David Whindam

Biography
In the early 2020s, David Whindam, a ruthless corporate, became president of the Night City division of Biotechnica through a series of assassinations of his rivals. Whindam did so by means of the Lead Messengers, his personal hit squad. Soon after, he began to "loan" the solos to other corporate allies.

In September 2021, Whindam became Chairman of the Council for Economic Prosperity, which purchased the state of Connecticut and founded the Neo-Progressive American Citizens' Party. By 2023, Whindam was chosen as the running mate of Gerald Hastings, the incumbent President, who was reelected. Windham was sworn in as Vice-President in 2023, and became President in March 2024 after Hastings was assassinated, the presidential aerodyne hit with a missile.

As President, Whindam terminated the LEDiv investigation into the assassination and established the Council for Economic Prosperity as an executive department, which had full powers. In September 2024, as more and more states were purchased, Whindam and the new Congress renamed the USA as the Incorporated States of America (ISA).

After a nanotech virus that would be known as the Carbon Plague began to spread throughout the country in late 2025, Whindam mobilized the National Guard and declared martial law in June 2026.