As you all know, I have intended to retire as Governor-General for some time. Now I make that official. Tonight I am resigning as Governor-General. I will continue to carry out my duties until my successor is chosen. Nominations will be posted tomorrow evening. I want to give people some time to process this before the selection of my successor begins.

Thank you for all of you who have contributed to this wonderful sim over the last two years. Thank you for this opportunity and thank you for your patience. It has been a pleasure to serve a Governor-General over the last thirteen months but now it is time to move on. This is not the end of my involvement with the sim, but it's the end of this chapter.

Once my successor is chosen, I'll begin a new life in the sim. /u/forgottomentionpeter is ready and so is my new gig as editor of the /r/ModelListener, MNZP's newest political/current affairs magazine. I've long wanted to do some proper sim press and so now I'm finally doing it. This new role will allow me to a more casual involvement in the sim.