Safalra

This article refers to the character Safalra. For the nation, see The Fleeting Daydream Of Safalra

Safalra is the young key diplomat of The Fleeting Daydream Of Safalra, and is also known as a philosopher and computer scientist. As one of the few people repected by the majority of the nation's peoples, his humourous name for the nation, taken from his treatise Life Is But A Dream, has gained popular support and it recognised by the United Nations.

Background

Safalra's parents were Krants who moved from the Krant city of Drak to the outskirts of the Leaian city of Otterton to raise a family. Safalra was born in Otterton on 6th June 1983. After studying in the large Solenscree settlement of Earnest, he established the philosophical retreat of All Honesty in the woodland of Bandrabell. Safalra now resides permanently in All Honesty, conducting almost all diplomacy remotely.

Diplomatic Role

Despite his youth, Safalra gained the respect of the people of The Fleeting Daydream Of Safalra through his philosophical works analysing the varying political systems of the nation, most notably Shards Of The Crystal. Safalra became the United Nations Ambassador for the nation on the 16th Kanuary 2003, and performs this role by the common consent of the Solenscree, Leaians (through a running election), and Krants (through yearly referenda).

Philosophical Works

• Life Is But A Dream (2000) - a treatise on the subject of questions whose answers cannot be determined, and whether a question must be scientific to be logically meaningful
• Shards Of The Crystal (2002) - an analysis of the varying political systems of The Fleeting Daydream Of Safalra
• The Book Of The Countercultures (2006) - a wide-ranging treatise on major countercultures of the last two centuries, covering the differnces between subcultures and countercultures, 'shallowness' and 'depth', the effects of idealism and cynicism on the success of a counterculture, and detailed analyses of major countercultures