Dex Moonfire

**Dexton Sullivan Moonfire III** (born November 18th, 1963), more commonly known as **Dex Moonfire**, is a Solician politician, Army Colonel, Negromurian noble, and erotic author serving as the President of Dexistan since 2020 and the General Secretary of the Workers' and Peasants' Party of Solicia since 2018. Before ascending to become the President via military coup, he was a Colonel in the Royal Army of New Free Derry who studied at North Point Imperial Military Academy from 1981 to 1985.

Moonfire is regarded as a competent and respected military commander although he has faced considerable controversy due to the alleged extremism of his political views, being a self-proclaimed socialist and advocating for a "global proletarian revolution." He was elected to the Council of Commons under the banner of the Workers' and Peasants' Party of Solicia in 2011, establishing a reputation as an ideological radical and firey orator. He has a wife, Jill, and four children and currently resides in Livonia although he owns several residences throughout the Realm.

## Early Life

Dex Moonfire was born in the early morning of November 18th, 1963 to a father, Dexton Buchanan Moonfire II, a Major in the Army and a stay at home mother, Svetlana Moonfire (middle name unknown). He was the second child of three boys, Flavius, two years older, and Leonard, three years younger, respectively. He grew up on the island of New Free Derry in a middle-class suburb near the Port of Derry. His father was frequently absent from the household, attending to military duties, leading to Moonfire forming a close relationship with his mother who is still alive and in good health, residing in the same house that Moonfire was raised in. His father passed away in January 2016, his death stemming from complications of appendicitis.

Moonfire was enrolled in Chris Griffin Central, a public institution encompassing elementary and secondary schooling, at the age of six. He was accomplished academically, according to his teachers, and generally well-liked among his peers. At the age of nine, Moonfire began learning the piano, and is reportedly still playing it well into adulthood. He gained entry to North Point Military Academy at the age of eighteen, shortly after graduating from secondary school with a dubious scholarship after alleged intervention in the admission process by his father. He maintained average grades throughout his tenure but was renowned by his friends, as well as the staff, for the long and raucous parties that would often be thrown at his dormitory.

At the age of twenty in his sophomore year, he was invited to a meeting of the Teutonic Communist Party by a classmate and soon became a fully fledged member. This organization was subsequently infiltrated and shut down by the Royal Constabulary six months later but Moonfire's father exercised his relationship and connections with the Mayor of Spawn City to help his son evade punishment for his involvement in the illegal organization. This early experience is self-credited with heavily shaping his current socialist worldview. He graduated in May of 1985 and entered the Army as a non-commissioned officer in the 17th Mountain Infantry Brigade, a unit he would later command.

He has insisted that his entire extended family are devout Frists but rumors continue to circulate about his mother being a secret Offlinist since her early adult life. After taking a DNA test, he is confirmed to be of mostly Solician origin although there were small amounts of Negromurian and Spawnish ancestry discovered which he later admitted. After revelations of his Negromurian heritage, Moonfire was granted the title of Duke of Ghana in negotitations with Tibet over the partition of Lhasa.

## Military and Political Career

Dex Moonfire engaged in only three conflicts in his long career before his ascendance to the Presidency. Two involved civil unrest from the sizeable minority of Villagers present in the nation, the first and most notable being in 1989, when Moonfire was deployed against protestors in the city of Birmingham in the Province of Alabama, ultimately giving the order to fire after demanding a crowd of over 600 to disperse. This order resulted in the deaths of seven Villagers, (three were hospitalized but ultimately perished) and provoking even more intense protests, riots, and unrest for weeks throughout the country.

He was also given his only foreign deployment in 1993 when he assisted in the suppression of an insurrection by an alliance of Slavic tribal nations in an overseas colony. The conflict lasted for only two weeks with the forces of New Free Derry losing only twelve men in total. Despite his inexperience in total war scenarios, he was a competent administrator and a charismatic leader which made him popular among both common soldiers and the higher echelons of the Army brass. At the age of 43, Moonfire was promoted to the rank of Colonel which he maintained until his 2020 coup.

Despite his charisma and work ethic, he was also controversial due to the radicalism of his political positions. Several times, he subverted or outright disobeyed orders to suppress strikes and other labour-related activities, earning official reprimands and widespread scorn on multiple occasions. He also controversially invested a substantial amount of his personal savings into various worker cooperatives around the country. In 2011, Moonfire ran for a seat in the Council of Commons. He won 34% of the popular vote in a very narrow and crowded race in an urban, industrial district of the island of New Free Derry as a candidate for the Workers' and Peasants' Party of Solicia. This potential conflict of interest and time-splitting by Moonfire concerned the military high command but they were unable to find any substantial criminal or civil charges to stop him from being inaugurated as an elected official. As such, he proceeded and was inducted into the COC on January 3rd, 2012.

He was characterized in politics by his rigid dogmatism to his ideals as well as being unwilling to compromise with various leftist and liberal parties that he viewed as insufficiently pro-worker. He was also divisive among his own party and the left more broadly for his religiosity and socially conservative views, breaking with the heavily atheistic and progressive majority of his party. He has called for the criminalization of abortion and homosexuality, calling abortion "a murderous and disgusting practice that has no place in a civilized society" and homosexuality "repulsive behavior that infects and rots the brains of our youth due to subversion in our media." He has also been critiqued for his nationalistic views and advocacy of expansionist policies, in contrast to the more internationalist and anarchistic of his left-wing colleagues.

Although he was incredibly divisive, few could deny his effectiveness. Moonfire was one of the key figures behind the bill extending the national healthcare service, DerCare, to cover dental, hearing, and vision care to its recipients in 2014. He also spearheaded the effort to pass the ultimately successful Labor Protection Act which made it illegal to employ various union-busting tactics in most industries. Aside from the bills he has helped write and promote, he was known for his heavy use of amendments and filibustering to delay, remove, or otherwise hinder opposing bills. He is known to have rendered the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, pushed by centre-right and fiscally conservative parties, effectively useless through his incessant use of amendments and provisions.

Moonfire became the general secretary of the WPP in 2018 during a party succession crisis following the sudden death of Revne Hahox, the party leader of 23 years, and very nearly became the Speaker of the entire Council in the midst of an economic and resulting civil unrest crisis in the country. The nation stabilized somewhat under the guidance of the center-right Liberal Democrat Party but the deficit had reached unprecedented levels and as part of numerous austerity measures, the government stopped importing oil, causing the price to skyrocket. This, coupled with increasingly frequent attacks by numerous Shia-Jihabist terrorist organizations, most notably the Islamic Organization for Jihab, caused mass panic among citizens, leading to basic supply shortages, looting, and rioting.

The military was deployed, some efforts of which Moonfire oversaw, but these deployments only exacerbated tensions and led to further destabilization, partially due to the efforts of Colonel Moonfire. Eventually, this tension reached a boiling point and while protests raged outside the Council of Commons building and throughout the country, every party delegation met to determine a budget that would attempt to avert complete financial ruin. Mysteriously, only two delegates from the WPP appeared despite being the third largest party in the body. Nevertheless, negotiations continued onwards until 11:30 pm when a coup was executed by President Moonfire and military troops under his command, leading to the formation of the People's Democratic Republic of Dexistan, a socialist one-party state.

## Presidency

Moonfire declared himself President on the morning of January 26th, 2020 and began massive socialistic reforms to the country including the nationalization of key industries, the purge of old elements of the government, and the formation of vigilante squads of Communist partisans known as Armed People's Squads. President Moonfire had stabilized and formalized his rule by January 28th and began structurally reforming the government which included the banning of all opposition parties, the elimination of the role of Emperor (a previous figurehead in New Free Derry), and the personal appointment of COC delegates by the President as a "temporary measure."

His policy is stated as that of "national renewal", entailing increased production in all sectors, advancement and renewal of culture and national identity, and most importantly, territorial expansion. Moonfire has nationalized many industries that were left to the private sector under the previous government, most notably energy like nuclear and fossil fuels, military production, and heavy industry. Moonfire has said he eventually wishes to nationalize all industries and to execute a completely centrally planned economy but has said that "capitalism must be transitioned out of rather than immediately ripped away." He has also greatly expanded the borders of Dexistan, making it into one of the three Realm Great Powers alongside the Greater Teutonic Realm and Japan and has led the country into multiple international organizations and conflicts throughout his tenure.

He has maintained exceptionally high approval ratings throughout his presidency although the credibility of these polls is dubious. He is, however, genuinely admired by some of his population due to the growing economy and rising standard of living for the working and middle classes, enabling an exceptionally high birth rate of around 3.7 children per family. On the flipside, he is highly authoritarian and does not tolerate serious threats to his power, democratic or otherwise. He cultivates a secret police state where the Ministry of Information is a feared organization among citizens. Despite this immense pressure on dissident groups, Moonfire has done little to stop the actions of an ultra-nationalist terror group called the Atompoopen Division, a group that has engaged in actions ranging from small-scale protests and vandalism to bombings and murders. This group primarily targets Villagers and Albanians, leading to aggravated relations between these groups, both in the nation and abroad.

Over the course of his tenure as President, he has created a large cult of personality surrounding him and his government, resulting in various forms of propaganda depicting himself as a great leader and revolutionary that uplifted the Solician people with his benevolence and shrewd leadership. Critics and analysts abroad have accused his government of cultivating an almost god-like status around himself, towering over normal men and leading millions to greatness single-handedly. The government of Dexistan vehemently denies this and insists that the people of Dexistan are merely giving due reverence to the leader that has brought them from crisis to prosperity and expansion.

## Personal Life

President Moonfire has long been regarded by his peers, colleagues, and family as an introverted and studious person. Commenting on his own personality, he claims that he was "sick of the college life of constant action and uncertainty" and opted to adopt a more reserved demeanour and outlook on life. According to his Cabinet and wife, he wakes up at seven every morning and performs "a nearly ritualistic" morning routine. His breakfast usually consists of three omelettes, ten strips of bacon, and several cups of black coffee. He then brushes his teeth and dresses in his military uniform and calls his Cabinet meetings to order at around eight o'clock where he is given short briefings by each one of his ministers. Moonfire often brings his Welsh corgi, El Guapo, to many of his meetings and reportedly once personally ordered the imprisonment of an aide who complained about the pet.

After deliberating his decisions as President by ten (barring a major matter), he talks to his wife, Jill, and then proceeds to enter his study for the rest of the day. In his study, he smokes expensive locally manufactured cigars or sucks on premium chewing tobacco in his leather chair while reading newspapers, non-fiction books, (mostly about war, economics, and history) as well as the occasional romance novel at his high-end mahogany desk. He is particularly fond of the Funnies section in the New Rawabi Times. At around one o'clock, he leaves his study and fashions himself a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich which he washes down with specially imported Japanese sake. After returning from lunch, he continues to read until around six or seven in the evening to have dinner with his wife and children, talk with other friends and family on the phone, and then go to bed at around nine or ten. He reportedly has very disturbed sleep, waking up an average of 4 to 5 times a night, often repeating the name Subhas Bose under his breath.

He typically remains at his Livonia apartment in the Council of Commons building but has an unknown number of abroad personal retreats. Not only does he have personal retreats but he also frequently leaves his normal positions to have what are alleged by him to be "diplomatic summits" with various Realm leaders, most frequently President 77brickman05 of the GTR and the Emperor of Japan, Fung Wah, at their various estates throughout the Realm. He often comes back from these get-togethers, disheveled and reeking of gin and tobacco. He maintains these meetings are purely business.

As an amatuer author and poet, he has penned many works over the course of his life although few have seen the light of day. The most notable of these, the Lusty Argonian Maid series, are two erotic poems set in a fantasy world where, among other things, humanoid lizard-like creatures exist in human society. The female protagonist, Lifts-Her-Tail, is a maid in the service of Crantius Colto, an unspecified male. Using innuendo and rhyming in his writing, they describe Colto ordering his maid to do a variety of mundane tasks, using implicitly sexual and erotic language and inferences. The unfinished product was leaked by the ONS, the primary Teutonic intelligence service, in October 2020 in an attempt to discredit Moonfire but the bid backfired as he then edited a previously incomplete sequel and released it in tandem with the now-completed original leaked book to the international market on December 21th, 2020. As of 2022, the book series has sold millions of copies (the lion's share in Japanese domestic markets) and Moonfire has promised the release of a third, higher quality book sometime in the near future.

It was rumored and reported on in the Voice of Dexistan that a book was being written and compiled entitled "Quotations from President Dex Moonfire", a collection of his thoughts, writings, and speeches on war, politics, and other general wisdom. President Moonfire has refused to comment on whether such a book is being written or when such a book would be released although he has previously stated that he was working on another piece of literature aside from the the Lusty Argonian Maid series.