Xander Peralta

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**Alexander de Pfeffel Peralta** (August 19, 2181 - June 4, 2301) was an American politician who served as the 92nd President of the United States from 2225 to 2229.

# Early Life

Alexander de Pfeffel Peralta was born on August 19, 2181, to the middle-class family of Charles and Martha Peralta. Peralta would live as average of a childhood as he could under the Imperialist Party's regime and would enlist in the National Guard following his high school graduation in 2200. In the National Guard, Peralta would quickly rise through the ranks, becoming a General 7 years after he initially enlisted in 2207.

# Imperial Persecution

In 2209, Imperialist Governor Joe Mario ordered Peralta to dispatch his forces against members of the "Virginia National Party", a party which advocated for the independence of Virginia and separation from the Empire. Their members largely worked in the shadows and spread their message with anonymous identities. Peralta would initially obey Governor Mario, and would be successful in finding and executing Virginia Nationalist Nathan Jones. During the apprehension, however, Jones would engage in debate with Peralta on the ethical philosophy of the Imperialist establishment. Although Jones was soon executed by Peralta's forces, his words would live on in Peralta's mind. Following his death, Peralta soon came to the conclusion that he agreed with him, thus joining the Virginia National Party and ordering his forces to coup Governor Mario. In his place, Peralta assumed the office, promising the Virginian people freedom if they did not challenge his Governorship. In that year's election, Peralta would officially win with a landslide, as the Virginia National Party would obtain a majority in both houses of Virginia's General Assembly. The stage was right for Virginia to declare independence the following year, 2210.

# Governor of Virginia (2209-2221)

For the next five years, Peralta would focus his efforts as Governor, or "President of the Virginian Republic" as it was commonly referred to at the time towards defending Virginia from Emperor Echevarria's forces. Although northern and western Virginia would largely be occupied and face brutalization by the Imperialists, Peralta would successfully prevent them from coming anywhere near Richmond, thus keeping the Virginian Republic stable as a political entity. As Governor, Peralta would possess extensive emergency powers, and would use it mostly to make the judiciary more favorable toward the government and court prosecution; he would appoint and fire judges in accordance with their support of the Virginia National Party's movement, and would make the burden of probable cause for obtaining investigative warrants on citizens excessively low. Despite this, however, he would permit Imperialist support in Virginia's borders and ensure that "the Virginian people possess the rights stripped from them by Echevarria's tyranny".

## Readmittance to the Union

Once Thorton Echevarria was dead, Peralta willingly entered negotiations with President Blankenship in 2215 that would see Virginia re-enter the United States, leaving the Virginia National Party in the process in favor of becoming an independent. Although some had grown distrustful of the union as a result of Emperor Echevarria, the admittance passed in the General Assembly and support for the Virginia National Party would vastly weaken, most, including Governor Peralta, seeing it as an outdated cause. With the conflict concluded, people across Virginia would hail Peralta as a state hero, as he would win an unopposed third term as Governor in 2217.

## Third Term

In his third term, Peralta would use his emergency powers to repair the war-torn areas under Imperialist occupation during Virginia's secession. Once Peralta felt enough progress had been made towards restoring Virginia's quality of life and democracy, he rescinded these powers in 2219 and restored the balance of power found across most US state governments. Throughout the rest of his term, Peralta would prioritize freedom above all else and would largely promote libertarian policies for the state.

In 2221, however, Peralta noticed that the "high freedom" he hoped Virginia would obtain was not reaching his fullest potential due to the policy the federal government was passing which instated many national regulations. Because of this, Peralta announced, to the shock of the Virginian people, his resignation as Governor in March of that year and his intention not to run for a fourth Gubernatorial term. In his speech, Peralta announced that he would be holding what he would call the "Convention of Liberty", which would be open to freedom lovers to discuss what to do about what he called the "gradually looming new age of federal power".

# Founding the Liberty Party

Peralta's message would be heard across the nation; over 300 individuals would meet in Yorktown to discuss what to do. After hours of zeal and opposition to the modern Commawatch policy, the members of the Convention would decide to form a new national political party known as the "Liberty Party", which would advocate for the limited use of federal power and limited imposition of regulation. With this Convention, Peralta would be declared the "Leader of the Liberty Party", and would serve as its first Chair and and first Presidential nominee for the Presidential Election of 2224.

# Presidential Election of 2224

Running on the Liberty Party platform, Peralta would defeat Commawatch Senate Majority Leader Marshal Adams for the Presidency in 2224.

# Presidency (2225-2229)

As President, Peralta would propose repeals of various Commawatch regulations. Due to the fact that the Commawatch Party still dominated Congress, however, Peralta would face little success in his administration's agenda. In the Presidential Election of 2228, Commawatch nominee Sanford Frost would use this against him, claiming that Peralta possessed "no ability to push the country forward". This claim would largely be believed by the American people, thus seeing Peralta lose the Presidency to Frost.

# Post Presidency

Following his defeat, Peralta would once again serve as Liberty Party Chair for the next 22 years, until he retired in 2251 at age 70. Peralta would live the next 50 years in comfort until his death in 2301 at age 120.