2 Nephi 1

As Nephi was commanded to make a record of the more spiritual or sacred things, he recorded some of the words of his father, Lehi, to his sons shortly before his passing. In doing so, he comments on this land saying -

"...the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever, and also all those who should be led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord." (Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 1:5)

Prophesying -

"...that there shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.
7 Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring..." (Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 1:6 - 7)

And unto those that he shall bring he provides promise and conditions -

"...if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them; wherefore, they shall never be brought down into captivity; if so, it shall be because of iniquity; for if iniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land for their sakes, but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever." (Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 1:7)

The blessing and curse seems to be -

"...inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land unto themselves. And if it so be that they shall keep his commandments they shall be blessed upon the face of this land, and there shall be none to molest them, nor to take away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwell safely forever.
10 But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the hand of the Lord—having a knowledge of the creation of the earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into this precious land of promise—behold, I say, if the day shall come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of him that is just shall rest upon them.
11 Yea, he will bring other nations unto them, and he will give unto them power, and he will take away from them the lands of their possessions, and he will cause them to be scattered and smitten." (Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 1:9 - 11)

As we witnessed the political climate of today, we must understand the conditions of possessing this land. I worry that many of our leaders or the people that vote for them that keep not the commandments of the Lord. Again the Lord promised -

"Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence." (Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 1:20)

Let's keep this in mind as we consider those that represent us.