In this talk, we'll explore the future of GraphQL and why its success hinges on our collective ability to address the elephant in the room of governance. Despite its popularity among developers due to its flexibility and efficiency, GraphQL has yet to fully win over enterprise architects. Their world revolves around REST, model-first abstractions, data lineage, and rigorous compliance standards. To truly gain their trust and drive broader adoption in the enterprise, I'll argue that GraphQL implementations must be metadata-driven, with an emphasis on configuration over code. However, all is not lost! In today’s enterprise landscape, the domain model is predicated on the principle that the teams who own the data should also be responsible for managing it and making it available through agnostic channels. With this in mind, GraphQL is uniquely positioned to excel, thanks to its capabilities in federation and schema stitching. These features enable a paradigm that scales both technically and, more importantly, organizationally, aligning with the goals of managing traceability, lineage, and compliance in a manner that satisfies regulatory demands. In this session, we'll delve into how the future of GraphQL, much like the stability of any nation, is rooted in good governance. We'll examine the priorities of enterprise architects and demonstrate how a governance-focused approach can help GraphQL evolve into a robust data access layer within any business.