On the 31st of May, it was decreed that this election would not be occurring. But now, on the 27th of June, 2019, I am proud to announce the results of the third Pacemian legislative election.

The election was originally postponed for the reasons that the same three citizens, Nicholas Randouler, Stephen Freayth, and myself had been the sole citizens of the empire for months. However, just a day before the original election was to take, a new citizen and Quo Times writer Liam M. officially became the first new citizen since the previous October. Now that the Kingdom of Indo had two possible contenders for the seat, the election could precede.

In the seat of the empire, the Kingdom of Carnegi, only I ran for a seat in the Senate. Grand Prince Stephen Freayth has had a guaranteed seat since the Kingdom of Pacem in 2017, so this tradition continued. However, since I was the only running candidate but Stephen could still represent Carnegi, there was an option to abstain which would immediately zero out any votes for me. Luckily, I won the seat 2-0, and began my second term as the Senator of Carnegi.

In the Kingdom of Indo, King Nicholas Randouler ran for his second term. However, Nicholas now had a possible opponent in the election, newcomer Liam M. On the ballot, Indins were given a choice to write in their option due to Mr. Liam joining the nation late. However, Nicholas still won 2-0.

This brings the politics of the Senate to a majority of two Senators for the Great Monarchist Party, which is the leftist party of Pacem, and is my own party. The minority party is La Liberty, the centre-right party of Nicholas Randouler, with him as the only Senator.

How do I believe that these Senators will fare in the new term? Well, based on the past term, I have high hopes. Especially due to the coming summer months, the Senate will likely experience high amounts of activity. Mr. Randouler has been great at helping in the Senate in the past with the passing of bills, and I expect the same to come over the next term. I will not be rating myself, because I personally don’t think I have any grounds to. I cannot judge my own improvements on Pacem, so that’s that.

Also on the election ballot were a few questions added to help the government understand the needs of the citizens. The questions were:

1. Do you approve of the current reign?

2. Do you support the Economy Act of 2019?

3. Do you believe Pacem should write a constitution?

Not exactly surprising, but the responses to question 1 were 100% yes. There haven’t been bigger challenges to face in Pacem, such as handling a scandal or trying to manage 10+ people, so I believe it was partially responded so positively due to lacking normal issues, but I suppose that I’ve continued to work on Pacem even when it’s been dead, so maybe it was deserved.

Question 2 was answered 75% yes, 25% uncertain. The newest Economy Act will be managing the use of economy bots in Pacem, as well as businesses and inter-citizen trade of land, intellectual property, etc. Micronational economics is always something of a challenge and something many people don’t like to push for, but Pacem has been adamant since 2016 to try and get a working economy.

Question 3 also was answered 75% yes and 25% uncertain. While I cannot predict why someone would be uncertain of a constitution, maybe out of fear of what changes would occur, but overall is seems like a good idea. Having a core structure to Pacem other than the rule of word may be better for future issues and be more attractive to people looking for a good micronation to join.

In terms of success, I cannot rank this election, nor the past two, just yet. Pacem went a long time without an elected Senate, and the active population has never been more than 5. These early elections are helping bring Pacem forward in its stagnant development from a barely functioning nation in 2015 to what it is today.

Pacem has had a story of successes and many failures. But it is seen that these elections are a stepping stone to having a better Pacem, the one that was always dreamt of.

The people of Pacem will be deciding whether or not the next election will take place in three months or six months when writing the constitution in order to correspond with Abelden, Pacem’s greatest ally and a source of many citizens.