Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-26103034-20161223122300/@comment-26103034-20170424185307

He's the Emperor for a tad. Temperor Uriel Mede IV. The Temperor's younger brother (Tirrus Mede) says, actually, yeah, he told me he was probably gonna do this. Didn't expect to die and he wasn't certain on it, but he thought that it would allow different views and stop all the power being in one person's hands. The Council, however, are divided, many of them wanting to gain power themselves and get their friends or people with the same opinion as them into power. (is a Dictatorship OK if the Dictator agrees with you?)

It's like you're in a fight for, let's say a girl (becuase it's 1800s England), and you say "Stop. Look, let's stop this fighting. You can take the girl on some dates, see how she likes you." Then, while they're enjoying it (even if they are a bit of a prick), you run at them and punch them on the jaw. Not a perfect analogy, but agreements with pricks are still agreements. (is prick a British saying only?) Don't agree to it in the first place, or let them know and slowly break the treaty or wait for them to break it or say "Sorry, gonna worship Talos. Got a problem with that?" not just "Screw you, Talos rocks, gonna fight you."

Tax is what supports the Empire. An empire needs a lot of upkeep. Plus normal taxes.

It's hard to just say "Give them representation." You have to get the Council and the Emperor to listen to them, to change how it's run and that has costs and even then you can't guarantee it'll work. You can try and convince the Temperor to change the laws, but no-one's quite sure what powers he has at the moment anyway and it might not make them happy anyway.

You spend more of the Empire's money on protection and whatnot, though it does make people feel safer and also be safer.