The (New) Antilla Parliament Bio Thread

[lilTommy]

Name: Bastian De Wilde
Age: 32
Party: Cooperative Party (Left of centre, ecological-agrarian-democratic socialist)
Constituency\Region: Kristiana Bronseland
Bio: One of four children born into a working class Dutch family; Mother managing the family bakery, while his father worked in Kristiana's small shipbuilding industry. Grandson of the first Dutch Jew elected to the Parliament (almong the thousands who fleed during the Nazi invasion, and escaped after the war). Graduated from Settlers University (one of Kristiana's three universities) with a degree in Urban Planning and Sustainable development, followed after his grandfather and was the youngest elected mayor of Kristiana at age 24. Help found the Cooperative party (merger of the Green Party, Agrarian Party and various dissident leftist from the SDP), which last election gained representation for the first time. Economically and socially left; government ownership, universal education and health and green economy, supportive of local economies (high corporate tax, zero small business tax). gay, Athiest.

[lilTommy]

I noticed we had no female characters, so i decided to create one... let me know if anyone objects.

Name: Stella Bruun-Bailey
Age: 46
Party: Cooperative (Co-leader with Bastian De Wilde MP)
Constituency\Region: St. Mark's (Skellerseat), Marksland
Bio: One of six children born into a mixed Nordan/English family, in rural Skellerseat with a long history in the mining industry. Her father Edgar Bruun became a leading figure within the Alliance of Antillan Mining Guilds and her mother Emilia White was a longtime Skellerseat councillor and a well know novelist after retirement. before Graduating from St. Mark's University with a Masters in Economics, she worked alongside her father first in the mines as one of the youngest workers and one of the few women, then in the trade union itself. After Graduation she worked as a journalist and columnist for The Antillan, the national left-wing broadsheet. After developing a reputation as a credible national commentator, often appearing as a left-wing analyst, she stepped into politics, joining then Agrarian Party, elected a member of Skellerseat Council. She was elected Skellerseat Agrarian Party Leader in 1994, and in the 1995 Marksland locals the Agrarians were elected the government, in coalition with the Greens and Stella became Governor.  In 2005, she was a leading founder of the Cooperative party and was elected Leader soon after. Elected to the National Assembly in 2007.  Married with 2 young adult children, she is economically and social left. She lives in rural coastal Graunrykshire.

 

[lilTommy]

No Guilds, please. This is not the Discworld.

Never read... so i am stickting to my guns

[lilTommy]

We can have two characters now???

If thats not kosher, please let me know... i just thought a female character might be a good thing to have in play. But if everyone here dosen't like that idea, i will take her down

[lilTommy]

We can have two characters now???

If thats not kosher, please let me know... i just thought a female character might be a good thing to have in play. But if everyone here dosen't like that idea, i will take her down

I think it's fine. I've played in similar games where players have run multiple characters. I think that as long as it's not abused, multiple characters should be allowed (but no more than two characters each). I also think the characters should be somewhat different, politically speaking, so that one player can't vote as a bloc all the time.

Agreed, sticking with the two playable characters... but since i am the only one who's playing for the Cooperatives (for now at least) and since i have 14 members i was thinking of building a list and identifying, giving some background and identity to "unplayable members" just for fun
Thats a good point, how do we manage votes? the SPP has more than one player but some of the other parties only have one... i was under the assumption that those parties with only one player they vote as a block (unless that player wants to mix things up right)