Annaliisa Lund

Lund in 2136

Annaliisa Lund is a Kalaalitian Politician, known for being the Fourth Commissioner of Nordica. She served as Vice Commissioner to Svend Anker between 2137 and 2151, and as Commissioner between 2151 and 2178.

## Early Life

Annaliisa Lund was born to Low Income Greenlandic parents on 23rd September 2098, in **Qaqortoq, Kalaalit**. Lund was publicly schooled, becoming interested in History in her early years. She was particularly fascinated by the history of her home state, being of a mixed heritage herself. Though she later took an interest in Politics, vowing to commit herself to the future, and not to the past. She studied political science at St Johns, and was seemingly coping well with her studies. However, at the time, she had become engaged in an abusive relationship with another student, Daniel Byrne, who exhibited controlling and violent behaviour. After two years, she left Byrne and was recommended therapy, but chose not to take it. His actions directly affected Lund's mindset, making her pessimistic and heavily cynical. Despite this, she would begin working at her local assembly, and was set to run to be a representative herself, before she was recruited by the Second Commission.

## Political Career

Despite high hopes, Lund was unpopular amongst the staff of the second Commission, with even the then current Commissioner, Kaia Halverson disliking Lund's mindset, calling her 'a brilliant mind soured by pessimism' she offered to pay for Lund to undergo therapy, which she again refused. During this time, she became close with Svend Anker, who Kaia would later appoint as her successor in 2132. Shortly after becoming the Third Commissioner of Nordica, Anker appointed Lund as his Vice-Commissioner. She would work closely with Anker, often being the one to question some of his more reckless decisions, which only increased with the onset of war. In fact, she is credited with making a **key decision that avoided nuclear annihilation**, as Anker wanted to retaliate with nuclear force against GUISS for the detonation of the '**People's Wrath**' under the captured city of Leningrad, although Lund talked him out of it. Unfortunately, she did not prevent all of Anker's war crimes, which lead to him taking his own life on the 8th October 2151. In the end, Anker trusted Lund enough to appoint her as his successor in his suicide letter.

## Commission Years

Taking over the role of Commissioner following the end of World War Three, and the death of her predecessor, Lund inherited a nation in ruins. She would help to oversee the rebuilding of her county, and then, the rebuilding of GUISS. She would develop relations with General Secretary Iov Zaytsev, as well as his successor, Yisu Qatun, although to a lesser degree, as GUISS entered it's era of Neutrality. She would continue the work of Anker in fostering close cooperation with Neo-Europe, ushering in an era of peace, only briefly disrupted by the **Sanctorum Crisis**. While initial dealings with Sanctorum were minimal, a number of attacks in other Realm States caused mounting pressure for Nordica to intervene, which it did in 2167, following a string of four attacks dubbed the '**Week of Terror**', when she would outright threaten the president of French Guyana, Jean-Yves Layne, as his nation was harbouring Sanctorum leader Sebastian Bauer. Although successful, her methods have come under question for leveraging his relationship with his niece Ania Layne, who was behind the last, and most destructive, of the four attacks to hit Nordica. Lund's reputation would begin to decline over the coming years, as although she successfully helped to prevent the spread of **Scavravirus** to Nordica in the early 2170s, the resulting coup in Neo-Europe, and her resignation shortly afterwards have garnered much criticism, especially since her nominated successor, Aiga Truelson, did little to stop Ekrim Tekin from global dominance.

## Post-Commission

Feeling shame for this, Lund continued to work for almost 30 years after her resignation, working as a senior advisor, both to Truelson's Commission, and to the Nordican government. She would officially retire aged 107 after a turn of poor health. She would move to the small town of St Alban, Vinland, where she would continue to stay in tune with global politics, and would congratulate sixth Commissioner Jaan Minkenen on his appointment. In doing so, she also urged him to take action against Tekin, being something that her successor, and his predecessor, never did. She would pass away peacefully on the 9th February 2228, aged 129.

## Legacy

While some of Lund's actions were, and still are questionable, especially surrounding **Sanctorum** and **Tekin**, She was a well respected political figure, both by those who agreed with her, and those who didn't. She had a very good public perception, partly owing to her sheer commitment to politics, starting extremely young (had she become a member of Kalaalit's assembly, she would have been the youngest in the state's history), as well as retiring at an extremely old age.