Congress Elections

A ladder of community members with the highest Virtues holdings is maintained. At this moment, the top holders are automatically elected to Congress seats. In the current implementation, there are 11 seats for up to 5,000 members of the community who hold the citizen title or higher. There are 13 seats at 5,001 members, with 2 more seats added at each following 5,000-member threshold (10,001, 15,001, and so on).

Liberterra is currently testing this election system to see how it performs in practice and whether it really brings competent representatives into the community's leadership. The system is intentionally tied to demonstrated contribution rather than only campaigning, promises, or popularity detached from delivery.

In the current implementation, election conclusions are scheduled four times per year: on the last day of January, April, July, and October at 17:00 in the Europe/Prague time zone. At that same rollover moment, the active Congress term is refreshed and the seats are filled again from the current Virtues ladder.

Virtues are not permanent. Each Virtues grant is automatically converted to Rooted Merits after four years. That means leadership has to stay fresh: people who want to remain high on the Virtues ladder need to keep contributing and keep introducing projects that improve the community's wellbeing.

If someone stops contributing, their older Virtues grants gradually roll out of the ladder through that conversion, and they can naturally lose their seat to somebody who is more active and more valuable to the community at that time.