Public Office of the Leinad/Lumine Administration - Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen

[Enduro]

The Leinad administration was hit with crippling problems from the start. We had very high levels of inactivity in a time where we were in the middle of transitioning to a new constitution. Bicameral congress being the most difficult things to get started.

Although, you handled it well despite your distraction from Atlasia. It's been an honor living in a country with you as president. Wish you the best in your next venture.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Thank you for your service to Atlasia, Mr. President.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Thank you for your service to Atlasia, Mr. President.

[NeverAgain]

Thank you for your service to Atlasia, Mr. President.

[Senator Cris]

Thank you for your service to Atlasia, Mr. President.

[Lumine]

While my service as Vice-President was far less than ideal, it was still a privilege to serve alongside you, Leinad. Best of luck on what is to come ahead.

[Clyde1998]

Thank you for your service to Atlasia, Mr. President.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

You've done very well given that you were the first President to govern after the reset. This game faced a lot of hurdles typical for such a period, but you done well.

[Leinad]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

That went by far too quickly.

[Leinad]

Your new SoIA nominee:

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[Leinad]

Since dfw withdrew his nomination, I now open up a 47-hour, 38-minute, 17-second application window for Secretary of Internal Affairs.

[Leinad]

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    X Leinad

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Unless the Senate decides against it, referendum in 11 days! I expect everyone will be focused on this, because it's not like we have important events, in Atlasia and America, in the interim.

[Leinad]

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I'll have the farewell speech up shortly...

[Blair]

beautiful list; look forward to seeing the speech

[Lumine]

Mr. President, it truly has been a priviliege to serve under you this four months. I look forward to the farewell speech as well.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Thank you President Leinad for allowing me to serve in your cabinet, it was a true honor serving as your RG. Thank you for your wonderful service to the people of Atlasia, I wish you the very best for the future.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

As I wrote just over a month ago when you announced your impending retirement, it has truly been a pleasure to have had the chance to serve with you across so many fronts over the past year and a half, from the ConCon to the Senate to the cabinet. Despite our disagreements (and we've had many), I can't help but respect you as a dedicated and courageous servant of our country. Thank you.

EDIT: Also, thanks very much for the award!

[Anna Komnene]

Thank you for your service Mr. President.  You've been an independent thinker who cares about doing right by the citizens of Atlasia, and more importantly, an even better person.  You're welcome in Arecibo anytime!

[Leinad]

Thank you for the kind words, Blair, Lumine, AZ, Peebs, Truman, Siren, and in advance for anyone else who adds things after this.

I'll have the farewell speech up shortly...an even shorter shortly than the last time I said that...such a short shortly that it would be too short to go on a ride explicitly targeted for short people...(also because vague lengths of time cannot go on rides, but I digress)...

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Thank you President Leinad for serving as a model for new Atlasians, that with hard work and determination, you can go from newly joined to President in just 13 months (a bit less actually), and also as a model for Libertarians by becoming the first ever Libertarian President of Atlasia.

President is a tough job, I have seen it eat up veterans and spit them back out. I have seen legendary statesmen struggle with the challenges of the day (Which is partially why I avoided running for so long ). I commend you for stepping forward to lead this country in challenging times and I look forward to your future accomplishments with great expectations.

[LLR]

Farewell, Mr. President

It was a pleasure to work with you during our respective times here, and I hope your time out of office is as successful as your time in office.

-Fmr. Sen. LLR

[Clyde1998]

Thank you President Leinad for your leadership over what has been a difficult time for Atlasia. It was an honour to serve as your Game Moderator. I wish you the best of luck in the future and hope that you continue to be active in Atlasian politics in the months and years to come.

[Leinad]

Farewell Address

It's been an interesting four months, Atlasia. I'll get this out of the way first: I feel I could've done better as President. I can think of several reasons why I didn't perform as well as I wanted to, but now isn't the time for an autopsy. Let us praise the last four months instead of burying it--or, if that proves too hard, at least get a nice-looking casket for it.

We passed some good legislation and rejected some bad legislation. More could've been done, but we got post-reset Atlasia started off without completely killing everything, and voter turnout as I am leaving office has increased over 20% from when I was elected--maybe I can take credit for some of that.

Over the last few weeks I have been reminded why I play this game, but also reminded why some people quit. I find participating in Atlasian elections, legislating, and campaigning tremendous fun--and getting to know all these people in the game has truly, genuinely been a delight with a cherry on top. Now, let's not pretend it isn't often frustrating--I'll be the first to tell you it is. But overall I get a lot of enjoyment from Atlasia. That's why I care about keeping this game going--not just on life support but thriving--for not only myself to enjoy, but future generations.

A certain segment of people think this game was created for them, and either lash out at it because they have tired of it--or it was never right for them in the first place--or go as far as to attempt sabotaging the game itself. Atlasia is here for people to enjoy how and when they please. It is bigger than any one of us. Atlasia is like a guitar--bear with me here--a guitar that has been shared by many people. It was made by a person, and many people have sent vibrations through the strings. These vibrations cannot be erased from history--nothing can--and they metaphorically live on, like the flap of a butterfly's wing in the ripples of China or whatever. But even if you once played wonderful music on the guitar, if the person holding it now plays a song you don't like, the guitar will still make the noise just as well as it did for you, and it won't give a damn what you think.

There are things we can learn from the past, things we can learn from the present, and new ideas we can implement to create a brighter future. I was not able to cure inactivity in the slightest, although I did keep it from spiraling into a ghost town. Now is not the time to give up.

We need to implement the cliche that was used four separate times last year--we need to make Atlasia great again. We need to make the AFE board active again. We need to make the regions active again. We need to make Atlasia fun again. We need to make the Wiki up-to-date again. We need to Fight for Atlasia, a More Welcoming Atlasia, for me, for you, and for whatever political nerds stumble across this forum in the future! Atlasia isn't for everyone, but it is for me, and if it's for you, too, then let's go make it awesome together!

[Mike Thick]

#MAGA