Athena Areios governs as the political leader of the utopian city-state Olympus, holding the rank of Inspector General within the *Appleseed XIII* continuity. She is a first-generation bioroid—a genetically engineered artificial human—free from the emotional restrictions placed on later generations. This grants her full emotional range alongside biological perfection, heightened intelligence, and strategic cunning. Her creation and development involved direct input from Gilliam Knute, as shown in flashbacks from earlier adaptations. Her political journey unfolds across media: beginning as Administrative Director for finance and taxation in the manga, she rises to Prime Minister in the 2004 film, and ultimately becomes the sole Administrator of Olympus in later films. Athena negotiates with a fiery, uncompromising style, utilizing scare tactics to influence Olympus's internal governance and international bodies like the EU and G32 summits. She prioritizes global stability, frequently deploying ESWAT to neutralize threats to Olympus and prevent international genocide. A core function of her authority is mediating conflicts among humans, bioroids, and cyborgs. She exercises veto power over controversial initiatives like Project Elpis (bioroid reproduction) and opposes the Ark Project in *XIII*, which sought to preserve humanity under bioroid supervision but sparked opposition from groups like the Human Liberation Front. In the manga, she orchestrates an anti-mutiny against the Council of Elders after they propose forcibly applying bioroid behavioral modifications to humans. Her tactical maneuvers include covert actions, such as indirectly enabling a cyborg attack on Deunan Knute’s platoon to ensure ESWAT intervened before the Olympus Army could abduct her. Nike, a second-generation bioroid, serves as Athena’s chief aide throughout the series. While her exact ascension to power remains unspecified, her leadership consistently focuses on suppressing racial, religious, and political discord—especially from anti-bioroid terrorists—to maintain Olympus’s fragile utopian equilibrium.