by Max Barry

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The Republic of
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

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President Khuyemiz: A Background.

Khuyemiz, born in North Alttum Province in October 1993, seemed an improbable candidate for politics. Hailing from outside the wealthy upper class of the capital Port Vitrellan, she was never expected to ascend the ranks of national leadership under the monarchy. From an early age, Khuyemiz was acutely aware of the injustices pervading Khaldean society. The nation's riches, produced through the labor of the masses, overwhelmingly benefited only the elite and capital region.

Despite this inequity, Khuyemiz's intellect earned her admission to the prestigious Remtill University's political science program. There, her passionate advocacy for democracy—a system where citizens had a true stake in governance and reaped the rewards of their work—put her at odds with the regime. Her public debates against loyalists who touted imperial stability drew large audiences. Khuyemiz countered that such "security" merely masked state oppression, with the Imperial Security Bureau stifling any dissent.

The Bureau soon viewed the young dissident as a threat. In a brazen raid, they descended on Khuyemiz's campus accommodation, confiscating her writings and electronics before hauling her into an unmarked sedan. The regime hoped her arrest would silence her, but it backfired spectacularly. Videos of her debates spread like wildfire online, prompting further heavy-handed censorship that only validated Khuyemiz's warnings about authoritarianism. Across Khaldea, university students rallied behind her vision, even holding a defiant candlelit vigil on the King's birthday to honor the jailed activist.

Her ideas are slated to have played a pivotal part in fueling the attempted coup that escalated into a bloody civil war, with many supporters of the revolutionary forces citing Khuyemiz's democratic ideals as inspiration. Upon the monarchy's eventual overthrow, General Maritter, the coup leader, freed Khuyemiz from prison. Hoping she could provide a new guiding light for Khaldea, he appointed her as interim President to oversee the nation's transition to democracy.

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