Maria Valo is the current Lord Chancellor (Head of State) of Dranland. She was born in Mynydd Mawr on the 23rd of May, 3250. She is a lawyer by education and had a practice in Melyn, Elbian for some years. 32 years old at the time she was nominated for parliament in the 3282 elections and successfully won her seat, being the only Unity Party candidate to do so, which she would retain until 3307, most of the time holding the position of spokesperson on environment and tourism issues. She was nominated by party colleagues to stand as candidate for Lord Chancellor in the 3307 elections, and the party endorsed her. She would go on to lose the election against the Grand National Party's Harold de Burgh by a 46.41-53.43% margin. However, when sanp elections were called in 3308, she declared hers