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Request: Improve the chances of republics becoming electors

thErgonomic · 2016-04-11T18:30:24+00:00

Look I'm not asking that republics would be considered higher than monarchies or theocracies, but it is annoying that republics are basically ineligible for being granted the electorate. Since trying to gain it several times as Lübeck by eliminating electors through warefare, while having high opinion of Austria and Austria having a high opinion of me, being allied to them and having high diplomatic reputation and staying as a OPM. Every time after an elector has been eliminated Austria gave the elector title to a theocracy. So I decided to test this by using console commands as Lübeck and Friesland. I made sure that all the theocracies had terrible relations with Austria and that I had perfect ones. Then I started elimination the theocratic electors one by one using the integrate command as Brandenburg. Well it turns out that after I eliminated all but three non-elector theocracies I could be given the electorate. So it seems that even though the AI emperor would love you and would hate all the other candidates if your are a republic it won't grant you the electorate. Maybe it's just me but it doesn't seem fair. Edit: A bit more for the argument. Of the original seven electors from 1257 till 1621 three were prince-bishops. They were imperial princes on secular matters and archbishops on spiritual matters, so they held both secular and spiritual authority. Archbishops were voted among the bishops of the congregation so they were almost as democratic as republics, which (in general) voted the leader from among the wealthy and powerful families of the republics and only the members of these families had the right to vote. In both cases only men of course had the right to vote. On the other hand the electorships didn't change until the Thirty Year War, when one was temporarily revoked and then stayed the same until the Napoleonic Wars so the really isn't a lot of historical president for to whom the electorships were granted. So if a electorship would open up, why couldn't there be an argument that a wealthy or influental republic be chosen as an elector? The emperor did elevate the free cities into his protection, so that the nobility would have less power over the riches of the large cities and trade. Why not take a further step and elevate one of them above others. A prince-elector that does not answer to god or blood.

Thread starter thErgonomic
Start date Apr 11, 2016

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DDRJake

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Jan 10, 2017

Electorship is essentially granted on a person, and as such it's desirable that the emperor would be hesitant about handing such a title to a republic. I doubt we will be changing it to be more republic friendly anytime soon.

And this is coming from myself who adores the republic government type.

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