Supreme Chancellor Soupious

**Shawarma Soupious**, or more professionally known as **Supreme Chancellor Soupious**, is a Helmian politician and statesman who is the current Supreme Chancellor, and one of three Chancellors of the Helmysian Triumvirate. Soupious is the youngest Supreme Chancellor in Helmian history, and he is best known for his love of visiting other countries to establish relations, as well as a love for fishing.

## Supreme Chancellor Soupious

Official Portrait of Supreme Chancellor Soupious

### Rank(s) and Title(s)

Supreme Chancellor, Supreme Commander of the Violet Griffins

### Alias(es)

Supreme Chancellor Soupious, S.C. Soupious, Chancellor Soupy

## **Background and Early Life**

Soupious was born in the large town of Bleecker in Bleecker Province. Born into a poor family and an only child, their main source of income was from agriculture (namely farming and fishing). He raised money mostly from helping other farmers and fisherman, and his own family home was turned into an Inn in order to have financial stability, as his family was struck with debt and struggled to support Soupious' education.

Later in the age of 18, he applied for **Isha State University** to study agriculture and aquaculture. Right at the university gates however, **Huti Monks** were present at the university to nominate new chancellors and to Soupious' surprise, he was pointed at by one of the Huti. The Huti claimed they sensed a "infathomable Kono-aura from the man". His life was about to change from then on.

## **Supreme Chancellor of Helmia, 1955 - present**

### **Domestic Policies**

#### **Fishing Policies**

It comes to no surprise that ever since Soupious was elected to be S.C., Helmia has had a revolution in the fishing and the aquaculture industry in general. He also greatly expanded Helmia's territorial waters in the north, going against the **Territorial Waters Convention** set by the [UN]. Helmia is lacking on the economy of agriculture, (Bleecker Province being their only site of agriculture), this led them to import massive amounts of grain, where grain imports make up to about 40% of all Helmian imports, most of them come from **Bubahbog**. Soupious opening an industry, introducing massive fishing and aquaculture, will hopefully prove effective in Helmia's long term self-sustainability.

#### **Aqua-farming Campaign**

Soupious sought out ways to cultivate the oceans and seas in more creative ways. Kelp farming became popular in the 50's, as kelp could be used as an alternative to fuel for furnaces and cooking instead of coal, as it was non-renewable. This opened up a whole new industry, opening up job opportunities and new education programs.

**[INSERT MAP OF HELMIA'S TERRITORIAL WATERS]**

#### **Great Bleecker Wall**

Worried about recent events in the Yung Bonar Reich, Helmia was vulnerable to attacks and was left wide open on its southern border. As the world witnessed Yung Bonar Reich's massive armament campaign, the Chancellors decided to construct a big wall of defense on it's southern coast to ensure national security. There were cases where YBR missiles and projectiles ended up near Helmia's southern coastline and waters, this accident left a sour taste on **Helmian-YBR Relations**, but it has been forgiven ever since.

Great Bleecker Wall showing Bleecker port.
##### **Inflation**

The construction of the wall led to a period of medium inflation from 1940 - 1945, since government spending was really high and almost all of the national budget had gone to the construction of the wall. Nonetheless, the economy had stabilized since then.

#### **Infrastructure and City Redesign**

Helmia would focus on redesigning it's city layout and infrastructure on a large scale. S.C. Soupious noted one time in a speech, "This is getting kinda boring y'know so like what if we change things up a little?" and the whole Triumvirate was awestruck and inspired. Economists estimated the city development redesign costs around 20.3 million **Jabloonies**. Helmia's old buildings will be transferred, redesigned, and more pathways and roads will be built in an effective manner in terms of city planning.

**[INSERT MORTE-KARUS CITY]**

Helmia will have it's first underground metro, and its currently in construction. This metro network will connect three provinces of Helmia (excluding Diomede), and will help improve the economy and transportation.

Unfinished Bleecker metro station under construction.
### **Foreign Policy**

Helmia's foreign policy is to refrain from mingling with foreign concerns unless it can benefit them financially and economically.

#### **OPOR-Initiative**

He is well known all over the world for his ambitious grand-project he proposed in 1955 called the **One-Port One-Rail Initiative (OPOR)**, a multi-billoonie infrastructure project to connect almost all countries via railways, seaports, bridges, and various other infrastructure projects to deepen economic and political connectivity.

#### **Aztec Empire**

##### **Aztec-Ocean Territorial Dispute**

When Soupious was elected **Supreme Chancellor** in 1936, he introduced new policies and objectives for fishing. One of these objectives is to expand Helmia's territorial waters/claims in the **Aztec Ocean**. Consequently, this collided with Aztec claims over the region, and it has been an ongoing border dispute between the two countries.

Helmia states that Aztec claims over the Aztec Ocean are too arbitrary and vague, too arbitrary infact where there is no legal document/treaty proving or legitimizing their claims over the territory, therefore any nation can claim it, including **Helmia**.

No official state visit has been arranged between the two countries, nor does Helmia have any OPOR plans with the Aztec Empire.

Map showing Aztec (orange) territorial claims and Helmian (purple) territorial claims in the Aztec Ocean.
#### **Mexico**

Soupious visited **Mexico** and met with **President Ernesto De La Mada**, to have talks concerning OPOR infrastructure projects, trade policies, and visa-free travel among the two countries, deepening their economic ties. Notable joint-infrastructure project recently finished was the Rio-Grande Gates, regulating trade and flow of goods into the **Rio Grande Strait** by taxation and imposing tariffs on common goods and coal.

Rio Grande gates.Helmian Embassy in Mexico.
#### **Xlonokarta**

Historically, Helmia and Xlonokarta have had sour relations, especially after the devastating **Cum War** of 1902 which led to a global pandemic. Nonetheless by 1950, **Emperor Xlonobog** and S.C. Soupious have met up in Morte-Karus in order to discuss about railway projects as well as several trade agreements. The two countries have since then mellowed their sour past and Helmia is now Xlonokarta's largest economic partner.

Estoy station, completed under the OPOR project.
#### **Yung Bonar Reich**

tbc

**[insert YBR embassy in Morte-Karus]**

#### **People's Republic of Bubahbog**

Helmia has been importing grain, supplies, and cattle from Bubahbog throughout history, except from the years of 1924-1965 when Bubahbog closed itself off from the outside world to rebuild its domestic economy, thus severing all foreign diplomatic relations (Mexico was an exception). This foreign policy was revoked however in the **Open-curtain reforms** in 1966, and they are Helmia's largest trading partner and remain one of the world's key suppliers of coal, minerals, and trees. However, talks of OPOR infrasructure development was a tough subject to put through before the open-curtain reforms, Helmia's OPOR-Initiative was deemed "imperialist" then, which puts Helmia in a tough position to convince the CPB in an agreement to the projects.

The attitude changed in 1966, when **Chairman Dis Koeping** declared **Bubahbog City** a **ZEZ (Zamn Economic Zone)**, where foreign investors are allowed to invest in the region to help develop the local economy. Helmia was a key member in this agreement, and they are mostly involved in the renovation of the region's facilities and infrastructure, commercial sector, and bilateral trade. OPOR agreements are still being discussed between the two nations.

Helmia still sends it's students to Bubahbog to study Theology in **Ganpo Institute of Theology**, or GIT for short, the largest university in Bubahbog.

Aerial view of the Ganpo Institute of Theology.
#### **Sumengxu**

**The Altria Lakes** has Soupious' favourite fishing spots, and he often goes on official state visits there for the sole purpose of fishing or camping.

## **Honours and Awards**

### **National Honours & Awards**

* **Grand Eye of the Owl**
* "Codzilla" (Having attended a fishing fest in **Diomede**, Soupious stomped the competition by catching the largest cod-fish and won the trophy labelled, "Codzilla")

## **Personal Life**

Soupious, upon achieving Chancellor status, sent alot of money to his family back home in Bleecker and he redistributed a lot of wealth to the less-developed provinces of Helmia that being Diomede and Bleecker. As mentioned before, his love for fishing fueled his passion for future Helmian policies and modernization in the respective fields.

Soupious on a fishing trip to Sumengxu in the Altria Forest.