George Nathan Vance (b. October 5, 1946, Weatherby, Capitalia) is a Georgeland political figure, serving as Chief Minister of Capitalia from March 2001 to September 2009. Vance is considered to be one of the most enigmatic and idiosyncratic politicians in his party, and has a thirty-year political career in which he has served at all three levels of government; local, state and federal. Vance is also seen as one of the Liberal Democratic Party's most important powerbrokers. Vance stepped down from office in September 2009 after suffering a severe, but not life-threatening, stroke.