Character Archive-Washington Political RP

by **Alozia** » Thu May 18, 2017 9:04 am

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Alozia
Character Name: Henry Oliver Caldwell
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 65
Character Height: 5 ft 9
Character Weight: 175 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Representative from Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District (since 2001), Boston's Council Member (1980-1990), Massachusetts House of Representatives Member (1990-2000)
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Massachusetts
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Experienced
Main Weaknesses: his House career is unfruitful, career politician, somewhat old
Biography: Born on 6 June 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother Claire Proulx was an immigrant from France who left her home country shortly after WWII. His father, George Olivier was a french translator which allowed him to meet his future wife. Thanks to his father's well paying job he was able to attend the Harvard University where he majored in Liberal Arts.

His political career began in college where he protested against Republican president Richard Nixon (and was arrested on one occasion). Later on he ran for Boston's City Councillor position and won as a Democrat in 1980. Since then he was a member. Up until now As a Representative from Massachusetts 7th district he didn't pass a single bill, but often found himself advocating for or against certain bills. He was nicknamed "the Advocate" by many news outlets. In 2016 he ran without major problems recieving 65% of the vote. Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Opposes war, supports free healthcare and tuition-free college. Member of the United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats and United States House Committee on Ethics. Former member of the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules.

He supports full marijuana legalization. Supports LGBT rights and tuition-free college. Seen as progressive, wants to unify the left. Even if it may be (or even is) impossible.

Married to Nancy Caldwell (Born 1953) since 1983. Has 3 children and 5 grand children.

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by **United Christian** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:19 pm

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: United Christian
Character Name: Kenneth Lockett III
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 35 (2017)
Character Height: 6’ 0"
Character Weight: 200
Character Position/Role/Job: Brooklyn City Council Chairman
Appearance: (Image)
Character State of Origin: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Progressive Party
Main Strengths: Driven, Flexibility, Tolerant, Critical Thinker, Analytical, Intelligent, Responsible, Leader, Organized, Responsible, True to his Word
Main Weaknesses: Manipulative, Conniving, Unpredictable, History of Mental Illnesses, Critical, Rude, Extremely Short Tempered, Dangerous, Inpatient, Rare to compromise key points, Picky, Loud when in heated discussion, Too Selfless, Too many projects
Biography: Kenneth Lockett III was born on January 9, 1982 to Jaqui and Kenneth Lockett II in New York, New York. He was raised in impoverished circumstances, with the threat of bank foreclosure on the block they lived on. Throughout his High School career, his overachieved and worked into politics and law. He was elected Student Council President his senior year after losing 3 years in a row and ranked 3rd in his class with a 3.8 GPA. He also was in the state’s Youth Assembly.

He won best Senate Statesmen every year however lost the youth governorship. He entered New York University in 2000 majoring in Political Science and History. During this time he interned at the mayor’s office. He graduated in 2004 and was accepted into Harvard Law School that fall graduating in 2008. Lockett was elected at the age of 26 to the Brooklyn City Council as one of the younger members in the city’s legislative history after graduating from Harvard. He was re-elected to the council at 29 for his second, and last consecutive term. He was elected co-chairman of the council. In 2011, Lockett joined the state department as a Political Officer and was first deployed at the New York Office. From 2013, Lockett was deployed across the world, coming back home in 2015. He then ran for Brooklyn City Council in the 2016 election winning by 2 points was elected council chairman once again. He’s been praised across his community as being a strong leader and a hardline progressive. He fought for a progressive agenda across Brooklyn and the city as a whole. He's a divorced gay man, his former husband was New York Millionaire Jackson Smith, He has two little brothers, Samuel and Nikolay as well as two older brother Jackson and Bailey. He identifies as a Libertarian Socialist and is one of the more aggressive people in politics willing to go to whatever lengths needed to get the job done.
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by **Strommend** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 3:50 am

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NS Nation Name: Strommend
Character Name: Jason G. Barrett
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 22
Character Height: 5 ft 10 in
Character Weight: 170 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Senior Partner Spark Capital, seeking further employment
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: New Hampshire
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Libertarian (Centrist)
Main Strengths: Extremely well studied, hard working, open minded, quick witted, resourceful and willing
Main Weaknesses: Doesn't back down from an argument, defined superiority complex, overly ambitious and can be lazy if it suits him. Jason's main ability weakness is in his incessant and often completely unnecessary knee jerk lying or use of "alternate facts" that in the past has caused much scrutiny and often landed him in awkward situations.
Biography: Jason Barrett was born in Concord, New Hampshire on the 23rd March 1995. The youngest son of a relatively affluent and wealthy family in NH, Jason was educated at a private school for much of his school-hood. His ambition and passion for politics and economics in the real world from a relatively young age fuelled stellar grades in most subjects, not the ones he didn't enjoy, and a hardworking attitude. Upon reaching 18 years of age, Jason left for the United Kingdom where he studied philosophy, politics and economics for 3 years at Trinity College, Oxford, a highly prestigious school. Upon his return he took a job as a senior partner at his brothers investment and brokerage firm in New York city. After a year in this role Jason is eager to move on and get some experience in the brutal world of politics, eyes set upon influence, power and legacy.

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by **Sarenium** » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:57 pm

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Sarenium
Character Name: Thomas Bradley
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 62
Character Height: 184cm
Character Weight: 88kg
Character Position/Role/Job: Senator for Illinois, Former Secretary of State of Illinois
Appearance: (Photo preferred, not required)

Character State of Origin: New Hampshire
Character State of Residence: Illinois
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Fiery speaker, transparent and honest. Strongly spoken debater, keeps to the facts. Charismatic and approachable.
Main Weaknesses: Indecisive under pressure, highly distrusting, good at building on already existent relationships, horrible at building new ones. Lacks personal patronage and poor connections from himself. He had an 'experimental' college time.

Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)

Thomas Bradley (born 23 June 1955) was born in Manchester, New Hampshire to parents Eliza and Howard Bradley. At 18, he graduated from his father's private secondary school and was accepted to study at Harvard Law. His father and he had a strained upbringing from the death of his mother when he was 8. Raised to be a devout catholic, in 1996 he was triumphant in the Democratic primaries and went on to be elected with a large majority. Before then he became a prominent political figure in his successful bid for Secretary of State of Illinois in 1990. His previous attempt in 1986 was foiled after an accusation was levied at him which declared he had a 'less than professional' conduct with an intern. In 1990 a second attempt to foil his candidacy by an establishment candidate failed to gain traction by the young family's constant appearances on the campaign trail. An ex-girlfriend of his accused him of rape in his early years at college but Brady refused the charges as he was out of town. The ex-girlfriend was not the only person, currently, a list of 4 ladies accusing the Senator of assault or misconduct exists but none of the four have been able to back their claims and Brady himself has denied even knowing two of them.

He went to Illinois with his wife, Annabel Louise-Johnson, before they were married in late 1982, his position on immigration has been a slightly harsher one than most Democrats as he believes that a comprehensive reform to Immigration is needed otherwise 'The United States will not be able to heal this divide between us'. He has supported huge reform efforts. He also supports Universal Healthcare and reforming the ability of corporations to influence elections. Initially planning to win the seat as an independent, he instead took to a grassroots campaign to win the Democratic Primary. Bradley's Catholicism did not prevent him from voting for the repeal of DADT and he has supported the rights of Gays and Lesbians in the military. A supporter of a more domestically focused America, he has proposed bills intended to increase healthcare access for the lower income. Bradley's position on gun control has been that background checks should be instilled and that the CDC should be asked to research all effects of gun control and presently active gun legislation. He campaigned strongly against the Dickey Amendment and has attempted to repeal it twice, in 2007 and in 2009, but even with Democrats in control of both houses, and the Presidency on the second count, efforts to pass the Repeal stagnated. He voted against US military action in Iraq arguing that it was inadequately prepared for.

In the lead-up to the 1996 Senate Election, he campaigned heavily for a comprehensive healthcare reform bill and ridiculed Arkansas Congressman, Jay Dickey for wanting Americans to be uninformed on the appropriate plan for a path to common-sense agreeable gun control. He has oftentimes been considered to be a moderate Democrat given his stance on immigration and taxes counter-balancing his position on gun control and healthcare.

Bradley personally opposes Abortion but argues that the state has no place in deciding the reproductive rights of a woman. In 1984 he married Annabel Louise-Johnson and in 1987, he became father to daughter Eliza, named after his mother. From a young age, he's been passionately fired up about common-sense gun regulations. In 2000, he refused to endorse either of the Democratic front runners in the lead up to the convention. In 2002 he was re-elected with a wider margin than in 1996. Bradley has opposed significantly raised taxes on the wealthiest of Americans and has repeatedly attempted to increase Medicaid to the lowest income Americans. He has pushed firmly for immigration laws which tighten the restrictions on prospective immigrants and has argued for US withdrawal from the Israeli situation. An excerpt of an address he made at the University of Chicago in 2015;
"The United States can cultivate a relationship with our allies in Europe determined to prosperously and delicately address the imbalance of the Middle East. A closer relationship with Russia, China and Japan can give us the means to address Israeli-Palestine relations directly."

The Senator enjoys chess and a good game of Monopoly, he has reportedly succumbed to House of Cards and Scandal.

Most recent Senate Election; 2014, margin 53.5%.
Election history;
2008; 60.4%
2002; 56.6%
1996; 51.2%

Other Info: He also has two other children, another daughter, Lola (1993) and son, Jason (1998).
Other Info (2): The Senator's accusations of rape have been likened to being similar to those levied against President Tom Pallot

Electoral margins based on general Democratic performance in those years, in Illinois, 1996 was an open seat. 2002 and 2008 were wider margins as historically evident. 2014 was made a smaller margin.
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by **Rygondria** » Wed Oct 04, 2017 2:47 pm

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NS Nation Name: Rygondria
Character Name: Francis Dudley
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 48
Character Role: Governor of Arizona
Appearance: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/arc ... 18378c.jpg
Character State of Origin: Texas
Character Affiliation (Democrat, Republican or Non-Aligned): Republican
Main Strengths: Has access to sizable funds through his ownership of Dudley oil, he has a way with crowds and can rally them up rather easily
Main Weaknesses: He has a temper on him and if provoked enough can fly into rages which can lower his credibility among voters.
Short Bio: Francis Dudley was born in 1968 in the Fort Worth area to two upper class who made their fortune in the oil business. Growing up it you could say that Francis and his family where living the american dream, A nice house in the country, a car for both parents, ownership of a profitable company, etc . Since birth Francis was groomed to take over Dudley oil when his father retired, but that nearly not the case, Because when the OPEC oil embargo hit the Us and Western Europe during the early 70s Dudley oil was hit hard since their investments in Middle Eastern oil where cut off by the embargo and their domestic production was not enough to meet consumer demand, If it was not for his father making quick some say shady financial decisions the company would of gone under. During his adolescence he was educated in a variety of prep and elite boarding schools and eventually due to his fathers connections and his good grades got into Harvard and got his degree in Business and finance.

His Father retired in 1998 and as planned Francis took over as owner and CEO of Dudley oil and moved corporate Hq to Phoenix, he newly adopted home. He then began acquiring assets in the middle east, Alaska, Texas, and expanding the operations they already had. in 2004 he announced his candidacy for the Arizona House of Representatives for the Phoenix district, despite his opponents accusation of Francis's temper and his lack of political experience he still won the seat anyway and surprisingly was considered to be a very competent representative. During the 2008 elections he attempted to run for Us Senate, despite his best efforts he lost His senatorial bid and he decided to go back to Managing Dudley oil while plotting further moves. In 2014 Dudley announced his candidacy for the governorship of Arizona, Despite accusations of only looking out for the one percent and his bias towards the cities rather than the rural citizens he won a majority of the vote due to his promises of tighter criminal punishment, increased Economic development for both cities and rural communities, and protection of second amendment rights. During his current tenure he campaigned for tighter immigration laws and deportation of dangerous illegals, But surprisingly he made approved programs that would speed up the integration process of legal immigrants, such as free or reduced priced English classes, Programs to educate them about the American lifestyle, and general background checks for criminal behavior. He also began projects to expand economic development of the cities and certain rural areas. Controversy appeared during the third year of his administration when during a press conference he called a female heckler a "Fat Cow" which caused his opponents to accuse him of sexism in hopes it would weaken him in the upcoming election. Currently Francis is preparing for his campaign for reelection and surprisingly the polls are in his favor against his democratic opponent but time well tell if Dudley's charisma, Finances, and Texan charm will win him a second term.

Other Info: none

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by **Meelducan** » Sat Nov 04, 2017 6:24 am

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NS Nation Name: Commie PAt
Character Name: Donald Johnson
Character Gender: boy

Character Age: 60
Character Role: congressman of California, democrat candidate for Senator
Character State of Origin: California
Character Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Good politician, good Man, good Speaker, Smart
Main Weaknesses: Slow, Cold, old, Bad Debater, sad
Short Bio:
Donald Johnson was born in fresno California to a man and a woman who loved him very much. they took good care of him and so he wanted to go into Politics. but more importantly he wanted to help people so he became a Doctor first by going to College at Yale University, then medical school in John S Hopkins. he moved back to California and became a surgeon of children at the Fresno Hospital. at the Hospital he saved many lives and became very Popular.

When he was Fifty, he became the best Doctor in california for saving the life of 10 people who got in a car accident during when no one thought they could live. so he ran for congress; winning as a Democrat just barely after a very Difficult Campaign. the man he ran against, Howard Jackson turned out to be a murderer of the lady he had Sex with and was Arrested so Johnson had a very good win. After Serving in Congress for a while and making a lot of good Laws about Healthcare Reform and educations mostly Johnson has Decided to run for Senator so he can continue to Help People.
Other Info: Donald Johnson is a Christian and is Very popular

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by **Pantorrum** » Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:14 pm

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Pantorrum

Character Name: Richard Parsons

Character Gender: Male

Character Age: 57

Character Role: US Representative for the 3rd Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Pennsylvania

Character Party Affiliation: GOP

Main Strengths: Solid support among moderate Republican base, charismatic, name recognition, party 'Establishment' member, great leader, manipulative

Main Weaknesses: Seen by Conservatives as too moderate (a RINO, even), seen as a political elite and a career politician

Biography:
Richard was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was raised in a politically divided family. His mother was a well to do Liberal Democrat, and his father was a Conservative Republican. He grew up surrounded in heated political arguments between his parents, arguments that would change his very core beliefs throughout life. His mother and father would both have a profound affect on the future House Majority Whip that would encourage nearly every decision he would come to make.

After graduating High School he would attend Harvard University, part of the good fortunate of having been born into a rather wealthy family. His father had been a very successful Pennsylvania State Senator, and had himself graduated from Harvard University with an 8 year degree in law. Richard had hoped to follow in his footsteps. And he would, all the way up until he graduated with a degree in Business Law. Unlike his father, however, the young 26 year old law school graduate had little interest in politics at the time. he had grown sick of it over the years of dealing with his politically polarized parents. Instead, he would go on to make his own law practice just a year after graduating. He rented an office in Erie, and moved there with little more than his possessions. He had promised his father that he would succeed without their financial help.

By the time he was 30, he had a thriving practice. He was well known around the city, representing dozens of businesses in claims, winning 68% of his cases. His big break, however, would come when he turned 31. He was hired by the McDonalds Corporation as a new lawyer on their team, and would gain national coverage when defending them before a Congress. He would go on to defend them in 3 more cases by the time he was 35. And in those 4 years, he would find himself representing Golden Corral and Red lobster in a couple cases. His name had spread across the country as one of the best Corporate Lawyers out there. And has his name spread, so did his fortune. Eventually, though, his aspirations grew. He wanted to be more than a lawyer, representing corporate interests. He wanted to be more than someone who is known only in the court room.

Upon turning 35, he made the decision to run for US Representative in his district, Pennsylvania's third district. In a tough and bitter primary, he fought back accusations of being a corporate puppet, and claims by his opponent that he might as well have been McDonalds itself running for office. Despite the three term congressman's claims about the up and coming candidate to replace him, Parsons only benefited. He managed to play on the Congressman's mudslinging, capitalizing on it at just the right time. He spoke elegantly and remained constantly composed. As the primary stretched on, however, his opponent seemed only more frustrated. Between Parsons perfectly timed jabs and elegant, charismatic message of a new Pennsylvania, the congressman was unable to hold a lead. Parsons would win the primary in 56% to 44%, and would go on to narrowly defeat the Democratic challenger 51% to 49%.

The tight victory in '96 would be the first of many wins to come. In the House, he quickly became close with establishment leadership. He was appointed to the House Commerce Committee, where he would forward legislation that would eventually be passed on the house floor. By the end of his first term, the Senate would pass his bill, the American Business Act, but the President would promptly veto it. The bill would give tax incentives to American businesses, and raise tariffs on imported goods over the next 4 years as to encourage more inward investments by American companies. The president stated the bill was unfair to competition, but his efforts were not without reward. His constituency approved of the long 2 year battle he had fought to get the bill to the Presidency, and they rewarded him with a 53% to 47% win in 1998. He would win again in 2000 with 60% of the vote after compromising with Democratic opposition to get the Lake Erie Development Act passed, a bill that gave cities along the Erie coast 700 million dollars to invest in infrastructure and business development. In 2001, he was appointed as Chairman of the newly created House Economic Development Sub Committee, where he would draft dozens of business proposals to help small business in the North East. By 2002, only one of his drafts would make it to the floor and pass, just to be defeated in the Senate. The proposal would have brought the Corporate Tax Rate down 4%. he would win his reelection in 2002 with 56% of the vote.

He would go on to be appointed the House Majority Whip in 2004 after winning a narrow victory with only 49% of the vote, with 4% going to a right leaning independent from Erie. the election would kick him into overdrive as he hoped to rebuild his constituencies faith in him. He would go on to cosponsor almost 6 bills between 2004 and 2006, one of which would become law. It made abortions more difficult to have after 3 months. His success in the House on behalf of the Erie voter would gain him a resounding victory in 2006 as he drew in 52% of the vote in a contested 3 way election.

He would go on to be appointed as the Chairman of the House Commerce Committee, and would push dozens of bills to house floor before 2008. He was appointed to House Budget Committee, and was an outspoken opponent to raising spending on Defense. It was an odd argument for a Republican to make, but his colleagues would end up raising the Defense budget by less than half of what they had originally wanted to. He was also instrumental in bringing about a 2% tax cut on the middle class. He would go unopposed in 2008. As his party went into the minority, he would become the House Minority leader. He was exactly what the Republican establishment wanted, a moderate willing to compromise to get the job done and appeal to average Americans. He would isolate conservative voters in doing so, but he managed to compromise with the Democratic majority and work hand in hand with the new Speaker to get a number of Republican ideas implements. His bipartisan leadership appealed to his local constituency, but nation wide he was ridiculed by a large Conservative Constituency that thought he was RINO. Fox News would blast him for the entire 2 years until his re-election, while CNN and NBC would talk of his unyielding devotion to compromise. he won re-election in 2010 unopposed, and would continue to serve as the House Minority Leader. His biggest error in his careers would come after he compromised on Abortion, allowing the Democratic majority to repeal prior legislation making it difficult to have post-3 month abortions. In 2011, he would compromise on the budget, allowing the Democrats to cut Defense Spending and implement welfare spending hikes that many on the far right were opposed to. He would quickly become despised by Conservatives, and would resign his Minority Leadership later that same year after his daughter died in a skiing accident.

In 2012, he would go unopposed once again. As his party regained a Majority, Parsons was chosen as House Majority Whip, and went on to push multiple pro-business bills that would ultimately stall on the Senate Floor. He would ensure the passing of almost 37 bills, making that Congress one of the most active in decades. None would pass the Democrat controlled Senate. never the less, in 2014, he won an overwhelming 62-38 election, and once again retained the position of House Majority Whip. He would go on to ensure the passing of a Vocational Education Bill that gave additional funding to vocational training programs, something crucial for a number of jobs in the Erie area. The bill would come into affect in late 2013.

He would run again in 2014, winning 56% of the vote against his first opponent in a long time. His victory allowed him to continue serving as the House Majority Whip, an cosponsored a number of bills that would come to benefit the economy of the North Eastern United States. He now serves as the Chairman of the house Commerce Committee and the House Budget Committee, aside from being the Majority Whip. He would be re-elected again in 2016.

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Pantorrum
Character Name: Allen Fitch
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 64
Character Height: 5'11"
Character Weight: 155
Character Position/Role/Job: Former Principle Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Pennsylvania
Character State of Residence: Washington, D.C.
Character Party Affiliation: Independent
Main Strengths: Skilled Speaker and well tempered, Political Connections, Intelligent, Experience
Main Weaknesses: Arrogant, Little Name Recognition, viewed as old and to traditional, "elitist", terrible with technology,
Biography:
Allen was born the son of a successful US Senator who served on the Senate Intelligence Committee for 12 years. He grew up on a nice estate and lived a privileged childhood, attending private schools and living an upper class lifestyle. When he graduated from the 12th grade, Allen attended Harvard where he attained a degree in Law. His father wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and run for political office one day. He would only work in the law field for a few short years, soon after taking up an interest in law enforcement. To the disapproval of his father, he applied for a field position with the FBI in the White Collar Crimes Division. He would, due to his fathers influence, get accepted to the academy.
By the age of 30, he was well on his way within the FBI. He had worked on several major cases, and had gained recognition throughout the Bureau. he had worked his way to the top through genuine devotion and honesty, characteristics that became well known about him. he worked his cases publically, being as transparent as possible. By the time he was 38, the CIA had taken up interest in hiring him in an administrative position after the FBI refused him the promotion to Assistant Director of the Private Crimes Division. He would accept the offer, transferring to the CIA where he would work for the next 12 years. By the time he turned 50, he was the Deputy Director of the agency, having been appointed by the Director himself (who just so happened to be the close friend of the deceased senator who was Allen's father). He would work in this capacity for a short while, and when he turned 57 the current president appointed him to the position of Principle Deputy Director of National Intelligence. Honored, he had hoped to remain in the position for some time.
Unfortunately, things didn't pan out. After 7 years in the position, he resigned following a dispute over questionable activities the CIA had been involved in. He was morally opposed to an unsanctioned operation the CIA was preparing to conduct on US Soil, and was distraught to learn that the Intelligence Community had been spying on Americans. He would resign in a very private disagreement. He now hopes that the new President would bring him into consideration for the job of Director of National Intelligence, a role he has long yearned for. He has hopes of changing the 17 member US Intellgience Community from the inside out, building public trust and bringing transparency to the US Intelligence Departments.
Other Info: Hopes to be appointed as the Director of National Intelligence

by **Uttland** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:11 pm

*vomits*

by **Meelducan** » Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:04 am

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Meelducan

Character Name: Arthur Arlen

Character Gender: M

Character Age: 64

Character Height: 5’6”

Character Weight: 167 lbs

Character Position/Role/Job: Mayor of Norfolk

Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Virginia

Character State of Residence: Virginia

Character Party Affiliation: Democrat

Main Strengths: Children’s Doctor, Name recognition, favorite of environmental groups and successful outreach programs to youth and education “ending the school to prison pipeline and building a school to work pipeline”

Main Weaknesses: Mixed financial record, prioritized environment at detriment to farmers (while he was state Senator), Funneled hurricane relief money to his brother-in-law's business which while still devastated by the storm, received much more money than it would otherwise.

Biography:

Arthur Arlen was born in 1952, to a single teen mother in Richmond, she would work 2 jobs to be able to raise Arthur and provide for them. Despite a few minor run-ins with the law, he would graduate high school second in his class and go on to college and eventually medical school. Eventually, he would work as a doctor in Norfolk for several years until opening a pediatric practice of his own in.
Upon seeing the plight of the many of the children and families and their inability to afford healthcare he began looking into healthcare policy. He began joining boards and advising government officials on health policy. Eventually, he joined the Norfolk city council serving for the better part of a decade. Originally planning to run for mayor, he was rebuffed by his fellow Democrats and told to wait his turn. Instead, he would leave the council somewhat jaded and run for state senate in 2004 for the 5th district representing Norfolk and Chesapeake serving for two terms (until 2012).
As Senator he would advocate for Norfolk strongly, protecting the Chesapeake Bay and most notably a number of healthcare plans and aid to the poor. He would also be a champion of LGBTQ rights a woman’s right to choose and infrastructure spending.
Arlen would take a break from the State Senate and rejoin the city council in 2012, building up his platform to run for mayor. Running for mayor (2014) he would win a solid victory after securing the Democratic nomination. His term would be mostly uneventful, playing defense for liberal causes and working to aid the poor especially single mothers and their children. His youth engagement programs would once again take center stage with his healthcare policies a constant presence but much harder to get through. Throughout his term his city was stagnant financially, unemployment got slightly worse and small businesses began suffering. Overall his first term was good environmentally, with the Chesapeake Bay rebounding and improving greatly under his leadership and coordination with other officials. In short socially and environmentally Arlen did well but financially he was much less successful. When 2016 arrived, Arlen decided to run for another term in office. He was criticized for how poorly he was treating financial issues, though he did win the election with a narrower majority than he would've liked. So far his term has started well, but many critics think this will be a repeat of his first term.
When the call for Confederate monuments to be removed started to happen, Arlen was the first government official to petition to take down the monuments. This landed him a great deal of name recognition throughout the state and nationally, often interviewed on talk shows around the nation. This combined with his solid democratic record gives him the platform to run on for governor.

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by **Martune** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:21 pm

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Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Martune
Character Name: Connor Gorden Steele
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 43
Character Height: 5ft 11in
Character Weight: 169lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: District Attorney of King County, TX
Appearance: (Image)
Character State of Origin: Texas
Character State of Residence: Texas
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Charismatic, intelligent, calm and collected in most situations
Main Weaknesses: Bad at taking criticism, can't keep mouth shut, bossy
Biography: Gordon grew up in the town of Guthrie, TX to parents Melinda and Brian. As a young boy he always took interest in law and politics and always kept up to date on local and large scale elections. Having no siblings also helped his love for politics. Throughout his childhood he constantly felt that the parties of the US were lying and deceitful and he refused to be a part of their games. After graduating from high school he went to UT in Austin.

At UT he studied for a J.D. After finishing school he went for the State Bar examination which he passed. After years of studies he went back home to settle down. However he found himself running for DA in his hometown. Sadly, he realized he had join the republicans in order to find victory. Doing so made it much easier for him to win the election but it hurt him on the inside to join. Nearing the end of his term he looks for bigger government positions to fill. Maybe even the Senate.
Other Info: appreciation for theater. Looking for a nice woman to settle with. Moderate Conservatism: more socially left than most Reps but still holds on to a strong right wing economic policy

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by **The United Artherian Federation** » Mon Feb 19, 2018 4:44 pm

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NS Nation Name: The United Artherian Federation
Character Name: Blake White Jr.
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 39
Character Height: Five feet, Five inches
Character Weight: 178 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: House Representative from Illinois’s Eleventh District
Appearance: (Photo preferred, not required)

Character State of Origin: Illinois
Character State of Residence: Illinois
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Likeable, knowledgeable, not afraid to stand up for what he says and believes in.
Main Weaknesses: Arrogant, confrontational at times, mega introvert.
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs) Blake White Jr. is a 39 year old politician who lives in Naperville, Il. He began life in a small rural area North of Chicago, his parents names’ were Blake White and Larisa White. At the age of ten, his father was arrested for domestic violence. His parents divorced soon after. After his parents divorced he went with his mother back to her birthplace, Chicago. There he lived with his mother peacefully until the age of 18, when his mother died of cardiac arrest. Since he was college age, he scraped up enough money to attend college, where he took a law course.

At the age of 21 Blake graduated from law school and went on to become a lawyer, passing the bar test at 23. At age 24 he met Cissandra Rickota (aged 23). They dated for a year, and then at 25, White proposed to his sweetheart. She accepted and they eloped in a small civil ceremony three months later, only attended by Whites father (who came reluctantly), Rickota’s mother and father, and one friend each to serve as the bridesmaid or best man.

The next ten years weren’t quiet, White’s son Mikey being born when Blake was 30 and starting a law firm that same year, where he got a deluge of lawsuits to handle. After resolving some of the cases on his own (and by some I mean two), he hired five new employees (one of whom became White’s buisness partners, who’s name is Carrie Otezla.) After five years of success White & Otezla Law’s founder, White, left the company and sold his share to Otezla, who renamed the company to just “Otezla Law”. After that White took a job as an attorney for a corporation. At 39 Blake was elected to the House of Representatives in Illinois’s Eleventh District after campaigning his Pro-Choice, Pro-Gun, Anti-Recreational Drug, Anti-Illegal Immigration, Anti-China, Anti-Russia, Pro-UN, Pro-NATO campaign. He has on multiple occasions taken action on his stances, such as helping the ICE seize illegal immigrants by reporting them. He owns multiple guns, which he uses to hunt often. He has also supported Anti-China and Anti-Russia groups and joined them during protests. He has financially supported abortion advocates around the nation. He has watched many recorded UN sessions to better understand the organization, and watched recorded NATO training exercises. For all of his stances he has lobbied lawmakers for legislation.

Other Info: He is a right leaning centrist belonging to the Republicans.

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by **Bruke** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:59 am

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Bruke
Character Name: Greg Morton
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 74
Character Height: 5 feet 6 inches
Character Weight: 145 pounds
Character Position/Role/Job: Congressman serving in California's 3rd congressional district, member of the House's Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: California
Character State of Residence: California
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Strong regional political connections. Probably the most pro-union Republican out there.
Main Weaknesses: Not well known outside of the Bay Area, distrustful of others (he thinks everyone has an agenda), not fully embraced by either business or labor. Vulnerable to a primary challenge.
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)

Greg Morton was born in Richmond, California in 1943 to Spencer and Carol Morton. His father was a worker at the Ford assembly plant, and his mother had worked there during the war. At the age of 13, Greg and his family relocated to Milpitas as his father was transferred there when the plant was moved. Greg's political outlook was first shaped here. As a 17 year old high school senior, he joined the "Milpitas Minutemen", a group fighting an annexation attempt by nearby San Jose. He was convinced to join them after he saw a debate at his high school (Ayer High School) over the summer. While he was not old enough to vote, he still wanted to make a difference. He was so dedicated that he spent his winter break knocking on doors, handing out petitions, and registering people to vote. He was working for them right up until the special election (January 1961), which the anti-annexation movement ended up winning. It was a defining experience for him: he later described it as a fight between "a humble community and the damned fools who couldn't see the forest for the trees." He continued to be active in local politics, becoming a volunteer for Ben Gross, the first black mayor of any California city, during his city council and mayoral campaigns.

After graduating high school, he decided to study business administration at San Jose State. Right after college, he joined McKinsey & Company at the age of 22. He settled down in Concord and commuted to the company's office in San Francisco. His career at McKinsey lasted for over two decades, in which he advised companies from a variety of industries. While at McKinsey, he went to Golden Gate University for his MBA. In 1986 one company, called CALCOT, recruited him to serve as a member of its board. He left what was a comfortable role at McKinsey for what was essentially a startup and moved to Palo Alto to take up the job. He successfully led the company through its rocky first years all the way to its IPO. By 1991, he had cashed out his stock options, making him a multi-millionaire. He took a very early retirement from the private sector in the 1990s, trying his hands at running a vineyard in the Napa Valley and becoming a member of the Family (private club in SF). He became a major donor to Bay Area Republicans.

While in college, Morton had remained a loyal Democrat because of their support for organized labor. He volunteered and voted for a number of local Democrats, and spent his summer breaks while at college volunteering at the local UAW office and serving as an intern at Milpitas City Hall. The chaotic political and social scene of the later 60s, especially 1968, made him sour on the Democratic Party. While he still supported strong worker protections and civil rights, he was uneasy with the infighting and worried that "hippies and radicals" would take control of the party. He was disgusted by how the party elites rigged the process in their favor. He became an independent just in time to vote for Nixon. While he still voted blue in presidential elections (except in 1972 when he voted for Pete McCloskey), he also voted for local GOP Congressmen like Tom Campbell. By now, he had built up more than enough connections to consider a run for office himself. In 1992, he saw his chance when the long serving Democratic incumbent decided to retire.

Morton shook up the race for what was then the 10th Congressional District. He announced his candidacy almost as soon as the other person made his departure, giving him a fighting chance. Morton ran as an Republican in what could only be described as an unconventional campaign: he publicly endorsed the Democratic candidate for the Senate race and the Republican candidate for governor, promising to be an independent voice for the region. The gambit worked, but barely: Morton won the election 51% to 49%. Morton ran on a platform which included: legislation to further enhance penalties for welfare and identity fraud committed by illegal immigrants, immigration reform (amnesty with certain restrictions), broad-based tax cuts for businesses and people of all income groups, stronger health and safety standards for workers, welfare reform, investments in infrastructure and higher education, and not voting for NAFTA unless it included stronger worker and environmental protections.

He held on to his seat throughout the 90s by keeping together a coalition of labor, business, and environmentalists. His most notable accomplishment during that time is leading the call for an investigative hearing into the oil refining industry. He was moved to act because of the Tosco Corporation's history of unsafe practices at the Golden Eagle Refinery near Martinez. The 2002 election was another nail-biter: he was challenged by a popular Democrat who attacked Morton for supporting the war in Afghanistan. He continued to represent the 10th District until he was redistricted to the 3rd congressional district in 2011. He ran in 2012 to represent that district, and won a full term in 2014, by promising to turn Fairfield into a center for aviation, both military and civilian. He promised to sponsor legislation that would direct federal funding to local high schools and Solano Community College to support STEM programs and other initiatives to build up local experience in the industry. His present coalition include his former base of support in the urban southern half of the district, along with farmers, fishers, and hunters from the rural northern half of the district.

He is pro-choice (but in a Clintonesque way: "safe, legal, and rare"), supports LGBT rights (but distrusts the activist groups of the gay rights movement), moderate on gun control (supports background checks and "red flag" laws, but skeptical of bans like the assault weapons ban), generally supportive of environmental protections (except when he feels the regulations could hurt jobs). He is generally anti-war, believing that America often gets into more trouble that it needs to intervening in other countries. He is a lifelong supporter of civil rights; opposing police brutality, segregation, and racial biases in the job market and criminal justice system.

The most glaring difference between him and the typical Republican is when it comes to unions and workers rights. He supports raising the minimum wage, but prefers that it be raised at the local level to better reflect the cost of living. He supports strong enforcement of health and safety standards on the job, but also wants the use of incentives to assist businesses in complying. He opposes right to work laws, believing that they allow free riders to contribute nothing to the unions that are fighting for them. He has been a lifelong skeptic of free trade, and has voted against every major trade deal that came up while he was in Congress. This issue is personal to him because he remembers seeing his parents lose their jobs when the Ford plant in Milpitas closed because of competition from Japan. He is wary of automation for the same reason.

His signature issue as a Congressman is a universal basic income. He has called for a UBI that would be able to cover the costs of living throughout the nation, funded by the federal government and the states. He believes unrestricted free trade and the rise of automation threatens to destroy the working class. He believes UBI can be a solution, allowing workers and their families time to adjust: workers can retrain and go back to school, or they and their families can move to another place where jobs are available.

In the House, Morton serves on the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, which examines issues affecting wages and working hours, worker's compensation, and trade.

Other Info: Morton saw Sal Cracolice, called "Mr. Milipitas", as a role model because of his boosterism of the city. From this he learned an important lesson that would serve him well: understanding the needs of the local community was first and foremost. Morton is a long-time member of the Commonwealth Club of California, and likes to go there at least once a month to hear speakers on technology, business, the environment, and politics. His hobbies include bird watching, fishing, and painting.

He met his wife, Sydney Cao, while living in Palo Alto. She works as a real estate agent. They have no children.
In regards to religion, Greg Morton is a Presbyterian. His wife is Catholic.

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by **Van Hool Islands** » Tue Feb 20, 2018 4:52 pm

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Van Hool Islands
Character Name: Claudia Naoko
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 37
Character Height: 5'1"
Character Weight: 134 pounds
Character Position/Role/Job: Member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's First District since 2016
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Hawaii
Character State of Residence: Hawaii
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: Charismatic, intelligent, devoted
Main Weaknesses: Naive, young, inexperienced, perhaps too optimistic
Biography:
Claudia Naoko is an American politician, currently the member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 1st District. Naoko was born on the 1st of May, 1980, in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii. She currently is a member of the Democratic party, although she was a member of the Libertarian party before running as a Representative. She was elected to the House in 2016.

Naoko identifies as a "libertarian moderate". She supports civil liberty, open government, economic freedom and sustainability, and an open dialog between people of different political backgrounds. Naoko has been a champion for Asian-American rights in the House, and has been critical of politicians that she says ignore Asian-Americans. Naoko is of half-Japanese (her mother was born in Sapporo), half-German descent, and considers her heritage an important part of her life. Despite her relatively libertarian lean, she supports "common sense" gun control, advocating for laws similar to Canada's gun laws.

Before politics, Naoko studied law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, graduating in 2003. She worked as a political adviser for the presidential campaign of Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik in 2004, later working for Bob Barr's presidential campaign in 2008. She left the Libertarian Party in 2011, and joined the Democratic Party a few months later. She cites American politicians Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke as political influences.

She is an open critic of the so called "extreme" wing of the Democratic party, and advocates for an open platform between people of all political parties to work together for a better United States of America.
Other Info: N/A

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by **Bruke** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:20 pm

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Bruke
Character Name: Sydney Cao
Character Gender: Female
Character Age: 75
Character Height: 5 feet 5 inches
Character Weight: 138 pounds?
Character Position/Role/Job: political activist and donor, former Orange County Supervisor (1976-1980), ex-State Senator (from 1994 to 1998) for the the 34th District, former member of the Little Hoover Commission (from 1994 to 1998), former member of the Commission on Asian & Pacific Islander American Affairs (from 2004 to 2008).

Appearance: (Photo preferred, not required)

Character State of Origin: n/a (born in the former State of Vietnam)
Character State of Residence: California
Character Party Affiliation: Cần Lao Party (Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party), Republican Party
Main Strengths: Better-than-average fundraiser and writer. Somewhat well-connected from her political career. Ambitious and very determined to get what she wants.
Main Weaknesses: Poor public speaker (Jittery in front of large crowds, gets stage fright). Can be extremely arrogant at times. Has lost much of her political relevance. Is a staunch supporter of the authoritarian Diệm regime, believing it never should have been overthrown. Supports multiple organizations working to overthrow the current Vietnamese government. Has a fiery temper when provoked.
Biography: (Minimum 2-3 paragraphs)

Sydney Cao (born Cao Thị Ngọc), was born in Saigon to Cao Văn Lu and Huỳnh Linh Xuan in 1942, with her brother Joseph Cao (born Cao Sang Minh) being born eight years later.

Their father, Lu, was a commander in the Bình Xuyên, the criminal organization and private army that had controlled the city's underworld since the 1920s. Their mother Xuan was a housewife. Lu had made a name for himself as a cold and calculating strategist, earning the trust of Bảy Viễn, the head of the group. As the government began to crack down on the Bình Xuyên, Lu agreed to become an informant for the National Police and the Army. In May 1955, his information, along with sabotage, helped foil a coup attempt against Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm. This led to an award from the PM himself. As the organization crumbled, he continued to be a crucial intelligence source, helping to destroy the last remnants of his would-be comrades. In order to keep him under surveillance, he was encouraged to join the ARVN Rangers in 1961. Just two years later, with the fall of the Diệm regime, a new government came into power. The military junta suspected him of being a Diệm loyalist and distrusted him because of his criminal record. He was stripped of his rank and given a lengthy prison sentence. He feared for his family's safety: Sydney and Joseph were youth activists for the Cần Lao Party, and Xuan had attended his award ceremony. So before he was taken into custody, he managed to get them out of the country.

Sydney, along with her mother and brother, were flown to Hong Kong. They unsuccessfully applied for asylum there, before successfully applying for asylum in the United States. They settled down in Santa Ana, California. Her mother worked at Rickenbacker's, a guitar manufacturer. Both Sydney and Joseph attended Santa Ana College. Sydney went on to earn a Master's degree in Public Policy from USC's School of Citizenship and Public Administration by 1973. While going to USC, she interned at the Orange County Board of Supervisors. During her time there, she worked on a report about the newly created Orange County Transit District (created in 1972). This was the start of her time in public service.

She ran for and won a seat on the Board of Supervisors, despite a blatantly racist and sexist campaign from her opponent in the primary. During her time in office, from 1976 to 1980, she focused on preventing a strike by Transit District employees, helping lure developers to build what would become the MainPlace Mall, and preserving trails, parks, and natural habitat in the Santa Ana Mountains. She wrote a modestly successful book, Conservatism across Cultures, that was reviewed favorably in the Claremont Review of Books. The book, which compared the government and civil service of British Hong Kong to the United States, gave her "15 minutes of fame" among conservative thinkers. This later became the basis for a series of books written by her, with the same theme.

Meanwhile, Lu had been released from prison early on the condition that he continue to the work for the government. He joined the Field Police, taking part in the infamous Pheonix Program, and was part of BD 222, a unit stationed in Saigon. He continued to serve until the fall of Saigon in 1975, after which he joined the rest of his family in Santa Ana. It took a long time for them to come to terms with what had happened to him while they were in America, and created a rift between them and him.

Cao lost her re-election campaign in 1980, as her opponent turned public anger against her for failing to head off the transit strike. After the loss, Sydney Cao worked in the private sector, becoming a policy analyst at the Rose Institute of State and Local Government. Over the next 10 years, she worked on creating a database on California politics and demographics. This project sharpened her skills. After the database was completed, she left the Rose Institute as it was shifting its focus to topics that required specialized training that she did not have.

She decided to re-enter politics in 1993, when the then-incumbent retired from his State Senate seat in the 34th District. She won on a platform of government transparency, bureaucratic reform, devolution of power to local governments, and law and order policies. She won a full term in 1994 with the same message as the last year combined with strong support for Proposition 187 (the Illegal Immigrant welfare law). She donated her time and money to the group behind the measure, the California Coalition for Immigration Reform.

She made statewide news for enduring not one, but two grueling town halls in her own district, each with a hostile audience of immigrant rights activists inside and protestors outside. Her famous remarks after the first town hall was turned into a memorable ad campaign...

(From a story on the front page of the Orange County Register): "Cao not cowed by immigration activists"

"To hell with them [the activists and protestors]. They fight for lawbreakers and criminals, while my Republican colleagues and I are fighting for the hard-working, law-abiding people of California. Taxpayers shouldn't have to see their money going to illegals, and that's that."

In 1996, she sponsored Proposition 212, which would have the state government sign an agreement with the feds to have all state law enforcement, such as the California Highway Patrol, join the Section 287(g) program (under the not Clinton era law of IIRIRA). The then Governor (not Pete Wilson) backed the proposition, and it was approved at the ballot by a narrow margin. This cemented her reputation as a strong voice against illegal immigration. Beyond immigration, she focused on environmental protection, crime, and bureaucratic reform. As a member of the Little Hoover Commission (while State Senator), she criticized CALPERS for what she saw as it corrupt culture and governance.

Throughout her time in the State Senate, she had relied on a multiracial conservative coalition of whites and Asian Americans, while fending off challenges from white and Hispanic Democratic candidates. But the 1998 election saw the perfect storm: a Republican losing the governor's race handedly, anger among Hispanic voters over her stance on immigration, and a scandal over a potential misuse of campaign funds. This made her the target of a successful recall effort, and she went on to lose office. She took the loss in stride, believing that she would have lost the next election anyways.

Her political career had ended up ruining any potential academic or research one. When she tried to enroll in a PhD program at her alma mater, USC turned her away after a public outcry. The same thing happened when she tried to find work doing policy analysis and research at the State Capitol and local lobbying firms.

She entered a new chapter in her life when she start her own political consulting firm, specializing in getting propositions passed. Her philosophy for this work came from her time at the Rose Institute, and later research, which showed that propositions should be written and promoted to cater to specific groups, with the ideal proposition meeting the interests of multiple groups. She also continued to be active in public service, especially with advocacy groups for the Vietnamese-American community.
The political work also helped her personal life. During a conference in Palo Alto, she met Greg Morton, who was serving on the CALCOT board at the time.

In 2004, the Governor (not Arnold Schwarzenegger) appointed her to the state's the Commission on Asian & Pacific Islander American Affairs. She lost that position in 2008 after blasting him for opposing Proposition 8. This final event affected her firm for the worse, and she ended up taking a semi-retirement, leaving active work while still serving on the firm's board.

Her mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2000. She dropped everything to focus on caring for her mother. When she felt her mother was not receiving adequate care, she helped her family move to Palo Alto, California so that her mother could stay at Stanford Hospital. Unfortunately, even with better treatment, Xuan's condition deteriorated and she passed away in 2006. The stress of the move and unfamiliarity with his surroundings, along with the loss of his wife, weighed heavily on Lu and he died soon after her. In between those years, Sydney had met and was dating Greg Morton, a former consultant with McKinsey and Congressman. She got married and moved with Concord to be with him after her parents passed away, and worked as a real estate agent there. Just as before, Sydney became active in local politics: thanks to multiple fundraising parties she hosted, and her husband's endorsement, a vulnerable Republican state senator hung on to his seat in the left-leaning 7th district. The state senator recommended she become more involved, so she turned her home into a regular fundraising stop for the Contra Costa County Republican Party. She continued this when she moved to Suisun City, helping Republicans in Solano County.

She is a member of the California Federation of Republican Women, the Asian American Republican Council of California, the Catholic League, and the Việt Tân (Vietnam Reform Revolutionary Party). She has supported the self-declared Government of Free Vietnam and now supports its successor organization, the Provisional Government of Vietnam. She was a member of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property from 1998 to 2004.

The figures that have had the most influence on her political and social views are Ngô Đình Diệm and the (not Bushes), and her views carry influences from the Person Dignity Theory and what is termed compassionate conservatism. She believes that a truly moral society is one in which people, through faith and the love of God, develop a sense of moral responsibility for themselves and others: first starting with themselves, then the family, then the local community, and then the nation as a whole. She believes that the role of government is to be proactive in helping develop the economy and ensuring security, leaving the task of welfare to charities and the task of what she calls "moral development" to religious institutions.

She is hawkish on foreign policy, being a strong supporter of the (not Bush) Doctrine. On domestic policy, her views are staunchly conservative: to limit government spending, promote family values, and protect national security.

She believes that America must have freedom of action in both foreign and domestic affairs, with the assumption that it will use that freedom of action to promote democracy, capitalism, and human rights. To her, having freedom of action means taking a critical eye to multilateral alliances and trade agreements.

She is pro-life, anti-gay marriage, anti-euthanasia, and anti-death penalty (except in circumstances like war, espionage, terrorism, or treason). She is opposed to gun control and skeptical of environmental and worker protections. She is supportive of civil rights (but not of affirmative action).

Other Info: She decided to start over as a real estate agent after leaving the Commission. She would like to be active again in state politics.

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by **The United Artherian Federation** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:20 pm

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Artheria

Character Name: Donald Williamson

Character Gender: Male

Character Age: 57

Character Height: 6”3 (if he could stand)

Character Weight: 208 lbs

Character Position/Role/Job: Senator from Texas

Appearance: (Photo preferred, not required)

Character State of Origin: Texas

Character State of Residence: Texas

Character Party Affiliation: Republican

Main Strengths: Not afraid to speak his mind, has experience in military.

Main Weaknesses: Not very likeable, has Tourette’s Syndrome, paralyzed from the waist down.

Biography: Donald Williamson is a 53 yr old Senator from Texas. He was born in Austin, Texas to Mary Kane Williamson and Daniel Robert Williamson. From a young age he was known to be not like the other children, and at first the doctors thought he had Autism. It was later found out that it was Tourette’s Syndrome. They found out at the age of three. At five his parents had another child, named Loretta. Loretta, much like Donald, was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome. At the age of seven he started first grade, immediately took a liking to his teacher, Mrs. Lampkin. Despite his Tourette’s he was able to keep good grades and was highly motivated to continue to keep those grades. This continued until sixth grade when he met Leo Torres. Donald at first wanted to make friends with Leo, but Leo started calling him “retard”, “tick tock Donald” (because of his ticks whenever he got nervous) and “crip”, among other things. For the next two years Donald was tormented by Torres and his cronies until he finally reached eighth grade and talked to the school counselor. The counselor intervened and it stoped. Leo and his family eventually moved away, thus preventing Leo from further bullying Donald, even if he wanted to.

In Eleventh grade Loretta was hit by a car and went into a coma for a year, devastating her family and friends. She then was released from the hospital and contracted pneumonia, which she finally succumbed to on Donald’s graduation day. Donald entered a prolonged period of mourning, due to his good relationship with his sister. To avoid becoming a drunkard and to have structure in his life, he enlisted in the Marines at twenty two. Two years later, he was involved with the invasion of Grenada, where a helicopter crash paralyzed hime from the waist down. No longer being able to serve in a field position in the military, he was given an honorable discharge. Soon after his parents died in a train crash. Donald was devastated and again entered a prolonged period of mourning once again. In 1990 he became an advocate for better treatment of veterans. In 1995 he took a job as a lobbyist to encourage legislation on VA benefits and other veterans affairs. In 2000 he was diagnosed with Chrons Disease, and for five years struggled with the symptoms of the said disease, such as tiredness (limiting his time on he Hill), and stomach pains among other things. Finally in 2006 doctor recommended a monthly infusion, and that helped tremendously to the point where his symptoms were controlled and he was able to return to his job full time. In 2014 he ran for the Texas Senate seat on his Anti-Illegal Immigration, Anti-China, Anti-Russia, Anti-Abortion, Pro-Veterans Benifits, pro-Military spending, Anti-Welfare State platform. Obviously his Pro-VA part has been covered. For all issues he has conducted some sort of campaign for (such as rasing money, petitions, public protests, etc.)

Other Info: Never married

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by **Panira** » Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:57 pm

NS Nation Name: Panira
Character Name: Jason Pross
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 47
Character Height: 5'9
Character Weight: 227 pounds
Character Position/Role/Job: U.S. Representative - West Virginia, 1st District
Appearance: Will Arnett
Character State of Origin: West Virginia
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Charismatic, genuine, a good human being
Main Weaknesses: Lazy, short temper, not tremendously politically knowledgeable (though obviously he knows enough to be elected Representative)

Biography:

Pross was born in Elkins, West Virginia on July 13, 1969. He was an outcast in school because of his strange love for politics. He had and still holds today a deep desire to become President. While all of the other kids would run around and play games, Pross would be reading novels on the role of mutually assured destruction in the Cold War. As a result, he developed a short temper from being poorly treated by his peers. He was raised by two Baptists, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, and as a result, he was able to hear both sides of the story directly regarding modern day issues, which would shape his current ideals. Although his devotion to politics was a key reason why he became a politician, the main reason was because of his life as an outcast. He saw the way he was treated and vowed to not only prove his peers wrong, but also to give a voice to the outcasts through his administration. Despite his social issues, he was an exceptional student, graduating valedictorian of his class from the University of West Virginia. He returned to Elkins after living in Morgantown for several years. He became well-known among the town after opening a small but successful business, and after several years of running his business, he ran for mayor. The only other candidate that year was the incumbent, who had lost favor with the townspeople, and as a result, Pross won the mayor position. He decided to sell his business in order to pursue a full-time career in politics. He proceeded to serve two well-received terms before running for and winning a state representative position (once again largely due to a lack of liked candidates) while affiliating with, but not officially becoming a member of, the Republicans. After he served two terms as representative, he unsuccessfully ran for U.S. rep as an independent. He realized then that it'd be near impossible to win as an independent, and that he'd have to officially affiliate with a political party. He chose the Republicans after much deliberation, solely because he felt his core beliefs aligned closer with theirs then the Democrats'.
His platform focused heavily on his faith and social issues relating to his faith, saying that although it'd be completely unconstitutional and immoral to force his beliefs on his people, he would value religion highly in his representative duties. He personally stood against same-sex marriage, and during his campaign, he made it clear that he stood against its legalization. He was vehemently against abortion with exception of cases of rape, incest, and endangering of the mother's life, as he firmly believed it was murder. He was in favor of welcoming Syrian refugees; however, he would only agree to do so after extensive background checks. He supported the right to bear arms, but he also said that he would support required background checks in order to purchase a gun. He stated that he was slightly more economically liberal, but that he still supported capitalism and the idea of working hard to become successful.
The mostly traditional Republican stance combined with his charisma and genuineness made him popular among Republicans, and that lead to him winning the Republican primaries in a year where there was never an odds-on favorite for most of the primary cycle. He was initially a slight underdog in the general elections for his district, but he slowly gained momentum due to his charisma and eventually won the election in a relatively close race.

Other Info:

After the election, Pross began to act more open to some non-Republican ideas, including legalization of gay marriage. But perhaps the most important one was his endorsement of democratic socialism, therefore revealing what he had meant by "economically liberal". He revealed that his ideal form of government was one where democratic socialism and capitalism were balanced, giving people the opportunity to work hard and become successful. This lead to a heavy backlash among Republicans, who had nearly unanimously supported him, and a fairly mixed reaction among Democrats and Progressives, both of whom had generally negative although slightly more neutral reactions to him. As a result of this, he is neither truly beloved nor deeply hated by any of the three parties as a result of his political ideals being scattered along the political spectrum.

He does not have quite the political knowledge that his childhood love of politics would have made you expect. This is mostly due to him being too lazy to dig deeper into certain issues. He has also stuck devoutly to his Baptist roots, as he remains a devout Baptist to this day. Additionally, he strongly opposes the two party system, as he believes that you shouldn't have to label your political views in a party and that each politician should technically be their own party. He participates in the two-party system as a necessary evil.

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by **Deuderland** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:27 pm

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Deuderland
Character Name: J. Everett Moore.
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 45
Character Height: 186 cm /6 ft. 1 in.
Character Weight: 94 kg / 207 lbs.
Character Position/Role/Job: Governor of Wyoming (2014-present), Wyoming State Senator representing Natrona (2006-2012).
Appearance: Governor J. Everett Moore
Character State of Origin: Wyoming.
Character State of Residence: Wyoming.
Character Party Affiliation: Independent (Caucusing with Wyoming Democrats).

Main Strengths:
i. Pragmatist – Prefers to see the big picture rather than scrutinizing irrelevant minutia.
ii. Compromiser – His record in the state senate shown him to be with both Democrats and Republicans but tended to caucus with Democrats the most.
iii. Outsider – His story as a local business man from Casper, Wyoming, getting catapulted into state-wide recognition.
iv. Honest – His business model of honesty and transparency has made him a wanted contractor in his local community and beyond, and it translated into his capacity as an elected official as well.

Main Weaknesses:
i. Straightforward – He tends to speak his mind imprudently.
ii. Flip-flopper – He has changed his opinion on issues in a relatively small amount of time.
iii. Not very charismatic – Although an amiable person, who most people can get along with, He is not a skilled debater or orator.
iv. Bland – His public image is often affected by his dispassionate, almost tired-looking appearance, with political cartoonists portraying him as a gray, almost anemic, figure.
v. Relatively unknown - He is not very well known outside of his native Wyoming.

Biography:
Born Jericho Everett Moore to pediatrician Annalee Moore and college professor Howard B. Moore in 1973 as the youngest of three, his older sister, Rhiannon, is a high school counselor, and older brother, Tavish, is a computer repair technician.

Moore’s time in school was plagued by bullying for almost 4 years, until the bullies moved away to other school districts.

Moore graduated from Wyoming University with a bachelor’s in business and as salutatorian. Started his own contracting firm in 1990 in Casper, Wyoming and became known in the greater Casper area as an honest business man, going by the mantra “Honesty guarantees return customers”.

In '05, he decided to run for the Wyoming State Senate in '06 election as an independent, because he believed that the state’s business regulations were flawed and biased against smaller corporations like his firm, and the schools’ inactivity towards bullying when his son came home one day and told him that he had been bullied at school, and the lack of response he received from his son’s school.

He was elected senator in a surprising four-way battle against incumbent Republican Bethany Nabors, and the other challengers, Democrat Raymond Cheswick, and Libertarian Owen Larson.
During his time in State Senate, he became known as a man who would make compromises that he believed would benefit the most people as possible. Based on voting history however, his records showed he tended to vote along the democratic line more so than the republican line.

He served as a State Senator for 3 subsequent terms, until he was approached by the Wyoming Democrats to run for Governor in 2014 gubernatorial election against incumbent Republican Fiona Wallis. He agreed on the condition that he could run as an independent, but still receive the support from Wyoming Democrats.
The initial polls had Moore trailing far behind the incumbent Wallis, but his folksy image and background as a native Wyomingite, gave him a boost that narrowed the gap between him and Wallis.
Even on election day, the polls showed Wallis to be the frontrunner, with Moore behind with about 7-9% difference.
In an election uproar, Moore won the election with about 56% of the vote and thereby becoming the first independent governor of Wyoming, with his Secretary of State becoming the incumbent Republican Grant Bruckheimer.

During his first term in office, he advocated for a tax break for small businesses, while giving a tax hike to the larger corporations based in Wyoming. He also passed the Extended Wildlife Conservation Act, which drew the ire of the hunting community, and implemented background checks for when purchasing a firearm, drawing the ire of gun enthusiasts.

When time came around for the Wyoming Gubernatorial Election of 2018, the Democrats once again pledged their support for Moore, but also ran candidates for the vacant office of Secretary of State, since Grant Bruckheimer had to resign due to early-onset dementia.

The election was won by Moore by a slightly larger margin than in the previous election, and Democrat Rhona Delaney-Pratt was elected the Secretary of State. And for the first time in years, the Wyoming State Senate had a Democratic majority with 17 seats to 12 Republican seats and 1 Progressive seat. The House of Representatives maintained its Republican majority, although reduced to 41 seats from 53 seats with the Democrats increasing their share from 7 to 19 seats.

Moore has fleetingly mentioned time to time that he’s considering running for president in the not-so-distant future, but can he garner the support needed for an independent run, or does he have to resort to party politics to accomplish the task?

Other Info:
Considers himself to be a social liberal and a fiscal moderate.

In ‘95, during one of his contracting jobs, he met his future wife, Shauna Freeman, whom he married 3 years later. That same year, the couple welcomed their son, Ben, into the world and 1½ years later, their daughter Leah was born.

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by **Alozia** » Sun Dec 09, 2018 2:59 pm

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Alozia
Character Name: John Paul Lech Malinowski
Character Gender: M
Character Age: 26
Character Height: 6 ft
Character Weight: 165 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Intern/Staffer at Smith's office, potential candidate for the US House of Representatives, New York's 12th congressional district
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democratic
Main Strengths: youthful, passionate, intelligent
Main Weaknesses: largely lacks experience with politics, lacks name recognition, his passion and his devotion to his own beliefs will likely put him at odds with his superiors (especially if he ever becomes an elected official),
Biography: Born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in New York City on May 2, 1991 to a family of religious, yet "fairly liberal" middle class Polish parents, Malinowski was baptised as John Paul after the Polish born Pope John Paul II, as well as Lech after John's great-grandfather, Lech Franciszek Malinowski, who was most notable for being a veteran of the Warsaw Uprising. Due to his heritage John is fluent in Polish. He has also tried learning German to little effect.

John, a progressive at heart, ascribes many of his views to his aforementioned parents, who despite being devout Catholics from Częstochowa, did not force their faith on their son. As a result of this approach he became a more "secular" or "liberal" catholic, but a catholic nonetheless. This is where his diary becomes important for the first time.

Due to him not being in the public eye there is a lack of news stories and interviews done about/with him and thus not much publically is known about his views. John has first started a diary at the age of 15, where he started writing down his thoughts and observations. At first they were pretty simple and close to that of his peers, but as he grew up and his peers started developing various political views he started developing his. His great-grandfather had major impact on John, in fact his diaries led to him starting his. The stories of his great-grandfather's involvement in the underground resistance movement and the Armia Krajowa during WW2 gave John the courage to try to change his community, albeit in more peaceful ways, running for various positions within student government during his education.

John was a fairly good student. This combined with his work in the student government earned him a scholarship at the New York University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in International Relations. After graduating from NYU he moved to D.C. where he briefely worked at a McDonald's, searching for a job better suited for someone with his education. He initially wanted to work at a non-profit focused on progressive policy, where he could put his ideas regarding foreign policy to use, but quickly noticing the lack of organizations with a political affiliation similar to his John turned his sights to public service. Impatient with not having a more prestigious job, unable to get a job in the State Department, he decided to apply for a paid internship at Congresswoman Nicole T. Smith's office. Ever since his application went through he's been working at one of the more busy offices in the House, giving him a unique chance to meet a number of influential people.

Currently John P. is considering running for the House of Representatives himself in New York's 12th Congressional District as the 12 term Democrat incumbent will not be seeking re-election. Malinowski is sympathetic towards the Progressives, hoping to secure their nominaton in the case of a House run. He didn't decide to join them, however due to having worked for and with many progressive Democrats.

In his free time John has also gotten invloved with political activism, helping organize and volunteering at the 2016 New York Pride Parade that took place alongside many similar events across the country during the 2016 Presidential campaign. This specific field of activism was partially inspired by the fact that John is gay and in a happy relationship that started during his time at the NYU.

Other Info:
John's family originally comes from the city of Warsaw. During the Second World War his great-grandfather was active in Armia Krajowa and was wounded during the Warsaw Uprising. After managing to cross the Vistula River to the Soviet-controlled east Warsaw on one of the few rafts that made it across the river he was treated in one of Praga's hospitals before joining the communist sponsored Wojsko Polskie (the official Polish Army in the East). For the first five months of 1945 he fought alongside the Soviets before being discharged from the Army as the war in Europe concluded. Upon returning to his homecountry, John's great-grandfather decided to settle in Częstochowa, one of the country's main spiritual centers, instead of Warsaw which was leveled to the ground during the Uprising a few months earlier.

John's great-grandfather kept a low profile during the purges of political dissenters and people who have been deemed "possibly threatening" to the newly formed Communist state. This might have saved his life, although some of his writing indicates that he had left-wing sympathies that might have shielded him from prosecution in the first place.

John's parents were already married when they decided to move to the US shortly after the fall of the Polish People's Republic. Childless at that point they had nothing stopping them from selling their house and belongings and fulfilling their goal. They settled down in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and have lived there ever since. Due to them being immigrants they have had difficulty finding well paying jobs for a long time. John's father earned a Master's Degree in History earlier in his life and had earned experience as a history teacher in his home country, but due to his lacking language skills he had a hard time finding a job in his field of work and it took him a while to be able to learn English before finding an opening at a local high school. John's mother despite being better at English than his father worked as a cleaning lady before becoming an accountant. His parents are both legal citizens and their financial status can be described as stable middle class.

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by **Granluras** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:40 pm

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Granluras
Character Name: Jared Brantley
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 48
Character Height: 5’8
Character Weight: 182.6 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Governor of Pennsylvania
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: Pennsylvania
Character State of Residence: Pennsylvania
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Not corrupt; middle-class background; good reputation amongst Pennsylvanian Democrats and AFL-CIO; successful business leader
Main Weaknesses: Weak bipartisan record; adultery scandal several years ago; conflict-of-interests controversy over remaining CEO of company
Biography:
Jared Brantley was born into a middle-class family. His mother was a housewife and his father a 9-5 blue-collar worker. Being raised in the presence of his mother and father’s struggle to handle their finances, Jared developed a pro-worker and pro-union mentality. The traditional setup of the family and his father instilled Jared with some conservative views, primarily fiscal conservatism. Wanting to promote his standpoint and represent the blue-collar workforce he grew up around, Jared dedicated his education down a path of business and politics, joining school clubs and classes which curriculums focused on those fields.

Jared become a model student in these classes and clubs, becoming successful in his high school’s DECA and FBLA chapters, his Model UN, and even being elected President of his Student Council. As his college years approached, this experience became more and more important.

Jared was enrolled into the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology at 19. He studied there for four years, receiving a BBA. After graduating he got employed by a small office supply business in Pittsburgh that he eventually became Vice President of in 1995. Utilizing the onset of the Internet Age that had taken grip of the world in the 90s, Jared modernized the office supply company, which was primarily focused on paper products before, but began to sell hardware and information technology during Jared’s Vice Presidency.

Jared’s efforts allowed this company to become frequently ranked in the Top Twenty for the largest and most successful company of its industry in Pennsylvania. Around the time of Jared’s departure the company ranked at #13 for size and #15 for success.

Around this time Jared pursued two non-business objectives. Starting a family, and engaging in politics. Around 1994, Jared began pursuing more serious relationships, going through four until 1996 when he met his first wife, Francesca Calvino. They were married in 1997, shortly after his 27th birthday. Alongside this, Jared became a spokesperson an activist for the Pennsylvanian AFL-CIO.

He remained Vice President until 2000, when he left the company to become employed in financial services, an industry he studied part-time during his Vice Presidency. He was employed by Lawrenceville Accounting and Insurance Co. in 2001, a regional Pittsburgh financial services company. Jared officially joined the Democratic Party in 2003, and became a staff member of the Indiana County Democratic Committee, furthering his concurrent political career.

Jared also rose through the ranks of LAIC following his employment. By 2005, Jared was the Assistant Manager of the Indiana Regional Branch. Although a minor setback occurred in 2006, which was an adultery scandal with his secretary that lead to his divorce and Jared saying he’d resign from his managerial position. Nonetheless, Jared’s reputation and prowess let him regain his position in 2008. He became a regional manager for his home-county of Indiana by 2009.

Jared vied for the position of CEO of LAIC, and in 2010 was successfully appointed as the CEO. He reformed the company, diversifying its industries. LAIC became a financial services-oriented division, Jared’s former office supplies company was acquired and turned into Lawrenceville Office Supplies, and he created the Lawrenceville Workers’ Assistance Group, an employment agency that Jared planned on using to assist laid off and unemployed blue-collar workers receive new jobs. The umbrella company was named The Lawrenceville Company.

During these years, Jared also had success in his concurrent political career. Jared became an Area Leader of the Indiana County Democratic Committee in 2005. He was appointed Chairman of the Committee next year. In 2007, he ran for and won the position of Chairman of the County Commissioners of Indiana County - and retained his Chairmanship in the Democratic Committee. He remained in this position for the next few years, increasing his recognition and popularity. He frequently stated his goal was to “make my name be known from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia”.

By 2012, he was one of Pennsylvania’s most well-known politicians. He was frequently interviewed, written about, featured on local news, and had a large political following. Around this time he became an acquaintance of incumbent Governor Norris Vilseck. Over the next two years their relationship, politically, became increasingly close. In 2014, Jared made the announcement he would run for Lieutenant Governor for the Democrats. Jared resigned from his Committee and County Chairmanships soon after, he also resigned from The Lawrenceville Company. Upon departure, he was named CEO Emeritus and became a major shareholder, receiving a 5% stake in the company.

Jared won the primary and got on Norris' gubernatorial ticket. Norris won the gubernatorial election, and he and Jared were inaugurated on January 20 of 2015. While Norris’ political achievements were more frequently highlighted than Jared’s during Norris’ second term, Jared still was a well-received politician during his lieutenant governorship. Jared’s approval rating remained in the 60s and 70s amongst Democrats and 20s for Republicans. He still had the support of the AFL-CIO and other voting blocs he accessed during his early career during his lieutenant governorship. When Governor Vilseck resigned in 2016, Jared succeeded him as Acting Governor.

Ever since, Jared has remained a popular, and more Moderate Governor. He has worked on being more bipartisan, he has visited Pennsylvanian blue-collar workers - upholding his pro-union, pro-worker identity, and has focused on promoting bills that seek to reform some of Pennsylvania’s foremost problems. All actions that path an optimistic path for the approaching 2018 Gubernatorial election.

by **Amuaplye** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:11 pm

Character Information Sheet

NS Nation Name: Amuaplye
Character Name: Pyotr Torenov
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 46 years old.
Character Height: 5'10"
Character Weight: 150 lbs
Character Position/Role/Job: Representative of New York's 10th District.
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: New York
Character State of Residence: New York
Character Party Affiliation: Democrat
Main Strengths: Pacifist, altruistic.
Main Weaknesses: Short-fused, inexperienced (Despite being in office for several years, he has done very little.)
Biography:

Born on July 10, 1971 to Alexandr Torenov (A 1st generation Russian immigrant, and also representative for New York's 10th District from 1962 to 1970.), and his wife, Julia Torenova. Alexandr was in his 50s, and his wife in his 30s, which was uncommon. His childhood and adolescence were uneventful, going to Beekman Hill in elementary, East Side in his early teens, and then graduating from Stuyvesant when he was 18. He then attended the same school his father was an alumni from: Columbia University. He majored in political science (a thing that Torenov, who was now 70, probably had a role in, considering that's what he majored in too.), and graduated when he was 24, with a bachelor's degree in political science. It was at this point that he started dating his wife, Katherine Stuart. They got married in 1995, and they had 2 kids, Venyamin, born in 1998, and Mary, born in 2003.

On December 12, 1996, Alexandr died in his sleep at the age of 76. This lead Pyotr, now 26, to pursue a career in politics in order to preserve his father's legacy. After all, his eulogy at his funeral (where he announced it), he did say that it was "what Alexandr would have wanted." His first election was for the State House in 2000 (at 30), which he lost in the primaries. This caused him to take a break in politics.

Tragedy struck the following year when on September 11, 2001, 2 planes struck the World Trade Center, another stuck the Pentagon, and a 4th crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. He barely survived, as he was supposed to have a meeting with a journalist on the 107th floor of Tower 1 (the Windows on the World restaurant), however, he and the journalist survived, as the traffic was poor and they both missed their appointment. Other people weren't lucky, as 2,977 people were killed (not including the 19 hijackers), including his father-in-law. Due to this causing a wave of discrimination towards Muslims, he decided to run again, hoping that he would be able to stop it from growing worse.

He then competed in 4 different races from 2002 until 2014, which were the 22nd Senate District, City Council, Mayor, and the 48th Assembly District, all of which he lost. On his 5th race, in 2014, he ran for Representative for the 10th District, at 45. He won the district in a major upset, due to the fact that he was relatively unknown, despite the fact that he had ran in 5 places. His main ideology were based on his "3 Things America Should Do", referring to helping unify people, rehabilitate prisoners, and helping the poor.

In Congress, he is known as the "Quiet One", as he usually does not get himself involved in any of the major stuff, except voting. This has caused him to be relatively unknown, except for the Speaker, the people that sit near him, and his electorate, of course. He is seen as pro-gun control, pro-choice, pro-alternative energy, and wishes for funding for social programs. Since the end of President Winston's term, these are his votes:

Other Info: None.

I have read and accept the rules of the roleplay: Amuaplye

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by **The Archipelago Territory** » Mon Jun 10, 2019 4:30 pm

NS Nation Name: The Archipelago Territory
Character Name: Austin Miller
Character Gender: M
Character Age: 53 (b. June 5 1964)
Character Height: 6 feet 4 inches
Character Weight: 180
Character Position/Role/Job: Deputy Attorney General
Appearance:

Character State of Origin: FL
Character State of Residence: Washington, DC
Character Party Affiliation: Republican
Main Strengths: Responsible, dedicated/determined, experienced, has argued Supreme Court cases, great debater.
Main Weaknesses: Stubborn, temper, partisan, not very good at public speaking (he is okay at it).
Biography:
Early Life-
Austin Miller was born in Washington D.C. in 1964, and he was interested in politics from a young age as a result. His grandparents immigrated to the U.S. and worked low-paying jobs, but his dad graduated from NYU and became a corporate lawyer, and Miller followed his footsteps by graduating Harvard Law School in 1989. He got married to his wife Sofia in 1996.
Legal Career-
Miller worked at his dad’s newly created law firm until 1996, when Miller became a General Attorney at the FBI and held the position for two years, before he became bored. When asked why he quit the FBI in a town hall style campaign rally, he said “they wanted me to provide counsel and maintain the legality of federal investigations. When I became a lawyer, I wanted to fight battles in a courtroom, not advise an agency.”
Political Career-
Shortly after leaving the agency, Miller launched an unsuccessful campaign as an independent for a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia. Having amassed a net worth of one million dollars from his time in his dad’s private law firm, Miller moved to Florida was able to remain unemployed for quite some time. In 1998, he won a campaign for a seat in the Senate as a Republican, and wasn’t much of an influential legislator, considering he wrote no bills at all. He did, however, often debate bills and voted on almost all of them.

In 2002, he ran for Florida Attorney General, and after being endorsed by Shrub, won the election easily due to the fact that the majority of Republican voters voted for him due to the endorsement. He used his powers to root out corruption and stop illegal lobbying techniques at the state level. In 2004, however, he resigned due to the fact that politicians and lobbyists alike on the state level didn’t like him. He feared that his political career would be killed if the majority of lobbyists and state politicians hated him, so he moved back to Washington, D.C. to continue politics at a federal level.

In 2006 Miller launched a city council campaign, but lost the election due to the fact that he was a Republican, and the majority of citizens in D.C. were Democrats at the time. He went on to be appointed Solicitor General by President Owen K. Shrub and his Solicitor General as the Special Assistant to the Solicitor General, and eventually became one of his four Deputy Solicitor Generals that same year. In June 2008, when the Solicitor General retired, Miller was selected by President Shrub to serve as the Acting Solicitor General, and was approved in July. As the Deputy Solicitor General and the Solicitor General, he has argued several Supreme Court cases, winning most of them. The Solicitor General said that as his Deputy he won more cases and provided better legal arguments than any other Deputies or attorneys in his office.

Miller returned to the FBI and worked as a lawyer aiding with investigations until 2015, when he semi-retired, seeking to meet with the Republican candidate, wanting to serve a second term as the Solicitor General.

In the 2016 primaries, he met with Calvin Reed several times and contributed a large amount of his money to his campaign, believing that Reed was the least corrupt candidate and Reed would combat corruption better than any other Republican candidate. While some thought of Reed’s inexperience negatively, Miller asserted that he didn’t owe anything to any other political figures or his party, making him much more likely to make the right decisions in office.

Reed was inexperienced in the political field, and since Miller had a lot of experience, he was appointed Deputy Attorney General. In November, once Reed was elected, Alicia Florrick, a Democrat, was appointed Attorney General even though the party was falling apart. Reed appointed Miller as he Deputy Attorney General because he wanted him to “have a moderating effect on the Department of Justice.”

by **Uttland** » Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:14 pm

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NS Nation Name: Uttland
Character Name: Ronald Lee
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 72
Character Role: 69th United States Secretary of State (2016-2017), Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs (2009-2013), Deputy National Security Advisor (2005-2007), United States Ambassador to China (1989-1991), United States Ambassador to Singapore (1985-1989), Member of the United States House of Representatives from Washington's 3rd District (1977-1985)
Appearance: Above
Character State of Origin: Washington
Character Party Affiliation: Republican Party
Main Strengths: Experienced, Well respected, connects well with older generation, self-disciplined, self-made wealth, and connected well enough with the GOP establishment.
Main Weaknesses: Old, considered ignorant of the problems of the lower class, business ties, almost unknown by younger generation, and considered a one-note politician due to his almost exclusive experience in Foreign Policy.
Biography:

Ronald Lee was born in the small city of Camas, Washington on December 14, 1945, to a well-to-do Chinese-American family, who had long been established in the area. His father, Richard Floyd Lee (b. 1909-2002), was an accountant, working in a prosperous local firm, and his mother, Dianna Lee (nee Zhou) was a registered nurse, caring for invalids in their home. His family large yet comfortably middle-class, with Ronald having five siblings, all older than him.

In school, Lee was incredibly studious and talented, having a knack for writing. He initially aspired to be a novelist or a journalist, heading his school's newspaper and book club. He earned praise from teachers and peers alike for ability and general good-natured attitude towards life and others. He would meet his wife, Wanda Yang (b. 1945) in high school, and the dated throughout each other's final two years. However, Lee would have to move away for college, ending that relationship for the moment. He would decide, for his undergraduate studies, to study at the University of California, Berkeley.

Gaining acceptance and enrolling in 1963, Lee kept up his easy-going and genuine nature in college and continued to pursue his interests, planning to solely major in either English or journalism, however, a flew classes in international relations quickly picked his interests in a different field, and he felt compelled to switch his plans completely. He would dual major in journalism and international relations. Campus life-wise, he would write for UC Berkeley's student newspaper, The Daily Californian, and join a few other clubs and groups. Wasn't a partying or drinking type of person, not that UC Berkeley's climate at the time had much of it. He resisted opining or involving himself in the student activism of his day, being rather uninterested and finding it unimportant in what he wanted to do. His articles reflected this. He did, however, volunteer eagerly for the Goldwater campaign in 1968, agreeing with many of the candidate's foreign policy positions. And he interned with several local politicians. Lee graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts.

Following this, in 1968, Lee would decide to acquire a Juris Doctor in International Law, from which he felt he could bounce into a career in either diplomacy, government, or international reporting. He was accepted into the University of Washington's program, and here he would meet Wanda again, who was doing a post-graduate certificate program there. Lee would write for the Washington Law Review, and later become editor during his time at the university. However, life would be uneventful here. Lee would graduate in 1971.

Following graduation, he would marry Wanda. He worked at the international law firm Sullivan and Cromwell in Los Angeles until opportunity presented him with the career he sought. Soon enough, it did; Lee would quickly abandon this job within the year and in 1972 joined the Senate Judiciary Committee's team of lawyers, having a front-row seat soon enough to the Watergate investigations and hearings, working diligently on his duties in his role in assisting the committee, gaining important connections along the way. in late 1975, the incumbent for Washington's 3rd congressional district announced his retirement. Lee saw a golden opportunity. He would resign from his position and move back to Camas, Washington, he and his wife living with his parents for a time. And after consulting with donors, party bosses, and consultants, he would announce his entry into the race, raising an eye-catching amount of money to start out with. His opponent in the Republican primary, however, was the well-connected Deputy Speaker of Washington House of Representatives. The race was fierce and hotly contested, but Lee charmed with a youthful and energetic feel and campaign. He would bike around major centers and towns in the district, speaking and handing out informative pamphlets to anyone who would listen or accept. The primary came down to the wire, 49%-47%, in favor of Lee. He would go on to win the 1976 election, despite, interestingly, Carter winning the district.

Now in the House of Representatives, he would be a safe and moderate but very outspoken Republican. His op-eds were a mainstay in the Camas-Washougal Post-Record, and later the Seattle Times. Lee was purposely open and transparent with his actions, but he would be most proactive with his foreign policy views and ideas, gaining the dream position of a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. in 1981, the Reagan Administration came to power. Lee was an active supporter and expected a position within it, however, this would not occur throughout the president's first term, for unknown reasons. However, Reagan's ambassador to Singapore would only serve his first term, and in need of a replacement, Reagan chose the eager Ronald Lee to serve.

In Singapore, Lee would bear witness to a period of massive change under the economic liberalization of Lee Kuan Yew, which he greatly approved of. In 1989, the new Shrub administration tapped him to Ambassador to China, which would prove to a critical role in a critical time. After winning confirmation and presenting his papers on January 29, within a few months the Tiananmen Square protests would occur. Lee strongly condemned the actions of the Chinese government and visited victims in the hospital, listening to testimonies of what had occurred, giving a much higher death count than the Chinese government. This was to the outrage of the Chinese government, who condemned Lee for instigating unrest. He would continue to opine very strongly on the Chinese government, leading to difficulties doing his job, and in 1991, he resigned, feeling that he could no longer work effectively.

Returning to the United States, he would become a visiting fellow at George Washington University's Elliot School of International Affairs soon after in 1991. He would permanently join the academic staff in 1993. He would become a frequent columnist during this time, writing almost exclusively about foreign affairs, arguing from a neoconservative interventionist viewpoint, believing the US must use its power to spread democratic values and prevent ethnic, religious, and racial conflict when it can. In 1995, [Bill Kristol] would found The Weekly Standard, and Lee would join its editorial staff as a foreign policy expert. He strongly supported US intervention in the Yugoslav Wars in articles praised for clearness and persuasiveness. He would write the influential book, After the Fall: A Roadmap for America's Foreign Policy Following the Collapse of the Soviet Union in 1997, in which he put forth the idea that the United States must become a humanitarian power dedicated to the spread of liberal values, disbelieving in the notion that history was over, noting that there was much more to be done after the fall of the Soviet Union, and countering authoritarian regimes especially coming from the third world and the rising developing world, especially in Asia.

In 1999, the campaign of a candidate for president and governor of Texas, Owen Shrub, contacted Lee, asking if he would be interested in advising on foreign policy. Lee would wholeheartedly commit, joining as the campaign's foreign policy czar, though changing tone because candidate Shrub was more moderate. During the Shrub transition, Lee was expected to be tapped for one of three roles; UN Ambassador, Deputy Secretary of State, or National Security Advisor. On December 28, he was officially announced as Shrub's nominee for US Ambassador to the UN. However on January 2, just after New Year's, Lee suffered a major stroke, nearly resulting in death. His nomination was withdrawn, as he recovered, which he would spend the next two years doing, under the care of his wife. After recovering, the Shrub admin has offered him another role, however, Lee felt uncomfortable going back so soon. He would instead return to GWU.

in 2005, after [Condeleeza Rice] was upgraded to Secretary of State from National Security Advisor, the new advisor was looking for new members of his team. Lee would accept the role of deputy, being far less stress and a way back into government. His time was uneventful, but fulfilling to Lee, and dutifully applied himself to his role. He left in 2007 to accept a role as a member of the Board of Directors at the Foreign Policy Initiative, at the encouragement and sponsorship of [Bill Kristol].

In 2008, Lee would become acquainted with members of Winston's foreign policy advisory board. Many of these would go on to serve senior positions in the administration following the campaign's victory, and Winston, looking to be seen as bipartisan and conciliatory, offered Lee the relatively minor position of Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, which he accepted. Initially uneventful, his tenure would quickly coincide with the early US negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Lee would be incredibly active, serving as a go-between for the Winston admin, and being critical to communications. His work would help lay the basis for the TPP in 2015. He would leave at the beginning of Winston's 2nd term, satisfied with the work he had done and looking to retire. He left Washington D.C. for good, moving back with his wife all the way to Camas, Washington and buying a ranch.

In early 2016, he was approached by the Washington State GOP as a potential candidate for governor, and Lee was initially hesitant, but looking for a change, he accepted and announced soon after. His candidacy would prove controversial, with many feeling he wasn't his old self, with numerous gaffes and faulty claims. His speech at the RNC wasn't terribly received, however, though it's belligerence toward's China was controversial. Lee would lose the race and would retire.

In late December 2016, the new Eric administration was looking for a temporary Secretary of State, and Lee's name came up often, and he was officially recess appointed following a meeting. His tenure accomplished little of note but did set some basis for the Reed administration's foreign policy. It was after this, that Lee finally did retire. He is currently working on a memoir.
Other Info: He has two children, both born in the late seventies. Lutheran. Has written two books in addition to After the Fall, including a biography of George C. Marshall titled Done is Done: the Life of George Marshall, and an essay collection (mostly featuring old Weekly Standard articles with new content) titled In Reflection: the Words of Ronald Lee 1991-2009.
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