Kelin E. Rudico
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A political and economic visionary, Kelin E. Rudico can almost single-handedly be credited with facilitating the formation of the Autocratic Republic of Ericrea.
Born outside of the coastal city of Mareko, Rudico's early life was quite typical of a Dirtuuni youth. Indeed, only small glimpses of his remarkable leadership and persuasion skills ever shone through his quiet, introverted exterior.
A young man of many interests and proficiencies, particularly in mathematics and logic, Rudico eventually decided to focus his post-secondary education on Nuclear Physics. He received a doctorate in the field and went on to contribute, at first abroad, and then returning to his homeland to help its fledgling nuclear program.
He soon found his interests drifting from the world of formal science, however, and he decided to try carve out his own existence and live the Dirtuuni dream by owning his business. He and a friend from college entered a partnership selling electronics. Rudico also became involved in local politics at this point, taking great pride in representing his community. While he excelled at his small business, he eventually tired of the monotony and the time devoted to it. Abandoning both sales and politics for the time, Rudico lived comfortably off the money he made from selling his part of the business for a time before falling into his one true love: education. Rudico became a teacher of classical language at a local Mareko secondary school, where he quickly became a favorite among the students.
It was at this point that all of Rudico's inner musings and quiet contemplations suddenly fell into place. Instead of the Dirtuuni provinces splitting politically, as many politicians seemed all too eager to do, Rudico saw that an economic split would be much more productive, and would also eventually unite the Dirtuuni provinces into a single, more powerful nation, greater than the sum of its parts.
Through political savvy and general persuasiveness, Rudico was able to convince the Dirtuuni people that forcibly diversifying the provinces' economies, near blasphemy for the traditionally and fiercely capitalistic Dirtuuni people, was the only way to ensure the safe continuance of capitalism in the future, as well as the political power of the region.
Rudico suggested an economic council, made up of representatives from each of the provinces, to guide them through the period of communistic practices to ensure the satisfaction of all involved. A charter was drawn up, and Rudico himself was appointed head of the council. As some may have suspected at the time, it was all part of Rudico's master plan.
Over the next decade the council persisted, but as it began to relinquish some of its economic powers as permanent solutions fell into place it became more and more a political body. Rudico, still its leader, therefore became more and more a political leader.
Soon the council had grown and morphed enough that it was officially declared a Parliament for the Dirtuuni provinces. Its first act was to appoint Rudico as the supreme political leader of all the provinces, under the title of "President," largely for lack of a better term.
Rudico's first act as President was a proposal for the unification of the Dirtuuni people as a single, formal nation that would become active in the global economy. It was swiftly passed by the new Parliament.
While the basis of the new government was determined by its new constitution, based losely on the charter of the economic council and completed by the President and Parliament, the fine details were left to referenda to be completed by all the Dirtuuni people.
And so the details of the new nation, named "Ericrea" through the referenda, were decided, and a new competitor in the global market formed, with a true visionary at its helm.
