Nedfry Svoboda

Nedfry-dua Svoboda 1st President of Sahrland • Equestrian
Personal Details
Born		Gardo 1st, 2106 Dugthail, Sahr
Died		Aughtafael 20th, 2162 Klensagrad
Nationality		Sahren
Cause of Death		Cirrhosis
Nicknames		The Son
Military Service
Allegiance		Sahr
Branch/Service		Royal armed forces
Years of Service
2123-2134
Rank		2nd Lieutenant
Conflicts		War of the Egercias
Military Service
Allegiance		Sahr
Branch/Service		Republican Guard/Republican Militia
Years of Service
2144-2146
Rank		Field Marshal, acting cheif of army
Conflicts		Sahren Civil War
Awards		Defender of Republicanism medal
1st President of Sahr
In Office
2144 - 2150
Preceded by		Office established
Succeeded by		Karlo Frakchiya
Minister of Capal of Sahr
In Office
2150 - 2158
Preceded by		Geldu Tekie
Succeeded by		Karlo Frakchiya

Nedfry-dua Svoboda was a Sahren politician, Field Marshal, President, and Minister of Capal of Sahr. He rose to power in 2144 in the Sahren Civil War, relinquishing the presidency in 2150. He was Minister of Capal until he resigned in 2158 due to declining health.

Svoboda was born in Dugthail, Sahr and was raised near the town. He was part of an unknown number of underground agitation organizations from a young age.

Early life

Svoboda was born in Dugthail in 2106 to an Egercian family in the midst of the Chevspendic invasion. His mother was of Tekkian ancestry and his father was of Chevspendic ancestry. He had an older brother Læffy svoboda and a younger sister Kara svoboda. Only Kara svoboda survived childhood. At ten years of age Svoboda was awarded the title name "Dua" meaning resistant or adamant. He later renounced Dua in 2147 because he believed title names were part of a barbaric horde culture, but he kept signing with the name until his death.

By the time of the beginning of the War of the Egercias, Svoboda was sixteen and legally allowed to join the royal armed forces. He joined a year later in 2123 after hearing of the peaceful fall of Klensthail, now Klensagrad.

It is largely believed he met Kake kerch in a pub after he left the army at the end of the war. The two later became great friends and formed the GMSD together in 2127.

Career

Svoboda joined the royal armed forces as a dragoon in 2123 after the fall of Klensagrad to Sahren forces. He ascended to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant by the end of the war. He made extensive note of tactics employed by both sides with plans to use them in a Republican insurrection later.

Svoboda helped to start many illegal Republican organizations and later helped to merge them together into the general movement for Sahren democracy. He ascended to head of the GMSD after the death of former cheif of army Kake kerch in 2135. Members took to calling Kerch "The father" and Svoboda "The son". Svoboda made alliances with many moderate Stihlovist organizations in an effort to gain the support of the Peasantry and Labourers, while also opposing radical stihlovist organizations as to not alienate their few middle and upper class supporters.

On Teince 5th, 2136 the GMSC marched on Khosa to deliver an ultimatum entailing the creation of a parliament and constitution to king Kirbo lavro. His excellency had only been coronated 7 days prior and had no choice but to accept to avoid a civil war. Many questioned the existance of the GMSC after a constitution was created, causing party membership to fall sharply. The parliament was hamstrung with corruption and power abuse for this short period of operation. Svoboda stepped down just less than a year in protest along with a sizeable portion of the GMSC. Parliament was forcefully shut down in 2138 and the GMSC was forced to dissolve and flee to Phoenia.

Time in Exile

Svoboda fled to Rokfor to found the Republican party with what remained of the GMSC with the end goal to launch a Phoenian backed inssurection in 2142. The Republicans merged with the Worker's party on Zayu 6th of 2138. Relations with Sahr and Phoenia entered a period of decline following SRGIA terrorist attacks in early 2140. Public opinion turned away from the Regency Junta which aided Republican recruitment campaigns. Svoboda made alliances with Bastian groups which would later pledge loyalty to the Republicans in the coming war. The treaty of Cath that ended the war of the Aontan straits posed the perfect opportunity. The plan had been delayed with 2150 as the start date, but many in the party reasoned that if the Republicans didn't start the war the NSP would start first.

Sahren Civil War

3 hours after midnight on the 17th of Kamprazdnóir, 2144, Republican militia crossed the border into Sahrland and gave out the code to guerillas still in the country. A vast majority of the Phoenian border guards were either sympathetic to the Republicans or had been recruited prior, and let the soldiers through.

“	Ora! welcome home brothers, now that spring has come!	”
—Nedfry Svoboda, citing the coded message for Republican guerillas.

Svoboda ordered Republican guerillas to sabotage infrastructure and communications to paralyze Junta reponse. The city of Sys fell with almost no resistance. Svoboda assigned himself as field marshall and cheif of army for the duration of the war. Svoboda quickly entered into secret negotiations with the recently deposed Kirbo lavro to launch an uprising in Dugthail, formally inviting Lavro loyalists into the Republican coalition. He also entered into intense negotiations with Phoenia for the rest of the month to back them above the other factions. Svoboda delegated most of the war actions to his generals as he secured foreign alliances and passed legislation. The chaotic offensives that followed were far below what he expected. By Meálhtyk Svoboda clamped down heavily on the high command, drafting the Straitéis Bastiya which stated the priority of seizing Bastia as it hadn't bogged down into modern trench warfare like Sahrland.

By Yablokuull of 2145 Svoboda drafted a plan that theorized the seizure of Slovale and Klensagrad would bring the swiftest end to the war possible as the other factions would have lost a majority of their manufacturing capabilities. He approved the purchase of large amounts of aircraft and artillery from Phoenia in preparation for the operations and allocated sixteen divisions to be split evenly for each. The operations were a complete success, with Tetraethalead causing such a rout the Labour party and NSP merged into the United front. Many skirmishes were still occuring across the nation, and the United front still had to be pursued out of the country, but Svoboda openly declared the war to be won.

Reign as President

Domestic affairs

Establishment of Sahrland-Bastia

The Bastian territories were a controversial topic of Republican discussion during and after the war's end. The treaty of Phoezi was set to expire soon

Military reform

Competant officer shortage plagued the Sahren Republican guard since it's creation. Several officers were transferred from the Sahren Republican Militia into the Republican Guard in order to fill gaps. The Sahren republican militia was dissolved in 2146 with much of their equipment lost as the now thousands of unemployed veterans sold their equipment on the black market to get by. The SRG was placed under strict control by the civilian government and funding was cut significantly. Sahren Navy funding also fell

Cultural assimilation

Svoboda made an effort to assimilate the remaining Chevspendic speaking inhabitants of Sahrland into the Egercian speaking population. The second linguistic reform act went into effect in 2147. This act was aimed to build on the first linguistic reform act by outlawwing several minority languages and the complete removal of accent marks and apostrophes from Egercian. This act was targetted to the remaining Chevspendic traditionalists, who Svoboda viewed as a barbaric shame on Sahrland. The Bridge of blood incident caused the act to be scaled down by not applying restrictions to other languages than Egercian.

Although it was not made a law, Svoboda heavily criticized the practice of awarding title names as nearly no other country on the planet had a similar practice. His insistance on their removal caused the opposite effect, and many who did not have title names acquired them. This is attributed to be the biggest factor for the sudden increase in -ako, -kæ, -dua, and many more title names that were previously in declining popularity.

Beurocratic reform

Svoboda spent his entire reign tearing down the system of royal favoritism for an enlightened meritocracy. Large progress in infrastructure, arts, science, and the economy have been attributed to this massive overhaul in such a short period of time.

Foreign affairs

Phoenian-Sahren alliance

Although an Egercian nationalist, Svoboda made an effort of peaceful coexistence with Phoenia. He sought to create a web of alliances spanning across the coast of the sea of Aontas with Phoenia and Sahrland-Bastia as the military and economic heart. These efforts largely failed to bear fruit, but achieved in creating positive relations between Phoenia, Grestin, and Valeria.

Council of the sea of Aonta

During the brief Ophirian export crisis Sahrland proposed a council with representatives from across the Aontan sea. The council was rejected despite strong insistence by Svoboda. This incident is widely regarded as a supportive reason for the reformation of Aontas in order to secure Sahren trade interests.

Phoenian-Sahren terror war

In late 2146 Sahrland officially declared the South Sahrland Revolutionaries a terrorist organization and entered the campaign on the side of Phoenia. The group's leaders were arrested and charged with conspiracy and terrorism. The SSR was passified by late 2168 and marked a period of increased cooperation between the two countries.

Economic reform

War communism

War communism was a set of laws enacted during Wartime that allowed the Sahren government to seize property, set strict food rationing, restrict the movement of travel, restrict the right to a fair court, and restrict the right to protest. War communism was abolished in 2146 but ended in practice by late 2148. War communism was outlawed in official territories in the Sahren constitution.

State intervention

Intense state economic planning under Svoboda's regime can be described as a proto-state run capitalist system. The methods of a traditional capitalist system were used to bring about the same end results of Stihlovism. This system was expanded upon by succeeding presidents, most notably Karlo frakchiya.

Illness and Death

Svoboda had been a heavy drinker until 2144 due to civil war grain rationing. It significantly increased his risk for liver issues and in 2157 he was diagnosed with Cirrhosis thought to be exacerbated by illness. He resigned from his position as minister of horse and in 2158 and died from Cirrhosis in 2162. The nation was struck with grief and sorrow upon his death, and the resulting funeral service was one of the largest in Sahren history.

Personal Life

Svoboda was very fond of horses from a young age. He was an Equestrian in his early life before the Republicans were formed. He often stated that he would prefer to care for horses if the country didn't need him.

Quotes

“	In these times it is of utmost value to follow principles above their practical implementations. It is a matter of acting as if the principles of a republic are in place when they are not. Stubborn insistance on dreams are what powers reality.	”
—Nedfry Svoboda.

“	The highest dishonour is to deliberately dispose of that which still has use.	”