Robert Oakden
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Overview
Robert Oakden is a citizen of the eUSA and has been active in the State Department, the Training Corps (military), Synergy Research Group, and until March 2010, the Libertarian Party. With the exception of a brief tenure as Libertarian Party Election Coordinator and two runs as a "blocker" candidate, Oakden has refrained from entering the political arena, preferring instead to focus his energies on matters of diplomacy and administration.
State Department
Deputy Ambassador to Thailand
Oakden entered the game with diplomacy as a goal and on his first day was already signed up on the forums and IRC. By his second, he had been offered the position of Deputy Ambassador to Thailand under the tutelage of Ambassador Alexander Whalen. Ambassador Whalen assigned primarily economic research to his new Deputy and encouraged some enthusiasm while curbing excess ambition. Ambassador Whalen and Oakden continue to maintain a friendly relationship to this day.
Ambassador to Australia
After several weeks of service as a Deputy Ambassador, Oakden was offered a position as Ambassador to Australia. At the time, Australia was recovering from a financial scandal in which hundreds of gold had been stolen from the national treasury. He was present for the reelection of Cottus Arci as Australian Prime Minister and Australia's entrance into EDEN.
Region Boss of the Americas
In mid-January of 2010, Oakden was appointed as the Region Boss of the Americas, placing him in charge of all Ambassadors and Deputy Ambassadors to North, Central, and South America. Upon taking the job, Oakden was faced with a challenging situation in which the majority of Ambassadors had become inactive, but after several weeks the Americas became one of the more vibrant regions with reports coming in regularly despite the linguistic challenges faced in this region. During this period, a statement by then presidential candidate PigInZen created something of a firestorm in South America when rumors spread that the eUSA would invade Mexico and Columbia, initiating a war between North and South America. Oakden spent much of his tenure as Region Boss seeking to dispel these rumors.
Director of Ambassadorial Affairs
During Josh Frost's second presidential term, Secretary of State Woxan resigned. This lead to a cascade effect throughout the State Department which ultimately led to Oakden being appointed as Director of Ambassadorial Affairs. The Director oversees the entire Bureau of Ambassadorial Affairs and is assisted by two Deputy Directors. While recognizing the achievements of the previous Director, Indrae, Oakden sought to make small reforms in order to improve the team-like atmosphere of the Bureau. These reforms are ongoing and his success in this effort is still to be determined.
Deputy Secretary of State (Asia/Oceania)
Driven by a desire to move away from the rigors of administrative work and focus more on diplomatic activities, Oakden accepted a position in early April as Deputy Secretary of State under the newly appointed Secretary Myles Robinson. His duties included maintaining and building relations with nations located in Asia and Oceania.
Military Career
In February of 2010, Oakden was convinced by his real life sister, AmyHat, to join the US Training Corps. His stated goal was to graduate with honors from the Training Corps and then transfer to the National Guard while he pursued a political career domestically. Though his political career was short-lived, Oakden did, in fact, transfer to the USNG and continues to serve in that branch.
Political Activity
Because of contacts made on his first day with citizens like Zartemax and Bradley Reala, Oakden chose to join the Libertarian Party as soon as that option was made available to him. In December of 2009, he served as nothing more than a mobile voter, but by January, he had been made "Election Coordinator" a position which assisted then PAC Director, DanielCD. He also was running as a blocker for DanielCD's congressional race in Wisconsin. On election day, Oakden received a number of votes, presumably cast by relatively inactive players ("two-clickers"), and caused the party to have to send extra votes to DanielCD to ensure his victory. Despite this, Oakden was made Election Coordinator again in February and was being groomed to takeover as PAC Director should DanielCD resign that position.
For a variety of reasons, including a controversial February congressional election, Oakden decided to leave the Libertarian Party and exist as an independent. He refrained from running for congress until March 25th when he was asked by Max McFarland 2 to run as a blocker. MM2 placed Oakden as a blocker in the US controlled territory of Visayas, but there was no one to block for, and on election day, Oakden was the only uncontested race in the nation. Having thus been elected to congress, he served until April 25th. During this time, he sat on the Foreign Relations Advisory Committee and voted FOR the US withdrawal from EDEN.
He did not run again in April, preferring to focus his energies elsewhere.
Synergy Research Group
During Christmas of 2009, Oakden convinced his real life sister to create a citizen and play eRepublik. AmyHat initially followed a different path, preferring a military career to political activities. However, around the beginning of January 2010, Oakden and AmyHat joined to form the Synergy Research Group the stated goal of which was to conduct regular opinion tracking polls in the eUSA. The first Synergy Poll was conducted on January 8-9th and the results were released on the 10th. Six polls have been conducted since then. The efforts of Synergy Research Group have been well received and release articles are frequently mentioned in some of the more high profile eUS media outlets.On Day 890, Oakden and AmyHat announced that the Synergy Poll would be discontinued indefinitely as they moved on to focus on other things.
Nogginism
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On Day 888, while resting beneath an Oak tree in the region of Karnataka, Robert Oakden was given a revelation by The Noggin who is imprisoned within the tree. The Noggin is the Head of the Great Chicken who will one day rejoin the Body and bring justice to the New World, driving The Fox back across The Road. From this revelation was formed Nogginism which worships the Great Chicken and awaits the day of the Rejoining. Oakden continues to act as the "Foolish Prophet" of The Noggin. He is also the overseer of The Order of the Great Chicken.
