Nicolas Balladour

Nicolas Balladour has served as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Jelbania since 2356 and has led the Christian Citizens Union since 2352.

Born on December 1, 2315 to a politically prominent family (his grandfather was Dominique-Yves Balladour, former Minister of Enviroment and Tourism), Balladour attended upper-class boarding schools and graduated at the top of his class at Beaudoin University in 2337. At university, Balladour studied economics and Jelbanian literature.

After working for one year at a technology firm in Turadrad, he became disillusioned with corporate culture and the suffocated world of high-society life. He turned to religion, becoming a born-again Christian and going back to school to earn graduate degrees in social work and divinity. In 2342, he spend his entire trust fund on setting up "The People's House," a non-profit group providing housing, job training, and education to homeless Jelbanians.

During the mid '40s, he became active in Citizen Union and was a staunch critic of the secular, libertarian politics of Rodrigo Lopez.