[NSG Senate] The Senate Yellow Pages

[Liberty and Linguistics]

Werner Großschwanz would like some questions.

[Kelinfort]

Werner Großschwanz would like some questions.

Why are you opposed to LGBT rights?

[Liberty and Linguistics]

Werner Großschwanz would like some questions.

Why are you opposed to LGBT rights?

"As a Catholic and traditionalist, I can not bring myself to support same sex marriage and the like. I find the idea to completely obstruct the concept of a sacrocsanct marriage between a man and woman, something we need to uphold. That said, I refuse to discriminate and harass our LGBT community."

[Liberty and Linguistics]

Thorgaard

Account Name: LibLing
Elected Representative: Werner Großschwanz

Population: 18,777
Ethnic Composition:

60% Dagmari
33% Norwegian
3% Other Scandinavian
1% German
1% Middle Eastern/North African
2% other

Background: A coastal, southern town, Thorgaard was first settled by Norwegian vikings, who named the city the equivalent of "Thorgaard" in Old Norse. By the 1600s, Thorgaard became a fair sized fishing village filled with Norwegians, home to a few hundred residents. By the time Dagmar achieved independence, Thorgaard was a fair sized city. While very Norwegian in the beginning of the 20th century, Dagmari people began immigrating to the city in droves. However, the city still retains it's Norwegian heritage, architecture, and even language.

With 18,777 people, the city has grown slowly since the 1970s. The major industry was fishing, but white collar jobs are becoming increasingly popular in the city, with the tech and science industries having many small businesses and upstarts in the area. At the last election, incumbent and Right Party member Werner Großschwanz won 52% of the vote, while his main opponent, Inga Morgenssdotter of the Social Democrats, won 34% of the vote.

Religion:

Lutheranism: 70%
Other Christian Denominations: 13%
Ásatrú: 3%
Irreligion: 10%
Islam: 2%
Unknown: 2%

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[Valluto]

Alfred "Alf" Bjørnsson, Baron of Gyldnebaek - Right Party

Account Name: Valluto
Occupation: Senator

Party Position(s):

None

Positions in Government:

Senator

Constituency: Gyldnebæk
Political Ideology: Moderate Conservatism, Agrarianism

Family: Stefania Andersson
Background:

The Gyldnebæk branch of the Bjørnsson family had been a staple of the quaint farming town for over a century. When Alfred was born, the family owned nearly a quarter of the farmland surrounding the town, several small businesses within the town, and the magnificent Messenbakke, the family's Edwardian country home. As such, Alfred received every privilege, but was also brought up to be kind and just to others, whether they were from town or grand country palaces. He was somewhat mild-mannered, yet charming and handsome. One day at the age of 11, he was playing soccer and suffered a horrible accident when he tripped and fell just right on a stone and broke his knee. Doctors were able to repair a majority of the damage and most of the ill effects were short-term, except for a slight limp that persisted after physical therapy.

As he grew into a young man, Alf, as he was affectionately dubbed by his peers, became interested in literature and art, becoming an amateur (if mediocre) painter and an avid consumer of every kind of literature, from Shakespeare to Tolstoy. During his time at a local Lutheran secondary school, he was taught English and excelled as a writer, eventually taking a particular interest in political discourse. He attended University in the capital, where he studied Government and Agricultural Business. During his five years there, he spent a semester each in Germany and England and a summer in the south of France. He would go on to study Government at Cambridge, earning a Master of Arts degree there.

Financially comfortable due to his family's considerable wealth, Alf took two years off to volunteer as part of a Lutheran mission as a math and English teacher in Namibia. While there he also took an interest in local sustenance farming and studied it closely. Alfred made many discoveries while in Africa, but his most prized find was Stefania Stefania Andersson was, like him, a Dagmarian working in Africa, except she was there as a volunteer physician. The two became fast friends and eventually fell in love. Once they had returned to Dagmar, they eloped before eventually having an extravagant, yet traditional, wedding in Gyldnebaek. They bought a house there shortly after. Alf found work with his father, Randal, the Baron of Gyldnebaek, managing the estate and spent his extra time consulting on local political campaigns, which he had become enamored with shortly after returning home. Stefania found work at a local hospital as a dermatologist. As the couple entered their early thirties, they had twins, Albert and Astrid.

Shortly after Alfred turned 34, his father passed away and he inherited the Barony as well as the estate. Though his father had been a shrewd businessman, Alfred wanted to expand the family business, make a name for himself, and contribute to humanity all at the same time. Ambitious and armed with a good family name, he secured a hefty loan and purchased a dilapidated truck factory and had it refurbished and refitted to manufacture tractors, plows, and tractor parts. Business was slow at first and for several years the factory operated at a loss, eventually becoming self-sufficient and generating a small, but certainly not exceptional profit. More importantly, in Alfred's mind, he and his family were providing much-needed employment to the people of Gyldnebaek during a sluggish economy. Against the advice of his consultants, Alfred paid his workers well and maintained full employment, even hiring cripples to do clerical. Soon the factory's modest profits were large enough to build a second factory in a nearby town.

Alfred did well enough financially, he had the family fortune and expansive farmlands to lean on after all, but did not become very rich off of his industrial pursuits. Instead, he gained something far more valuable: popularity. Since he provided employment to a couple hundred people in and around Gyldnebaek and treated them fairly, many families looked up to Alfred. He gained a reputation as kind and just, eventually becoming de facto Mayor of Gyldnebaek, the man to see when you needed help or guidance.

When an open senate seat became available, Alfred was encouraged by local Right Party leadership to stand for the seat. To them, he had all the boxes checked. He was tall, noble, handsome, popular, and wealthy, all the makings of a successful conservative politician. He was quickly nominated without much fuss and went on to be elected Senator for Gyldnebaek with 58% of the vote, with the Social Democratic candidate receiving 31% and the Centrist receiving 11%. In the Senate, he was a mostly low-profile, working on local issues and toeing the party line on most occasions. He became an outspoken defender of the Church and small farmers, but also became a persistent voice for increased international aid, particularly to Africa.

After the King dissolved parliament, Alfred was reelected with 78% of the vote, owing to the public's outrage at the recent Prime Minister appointment scandal and to his popular reputation.

Faith: Lutheran (Church of Dagmar)

Likes: The country, art, tradition, literature, the law, classical music, Moderate Conservatism, Agrarianism, Lutheranism
Dislikes:anything modern, the city, socialism, libertarianism, secularism

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

[Finland SSR]

Adler Rue - open for questions of any kind.

[Maklohi Vai]

To all:

How do you plan to deal with the ever-expanding Dagmarn financial sector?

Who should deal with Syria?

What does religious freedom mean to you?

[Atlanticatia]

To all:

How do you plan to deal with the ever-expanding Dagmarn financial sector?

Who should deal with Syria?

What does religious freedom mean to you?

From Hanna Nilsen -

1) "It's important that we properly regulate our financial sector to ensure our economy can remain strong and healthy. We also must back businesses, and ensure that small and medium sized businesses can access the capital and investment they need to grow and create jobs. We should also have to tackle inequality, and introduce measures to restrict risky and overly large bankers' bonuses."

2) "I have to make the point that we are facing a humanitarian crisis in Syria and millions of people are fleeing their homes to seek asylum in Europe. It's vital that we help those refugees, which is why I support participating in a European-wide asylum seeker distribution scheme, and an immediate intake of 1,000 Syrian refugees to Dagmar over the next 6 months. We need to ensure that Syria can be stabilised and made safe again, and that's a very important question to ask."

3) "Religious freedom means the right to practice your religion, or not practice religion at all, without interference from the State. It also means that you have freedom from discrimination. We need to introduce measures to protect freedom of religion, and fight all forms of discrimination and extremism."

[New Waterford]

Werner Großschwanz - The Right Party

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Account Name: Liberty and Linguistics
Occupation: Senator

Party Position(s): Senator
Constituency: Thorgaard South
Political Ideology: Conservatism, Euroscepticism, Civic Nationalism, Classical Liberalism with elements of traditionalism

Family: Ingrid Großschwanz

Background: Werner Großschwanz was born to a large Catholic family in Salzburg(Austria) in 1967. A studious child, he learned Ancient Greek, French, Latin, and English all by the age of 13. Großschwanz attended the prestigious Ludwig Maxmillian University in Munich, where he studied liberal arts and history, minoring in education. Großschwanz immigrated to Dagmar in 1994, after working as a history professor in Vienna. He immigrated to Dagmar for "purely financial reasons", as Großschwanz wished for a cheaper cost of living and cleaner environment for his new children. In 2001, he became the top history professor at a "prestigious Dagmarian university." One year later, he ran for the Senate under a conservative platform, beating his social democratic incumbent by a small margin. Since, he has been a well known and level headed senator.

Faith: Roman Catholicism
Languages: English, Dagmarian, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Danish, Mandarin.

Likes: Fine Wine, Oktoberfest, Theater, Opera, Vienna, Civic Nationalism, The Arts, Culture, Traditionalism, Market Capitalism, Centre Right, Soft Euroscepticism.
Dislikes: Multiculturalism, Socialism, Ethnic Nationalism, Xenophobia, Cheap Beer, Centrism, LGBT Rights, Excessive Promiscuity.

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• "Why are you opposed to LGBT rights?" -Kelinfort
-" Good question, Senator. As a Catholic and traditionalist, I can not bring myself to support same sex marriage and the like. I find the idea to completely obstruct the concept of a sacrocsanct marriage between a man and woman, something we need to uphold. That said, I refuse to discriminate and harass our LGBT community."

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Ich weiß, was dein Name bedeutet!

[Finland SSR]

To all:

How do you plan to deal with the ever-expanding Dagmarn financial sector?

Who should deal with Syria?

What does religious freedom mean to you?

From Adler Rue:

1. As I see right now, our economy has so far benefited from a healthy private financial sector, but much like how savage capitalism sounded like a great idea before the Great Depression, it might only be temporary before a spark makes the entire system collapse. As such, we must ensure the safety of the market, both for big and small businesses alike, with an array of interventionist policies. However, overall, I don't recommend a complete nationalization of the sector - as we have seen, public sectors are often ineffective and even corrupt.

2. The rise of extreme Islamism in the Middle East, hastened by indecisive and Islam-supportive attitudes in the West are a threat to our nation, especially since such ideas could reach our own Muslim minority. As such, Dagmar must take the initiative. Immigration from countries in conflict, like Syria, must be cut off or at least minimized to safe amounts, while our industry can benefit from cooperating with Western militaries to take down the Islamist threat, and make a profit that would help our nation in the process.

3. Religious freedom is freedom of choice, as one might think when faced with such a combination of words. I myself can't say much about the subject.

[Liberty and Linguistics]

Werner Großschwanz - The Right Party

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Account Name: Liberty and Linguistics
Occupation: Senator

Party Position(s): Senator
Constituency: Thorgaard South
Political Ideology: Conservatism, Euroscepticism, Civic Nationalism, Classical Liberalism with elements of traditionalism

Family: Ingrid Großschwanz

Background: Werner Großschwanz was born to a large Catholic family in Salzburg(Austria) in 1967. A studious child, he learned Ancient Greek, French, Latin, and English all by the age of 13. Großschwanz attended the prestigious Ludwig Maxmillian University in Munich, where he studied liberal arts and history, minoring in education. Großschwanz immigrated to Dagmar in 1994, after working as a history professor in Vienna. He immigrated to Dagmar for "purely financial reasons", as Großschwanz wished for a cheaper cost of living and cleaner environment for his new children. In 2001, he became the top history professor at a "prestigious Dagmarian university." One year later, he ran for the Senate under a conservative platform, beating his social democratic incumbent by a small margin. Since, he has been a well known and level headed senator.

Faith: Roman Catholicism
Languages: English, Dagmarian, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Danish, Mandarin.

Likes: Fine Wine, Oktoberfest, Theater, Opera, Vienna, Civic Nationalism, The Arts, Culture, Traditionalism, Market Capitalism, Centre Right, Soft Euroscepticism.
Dislikes: Multiculturalism, Socialism, Ethnic Nationalism, Xenophobia, Cheap Beer, Centrism, LGBT Rights, Excessive Promiscuity.

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• "Why are you opposed to LGBT rights?" -Kelinfort
-" Good question, Senator. As a Catholic and traditionalist, I can not bring myself to support same sex marriage and the like. I find the idea to completely obstruct the concept of a sacrocsanct marriage between a man and woman, something we need to uphold. That said, I refuse to discriminate and harass our LGBT community."

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Ich weiß, was dein Name bedeutet!

Shh.

[New Zepuha]

Werner Großschwanz - The Right Party

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Account Name: Liberty and Linguistics
Occupation: Senator

Party Position(s): Senator
Constituency: Thorgaard South
Political Ideology: Conservatism, Euroscepticism, Civic Nationalism, Classical Liberalism with elements of traditionalism

Family: Ingrid Großschwanz

Background: Werner Großschwanz was born to a large Catholic family in Salzburg(Austria) in 1967. A studious child, he learned Ancient Greek, French, Latin, and English all by the age of 13. Großschwanz attended the prestigious Ludwig Maxmillian University in Munich, where he studied liberal arts and history, minoring in education. Großschwanz immigrated to Dagmar in 1994, after working as a history professor in Vienna. He immigrated to Dagmar for "purely financial reasons", as Großschwanz wished for a cheaper cost of living and cleaner environment for his new children. In 2001, he became the top history professor at a "prestigious Dagmarian university." One year later, he ran for the Senate under a conservative platform, beating his social democratic incumbent by a small margin. Since, he has been a well known and level headed senator.

Faith: Roman Catholicism
Languages: English, Dagmarian, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Danish, Mandarin.

Likes: Fine Wine, Oktoberfest, Theater, Opera, Vienna, Civic Nationalism, The Arts, Culture, Traditionalism, Market Capitalism, Centre Right, Soft Euroscepticism.
Dislikes: Multiculturalism, Socialism, Ethnic Nationalism, Xenophobia, Cheap Beer, Centrism, LGBT Rights, Excessive Promiscuity.

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• "Why are you opposed to LGBT rights?" -Kelinfort
-" Good question, Senator. As a Catholic and traditionalist, I can not bring myself to support same sex marriage and the like. I find the idea to completely obstruct the concept of a sacrocsanct marriage between a man and woman, something we need to uphold. That said, I refuse to discriminate and harass our LGBT community."

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Are you a Nazi?

[Liberty and Linguistics]

Werner Großschwanz - The Right Party

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Account Name: Liberty and Linguistics
Occupation: Senator

Party Position(s): Senator
Constituency: Thorgaard South
Political Ideology: Conservatism, Euroscepticism, Civic Nationalism, Classical Liberalism with elements of traditionalism

Family: Ingrid Großschwanz

Background: Werner Großschwanz was born to a large Catholic family in Salzburg(Austria) in 1967. A studious child, he learned Ancient Greek, French, Latin, and English all by the age of 13. Großschwanz attended the prestigious Ludwig Maxmillian University in Munich, where he studied liberal arts and history, minoring in education. Großschwanz immigrated to Dagmar in 1994, after working as a history professor in Vienna. He immigrated to Dagmar for "purely financial reasons", as Großschwanz wished for a cheaper cost of living and cleaner environment for his new children. In 2001, he became the top history professor at a "prestigious Dagmarian university." One year later, he ran for the Senate under a conservative platform, beating his social democratic incumbent by a small margin. Since, he has been a well known and level headed senator.

Faith: Roman Catholicism
Languages: English, Dagmarian, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Danish, Mandarin.

Likes: Fine Wine, Oktoberfest, Theater, Opera, Vienna, Civic Nationalism, The Arts, Culture, Traditionalism, Market Capitalism, Centre Right, Soft Euroscepticism.
Dislikes: Multiculturalism, Socialism, Ethnic Nationalism, Xenophobia, Cheap Beer, Centrism, LGBT Rights, Excessive Promiscuity.

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• "Why are you opposed to LGBT rights?" -Kelinfort
-" Good question, Senator. As a Catholic and traditionalist, I can not bring myself to support same sex marriage and the like. I find the idea to completely obstruct the concept of a sacrocsanct marriage between a man and woman, something we need to uphold. That said, I refuse to discriminate and harass our LGBT community."

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Are you a Nazi?

"No, just a kraut."

[New Zepuha]

More like a sour-Kraut, get it?

[Liberty and Linguistics]

More like a sour-Kraut, get it?

"No, I'm German, I don't understand jokes."

[Varjager]

More like a sour-Kraut, get it?

"No, I'm German, I don't understand jokes."

"Really? Your surname sure sounds a lot like a double entendre if you ask me. Is it a family name or did you come up with it yourself? What's the history behind it? Did one of your ancestors have a significantly sized appendix?"

[Liberty and Linguistics]

"No, I'm German, I don't understand jokes."

"Really? Your surname sure sounds a lot like a double entendre if you ask me. Is it a family name or did you come up with it yourself? What's the history behind it? Did one of your ancestors have a significantly sized appendix?"

"I'm not sure, it just happens to be my surname."

[Varjager]

To all:

How do you plan to deal with the ever-expanding Dagmarn financial sector?

Who should deal with Syria?

What does religious freedom mean to you?

1. We should obviously not go into the euro-zone. We've all seen what a disaster that has become, and that is nothing I wish for Dagmar.

2. The situation in Syria, and Iraq too for that matter, is very complex, it's much that has to be done, by everyone, in different fields. Russia, the United States, UNHCR, the Free Syrian Army, the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Turkey, and even Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government forces, can all, and should all, do their best to bring stability to this wartorn country. The first priority should be to defeat and disarm ISIS, and then we, the whole world, can help to build up Syria from the ground again, preferably without Assad in power. Dagmar can help too, by sending humanitarian aid, and money to UNHCR, and even shelter the refugees that we have capacity to help. If Dagmarian officers of the armed forces volunteer to instruct and train the Kurdish resistance fighters, then I don't want to hinder them.

Like I said, it's a complex problem, and many solutions are needed.

3. The freedom to believe in whatever god, gods, or spirits you want, without being discriminated against for it. That of course includes freedom to be atheist, or have doubts about the divine without being punished for it in any way. For me it also means that religious practices should be respected, unless they go against established laws. I mean, human sacrifices should of course not be legal, but it shouldn't be illegal to believe in a cruel god just for that... there are many ways to worship, and as long as they are peaceful, they should be respected.

[Al-Seena]

To all:

How do you plan to deal with the ever-expanding Dagmarn financial sector?

I'm content with letting the free market work this out. The people themselves are the most importent factor in our economy. Obviously however we need to establish social safety nets which help protect people from absolute poverty or putting them in a position which would do them unjust harm. The capitalist system is simply the best system but it is also an unforgiving one and we must work to insure that people are not left behind by society.

Who should deal with Syria?

It should be a collective effort. Our focus needs to be on dismantling and destroying ISIL in Syria and Iraq. It should be a united efforts between the West, Russia, and the Middle East to combat this organization on all possible fronts. I believe that Dagmarian has its place in this conflict and that is to help on the ground goups logistically combat ISIL (particularly the Syrian Democratic Forces). This is also going to be a long and heated conflict and we must been in this for the long term.

What does religious freedom mean to you?

Religious freedom to me means the ability for everyone to practice their faith openly without interference from individuals, groups, or the state. If you are not intentionally harming people physically or economically not denying them their legal given rights you have every right to openly practice your religion in a nation which supports Religious Freedom.

-Answers from Senator Mansur Al-Khayyam

[The New Sea Territory]

What does religious freedom mean to you?

"The freedom to revive the gods of our land without interference from the national church or immigrants."

-Finnur Agnarsson

[Arglorand]

Flæmingur Hanssen - Social Democratic Party

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

Foreign Policy Spokesperson

Positions in Government:

N/A

Constituency: 27 (Port Dagerbard)
Political Ideology: Social democracy, reformist socialism, alter-globalisation, eurofederalism
Family: Wife: Astrid Nielsen. Two daughters: Miranda and Hanna.
Background: Born in 1971 in the city of Northnesse, Flæmingur comes from a relatively well-off working class background - his mother a doctor and his father an oil worker. His introduction into politics came relatively early, at the age of 16 in the general strike of 1987, when representatives of various trade union councils, among whose membership was his father, clashed with the government over proposed factory closures. It was this event that first gave him an interest in the field of workers' rights, which led him to develop broadly democratic socialist/social democratic views. In his studies at Berg University in 1989-1993 (Middle Eastern Studies, MA), Flæmingur became involved in political activism proper, joining the youth wing of the Social Democratic Party; a few years later, the party proper. After receiving a doctorate from Northnesse University in 2003, Flæmingur went into teaching, becoming a lecturer at the Port Dagerbard Political Science Institute. It was here in Port Dagerbard, a small city of just under 29,000 inhabitants, that he settled down, being elected in 2007 to the local council, and in 2011, in a surprise victory over the incumbent candidate, an independent agrarian who had held the seat for three election cycles, to parliament as a representative for the SDP.
Faith: Lutheran (Church of Dagmar)
Likes: Social justice, equality, democracy, falafels, religious freedom, freedom from religion, workers' rights, feminism, humanitarian aid, European integration.
Dislikes: Islamophobia, racism, anti-semitism, fascism, right-wing politics, religious fanaticism, nu atheism, imperialism, Putin, Leninism.
Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• What is your view of socialism, given your working-class, trade unionist background? I believe in an eventual socialist reorganisation of society and I consider myself a reformist socialist - or, if you will, a social democrat of the old-school Bernsteinist mold. I do not, however, believe a socialist society is possible at this time and I believe that it demands significant technological and democratic advancement before it can be realistically achieved.

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[New Waterford]

Víndhjalmur/Vaindhialmur

Account Name: New Waterford
Elected Representative: Úlfrik Ásbjørnsson

Population: 23,845
Ethnic Composition:

87% Dagmari
7% Norwegian
3% Other Scandinavian
3% Other

Background: Víndhjalmur was founded by Viking settlers as a fishing village. Its pagan population was largely unaffected by the Christianisation of Dagmar in the 11th and 12th centuries, and it grew into a sizeable port town by the 1300s. Its status as such attracted many traders who settled in the town; these traders came from across Dagmar (including Christians) and from overseas. In particular, Víndhjalmur had a significant Jewish community up until the Second World War, when most fled to safer countries due to the large risk of Nazi occupation. However, their influence on the town's landscape is still present, with synagogues visible in districts near the harbour.

The activity in Víndhjalmur's harbour began to decline during the late 20th century, leading to high unemployment which was worsened by the Great Recession. Popular opinion turned further right, leading to Úlfrik Ásbjørnsson of the National Revivalists being elected as MP in 2010.

Perhaps the most famous landmark in Víndhjalmur is the Grand Library, the foremost source of knowledge in Dagmar.
Religion:

66% Pagan
- 46% Ásatrú
- 15% Neo-völkisch
- 5% Other
17% Irreligious
15% Christian
- 8% Church of Dagmar
- 4% Catholic
- 3% Other
2% Other

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[New Waterford]

Úlfrik Ásbjørnsson is open for questions.

[Malgrave]

Úlfrik Ásbjørnsson is open for questions.

Is mayonnaise an instrument?

[Varjager]

Úlfrik Ásbjørnsson is open for questions.

What exactly is neo-fascism?