Piyush Ohmstede

Official Portrait, 2386 	 	 	
14th President of the United States of Earth	14th President of the United States of Earth	14th President of the United States of Earth	14th President of the United States of Earth
In Office 	 	 	
May 25, 2386 - January 20, 2389 	 	 	
Vice President: Emesta Kostaguard 	 	 	
Preceded by: Qu Scaramucci 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Emesta Kostaguard 	 	 	
125th President of the United States 	125th President of the United States 	125th President of the United States 	125th President of the United States
In Office 	 	 	
January 20, 2385 - May 25, 2386 	 	 	
Vice President: Emesta Kostaguard 	 	 	
Preceded by: Qu Scaramucci 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Emesta Kostaguard 	 	 	
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In Office 	 	 	
January 20, 2385 - May 25, 2386 	 	 	
Second Servant: Hans Amideus 	 	 	
Preceded by: Qu Scaramucci 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Emesta Kostaguard 	 	 	
127th Vice President of the United States 	127th Vice President of the United States 	127th Vice President of the United States 	127th Vice President of the United States
In office 	 	 	
January 20, 2385 - May 25, 2386 	 	 	
Preceded by: Villarreal Almatov 	 	 	
Succeeded by: Emesta Kostaguard 	 	 	
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Full Name: Piyush Besin Ohmstede 	 	 	
Born: January 23, 2324 	 	 	
Died: June 21, 2473 (aged 149) 	 	 	
Piyush Besin Ohmstede was an American lawyer and politician, who served as the 127th Vice President of the United States from 2385 to 2386, and 125th President of the United States from 2386 to 2389. 
== Early Life and Career ==
Ohmstede was born on January 23, 2324, in Durres, Albania. Upon graduating high school in 2342, Ohmstede attended Athena University from 2342 to 2346, before traveling to the original United States to attend law school at New York University from 2346 to 2349.
Following his graduation from law school, Ohmstede would work as a legal assistant for the law firm Legius & Prokdeff over the course of the next 9 years, until finally having the means to start his own firm, Ohmstede Advocation, in 2358. While not well-known amongst the general public, Ohmstede would be a respected lawyer in Albania and Greeces' legal sphere. Ohmstede was largely regarded as competent amongst his peers, and amongst judges. 
== Relation to Qu Scaramucci ==
For this competence, Ohmstede was contacted by renowned North American lawyer Qu Scaramucci, who often sued governments for corruption. In 2375, Scaramucci requested for Ohmstede to aid him in cases of corruption around Mediterranean Americana. Having largely respected the work Scaramucci did, Ohmstede was reportedly honored by such an offer, and gladly accepted Scaramucci's proposal. Two years later, in 2377, Scaramucci bought out Ohmstede Advocation to work directly under his own firm, saying that it "only [made] sense, given how much Ohmstede Advocation has done for [Scaramucci's work]." Ohmstede was also happy to accept the deal, holding Scaramucci in high esteem and also being happy to accept the money from the deal. With his firm now Scaramucci's subsidiary, Ohmstede continued to work in his firm for the next 10 years.
In 2384, however, Scaramucci would make Ohmstede another offer that he would be honored to receive. As Scaramucci was conducting his own run for the Presidency of the United States, he asked for Ohmstede to become his Vice President, saying to Ohmstede that he "[needed] a reliable individual who shared his goals for the country." Ohmstede accepted immediately upon being offered the position, and reportedly showed Scaramucci a great deal of gratitude for the opportunity. Thus, in 2385, Ohmstede would become the nation's Vice President upon Scaramucci's election to the Presidency.
== Vice Presidency (2385 - 2386) ==
Although Scaramucci and Ohmstede worked exceptionally well together in the private sector, cracks in their partnership began to show during their time in executive office. Upon the commencement of the Scaramucci Administration, Scaramucci began advocating for the United States to declare war on Terra Atmosphaera as a means of "[reversing] all the Progressives have done." While Ohmstede shared Scaramucci's political beliefs that Progressive policy needed to be reversed, he believed a war would be an extreme means of doing so, and that it would bring about more destruction than it was worth. Ohmstede reportedly attempted to persuade Scaramucci that a war would be devastating for the world, yet Scaramucci was reportedly insistent on his agenda. Thus, Ohmstede reportedly expressed relief when Congress voted down President Scaramucci's war declaration.
However, that instance was not the end of Scaramucci and Ohmstedes' worsening relations. On September 13, 2385, a group of Scaramucci Boxers launched terrorist attacks against Terra Atmosphaera as a means of "[doing] what Congress's cowardice [could] not." Upon the matter's resolution, Ohmstede defended Scaramucci by claiming that someone was not responsible for the extreme actions of others just because they support the person in question. Come time for the end of November 2385, however, Ohmstede would reportedly be shocked when President Scaramucci pardoned the terrorists and even complimented their actions. Upon seeing this, Ohmstede reportedly became disillusioned, and concluded that Scaramucci needed to be stopped in his tracks.
Ohmstede's first attempt to stop Scaramucci's power came when he attempted to enact the 25th Amendment. Since much of Scaramucci's Cabinet had resigned so as to distance themselves from the administration, however, Ohmstede could not obtain enough signatures to remove Scaramucci's executive powers.
Seeing that Ohmstede could not stop Scaramucci from holding executive power, his next strategy would be to conduct political backdoor deals to diminish the effects of Scaramucci's Presidency. Following Terra Atmosphaera's declaration of war against the United States, Ohmstede met with Terra Atmosphaeran President Maye Fleure to discuss conditions of peace. In their negotiations, Ohmstede and Fleure agreed to a white peace in exchange for the United States military helping to stop terrorism in Terra Atmosphaera, and for the Terra Atmosphaeran government to be able to command the United States military to leave at any time. 
Ohmstede concluded that if he could pass this deal, then Scaramucci's extremism would be vastly diminished. The only thing stopping him, however, was the fact that Scaramucci would never propose this deal to the Senate; the Vice President needed another way to enact the treaty into law. He concluded that the best way to do so would be to use his power as President of the Senate to force the Senate to vote on the treaty. Scaramucci was near universally-disliked among Congress, so he was confident that his treaty would be favored by the legislative body. So, if the Senate were to vote on it, at least it would be enacted into law until struck down by the Supreme Court. With this reasoning, Vice President Ohmstede forced the Senate to convene on January 17, 2386 and introduced the treaty to them directly. 
Given that the treaty was not proposed by the President, it did not have the support of 2/3 of the Senate it needed to be ratified immediately. Because of this, Vice President Ohmstede invoked the Nuclear Option to reduce the amount of Senators it needed to pass. With this, the Senate approved the Ohmstede Treaty with only 61% of Senators in favor.
Upon the treaty's passage, President Scaramucci criticized Vice President Ohmstede for "[abusing] his authority as President of the Senate in forcing the Senate to vote on an unconstitutional matter." Scaramucci announced on January 18, 2386, that he would not be enforcing the treaty as law, and would rather maintain orders to attack Terra Atmosphaera.
During his time as Vice President, Ohmstede is looked upon fondly for his staunch opposition to President Scaramucci, and for his repeated attempts to stop the President's extreme actions. Although he was not successful in any of what he attempted, he is still regarded by historians as a national hero during this time; and as President Scaramucci was assassinated on May 25, 2386, Ohmstede would be able to finally put that heroism to effect as he ascended to the Presidency.
== Allegations of Orchestrating Scaramucci's Death ==
Upon receiving news that President Scaramucci was assassinated, many Americans (particularly Scaramucci Boxers) suspected that Ohmstede orchestrated Scaramucci's assassination as a last-ditch effort to stop his Presidency. However, there is no evidence to support these claims, as Ohmstede has always vehemently denied the accusations. Proponents of the theory point to the fact that Ohmstede fired Attorney General Giovanni Jones after he commenced an investigation into the allegations. This, however, is rooted in speculation, as Ohmstede has responded to this by saying he fired all of Scaramucci's Cabinet anyways, and that he did not find it professional for "an Attorney General to launch an investigation just because of a conspiracy theory," as Ohmstede put it. 
Because of this, no authority has ever connected Scaramucci's death back to Ohmstede, as he has never been prosecuted for this alleged crime.
== Presidency (2386 - 2389) ==
Upon taking office, Ohmstede presented a speech calling for national unity, and asserting that "agendas have gone too far." In this speech, Ohmstede announced that he would not pursue any Boxer policy, stating that "the country [needed] more than" and that there needed to be an extensive campaign to rebuild Terra Atmosphaera. Ohmstede asserted in his speech that "The biggest job obligation of any public servant is to help others. And right now, Terra Atmosphaera needs our help badly." With this, Ohmstede announced that he would pursue President Zeonora O'Shaghennessy's original plan to have Terra Atmosphaera as a United States territory, and that he would prioritize extensive reconstruction funding to account for the damage caused to the nation. In his speech, Ohmstede claimed that "When you look at this with sheer reason, without any ideological strings attached, we can all see that this is what makes the most sense for restoring livelihoods in the atmosphere." Thus, President Ohmstede's agenda was set. 
While not all Boxers supported Ohmstede in his new agenda, enough did to the point where Ohmstede could enact this agenda without opposition. Because of this, the Ohmstede Administration is largely considered the "end of the early Boxer Party", as the party platform had no influence on what Boxer politicians did during this time. 
President Fleure agreed to Ohmstede's plan for Terra Atmosphaera. Thus, the "Second Treaty of New Washington" was successfully passed on June 25, 2386.
Upon annexing Terra Atmosphaera back into the United States, Ohmstede passed the "Atmospheric Restoration Act", which conducted an ambitious campaign to rebuild Terra Atmosphaera within the next five years. This project would be extremely expensive for the United States, as President Ohmstede had to put the nation into a large amount of debt for it to afford the policy. Because of this, the American economy largely worsened during the Ohmstede Administration.
Come time for the Election of 2388, Ohmstede declined to run for a second term, stating that "[he was] not here for power, so it's deplorable to chase it." Thus, Ohmstede endorsed his Vice President, moderate Boxer Emesta Kostaguard, for his position. Ohmstede left office on January 20, 2389, carrying a 70% approval rating upon his departure. He is largely remembered by historians as the President who put politics aside, and who was dedicated to reducing both chaos and extremism.