A regional merger would certainly be a better idea. Nobody has yet explained their hostility to the idea.
I've always been opposed to the merge because I do have a lot of optimism in these 2 regions and you are going to have your ups and downs in the regions occasionally and when we have crises, that's up to us to solve. In fact, every region except the Northeast is having either activity or population problems, so it's not just the Pacific and the Midwest. For example, I wasn't expecting to see the MW lose such massive activity out of nowhere like it did a few weeks ago and instead of giving up, I've sent out a whole bunch of PMs encouraging people to run for Althing which has been partially successful so far. Elections aren't as competitive as we'd like them to be, but we're definitely starting to improve and getting back on track in the MW.
I really believe you guys should stick with the status quo and if you guys don't have enough candidates next time around, go around to your constituents to and see if anyone's interested in running for Council like Mung Beans, Antonio, Icehand Gino, or Wolverine. If all else fails, then I would maybe be open to a merge, but definitely not right now.
btw, congrats on your election to the Governorship, Cranberry!
