Fiction:Gano de Brisay

Gano de Brisay (born 2767) is a French human economist, scholar, and capitalist infamous for his eccentric personality and controversial ideas pertaining to the intergalactic economy. Born on, France, he grew up in privileged noble family and studied at the [...] in the Draconid Imperium from 2785 to 2789, earning a degree in economics. He returned to France in the early 2790's and worked as an independent consultant, pundit, and writer, developing his philosophy as one of the most vocal proponents of pure market capitalism in Maximist France. In 2798, he was hired by Dasol Co. to help the corporation expand into foreign markets, especially into rapidly developing economies. His role in establishing the "triangle technology trade" between France, the Drodo Empire, and the Farengeto Trade Coalition was thought to be crucial as he negotiated several key agreements between major players and had a heavy hand in company policy.

However, Gano was fired from Dasol Co. in 2800. The company cited a "long series of incidents of unruly, unprofessional, and disrespectful behavior," downplaying long-running philosophical differences between the corporation and its operative. Gano left France in 2800 and moved to Coron 4, becoming highly active in politics, academia, and private investment. While his early publications were heavily critical of any form of government intervention in the market, his later works proposed what he called "inventive economics," policies by which a nation could unfairly manipulate the market in its favor. He saw the Drodo Empire as the perfect testbed for his theories and tooled his arguments specifically to it. His ideas were heavily criticized by liberals as "beggar thy neighbor" policies which went against the spirit of bilateral trade, though they were greatly popular among conservative Drodoian academia and the aristocracy.

In 2802, Gano made trillions off of the GITO Financial Crash, speculating heavily on the depreciation of the Mimidian Credit. This made him one of the top 100 richest individuals in the Drodo Empire. In the 2802 Drodoian elections, Geno would use his significant wealth in support of Archduke Fiihar Jivirik III's bid for the Drodo Premiership, donating to the effort, campaigning alongside the aristocrat, and lauding his economic policies. When the bid succeeded, Gano was made Minister of Commerce of the Drodo Empire, in charge of monetary policy, trade, and managing the economy at large.