West Welsberg, Empire of Greater Dívasa

West Welsberg, formerly known as simply Welsberg, is a region of Divasa south of Aver, north of United Providence, and west of East Welsberg. Its capital is Veltsonville and its governor Dbug. The region is one of few regions being almost evenly divided between industrialized and rural areas. This puts West Welsberg squarely in the middle of regional GDPs, ranked 5th with 151,500 million phoenixes nominal each year. The region holds 2.5 million people, making the GDP per capita 60,600 PHX per year. The governor is entrusted with near-dictatorial powers of the state, being invested with both legislative and executive authority. A recent constitutional convention ratified three constitutional amendments.

History
West Welsberg was first known as Welsberg, a duchy occupying what is now West and East Welsberg. When the union of the duchies occurred, Welsberg became a region in the new Empire of Divasa. Immediately there were calls for a division of the region into its east and west portions, especially in the eastern areas. Justice Captainographer, then a private citizen and resident of Veltsonville, called a constitutional convention and forced through a constitution of his own making. He was subsequently elected governor and enacted a variety of progressive laws, from infrastructure reform to healthcare to gun licencing. He resigned the post after less than a week in office to be appointed to the Supreme Court. Though there was no constitutional precedent for this at the time, he named Ido Appo as his successor, and he took the office of governor afterwards.

Soon after, as provided for by the constitution of Welsberg, East Welsberg seceded and the region was renamed West Welsberg. As such West Welsberg remains the same legal entity as the now defunct Welsberg. Ido continued as Governor for 4 terms before his untimely death, with only one seriously contested election. Though Greek Communist did contest every election, he never one more than one vote except in the third reelection of Ido. After the death of the governor, the office went unoccupied until the next election as there was no process for gubernatorial succession in the constitution at the time.

The DC unofficially endorsed Dbug in the next election and he won easily, despite communist efforts against him. He called a constitutional convention where Captainographer proposed and pushed through 3 amendments. One allowed for a governor's succession list, one guaranteed property rights, and one reduced the petition requirements for various directly democratic parts of government. Dbug was briefly arrested for corruption but subsequently placed on a record high 900 million PHX bail.