Zokesian Elections of 2200 See Royalist Victory!
The final elections before the end of the 22nd century saw the Zokesian Royal Party take charge, following multiple terraforming attempts on Duna failed at the cost of trillions of Thalers. Midas Van Tollen was elected on a platform of reform and return to Kerbin-centric thought, as many issues back at home not least of all the Pan-Vanadian tribal conflicts spurring the vote in his favor. Following meager success, at the dawn of the 23rd century, the polls looked to swing away from the Royal Party once again.
However, in an unexpected move, Prince Maximilian of Ward threw his hat in the ring, and taking a page from the famous Francisco Grail, "If Zokesia is to be, it will be not a World Power, but a Solar Power - Or not at all." With this, he quickly outlined a radical plan to modernize the remaining Kerbin territories of Zokesia to begin the transition to a truly spacefaring peoples. Come election day, the people of Zokesia turned out for their Prince and voted in the first Royal President since Ella II nearly a century earlier, with Gregory Kamfer as his Vice President.
What his reign will do to realize this goal is unknown, but with the backing of Zokesia's longtime allies, anything could be possible as the nation enters this grand 23rd century.