2 regions is too much of a decrease, I think. 3 or 4 makes more sense; we could make it smaller after that if it really is needed.
I don't understand how someone can want more activity, yet also want the GM to be abolished. Yes, I think the GM needs to be regulated, but a fact that this is struggling in activity is that only, what, 20 or so people (totally made up that statistic) are active, so our to-do lists are derived from activities from those people. In the real world, the government's to-do lists are derived from activities from over 300 million people in the US, plus about 7 billion others in the rest of the world. My point is that the GM needs to be there to simulate those other people, and the results of bills. Otherwise it's just people making meaningless laws for a dormant country where no one does anything.
I agree with more than 2 regions, 3 might be good for starters.
As to the GM office, we cannot have a GM who goes around arresting public officials right and left and who wipes out millions with nuclear bombs.
In the final analysis, after all, Atlasia is an election and government sim, and everyone knows that. Those who participate in the sim do so because they enjoy elections and government sims.
It does not really need a GM in my view, because the game is elections and government.
What is government but providing for the needs of the citizens? How can you know the needs of the citizens without a GM?