Eris Assecla

**Eris Lidiya Assecla** (August 5, 2002 -) was a Morranian politician, businesswoman, economist and activist who served as the 5th vice president of the Republic of Morra from January 20, 2030 until her impeachment and removal from office on July 28, 2037. In addition, she also served as Secretary of State for Finance between 2028 and 2030, and briefly served as acting leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) in September 2036. During her tenure as Secretary of State for Finance, Eris Assecla was also a member of the National Assembly of Morra.

Born in 2002 in The Hague, Eris Assecla grew up as the adopted child of EuroCorp executive Martin Assecla. Between 2020 and 2023, Eris Assecla attended the prestigious University of Amsterdam, though her studies were briefly interrupted during the formation of the Transitional State of Dunsteen in 2022. Upon graduation, Assecla became a consultant and economist for EuroCorp's operations in the United Kingdom from 2023 until 2025. Following the coup which overthrew the Transitional State of Dunsteen, Eris Assecla was brought in by President Sunil Bakshi to work as a senior economist within the new finance commission under the Corporate Republic of Dunsteen; in doing so, Asselca became a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. In the aftermath of the 2027 Global Banking Crisis, Eris Assecla became a senior member of the new Ministry of Economics and Finance under the leadership of Secretary Wopke Hoekstra, and was responsible for the introduction of several market reforms to the Morranian economy.

In February 2028, Assecla was appointed as the secretary of state for finance by President Bakshi following the resignation of Hoekstra, and set about deepening reforms to the structure of the economy in a review conducted between March and August 2028. In April 2028, Assecla became the head of a commission on energy independence after Morranian gas supplies became disrupted by the attack on the Bolshoy oil fields; as a result, the commission began to phase in an increased usage of green energy after receiving a grant from the Ministry of Economics and Finance to double the size of the Morranian hydro-electric generator network along the North Sea coast. During Assecla's tenure at the finance ministry, the Morranian economy began to recover significantly from the global banking crisis as the government injected billions of dollars worth of subsidies into businesses to keep them afloat; by October 2028, the deep recession in the Corporate Republic of Dunsteen had ended and confidence in the economy rose, boosted by the announcement of a new regime in the nation as part of President Bakshi's democratisation programme.

In 2029, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) formally nominated Eris Assecla for the vice presidency alongside President Sunil Bakshi, after incumbent vice president Werner Reinheart declined to stand for re-election. In the 2030 presidential election, the Bakshi-Assecla presidential ticket managed to secure the most states within Morra, and thus on January 20, 2030, Eris Assecla was formally inaugurated as the 5th vice president of Morra. During her vice presidency, Asselca was a deeply influential figure within the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) as an economic, social, and political hardliner arguing for increasingly neoliberal and neoconservative political positions. In January 2035, Eris Assecla was re-elected as vice president alongside President Sunil Bakshi, becoming the first Morranian individual to be elected to two separate terms as vice president. Following the arrest of Speaker Illich and his subsequent removal as leader of the VVD, Eris Assecla briefly became acting party leader until the election of Frank Wassenberg to the role on October 1, 2036. Following a government crisis, opposition leader Marianne Thieme was elected as speaker of the National Assembly, and revealed the government's role in distributing and creating the Derigo Disease; whilst Thieme ultimately lost office as speaker alongside her life in January 2037, tensions over the role that Vice President Assecla had had in the creation of the Derigo epidemic erupted into a fully fledged political crisis for the VVD. In June 2037, a monumental debate was held in the National Assembly of Morra over the future of the Derigo disease and those involved in its creation; during the debate, Assecla was the most senior proponent of retaining the disease, alongside her ally Attje Kuiken of the Worker's Political Alliance. Having lost the debate, Vice President Eris Assecla was impeached from her position at the request of President Sunil Bakshi, and stripped of all governmental titles - however, the tensions unearthed by the debate would in turn lead to the collapse of the Second Wassenberg Ministry in early 2038 and the assassination of President Bakshi in 2039, effectively ending the VVD-led dictatorship in the Republic of Morra.

## History

Born in 2002 in The Hague, Eris Assecla grew up as the adopted child of EuroCorp executive Martin Assecla. Between 2020 and 2023, Eris Assecla attended the prestigious University of Amsterdam, though her studies were briefly interrupted during the formation of the Transitional State of Dunsteen in 2022. Upon graduation, Assecla became a consultant and economist for EuroCorp's operations in the United Kingdom from 2023 until 2025. Following the coup which overthrew the Transitional State of Dunsteen, Eris Assecla was brought in by President Sunil Bakshi to work as a senior economist within the new finance commission under the Corporate Republic of Dunsteen; in doing so, Asselca became a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. In the aftermath of the 2027 Global Banking Crisis, Eris Assecla became a senior member of the new Ministry of Economics and Finance under the leadership of Secretary Wopke Hoekstra, and was responsible for the introduction of several market reforms to the Morranian economy.

## Political Career

In February 2028, Assecla was appointed as the secretary of state for finance by President Bakshi following the resignation of Hoekstra, and set about deepening reforms to the structure of the economy in a review conducted between March and August 2028; alongside her position as finance secretary, Assecla was granted a seat in the National Assembly in order to remain accountable to the body. In April 2028, Assecla became the head of a commission on energy independence after Morranian gas supplies became disrupted by the attack on the Bolshoy oil fields; as a result, the commission began to phase in an increased usage of green energy after receiving a grant from the Ministry of Economics and Finance to double the size of the Morranian hydro-electric generator network along the North Sea coast. During Assecla's tenure at the finance ministry, the Morranian economy began to recover significantly from the global banking crisis as the government injected billions of dollars worth of subsidies into businesses to keep them afloat; by October 2028, the deep recession in the Corporate Republic of Dunsteen had ended and confidence in the economy rose, boosted by the announcement of a new regime in the nation as part of President Bakshi's democratisation programme. At the same time as a domestic recovery plan, Eris Assecla and President Sunil Bakshi focused upon gaining economic aid from the Republic of Dunsteen as part of a programme to re-open diplomatic relations between the two states, which ultimately succeeded following the formal proclamation of the Republic of Morra on February 1, 2029, which Assecla was present for. In 2029, the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) formally nominated Eris Assecla for the vice presidency alongside President Sunil Bakshi, after incumbent vice president Werner Reinheart declined to stand for re-election. Following her inauguration on January 20, 2030, Assecla vacated her role as finance secretary and member of the National Assembly.

## Vice Presidency

 President

Following the 2030 presidential election, Eris Assecla was inaugurated on January 20, 2030 as the fifth Vice President of Morra alongside President Sunil Bakshi, who had been inaugurated for a second term in office. Eris Assecla's vice presidency coincided with the increasing transfer of executive powers to the National Assembly of Morra, and indeed the office of vice president began to loose significant amounts of power during the early 2030s; despite this, Eris Assecla remained deeply influential within the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) as an economic, social, and political hardliner arguing for increasingly neoliberal and neoconservative political positions. Within government, Vice President Assecla was a key ally of Speaker Peter Illich and finance secretary Attje Kuiken, and the three sought to initiate a programme of structural reform to reshape Morranian society. The pinnacle of this programme came with the Healthcare Regulations Act of 2031, which granted the government the legal ability to begin the manufacture and distribution of a potent disease, which later became known as the Derigo Disease; this virus was designed to act as population control, by killing those who could not afford the vaccines, whilst raising funds for the treasury by selling the vaccines at a 200% mark-up price.

In January 2035, Eris Assecla was re-elected as vice president alongside President Sunil Bakshi, becoming the first Morranian individual to be elected to two separate terms as vice president. Following the arrest of Speaker Illich and his subsequent removal as leader of the VVD, Eris Assecla briefly became acting party leader until the election of Frank Wassenberg to the role on October 1, 2036. Following a government crisis, opposition leader Marianne Thieme was elected as speaker of the National Assembly, and revealed the government's role in distributing and creating the Derigo Disease; whilst Thieme ultimately lost office as speaker alongside her life in January 2037, tensions over the role that Vice President Assecla had had in the creation of the Derigo epidemic erupted into a fully fledged political crisis for the VVD. In June 2037, a monumental debate was held in the National Assembly of Morra over the future of the Derigo disease and those involved in its creation; during the debate, Assecla was the most senior proponent of retaining the disease, alongside her ally Attje Kuiken of the Worker's Political Alliance. Having lost the debate, Vice President Eris Assecla was impeached from her position at the request of President Sunil Bakshi, and stripped of all governmental titles - however, the tensions unearthed by the debate would in turn lead to the collapse of the Second Wassenberg Ministry in early 2038 and the assassination of President Bakshi in 2039, effectively ending the VVD-led dictatorship in the Republic of Morra.