Wesstmoorland/Henry IX,
I don't know you, and you most certainly do not know me. Nonetheless, I have many years worth of interactions with Don and know well the kind of regions he builds. I won't speculate on how much of your cooperation with his actions was rooted in his manipulations versus your own genuine feelings, since I imagine it is a mix of both, but I do get the impression that you are sincere in your desire to fix things. The trouble is, Don's history of bating and switching makes it such that no one can ever trust that any meaningful change to your region will occur so long as any of those involved in the leaked plots or otherwise too closely associated with Don remains in power, and on the throne especially. As a person who has himself hurt his own region with his actions in the past, I can tell you that staying in power now will do neither you nor your region any good. People will not trust your word or any change in KGB so long as you or any other person tied to this mess sits upon the throne.
Thankfully, your current place on the throne gives the ultimate power of correcting this to you. You have only one real choice if you want to lead KGB towards a better future and that is to abdicate in favor of someone in your region who is free of the taint of this mess. This would not only send a clear message that KGB really is trying to right this wrong, but that you are sincere in both your apology and your loyalty to the good of your region. This is not the kind of reign you wanted, I am sure, and neither the length nor the sort of end to it that you might have envisioned, but it is the right thing to do, in keeping with the responsibilities that such a role should embody. As someone who has faced a similar situation, entirely because of his own actions, I understand the humiliation and unpleasantness of the affair, but it is the only real answer to the terminal problem facing your reign (and your region if you are not careful).
