The International Socialist Congress 2nd Election Ballot
Candidates For The Central Committee
Position: Commissar of Industry & Finance:
Name: Eleni Oikonomou
Birthplace: Maveás, Gylias
Eleni Oikonomou was born in Maveás, and comes from a mixed Greek-Gylic background. She studied mathematics and economics at Angela Déurey University, during which time she also became politically active and joined the Socialist Party. She graduated from university in 2007. Her field of expertise is participatory economics, and she has worked as a researcher for the Maveás City Council, specialising in economic planning. She has served as a city councillor for two terms between 2012 and 2016.
Position: Commissar for Socialist Unity
Name: Wiesław Prawda
Birthdate: 12th of September, 1950
Birthplace: Bielsk, Bielsk County, Białystok Province Aressna
Prawda was born into a middle-class Ressian family, which owned a farm in rural Bielsk. Prawda’s family were historically staunch traditionalists, who were loyal to the Ressian monarchy. After disputes with his family over his schooling and friends, many of whom had family in the Communist Party, Prawda left home in mid-1965. He had various stints as a homeless person, however was taken into a shelter run by the Communist Party, soon joining their ranks. He ended up fighting for the Party’s guerrilla army, until a leg injury left him unfit to fight. He continued as a diplomat and Party member, earning experience in diplomacy while assisting in convincing foreign nations to assist Aressna, as well as negotiating various ceasefires (none of which lasted).
After the success of the Ressian Revolution, Prawda was appointed ambassador to Leskya, a position which he stayed in for 24 years, before becoming a Deputy in the People’s Congress. He was appointed to the position of Commissar of Foreign Affairs by Otto Rüütel in 1995, until he was dismissed in 2010. He has since sat as a Deputy, but with the recent Ressian membership in the ISC and ISVC, he was brought to the attention of Premier Dimitrova from his experience in diplomacy, and was announced as the Ressian candidate for Commissar for Socialist Unity last week.
Position: Commissar for Justice
Name: Elisa Navarre Moreno
Birthdate: 21. July. 2003 (Assuming Commonwealther current date is 2068)
Birthplace: Atlanta, Gulf District (formerly Georgia), Commonwealther Mainland, North American Socialist Commonwealth (Post War America)
Elisa Navarre Moreno was born into a recently immigrated family in 2003. As a child she was often made to experience firsthand discrimination on account on her immigration status. Her family was radicalized as a result of increase in hate crimes in the later part of the 2010s, and the commencement of the Sino-American War. Losing her two eldest brothers to the conflict, and becoming the only child in the family resulted in much of the family pushing to get for the young Moreno best life possible. During secondary education Moreno was pressured into, but ultimately successful in taking on the most advanced courses of study available to her impoverished inner city school. Moreno was an apt student, but particularly excelled in the humanities, eventually enrolling at Georgia State University as student of Law. Moreno completed her undergraduate education shortly after the conclusion of the Sino-American war in 2025, and completed her Juris Doctorate just as the Revolution (distinct from the War for Independence) was undergoing its initial phases. Moreno was however, somewhat preoccupied with personal issues to engage properly with the Revolution in its opening and most militant phases, but was sympathetic to the revolutionary cause and did defend, pro-bono, revolutionaries in some of the few cases that made it to court during the revolution.
After the successful overthrow of the pre-revolutionary government, Elisa Navarre Moreno served in many meetings of the Southeastern Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and was deemed an invaluable legal mind among many of the revolutionaries, and her fair mindedness won many people over, both revolutionary and non-revolutionary alike. Most notable among these cases was the Tyson v. Georgia chicken farmers Commission wherein she managed to simultaneously prevent the unlawful execution of several of the representatives of the former Tyson Food Production Corporation, while successfully collectivizing the whole of the company, resulting in the formation of one the largest and most influential independently operated agricultural cooperatives in the Commonwealth
After the conclusion of the final phases of the revolution, Moreno became a rather important part of the Gulf District prosecutorial department, and was briefly considered for a position on the District appellate court. She was however tapped to serve as a legal attaché to the Mystrian expedition, and managed to assist with the securing of a number of treaties with Mystrian powers, as well as legally enforcing trade protections for socialist states in the region. In 2068 Elisa Navarre Moreno was brought again to the attention of the Foreign Ministry, and will serve as candidate for the ISC Commissar of Justice.
Position: Commissar for Justice
Name: Tetyana Kirilenko
Origin: Sevastopol, The Free Territory of Makhnovia
Tetyana Kirilenko was born is Sevastopol in the military family. She was a third child and she excelled in foreign languages. She studied Foreign Relations and Human Right studies at Workers University of Zaporozhie, majoring with a paper that compared the work of several international genocide tribunals. After finishing her studies she worked as an intern in various international courts. In 2011 she joined IDD (Initiative for Direct Democracy)as a delegate of Sevastopol region. She was three term delegate in Rada, leading committees for Foreign Relations. She finished her PhD. in Holocaust Studies in Jerusalem.
Candidate Cities To Host The Congress
Location: Icaromd, The Heartlands Region, The Frozen Forest
Icaromd was originally constructed by a multitude of Viking settlers following the founding of The Frozen Forest. These settlers were primarily Danes and the city grew to overtake and conquer other small groups of settlers throughout the fledgling colony. They constructed a large chiefdom that rivaled two other chiefdoms for power, eventually leading to a horrible war and Icaromd in ruins. Its chiefdom had lost and its ruling dynasty was devastated, yet its people carried on. Fast forwards almost a thousand years and the city is a marvel. It contains many important offices for The Frozen Forestrian Communist Party, as well as hosting numerous athletic and intellectual events every year. Its shortcoming can be the weather however, as there is a near-constant flurry around the city.
The city's population is ethnically Frozen Forestrian, but has small Selkie and Lillorainean communities as well. The local culture if famous for its salted foods, salt being an important commodity in The Heartlands. It is situated on the so called "Hudson Bay" which allows it to be accessed from the sea, and protected from foreign navy's.
Location: Bratislava, Kraj: Bratislava, Aressna
Population: 523,506
Bratislava is a medium sized city, situated on the Danube and Morava Rivers near the Austrian and Hungarian borders. Majorly rebuilt during the 70s, 80s and 90s, Bratislava has a mixture of 14th to 20th Century architecture, something that the city takes pride in. There is an International Airport, as well as a smaller airport, mostly used for diplomatic purposes. The city is mainly of Slavic descent, however Germanic and Nordic citizens are present in large numbers. The city is famous for its architecture and atmosphere, and so tourism plays a large part in the city's income, as well as fishing, hydroelectric production, drinking water extraction and trade. The Congress Building is a Brutalist style building, currently hosting the National Revolution Museum, which is set to move to Comrade Bucharin's (the founder of FPR Aressna) hometown). The building was built in late 1980, by architect Emil Belluš.
Security is provided by the LKW (People's Commissariat of the Interior) Internal Troops (paramilitary Security Force).
Location: Makhno, Zaporozhia, The Free Territory of Makhnovia
Population: 15,000
Description: City is small and pleasant, surrounded by dairy and maize farms. There are several administrative government buildings in the city center, and there is a small but modern airport.
Culture and geography: The city is in plains. It has predominantly East Slavic culture and most of the buildings are older, built in the 1970's. It's main sources of income are agriculture and tourism.
The building of Congress was build in the 1973 and it also houses the Museum of the People's Revolution and the Rada. It has modern conference hall equipped with translation equipment and minibar. Security will be provided by Black Guard Militia of Makhno which will gladly assist any security services delegates wish to employ as well as the Makhnovian Cyber Warfare Division which is renown for preempting terrorist threats. As for entertainment the Township of Makhno has several night clubs and bars and the sale of recreational drugs is legal.
Location: Torusogu, North Cardwith, The Cardwith Islands
Population: 348,000
This city has seen a large population boom in recent years, as well as economic growth. During the war of independence from Hutanjia, Torusogu was relatively free of conflict and damage, but for some riots during the early days of rebellion from Royal Hutanjian rule. During the war, Torusogu was a major center for the resistance to Hutanjian and its foreign allies’ rule. Most of the major battles on North Cardwith were on the Eastern half of the island.
The city is now host to several foreign enterprises who are active in supporting the Cardwithian economy, as well as restaurants, an entertainment district, some shops and sports venues and teams. Rugby, like in the former parent nation of Hutanjia, is the most popular sport in the Cardwiths, but many aquatic activities are also popular there.
Being a coastal city, there is plenty of industrial activity at the port, as well as opportunities to see wildlife like Wishtonian seals and whales. Fishing expeditions are a popular tourist attraction. The climate is tropical and warm for most of the year, but for some cooler couple of months during monsoon season.
The Cardwiths’ major benefactor and ally, Falkasia, is a large player in security of the Democratic Socialist Republic from it’s neighbor and former ruler, Hutanjia, as well as other foreign capitalist forces. This leaves Cardwithian forces to secure the northern island.
Construction, funded by allied aid, has already began on a large complex that could house the Congress, including a large assembly area and gallery. It is inset from the coast by four kilometers for security reasons, but shuttles to the beaches will be available.
