Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-24590102-20140824160151

Conquest is just a fancy excuse for defeat in advance. Conquering empires never last.

Empires which spread via the influence of good example are another matter entirely and may stand for centuries.

Elected monarchy is, perhaps, a contradiction in terms because a monarch is by birthright, not by election of his peers. Just because the man in the role of president is called "high king" does not make it a monarchy, elected or otherwise. If it's election by peerage, then I think that democracy is the best description given that only the republic has Plebeian control of the state.

A republic which cedes the Plebeian control of the state (including any legislation thereof) is, by definition, no longer a republic. The White-Gold Concordat would be illegal under any republic because it cedes Plebeian control, not just to a peerage, but to a foreign power, no less. I believe the charge would be treason or else the republic would be erstwhile and no longer a republic.

Sniff!