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| | header1 = Personal details
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| | data2 = 24 May 2023
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| | data3 = Politician, historian, [[archivist]], [[professor]], [[guide]], doctor, journalist, publicist, businessman
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| | data4 = [[Redmont Nationalist Party]] (2023)<br>[[Redmont Reform Party]] (2024)<br>[[Galactic Empire of Redmont]] (2024–2025)<br>[[Workers' Party of Redmont]] (2025–present)
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| | header7 = <small>[[CopTop_YT|←]]</small> 6th [[List of mayors of Aventura|Mayor of Aventura]] <small>[[AnimeInc|→]]</small> | |
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| | data8 = 12 – 18 February 2025
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| | data9 = Workers' Party of Redmont
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| | header10 = Member of the [[29th Congress#House of Representatives|29th House of Representatives]]
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| | data11 = 10 January – 10 March 2025
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| | data12 = Galactic Empire of Redmont
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| | header13 = Member of the [[25th Congress#House of Representatives|25th House of Representatives]]
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| | data14 = 10 May – 10 July 2025
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| '''RylandW''' (joined 24 May 2026), also known as '''Ryland Wethersbee''' and mononymously as '''Ryland''', is a politician, journalist, and archivist from Redmont who served as the temporary fake aventura mayor. In addition to being the fraudulent 1 week temporary mayor of Aventura, Wethersbee also served in the [[29th Congress#House of Representatives|29th House of Representatives]]. A member of the [[Workers' Party of Redmont]] (WPR), Wethersbee is outspoken in politics. He previously served in the [[25th Congress#House of Representatives|25th House of Representatives]] and was an [[executive advisor]] to Presidents [[UnityMaster]] and [[lcn]].
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| Wethersbee opened the [[Diamond Foundation]] in mid-2023. In October 2023, Wethersbee founded the [[Rylands Awards]], a routine awards ceremony honoring contributions to the culture of DemocracyCraft. He also founded the [[Redmont Historical Institute]] in January 2024 and [[Ivy University]] in December 2024. A journalist, he launched the news outlet [[DNN]] in November 2024. On 12 March 2025, he joined [[The Reveille Times|''The Reveille Times'']] as a political reporter. In May 2025 he founded [[Wethersbee Public Relations Strategies]] with [[Sleepii_Sloth]].
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| RylandW works for the [[Department of Education]] as a [[guide]], [[archivist]], and [[professor]], and for the [[Department of Health]] as a [[doctor]].
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| == Political career ==
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| === May–October 2024 ===
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| In May 2024, Wethersbee ran for election to the 25th House of Representatives in its routine election; he ran as an independent and won a seat. He ran a joint campaign with [[ItsBlazeX]], whom Wethersbee endorsed. During his term, Wethersbee worked closely with lcn: they authored the Medicare Expansion Resolution together, lcn cosponsored the Universal Education Resolution, and they worked to counter [[Rexit]].
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| Ryland Wethersbee was critical of [[Bezzergeezer administration|Bezzergeezer's presidency]] and opposed several of his decisions, including Rexit and changes to [[Medicare]] and the healthcare system.
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| === November 2024–present ===
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| On 6 November 2024, Wethersbee issued a series of endorsements for the [[28th Congress|November 2024 congressional elections]] in #politics. These were of [[ItsKatto]] and [[MathTech]] for the House of Representatives and [[GoldBlooded]] for the Senate; all three won in the elections.<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/house-of-representatives-election-november-2024.23767/ "Election - House of Representatives - NOVEMBER 2024"].</ref><ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/senate-election-november-2024.23768/ "Election - Senate Election - NOVEMBER 2024"].</ref>
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| On 18 December 2024, Wethersbee was asked by then-President UnityMaster to apply for an [[List of executive advisors to UnityMaster|executive advisor]] position, which he did.<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/expression-of-interest-for-special-advisor-positions.24094/#post-93596 "Open - Expression of Interest for Special Advisor Positions"].</ref> The following day, he was appointed to the position and also applied to the [[National Welfare Office]],<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/expression-of-interest-national-welfare-office-nwo.24103/#post-93616 "Closed - Expression of Interest: National Welfare Office (NWO)"].</ref> to which he was accepted. In late December, he was appointed to the [[Presidential Press Corps]].
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| In January 2025, Wethersbee ran for a seat in the House of Representatives as a member of the Galactic Empire of Redmont, alongside four other GER candidates for the House: [[2theo]], [[bigpappa140]], [[YeetGlazer]] and [[zLost]].<ref name=":0">[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/house-of-representatives-election-january-2025.24269/ "Election - House of Representatives Election - JANUARY 2025"].</ref> Wethersbee was elected with five first-preference votes and began serving in the 29th House of Representatives.<ref name=":0" /> He authored and proposed the Medicare by Default Act, which changed the [[Medicare]] system to provide its services to all citizens of Redmont by default; the act passed in the House 6:0:5 and in the Senate 4:0:0.<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/medicare-by-default-act.24424/ "Act of Congress - Medicare by Default Act"].</ref> He also wrote and introduced the Journalistic Transparency Act, which failed in the Senate.<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/journalistic-transparency-act.24633/ "Bill: Vote - Journalistic Transparency Act"].</ref>
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| On 2 February, Wethersbee endorsed Yeet_Boy and zLost in the [[February 2025 Oakridge mayoral election]] and bigpappa140 and [[JustaDumpling]] in its town council election.<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/794162227837534208/847721944701730816/1335784757040123934 Press release from the office of Representative RylandW], 2 February 2025.</ref> On 9 February, he declared his candidacy in the [[February 2025 Aventura mayoral election]] as an independent with his running mate Sleepii_Sloth.<ref name=":1">[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/mayor-election-february-2025.24702/#post-96411 "Election - Mayor Election - FEBRUARY 2025"].</ref> On 13 February, Wethersbee and Sleepii were declared the winners of the election.<ref name=":1" />
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| Wethersbee did not issue an endorsement for any candidate in the [[February 2025 presidential election]]. He took a stance against [[Vernicia February 2025 presidential campaign|Vernicia's campaign]] in the election. He also wished [[xEndeavour]] luck in the election and spoke at a [[1950minecrafter February 2025 presidential campaign|1950minecrafter]] rally on 6 February.
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| Wethersbee ran for reelection to the House in [[30th Congress#Elections|March 2025]] but lost by one vote.<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/house-of-representatives-election-march-2025.24999/ "Election - House of Representatives Election - MARCH 2025"]</ref> Later in the month he was elected [[head of commerce of Aventura]].<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/council-elections-april-2025-special.25635/ "Election - Council Elections - April 2025 (SPECIAL)"] on forums.</ref> In May, following a month-long unplanned hiatus, he stated in an interview with ''The Reveille Times'' that he and his team had decided to make "a full return to politics and the server on May 24th."<ref name=":2">[https://trvtimes.com/2025/05/23/politics/rylandw-breaks-silence-after-failed-re-election/ "RylandW breaks silence after failed re-election"] by [[Matthias512]] in [[The Reveille Times|''The Reveille Times'']].</ref> Soon after his return he endorsed [[Kaiserin June 2025 presidential campaign|Kaiserin_'s campaign]] in the [[June 2025 presidential election]].<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/1369150066819989584/1370977958688194581/1377076793617682717 Endorsement of Kaiserin_'s June 2025 presidential campaign in Discord].</ref> He supported [[Roryyy___]] in the [[May 2025 Oakridge mayoral election]].<ref>I communicated with and supported Roryyy___ in the election.</ref>
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| [[File:Diamond Foundation gives back to Reveille Hospital staff.png|thumb|RylandW (centre) with lcn (left) and Towloo (right) at the [[Reveille Hospital]] (2024)]]
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| == Other ventures ==
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| In mid-2023, Ryland Wethersbee founded the Diamond Foundation, a charity with a focus on new and underprivileged players and community togetherness. In September 2023, he became a doctor. In October 2023, he held the first show of the Rylands Awards at his Bondi Beach residence and published the first issue of ''[[DMND]]''. In January 2024, he founded the Redmont Historical Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to historical preservation and research. On 27 November 2024 he launched DNN, a news network, and in December 2024, at the [[Sixth Rylands Awards]], announced Ivy University. In December 2024 he also launched [[DCCatalogue]] with lcn. On 13 January 2025, Ivy University opened for session.
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| On 12 March 2025, RylandW joined ''The Reveille Times'' as a political reporter.
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| In May 2025, he founded Wethersbee Public Relations Strategies with Sleepii_Sloth.<ref>See [[Wethersbee Public Relations Strategies]].</ref>
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| === Department of Education and the Redmont Historical Institute ===
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| On 1 January 2024, Wethersbee founded the Redmont Historical Institute.<ref>See [[Redmont Historical Institute]].</ref>
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| On 13 February 2025, he applied and was accepted to be an archivist at the Department of Education.<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/rylandw-application.24791/ "Accepted - RylandW - Application"]</ref> In March he was made a wiki interface administrator and bureaucrat by [[Technofied]].<ref>See [[Special:Log|User Rights Log]].</ref> In June he became a guide and a professor.<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/rylandw-application.26382/ "Accepted - RylandW - Application"] on forums.</ref><ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/rylandw-application.26386/ "Accepted - RylandW - Application"] on forums.</ref>
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| == Accolades ==
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| On 9 June 2025, Wethersbee was awarded the [[Iron Book of Redmont]] by Secretary of Education [[AsexualDinosaur]].<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/1381795816813105385 Department of Education commendation by AsexualDinosaur in the DemocracyCraft Discord server].</ref>
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| == Personal life ==
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| Wethersbee resides in [[South Reveille]]. On 11 July 2023, Wethersbee purchased r051, on which he built a house and named it ''Ryland Manor''. On 13 October 2023, he bought a residential property in Aventura from [[FlyingBlocks]] which he named ''Casa di Ryland''. In July 2024, his [[Bondi Beach]] residence was redesigned by [[LandoPlayzo]], a close friend of Wethersbee's; in February 2025, he renamed the property ''Wethersbee Manor''.
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| From mid-April to mid-late May 2025, Wethersbee was absent on an unplanned hiatus.<ref name=":2" /> He stated that he was focusing on IRL issues.<ref>I shared this with [[AnimeInc]] in April.</ref> He returned on his second join anniversary on 24 May.<ref name=":2" /> On 28 May he was infected with the [[common cold]] and [[chicken pox]] during the [[May 2025 Moon Plague outbreak|Moon Plague outbreak]].<ref>See [[May 2025 Moon Plague outbreak]].</ref>
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| He has a cat named Rosa and previously had two dogs, Nuten and Cruz. He is a fan of the architect [[Epiphone335]], with whom he is friends, and of the artist ItsKatto.
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| From 2023 to 2025, Wethersbee was the son of [[v__d]]. On 15 June 2025, he nulled the adoption.<ref>[https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/v__d-adoption-registration.19813/ "Adoption - v__d - Adoption Registration"] on forums.</ref> He has chosen to remain unmarried and childless.<ref>Personal knowledge of RylandW.</ref>
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| He was affected by the [[2023 Avalon Bank collapse]]<ref>See [[2023 Avalon Bank collapse]].</ref> and again by the [[2025 Vanguard & Co collapse|2025 Discover Bank collapse]].<ref>See [[2025 Discover Bank collapse]].</ref>
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