[NSG Senate] The Senate Yellow Pages

[Lykens]

Why did Bao Trinh Thanh choose to join the Communist Party of Calaverde instead of the Elizian Communist Party ?

[Greater Istanistan]

Why did Bao Trinh Thanh choose to join the Communist Party of Calaverde instead of the Elizian Communist Party ?

Sen. Thinh believes firmly in reincarnation, and in a past life was a little-known indigenous legislator in Latin America. Although his life there came to an end, his burning love for proletarian justice was so great that he personally fought ten million demons and returned from the afterlife just to teach Elizia the Immortal Science of Vanguardist Dialectical Materialism.

[DrWinner]

Bao Trinh Thanh - Communist Party of Elizia

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Account Name:Greater Istanistan
Occupation: Senator

Party Position(s):

Politburo Member, Public Relations Secretary

Positions in Government:

Senator

Constituency: Kentang Bay North
Political Ideology: Eurocommunism, Asian regionalism

Family: Thue Thanh (daughter, adopted), two aged parents, and a pack of worthless cousins
Background: At first glance, Senator Bao Trinh Thanh cuts a sharp contrast with his fellow party members. Unlike most of them, Senator Thanh was not born a member of an impoverished caste, but rather is the scion of a traditional Vietnamese merchant clan with a rich history stretching back hundreds of years. His family name has been associated with mercantile cunning and sharp dealings in trade since the first arrival of the British East India Company, when his illustrious predecessors saw the arrival of foreigners as a chance to get filthy rich. This wealth persisted through generations, with ugly rumors of war profiteering and sales to the Japanese clouding the family name in the 1940s. These allegations, along with his uncle's unfortunate decision to blow most of the Thanh fortune on drugs, fast boats, and risky investments in conflict-wracked Southeast Asia, crippled the family name. The Elizian National Congress' discriminatory policies and massive debt did the rest.

The young Senator Thanh was born during this period, when the entire family was spectacularly blowing up in a flurry of corruption allegations, lurid tabloid headlines, money-grubbing relatives, and public shame. His father was, as the youngest of the family patriarch's nine siblings, out of the line of succession for the money and served as an accountant with the family firm. As the business collapsed, he quietly moved secured what funds he could in entirely legal ways and stayed out of trouble. He met his future wife and Bao's mother at a ludicrously decadent family gathering in the late 1960s. A hard-bitten and tough lawyer who fought hard to rise to the top of a male-dominated sector of the economy, she was serving the Thanhs as one of the defence attorneys in a particularly nasty lawsuit surrounding charges that ultra-rightist generals in South Vietnam were helping the uncle cover his massive debts in exchange for smuggling arms to their paramilitary death squads. The allegations were all too true, but Bao's mother was able to politicize the prosecutor's overly racial tone and get a settlement.

The two of them married as much out of mutual convenience - both of them were stuck with the Thanhs at this point and needed a way out - as love, but nevertheless were a relatively happy couple. There was enough money left to, in the late 1970s, send the young Bao to the University of Tokyo to study medicine in hopes of, in the words of his mother, "getting an actual job". Bao, who up until then had lived a rather sheltered life so as to deliberately disassociate himself from his notoriously wastrel cousins still making headlines for spectacularly foolish public stunts and new levels of grotesque and flamboyant indebtedness, was plunged into a whole new world. He came out a middling doctor, but - to the chagrin of his parents - an unusually gifted Communist orator, having been converted by members of the Communist Party of Japan's student wing. He inherited from this party a strong sense of parliamentarianism and democracy, a tendency towards pragmatism, and an unyielding belief in the need for political justice. He swiftly became an entirely different sort of disappointment to his parents than they feared he might have been.

While remaining straight-laced to a fault, abstaining from alcohol, and scoffing at the potential his family name offered him, Bao became a firebrand political activist. He agitated against the government, used his medical practice to fund trips abroad to Cuba, China, Vietnam, and Russia to look at different Communist and post-Communist states and avoid the secret police, and stubbornly refused to make the poor pay for treatment. As a result of this, he never made much of himself in terms of personal wealth. However, he was certainly enriched by it. Unfortunately, the constant litany of trips abroad, arrests, meetings with fellow activists, and feverish days in the clinic meant that Bao simply never got around to marriage. If asked about it, he simply mentioned that it had never crossed his mind when he had more important affairs to worry about. He was also involved in the publication of "Spark", a small leftist newspaper named in homage of Lenin's publication by the same name. Every edition was prefaced with the aged dictum that "if you can't explain it, you don't understand it". This philosophy guided "Spark", which was aimed at making Communist politics and social progressivism relevant to ordinary working and unemployed people.

As the crackdown worsened and life became impossible for Bao, he quietly packed up his aged parents and relocated to Vietnam in 1995. There, he continued his medical practice and kept in touch with exiles but mostly gave up on politics. After all, fulminating at the homeland from abroad was hardly going to do much good. Instead, he threw himself fully into his medical practice, travelled within Vietnam to see its famous natural sights, and - to give him something to do with his spare time - adopted a daughter. Senator Thanh describes these years as "peaceful - somewhat dull, but fulfilling nonetheless" and appears to have genuinely enjoyed himself. The moment the Orchid Revolution began, however, he entrusted his parents to some Vietnamese friends, packed his adoptive daughter off to his alma mater for a degree in economics with some of the world's most convenient timing, and contacted his estranged relatives to have him smuggled back into the country. Once in Elizia again, Bao Thanh threw himself fully into politics again, networking with old buddies from the Communist movement and serving as an illegal street doctor for injured protestors. This, more than anything else, made his reputation. Although Bao never took up arms or fought the regime violently, his entirely political and totally pragmatist work in the streets made his name for him. As he ran most of his illegal clinics from squads in the gritty dockyards to the north of Kentang, when the regime finally came down and elections were held Bao defeated several respectable candidates to take the seat for the Communists. In a bizarre twist of fate, Bao Thanh has actually made something of himself.

Faith: Shows up at Buddhist events on occasion, but overall isn't particularly hung up over it

Likes: Smooth jazz, George Orwell, cheeseburgers, Salvador Allende, tabloid newspapers, cats, and the proletariat
Dislikes: Reactionists, chocolate, pretentious phrasing, too much theory

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

ASK ME MORE - Sen. Thanh

• What is your Understanding of Economics? Maybe people shouldn't starve. But on a serious note, I look at some people who feel like they understand economics because they've read Capital and the Conquest of Bread. OK, you understand leftist theory on economics, but do you understand economics? And then I see these foreign CEOs who come to our country thinking that we're all poor and indebted, so maybe they can get away with exploiting us more because Elizians are completely incapable of thinking rationally about how they're doing. Excuse me, you don't understand economics half so well as you think you do if you believe you can get away with this! My understanding of economics is this: Elizia is better with development, infrastructure, and growth. This is true. At this point, we must work with international capital if we want to develop Elizia without firing up the back-yard furnaces and tossing the silverware in so we can match America in five years. This is also true. But unlike many of the so-called people with common sense, I also understand that development and progress does not look like mass exploitation and factories with built-in suicide nets. This is what the foreigners have come to expect when they visit Southeast Asia. I understand economics well enough to know that we need a strong government plan and a good basis of economic democracy if we're going to develop. I also know that cooperatives are scientifically proven to be more efficient, stable, durable, and fulfilling for workers than standard capitalist businesses. So, Mr. CEO. How well do you understand economics?
  
• How do you feel about the standing motion to topple the Coalition Government?
  
  Communists often forget that they do not serve an abstraction of the people, but rather actual working Elizians and marginalized communities. While we do not support a reformist government in principle, in practice the choice is between a somewhat unpalatable coalition and a pack of neoliberals. I fully appreciate the need to keep the current government accountable, especially given its worrying inclusion of crypto-fascist elements and its propensity towards putting armed forces under political command. However, I cannot in good conscience say that the opposition is any more palatable to me right now. In my view, the Communists should stand as an independent third faction. Right now, we hold the balance of power in the Senate, and by maintaining democratic centralism and working out a deal with the side of our choice, we can get something resembling a genuinely progressive agenda hammered out. Muttering about bourgeois parties and the revolutionary maximum isn't going to help the oppressed. Neither is giving up a chance to do some good because we like bringing governments down. If we're going to do something, we have to do it right.
  
• What is your position on China? The Chinese are fairly clearly not interested in promoting progressive causes worldwide. From their abandonment of the Naxalites in India to their active courting of right-wing governments worldwide, their priorities are clearly not leftist advancement. Furthermore, China's aggressively nationalist bent puts them directly into conflict with Elizian basic interests. After all, the majority of our country and all of our best fishing grounds exist within the eight-dash line, and taking a pro-Chinese line would put us on an even keel with the other anti-American Communist nation in Greater East Asia - that being, of course, North Korea. As our comrades in Vietnam and Laos go to show, there is great potential for involvement in ASEAN and economic prosperity while maintaining a socialist economic line and a Communist government. The opposition in Myannmar, as an explicitly socialist party with American support, provides another useful example of how the left and the Americans can co-exist if there is mutual strategic interest. We cannot build full anti-revisionist Marxism in Elizia at present, as decades of misrule have delayed our development. However, the Chinese would simply see us as another regional satrapy to be exploited. If we work with other regional governments and build up regional partnerships, I believe that our Communist Party could, by taking power in a free and democratic manner, be accepted by the regional community and plot our own path forwards free from Chinese dominance.

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Question asked of me has been answered on my character's page. Sneaky bugger.

[Greater Istanistan]

lmao

I like writing this sort of shit.

Merah Panthai

Account Name:Greater Istanistan
Elected Representative:Sen. Bao Thanh (ECP)

Population:21,000
Ethnic Composition:

70% Malay, 10% Vietnamese, 9% Chinese, 8% Indian, 3% Filipino

Background: The riding of the Merah Panthai district is, in equal parts, fascinating and repellent. This district fronts the ocean, and as a result its economy rotates around the maritime industries. Almost 40% of the working-age population is employed by the Qon Dockyards, where massive container ships make port to load up on Elizian rice and leave behind industrial goods. This huge installation, which includes the largest cargo cranes in the country, went through extremely tough times in the 2000s as mass inflation and total economic decline pummeled trade. The management staged several lockouts to scrimp costs, fired hundreds of people, and aggressively cracked down on labour, using whatever profits they could scrape together to bribe union officials. During the Orchid Revolution, things came to a head when the rank-and-file of the unions went on a wildcat strike and demanded fair wages and cuts to the salaries of the CEOs. When this was not granted, the entire region's industry ground to a halt. Eventual police crackdowns forced the workers back to their jobs, but the humiliation was not forgotten. When the entire management of Qon Dockyards was arrested for complicity with the ENC regime, nobody shed any tears.

The rest are involved with either a variety of hard-bitten shipyards or the grungy but vibrant entertainment district, which is home to a variety of hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese restaurants owned by the same family since the dawn of recorded history, knockoff goods stores, karaoke bars, opium dens, illegal nightclubs, brothels, third-rate cinemas, and curio stores. Also involved are crowds of beggars, buskers, street preachers, political campaigners with colour-coded umbrellas to denote party affiliations, rickshaw owners, fruit-vendors, pickpockets, and urchins. Bars are, however, rather rare given the strong Islamic community. The community also evolved an intricate system of barter, IOUs, and personal favours to survive the punishing inflation rates. Prized above all else was American money, which bewildered tourists could be fleeced out of with the district's well-known oily charm. With a new government in place, the assorted small businesspeople are cautiously dismantling this system and moving back towards the legal economy, but if anything ever goes south again all the mechanisms are in place to drive the economy underground. Somewhat dodgy tax practices - for example, business owners living in their stores and exchanging "favours" instead of money to avoid the sales and income taxes - are common. Regardless, the entertainment district is highly popular with young people and provides helpful side-jobs for blue-collar workers struggling to make pay in the harbourfront. Shop-owners put particular pride in their storefronts, obsessing over having the brightest neon sign and the most heavily-crammed display windows.

For those who do not have a family business, housing is to be found in a variety of lively but crumbling tenement blocks that line the narrow streets. These are usually dingy, leaky, and probably public health hazards, but nobody has had the money to do proper repairs since the financial crisis in the 90s. As a result, the entire community is constantly on edge, waiting to hear about the inevitable collapse. Two styles of building management exist. First, many tenements are owned cooperatively by their inhabitants, who then kick in money together to try to make repairs. The other, more traditional layout typically involves the kind of apartment block with a restaurant on the first floor, where the restaurant-owner is the landlord of the whole building and, despite collecting so much rent, never seems to get any wealthier. Ritualized mockery of the landowning classes is common, but it is usually accompanied by a dose of irony. After all, as the popular refrain goes, "I'd rather be a tenant with a day-job than have to do upkeep on a shitty building like this".

Regretfully, this being a poor dock area means that organized crime is far too common. The Yakuza and triads both run drugs through the docks, and smuggle guns in as well. Elizian mafia elements are also fairly prevalent. The downside to the lack of effective policing is that these groups are rather difficult to stop, often running protection rackets and fighting in the streets. With the ENC government of the 2000s too ineffectual and focussed on political enemies to seriously purge them, these groups became firmly entrenched and are now difficult to get rid of. Many in the area hope for some kind of police reform that would allow them to run the crooks out, but are just as distrustful of the central government as they are the crooks. Periodical vigilantism is one of the common solutions, but actually getting the guilty party is rather difficult.

Following the crushing of the Orchid Revolution, the neighborhood swiftly became a haven for leftist guerrillas. Its winding alleyways and politically active population welcomed such elements, and they finished off the job of making the dockyards a warzone for the government. Bombings of police stations, sniper attacks against security forces, and defacement of public property were the most common tools of the trade. This invited a great deal of focus on Merah Panthai, but few results. There were too many places for fighters to hide, and too few government sympathizers in an area where tourists were drying up and the main employers downgraded all workers to part-time due to their insolvency. Much of the famous graffiti from this period still remains, proudly preserved.

Religion:

75% Muslim, 15% Buddhist, 5% Hindu, 5% Catholic

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[The Symplegades]

People's Movement for EliziaPolitical Party

Account Name: The Symplegades

Objective: "Reform, modernization, democratization, and enlightenment of Elizia and its people, growing a connection to the world while retaining a national identity, and building a socially just society"
Political Affiliations:

Ideology:
Social Democracy
Feminism
Environmentalism
Minority Interests
Left-wing Nationalism
Liberal Socialism
Aboriginal Interests
Left-Wing Islam
Vietnamese Interests
Indian Interests

Affiliated Organizations:
Socialist Youth of Elizia
Union of Teachers of Elizia
Union of Fishermen of Elizia
Women's Movement for Elizia

People:
Cornelius Sivousong-VanDerLoon

Location: Nationwide, headquarters in Kentang
Size: About an 8th of the former labor party belongs so far.
Typical Uniform/Attire: red t shirts, clothing with the logo, clothing with logos of the former Elizian Labour Party, trade union livery
Background: A successor party to Labour, proposed by Cornelius Sivousong VanDerLoon due to his dissatisfaction with the available alternatives.
Supports: SEE IDEOLOGY
Does not Support: FASCISM, MAOISM, ML, ETC

Any Questions from the Public to be answered? Feel free to ask

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

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Here is my new proposed party

[Bojikami]

Do we also register our localities we represent?

[FreYhill]

Do we also register our localities we represent?

You don't have too, but you can.

[Tectonix]

People's Movement for EliziaPolitical Party

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Account Name: The Symplegades

Objective: "Reform, modernization, democratization, and enlightenment of Elizia and its people, growing a connection to the world while retaining a national identity, and building a socially just society"
Political Affiliations:

Ideology:
Social Democracy
Feminism
Environmentalism
Minority Interests
Left-wing Nationalism
Liberal Socialism
Aboriginal Interests
Left-Wing Islam
Vietnamese Interests
Indian Interests

Affiliated Organizations:
Socialist Youth of Elizia
Union of Teachers of Elizia
Union of Fishermen of Elizia
Women's Movement for Elizia

People:
Cornelius Sivousong-VanDerLoon

Location: Nationwide, headquarters in Kentang
Size: About an 8th of the former labor party belongs so far.
Typical Uniform/Attire: red t shirts, clothing with the logo, clothing with logos of the former Elizian Labour Party, trade union livery
Background: A successor party to Labour, proposed by Cornelius Sivousong VanDerLoon due to his dissatisfaction with the available alternatives.
Supports: SEE IDEOLOGY
Does not Support: FASCISM, MAOISM, ML, ETC

Any Questions from the Public to be answered? Feel free to ask

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

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Here is my new proposed party

I've got a question: In your ideology, you listed "left-wing nationalism," which, in my view, is as contradictory as saying "Liberal, racially-diverse KKK Grand Wizard." Care to explain?

[Electrum]

I've got a question: In your ideology, you listed "left-wing nationalism," which, in my view, is as contradictory as saying "Liberal, racially-diverse KKK Grand Wizard." Care to explain?

This isn't bloody American politics. How many times does this need to be explained? This is consistent with SEA parties.

By the way, I wish them the very best of luck.

[Arachaea]

People's Movement for EliziaPolitical Party

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Account Name: The Symplegades

Objective: "Reform, modernization, democratization, and enlightenment of Elizia and its people, growing a connection to the world while retaining a national identity, and building a socially just society"
Political Affiliations:

Ideology:
Social Democracy
Feminism
Environmentalism
Minority Interests
Left-wing Nationalism
Liberal Socialism
Aboriginal Interests
Left-Wing Islam
Vietnamese Interests
Indian Interests

Affiliated Organizations:
Socialist Youth of Elizia
Union of Teachers of Elizia
Union of Fishermen of Elizia
Women's Movement for Elizia

People:
Cornelius Sivousong-VanDerLoon

Location: Nationwide, headquarters in Kentang
Size: About an 8th of the former labor party belongs so far.
Typical Uniform/Attire: red t shirts, clothing with the logo, clothing with logos of the former Elizian Labour Party, trade union livery
Background: A successor party to Labour, proposed by Cornelius Sivousong VanDerLoon due to his dissatisfaction with the available alternatives.
Supports: SEE IDEOLOGY
Does not Support: FASCISM, MAOISM, ML, ETC

Any Questions from the Public to be answered? Feel free to ask

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

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Here is my new proposed party

I've got a question: In your ideology, you listed "left-wing nationalism," which, in my view, is as contradictory as saying "Liberal, racially-diverse KKK Grand Wizard." Care to explain?

Wikipedia lists Sinn Fein as Left-Wing Nationalist, and has an article on the subject.

[The Symplegades]

People's Movement for EliziaPolitical Party

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Account Name: The Symplegades

Objective: "Reform, modernization, democratization, and enlightenment of Elizia and its people, growing a connection to the world while retaining a national identity, and building a socially just society"
Political Affiliations:

Ideology:
Social Democracy
Feminism
Environmentalism
Minority Interests
Left-wing Nationalism
Liberal Socialism
Aboriginal Interests
Left-Wing Islam
Vietnamese Interests
Indian Interests

Affiliated Organizations:
Socialist Youth of Elizia
Union of Teachers of Elizia
Union of Fishermen of Elizia
Women's Movement for Elizia

People:
Cornelius Sivousong-VanDerLoon

Location: Nationwide, headquarters in Kentang
Size: About an 8th of the former labor party belongs so far.
Typical Uniform/Attire: red t shirts, clothing with the logo, clothing with logos of the former Elizian Labour Party, trade union livery
Background: A successor party to Labour, proposed by Cornelius Sivousong VanDerLoon due to his dissatisfaction with the available alternatives.
Supports: SEE IDEOLOGY
Does not Support: FASCISM, MAOISM, ML, ETC

Any Questions from the Public to be answered? Feel free to ask

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

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Here is my new proposed party

I've got a question: In your ideology, you listed "left-wing nationalism," which, in my view, is as contradictory as saying "Liberal, racially-diverse KKK Grand Wizard." Care to explain?

"Very good question, those in the party who describe themselves as left wing nationalists emphasize Elizia's unique role and contribution to the world, and seek to protect its customs, traditions, and cultures, they also view national construction on the basis of social justice, morality, and the reduction of old colonial influences"

[Filimons]

Mohammad Yusof bin Osman - Public Servant

Account Name: Filimons
Occupation: Commissioner of the Capital Police Force of Elizia

Political Ideology: Mohammad Yusof bin Osman is pressed by obligations of office to conceal anything but his Elizian patriotism.

Family: Yusof is married to Yasmin binti Zain (b. 1967, Arushijau), with whom he has four children: Ishak (b. 1993, Kelapas Utara), Amira (b. 1995, Kelapas Utara), Adnan (b. 1997, Kentang) and Yaacob (b. 2000, Kentang).
Background: Mohammad Yusof bin Osman (b. 30 May 1963, Kentang) is the current Commissioner of the Capital Police Force of Elizia. Having with his birth cured the suspected barrenness of his mother, the child was treated to a year or so of relative comfort, which was to be followed by a cradle of penury, for his father, a peasant pressured by need into the capital, was unable to provide for the family. His mother, being in need of consolation, was to recur to her faith; in guiding her child on the same path, she imposed a certain rectitude on his person.

The circumstances did not allow for a distinguished education at Jesuit school or “Oriental Harrow”, but he did not leave his state school as an illiterate man; on the contrary, he was well-versed in both English and Malay, which, along with his marvellously gregarious character, allowed for his finding placement at the National Police Academy. In due time, his unexceptional passage through the Academy’s rotting halls had come to its natural conclusion; Mohammad Yusof, son of Osman, was a policeman in the service of the Federal Republic.

He built a career as a policeman in Kelapas Province and the capital, Kentang, where he remained relatively uninvolved in the socio-political machinations which led to the régime’s collapse and succeeded in acquainting himself with the ethnic communities predominating in the cosmopolitan conurbation. Thus, he reached the upper spheres of the Elizian police service with an only minimally tarnished name; widely seen as an amicable, pious man, lesser controversies — accusations of “overly authoritarian” policing, for instance — could not impede his ascent. The government was, after all, neither able nor willing to find a man of his ability and experience with a better reputation. A firm hand was needed, perhaps.
Faith: Sunni Islam

Likes: Elizia, stability, well-policed cities, upstanding citizens, well-behaved children
Dislikes: Separatists, anarchists, rascals, criminals, vagabonds, spoilt brats, Western tourists

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• Will the Capital Police Force devote resources to the current drug issue? - That is a stupid question, sir. If I did not intend on addressing the issue, I would be of no use to my country.
• How does the Police Force intend to polish its image, which was tarnished during the régime? - We will strive to fulfil our sole function: protecting the citizenry. That alone will, with time, improve the negative perception some may have of this institution. Eventually, the populace will notice our attempts at rejuvenation; it will become evident that we are here — at our posts, that is — for the protection and security of all citizens of the Federation, which we all hold close to our hearts as our only fatherland.

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[FreYhill]

Chi Guozhi - Liberal Democrats

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Account Name: Freyhill
Occupation: Senator

Party Position(s):

Leader

Positions in Government:

Shadow Sec. Public Services

Constituency: Semalang
Political Ideology: Liberal Conservatism

Family: Chi Jinghua
Background: Born in 1983, Chi Guozhi was raised as an “Orphan Child” upon the detainship and eventual murder of his Chinese Parents - an act committed through an Elizian National Congress decree. Chi, however, was exempted from Chinese Genocide as he was “Welcomed” into an affluent household. Although Living with his new household throughout his Childhood and Preteens, his life was rather bad - with his non-biological Father locking Chi into the “Cupboard” for his disobedience towards the Elizian National Congress.

Aged 15, Chi Left his adopting household - deeming himself homeless within Inner Kentang. Regardless, Chi stormed on - with the then Teenager managing to gain support from various organisations and Influential Families. Utilising funding provided through Organisations, Chi Managed to flee Elizia and move to Canberra, Australia - where he worked as the Federal Member for Sturts’ (Christopher Pyne) Chief of Staff between 2004 and 2007.

During Chi’s Occupation at the Parliament of Australia, he utilised opportunities given to him to continue his Higher Education Studies - with the Chief of Staff Graduating from his Bachelor of Laws and Economics at the Australian National University. Upon Graduation, Chi Continued to work for the Commonwealth Government of Australia, with the then Chief of Staff “Promoted” to Julie Bishop’s Asian Affairs Advisor- where he worked until his resignation in 2015 due to the Orchid Revolution back in Elizia.

Returning to Elizia on a Diplomatic Passport representing AusAid, Chi had requested to his former boss to appoint him as the new Australian Ambassador of Elizia - with his predecessor murdered during the Revolution. Weeks Later, Bishop Nominated Chi as the new Australian Ambassador to Elizia, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Commending Chi’s work towards the Australian Government and the Elizian Nation as strong.

Upon the Establishment of the Interim Government of Elizia and the new Senate, Chi resigned from his Australian appointment and denounced his duel Australian Citizenship a week later to pursuit politics within the Elizian Federation. Joining the Liberal Democrats, the Backbench Senator “rose” through the ranks for the political organisation, with Chi later being appointed as Chief Whip and the Shadow Sec. of Public Services.

Likes: Liberal Conservatism, Fiscal Conservatism, Capitalism, Puns, Red Wine, Chinese Tea, Australia
Dislikes: Socialism, Communism, Cats, Islamic Tea, Elizian National Congress

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• "What is your view on your colleagues that jumped the Liberal Democratic ship when the party dropped behind the SLP in the polls?" -
  First Things First - Thanks for the excellent question. In Regards to it, I believe that overall, its the choice of the Senator on what Political Organisation they wish to be affiliated with. However, I believe that the "Immediate" transfer of affiliation to the Social Liberal's could have been premature - considering that we're now in a Coalition with the SLP. Regardless, due to being in a hostile political battleground, transferring political affiliations tend to be common - with multiple Social Liberal Senators for example, transferring to the Elizian Liberal Democrats.

Public Voting Record
Bill                      
Vote    Result

Time Zone Act: 
AYE     AYE

Association of Southeast Asian Nations Membership Act: 
AYE     AYE

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Membership Act:  
AYE     AYE

World Trade Organization Membership Act:  
AYE     AYE

National Education Framework Establishment Act:  
AYE      AYE

An Act Addressing Chinese Aggression in the South China Sea: 
NAY     NAY

Obstruction of Justice Act: 
AYE     AYE

Repeal of the Elizian Housing Act: 
AYE     NAY

National Leniency Act: 
NAY     NAY

Government Tax Revenue Act: 
AYE     AYE

Criminal Code: 
AYE     AYE

Unemployment Insurance Clarification Act: 
AYE     AYE

Federal Civil Service Act: 
AYE     AYE

Appointment to the Chairman of the Truth, Dignity and Reconciliation Committee: 
AYE     AYE

Appointment to the Head of the Central Bank: 
AYE     AYE

The Budget: 
NAY     AYE

Collective Bargaining and Trade Union Rights Act: 
ABSTAIN     AYE

Commission of Court Aediles Act: 
AYE     AYE

Constitutional (Overhaul) Amendment Act: 
AYE     AYE

Constitutional Amendment (ParliPro) Act: 
AYE     AYE

National Railway Network Act: 
AYE     AYE

National Memorial Commission (Establishment) Act: 
ABSTAIN     AYE

Criminal Code (Narcotics Trade) Amendment Act: 
AYE     AYE

Elizian Immunisation Act: 
AYE     AYE

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Semalang

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Account Name: Freyhill
Elected Representative: Chi Guozhi

Population: 240,000
Ethnic Composition:

Chinese 76%
Malay 10%
Indigenous 8%
Anglo 4%
Other 2%

Background: The Electorate of Semalang in Kelapas Province is a large Metropolitan Electorate backed by the Tourist and Trading Industries. Dominated by “Middle Class” Chinese and Malay Citizens, Semalang is considered to be one of the most affluent regions of the Federation - though Homelessness and Poverty rose during the mass exodus of the Chinese under the Elizian National Congress' reign. Advocating for a Strong and Better Semalang in a Strong and Better Elizia, Senator and Shadow Secretary for Public Services Chi Guozhi had been elected as the Representative for the Electorate of Semalang in June 2016 with an Electoral Margin of 71% (21,219).
Religion:

Buddhist 69%
Sunni Muslim 15%
Irreligious 7%
Christian 5%
Other 4%

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Shadow Public Services Sec. & Leader of the Liberal Democrats is open for questions from all.

[Costa Fierro]

Bandarbaru

Account Name: Costa Fierro
Elected Representative: Christopher Ching

Population: 241,118
Ethnic Composition:

49% Malay, 42% Chinese, 8% Vietnamese, 1% Other

Background: Bandarbaru (meaning New Town) was originally a planned suburb in which British government officials and other foreigners could live in separate from the downtown core of Kentang. However, the plans were dropped due to the Second World War as well as Elizian independence. The area was not developed until the early 1970's and development haphazardly occurred over the next three decades. Bandarbaru became (by Elizian standards) a middle class suburb of Kentang but wasn't officially incorporated as such until 1995.
Religion:

32% Sunni
12% Shia
3% Ahmadiyya
2% Quranist
21% Buddhism
17% Taoism
6% Confucianism
3% Cao Dai
1% Falun Gong
0.5% Christianity
0.5% Atheist/Agnostic

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[New Tuva SSR]

Jaya Agung Rakhiparteng - Independent

Account Name: New Tuva SSR
Occupation: Senator

Party Position(s):
Positions in Government: Senator, Director of the National Healthcare Fund
Constituency: Semenanjung FCD
Political Ideology: Social Democracy

Family: Najwa Mahmet Rakhiparteng (wife), Sofya (daughter)
Background: Born in 1973 to a middle-class Malay mother and Javan father in Kentang, Jaya lived in Semenanjung for his entire childhood. Living in the vast urban sprawl was hard for someone so gifted like him, with so many great ideas squandered. Until he became 20, when he entered politics as a founder of the Socialist Party of Elizia, a leftist group supporting equal rights. For twenty years, he championed his noble cause as Mayor of Semenanjung until the Orchid Revolution, when he became the main protest leader in Kentang and demanded the fall of the Regime. He was thrown in jail for three years for the protests, and was widely welcomed as a hero when he left. He was almost immediately elected Senator and granted leadership of the National Healthcare Fund, a non-profit organization providing welfare to the poorest people in the nation founded by him in 2004.
Faith: Secular

Likes: LGBTQIA+ Rights, Environmental Protection, Marijuana Legalization, democracy, socialism, healthcare, welfare, equal pay
Dislikes: far-rightism, conservatism, authoritarianism, the ENC, Elizia First, Big Pharma, the rich

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• Do you hate police after the Orchid Revolution? - No, I hate the people that orchestrated the crackdowns, like the bastard bin Osman.

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[New Tuva SSR]

Semenanjung

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Account Name: New Tuva SSR
Elected Representative: Jaya Rakhiparteng

Population: 340,000
Ethnic Composition: 76% Malay, 17% Chinese, 7% Vietnamese
Background: Semenanjung is a seaside district on the Kentang Peninsula, with Semenanjung literally meaning "Peninsula". The city was built by the Dutch in 1875 as a small fishing village and later grew into a large city, connecting with Kentang as part of the metropolitan area. During the Second World War, the Japanese bombed Semenanjung heavily and occupied the city, executing a major portion of the Chinese and Vietnamese populations. In the 1950s and 60s, the city blew up with the rest of Elizia. The city has always been pro-liberal and was a major center of the Orchid Revolution when it took place, leading to mass arrests. However, many big CEOs did resign and the people took over companies and franchises.
Religion: 70% Muslim, 30% Theravada Buddhist
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[Collatis]

Ba Sing Ghey

Account Name: Collatis
Elected Representative: Kevin Katdare (LD)

Population: 100,000
Ethnic Composition:

40% Malay, 25% Indian, 15% Vietnamese, 10% Chinese, 5% Caucasian, 5% Other

Background: Ba Sing Ghey is a medium sized city in West Elizia. It is known for being one of the largest concentrations of Indians in Elizia, and for being at the forefront of modernization. Historically the city had been majority Malay and undeveloped, but after the British took control of Elizia they imported massive amounts of foreign workers, and built up the cities infrastructure. By the 1960s, Ba Sing Ghey was one of the largest cities in Elizia, thanks to its strong merchant middle class made up of the city's large Indian, Vietnamese, and Chinese populations. However, after the Elizian Red Scare's decimation said communities, the city fell into a deep depression that it would not recover from for decades. The city's fortunes wouldn't turn around until the 21st century when expatriate Kevin Katdare moved back to Elizia. By expanding his business to Ba Sing Ghey, he provided employment opportunities for many who had had none before, and helped to rebuild the city's crumbling infrastructure and private sector. Katdare worked with the mayor's office to modernize the city in ways that had not been seen since the early 1970s. The city was a hotbed for anti-ENC sentiment during the Orchid Revolution. After the government fell, and the provisional government was established, Ba Sing Ghey elected Kevin Katdare to represent them in the Senate. Today Ba Sing Ghey has partially returned to its pre-ENC glory, with a growing middle class, and its increasing reputation as an impressive cultural center.
Religion:

40% Sunni, 20% Hindu, 20% Buddhist, 10% Irreligious, 5% Christian, 5% Other

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[New Tuva SSR]

National Healthcare Fund - Welfare Organization

Account Name: New Tuva SSR

Objective: To spread healthcare to all poor citizens of the nation of Elizia.
Political Affiliations: Senator Jaya Rakhiparteng (SLP), the City of Semenanjung

Location: Semenanjung
Size: 300 Volunteers
Typical Uniform/Attire: N/A
Background: In 2004, then-Mayor of Semenanjung Jaya Rakhiparteng saw that his city's people were in some cases starving and becoming malnourished. As someone who has a close relationship with the city and knew kids his age who had been through the same, thid was unacceptable. So, with consent of the Semenanjung City Board, the National Healthcare Fund was founded. Detailed as such because in 2011, the NHF's services expanded to the entire Federal Capital District. During the Orchid Revolution, the NHF Headquarters, a small building in Semenanjung, was burned by police. The NHF tooks years to rebound, but is finally back to its old place.
Supports: Healthcare, Social Democracy, SLP, LD
Does not Support: Rightism, Elizia First and allies, but has no official bias

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• How many citizens do you serve? - We estimate about 135,000 take in our benefits

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[Bleckonia]

Liang Guanyu (梁冠宇) - Liberal Democrats

Account Name: Bleckonia
Occupation: Senator/Mathematician

Party Position(s):

Chief Whip

Positions in Government:

None

Constituency: Nanjiang West, Jinyu
Political Ideology: Conservative liberalism, economic liberalism, internationalism

Family: None
Background: Born in 1959 to an working class family, Liang Guanyu is the child of Chinese immigrants who fled communist rule and is a first-generation Elizian. He attended the University of Chicago from 1977 to 1981, where he earned a degree in mathematics, and attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1981 to 1984, where he earned his Ph.D. in mathematics with a specialty in differential geometry. He became a professor of mathematics at Nanjiang University in 2002, where he is still a professor.
Faith: Theravada Buddhism

Likes: Golf, mathematics, astronomy, the occasional toke of ganja
Dislikes: Beer, communists, nationalists, reality TV

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• Why are you so anti-communist? - After hearing the horror stories from my parents, who fled Mao's regime, I realized that communism creates a system just as greedy, if not more greedy, than capitalism. The difference is that capitalism works and doesn't relegate the populace to a life of poverty. In this country, my parents were able to work hard, become successful, and provide me and my siblings an education.

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[Collatis]

Ha Ram Be - Liberal Democrats

Account Name: Collatis
Occupation: Member of the Jinyu Legislative Assembly (MLA)

Party Position(s): N/A
Positions in Government: N/A
Constituency: Nanjiang
Political Ideology: Radical centrism, pragmatism, secularism

Family: Wan Shi Tong (wife)
Background: Ha Ram Be comes from a Chinese family that has lived in Elizia since the turn of the century. His ancestors were brought over by the British as laborers, and moved up the social and economic hierarchy over time. By the time he was born, Ha Ram Be's family was part of the emerging Chinese middle class in Elizia. However, their new found prosperity did not last long, thanks to the ENC sponsored anti-Chinese riots of the 1970s. It was this tragedy that got Ha Ram Be first interested in politics. He saw the widespread poverty and discrimination that had decimated the Chinese community in Jinyu, and resolved to do his best to eliminate it. After graduating from university, Ha Ram Be protested the oppressive ENC rule, eventually joining in the Orchid Revolution. That's where he met Kevin Katdare, one of the leaders of the National Council for Democratic Salvation. Through Kevin, he further developed his ideology into the pragmatic centrism he follows today. After the ENC was defeated and the new government was formed, Kevin recruited Ha Ram Be to run for the Jinyu Legislative Assembly as a Liberal Democrat. He won a resounding victory, and serves as an MLA today.
Faith: Nothing in particular, but spiritual

Likes: Chinese minority rights, devolution, White Castle, dogs (but not in that way)
Dislikes: The Elizian National Congress, discrimination, inequality

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• Have you ever smoked opium with former President Kevin Katdare? - Kevin Katdare and I are very good friends, and have been for some time. However, I assure you that neither of us smokes opium. We do both have a love of the American fast food chain White Castle though.

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[FreYhill]

Chi Weici - Liberal Democrats

Account Name: Freyhill
Occupation: Business Leader

Party Position(s):

Membership

Positions in Government:

N/A

Political Ideology: Liberal Conservatism

Family: Chi Guozhi
Background:Born in 1968, Chi Weici (Born Bu Weici) was chased and traumatised by the Elizian National Congress for most of her childhood due to her Chinese Ethnicity. Nonetheless, Chi’s fears increased during her teen years, where her father was shot in the kidney due to an ENC Order. Chi Weici & her Mother, like many Chinese, fled Elizia to nearby nations, with the Bu family moving to Canberra, Australia under a Humanitarian Visa.

During Chi’s teenage years in Australia, she was enrolled in Canberra Girls Grammar School(CGGS), where she graduated and started tertiary education at the Australian National University (ANU), studying Business & Commerce. During Chi’s studies at the Australian National University, she had met her later to be husband and companion Chi Guozhi, who was studying Law and Economics. Both Graduating in 2013, the pair had married and worked in their relative fields before moving back to Elizia due to the Orchid Revolution in 2015.

Despite Chi Guozhi becoming the Australian Ambassador for Elizia, Weici had established Chi Investments with her rather high income reserves from her work back in the Australian Capital. Now a Medium Investment Enterprise in the Federation, Chi’s Enterprise is on track to becoming one of the largest within the Federation, with the company expected to list on the Stock Exchange in the coming years.
Faith: Buddhist

Likes: Liberal Conservatism, Free Markets, Felines, Semalang, Chi Guozhi, Coca-Cola, Chi Investments
Dislikes: Elizia First, Corruption, Pepsi

Any Questions from the Public to be answered?

• "Ms. Chi, Why do you hate the drink of the heavens?" -
  Pepsi is disgusting, and I shall advocate Coca-Cola International to allow me to purchase the rights to establish Coca-Cola Elizia, a brand under Chi Investments.

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[Ainin]

Dislikes: Elizia First, Corruption, Pepsi

"Ms. Chi," a fedora-clad journalist called out from the stands. "Ahmad bin Suparman, Burning Tire. Why do you hate the drink of the heavens?"

[FreYhill]

Dislikes: Elizia First, Corruption, Pepsi

"Ms. Chi," a fedora-clad journalist called out from the stands. "Ahmad bin Suparman, Burning Tire. Why do you hate the drink of the heavens?"

Pepsi is disgusting, and I shall advocate Coca-Cola International to allow me to purchase the rights to establish Coca-Cola Elizia, a brand under Chi Investments.

[The Intergalactic Universe Corporation]

Marilyn Tan Ching-I - Liberal Democrats

Account Name: The Intergalactic Universe Corporation
Occupation: Business Leader

Party Position(s):

Membership

Positions in Government:

N/A

Constituency: N/A
Political Ideology: Right libertarianism, Capitalism, Pragmatism, Meritocracy, Secularism

Family: Arthur Tan
Background: Wife of Arthur Tan. Born daughter to a grocer.
Faith: Taoism

Likes: Free markets, Kemakmuran, Arthur Tan, Capitalism, Meritocracy, Kemakmuran Group of Companies
Dislikes: Pepsi, Socialism, Corruption, Crony Capitalism, Elizia First

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*

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