In the legal discovery process, when the ledgers were scoured and the rulebooks painstakingly combed through for fine print, in the hopes of figuring out some loophole, some work-around, some way that this situation could be rectified, a second, similar, related rule was discovered. The people were joyful, this would resolve the situation, they thought, waiting in anticipation for further details. Elation turned to nervous excitement, then slight concern, and finally a great degree of anxiety. But little could prepare them for the actual content of that second rule, or as it was called, the total unpopularity provision: A government official who receives no votes at all during an election, not one single token gesture of support, is immediately banished, with no possibility of return.
There was no escape clause. No loophole. No happy ending. No secret love-letter from Heartsii. Just a cold, crisp silence in the air, and a despondent leader staring blankly over his lands in disbelief, a loud ringing in his ears. Not only had he lost the election, but he was banished, and there was absolutely nothing he could do about it. Unlike most of the other nations in these lands, Hell's Gate was lawful, honest, and stood by their word, and even in such times, those ideals would be upheld. Even with the consequence of Hell's Gate having no government, no leader, and in fact, not even a single citizen, Prime Minister Babynumnum's would follow the rules as he always did.
BabyNumNums, Senior Reporter