Gene Smilas

General Smilas appears initially to be the quintessential commander; experienced, wise, and practical. He listens and takes into consideration the opinions and ideals of his subordinates even when doesn't agree with them. He also seems to show great care for the people of Europia and always strives for what is best for them. However beneath his professional demeanor, Smilas has a darker side. He deeply despises the greedy E.U. statesmen and capitalist elites, viewing them as corrupt for their hedonism and worship of money as well as their lack of concern for neither the E.U. citizens nor the Elevens living in Europia. He firmly believes that the E.U. will be conquered by Euro Britannia the way things are going. Because of this, Smilas greatly admires Napoleon Bonaparte for his achievements during and after the French Revolution which founded the Europia United and wonders what might have happened had he succeeded in becoming Emperor of Europe. Believing that a skilled dictator would be better for Europia than the democracy of ignorant people which has led the E.U. into its current state, Smilas hoped to follow in Napoleon's footsteps and succeed where he had failed. Despite his seemingly noble ideals, Smilas seems to have no qualms about playing dirty and manipulating events and people to achieve his own ends. He took advantage of the unrest caused by Julius Kingsley to set the stage for his plan by using Leila as a symbol for the people to rally behind but then sold her and her entire W-0 group out to Euro Britannia soon after, hoping to use her death to manipulate the masses to unite behind him in resisting the expansion of Britannia and in the process, accept his intention to make the E.U. a dictatorship with himself as Emperor. Thus Smilas' actions show that he has no concern for how ruthless his methods are or how many people he betrays so long as his reaches his goals. This would suggest that at his core, Smilas is simply a power-hungry man who merely uses the ideals of Napoleon and the revolutionaries as merely a cover for his own ambitions. It's also hinted by the Caretaker of Spacetime during a conversation that Smiles didn't desire to rule just Europia but in fact had aspirations for world domination as well.