So per convo with few people, here’s a 4th way, that seems to be a consensus of few conflicting takes forged into one:
(4) Indefinite Vizier Appointee
One of Viziers is selected to indefinitely serve as the WA Delegate of The East Pacific, which becomes an office within the Praesidium. Once selected, the WA Delegate is reconfirmed every 6 months by the Magisterium (or Praesidium). In addition to that, at any moment WA Delegate can be removed from the office for inactivity (failure to perform duties) or crimes. There is no way to replace WA Delegate until one resigns or isn’t reconfirmed or is removed - which means there is no elections, nor a challenge system. The ultimate goal of WA Delegate is to gather endorsements, increase voting power, endotart actively and vote accordingly to opinion of the Executive.
Pros:
- Simple democracy (only Head of State is elected)
- Quality leadership: people who run for Head of State for the sake of “GCR Delegate achievement” no longer can harm the region
- More powerful Delegate: dedicated position to focus mainly on increasing WA voting power
- More powerful Delegate: one serves and gathers endorsements until not verified or removed or resigns (intended long-term position)
- More powerful Delegate: no constant switches and losing endorsements
- Less closed democracy: removes barriers for R/Ders and those who don’t want to be the WA Delegate
- Safety: no risk of puppetswapping, WA multying etc
- Security: nation with the highest level of influence in The East Pacific is a part of the Praesidium
- Ultimate Security: Highly decreased chances of couping - one first needs to be nominated for Vizier, then confirmed by Magisterium, then selected by the Praesidium - meaning, that three government branches participate and the way to become WA Delegate is a long one with multiple verifications.
- Foreign Affairs: one of first steps to take to start having power projection and higher FA & WA relevance