Douglas Dimmadome I

**Douglas Dimmadome I** was a politician in the Bread League who served as President from 952 to 956. He held office again as Uchmandrei for 716 days in the aftermath of the 958-959 power struggle, till his assassination in 23rd October 961. Douglas Dimmadome was also the first member of the Dimmadome dynasty, which represented the NazBol Party up until it's complete dissolution. He oversaw the first time that the NazBol Party (including all it's iterations) had won an election.

Winning the 952 election, Douglas Dimmadome I made concessions to the opposition for ministries and roles, in exchange for support of the government. Known at the time for his anti-Changeling nationalist rhetoric, a balance between monarchy and prime ministerial powers and socialist economic proposals, Douglas worked to compromise with other parties on the issues of the military and centralization, even supporting the Nationalist-drafted Armada Qualifications Act. The negotiations ruled out major opposition against the Prime Minister and gave the King the power to veto decisions, allowing The NazBols to be unopposed with passing restrictions on the rights of free speech and privacy, establishing precursors to the BIA and Breadstapo, in the form of the Jasozegense.

Changes were made to Breadia's foreign policy by the time of the 716-day emergency government, where Douglas sought approval from Decimus I for establishing contact with the New Californian Republic for an alliance, pushed for the annexation of the Cake Union and used the Jasozegense to inflitrate Changelingia to look for missing persons, like PolishRaspberries.

## Prime Ministry (952-956)

### 952-954

By the first year of the Ministry, Douglas made negotiations with fellow leaders of the Conservative-Socialist Coalition, the Legitimist Party leader Decimus I regaining status as King of Breadia and first-in-command of the Armed Forces, Freedom Resistance leader Ligmalollipop II receiving second-in-command of the Armed Forces and PolishRaspberries receiving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the far-right Hivemind Party were barred from any post-election negotiations with the government.

Douglas Dimmadome passed the Armada Qualifications Act (AQA), drafted by Freedom Resistance's Ligmalollipop II, outlawing the existence of all paramilitaries, that military funds were to exclusively go to the Army of the Bread League and the newly-created Jasozegense, which also incorporated old paramilitaries, as well as limit military general powers to those chosen by merit and the decision of higher military officers (a precursor to the Field Marshal system). The AQA neglected to apply limitations on the size of the Jasozegense and whether it followed the same meritocratic system as the Army.

### 955-956

Between 955 till 956, Douglas passed a bill that lead to the creation of a new government-run institute, named S.U.P.R.E.M.E. S.U.P.R.E.M.E would be used to make military communication more easier between different locations. This led to direct government investment into computer technology, but would then be cut to make way for an investigation on the missing status of PolishRaspberries (Minister of Foreign Affairs).

#### **Disappearence of PolishRaspberries**

After last being spotted in the Northern reaches of Breadia, PolishRaspberries went missing. Decimus I approved of a Jasozegense-led investigation into the case. It later turned out that he was abducted by Changelings at the Breadian-Changeling border.

## Post-Prime Ministry (957-October 4 959)

Following his failure to win the 956 General Elections, Doug Dimmadome exiled himself to the neighboring nation of the Cake Union, where he resided till the onset of the Second Breadian Civil War. After it began, he moved to Breadia to negotiate an agreement where he led a small corp of the Armed Forces to push from the West to the Capital, which was occupied by the People's Republic of Breadia. Following this, he entered Parliament and led a transition of power from the King to himself after negotiating with the leader of the Breadian Armed Forces, Ligmalollipop II.

## Uchmandreity (October 5 959-September 23 961)

The emergency government, installed by negotiations following the resignation of military general Ligmalollipop II and King Decimus I from the government, which gave power to Douglas Dimmadome I. The Uchmandreity was created to entrust power on the sole party present in Parliament following the Second Breadian Civil War, which had led to many other parties' dissolution. As a result of the lack of parliamentary or military opposition, laws were passed to centralise power upon the head of the Uchmandreity. It was intended to last as long as the lifetime of the entrusted Dimmadome, and with the powers in place, the Jasozegense was recreated while a new agency, the Royal Institute of Espionage, was to involve itself in meddling with Changelingian politics. Moreover, the position of Monarch was solidified to be held only by the bloodline of Decimus I, with a grand coronation declaring Decimus I as the first of House Eternis and for his own personal title as "Regele Eternis" (Eternal Ruler). Doug I's reign saw massive crackdowns against Communist remnants in Breadian society, the state nationalisation of telecommunications, banks and arms industries, the creation of the first nationwide union (All-Breadian Workers' Union), reinstatement of the S.U.P.R.E.M.E computer program and the elimination of the vieux riche, such as those descended of King PolishRaspberries I, as well as state-supported persecution of racial minorities in Breadia. Another major part of the Uchmandreity's existence was the War of Western Reclamation, where Breadia allied the NCR and the French Anarchy to fight an Enclave-Changelingian-Griffonian coalition. The war ended with a victorious armistice which led to the annexation of most of the Cake Union and acquiring parts of the North. The Uchmandreity ended with Douglas I's assassination at the hands of Changeling spies.

## Legacy

By the end of Douglas's rule, by the aftermath of the assassination, it had become abundantly clear the political reality of Breadia. While the military successes pushed as far north as the gates of Vesalipolis, internal instability in Breadia post-Douglas led to waning support for the NazBols, meaning that the generals that led the war effort could not communicate directly to a higher political authority, leading to uncertainty about when to stop advances or retreat to prevent humiliating defeats, which would put a dent on anti-Changeling rhetoric. While the two times he held office accompanied robust economic success and competent management of resources to the military, the loss of Douglas Dimmadome left no real future economic minister to handle the condition of the economy, spiraling into increasingly high expenditure for the upkeep of the military and food shortages. The system built around the cult of Dimmadome could only be sustained by themselves, as it implemented the bureaucratic, soon-to-be inefficient planned economics that was completely state-run. This all culminated in an economic crash after the war.

Another mark on Douglas's legacy is that, unlike some rulers, the government was openly aware of their actions that censored opposing views to the Government, had imprisoned political dissidents and encouraged racial discrimination towards Changelings.

His admission of the West as a state would be the only expansion that led to the creation of a new state, while the ceasefire allowed for nearly doubling the size of the North.

He is the last member of the NazBols to hold a clear dominance over the North, only for the NazBols to lose their complete grip over all states by the 974 Election.