaverde-based, Moldovan-born Estonian-Latvian fascist politician Ernst Ioan Pärt Pētersons formed the Iron Guard in order to give all Calaverdean fascists a forum to express their frequently-ignored ideas.
Supports: Europe, Fascism, Ultra-nationalism
Does not Support: Russia, Asia, Africa, Marxism
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• *ADD QUESTION* - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*

[Lykens]

Senator Kenneth Diaz is open for questions.

[Of the Quendi]

I'm open to questions from the public

- How come a self-declared Social Democrat isn't a member of the DemLeft party?

[Vedastia]

Don Carlos Enrique Jaime de la Carrera y Rojas, VIII Marqués de Güeñes (Chaz Carrera) - Reform Party

Account Name: Vedastia
Occupation: Senator, Aristocrat, Landowner, Real Estate Investor, Diplomat, Freedom Fighter
Party Position(s):

Member

Positions in Government:

N/A (In opposition)

Constituency: San Pancracio East
Political Ideology: Classical liberalism/right-libertarianism
Family:

Spouse: Constantina Luisa del Huijsen de la Carrera, Marquesa de Güeñes (née Constantijna Louisa Jonkvrouw van den Huijsen, 7 February 1965)

Children:

• Don Rodrigo Hugo Arturo de la Carrera y del Huijsen, XV Conde de Amézqueta (born 19 March 1996)
• Don Ignacio Francisco Javier de la Carrera y del Huijsen, XII Conde de Lazcano (born 8 December 1997)

Background: Carlos Enrique Jaime de la Carrera y Rojas was born on 11 May 1956, the only child of Jaime Alejandro Fernando de la Carrera y Portillo, VII Marqués de Güeñes (15 June 1918 - 9 February 1986) and Marta Rojas y Esposito (4 August 1933 - 9 February 1986), on their Calaverdean sugar plantation, San Pancracio. His father, the 7th Marquess, came from an old Basque noble family with large land holdings that descended from Venetian merchants. He fled Spain during the Spanish Civil War for fear of persecution due to his Basque nationalist sympathies and/or noble ancestry (whichever he would be persecuted for depended on the outcome of the war). His mother, Marta, was the daughter of a wealthy criollo landowner and a peasant of indigenous ancestry. He attended local state schools, with a live-in private tutor at home, before attending Ampleforth College in England under the alias "Chaz Meskett," the surname an Anglcized version of his family's traditional courtesy title of "Conde de Amézqueta." He matriculated to Christ Church, Oxford, where read PPE, joined the Oxford Union, and was a member of the Bullingdon Club. He later earned an LLB from the University of Salamanca, an MSFS from Georgetown Uninversity's Walsh School of Foreign Service, and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He met his wife, Constantijna van den Huijsen, a member of a Dutch noble family responsible for administrating Adrius that eventually settled there, while they were at Harvard. They would marry about two years later. Back home in San Pancracio, the 7th Marquess tried giving the appearance of cooperation with the Calaverdean junta, even though he was opposed to it, but his efforts were for naught. On 5 February 1986, he and the Marchioness were arrested for hiding dissidents in their house, as well as in unused buildings on their plantation, and were executed four days later (the dissidents were executed on site). The execution of his parents deeply affected Carrera, and it inspired him to work hard toward overthrowing the junta. After his wife finished her undergraduate degree, he moved to London to set up the Calaverdean Government-in-Exile, which would later appoint him Representative to the United States. For almost twenty years, he would go back and forth between his residential hotel room at the Dorchester in Mayfair and his apartment at the Watergate in Washington, trying to find a way to overthrow the junta while still earning income from his real estate investments and his old Spanish properties, as well as (controversially) from his Calaverdean plantation. His two sons, Rodrigo and Ignacio, were born during that time; Rodrigo at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, and Ignacio at the GWU Hospital in Washington. Rodrigo currently attends Christ Church, Oxford, reading PPE under the alias "Rod Meskett," and Ignacio is in Lower Sixth at Malvern College under the alias "Nate Lazar." In 2006, he had heard that a civil war had started and joined the fray, funding the Republic of Calaverde forces and convincing the CGE to follow suit. After almost twenty years in exile, he returned to his homeland, crying that he was able to set foot on hallowed ground. In 2014, he decided to run for and won election to the Senate, and fights for the rights of his people to this day.
Faith: Agnostic atheism, but is often sympathetic toward the Catholic Church and its followers.
Likes: Industrialism, capitalism, diplomacy, the Catholic Church, Asian cuisine, history, bicycling, off-roading
Dislikes: Chavismo, warfare, hunting, whitewater rafting, snorkeling, secondhand tobacco smoke
Any Questions from the Public to be answered? - Yes, and I am open to more.

• What is your stance on autonomy, not independence, for Adrius and other lingustic/ethnic minorities? - I believe that they should be granted autonomy, possibly a stepping stone toward independence. If they haven't been assimilated into general Calaverdean society, it's only fair that they're given the opportunity to govern themselves while still being a part of Calaverde, and if they don't like that arrangement, I think that secession would be more than justified.
• What was your relationship, if any, with the Calaverdean Junta? - I was on the fence about it when it came to power, but when I started hearing of the human rights abuses, and later the execution of my own parents, I knew that I could no longer sit on the fence and joined the revolutionary cause. However, I got the American ambassador to Calaverde at the time, who was and still is a great friend of mine, to convince the Calaverdean junta to return San Pancracio to me around 1990 after they confiscated it from my family. It was a regrettable decision, yes, but it was for the good of the country, damn it!
• How many languages do you speak? - Spanish is my native language, and I'm fluent in English, but I only know a small amount of Dutch and Basque.
• What are your thoughts on Israel? - Personally, I do not think that a two-state solution is viable, but since we have our own problems at home, mainly civil unrest and economic depression, there are more pressing matters to attend to.
• What are your thoughts on abortion? - While I am personally against it, I do not believe that the state has the right to outlaw elective abortion before the second trimester of pregnancy.
• The US supported the dictatorship in Calaverde and many others in the regions assisting authoritarian regimes murder and torture thousands of anti-government activists. Should Calaverde ask for an official apology or financial compensation for the victims of this abuse? - I believe the US should issue an official apology for supporting the junta. That being said, asking for financial compensation would bankrupt the present Calaverdean government, and our economy, as well as our society as a whole, are unstable enough as it is, in addition to the fact that maintaining a good relationship with the US is paramount to our existence.
• Should Calaverde try and gain full employment? - Yes, but not through forceful government control of the economy. Let the private sector handle it.
• Do you believe in man-made climate change. How should we tackle it? - Yes, and it is a problem, just not as large of one as some make it out to be. Calaverde's role in this is very small, anyway, so why should we be concerned? While Calaverde is known for its natural beauty, which we should definitely preserve, we need to increase our industrial output and attract foreign firms to manufacture their products or otherwise invest here if we are to gain a stronger financial footing, doing so with reduced business taxes and lower legal liability in special economic zones.
• How did your upbringing influence your desire to enter politics? - My mother's family was highly involved in the political life of the nation before the junta. Even though my father was just a Spanish immigrant (although a fairly wealthy one at that), he taught me that there were few things more important than the civic life of the nation, even though he mainly wanted to supervise his plantation and develop new agricultural methods. One of my maternal uncles was a minister in the elected government. He had resigned before the junta took over, so he wasn't a target for their purges, leading a quiet life afterward.
• What is your opinion on the situation in Ukraine and its effects rippling across Europe, particularly in Russia? - While I deplore how the situation is being handled, Russia should control the Crimea. It was a part of Russia before and a significant portion of the population identifies more with Russia than the Ukraine. The West needs to stay out of it.
• How should Calaverde respond to the recent decline in global oil prices? - Celebrate! We should take advantage of it while we can, but prepare for an eventual increase by eventually switching over to alternative fuels, augmented with such policy instruments as tax credits for car conversion.
• What is your proposal for maintaining Calaverde's biodiversity, especially in its rainforest and coast? - Are we not in the process of setting up nature preserves? If not, we should be, and I'll help.
• What international organizations do you believe Calaverde should join? - We should join the standard array of international organizations (the UN and its associated agencies) and the Association of Caribbean States.
• Do you think the so called "Pink Tide" that has swept portions of Latin America could harm Calaverde? - Yes. While our populace is still fairly diverse politically, the specter of the far left gaining control of the country is a frightening one that isn't as far away as I'd like it to be. That being said, trying to prevent it with government coercion would not only be pointless but morally reprehensible and would go against everything that I have fought for.
• Should our nation look into taking part in free trade agreements similar to CAFTA? - Yes. We need to foster relations with our neighbors, as well as receive a stable source of imports without needless tariffs.
• How can Calaverde have a bigger voice on the global stage? Furthermore, should it? - Calaverde needs to get its affairs in order and join international associations and trade agreements. Other than that, there's not much else we can do, nor should we.

[French Guyane]

I'm open to questions from the public

- How come a self-declared Social Democrat isn't a member of the DemLeft party?

I support the activities of the Democratic Left but I am a business owner not an elected representative.