Xàreisae Couraede

Xàreisae Couraede, sometimes spelled Chareisai Shuraide, was a Tilennan politician, mostly known for serving 3 terms as the Prime-Minister of Tilenno from 1976 untill 1994. He was born in 1951 in the town of Lonema Kerto, an island in the Lake of Gantes. He is currently 79 years old. He grew up in a relatively poor and secluded environment, but due to his remarkable achievements as a student, he got offered a scholarship to the Tilennan University of Law in Hireno, where he pursued a career in this field. After he graduated lawschool, he continued his studies in politics and started entering in local elections. In 1971 he got elected as federal representative of Kertae for the Lonakean Federalist Party (FDL). He quickly gained in popularity due to his retoric skills and high level of charisma.

In 1976 he got elected as Prime Minister, the youngest one Tilenno had ever had at only 24 years old. During his first term the Osorra-Tilenno War broke out, with Osorran forces quickly invading Tilennan ground. The Government had to move out of Hireno, towards Ennia. But thanks to his fast response, he was able to push them back and liberate the south. After the war he got reelected for a 2nd term, which was mainly marked by the reparation of the South and creating economic stability. He was succesful in his plans and his great governing skills helped him secure a 3rd term where he moved the nation into closer unity and cooperation. But underlying tensions in Tilenno were rising and the Federalist were losing votes. When he resigned the political landscape collapsed into political fragmentation. In 1994 the Pures Hirenes Nàteicho appointed him as Pural Senator, as which he continues to serve to this date.

Early Life
Xàreisa Couraede was born on 19 October 1951, under the name Xàreisae Remaso, in the located on the island of Lonema Kerto in the city-state of Kertae, Gantes. He was the third child and second eldest son of and. He grew up in the family estate of the Remaso family alongside his 3 brothers and 2 sisters, where they lived together with the families of their 2 uncles on their father's side as well as their paternal grandparents. In total they lived with 25 people on the estate. He is also distantly related to the famous, who discovered the.

Due to the secluded location of Lonema Kerto, Xàreisa grew up in a relatively poor area, although his family was better of than most of the other inhabitants. His mother was a local businesswoman and owned a very popular and, while his father worked as an independent. The eldest uncle however brought in most of the money as he inherited the family farm and factory.

Xàreisae had a good relationship with his family and was always seen as the charismatic leader and friend-of-all amond the children the family, who could easily get the other children to go along with his plans. This would be a forboding of his political talent later on in life. As a teenager he tended to get into more trouble, he once was even arrested for trying to shoplift the local toystore to get his little brother a very expensive doll he wanted. He also had a strong relationship with drugs, especially, famously twice, once when he was 17 years old and once at 19. His drug habits, while being present during his entire political career have now lessened.

At school Xàreisae was one of the more popular kids and famously good at seducing the female school population. He even claimed to have a new girlfriend every 3 months in his 2007 autobiography. His longest relationship was with, who later on became a popular writer.

Education
Xàreisae was one of the brightest students at the in the center of Lonema Kerto, graduating top of his class in 1967. He was especially renowned for his great rethoric abilities as well as his charisma. In his last year 2 years he also was the school president, with him running uncontested in the election of his second term.

He quickly got noticed by universities and was offered a scholarship at the Tilennan University of Law in Hireno, where he started studying in 1967. During his time there he joined the student division of the Lonàkean Federelist Party where he made multiple valuable connections in the political world. He even went as far as holding public speeches at the 1969 student protests, making him popular among the young political audience. He finished his bachelor of in 1969 and went on to continue his studies with a master in  and rethorics.

Sports
Xàreisae was an avid player of Úches, a Tilennan variant of. He started first playing it at his local club in Lonema Kerto, with which he came second at the Kertaean Regional Championships of 1965. He contined to play in the university team, named the Hirenean Jaguars. In 1969 he even became captain of the team and in 1970 they finished third in the Federal Student Úches League. His career however ended when he entered politics and safe from some casual matches wth his family, hasn't play the sport since

Election as Federal Representative
During his last year of university the Federal Elections of 1971 were held. He put himself up to become representative for the city-state of Kertae, while still being enrolled at the Tilennan University of Law. He was put as number 15 on the election list for the Lonàkean Federalist Party (FDL). While the FDL only could send 5 representatives to the House for Kertae, Xàreisae had amassed enough popular votes to receive the 5th spot for FDL. He managed to do this by running a successful campaign in the northern regions of Kertae, while the other candidates were mainly focussed on the big city of Rezjo in the South. Because of his new position as representative, he couldn't formally finish his master degree in political science and rethorics. Instead he got a honorific degree for managing to be elected in such a high position.

Position during the Mineworkers Revolt
In 1972, at the beginning of his term, the Mineworkers Revolt broke out. During this crisis, Xàreisae took a firm stance against the ideas circulating at the time. This position was in line with the view of the Lonàkaean Federalist Party, which sought to protect the stability and unity of the Federation. In accounts of the debates of the House, it becomes clear that Xàreisae tried to put himself at the forefront of the issue by holding long and elaborate speeches.

Later on Xàreisae also adapted a more anti-Osorran stance and was in support of the Orthodox Christian Repression. He blamed the economic slump and poor life conditions on the Artemian settlers, with a focus on the modern colonisation of Osorra, which was now spreading false Artemian beliefs like. In doing so he gained immense popularity among the Tilennan population, who saw this young politician as a new breath of life, who could turn the economic recession around.

Rise to fame
His anti-Osorran narrative caught on in the Federation, which led to a period of radicalism within Tilennan politics. Xàreisae was put in front as the leader of this new movement, who promised to rid Perela of the Artemian influences that had long plagued the region. While never outright mentioning war in his public speeches, it became clear from the undertone of his words that he pushed for radical action against Osorra.

In the Lonàkean Federalist Party he also quickly became a popular figure, since he managed to unify the nation more than ever and had graciously resisted the communist uprising. While initially not having any ambitions to become prime-minister, as stated in his 2007 autobiography, it was the party itself who would convince him to run. FDL sought to capitalise on the popularity Xàreisae had amassed and saw this as a opportunity to aggressively push their vision through in Parliament.

His popularity also extended to the northern native minorities within Osorra, who saw him as a opportunity to get rid of the Osorran oppression. Many regional tribes also secretly pledged loyalty to him, if it ever were to come to a war.

Prime-Minister
Xàreisae Couraede, also known as Xàreisae Remaso during his first term, was the youngest ever to hold office in Tilenno. He ruled for 3 consecutive terms from 1976 until 1994. During his terms he dealt with the Osorra-Tilenno War, the rebuilding of the South and some smaller issues. He also was the driving force behind the 1984 admission of Tilenno to the UNC.

Election
During the 5th year of the Denaeses Government, a cabinet crisis broke out over the rising tensions that arose in the wake of the Mineworkers Revolt. The biggest party FDL was in favour of the southern persecution, while the Ovancian PSD, the other part of the coalition, urged them to weaken the tensions and seek a peaceful compromise. The FDL however, out of fear for, denied this request. The Government officially fell in November of 1975, when the VSK left the coalition. The elections were scheduled in February of the next year.

Xàreisae who had gained significant popularity among the general population as well as in his own party, was appointed as the front-runner of the FDL election campaign. They ran a successful campaign in the rural areas as well as urban city centres. The FDL received 44% of the votes that year and Xàreisae became prime-minister of Tilenno, at only 24 years old, the youngest prime-minister Tilenno had ever seen. The FDL also managed to get a majority in the senate, with 46 of the 80 senators being members of the FDL and 5 of the 12 Pural Senators being ex-FDL members.

Because of this decisive win, FDL was not forced to pursue a coalition with one of the other 2 traditional parties, the GLL and the  VSK. Instead the party opted to side with the smaller and more recently formed Green World (LTS), who gained 7% of the votes. They agreed to the coalition, if they could run extensive nature and environment oriented policies, which was a better trade-off than the resistance GLL or VSK would throw their way. It is thanks to this coalition, Tilenno is still at the top of environment-friendly nations.

Osorra-Tilenno War
During his first term the Osorra-Tilenno War broke out in 1979 after launched a pre-emptive strike against the federation. This was a consequence of the Liria message, which was sent by Xàreisae to the leader of Chezzetcook asking for support in an ever more likely war against Osorra and by extension spread in Avalonia. This message got intercepted by Osorran intelligence forces, which was a major blunder of the – at the time – Remaso government.

Tilenno however hadn't yet fully prepared for the war and the Osorran strike caught them off guard. Large areas of the South were quickly conquered, with Osorran forces almost reaching the capital of Hireno. Out of fear of the fall of Hireno, Government had to temporarily relocate to the northern city of Ennia. This initial defeat made Xàreisae less popular among the general population. Xàreisae however proved to be a skilled tactician and even with limited resources he managed to avoid the capital to be conquered and held the Osorran forces up in the region of Sirenes, which would become the most contested region of the entire war.

When Cipertine entered the war in 1980, the tide started to change. With the industrial areas of North Gantes and Làmosa remaining generally unharmed, Tilenno could increase its military power. With the osorran army spread thin over two fronts, Xàreisae saw an opportunity to move from a defensive position towards an offensive one. It managed to push the Osorran forces back bit by bit, even conquering territory initially belonging to Osorra, like the land around lake Pàvona.

However with Osorra becoming ever more desperate, it launched its final strike in 1982 by dropping a nuclear bomb on the city of Bores, not far from the capital. This was however just a last-ditch effort and with the international community now being more involved than ever, Osorra was quickly defeated in the same year. The nuclear bomb still caused a significant amount of physical and economic damage as well as causing major health problems, even to this day. The region of Sirenes was completely devastated after the war and the rebuilding would be a major political theme in the next terms of Xàreisae.

The elections of 1982, which were normally supposed to be held in February of that year were postponed to September, after Osorra was defeated, With Xàreisae now being seen as a war hero, the FDL easily on this election and the FDL-LTS coalition would continue on for a second term under the now Couraede government.

Rebuilding of the South
After the war the southern regions of Tilenno, North Atriva, South Gantes and Pàvona, and to a lesser extent the Atrivan Isles, were heavily damaged, with many having become homeless. Especially the region of Sirenes, home to the nuked city of Bores, was completely devastated as it was the main frontline during most of the war. Also the annexed regions in the south of Pàvona needed lots of reparations. Tilenno received some compensations from Osorra and donations from organisations like the North-South Concordant, who sought to expand its influence in the region after the recent nuclear disaster. However this wasn't nearly enough to cover all the expenses necessary to completely repair the region.

As a solution most of the costs had to be carried by the relatively unaffected regions of North Gantes, Làmosa and Kàtouro. The problem was that the regions of Làmosa and Kàtouro were for a large part more and  leaning and were never in support of this war provoked by the FDL. The higher taxes for this region were not happily welcomed and some minor protests even erupted surrounding this issue, especially in the city of Màrtones, who had been largely anti-war since the beginning. Xàreisae, while already being a controversial figure in these regions, now started to lose even more ground with his high taxes.

This unwillingness to contribute caused the southern regions to never fully recover and they are still economically worse of than the rest. This can still be seen in the political landscape today, with these regions being more likely to vote extreme right. This eventually would lead to the hegemony of the FDL falling apart and starting the political fragmentation of Tilenno we now know today.

Controversies and Achievements
Over the course of his three terms, Xàreisae has proven to be a controversial figure within Tilennan politics. While generally being revered for his service during the Osorra-Tilenno War, opposers argue that the whole war was his fault in the first place and that he got lucky that he won the war. He is sometimes also referred to a polarizing, extremist and racist figure and nothing more than a.

In his leadership after the war he also passed some rather controversial policies, as there was not many political resistance within the coalition. He passed high import taxes, which would eventually lead to slower international trade for economical integrity. he also passed a law that made civilian gun ownership completely illegal. The admission to the UNC was also a controversial topic as many argued that Tilenno should seek more international protecting by joining a larger political bloc like the NSC or ECOSEAS. Many hoped that the war would function as a catalyst for Tilenno to open up as a nation and become less, but this didn't seem the direction Xàreisae and the FDL wanted to go in. They were more focussed on protecting the integrity and stability of the federation.

On the other hand, his leadership helped Tilenno in numerous ways. The coalition with the Green Party LTS, led Tilenno to become one of the leading nations in environment protection and clean energy, like nuclear. It also paved to way for more climate friendly policies down the line as it became clear economic prosperity and environment could go hand in hand. During his leadership religious freedom was also adopted within the constitution directly after the war, gaining him the UNC Peace Prize in 1982. He also started the Connected Tilenno Project, which aimed to better connect the federation. Under the CNP many railroads were built or renewed and high speed rail was installed, which would be eventually connected with the Pan-Avalonian Rail Project.

Pural Senator
After his third term in 1994, he got offered the position of Pural Senator by the current Pures, Hirenes Loutecho for his efforts in the war and proving to be a hero of the people. This made him senator for life, a function he still performs to this day. It is not often that a former Prime-Minister gets awarded the function of Pural Senator and especially not at such a young age, he was only 43 at the time.

While being officially senator, it is often expected for the Pural Senators to not interfere to much on the political playing field, instead taking on a more vigilant role and only speaking up when they deem absolutely necessary. This was however not in line with Xàreisae's political style and character. Within the Senate, he is know to be a opinionated and disruptive voice and sometimes also described as a nuisance. He is also not afraid to call out the other senators for being to 'sheep-like' and not having 'any radar turning in their mind'. His style of politics and debate have often sparked many and  as well as  in the modern day. Some consider him to be a comedic genius within the Senate.

Some of his most popular quotes as Pural Senator were:

"If it weren't for the fact that I am sitting in the Senate right now, I would have sworn I was looking at a severly injured hog uttering his last distressed mating call"

- Xàreisae Couraede (6 April 1997)

"Are you all just stupid or was I somehow chosen by the universe to bring intelligence back to the people?"

- Xàreisae Couraede (17 August 2004)