Presidents of Animal Land

## Leaders

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## Fun Facts

### References

1. ↑ There have been 25 presidencies, and 18 different individuals have served as president (with 72% of them being Monkeys and Bears).
2. ↑ Fun fact: 28% (five) of the Presidents have a name that starts with "M". And 39% (seven) of the Presidents have a name that ends with "Y".
3. ↑ "Term in office" simply means how long they were the chief leader. To avoid any confusion, the small text that appear below the given lengths mean how or why their presidency ended. "Overthrown" means they were ousted or impeached, "resigned" means they stepped down or quit, "lost election" means they tried to get reelected but lost, "term limited" means they were President for the maximum number allowed so they couldn't run again, and "not candidate for election" means they chose not to run again even though they could have.
4. ↑ In AnimalLand, Animal's sizes are divided up in three categories (small/medium/big) and Animal's ages are divided up in two categories (kid+teenager/adult).
5. ↑ There have been either 46 or 48 presidential elections.
6. ↑ Vice President is picked by the candidate who wins the Presidential election, usually on the same day. Vice President, also known as VP or Veep, is the officer next in rank to a president and usually empowered to serve as president in that officer's absence or disability. No VP has succeeded President even though there were times when that was needed or was possible — which makes the office kind of useless.
7. ↑ The average leader rating is 3.56 out of 5. More information and fast facts about ratings here.
8. ↑ Dean fired Michael as Vice President on July 23, 2018. Dean's first term was the only time there has been two Vice Presidents at once until Dave appointed Sparky and Ruby his Vice President(s) on May 1, 2023 (57½ months later).
9. ↑ To avoid any confusion, "lost election" means
10. ↑ Fun fact: There have been only 2 female presidents; the rest are males.
11. ↑ Monkey has held the longest office as President (122 days), with Mozey right behind with one day less (121 days).
12. ↑ Ruby has held the shortest office (1 day), with Dean in second (5 days).
13. ↑ On November 5, 2022, Monkey, along with the unanimous vote of Parliament, officially pardoned Ruby for what happened on October 15, 2021. This was an act of finally apologizing to her ousting that happened during a mini civil war which wasn't directly her fault.
14. ↑ Olaf was elected the first and only snowman President on May 1, 2022. After inactivity and concerns, Olaf was declared king indefinitely on July 4, 2021 until the citizens figured out a better reformed government. His Excellency, Olaf, went on to achieve the title of the longest rule of Animal Land with 14 months.
15. ↑ There was actually wide disagreement what the new name should be. There was many wanting Stuffyland, but many wanting something else like Stufftopia or Flufftopia or Fluffytopia or Fluffland or Fluffyland. It ended up being half changing their minds and changing it back to AnimalLand and half wanting it to be Stuffyland.

### Some History: The First Year

* Dean was the first President and bear leader of Animal Land. He appointed two Vice Presidents at the same time, Firespeed and Michael. Mozey was picked the first Secretary. Tension rises over his sky-high taxes and harsh punishments. Anna makes AnnaLand and breaks away from AnimalLand. At one point, Dean fired Michael for his strong support with the citizens against Dean. Dean's rule presidency was cut short by being overthrown. It took two attempts, and an election took place the same day. After the overthrowing of Dean, Anna agreed to reunite with Animal Land.
* Mozey was the first monkey President of Animal Land. Even though some of his actions and policies may have leaned authoritarian, he was usually seen as a "benevolent dictator". He causally took over the bank and banished teams that Michael and Anna had started building. Slavery starts. Anna tried to reestablish AnnaLand twice but fails. Mozey soon implemented the "CONGRESS" system, which mainly created the offices of Chief Manager and Prime Minister but also officially structured and reorganized the power system. Mozey also announced the controversial decision that his CONGRESS system basically doesn't require the vote of the citizens for President or VP and that their vote can even be denied. He also stated that Chief Manager, and President rule everything, although it doesn't really work like that. There are still three electable Chief Citizen offices. Mozey is reelected in August 2018 by himself, Chief Manager, Prime Minister, and the polices. It's suspected that when we were reelected in August 2018, he didn't have a Vice President. Near the end of his first reign, he launched a massive assault on AnnaLand (a breakaway country that Animal Land really wanted back) and annexed it back. He soon resigned, directing Animal Land to a democracy.
* Dean (almost surprisingly) was elected to his second presidency on October 6, 2018, after Mozey resigned. It's rumored this election was rigged when Dean stole or influenced a vote from Eddy to his own (making it 9-8 instead of 8-9). Mozey and most of the "Big Animals" would have a history of backing each other up. There's not a ton of information known, written, or remembered about Dean's second presidency. Although after the first week, AnnaLand attacked Animal Land and broke away again. Also, sometime during this presidency though, Monkey wrote a huge Constitution (literally a copy of the US Constitution), and Animal Land ratified it the next day to become a constitutional republic. Not surprisingly, it was way too complex, and Animal Land couldn't keep up.
* Dean resigned on December 9, 2018. An election took place, and the winner was Mozey. He brought the government back his CONGRESS system. There were also more tensions between Animal Land and AnnaLand as Anna's influence grew stronger. Mass production of money caused it to be worth much more than before. At one point, Anna finally agreed to make peace with Animal Land to get back Ruby. She sells most of her land but then gets it back quickly. Mrs. Cat is caught for in an attempted theft and charged for robbery. As the citizens get poorer, the Animal Land government gets richer. The chance of a rebellion increased rapidly. Mozey is finally prompted to announce that he is resigning so February 2019 will have an election.
* The election of John on February 1, 2019, officially marked the beginning of the stable "one month" presidential terms. The winner was projected to be Dean.
* Teddy was the first small animal President upon being elected on March 1, 2019.
* Firespeed was the first horse and female President upon being elected on April 1, 2019. The winner was projected to be Michael. It's agreed that this presidency of Firespeed was one of the best. She passed the "Firespeed Land Contract Resolution" which organized and incorporated a big nearby land, putting parts of it up for sate (although Mozey was the only one who ended up buying a part). Firespeed also ruled in favor of Caleb's Club and protected it in court when Dean tried dismantling it. During the final days of her presidency, she established that citizens don't have to pay tax if they don't want to and that the President's earnings can't be more than twice as much as the Prime Minister's. She also stated that if the country was near bankruptcy, then the top richest animals would have to help bail the government out.
* Eddy (surprisingly) wins the May 2019 election. This gives the smaller class of animals more confidence that their power and opportunity was growing.
* Monkey (surprisingly) got elected 4 times, starting June 2019.