Aiga Truelson

Aiga Truelson was a Novalandic politician, known for being the Fifth Commissioner of Nordica. She served as Commissioner between 2178 and 2226.

> **"She is ultimately unfit for the times we find ourselves in"** - Cassia Tsatsos on Aiga Truelson, 2225
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## Early Life

Aiga Truelson was born to Nordic parents in **Chudovo, RSS, GUISS**, in an area that would become part of the State of Novaland. She was born on the 16th of August 2146, during the Third World War. Her home town was evacuated by GUISS when the war reached it, prior to her birth, however, GUISS forces refused to take in her family, claiming they were 'class traitors'. Those that were made to stay would be evacuated by Nordica in 2147, when GUISS detonated the '**People's Wrath**', causing significant irradiation in the area surrounding Petersburg, which included Truelson's hometown. She was allowed to return in 2156, after rebuilding was complete. She would be homeschooled for her early years, before enrolling in an academy at age 13. She was tutored by experts in Political Science at the academy of Yamburg, before taking a course in Geopolitics at Tallinn University. Upon graduation, she moved to Yamburg, Ingria, where she became an assistant to the tutors at the academy of Yamburg, before being granted a scholarship by Commissioner Lund's **Eastern Outreach Program**. She was soon offered a more prestigious scholarship under the Fourth Commission directly.

## Political Career

Truelson was trained for taking a role in the Commission, and got the backing of Fourth Commissioner Annaliisa Lund. Lund was, like in everything, overly critical of Truelson, although built up some degree of trust, so that she could become her successor. While Lund had no doubts as to Truelson's abilities, she feared that she lacked the heart needed for the role. Truelson would become Commissioner after Lund's resignation on 1st November 2178.

## Commission Years

Truelson found herself under pressure to act against Tekin from the moment she took over the role, with his coup being a major point for discussion at the 13th Decennial in Taipei. And although she was instrumental in the recovery of Nordica's economy by creating deeper trade links with the other Realm States, her lack of any real action against Tekin made her **frequently subject to votes of no-confidence**, of which she narrowly won on three occasions. Furthermore, in 2188, following the death of her spouse, Thiassi Mukhina, during Gwok Hoon's purge, Truelson would take an extended leave of absence, lasting over a year. Her Vice-Commissioner Sigurd Nesbø would serve as Acting Commissioner in her stead, **the longest leave of absence ever taken by a Commissioner** . This would set the tone for the rest of her Commission, only acting in the **Falklands Clone Crisis** in 2194 because the other Realm States forced her hand. She would act similarly during the Interplanetary Catastrophe when she resigned as planned in 2226, despite massive calls to stay at her post until the war their closest ally, Indomalaya, had found themselves in was finished. This would appear to have been the wiser decision however, as her successor, Jaan Minkenen would prove much more successful at de-escalating the crisis, even causing Tekin to back down, narrowly avoiding catastrophe, when a nuclear missile was launched at the Indomalayan Martian colony of **Đỏmerah**.

## Post-Commission

Following her resignation, Truelson retired from politics entirely and returned to Yamburg, where she would live alone until her death in a road traffic collision near Gatchina on the 3rd July 2247, aged 100. She was offered a state funeral, but Ināra declined on her behalf, claiming she wouldn't have wanted one.

## Legacy

Truelson is by far the least respected of Nordica's Commissioners, having largely disgraced the role, and taking only minimal action against Ekrim Tekin's regime in Neo-Europe. Calls for her resignation began shortly after her inheriting the role, continuing up until she resigned. Her reputation even marred her daughter Ināra's chance of election as President in 2242, losing out to the Incumbent, Armi Siilasvuo, by a slim margin. The stigma around her even fell to Minkenen, who was initially unpopular, but showed he was a much better Commissioner than Truelson almost immediately, although how much of this was down to his Vice-Commissioner, Freya Ibsen, is unknown. In the modern day, Ibsen refers to the period of Truelson's Commission as 'The Fall of Nordica', and has since worked tirelessly since to restore Nordica's image.