diff --git a/cardano_node_tests/cluster_scripts/conway/start-cluster b/cardano_node_tests/cluster_scripts/conway/start-cluster
index f3ebf64b7..78b071d4a 100644
--- a/cardano_node_tests/cluster_scripts/conway/start-cluster
+++ b/cardano_node_tests/cluster_scripts/conway/start-cluster
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ fi
 NUM_BFT_NODES=1
 NUM_POOLS=%%NUM_POOLS%%
 NUM_CC=5
+NUM_DREPS=5
 TX_SUBMISSION_DELAY=60
 PROPOSAL_DELAY=5
 SUBMIT_DELAY=5
 POOL_PLEDGE=1000000000000
+DREP_DELEGATED=500000000000
 
 FEE=5000000
 
@@ -260,8 +262,9 @@ jq -r '
 cat "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/genesis.json_jq" > "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/genesis.json"
 rm -f "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/genesis.json_jq"
 
-# Create committee keys
 mkdir -p "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data"
+
+# Create committee keys
 if [ -z "${NO_CC:-""}" ]; then
   for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM_CC"); do
     cardano_cli_log conway governance committee key-gen-cold \
@@ -533,6 +536,54 @@ mv "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/utxo-keys/utxo1.vkey" "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/genesis
 mv "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/utxo-keys/utxo1.skey" "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/genesis-utxo.skey"
 rmdir "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/utxo-keys"
 
+KEY_DEPOSIT="$(jq '.protocolParams.keyDeposit' \
+  < "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/genesis.json")"
+DREP_DEPOSIT="$(jq '.dRepDeposit' \
+  < "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/genesis.conway.json")"
+
+for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM_DREPS"); do
+  #   DRep
+  cardano_cli_log conway governance drep key-gen \
+    --signing-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.skey" \
+    --verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.vkey"
+
+  #   DRep registration
+  cardano_cli_log conway governance drep registration-certificate \
+    --drep-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.vkey" \
+    --key-reg-deposit-amt "$DREP_DEPOSIT" \
+    --out-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep_reg.cert"
+
+  #   delegatee payment keys
+  cardano_cli_log conway address key-gen \
+    --signing-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.skey" \
+    --verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.vkey"
+
+  #   delegatee stake keys
+  cardano_cli_log conway stake-address key-gen \
+    --signing-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.skey" \
+    --verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.vkey"
+
+  #   delegatee payment address
+  cardano_cli_log conway address build \
+    --payment-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.vkey" \
+    --stake-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.vkey" \
+    --testnet-magic "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
+    --out-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.addr"
+
+  #   delegatee stake address
+  cardano_cli_log conway stake-address build \
+    --stake-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.vkey" \
+    --testnet-magic "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
+    --out-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.addr"
+
+  #   delegatee stake address registration and vote delegation cert
+  cardano_cli_log conway stake-address registration-and-vote-delegation-certificate \
+    --stake-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.vkey" \
+    --drep-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.vkey" \
+    --key-reg-deposit-amt "$KEY_DEPOSIT" \
+    --out-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.reg_vote_deleg.cert"
+done
+
 # create scripts for cluster starting / stopping
 printf "#!/bin/sh\n\nsupervisorctl -s http://127.0.0.1:%%SUPERVISOR_PORT%% start all" > "$STATE_CLUSTER/supervisorctl_start"
 printf "#!/bin/sh\n\nsupervisorctl -s http://127.0.0.1:%%SUPERVISOR_PORT%% restart nodes:" > "$STATE_CLUSTER/supervisorctl_restart_nodes"
@@ -1198,63 +1249,90 @@ PROTOCOL_VERSION="$(jq ".protocolVersion.major" < "$STATE_CLUSTER/pparams.json")
 
 [ "$PROTOCOL_VERSION" = 9 ] || { echo "Unexpected protocol version '$PROTOCOL_VERSION' on line $LINENO" >&2; exit 1; }  # assert
 
-# Register committee members
-if [ -z "${NO_CC:-""}" ]; then
-  STOP_TXIN_AMOUNT=$FEE
-
-  TXINS=()
-  TXIN_COUNT=0
-  TXIN_AMOUNT=0
-  while read -r txhash txix amount _; do
-    TXIN_AMOUNT="$((TXIN_AMOUNT + amount))"
-    TXIN_COUNT="$((TXIN_COUNT + 1))"
-    TXINS+=("--tx-in" "${txhash}#${txix}")
-    if [ "$TXIN_AMOUNT" -ge "$STOP_TXIN_AMOUNT" ]; then
-      break
-    fi
-  done <<< "$(cardano_cli_log latest query utxo --testnet-magic \
-              "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
-              --address "$FAUCET_ADDR" |
-              grep -E "lovelace \+ TxOutDatumNone$")"
+# Register CC members, DReps, all in one big transaction:
 
-  TXOUT_AMOUNT="$((TXIN_AMOUNT - FEE))"
+DREP_DEPOSIT="$((KEY_DEPOSIT + DREP_DEPOSIT))"
+DREP_NEEDED_AMOUNT="$(( (DREP_DELEGATED + DREP_DEPOSIT) * NUM_DREPS ))"
+STOP_TXIN_AMOUNT="$(( FEE + DREP_NEEDED_AMOUNT))"
 
-  V9_TX_NAME="reg_cc_members"
+TXINS=()
+TXIN_COUNT=0
+TXIN_AMOUNT=0
+while read -r txhash txix amount _; do
+  TXIN_AMOUNT="$((TXIN_AMOUNT + amount))"
+  TXIN_COUNT="$((TXIN_COUNT + 1))"
+  TXINS+=("--tx-in" "${txhash}#${txix}")
+  if [ "$TXIN_AMOUNT" -ge "$STOP_TXIN_AMOUNT" ]; then
+    break
+  fi
+done <<< "$(cardano_cli_log latest query utxo --testnet-magic \
+            "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
+            --address "$FAUCET_ADDR" |
+            grep -E "lovelace \+ TxOutDatumNone$")"
 
-  CC_ARGS=()
-  for f in "$STATE_CLUSTER"/governance_data/cc_member*_committee_hot_auth.cert; do
-    CC_ARGS+=( "--certificate-file" "$f" )
-  done
+TXOUT_AMOUNT="$((TXIN_AMOUNT - STOP_TXIN_AMOUNT))"
 
-  CC_SIGNING=()
-  for f in "$STATE_CLUSTER"/governance_data/cc_member*_committee_cold.skey; do
-    CC_SIGNING+=( "--signing-key-file" "$f" )
-  done
+V9_TX_NAME="setup_governance"
 
-  cardano_cli_log conway transaction build-raw \
-    --fee    "$FEE" \
-    "${TXINS[@]}" \
-    "${CC_ARGS[@]}" \
-    --tx-out "$FAUCET_ADDR+$TXOUT_AMOUNT" \
-    --out-file "${V9_TX_NAME}-tx.txbody"
-
-  cardano_cli_log conway transaction sign \
-    --signing-key-file "$FAUCET_SKEY" \
-    "${CC_SIGNING[@]}" \
-    --testnet-magic    "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
-    --tx-body-file     "${V9_TX_NAME}-tx.txbody" \
-    --out-file         "${V9_TX_NAME}-tx.tx"
-
-  cardano_cli_log conway transaction submit \
-    --tx-file "${V9_TX_NAME}-tx.tx" \
-    --testnet-magic "$NETWORK_MAGIC"
-
-  sleep "$SUBMIT_DELAY"
-  if ! check_spend_success "${TXINS[@]}"; then
-    echo "Failed to spend Tx inputs, line $LINENO" >&2  # assert
-    exit 1
-  fi
+# TODO: delegate pools stake to alwaysAbstain
+
+CC_ARGS=()
+for f in "$STATE_CLUSTER"/governance_data/cc_member*_committee_hot_auth.cert; do
+  [ -e "$f" ] || continue
+  CC_ARGS+=( "--certificate-file" "$f" )
+done
+
+CC_SIGNING=()
+for f in "$STATE_CLUSTER"/governance_data/cc_member*_committee_cold.skey; do
+  [ -e "$f" ] || continue
+  CC_SIGNING+=( "--signing-key-file" "$f" )
+done
+
+DREPS_ARGS=()
+for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM_DREPS"); do
+  DREPS_ARGS+=( \
+    "--tx-out" "$(<"$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.addr")+$DREP_DELEGATED" \
+    "--certificate-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep_reg.cert" \
+    "--certificate-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.reg_vote_deleg.cert" \
+  )
+done
+
+DREPS_SIGNING=()
+for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM_DREPS"); do
+  DREPS_SIGNING+=( \
+    "--signing-key-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.skey" \
+    "--signing-key-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.skey" \
+    "--signing-key-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.skey" \
+  )
+done
 
+cardano_cli_log conway transaction build-raw \
+  --fee    "$FEE" \
+  "${TXINS[@]}" \
+  "${CC_ARGS[@]}" \
+  "${DREPS_ARGS[@]}" \
+  --tx-out "$FAUCET_ADDR+$TXOUT_AMOUNT" \
+  --out-file "${V9_TX_NAME}-tx.txbody"
+
+cardano_cli_log conway transaction sign \
+  --signing-key-file "$FAUCET_SKEY" \
+  "${CC_SIGNING[@]}" \
+  "${DREPS_SIGNING[@]}" \
+  --testnet-magic    "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
+  --tx-body-file     "${V9_TX_NAME}-tx.txbody" \
+  --out-file         "${V9_TX_NAME}-tx.tx"
+
+cardano_cli_log conway transaction submit \
+  --tx-file "${V9_TX_NAME}-tx.tx" \
+  --testnet-magic "$NETWORK_MAGIC"
+
+sleep "$SUBMIT_DELAY"
+if ! check_spend_success "${TXINS[@]}"; then
+  echo "Failed to spend Tx inputs, line $LINENO" >&2  # assert
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${NO_CC:-""}" ]; then
   cc_size="$(cardano-cli conway query committee-state --active --testnet-magic "$NETWORK_MAGIC" |
     grep -c '"status": "Active"')"
   [ "$cc_size" -ge "$NUM_CC" ] || \
diff --git a/cardano_node_tests/cluster_scripts/conway_fast/start-cluster b/cardano_node_tests/cluster_scripts/conway_fast/start-cluster
index fb2806601..2559610a4 100644
--- a/cardano_node_tests/cluster_scripts/conway_fast/start-cluster
+++ b/cardano_node_tests/cluster_scripts/conway_fast/start-cluster
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ fi
 NUM_BFT_NODES=1
 NUM_POOLS=%%NUM_POOLS%%
 NUM_CC=5
+NUM_DREPS=5
 TX_SUBMISSION_DELAY=60
 SUBMIT_DELAY=5
 POOL_PLEDGE=1000000000000
+DREP_DELEGATED=500000000000
 BYRON_INIT_SUPPLY=10020000000
 PROTOCOL_VERSION=9
 if [ -n "${PV10:-""}" ]; then
@@ -193,8 +195,9 @@ cardano_cli_log legacy genesis create-staked \
   --supply-delegated "$DELEG_SUPPLY" \
   --start-time "$START_TIME_SHELLEY"
 
-# Create committee keys
 mkdir -p "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data"
+
+# Create committee keys
 if [ -z "${NO_CC:-""}" ]; then
   for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM_CC"); do
     cardano_cli_log conway governance committee key-gen-cold \
@@ -427,6 +430,52 @@ done
 
 rm -rf "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/create_staked"
 
+DREP_DEPOSIT="$(jq '.dRepDeposit' \
+  < "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/genesis.conway.json")"
+
+for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM_DREPS"); do
+  #   DRep
+  cardano_cli_log conway governance drep key-gen \
+    --signing-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.skey" \
+    --verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.vkey"
+
+  #   DRep registration
+  cardano_cli_log conway governance drep registration-certificate \
+    --drep-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.vkey" \
+    --key-reg-deposit-amt "$DREP_DEPOSIT" \
+    --out-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep_reg.cert"
+
+  #   delegatee payment keys
+  cardano_cli_log conway address key-gen \
+    --signing-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.skey" \
+    --verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.vkey"
+
+  #   delegatee stake keys
+  cardano_cli_log conway stake-address key-gen \
+    --signing-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.skey" \
+    --verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.vkey"
+
+  #   delegatee payment address
+  cardano_cli_log conway address build \
+    --payment-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.vkey" \
+    --stake-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.vkey" \
+    --testnet-magic "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
+    --out-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.addr"
+
+  #   delegatee stake address
+  cardano_cli_log conway stake-address build \
+    --stake-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.vkey" \
+    --testnet-magic "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
+    --out-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.addr"
+
+  #   delegatee stake address registration and vote delegation cert
+  cardano_cli_log conway stake-address registration-and-vote-delegation-certificate \
+    --stake-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.vkey" \
+    --drep-verification-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.vkey" \
+    --key-reg-deposit-amt "$KEY_DEPOSIT" \
+    --out-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.reg_vote_deleg.cert"
+done
+
 # create scripts for cluster starting / stopping
 printf "#!/bin/sh\n\nsupervisorctl -s http://127.0.0.1:%%SUPERVISOR_PORT%% start all" > "$STATE_CLUSTER/supervisorctl_start"
 printf "#!/bin/sh\n\nsupervisorctl -s http://127.0.0.1:%%SUPERVISOR_PORT%% restart nodes:" > "$STATE_CLUSTER/supervisorctl_restart_nodes"
@@ -507,7 +556,7 @@ fi
 echo "Sleeping for initial Tx submission delay of $TX_SUBMISSION_DELAY seconds"
 sleep "$TX_SUBMISSION_DELAY"
 
-echo "Re-registering pools"
+echo "Re-registering pools, creating CC members and DReps"
 
 GENESIS_SIGNING=()
 for skey in "$STATE_CLUSTER"/shelley/genesis-keys/genesis?.skey; do
@@ -519,15 +568,19 @@ for skey in "$STATE_CLUSTER"/shelley/delegate-keys/delegate?.skey; do
   DELEGATE_SIGNING+=("--signing-key-file" "$skey")
 done
 
-# Transfer funds, register stake addresses and pools, all in one big transaction:
+# Transfer funds, register stake addresses and pools, CC members, DReps, all in one big transaction:
 
 cardano_cli_log conway query protocol-parameters \
   --testnet-magic "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
   --out-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/pparams.json"
 
+POOL_DEPOSIT="$((KEY_DEPOSIT * 2))"
+POOL_NEEDED_AMOUNT="$(( (POOL_PLEDGE + POOL_DEPOSIT) * NUM_POOLS ))"
+DREP_DEPOSIT="$((KEY_DEPOSIT + DREP_DEPOSIT))"
+DREP_NEEDED_AMOUNT="$(( (DREP_DELEGATED + DREP_DEPOSIT) * NUM_DREPS ))"
+NEEDED_AMOUNT="$(( POOL_NEEDED_AMOUNT + DREP_NEEDED_AMOUNT))"
+
 TXIN_ADDR="$(<"$STATE_CLUSTER"/shelley/genesis-utxo.addr)"
-DEPOSITS="$((KEY_DEPOSIT * 2))"
-NEEDED_AMOUNT="$(( (POOL_PLEDGE + DEPOSITS) * NUM_POOLS ))"
 FEE_BUFFER=100000000
 STOP_TXIN_AMOUNT="$((NEEDED_AMOUNT + FEE_BUFFER))"
 
@@ -578,13 +631,32 @@ for f in "$STATE_CLUSTER"/governance_data/cc_member*_committee_cold.skey; do
   CC_SIGNING+=( "--signing-key-file" "$f" )
 done
 
-WITNESS_COUNT="$((${#POOL_SIGNING[@]} + ${#GENESIS_SIGNING[@]} + ${#DELEGATE_SIGNING[@]} + ${#CC_SIGNING[@]} + 1))"
+DREPS_ARGS=()
+for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM_DREPS"); do
+  DREPS_ARGS+=( \
+    "--tx-out" "$(<"$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.addr")+$DREP_DELEGATED" \
+    "--certificate-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep_reg.cert" \
+    "--certificate-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.reg_vote_deleg.cert" \
+  )
+done
+
+DREPS_SIGNING=()
+for i in $(seq 1 "$NUM_DREPS"); do
+  DREPS_SIGNING+=( \
+    "--signing-key-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/default_drep_${i}_drep.skey" \
+    "--signing-key-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}.skey" \
+    "--signing-key-file" "$STATE_CLUSTER/governance_data/vote_stake_addr${i}_stake.skey" \
+  )
+done
+
+WITNESS_COUNT="$((${#POOL_SIGNING[@]} + ${#GENESIS_SIGNING[@]} + ${#DELEGATE_SIGNING[@]} + ${#CC_SIGNING[@]} + ${#DREPS_SIGNING[@]} + 1))"
 
 cardano_cli_log conway transaction build \
   "${TXINS[@]}" \
   --change-address   "$TXIN_ADDR" \
   "${POOL_ARGS[@]}" \
   "${CC_ARGS[@]}" \
+  "${DREPS_ARGS[@]}" \
   --witness-override "$WITNESS_COUNT" \
   --testnet-magic    "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
   --out-file         "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/transfer-register-delegate-tx.txbody"
@@ -594,6 +666,7 @@ cardano_cli_log conway transaction sign \
   "${GENESIS_SIGNING[@]}" \
   "${DELEGATE_SIGNING[@]}" \
   "${CC_SIGNING[@]}" \
+  "${DREPS_SIGNING[@]}" \
   --signing-key-file "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/genesis-utxo.skey" \
   --testnet-magic    "$NETWORK_MAGIC" \
   --tx-body-file     "$STATE_CLUSTER/shelley/transfer-register-delegate-tx.txbody" \
diff --git a/cardano_node_tests/utils/governance_setup.py b/cardano_node_tests/utils/governance_setup.py
index b8d6a4522..90d97b55e 100644
--- a/cardano_node_tests/utils/governance_setup.py
+++ b/cardano_node_tests/utils/governance_setup.py
@@ -156,44 +156,75 @@ def load_committee(cluster_obj: clusterlib.ClusterLib) -> tp.List[governance_uti
     return cc_members
 
 
+def load_dreps(cluster_obj: clusterlib.ClusterLib) -> tp.List[governance_utils.DRepRegistration]:
+    """Load DReps from the state directory."""
+    data_dir = cluster_obj.state_dir / GOV_DATA_DIR
+    deposit_amt = cluster_obj.conway_genesis["dRepDeposit"]
+
+    dreps = []
+    for vkey_file in sorted(data_dir.glob("default_drep_*_drep.vkey")):
+        skey_file = vkey_file.with_suffix(".skey")
+        fpath = vkey_file.parent
+        reg_cert = fpath / vkey_file.name.replace(".vkey", "_reg.cert")
+        drep_id = cluster_obj.g_conway_governance.drep.get_id(
+            drep_vkey_file=vkey_file,
+            out_format="hex",
+        )
+        dreps.append(
+            governance_utils.DRepRegistration(
+                registration_cert=reg_cert,
+                key_pair=clusterlib.KeyPair(vkey_file=vkey_file, skey_file=skey_file),
+                drep_id=drep_id,
+                deposit=deposit_amt,
+            )
+        )
+
+    return dreps
+
+
+def load_drep_users(cluster_obj: clusterlib.ClusterLib) -> tp.List[clusterlib.PoolUser]:
+    """Load DReps users from the state directory."""
+    data_dir = cluster_obj.state_dir / GOV_DATA_DIR
+
+    users = []
+    for stake_vkey_file in sorted(data_dir.glob("vote_stake_addr*_stake.vkey")):
+        fpath = stake_vkey_file.parent
+
+        stake_skey_file = stake_vkey_file.with_suffix(".skey")
+        stake_address = clusterlib.read_address_from_file(stake_vkey_file.with_suffix(".addr"))
+
+        payment_vkey_file = fpath / stake_vkey_file.name.replace("_stake.vkey", ".vkey")
+        payment_skey_file = payment_vkey_file.with_suffix(".skey")
+        payment_address = clusterlib.read_address_from_file(payment_vkey_file.with_suffix(".addr"))
+
+        users.append(
+            clusterlib.PoolUser(
+                payment=clusterlib.AddressRecord(
+                    address=payment_address,
+                    vkey_file=payment_vkey_file,
+                    skey_file=payment_skey_file,
+                ),
+                stake=clusterlib.AddressRecord(
+                    address=stake_address, vkey_file=stake_vkey_file, skey_file=stake_skey_file
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+
+    return users
+
+
 def setup(
     cluster_manager: cluster_management.ClusterManager,
     cluster_obj: clusterlib.ClusterLib,
-    destination_dir: clusterlib.FileType = ".",
 ) -> governance_utils.GovernanceRecords:
     cc_members = load_committee(cluster_obj=cluster_obj)
-    vote_stake = create_vote_stake(
-        name_template="vote_stake",
-        cluster_manager=cluster_manager,
-        cluster_obj=cluster_obj,
-        no_of_addr=DREPS_NUM,
-        destination_dir=destination_dir,
-    )
-    drep_reg_records, drep_users = governance_utils.create_dreps(
-        name_template="default_drep",
-        num=DREPS_NUM,
-        cluster_obj=cluster_obj,
-        payment_addr=vote_stake[0].payment,
-        pool_users=vote_stake,
-        destination_dir=destination_dir,
-    )
+    drep_reg_records = load_dreps(cluster_obj=cluster_obj)
+    drep_users = load_drep_users(cluster_obj=cluster_obj)
     node_cold_records = [
         cluster_manager.cache.addrs_data[pn]["cold_key_pair"]
         for pn in cluster_management.Resources.ALL_POOLS
     ]
 
-    cluster_obj.wait_for_new_epoch(padding_seconds=5)
-
-    # Check delegation to DReps
-    deleg_state = clusterlib_utils.get_delegation_state(cluster_obj=cluster_obj)
-    drep_id = drep_reg_records[0].drep_id
-    stake_addr_hash = cluster_obj.g_stake_address.get_stake_vkey_hash(
-        stake_vkey_file=drep_users[0].stake.vkey_file
-    )
-    governance_utils.check_drep_delegation(
-        deleg_state=deleg_state, drep_id=drep_id, stake_addr_hash=stake_addr_hash
-    )
-
     gov_data = save_default_governance(
         dreps_reg=drep_reg_records,
         drep_delegators=drep_users,
@@ -201,6 +232,9 @@ def setup(
         pools_cold=node_cold_records,
     )
 
+    # TODO: check `cardano-cli conway query drep-stake-distribution` instead
+    cluster_obj.wait_for_epoch(epoch_no=1, padding_seconds=5)
+
     return gov_data
 
 
@@ -221,7 +255,6 @@ def _setup_gov() -> tp.Optional[governance_utils.GovernanceRecords]:
             return setup(
                 cluster_obj=cluster_obj,
                 cluster_manager=cluster_manager,
-                destination_dir=gov_data_dir,
             )
 
     if not gov_data_store.exists():