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I guess I was just too lazy to do that even though it's easier.:crazyeye:

All hail napoleon!

Yes....I do now...

parliament didn't have much power pre Magna Carta. Still yes I am wrong on Wilhelm the second. Titles are used to mask power I guess. In Uganda,Idi amin took the title of president, but was in fact a brutal dictator. Mubarak, President of Egypt ruled as a dictator for 30 yrs. the thing I'm...

no no traitorfish the leader of the Second Reich, Wilhelm the second. In fact, the HRE emperors wielded little power at all. I agree the magna carta was not even used until parliament was created. Still, the apparatus of the state rarely stops despots especially in Stalin's case.

nukes= fun Advanced nukes+ larger cities=BIG FUN:newyear:

Ye, the term emperor is derived Kaiser and Tsar are from the word Caesar or emperor. I meant the powers that came with the title. An emperor is the same as a despot. The title doesn't change anything. The tsars were despots in Russia due to their complete control of the serfs or vassals and the...

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Techincallly they did have complete control of the state. If they were despots without a set heir then yes.

Yes a person with complete control over a nation for life is a despot or emperor. A despot is only a spot below emperor as is hereditary rule with out a constitution.

What does dictator for life sound like to you? Not hereditary rule but his adopted son became emperor.

Great! After construction, compass, and optics beeline for astronomy.

Great. I love stories about the Russians but are too lazy to do them myself. Get ready for the nukes to fly. :nuke: Wait America has nukes right?

Technically Trajan died on his way home from Mesopotamia. Hadrian couldn't sustain the growth.

Go for astronomy and get resettlement civic. It really helps with stability