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Stanislav III av Krajik - King of the Federal Kingdom
Stanislav in Military Dress, 2016
King of Nardin |
In office:
February 20, 1991 - Present
Enthronement:
March 1, 1991
Preceded by:
Ottokar V
Heir apparent:
Bartolemy
Personal Details |
Born | August 17, 1965 (age 53) |
Nationality | Nardinik |
Spouse | Martha av Chestivi |
Issue | Crown Prince Bartolemy, Duke of Resilic |
Education | Skijic Military Academy |
Religion | Nardinik Orthodoxy |
Stanislav III av Krajik (born August 17, 1965) is the King of Nardin. He ascended the throne on the death of his father, King Ottokar V, on February 20, 1991.
As king, Stanislav both serves as the executive power of Nardin's government, and is seen as a caretaker of Nardinik tradition and culture.
Stanislav was born on August 17, 1965 to then Crown Prince Ottokar V and Baroness Riska av Zevda in the Skijic Federal Hospital.
After his early years of private education were completed, Stanislav entered the prestigious Skijic Military Academy, as is tradition for the male children of many of the nobility to do. Upon earning a degree in Political and Military Science in 1987, he was commissioned in the Royal Nardinik Grenadiers, serving for the next four years.
During his time in the Grenadiers, Stanislav saw action in border disputes with Favn, as well as helping to quell the Polar Revolution of 1989 in occupied Jilitar. Serving with distinction, Stanislav rose quickly to brevet lieutenant colonel. He was married soon after in 1990 to Martha av Chestivi, the daughter of a minor nobleman from the southern provinces.
His military commission came to an abrupt end when his father, Ottokar V, died unexpectedly of heart failure in early 1991.
Rise in Politics
On February 20, 1991, Stanislav was immediately flown to the capital city of Krajik, where he assumed his duties as king. After the week of national mourning, he was crowned in the royal city of Skijic as Stanislav III.
Nearly immediately, Stanislav adopted a policy of suppression in the province of Jilitar. Following the Polar Revolution, his father Ottokar V had believed that little should be done to provoke the Jilitarians into further hostility. Stanislav thought instead that Jilitar should be punished for its insurrectionism. In early spring 1991 then the king increased Nardin's military presence in the province to suppress further insurrection. His decision to do so was undertaken without direction from the Houstålau, Nardin's parliament, which would not ratify the move until later that year. Many in parliament supported the king's extra-legal actions as necessary for keeping the peace, though many of the Liberal-Progressives decried the decision as unwarranted.
With the situation in Jilitar for the most part stabilized, Stanislav attempted to mend relations with the rebellious province by allowing their representatives to return to parliament in 1999 for the first time in nearly thirty years.
In dealing with Nardin's neighbor and traditional enemy Favn, Stanislav adopted a policy of armed readiness. He supported continuing Nardin's tradition of conscription, two-years of military service for all males of age, and has pushed to extend the same to women. Though bolstering the military's preparedness against Favn, he supported reopening closer diplomatic relations with them in the mid-1990s, which had been closed since the wars decades before.
King Stanislav III has provided stability for all of Nardin during his reign, and has been a popular king. He has been praised for greatly curtailing the black market that had arisen in the mid-twentieth century, and for keeping the protectorate of Jilitar from seceding. Conversely, in Jilitar Stanislav III is seen as tyrannical, and the instigator of violent crackdowns on their province.
Policies
Curtailing the Black Market
The black market in Nardin had skyrocketed in the mid-twentieth century during the upheavals surrounding the Jilitar Independence movement and the wars with its neighbor Favn. Stanislav III bolstered the police force and also used the military to put a stop to the illegal economy.Pacifying Jilitar
Jilitar has long been a rebellious province ever since its annexation in the seventeenth century. During the escalation of the Jilitar independence movements, particularly after the Polar Revolution of 1989, Stanislav has worked to keep the province firmly under Nardinik control.
For & Against
For: Monarchy, Nardinik Patriotism, Federal Government, Conscription
Against: Jilitar Separatists, Communism, Capital Punishment, Black Market
Stanislav is a stern, quiet man, very unlike his gregarious and boisterous father. His icy demeanor is praised by his supporters as displaying confident rule, though his critics claim it makes him appear harsh and uncaring.
In March 1990, Stanislav married Martha av Chestivi, daughter of a southern nobleman. Having been married for over thirty years, they have four children. His eldest son, Bartolemy, is the heir apparent.