SYDNEY, QVAIT — The Third Republic of Qvait and the Kingdom of Winston Island are about thirty days away from the crucial 12 July referendum that would decide the future of both countries. In a poll of polls conducted in both countries, there is 58 percent and 61 percent approval to the merger in Qvait and Winston Island respectively. If this holds true, the two countries will merge on 1 August, 2016. However, other than the question on the merger, there will be three other equally-important questions on the ballot in both countries.

Should the people of both countries agree on 12 July that there should be a merger, both countries will decide on whether their unified government should form a federal government, constitutional monarchy, or a mix of the two forms of government. The most interesting part of this question is that it could lead to the restoration of the Qvaitican Royal Family, which was violently dissolved by the Communists in the June Revolution of 1923. There are three people who are qualified to be the head of a restored Royal Family: former President Jonathan Ambrose, President Margaret Harrison (Ambrose's eldest child), and Melissa Harrison (Margaret Harrison's eldest child). While the first two have publicly declined to lead a restored Royal Family, Melissa Harrison has said that she would accept being the head if it were to be restored.

If the Qvaitican Royal Family was to be restored and the Winstonian Royal Family also continues to exist, both countries have agreed that the two families would share the throne by rotating control after a monarch abdicates or dies. In a gesture of goodwill, Queen Katelynn Williams of Winston Island will take the throne first, should the people of both countries decide their government should form a constitutional monarchy or a mix with a federal government.

On Referendum Day, President Margaret Harrison's and Prime Minister Jonathan Cobb's leadership will be tested with Question 3, which will decide who shall become the first leader of a unified country. At this time, the Qvaitican head of government is leading in polls conducted in the Kingdom of Winston Island against fellow head of government, Prime Minister Jonathan Cobb. In the month of May, President Harrison's approval rating has jumped to 68 percent, up from 62 percent for the month of April. While Prime Minister Cobb has a 54 percent approval rating from his own electorate, Winstonians are more energized by the Qvaitican leader, recent polls suggest. However, what if neither country agrees on this?

If the Qvaiticans select President Harrison and the Winstonians select Prime Minister Cobb, or vice versa, that outcome will be accepted as the equivalent of holding an open election. However, it was decided during the announcement of the referendum that, if there was an open election, the head-elect of government would fill the rest of President Harrison's term, but would end on 1 August, 2022, rather than 1 April of that year.