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NS Nation Name: Sao Nova Europa
Character Name: Sebastian Carnicero
Character Gender: Male
Character Age: 56
Character Date of Birth: 9th September 1965
Character Position/Role/Job: CEO of Carnicero Organization, Vice-President of PLP
Character Country/Province of Birth: Intichiquan
Character Province of Residence: Intichiquan
Character Party Affiliation: PLP
Faceclaim: Charlie Sheen
Main Strengths:
Celebrity: Everyone knows who Sebastian is. His affairs and wild parties have dominated tabloids for decades, and "The Apprentice" won him even more fame. Many hate him, many love him, but everyone knows who he is.
Rich: Sebastian is CEO of one of the most important real estate firms in the country and is rich, which means he can pour money into his political campaign.
Charismatic: Sebastian has a charismatic presence. While he may not be the best orator, his public persona and antics make him lovable to many.
Main Weaknesses:
Wild Playboy: His wild parties (rumored to involve hard drugs) and playboy lifestyle (with numerous affairs that dominate tabloids) mean that he does not have the best reputation: many working-class Carbanians see him as a detached plutocrat while some social conservatives and religious folk see him as a symbol of debauchery and degeneracy. The fact that he is not married also hurts him with those who support family values.
Ties with the dictatorship: His real estate business had long ties with the dictatorial regime that ruled Carbania, and had been awarded many government contracts. This is enough to make Sebastian suspicious or outright hated by opponents of the regime, but the rumors that he bribed government officials in order to get awarded the contracts mean that he is also accused of corruption aside from pro-junta sympathies. Nevertheless, since nothing has been proven so far, his problems are mostly a matter of PR than legal ones.
Gaffes: He is known to occasionally make gaffes, such as insulting with curses political opponents or making inappropriate sexual jokes in some political speeches.
Biography:
Sebastian was born in 9th September, 1965. His father, Carlos, was CEO of a real estate business ("Carnicero Organization"). As a young man he wasn't a particularly good student, but he was extremely popular at school. He had many friends, attended lots of parties and was popular with female classmates. He was arrested more than once for drunken driving (while being a minor) and for trying marijuana, but his father's fortune and connections with the dictatorship meant that he escaped real punishment and such incidents were kept from the public.
He studied at the Intichiquan Business School, earning a master's degree in economics in 1990. He began working in his father's real estate firm, and in 1994 he assumed ownership of the business from his father. Sebastian expanded the company's operations to building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels and casinos. His ties with the dictatorship also meant that he secured lucrative government contracts (with allegations of bribes being involved, though this has not been proven).
Sebastian became the focus of Carbanian tabloids thanks to his extravagant private parties attended by hot models, and his playboy persona: he would date numerous models, actresses and other famous women. The constant coverage of his parties and relationships meant that he became a household name who polarized Carbanians: some saw him as a role model, the dream of capitalism, and others saw him as rich douchebag. But hate him or love him, everyone knew his name and face.
In 2007, he starred in the Carbanian adaption of "The Apprentice". This gave him enhanced publicity and the image of a no-nonsense CEO. In 2013, with the end of the final season of the show, he began hosting his own online podcast. Initially it discussed cultural affairs (movies, shows, etch) but with the fall of the dictatorship, the show became increasingly political and a platform for Sebastian to air his neoliberal economic views.
A longtime friend of Alan Castañeda, he was amongst the founders of the Party for Freedom and Progress (Partido de Libertad y Progresa). He is now one of the leading politicians within his party (being its Vice-President), and while he holds no public office, he hopes to lead PLP in the parliamentary elections and use his celebrity to attract voters.
Other Info: He is not married and is a bachelor. While officially he has never been a parent, tabloids are full of stories of secret love children from his various affairs.
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I think he’s fine. Just curious- you mention his postgraduate credentials, but what about his undergraduate degree?