renowned as a ladies man , hunter , and triathlete , there is only one last pesky little thing that the 'virile one ' desires more than anything : to be accepted as the most powerful man in europe ( if not the world , now that phillip hammer has stepped down ) and full membership in the baldenbird group , who refuse to budge , owing to their long-standing tradition dating back to the cold war to exclude russians , slavs , and non- northern europeans from their ranks .