Magerius Ukumari

Magerius Ukumari, also known as Marshal Magerius and MageriusYT, is a Lausán politician. He is most well known as the sixteenth and longest serving General Secretary of the United Socialist States of Eldham and the incumbent of the position, currently in his fifth term. He lives in and is one of the founders of Akaishiro in the USSE State of Medtremar.

He was re-elected for his current position in 269 TE and has consistently served as General Secretary since 249 TE. His first two terms as General Secretary were short-lived, and both ended in resignation shortly after his ascension to the position. His last three terms - including his present term - were positively received and were fully served, unlike his first two terms.

Kingdom of Magiatica (175-204 T.E)
Magerius was born in a coastal town of Kingdom of Magiatica as the youngest of three brothers of the Ukumari family, all of them being the founders due to them not knowing of their deceased parents until a very late age. His older siblings are: Jus and Wntryi Ukumari.

Due to difficulties in finding proper employment the Ukumari brothers decided to enroll in the Royal Navy as it also offered many future career opportunities. And they were all assigned together to the Navy's flagship Rockmount and fought in the Magiatic-Chaibrawen war. As the war saw the defeat of Magiatica, King Gaki XVI abdicated the throne in favour of his only son, who became Kharmiir VIII. The rule of Kharmir quickly led to further instability in Magiatica as he appointed one of his Aristocrats to the position of Prime Minister and dissolved the Royal Parliament, and began a purge of the Military Ranks.

Soon after the beginning of the purges; elements of the Army rebelled while the Navy officially remained neutral, although behind the scenes this proved false as the officers of the Rockmount plotted to join the rebellion. And this plan came to fruition in what has become known as the "Rockmount Rebellion".

In order to show to the people that the Navy remained loyal to the King: the Prime Minister arrived to the Rockmount only to be taken hostage by the crew which demanded simply the end of the military purges. This strategy ended up ineffective as Loyalist Army and Naval forces encroached on the Rockmount and fighting started even with the Prime Minister still being alive. Having understood that there is no victory for them in Magiatica, the crew of the Rockmount (including the Ukumaris) all voted to escape the country and find a new home, thus they did.

The escape of the Rockmount from Magiatica saw the destruction of 12 loyalist ships in what is seen as proof of the legendary ship's might. And it would travel the seas for three months before finally arriving to the sub-continent Serrona of Eldham, where the Ukumari brothers led the establishment of the now famous city of Akaishiro (The City at the Red River) in 192 with the first houses and roads being built by the remnants of the Rockmount.

Magerius was elected the first leader of Akaishiro and him, and his brothers, proved to be efficient leaders who led the town to rapid expansion. Some time after the founding of the city the inhabitants of Akaishiro made contact with the local Mari people and the United Socialist States of Eldham, which ended up flipping Magerius' life even more upside down. As a former citizen of a tyrannical monarchy; the USSE's principles of egalitarianism and democracy were incredibly attractive to Magerius and his people, all of whom quickly also adopted the Mari traditions and adopted the Socialist ideology upon becoming citizens of the USSE.

Great Marshal of the USSE (204-249 T.E)
Finally seeing more purpose in his military experience; Magerius chose to get a job in the Armed Forces of the USSE and to assist in building them up, later becoming Commissioner of Security in 204 T.E under General Secretary Yonathain Davidovich. His skills were also used politically when he became Mayor and later Governor of Medtermar as he worked to support the region in gaining more influence. During his time in these offices he worked in crushing the Adalorian Secession and Imperialist movement with the assistance of his good friend Raistlin Serebra, who in the end managed to reintegrate the Adalorians into the USSE. And his term as Commissioner was marked by increased activity for the Military Command and constant recruitment to the army.

Magerius' first major success as Marshal of the Army was when he assisted Xeroists in overthrowing the Noskyé Government which was attempting to establish a Monarchy, thus instead establishing the People's Socialist Republic of Noskyé. Magerius' assistance came in the form of directly leading troops into the Noskyé capital of Kirizny to fight alongside the Xeroist rebels, and following the collapse of the old Government he apparently also led successful operations in preventing terror attacks by the monarchist forces. Noskyé today remains an Independent Socialist state in the northern coast of Serrona.

Trinkets War (213-228 T.E)
Having come 2nd place to Emma T. Brewtaker in 213 T.E's election for General Secretary, Magerius continued in the position of Marshal of the People's Army. By then Magerius was already well-established in his position but had yet to lead the USSE in an all-out war, that is until a certain Valarian Mercenary founded the nation of Trinkets in a small island in the Haxhoit sea, with it later on being discovered as a nation founded with the intent of fighting the USSE. While at first the Trinkets remained quiet they were agitated as PSB Officer Monsoon mistook them as squatters and attempted to evict them. The eviction notice was met with a raid on the capital city of Kazkaya leading to the deaths of two USSE citizens, even as Government officials attempted to reconcile with them and tell them it was a mistake. The Trinkets then ensued to raid several other cities such as Sanguinople. And as tensions reached their height following a failed ultimatum demanding four million in coin or land with support from the Paragonites, the Trinkets declared war on the USSE.

Upon the declaration of war General Secretary Brewtaker announced a national state of emergency and ordered the mobilization of the army and the workforce to grind in the mines and fund the national war effort, the day after introducing production quotas of 5 thousand's worth of coin a day, in what she declared to be "another Great Patriotic War". Being the Marshal, Magerius immediately went to work, leading the construction of the fortress Chernovosk.

Tenure as General Secretary (249 T.E-Present)
After much contemplation, ahead of the General Secretary election scheduled for 249 T.E, Magerius announced his candidacy and named former General Secretary Emma T. Brewtaker as his running mate. This possibly legendary duo, by then known for their experience and dedication to the USSE, ran on a campaign supporting the Serronan League (which he'd later assist in dissolving), Constitutional Reforms as in to eliminate legal loopholes and clarify grey areas in the constitution, "National Renewal" in enhancing cultural celebrations and encouraging unity among the people, and Proletarian representation, promising to "safeguard worker's rights, improving living conditions, and implementing policies that further the interests of the proletariat". Their opponents in this soon-to-be historical election were the Safia Garxo-Aleksander Serebra Ticket and the Valumen-Mr. Nothing Ticket. The former running on a campaign of staunch Constitutionalism and Pragmatism with a focus on the Constitutional reforms and having a cabinet focused on efficiency over personal-interests, and the latter under a joke/psychotic campaign.

After several months of hard-fought campaigning the Ukumari-Brewtaker ticket ended up winning with 52% of the vote, although the inauguration ceremony wouldn't be held until 256, and thus began the true Magerius administration. His last act as Marshal was to establish the USSE Youtube channel and to introduce the first USSE Military March song named "With our Marshal Magerius". And he began his tenure with a speech justifying the dissolution of the Serronan League and the voluntary vassalisation under Eleanor as decisions made for the security of the USSE, a nation still lacking an experienced army. Alongside this he talked about the Sulotoxédé Mizorgaxá Nizu's opposition to him, viewing him as a possible Military Dictator due to some of his peers supporting "harsh reforms" in the USSE, and he stated that he'll allow there to be discussion and radical members in his government as long as they're fitting for their job, and promised to protect the Democratic system together with this, dismissing any possibility of a Magerius dictatorship.

Magerius' experience and popularity were assisted by his election being at a time of growth for the USSE's economy following years of decline or stagnation but it still lacked money, with the treasury sitting at a mere 2.25 million coins. Thus among his first acts as General Secretary was to launch a recruitment campaign to get more grinders in the economy, using the peace and protection under Eleanor as a major motivator to mobilize the civilian economy. His early tenure also saw the official opening of the USSE Emporium as part of an attempt to open up a small bit of the economy to foreign merchants.

New Gehenna Crisis (256-257 T.E)
In 256 T.E the Magerius Government announced the "Revival of New Gehenna" in the old city of Gehenazar in an attempt to create another hub to assist the growth of the USSE's economy thanks to its great set up of farms. Six hours later a member of the old guard, Chel, announced also the reclamation of the ancient capital of Vostroya in a historical moment for the nation with Magerius later stating that another objective of New Gehenna is to create a major line of defense for Vostroya.

Within a day it would be found out that the Government's strategy for going through with the New Gehenna project was highly controversial; PSB Agents were ordered to loot inactive houses and bring it all back to a storage so as to stockpile resources for the newer construction projects. Alongside this his Government chose to begin restricting the size of newly constructed houses because of a clear housing disparity in the nation which saw some living in Villas when others were forced to live in basements. But this proved incredibly unpopular with the citizens of the Vostroya region, who reacted to these measures by calling strikes and attacked Magerius by calling him a "Revisionist" and a "Liberal" and wishing for the "restoration of town democracy".

Literally only a few months after the beginning of the revival of New Gehenna; Magerius responded to this by stating his position that he believes nothing of what he did was unjust or unconstitutional, and blamed the claim owner Maggie for making some mistakes such as previously selling the land to Manzland and also allowing several non-USSE citizens into the claim not long after getting it, also quoting the party line proposed by her which showed a clear support for his actions. He called the strikes "reactionary" and that instead invited the strikers to speak with him personally to solve the problem.

On the third season of the crisis, the beginning of 257 T.E, the Vostroya and Gehenna Worker's strikes ended following successful push for the "Referendum on the Defining of Illegal Seizure, Rights of Mayoral Councils, and Rights of Mayors" which addressed the striker's concern about the protection of town democracy and autonomy, and also successful negotiations between the PSB, the Government, and the Strikers.

Cabinet Reshuffle (257 T.E)
The same day as the response came out; Magerius' Deputy, Emma T. Brewtaker, resigned. A day later he appointed former Commissioner of Industry Raistlin Serebra as his new deputy, with him being replaced by Partisan Chair and Ex-General Secretary Rosa Ortangon because of her experience and dedication to the ongoing economic reforms in the USSE. Together with this he declared the introduction of bi-weekly government meetings available to the public eye in his efforts to make the Government appear more transparent and to grant the people further participation in governance.

In the the first half year of 257 T.E and Magerius signed the "Janitorial Cleanup Act" proposed by Representative Arika Ronango'O and which passed with six of the eight representatives voting in favour. The JCA abolished sections or full parts of the Socialist Mayoral Establish Act, the Trans USSE Flag Icon Act, the Sun Set Clause for all Legalization Act and the Discord Mention Regulation and Notify Role Bill.

Upon his election to his Fourth term; Magerius almost completely reshuffled his cabinet, making up the following commissioners upon its inauguration: Ilon Hutexo as Commissioner of Justice, Pakartov Von Kessel as Commissioner of Information, Vyacheslav Von Kessel as Commissioner of Culture, Mr Nothing as Commissioner of Development, Rosa Ortangon continuing as Commissioner of Industry, and Emma T. Brewtaker as Commissioner of Foreign Affairs (although she resigned the same day), with the Commissioner of Security yet to be decided.

Reforms under the Third & Fourth Magerius Administrations (249-269 TE)
Possibly in search of legitimacy and garnering further support the Magerius Government began passing a set of new reforms basically back-to-back in the week ahead of the election for the General Secretary; In late 257, Magerius announced the reopening of the USSE's subway network thanks to the engineer and PSB agent Jens Kruse, with the network allowing a citizen to travel from Akaishiro to Kazkaya in exactly one minute thus making the $200 fee for fast travel even more worthless and 3 months later Duckia and Ythmyrr Beach were announced to become the newest parts of the network. The same day, in hopes of increasing gunpowder exports, the Kiripizen fishing pond was opened. And it was declared that the Kiripizen claims were being changed into factory claims, farms were to be expanded, and it was reported that the economy had made ~600,000 in the prior half year in proof of success of the USSE's economic reforms.

In the beginning of 258, the penultimate year of Magerius' third term: the Government responded to the Akaishiran Housing Crisis by calling for the citizens across the country to begin donating building materials to the town, to volunteer to assist in construction, and by showing a new zoning map including the "Oldtown Expansion" in the Northern tip, the "Harbor Area" in the North East, the "Blockhousing" Area in the South, and the "Sustainable City" Area in the Western Forests. The Results of this reform are yet to be seen. Together with this; the People's Army and the SMUN finally declared the end of the conflict against the Kirizniyan Monarchists who resided in the artificial island of Hayata. The end of the conflict was peaceful as inactivity led to the claim being calmly taken over by the USSE, but still it became a major victory for the nation.

Mid-way through the year, 258 also became a major historical date as the long-secretive "Order of the Shashka", founded by the late Chelovek Serbera III, revealed itself and its long-held knowledge of the location of the Serebra tomb, the "Friendship of Endy", and its name-sake; the Shashka sword, one cursed by souls of victims of the Great Serronan War. After an arduous few weeks of searching; Magerius claimed the Shashka and announced to the nation: "The recipe for our symbol of national pride. THE SHASHKA. A weapon crafted by the best USSE blacksmiths is the USSE specific custom weapon. With it's attack speed being higher then that of a normal diamond sword it is no match for any other sword used in PvP. After months of work, pain, blood, sweat and tears the genius blacksmith Raistlin Serebra has managed to recreate this blade which shows the skill of our new generation of USSE workers! Glory to the Workers and Blacksmiths of the USSE! Glory to the SHASHKA! May the Counterrevolutionaries bleed because of it once again!"

The reforms, together with Magerius' image of experience and already established popularity, helped him win the General Secretary election of 259 by a complete landslide; winning 65% of the vote, his second biggest victory. And he started off his term with the first census in two months just ahead of the elections for the Supreme People's Assembly.

In mid-262 Magerius proposed a referendum to remove the term limits on the General Secretary, sparking a debate with the Progressive Firebrand and his former opponent Vyacheslav Von Kessel, who argued that removing term limits would be undemocratic and a "dangerous path to Authoritarianism". On the other hand Magerius agreed with others present in the debate that removing the term limits isn't undemocratic so long as the laws safeguarding the USSE's democracy remain strong, using the impeachment of Lethe of Laria as an example in defense of his position. But still the referendum became more controversial than expected, with debates spanning entire months amongst party officials. And once it was put to the national vote it quickly gained massive opposition with it becoming the referendum with the largest turnout in 11 years. Within the first three months polls suggested 56% voted in favour with 44% voting against, which is not enough for the referendum to pass. Vyacheslav Von Kessel would be one of the main leaders of this opposition, being joined by influential figures such as Rosa Ortangon, Aleksander Serebra II, and Premier Ren Serebra, together with the entirety of the Cabinet except Mr. Nothing.

The Zamotz-Iversteiya War (260-262 T.E)
Upon the new year of 260 Emma Brewtaker, representing the Government, announced to the people to begin preparing for a war against the Uraki Imperium, mobilizing the Workers and Soldiers of the nation in a speech reminiscent of that which she made in the Trinkets war, although the Imperium quickly collapsed before any fighting could occur.. A year and a half later, Magerius announced to the public that the USSE was officially at war against the Zamotz Confederation claim, with Kazkaya becoming a planned battleground for late 262. He called for all citizens, no matter their skills, to volunteer for the People's Army, and for Kazkayan residents to evacuate their valuables.

In a very strange turn of events; when the day came the Zamotz attacking force was made up of 6 people, only one of them being a trained soldier, and upon seeing the force amassed by the USSE in Kazkaya they decided to just lay down their weapons and retreat back to their nation, thus ending the war before it even truly began. Upon Magerius' announcement that the war was already won the people of the USSE went out to the streets and some even began mocking the Zamotz army, although most actually empathised with them in a sad showing.

Fifth Term (269 TE-Present)
Initially Magerius planned to retire temporarily once he finished his fourth term, not out of a sense of duty but instead because up until then many had believed that the term limits in the USSE were actually for two consecutive terms while actually being for three this entire time. Following this realisation; Magerius quickly announced his intention to run for a third consecutive term alongside his trusted Deputy Raistlin Serebra. This proved to be one of, if not the most, contentious election that Magerius has run in as several high-ranking members of the USSE announced their campaigns in their own attempts to dethrone Magerius, who by then had become a political juggernaut, and the election turned into a five-way race.

Although Magerius indeed had notable rivals such as the stubborn Vyacheslav Von Kessel and Rakin Garxo, he won in such a landslide that some might even feel free to call it a pathetic election. Magerius won 46 (43%) votes while the Garxo-DVKS, which was 2nd place, barely managed to get half as it won only 18 votes (17%). This victory cemented Magerius as the unbeatable Eternal Marshal of the USSE, and made him the longest serving General Secretary of the USSE with the only one coming close being the late Chelovek Serebra-Reach.

The New Mageriist Economic Policy (270 TE-Present)
In 270, only a few weeks after the confirmation of his Cabinet in the Supreme People's Assembly, Magerius authored a piece of legislation known as the "New Mageriist Economic Policy" which was proposed to the SPA by Commissioner of Development Mestur Nethin and seconded by Representative Arika Ronango'O. The NMEP can be seen as the beginning of the new stage of the USSE's economic reforms.

The NMEP was introduced with the intent of making up for the shortcomings of the Ortangon reforms, more specifically the fact that the national industry was mainly focused on industrial materials while any forms of consumer goods were not at all grinded by the ComInd, by allowing citizens the possibility of owning chest shops in an organized and communal way.

The NMEP firstly defined and distincted "Profitable Goods" and "Non-Profitable Goods", which were the main focus of the bill. Profitable Goods are to be defined by the Commissioner of Industry through a detailed list to be available to all in the Commission of Industry. Non-Profitable Goods are everything outside of this list, which are allowed to be sold by newly reformed Worker's Councils. The NMEP's Councils had the task of acting as some sort of Communal/Worker-led businesses with the goal of producing/selling certain or a category of items, specifically those marked as non-profitable ones. To quote the NMEP: "The purpose of a council is to centralize production of a specific item or category of goods, to increase  the know-how of the workers, to encourage fair play and to organize sales in an efficient way". And the rest of the NMEP just explained how these Councils and their shops will be registered under the ComInd.

The NMEP passed the SPA with all 7 seats voting in favour, only two years before the SPA elections were to be over. And the results are yet to be seen.

Political Ideology
Magerius is a generally normal Xeroist, supporting a centralized economy, a unitarian government, and upholding Socialist Democracy. According to him, his only significant divergence from standard Xeroism is that he wishes to make the USSE the bastion of Xeroism instead of actively seeking to expand it across the other nations of Eldham. His campaign supported Constitutionalism and reforms, seeking to "enhance the legal clarity, transparency, and democratic values within the USSE." As with most USSE candidates, he also showed advocacy for a populist style of governing.

As a former Marshal of the USSE, Magerius also seeks to empower and strengthen the People's Army while keeping a good balance between it and the People's Security Bureau in terms of power, which may also be seen as an active part of his foreign policy. In terms, he views the USSE as a nation among nations. He seeks to actively cooperate with all major powers, having run on a Pro-Serronan League (now defunct) platform in the elections of 249 T. E., to expand the USSE's borders democratically and build a strong economy. Seeing all of this with his policy towards the Military and PSB signifies that his political agenda can be identified under the umbrella term "Armed Neutrality."

Electoral History

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