Goriath Moscana

Dr. Goriath Moscana
Pantolaro of the Fostana
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 September 2020
5th Premier of the Caropsyne Pontanore
In office 9 April 2015 – 26 February 2019
Preceded by	Alza Permentanna
Succeeded by	Almas Josc
Defense Minister
In office 15 May 1996 – 8 April 2015
Preceded by	Haldric Maldian
Succeeded by	X
Interior Minister
In office 31 July 2000 – 8 April 2015
Preceded by	Marias Dortmond
Succeeded by	X
Member of the Pontiana
In office 27 March 1993 – 26 February 2019
Constituency	Vindamarna
Personal details
Born	(1965-08-11) August 11, 1965 Vindamarna
Nationality	Caropsyne
Political party	New Left Formerly Moderate
Spouse	Soria
Children	1 son, 1 daughter
Residence(s)	Vindamarna, Carops
Education	PhD International Relations
Alma mater	University of the Pontanore
Profession	Politician, Soldier
Military service
Branch/service	Caropsyne Army
Years of service	10
Rank	Major
Unit	8th Thearean Infantry Corps

Goriath Moscana (born 11 August 1965) was the 5th Premier (Pontissiano) of the Caropsyne Pontanore and had been a member of the Pontiana since its reopening at the end of Fostana Rule in March 1993. He is currently a member (Pantolaro) of the Fostana and a Major in the Caropsyne Army.

Early and Personal Life

Moscana was born in 1965 into a middle class family with a long history of military service in the city of Vindamarna located in the Astozarno of Marescana-Popenta. Unlike many of his peers, he didn't receive the greatest marks during his education but with hard work, Goriath would be granted high second honors. Though his family had monetary means to send him to university to continue his studies, he insisted in following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by joining the Army.

He reported for basic training at Penzecca and upon completion, Moscana would be assigned to the 8th Thearean Infantry Corps. After one year, he showed promise and was given an officers commission. Soldiers under his command would be involved in crushing the Hermalas Socialist Uprising of 1992. At the start of 1993, he decided to run for the Pontiana upon learning that the Fostana would be reopening the lower chamber. He ran as a member of the reborn Moderate Party, winning 71% of the votes in his constituency. He would marry his wife Soria the following year.

Political Career

Member of the Pontiana

During Phodric Dormond's government, he would be appointed by the Executive Committee on serve on the Defense Select Committee and focused his attention on the activities of the Damosca. He hadn't resigned his military commission when he joined parliament and made Major in 1995. Dormond was forced to resign due to the Oil Crisis of 1996. His Defense and Interior Minister, Haldric Maldian succeeded him. With his rise to power, Moscana was elevated to the position of Defense Minister.

Despite being made Minister, he would quickly realize that he in fact had very little power to make decisions because of the intelligence service's influence over the armed forces. He spent much of his term on coordinating military resources and limited manpower to support the legitimate Government in Ardalia who were fighting nationalists in a devasting civil war. As the years went by, he became increasingly worried about the foreign policy positions that were being taken by Garel Thormond and the Premier including those directed at Curiastan and nations aligned with them. Moscana was also worried that both Thormond and Maldian would put the Pontanore in a position where it cause irreparable harm to its international allies.

By early 2000, rumors began to spread that the Damosca was actively responsible for carrying out a series of bombings abroad in countries that were anti-Caropsyne, committing major attrocities in Jajiland in response to the JIF's rebellion, for supplying anti-Government forces in the Ardalian Civil War, and for coercing Maldian's Government into increasingly more dangerous foreign policy decisions. Recognizing the threat the intelligence service posed to Caropsyne democracy, he decided he could no longer cooperate with the Government and began building a secret political friendship with Miria Seranoda alongside his close ally Alza Permentanna. They, along with others, joined forces to bring an end to Maldian's Government. He was present during the events of the Siege of the Pontiana during the week of 3-7 July, where he protected the Executive Commmittee with a pistol he had managed to sneak into the building the week before.

The country would be governed by a civil administration for three weeks while elections were hastily organized. Seranoda handily beat Moderate Party leader Olimand Kossroth for the Premiership because his party's reputation had been utterly destroyed by its association to its leaders who participated in planning and carrying out the attempted coup. She asked Moscana to not only retain his role in overseeing the defense of the Pontanore but also take on responsible for internal affairs including the various police forces. To completely separate himself from the Dormondists of the recent past, he officially changed his political party registration from Moderate to Seranoda's New Left Party. Both Miria and Goriath (with the support of the Fostana) would proceed to carry out a series of purges over the next decade with the intention of remove Dormondist elements within the military. The Damosca was dismantled and declared a terrorist organization.

The elimination of the Damosca revealed just how powerful it had been and exposed that serious reform was required. The Pontanore could not afford to not have an intelligence service and Moscana decided to empower the special police force, the Casmara, to take on foreign intelligence activities abet with restrictions. The military relied upon the former bureau's agents to undertake special and covert operations in the field. Now the armed forces had no 'elite' force which it could deploy strategically. Making use of his military experience, he proposed that the best of the Sadriana be organized into teams that would be made available as needed.

Throughout the majority of Seranoda's premiership, Moscana was beside her with the rest of the Defense Council on executing the Caropsyne-Curian War and overseeing the resulting five-year occupation of that country. Despite the amount of focus he needed in terms of the conflict, he found time to eventually receive his doctorate in international relations from the University of the Pontanore in 2009.

Moscana was reappointed by Permentanna to lead both the Defense and Interior portfolios when she ascended to the Premiership in 2010.

Premiership

During his five-year tenure, he would be dealing with an increasingly hostile world. In CY 5798, a senior official of Zilmo Caropso, Garel-Zarmas Maldrand, was abducted by the Jaj Independence Front in Jaj Ementa as he and his associates were finalizing a deal to add new land for the company to extract more oil. Goraith's Casmara made two attempts to free him and his colleagues but they both ended in failure, the second resulting in the death of 12 Casmara agents by J.I.F. fighters. Both the business community and the Pontiana called for his resignation. Alza Permentanna, his political ally, stood before the Pontiana and defended him. Maldrand and his associates would be released the following year after he had no choice but to pay off the J.I.F. The fallout from left him considerably weak for the remainder of his tenure. Throughout his entire government, he was constantly fighting with the Pontanore State of Euvodora, the liberal stronghold of the country, over the moderate counter-Pontanoresque policies he was enacting. Tensions had risen to such high levels in CY 5799 that Euvodora threatened to secede from the country entirely. Again Permentanna had to step in to save her ally and bring both the Government and the Euvodorian authorities to table. This would be a precursor to the rise of the Caropsyne Republic several years later and one of many instances where the concept of Federalism began to come out of the shadows.

He also attempted to dissolve of the Cadriana but that would not occur until Josc succeeded him. His biggest achievement is the reorganization of the police authorities by ending the Prelatory system and instituting the Astozarno system. During the last year as Premier, an economic recession began to hit the Pontanore, giving aid to the nationalist movement which was quietly festering in Polythia. Goriath was succeeded by Almas Josc.

After the Premiership

He ended his tenure in the Pontiana and proceeded to write extensively on the issues facing the Pontanore in a rapidly changing world. In recognition of his service, Ilmer Yutrias appointed him to the Fostana.