Can someone make sure I'm understanding the spell Awaken correctly?

[Maglubiyet]

In your best judgement, would a plant ruling a country need to be Awakened in order to do a sufficient job? Or is it possible a normal tree could do just as well?

Using the world leaders of the Earth as a model, I'd say a regular tree would do just fine.

But maybe you could add the Paragon template to it, just to be sure.