Max Power

Max Power
Title Relur Emerpus Famous quote "I've seen the future. Our Backwardistani future. And as you see this battle beginning to unfold I've already seen the final act. It is my destiny to lead the Backwardistani people to independence."

Relur Emerpus Max Power has been the leader of Backwardistan ever since the nation gained independence from Bram the Bored (BtB). He is a native Backwardistani, who took the foreign name 'Max Power' to protect his identity and his family.

Controversy

Shortly after the Ariddian reporter crisis, the BtB company newsletter The Daily Profit claimed to have found out who Max Power really was. It was said that Max Power could be a former BtB employee called 'Homer Simpson', a man who disappeared under mysterious circumstances three months before the Backwardistani claim for independence.

This was countered through official channels, stating once again that Max Power was a native Backwardistani who had only taken the non-Backwardistani name to protect his identity and that of his family. At the same time, the distribution of foreign newspapers was outlawed and anyone caught reading or spreading news from a source that had not been authorized by the government could be sentenced to death.

Parodies

For some reason, it appears West Ariddians are particularly keen to poke fun at Max Power. Comedian Ümit Makhmudov's persona Tarob Veyidgas is supposedly a representative of the Relur Emerpus' government and Max Power has his own psychotic and deranged cartoon character in the West Ariddian satirical programme Westville News.