Thaddeus Turner

**William Thaddeus Turner** (26 March 4003 – 21 December 4087) was an Alfegrian politician and revolutionary who served as the first President of Alfegria and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces from 4061 to his death in 4087. He also served as Head Chairman of theCommunist Party of Alfegria from 4061 to 4085, when he abdicated in favor of his nephew Garibald Turner. Under his administration, Alfegria became a one-party socialist state; industry was nationalised, and multiple socialist reforms were implemented throughout his Presidency.

After decisively defeating the Empire of Alfegria in the Alfegrian Revolutionary War, Turner took complete control of the government and named himself President in 4061. Throughout his Presidency, there have been multiple attempts to assassinate him, overthrow his regime, and even an attempt to invade the country in favor of a monarchy in 4070. Countering these threats, Turner formed a grand alliance with all Communist nations in 4077 which gave him access to nuclear weapons and better military opportunity.

Turner converted Alfegria into a one party state under the rule of the Communist Party of Alfegria. Reforms including general economic expansion and expanding welfare & education were accompanied by the censoring of the press and the ban on any opposing parties serving in Congress, which were both lifted during Garibald Turner's administration. These actions, coupled with Turner's charismatic and charming behavior, significantly increased Alfegria's profile on the world stage and Turner became a world-renowned figure. Following the collapse of a majority of Communist nations in the early to mid-4080s, Turner focused on stabilizing the country and preventing any major revolts under his regime. Before he could enact more policies to keep the realm intact, he died of natural causes at the age of 84 in 4087.

Nowadays, Turner is a controversial figure. Supporters of his regime laud him as a champion of socialism, anti-imperialism and modernism, whose regime secured Alfegria as a great power among other countries on Eltenis. Contrarily, critics of his regime view him as a totalitarian dictator whose administration virtually destroyed the democratic process and any form of political representation from people who weren't aligned with the Communist Party, and who committed multiple human rights abuses against homosexuals, the mentally disabled, and major political opponents. Despite this, Thaddeus Turner is still one of the most influential and important people in modern Alfegrian history, and through his writings and speeches he has influenced the politics of various individuals and groups throughout the world.

## Early life

William Thaddeus Turner was born on the Shuteburgh Military Base where his father was stationed at on 26 March 4003. His father, Gregory Turner, was a prominent general in the Imperial Army. The Turner family was never too fincancially successful, as they were originally fishermen who just happened to become generals. While off-duty, Gregory married pharmacist Melinda Hildin; together they had five children, among them Thaddeus. At the age of 8, his father left the military due to financial reasons and took permanent residence in Donfent as a local shopkeeper. After earning enough money from the shop, Gregory was able to send Thaddeus and his siblings to St. Gudin's Academy, a local private school. Thaddeus was extremely mediocre in terms of academics, but was able to gain lots of acquaintances due to his overwhelming amount of charm and charisma.

After graduating from St. Gudin's in 4021, Thaddeus began attending the University of Donfent. While in university, he became embroiled in student activism and far-leftist politics. Extremely passionate about anti-imperialism, he successfully became a journalist for the student newspaper and produced extremely biased articles about how the current government at the time was extremely flawed and needed massive amounts of reform. He was quickly fired from the position after a few months of writing for the newspaper. Just days after being fired from his university job, Turner delivered a public speech about the eventual collapse of the monarchy, which was ironically the main article of the newspaper he was just fired from.

In 4023, Turner joined the People's Party of Alfegria, founded by ex-military general and prominent politician Hartford Wagner. A charismatic figure, Turner was primarily inspired by his agenda to overthrow the government and establish a democratic government truly run by the people of Alfegria. Despite Wagner having been arrested multiple times by the Alfegrian government, Turner was committed to work for the Party on his behalf. Despite all of this, Turner ended up graduating from University in 4025 with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

## Early political career

Shortly after finishing University, Turner left the People's Party of Alfegria due to internal reasons in 4025 and also since Wagner died in 4024.