Mikaiya Ridion

Mikaiya Elavi Ridion was an Angkalian politician and political theorist. He served as the first President of Greater Angkal following the Angkal Revolution. Under his rule Greater Angkal was transformed from a shadow of its former imperial self to a world superpower capable of challenging the global hegemony. Ridion was also a great supporter of colonial expansion, advocating that more space colonies be built.

Mikaiya's political philosophy was primarily based around all countries of the world being free to make their own decisions without pressure from outside organizations. Scholars point to Mikaiya's return to Greater Angkal following the revolution as the beginning of the Interstellar Era.

Childhood
Mikaiya was born in Vodenskrag to Medikar Ridion and Isara Duno. Young Mikaiya spent many of his summers at his family's estate in Dromos and it was there that he was first exposed to anti-monarchism sentiment through radical students who would hold demonstrations outside of the city's college. His parents attempted to shield him from such ideology although Mikaiya was already somewhat interested in the ideological clashes of the time.

University Years
After turning eighteen Mikaiya took the college entrance exams and was admitted to Dromos University. His parents forbade him from attending as they knew he would likely become involved in anti-monarchy circles. They forced him to attend the Royal Academy of Jotunn Lenn instead because of its strong ties to the monarchy. He transferred after his first year, finding the school overly harsh and overbearing, without telling his parents and instead attended the University of Caldovas. While studying political science there he came upon Dr. Frakin Savova, an ardent critic of the monarchy and the hegemony of the International Alliance. It was under his mentorship that Mikaiya developed his disdain for the failed monarchy and his political philosophy of a free world without hegemony.

Mikaiya graduated from the university a year early with a First Class honor in political science. He was planning to attend graduate school at the University of Caldovas but was exiled by the royal family after they discovered that he had secretly transferred from the Royal Academy of Jotunn Lenn and that he had started a political society at his university. Even more damning were his papers which were harshly anti-monarchy. He abandoned his plans to study in Angkal and instead opted to study in the Garlan Empire. He attended Arcana University and when the Garlan government discovered that he was an Angkal prince in exile they invited him to stay at the palace while he studied. Mikaiya graduated with a Ph.D in Political Science just in time for the Angkal Revolution.