Editing William Lancaster (section)

==Political Career==
Lancaster's reputation as a resistance fighter and strategist boosted him onto the political stage after the end of the Civil War in 2014. With a large number of major politicians having been killed during Darrin's regime, been collaborators, or left politics entirely, the pool of Senatorial candidates was limited, and so he was elected as the second Senator from Nōrdjura's 9th district (representing the Nōrdjura Social Democrats). During this time, he was also studying for his Meistrēta Degree in Public Policy from his undergraduate alma mater, a degree that he finished shortly before his election to the Chancellory.

He quickly rose to prominence as a passionate debater and standard-bearer of the Moderate Left. His resistance career and young age endeared him to the Eirian public, and a wave of ''Parvalaca Jēun'' (Young Government) fervor propelled him to the forefront of the election to replace Chancellor Mariah Kruminš, who had become unpopular after a series of attempted reforms proved slow and largely ineffective. Despite the hesitance of party leaders to nominate someone so young for the executive position, a huge wave of student protests on  October 17th, 2015 helped win them over.

With a mix of support from the Young Government movement, disheartened voters looking for a change, and voters who approved of his running mate Leah Stendē, Lancaster won the election against conservative Senator [[Alexander Dukov]]. His policies of reconstruction and reform gained him popularity among both his coalition and even opposition politicians, however, his tendency to hesitate and over-negotiate bills frequently incensed the stalwarts in his party. Despite various criticism, policy analysts have generally agreed that the full reconstruction of the Eirian Republic to its pre-2006 status was accomplished largely due to the actions of Lancaster and his advisors. 

Perhaps the most controversial part of Lancaster's policy plan was his foreign affairs policy, ranging from military interventions in Huenya and Auria to the formation of the [[Union of Caxcanan States]]. Under Lancaster, the Eirian military has seen the most casualties since [[The Great War]] (not counting casualties sustained from 2006-2014). While the formation of the UCS as a defensive pact was largely seen as a solid strategic move, the inclusion of [[Milintica]] in the alliance has continued to generate a large amount of controversy.