Who does Pococurante represent? What is his importance in Candide? If he represents a person of the time period, who is that and how is he(she?) important? Why would Voltaire have included someone like Pococurante?
There are a lot of possibilities...
Ra? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra Interesting fact: Richard Alpert's initials are RA.
Anubis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis
Horus? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus
Tawaret? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawaret Interesting fact: Tawaret has 4 toes...