Atlantica
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Party: Communist Party
Character: Qiao Zexian
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Post by Atlantica on Apr 24, 2020 2:19:19 GMT
Question to all MPs: What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge?
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Post by inquist on Apr 24, 2020 10:18:58 GMT
Julius Bao Zhao - Socialist Party Account Name: The Baton Rouge Free State Occupation: MP Party Position(s):Member of Parliament Positions in Government:Member of Parliament Constituency: Gelukhaven-Bloemenwijk Political Ideology: Progressive, Nordic Social Democracy Family:Spouse - Helen Zhao Children - Axel Zhao (17), Ella Zhao (14) Background: The son of two Asian Bandurian parents, Julius grew up in the middle class lifestyle. His father was a salaryman and his mother worked part time at a local shop in his hometown of Gelukhaven. cont. Faith: Atheist Likes: Banduria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, South Korea, Regulated Capitalism, Public Transportation, Public Education Dislikes: Corruption, Unfettered Capitalism, Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism, PRC Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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Post by inquist on Apr 24, 2020 10:54:36 GMT
Gelukhaven-Bloemenwijk Account Name: The Baton Rouge Free State Elected Representative: Julius Bao Zhao Population: 71,000 Residents; 120,000 total workers Ethnic Composition: 89% Chinese/Chinese Descended 7% Mixed 4% Other Background: Initially constructed in the 1920s as a coastal neighborhood for Bloemenwijk, Gelukhaven became a large location for increased mid rise and high rise cheap housing, it soon became a center for young adults to move to and live in. In the 70s the neighborhood was selected for the construction of an overflow port and docks, this began attracting a lot of extra workers and in the 90s several large shopping districts opened up to serve the increasing people flow in the neighborhood. A large problem in the neighborhood is congestion as smaller roads and no real public transport lines aside from buses exist in the neighborhood which doesn't greatly reduce road congestion. To this day it still remains a decent sized middle class neighborhood and a center for younger adults moving to the city. Religion: 40% Irreligious 50% Dutch Reformed Christian 5% Buddhist 1% Islam 4% Other
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cranlet
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Posts: 42
Party: Socialist Party
Character: Anita Chow
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Post by cranlet on Apr 24, 2020 13:12:14 GMT
Question to all MPs: What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge? Rejecting the influence of the People's Republic of China over Southeast Asia and maintaining Bandurian sovereignty is key, as well as stopping illegal immigration in favour of worthwhile and economically beneficial immigrants that share Bandurian values. - Floortje Cheung
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agarn
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Party: UCP
Character: Susilo Sri MP
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Post by agarn on Apr 24, 2020 15:11:39 GMT
Question to all MPs: What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge? Susilo Sri (UCP-BOSCHSTAD-S) "De invloed van etnisch nationalisme, racisme en totalitarisme, weerspiegeld door binnenlandse actoren zoals extreemrechtse etnisch-specifieke politieke partijen en buitenlandse actoren zoals de onderdrukkende Volksrepubliek China, die robots voor sociale media gebruiken om raciale en religieuze haat te zaaien die verdeeldheid zaait en daarom verzwakkend voor de natie, voortgaande uit de genocide van moslimminderheden binnen haar eigen grenzen in Xinjiang met concentratiekampen die werden gebruikt om hen uit te roeien." (Eng: The influence of ethnic nationalism, racism and totalitarianism, reflected by domestic actors such as far-right ethnic-specific political parties and foreign actors such as the oppressive People's Republic of China, who use social media robots to create racial and religious hatred that is divisive and therefore debilitating for the nation, arising from the genocide of Muslim minorities within its own borders in Xinjiang with concentration camps used to exterminate them.)
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saonovaeuropa
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Party: Democratic Party
Character: Yang Kang
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Post by saonovaeuropa on Apr 25, 2020 10:43:22 GMT
Question to all MPs: What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge? "Balancing the dynamic growth of a reasonably free market economy with careful but decisive government intervention to reduce inequalities and combat climate change. The ideal for Banduria should be inclusive growth, economic growth that benefits all instead of just a few. This can be accomplished only through a social market economy that combines market dynamism with government intervention in the interests of social justice." - Yang Kang, Chairman of the Democratic Party
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merni
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Posts: 41
Party: Socialist Party (SP)
Character: Zhang Xiaoqing
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Post by merni on Apr 25, 2020 11:07:13 GMT
Question to all MPs: What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge? 有兩點:第一,中國的擴張主義政策和威權主義不僅威脅著班杜里亞,而且威脅著整個地區的領土主權。其次,班杜里亞普遍存在著經濟和社會不平等。 –張小青 (Two things: Firstly, China's expansionist policy and authoritarianism, which threatens the territorial sovereignty of not only Banduria, but the whole region. Secondly, the widespread economic and social inequality in Banduria. –Zhang Xiaoqing)
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Vedastia
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Party: National Freedom Party (NVP)
Character: Jan van der Stel
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Post by Vedastia on Apr 26, 2020 7:07:38 GMT
Question to all MPs: What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge? De strijd tussen staat en nationale controle is de meest urgente kwestie in Bandurië. Lokale overheden krijgen onvoldoende autoriteit om te bepalen welke actie zij willen ondernemen. Dit is natuurlijk geen probleem in elke deelstaat in Bandurië. Sommige staten verschillen zo veel van de andere dat ze als hun eigen naties kunnen worden beschouwd en dat ze onder de Banduriaanse regering speciale autonomie moeten krijgen om hun politieke doelen te ondersteunen. Verschillende staten hebben verschillende beleidsmaatregelen nodig die op hun behoeften zijn afgestemd en zouden daartoe de bevoegdheid moeten hebben, vooral die welke onder Banduriaans gezag als hun eigen naties zouden kunnen worden beschouwd. (English: The struggle between state and national control is the most pressing issue in Banduria. Local governments are not given enough authority to determine the course of action they want to take. This, of course, is not a problem in every constituent state in Banduria. Some states differ from the others so much that they could be considered nations of their own, and should be given special autonomy under the Bandurian government to support their political goals. Different states need different policies suited to their needs and should have the power to do so, especially those of which that could be considered separate nations of their own under Bandurian authority.)
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jovuistan
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King Kuang
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Party: Socialist Party
Character: Kuang Jun
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Post by jovuistan on Apr 26, 2020 7:43:04 GMT
Question to all MPs: What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge? Kuang: "Banduria's greatest challenge is the growing economic divide between rich and poor, and urban and rural. Unregulated capitalism has lead to a rise in automation that is going to render thousands of working-class Bandurian's jobs obsolete, leading to people being stuck in slums unable to find a job because they can't afford the education. Rural communities cannot keep up with the innovations we are seeing in the big cities, causing their local economies to plummet. We need to work to fix these divides so all Bandurians can have a shot at a free and fair society, including protecting our manufacturing jobs and investing in rural towns.
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eastmeranopirus
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Party: Reform
Character: Siew Wan Loei
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Post by eastmeranopirus on Apr 26, 2020 11:24:52 GMT
Siew Wan Loei - Reform Account Name: Gorundu Occupation: MP Party Position(s):None (yet) Positions in Government:None (yet) Constituency: Bloemenwijk Central Political Ideology: Georgism, civic nationalism, moderate protectionism, multiculturalism Family: Husband: Liong Tie Oey (62); Children: Liong Oei Tien(36), Liong Swei Kie(30), Liong Gie Hok(28) Background: Siew is descended from a group of Peranakan Chinese Indonesians who immigrated from the island of Borneo to Banduria during the second wave of Indonesian migration under Dutch rule. Her family had historically enjoyed privileged status under Dutch rule, and thus despite their Chinese heritage, they were viewed with scorn by other Chinese settlers. After the NIIL was elected to power in 1935, many privileges enjoyed by the Peranakans were revoked and land was confiscated. Siew was born in 1955, just 10 years after Banduria's independence. Her family suffered hardship and discrimination in her younger years, which was exacerbated by De Wit's corrupt rule. This led her to become a socialist, and later a Georgist, while in university. However, she joined socialist parties due to Georgism being a niche ideology. In university, she studied law, despite knowing that as a lawyer she would have to cooperate with the junta regime, but hoping that one day Banduria will be free again and she can use her position to advocate for her views. After re-democratisation in 1986, she continued to practise law, mostly in land disputes and cases against corporations, including a few class action lawsuits. When the Reform Party was established in 2010, she switched her membership from the Socialist Party. She opted to retire from practice at 60 and devote herself to politics, winning a seat in the 2016 election. Faith: Buddhist Likes: Georgism, civic nationalism, moderate protectionism, multiculturalism, democracy, welfare, wealth tax, Indonesia Dislikes: Economic liberalism, PRC, Chinese ethnonationalism, corporatism Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - The inequality between the rich and poor is expanding with no end in sight.[/ul]
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crylante
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His Highness
Posts: 25
Party: Reform Party
Character: Alana Lam
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Post by crylante on Apr 26, 2020 19:13:48 GMT
Question to all MPs: What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge? "I feel our greatest challenge is overcoming what divides us as a nation. The two things I think divide this country the most, although unfortunately they tend to overlap to a worrying degree, are race and class. I feel a tax plan progressively targeting land ownership with the proceeds redistributed into maintaining and improving our national infrastructure and public services, with the remainder redistributed back to the people of this country through a citizens' dividend, is the best way to tackle class-based inequality, while working to build a pan-Bandurian national identity through anti-discrimination laws, celebrating our common heritage and integrated education, while also working to solve gender-based inequality and protect the LGBT community from hate crime and a lack of legal recognition, will fix the former.
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crylante
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His Highness
Posts: 25
Party: Reform Party
Character: Alana Lam
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Post by crylante on Apr 26, 2020 19:45:06 GMT
Bloemenwijk and Boschstad Milkshake Company - Company Account Name: Crylante Objective: To supply milkshakes to the people of Boschstad and Bloemenwijk. Political Affiliations:None, but the CEO is an official member of and donor to the UCP. Location: Boschstad and Bloemenwijk Size: 15 Outlets, 147 employees. Typical Uniform/Attire: A red T-shirt and baseball cap with "B&B MILKSHAKES" on it. Background: The Bloemenwijk and Boschstad Milkshake Company was founded in 2005, with a single outlet in the direct city centre of both cities (one is next to the parliament in whichever of the two is the capital). After their first two stores were very successful, making supernormal profits due to high demand and a lack of competition, the company began opening up further outlets across the two cities in order to further capitalise on demand. As of 2020 the company is a staple of many urban communities, and has begun to diversify its menu into selling snack food as well. Supports: Milkshakes, making money, Banduria Does not Support: High minimum wages, the smoothie lobby, the coffee loby. Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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cranlet
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Party: Socialist Party
Character: Anita Chow
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Post by cranlet on Apr 27, 2020 0:58:36 GMT
Nationaal Omroep National public broadcaster Account Name: Van Hool Islands Objective: Public television and radio broadcasting, as well as internet news and entertainment content. Political Affiliations: Generally politically neutral, but tends to have a slant towards whoever's in government. Location: Broadcasts nationwide, headquarters is in Boschstad's central business district. Background: Nationaal Omroep is the national public broadcaster of Banduria. Founded in 2003 as the successor to the Bandurian Broadcasting Service (BBS) and several local public broadcasting organisations, NO was formed to consolidate public broadcasting into one umbrella organisation. The organisation operates several channels broadcasting in several languages, listed below; Logo | Channel name | Language | Founded | | Channel 7 | Dutch | 1958 | | Channel 3 | Cantonese | 1965 | | Saluran 10 | Malay | 1989 | | Patinaintu | Tamil | 2005 |
Full sized logos for all the channels are located here. In addition to their television assets, the organisation owns several radio stations in several cities, broadcasting music and talk programming. Funding is provided 75% by advertising, with 10% of the channel's funding coming from the government. The remaining 15% comes from alternate income streams, including donations, foreign syndication of original programming, and merchandising. Conservative and fiscally liberal political parties and think-tanks have called for an end to government funding of NO, advocating for full privatisation. On the contrary, socialist and other fiscally left-wing organisations advocate for the abolition of commercial funding of NO and full nationalisation, similar to the structure of BBS which was advertising-free and government-controlled. Supports: Television, radio, news, information, entertainment programming, broadcast television, terrestrial radio Does not Support: Cable networks, Netflix, satellite and digital radio Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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martune
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Gotta go
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Party: Communist Party
Character: Mina Mooren
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Post by martune on Apr 27, 2020 15:50:09 GMT
Hubert Aarts (dead) - Independent Account Name: Martune Occupation: Former MP Positions in Government:--- Constituency: Zuid-Hollandse heuvels Political Ideology: Environmental Centrist Family:N/A Background: dead Faith: Agnostic Likes: Cooperation, Chocolate, the dating scene in Banduria Dislikes: Parties, Pollution, religious people who tell him to just "pray" Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*[/ul]
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sarderia
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Party: Nationale Vrijheidspartij
Character: Jakob Rutgers Maurits van der Hegel
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Post by sarderia on Apr 27, 2020 16:56:02 GMT
Jakob Rutgers Maurits van der Hegel - Nationale Vrijheidspartij (NVP) Account Name: Sarderia Occupation: Member of Parliament, Pietersburg East Party Position(s):Party Member Positions in Government:None currently; Former Mayor of Pietersburg Constituency: Pietersburg East Political Ideology: Bandurian Nationalist, Capitalism, Small Government, Right-wing, Republican Party USA-style Conservative Family: Wife: Elizabeth Chiang Li (m. 1987, div. 1997); Eleonora Vorobieva Kolitsyn van der Hegel (m. 2000) Sons: - Jakob van der Hegel Jr. (b. 1990, age 30)
- Cornelis Hendricus Johannes van der Hegel (b. 1994, age 26)
- Klaas Antonius Hubertus van der Hegel (b. 2002, age 19)
Daughters: - Sophia Helena van der Hegel (b. 1991, age 29)
- Anastasia "Nastya" Jakobievna van der Hegel (b. 2001, age 20)
Background: Jakob Rutgers Maurits van der Hegel was born on 24 January 1954 to a middle-class Dutch Protestant family. His father Johannes van der Hegel was a tobacco and tea merchant, owning a large storehouse on the outskirts of Pietersburg. His mother Wilhelimina de Vries was the daughter of a Dutch colonial civil servant in the city. The van der Hegels are not a particularly waelthy family, as their ancestors migrated from Rotterdam in 1800 as laborers. Jakob's great-grandfather started a tobacco farm near Bloemenwijk. Over time, Jakob's grandfather expanded the farm he had inherited, and by the time his grandfather died, the van der Hegels owned a large tobacco company with farms spread throughout Banduria. Jakob's father Johannes invested in tea, as the Indonesian National Revolution significantly disrupted Dutch control over the tea-growing regions of West Java after Indonesia achieved independence. Banduria became one of the Netherlands' largest agriculture suppliers, and the van der Hegels capitalized a small part of it. Johannes married the daughter of the Vice Resident of Pietersburg in 1946, hoping to gain some political connections after Banduria's independence. Jakob's brother Henricus was born in 1948 and his sister Anne-Marie in 1951. Both eventually emigrated to the United States, leaving the main family business in Jakob's hands. Johannes van der Hegel developed a thriving agriculture business, even investing in real estate shortly after Banduria's independence. The family's finances were doing very great, with more and more people flocking into cities and more demand for their products. However, Iskandar De Wit's coup in 1965 completely threw the company off as the junta destabilizes Bandurian economy, and as the result they had to sell most of their properties and close several farms. With the remaining money, Johannes sent his wife and children to California while he continued the fragile business, hoping to re-estabilish their vast plantation. The family settled in Oakland, where Jakob continued his primary education. Jakob's mother Wilhelmina used the money sent from Banduria to invest heavily in real estate; houses, land, and construction projects. As the real estate prices in California grow, so did their investments, and in 1970 Wilhelmina and her children obtained U.S citizenship; all except Jakob. He returned to Banduria in 1974 after attending college in Princeton, determined to make the best of his father's company. During their time in the United States, the van der Hegel plantation business had grown surprisingly enough to make them a large provider of goods in Pietersburg. What was once a simple tobacco and tea company has been turned into several large grocery stores as Johannes van der Hegel invested in the retail market. But Jakob had another business in mind; he allocated fifty percent of the company's savings and created the Pietersburg Landbouw Bank N.V with several partners, a bank that catered mostly to farmers and mortgages. In 1976, the bank was grouped with V.D.H. Bouderijen, his father's tobacco and tea company to create the VDH Group, one of Banduria's earliest conglomerates. The PLB increasingly invested overseas in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, to reduce their dependency on Banduria's economic climate. Furthermore, the bank invested in Wilhelmina van der Hegel's real estate corporation Hegel Properties in California, and in turn financed several other subsidiaries of Hegel Properties. While never officially joining their business in California with the ones in Banduria, Jakob and his siblings maintained a close economic and familial relationship. Banduria was hit by another economic instability following De Wit's assassination in 1986, and the V.D.H Bouderijen increasingly offshored their production. The company bought a twenty percent stake in Malaysia's TH Plantations Berhad in 1980, six years earlier. In 1984, it opened a branch in Indonesia under the name of PT Pertanian Indonesia Hegel, specializing on palm oil productions. With the new democratic republic in power, PLB began investing in manufacturing sector, diversifying their source of income out from farms and mortgages. Jakob founded VDHousing, a real estate corporation, to manage the properties the PLB would sell in their mortgage offerings. In 1987. Jakob married Elizabeth Li, the daughter of a Singaporean businessman, and received a ten percent investment to the VDH Group. However, Banduria's economy took another downturn in the 1998 Asian financial crisis. While VDH Group's corporations were relatively stable - "stable" being not requiring bailouts from the government and are able to maintain most of their properties - their investments in Indonesia and Banduria are hit hard, considering the political and economic conditions in both countries. But Jakob saw yet another chance in this problem. The PLB bought and merged with three another local banks who were in the verge of bankruptcy, and renamed the newly founded bank Ontwikkelingsbank Banduria, more commonly known as OnBank. While experiencing several hardships at the start as OnBank struggled to consolidate its operations (and provide customers with cash) - Jakob even losing several million dollars of net worth - OnBank quickly gained a reliable reputation and increased the number of their customers. His conglomerate also undergone major restructurization and efficiency programs, with V.D.H Bouderijen merged with another tea plantation and forming HegelsFarm, one of Banduria's largest plantation. However, efficiency programs meant that the group's corporations needed to lay out much of their employees - Jakob was thrown into a large scandal because of this. He managed to save his reputation, however, after opening again the career in HegelsFarm. The group was renamed as VDHoldings and consisted of three major corporations; OnBank, HegelsFarm, and VDHousing. Later VDHousing would be broken up into VDHospitality, the company which managed Jakob's hotels, villas, and restaurants investment. Jakob's OnBank invested heavily in technology and financial breakthroughs, making it one of the most efficient banks in Banduria. OnBank also opened branches in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Phillipines, and Indonesia. In 1997 Jakob and Elizabeth divorced in good terms and unbeknownst to the public. He gradually bought on Elizabeth's family investments in VDHoldings, acquiring all of them by 2016. Jakob later married a Russian model and daughter of a Duma member, Eleonora Vorovieva Kolitsyn in 2000. VDHoldings divided OnBank's assets in 2002 to estabilish Bloemenwijk Kapitaal, a Bloemenwijk-based investment firm which would manage Jakob's personal investments in technology and airspace. VDHoldings sold 51% of BK to DBS of Singapore in 2008, after the financial crisis lowered the value of BK's investments. Jakob still retained 46% of the company, however. VDHoldings gradually expanded into other sectors as well; BK financed several infrastructure projects in Banduria and Indonesia, purchased stakes in Borneo coal mines, and invested in the Silicon Jungle startup companies that made Banduria famous. Jakob has been rather open on his personal life. Taking on the example of other famous businessman, such as Donald J. Trump in the United States, he frequently made public appearances including charities, dinners, fundraisings, and financing movie projects. Jakob moved his residence in one of Pietersburg's lower-income areas in 2004, which greatly boosted his popularity. While he has since moved, his support for community events and charities made him popular in his current constituency. He maintained close relationship with the Van Der Hegels in California, although their business holdings are unconnected and his brother was an U.S Citizen. He resigned from the board of directors of all VDHoldings companies in 2017, but still maintained comissary and supervisor positions. Jakob ran for the Mayor of Pietersburg in 2008 with promises of social reform to citizens affected by the financial crisis. His adminsitration saw a cheap housing project which has been largely successful in reducing homelessness; although the main sponsor is VDHousing, which led to allegations of a conflict of interest thrown against him. While winning the court case on the basis that VDHousing won a tender (and Jakob was not the CEO of the company that time), he resigned from the position in 2012. Jakob donated his whole salary as Mayor to several Pietersburg hospitals in part of his program to estabilish greater healthcare for the city. The donation was made public - and the media heavily blowed it up, which led to even greater support for his administration. When he resigned, a group of his supporters demonstrated in front of the City Hall. He joined the National Freedom Party in 2013, after a career as independent politician. In 2014, Jakob ran as Member of Parliament for his home constituency of Pietersburg East, and has been appointed the MP since that year. He was a known Christian and conservative in political positions, and gained a large base of support from the 40 years and above demographic due to his conservative and anti-enviromentalist campaigns. Jakob is quite popular in the Eurasian and Chinese demographics - as his former wife and three of his kids are of Chinese descent - and strongly condemns racism and ethnic nationalism in Banduria. He often quoted the Bible and Pāli Canon verses in his campaigns. His anti-progressive, anti-socialist and quite hard on LGBT issues made him popular in older and median age voters. His recent public acts included donations to orphanages, hospitals, churches and temples; and recently donated the construction of a Malay-language Mosque in Pietersburg. Jakob is also an active member of his local Lutheran church. Throughout his political career, Jakob frequently endorsed international politicians such as Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Indonesia, Tun Mahathir Mohammad in Malaysia, Mitt Romney and John McCain in the United States, Rodrigo Duterte in the Phillipines, and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, cementing his conservative base of support. Faith: Dutch Protestant Likes: The Bible, Banduria, the United States, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Britain, bread and jams Dislikes: Socialism, Progressivism, Enviromentalism, Communism, PRC, ethnic nationalism/racism, peanuts and almonds Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[*]What do you believe is Banduria's greatest challenge? - I believe that we must significantly lower our dependency to foreign manufacturers, inlcuding China and Vietnam. Banduria was, is, and forever will be a major manufacturer on its own. We have the potential to significantly boost our nation's industry; nevermid the whinings of those enviromentalist groups - they're on foreign payroll to destabilize our economy. That dependency is the single greatest threat to the sovereignity of Bandurian economy. Banduria must also reject the encroaching Chinese dominance over Southeast Asia. How so? Firstly, say a big no to their Belt and Road initiative. There's a myriad of other countries to seek investments; UAE, Qatar, United States, Japan, and many more. Secondly, boost our arms production significantly. Banduria's defense is paramount if we want to maintain our independence. Heck, China's Nine Dash Line claim surrounds our national waters. More ships, more guns, more tanks and more planes above all else; I'll even pay for it if I had the money to. On the matter of immigration; yes, I support immigration. I love immigrants. But they must come here legally, and nothing else.
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Vedastia
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Party: National Freedom Party (NVP)
Character: Jan van der Stel
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Post by Vedastia on Apr 28, 2020 0:24:01 GMT
Ouderkerk, Roelofsdal State Account Name: Vedastia Elected Representative: Jan van der Stel (NVP) Population: 36,426 Ethnic Composition: - 61.5% Dutch/other European
- 13% Eurasian
- 10% Tamil
- 8% Chinese
- 5.5% Indonesian/other Malay
- 2% other
Background: The area now known as Ouderkerk was used as a hunting ground prior to Dutch settlement. Ouderkerk in its present form was founded by Hendrik van Steendorp of the Dutch East India Company in 1678 as an inland port along the Meijer River 60km upstream from Roelofstad to export local spices from tribesmen several kilometres away. This area was considered prime land for Dutch settlement, and several dozen Dutch families emigrated to Ouderkerk to establish trade, as well as investigate the area's agricultural potential for a sustainable settlement. They brought cattle and learned rice farming from Chinese and Malay settlers, leading Ouderkerk to become not only a major exporter of spices to Europe, but also a major exporter of rice and beef for local consumption. The small village of Ouderkerk would eventually grow as more people migrated from the Low Countries, China, Indonesia, and India, as well from elsewhere in Banduria, but like elsewhere in Roelofsdal State, it still maintained a Dutch majority. The Bandurian government chose Ouderkerk as the site of a university shortly after the Orange Revolution, leading to the founding of the University of Ouderkerk in 1989, which spurred major growth in its population. While it is a university town and the urban core has encroached on much of the old farmland surrounding it, it still maintains its conservative character and rice & beef agriculture is still a major part of the local economy today. Religion: - 78% Christian
- 69% Protestant
- 67% Reformed
- 1% Lutheran
- 1% other
- 7% Roman Catholic
- 2% other
- 8% Hindu
- 6% Buddhist
- 5% Sunni Muslim
- 2% Taoist/folk religions
- 1% other/did not specify
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Post by xathuecia on Apr 28, 2020 2:56:29 GMT
Peng Rong - National Banduri Front (NBF) Account Name: Federal States of Xathuecia Occupation: MP Party Position(s):Leader of the NBF Positions in Government:MP Constituency: N/A Political Ideology: Right-wing nationalist, Culture purist, Believes in Buddhist nationalism Family: Married to a businessman Cho Rong, Two children Background: Coming from a traditionally working-class area of Banduri, Peng was raised in a traditionally conservative household. Descendent from Chinese immigrants and a practicer of the Buddhist faith from an early age, she has become a purist of what she sees as the traditional culture of Banduri. While she has faced a number of controversies in her early political career in her city, especially for being a woman, Peng has overcome much of this early discrimination. Having attended college by working her way through, Peng levered her schooling and her background to gain a political footing among conservative parties in local government. But having to balance these councilwoman duties proved difficult as a young woman and once she became pregnant by her newly wed husband, she left the UCP party and returned to domestic life. Peng remained an observer of politics and as her husband's business began to grow in the city, the pair began to attend more events among the upperclass of Banduri. It would be among these circles that she would encounter some right-wing nationalists, where she would gain her first political insights. These parties were largely reactionary to what they saw as a decay in morality, an unprecedented rise in crime and immigration, and the need to restore the classical age of Banduri. While by no means a political operative, Peng offered her services to these MP and elected officials near her. But it would be later, in early 2008, when this group would finally splinter from the UCP and form the National Banduri Front that she would actively return to political life. She would be one of the newest MPs for the NBF and the only woman for a time, before 2015-2017 when the NBF saw a good elections across Banduria. In early 2018, she would take the reins of the party following the retirement of their leader, making her the first leader of the NBF that had not previously been an MP in the UCP, showing that the party in over 10 years had grown. She intends to lead it to stronger election results, peel off more support from the UCP, and flex the political muscle the NBF holds when it comes to finally forming a government. Faith: Buddhist Likes: Nationalism, the United States, A state religion, Ice cream, Attention to detail Dislikes: Stupidity, Communists, Socially liberal ideas, Explicit content Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[/b] - The greatest challenge to Banduria is the deterioration of our values and ideals, something that we must not only reclaim but fight back for, including taking our country back from the Communists, the secularists, the liberals, the explicits, and any threat which seeks to replace the People of Banduri in our own nationstate.[/ul]
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Vedastia
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Posts: 28
Party: National Freedom Party (NVP)
Character: Jan van der Stel
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Post by Vedastia on Apr 28, 2020 12:40:40 GMT
National Freedom Party - Political Party Objective: Dutch ethnic autonomism, national conservatism, Roelofsdal autonomism Members:Location: Headquarters in Boschstad and Roelofstad Background: The National Freedom Party (Dutch: Nationale Vrijheidspartij) is a Bandurian right-wing political party dedicated to the rights of the Dutch-Bandurian minority. The NVP is the indirect successor to two previous political parties, the Dutch Union ( Nederlands Unie), which was opposed to Bandurian independence and later opposed republicanism, and the Dutch National Party ( Nederlander Nationale Partij), which was a Dutch separatist party. The Dutch Union was founded in 1928 by Anton Eduard Jaspers as an organization opposed to independence for the Dutch North Indies and to oppose the North Indian Independence League. Its base mainly consisted of Protestant ethnic Dutch people and some Eurasians. Under the leadership of Hendrik Andries Eugeen Jeroen "Henk" Both, son of the first native-born Governor of the Dutch North Indies, Adriaan Both, the NU contested the 1935 election, winning seven seats. After the Dutch North Indies were granted independence in 1946 as Banduria, the NU's main focus was monarchism and maintaining close links with the Netherlands. It opposed the referendum on the monarchy and later supported voting in favor of keeping the monarchy in the 1950 referendum, which established Banduria as a republic. With its nonwhite base no longer seeing the relevance of the party and leaving, Both dissolved the Dutch Union and refounded it as the Dutch National Party, a party advocating for Dutch ethnic minority rights, with many in the party supporting ethnic separatism and monarchism. Still under Both's leadership, the NNP gained a notorious reputation for bigotry against nonwhites & non-Protestants and maintained only a handful of seats in Parliament before it was dissolved by De Wit's coup in 1965. The Orange Revolution saw the establishment of the NVP under the former NNP member Willem Jacobus "Jaap" van den Bos, who had wanted to establish a more moderate, non-racialist version of the NNP. The NVP still gained a reputation for bigotry against nonwhites and non-Protestants during the late '80s and early '90s, but, due the Orange Revolution and the changing world around it, not as extreme as the NNP had been. The NVP gradually liberalised somewhat and elected its first female leader, Grietje de Beer, in 2000, followed by Norbert Steen in 2008. The NVP's membership is still overwhelmingly Protestant and its bigoted past has often tainted its image, but the party has been attempting to attract people who would not be its traditional core supporters, such as Catholics, atheists, urbanites, and youth, which the party has been moderately successful in doing. The current NVP leader, Jan van der Stel, who was made leader in 2015, is the first Catholic leader of the party. The NVP's main focus is protecting the rights of the Dutch-Bandurian minority, but this often translates into support for special autonomy and devolution for Banduria's states that have defined ethnic majorities, specifically for Roelofsdal State, which is the only Bandurian state to have a Dutch majority and many consider to be a Dutch ethnic homeland in Banduria. Most members seek Roelofsdal's recognition as a nation within Banduria and for Roelofsdal to be granted special autonomy to set policy within its borders while still under Bandurian control. More extreme members who support Roelofsdal independence make up a small minority of the NVP, with the independence faction divided on the issue of whether an independent Roelofsdal should be a republic or a monarchy within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Supports: Conservatism, Dutch culture, decentralisation Does not Support: Extensive national government control, communism, immigration
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crylante
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Party: Reform Party
Character: Alana Lam
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Post by crylante on Apr 28, 2020 15:21:36 GMT
The Bloemenwijk Star - Newspaper[/div] Account Name: Crylante Objective: Informing the public of Banduria as to events of national importance. Political Affiliations:The paper does not make official endorsements, yet a strong nationalistic and socially conservative albeit multi-cultural bent runs through its articles. Location: Headquartered in Bloemenwijk, broadcasts across the nation. Size: Circulation of ~300,000 Typical Uniform/Attire: No official uniform, but employees are meant to dress smartly. Background: The Bloemenwijk Star started life as a local paper, reporting on local news within the city, yet in the 1990's it was bought out by a prominent conservative media baron who both expanded its reach to the country as a whole yet simultaneously influencing the paper into becoming the equivalent of a red top tabloid. Supports: Capitalism, social conservatism, Bandurian pan-nationalism, making money, fake news. Does not Support: Communism, racism, socialism, social liberalism, other newspapers. Any Questions from the Public to be answered?[*]*ADD QUESTION* - *ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE - COME UP WITH THEM YOURSELF, OR ADD QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS*
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Vedastia
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Party: National Freedom Party (NVP)
Character: Jan van der Stel
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Post by Vedastia on Apr 29, 2020 10:53:00 GMT
Bandurian Reformed Church - Religious Body Secretary of the General Synod: Rev. Dirk Teo Kwee Poeij Orientation: Reformed (Calvinist), conservative Organization: Presbyterian polity Location: Throughout Banduria Size: 8.4% of the population Background: The Bandurian Reformed Church (Dutch: Banduriaanse Gereformeerde Kerk, abbreviated BGK) is a Christian denomination in Banduria and is the largest Christian denomination in Banduria. It is a theologically conservative church, unlike its main counterparts in the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States. It was founded in 1951 with the merger of the two main Reformed bodies in Banduria, the Dutch Reformed Church in Banduria and the Reformed Churches in Banduria. Reformed Christianity was first introduced to what is now Banduria by the Dutch East India Company when it first established a trading post in Gangkou c. 1610 as the Dutch Reformed Church (Dutch: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, abbreviation NGK). As the Dutch East India Company gained a complete monopoly over the islands and established the Dutch North Indies, the influence of the NGK spread further as the Dutch East India Company gave a monopoly on Christianity and Christian missions in the area to the NGK, and Catholics & most other Protestants were not allowed to emigrate to Dutch North Indies from Europe. Persecution of Catholic priests and Catholics who were converted by the French in the Dutch North Indies was severe, heavily reducing the presence of Catholicism in most of the colony. Following the Batavian Revolution, the NGK became disestablished in both the Netherlands and in its colonies. In the early 19th century, restrictions on Catholicism in and Catholic emigration to the Dutch North Indies were lifted. Catholicism was starting to gain ground once again in the area. The Dutch Reformed Church in the North Indies (Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk in Noord-Indië, abbreviated NHKNI) was still the dominant Christian denomination. The mid-to-late 19th century was challenging for the NHKNI. Several schisms occurred mirroring developments in the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States. Minority opposition within the NHKNI to the use of hymnody and instruments in worship led to the schism that resulted in the foundation of the Christian Reformed Church in the North Indies (Dutch: Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk in Noord-Indië, abbreviated CGKNI) in 1860, which allowed only psalmody sung a capella during its services. With the departure of the most conservative Calvinists and influence from the Netherlands, the NHKNI's mostly Dutch-born clergy became increasingly tolerant of theological liberalism and even Arminianism. Abraham Kuyper's theology influenced many clergy and laypeople within the NHKNI, and those most influenced by Kuyperian theology founded the Reformed Churches in the North Indies (Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Noord-Indië, abbreviated GKNI) in 1895, taking roughly a third of the NHKNI membership with them. The Christian Congregations in the North Indies (Dutch: Christelijke Gemeenten in Noord-Indië, abbreviated CGNI) was founded in 1902 under clergy influenced by Congregationalists in the Anglosphere and drew people from all three major Reformed denominations. The NHKNI still commanded a majority of Protestants in the Dutch North Indies, but Catholic influence was increasing in light of the schisms over the course of a century, and the disparate Reformed denominations were looking to unite once again to stem the increasing tide of Catholicism in the face of independence for the Dutch North Indies. The GKNI, the CGKNI, and the CGNI all merged into the Reformed Churches in Banduria (Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Bandurië, abbreviated GKB) in 1946, shortly following independence. The NHKNI changed its name to the Dutch Reformed Church in Banduria (Dutch: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk in Bandurië, abbreviated NHKB) following independence, as well. Most of the NHKB's Bandurian-born clergy and laypeople were rather conservative compared to their European counterparts, and the more liberal clergy in the NHKB tended to be born in the Netherlands, so their influence waned upon Banduria's independence. Following the referendum on the status of the monarchy in Banduria and the final link between the Bandurian & Dutch governments severed, the NHKB and the GKB merged to form the Bandurian Reformed Church in its present form in 1951. Today, the BGK commands roughly 60% of Bandurian Christians, 8.4% of the total population. It is a conservative denomination, opposing the ordination of female clergy, refusing to recognize marriages not between one man & one woman, and vociferously opposing abortion. The BGK has a prominent evangelical faction, seeking converts and born-again members through religious revivals. Membership is highly prevalent among the Dutch and Eurasian populations of Banduria, as well as a small but not insignificant portion of the Chinese population and a small minority of Indonesians. Although the clergy tend to be very conservative, its parishioners tend to be slightly more liberal in their politics, with many holding political convictions that go against church teachings. Supports: Calvinism, evangelism Does not Support: Ordination of women, gay marriage, abortion
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