From August 7th to 9th, I conducted a poll in the Grand Hall that garnered 26 responses. I asked people to say which positions in Europeia they would like to attain over the course of their career. This is the exact same poll that I put out in May and in December of 2020 to gauge the public's feelings around the end of the executive split. Now, 3 years removed from that decision, most of our positions are pretty well set, but the question remains: what positions are actually being pursued by the general populace? Does the Presidency still have that shine? Does anyone yearn for the People's Assembly? How many of us want to replace Lethen? These questions and more will be answered in this article. For some fun analysis, I will be comparing today's results to those from 3 years ago, to see how the region has changed over time.
To begin, our first question asked when our respondents first started being active in Europeia:
We can see that the vast majority of our respondents are 2+ years deep into their Europeian experience, with 73% of the population in that category. Only 3 people who took this poll were in the youngest two categories (1 less than six months, 2 six months to a year). Compared to the population boom back in 2020 after a surge of newcomers joined the region, these 2023 numbers skew older, of course. But hey, that means a good portion of these respondents joined around that time and stuck around!
Next I asked our respondent what sort of player they would describe themselves as:
A solid majority for those focused on political gameplay, which is different from 3 years ago, when "Equally split" was the clear majority. Are we becoming more political? Is the social game less prominent, so we must adapt? Interesting to think about.
But let's get into the rankings. Here are all the positions, sorted by category. I will present the newest numbers first, then the numbers from 3 years ago (December) in parentheses, followed by the change in the two, color coded with a symbol. So green plus means they grew, red minus means they shrunk, no symbol means no significant change.
High Executive
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Cabinet
Others
Comments from Respondents
Conclusion
And there you have it! Perhaps as some of us might have expected, our top leadership positions of President and Speaker are the most sought after in the region. That's a good sign for our populace, who shows strong ambition to reach high heights. It's actually quite a large jump for Speaker which saw one of the largest spikes in popularity. And the second largest was from another leadership position, Chief Justice! Perhaps we are doing a better job marketing these positions than we were at the start of the remerge. Or perhaps does it have something to do with more of us being politically focused?
Of course, it wasn't all good news, as we see the People's Assembly barely registers as desired at all, with only 3 people selecting Chair as something they aspire to. Taking that in combination with the recent Chair election, which was delayed because everybody forgot about it, reasonable people should worry about the body's longevity. Other positions that have fallen off in popularity are Minister of Culture and Supreme Chancellor. SC we can perhaps chalk up to being unattainable, but that shouldn't stop you from dreaming, there's been turnover there before! For Culture, it might be time ring the alarm bells, as it has the largest drop-off of the all the Ministries. The only Ministries close to it are Grand Admiral, which has at least been on the upswing, and World Assembly Affairs, which has been in that realm for a while, and may warrant its own concerns, actually. What can the region do to make people care about these Ministries?
Hopefully these numbers were interesting to look at, and the retrospective from the remerge was useful data. As we get deeper into the Presidential election, perhaps we can use this information to spark relevant discussion. Until next time, this is Calvin Coolidge, sitting in an empty Chair.
To begin, our first question asked when our respondents first started being active in Europeia:
We can see that the vast majority of our respondents are 2+ years deep into their Europeian experience, with 73% of the population in that category. Only 3 people who took this poll were in the youngest two categories (1 less than six months, 2 six months to a year). Compared to the population boom back in 2020 after a surge of newcomers joined the region, these 2023 numbers skew older, of course. But hey, that means a good portion of these respondents joined around that time and stuck around!
Next I asked our respondent what sort of player they would describe themselves as:
A solid majority for those focused on political gameplay, which is different from 3 years ago, when "Equally split" was the clear majority. Are we becoming more political? Is the social game less prominent, so we must adapt? Interesting to think about.
But let's get into the rankings. Here are all the positions, sorted by category. I will present the newest numbers first, then the numbers from 3 years ago (December) in parentheses, followed by the change in the two, color coded with a symbol. So green plus means they grew, red minus means they shrunk, no symbol means no significant change.
High Executive
- President - 76.9% (76.5) (Most Popular! Tied)
- Vice President - 73.1% (67.6) +
Legislative Branch
- Speaker of the Senate - 76.9% (47.1) + (Most Popular! Tied)
- Senator - 73.1% (67.6) +
- People's Assembly Chair - 11.5% (29.4) [compared to Mayor of Arnhelm] - (Least Popular!)
Judicial Branch
- Chief Justice - 42.3% (26.5) +
- Associate Justice - 53.8% (44.1) +
Cabinet
- Minister of Communications - 38.5% (47.1) -
- Minister of Culture - 30.8% (41.2) -
- Minister of Outreach - 42.3% (41.2) [compared to Minister of Interior]
- Minister of Gameside - 38.5% (41.2) [compared to Minister of Interior]
- Minister of Radio - 42.3% (41.2)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - 61.5% (61.8)
- Minister of World Assembly Affairs - 30.8% (35.3) -
- Grand Admiral - 34.6% (23.5) +
- Attorney General - 50% (41.2) +
Others
- World Assembly Delegate - 42.3% (50) -
- Supreme Chancellor - 30.8% (52.9) -
- Vice Chancellor - 61.5% (50) +
- EIA Director - 34.6% (did not poll before)
Comments from Respondents
- I would like to be in the EAAC
- Honestly all the positions are cool but the I feel like some of the Ministries should be combined to ensure more flexibility!
- Comms is so hard I hate it so much
- first minister
Conclusion
And there you have it! Perhaps as some of us might have expected, our top leadership positions of President and Speaker are the most sought after in the region. That's a good sign for our populace, who shows strong ambition to reach high heights. It's actually quite a large jump for Speaker which saw one of the largest spikes in popularity. And the second largest was from another leadership position, Chief Justice! Perhaps we are doing a better job marketing these positions than we were at the start of the remerge. Or perhaps does it have something to do with more of us being politically focused?
Of course, it wasn't all good news, as we see the People's Assembly barely registers as desired at all, with only 3 people selecting Chair as something they aspire to. Taking that in combination with the recent Chair election, which was delayed because everybody forgot about it, reasonable people should worry about the body's longevity. Other positions that have fallen off in popularity are Minister of Culture and Supreme Chancellor. SC we can perhaps chalk up to being unattainable, but that shouldn't stop you from dreaming, there's been turnover there before! For Culture, it might be time ring the alarm bells, as it has the largest drop-off of the all the Ministries. The only Ministries close to it are Grand Admiral, which has at least been on the upswing, and World Assembly Affairs, which has been in that realm for a while, and may warrant its own concerns, actually. What can the region do to make people care about these Ministries?
Hopefully these numbers were interesting to look at, and the retrospective from the remerge was useful data. As we get deeper into the Presidential election, perhaps we can use this information to spark relevant discussion. Until next time, this is Calvin Coolidge, sitting in an empty Chair.
