...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
Hereditary Republic
- 189 statements
- 34 feature instances
- 24 referencing feature instances
| Hereditary Republic | type |
FeatureClass | |
| Hereditary Republic | label |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic | page |
HereditaryRepublic | |
| Hereditary Republic | comment |
Most countries today are republics, wherein the leaders are elected (or at least pretend to be). There are, however, some republics in which the power resides in the hands of a single family, just as it would in a monarchy, except they refer to their leaders by republican titles (usually president, but sometimes Prime Minister), and there is no actual law stating that the succession works thusly. It usually overlaps with Just the First Citizen. It gets hazy around the edges when the dynasty merely occupies most positions, or there are several Blue Blood or Old Money families that frequently rotate through the same office. Historically most republics (in contrast to democracies) have tended to be oligarchies, where either the highest aristocrat or the highest plutocrat families have elected a head of government amongst an inner circle of candidates, easily creating "hereditary" heads of government — especially if two competing families have elected a third family representative to prevent their competitor from becoming too influential. Not quite the same as the People's Republic of Tyranny; that's when the country doesn't seem to fit the "democratic" or "people's" descriptor. Hereditary Republic is when it's the "Republic" part that's in doubt (though they can and often do overlap). May even have a President for Life in charge. Many a Banana Republic, if not ruled by an out-and-out military dictator or junta, will also settle for this instead, being controlled by a small oligarchy of wealthy and/or politically-powerful dynasties, going through the pretense of regular elections. Inverse of Elective Monarchy. |
|
| Hereditary Republic | fetched |
2024-03-13T20:01:42Z | |
| Hereditary Republic | parsed |
2024-03-13T20:01:42Z | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to AllThereInTheManual: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to AlternateHistory: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to AlternateTimeline: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to BlatantLies: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to DemocracyIsFlawed: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to JustTheFirstCitizen: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to NightmareFuel: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to PraetorianGuard: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to SpoiledBrat: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to TimeSkip: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | processingComment |
Dropped link to justifiedtrope: Not an Item - FEATURE | |
| Hereditary Republic | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_11ba1b71 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_11ba1b71 | comment |
Legend Series: It is an open secret that Primo Stavropoulos has designated his son, Anden, to succeed him as Elector of the Republic after his death. And he does, though in a twist, it is revealed that Anden is interested in reforms, and wants to turn the Republic into a genuine democracy. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_11ba1b71 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_11ba1b71 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Legend Series | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_11ba1b71 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_150d2b35 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_150d2b35 | comment |
In the Para Imperium series Praetors of the Federation of Parahuman Species are elected, but all of them have come from a small group of high-profile lineages from the Argentum genus. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_150d2b35 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_150d2b35 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Para Imperium | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_150d2b35 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_169f043b | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_169f043b | comment |
The StarCraft expanded universe states that this was the case for the Confederacy of Man. It was ostensibly a democracy but in truth, an oligarchy of a few rich, powerful families ran the place. This was then overthrown during the course of the Terran campaign in the first game and replaced with a garden-variety dictatorship under Arcturus Mengsk. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_169f043b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_169f043b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| StarCraft (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_169f043b | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_17fc44d4 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_17fc44d4 | comment |
"Flaihhsam s'Spahkh" uses a version of the Romulan hereditary republic depicted in Diane Duane's Rihannsu novels, tweaked so as not to conflict with the Romulan government depicted in Star Trek: The Next Generation. As the niece and grand-niece of a senator, Iliana t'Thavrau and viewpoint character Morgaiah t'Thavrau are minor nobility. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_17fc44d4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_17fc44d4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Flaihhsam s'Spahkh (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_17fc44d4 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_180976d7 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_180976d7 | comment |
In Julian Comstock, the post-apocalyptic USA has a system of government similar to Ancient Rome in the Late Republic/Early Empire. Although it maintains the trappings of republican democracy it is effectively a monarchy with a landed aristocracy. There is no House of Representatives or Supreme Court; Senate seats are permanent and hereditary; and while the President is technically elected there are no term limits and the incumbent effectively runs unopposed. The eponymous Julian essentially inherits the presidency after the death of his uncle, the previous President. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_180976d7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_180976d7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Julian Comstock | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_180976d7 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_180ba74d | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_180ba74d | comment |
In The Mirage the Christian States of America used to be this, as when Richard Nixon attempted to coup the Government President Joeseph Kennedy decided to resign in favor of his son. However, after LBJ took over he actualy abolished this system, remaining as President until he was deposed durring the Coalition War of 2003. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_180ba74d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_180ba74d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Mirage | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_180ba74d | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_247422c7 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_247422c7 | comment |
The Honor Harrington books feature a few of these (of course): The People's Republic of Haven had a sort of nobility in the form of the Legislaturalists, the powerful families that made up the constantly-elected leadership of the nation. Their leader was Hereditary President Harris until he and most of the rest of the Legislaturalists were assassinated as part of a coup by what would become the Committee of Public Safety. The Republic of Monica, which features in the later books, has a similar form of government, though they maintained that their leader, President Tyler, had been legitimately elected for every consecutive term he served. Just like his father and grandfather had. And just like his son would be. |
|
| Hereditary Republic / int_247422c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_247422c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Honor Harrington | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_247422c7 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_261c8d3f | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_261c8d3f | comment |
In The Simpsons, while burying the Springfield time capsule, Mayor Quimby says it will be opened in the 31st Century "...by some future Mayor Quimby" | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_261c8d3f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_261c8d3f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Simpsons | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_261c8d3f | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_30a5ebfd | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_30a5ebfd | comment |
Konohagakure in Naruto is a downplayed version of this; four of the seven hokage are from the same bloodline and the 7th Hokage is the son of the 4th, but the rest were unrelated, though part of the same Master-Apprentice Chain. Gaara Hiden reveals Sunagakure is this, as all the kazekage come from the same clan. This is brought up in the novel as the Suna Council worries about Temari's son, Shikadai (who is a Konoha citizen), claiming the position if his uncles were to die childless. However, Gaara later adopts Shinki, putting the issue to rest. Kumogakure has shades of this, as the 3rd Raikage raised his son, the 4th Raikage, to be his successor. Averted by A himself, as his successor was his bodyguard, Darui. |
|
| Hereditary Republic / int_30a5ebfd | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_30a5ebfd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Naruto (Manga) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_30a5ebfd | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_3b08dfc9 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_3b08dfc9 | comment |
In Pillars of Eternity, the Vailian Republics are a confederation of Renaissance Italian-style city-states, each ruled by a hereditary duc or ducess who in turn also sits on a legislature that runs the country. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_3b08dfc9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_3b08dfc9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pillars of Eternity (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_3b08dfc9 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_405243c7 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_405243c7 | comment |
In The 100, the Wallace family has held the Presidency of Mount Weather for three generations since Dante Wallace's father. His son Cage takes it from him in a coup, however. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_405243c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_405243c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The 100 | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_405243c7 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_4bf9cc7b | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_4bf9cc7b | comment |
Common the Emberverse series, in which the loss of high technology causes much of the former United States to revert to explicitly or implicitly feudalistic political structures, often despite the best intentions of the founders of any given nation: Mike Havel, the founder and "boss man" (de facto head of state, often styled "Lord Bear") of the mercenary outfit-cum-nation the Bearkillers, passes on his title to his right-hand man Will Hutton on his deathbed with instructions to begin free elections the next year. Havel's widow Signe announces this plan in a speech to the people in which she frames Hutton's appointment as a regency until the majority of her and Havel's children, which she expects the Bearkillers to elect as soon as they are of age. When next we see the characters after a between-books Time Skip, the unelected Signe is wielding power as de facto regent herself. Also within the Bearkillers, the next level of authority below the Lord Bear is the "A-List," a group of elite professional soldiers who are compensated for their service with land over which they hold political authority. While admission into the A-List is ostensibly by meritocracy, it's pointed out early on that the children of A-Listers will have a distinct advantage over the children of the lower classes by virtue of having more free time to train. In effect, the ostensibly democratic system creates a de facto landed aristocracy that becomes more entrenched as time goes on. Clan Mackenzie ostensibly chooses its own chief through popular election; however the reigning chief appoints a "tanist" (apprentice and heir-apparent) who seems to be a shoe-in for the position barring extraordinary circumstances. The first chief, Juniper Mackenzie, appoints her son Rudi, who ends up becoming High King over the Mackenzies, Bearkillers, and several other nations in the setting. In the United States of Boise, the presidency passes to the previous president's eldest son in a perfunctory election after the latter conspires with a foreign cult to assassinate his father. Said father would be righfully horrified, as he never planned for his sons to run for office and only held his emergency powers temporarily to help reclaim the United States. |
|
| Hereditary Republic / int_4bf9cc7b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_4bf9cc7b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Emberverse | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_4bf9cc7b | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_514b9ee5 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_514b9ee5 | comment |
SIGNALIS: The game mostly takes place in a remote outpost of the Eusan Nation, which is ruled by The Great Revolutionary and Her Daughter. It's a Survival Horror game, so this is mostly a bit of background world building. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_514b9ee5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_514b9ee5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| SIGNALIS (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_514b9ee5 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_55428e7d | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_55428e7d | comment |
The Head Of State of St. Galleria, Governor Aquila, himself admits that this is the case with St. Galleria in The Tainted Grimoire. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_55428e7d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_55428e7d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Tainted Grimoire / Fan Fic | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_55428e7d | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_57217bee | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_57217bee | comment |
Prelude to Foundation: The Mayor of Wye is somehow a hereditary title, and until he abdicated in favour of Rashelle, it was ruled by Mannix IV. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_57217bee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_57217bee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Prelude to Foundation | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_57217bee | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_59da62aa | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_59da62aa | comment |
Fallout: New Vegas: As seen in the quote above, if you ask Caesar what he thinks about the New California Republic, he will point out that President Tandi served for 52 years without interruption, and that the previous president was her father. He describes this as a "hereditary dictatorship" and the best part of the NCR's history. Averted in the case of her son Hoss, who did not take over after his mother. Ultimately, the NCR is a subversion; the NCR held regular, reasonably free and fair elections for its entire existence, and while Aradesh and Tandi had a significant popularity boost from being the founders of the NCR, they both ultimately stayed in power by virtue of their political acumen rather than any military coup or legalistic shenanigans. The reason Hoss never succeeded Tandi was that he was despised as a Spoiled Brat and made things that grow on the bottom of particularly unkempt ponds look intelligent and erudite. |
|
| Hereditary Republic / int_59da62aa | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_59da62aa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Fallout: New Vegas (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_59da62aa | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_74c659e6 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_74c659e6 | comment |
In Rocket Age most Martian city-states are principalities, as it is against religious law to claim the title of king or emperor, but some use democratic titles such as prime minister. This has absolutely no impact on the fundamental nature of the city-state, as the position is still hereditary until someone ousts the current ruler. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_74c659e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_74c659e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Rocket Age (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_74c659e6 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7832b74c | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7832b74c | comment |
Steven Universe: Bill Dewey, the mayor of Beach City, is a direct descendant of the town's founder. A sign in "Story for Steven" implies Bill's father was the mayor before. However, Bill's son Buck has no interest whatsoever in politics, and Bill eventually loses re-election. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7832b74c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7832b74c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Steven Universe | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_7832b74c | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_79f95346 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_79f95346 | comment |
Double Duck has the Republic of Belgravia, that had debuted in Paperinik New Adventures ruled by president Nestor Grimka, who in his one appearance vows to abandon his country's plans for world domination and retire, and returns with his son Grigorji as the president, ready to lead the country toward democracy as a ruse to cover the fact he's resumed the attempts at conquering the world. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_79f95346 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_79f95346 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Double Duck (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_79f95346 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7de8951a | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7de8951a | comment |
Classic Traveller supplement The Traveller Adventure, adventure "The Wolf at the Door". On the planet Aramanx the Republic of Lanax has three co-equal heads of state. Originally they were selected by a democratically elected Administrative Council, but after a "political reorganization" at least two of the three positions are always held by members of the Klaven family, which gives them control of the country. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7de8951a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7de8951a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Traveller (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_7de8951a | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7f9dbbd0 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7f9dbbd0 | comment |
In Far Cry 6, Anton Castillo, ruler of a Caribbean nation called Yara, intends for his son Diego to inherit his position of "El Presidente." He is also the son of the nation's previous dictator, who was overthrown in 1967 by communist guerillas. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7f9dbbd0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_7f9dbbd0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Far Cry 6 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_7f9dbbd0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_8ac8797e | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_8ac8797e | comment |
"The Merchant Princes": The Republic of Korell has had a single director of power for several generations. The current one is called Commdor Asper Argo "the Well-Beloved", having inherited the title of Commdor from his father. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_8ac8797e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_8ac8797e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Merchant Princes | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_8ac8797e | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_90e2f673 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_90e2f673 | comment |
Most of the major Inner Sphere factions in BattleTech have names like "The Federated Suns" and "Lyran Commonwealth" but otherwise they are quite openly feudal. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_90e2f673 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_90e2f673 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| BattleTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_90e2f673 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_91bd9685 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_91bd9685 | comment |
"The Mule": The Foundation has allowed dictatorial power to reside in the hands of a single family, just as it would in a monarchy, except they refer to their successive leaders by a republican title (Mayor). It lasts for roughly 80 years and three Mayors. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_91bd9685 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_91bd9685 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Mule | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_91bd9685 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_96773bf2 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_96773bf2 | comment |
The Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein includes a historical account that lists past U.S. presidents … including at least 5 Kennedys. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_96773bf2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_96773bf2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Number of the Beast | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_96773bf2 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_a4a6b86a | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_a4a6b86a | comment |
It is strongly implied that the Kururugi and Sumeragi families ruled the Code Geass world's version of Japan in this way before the Britannian invasion. In the audio dramas, Prime Minister Genbu Kururugi suggests that war could be prevented by the Arranged Marriage of a member of one of those families and a Britannian royal. Suzaku also says that as "heir to the Kururugi name", he is far superior to the now-deposed Prince Lelouch, his family's hostage, and he seems to be expected to grow up to succeed his father. Kaguya Sumeragi is also referred to as a princess in several places. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_a4a6b86a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_a4a6b86a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Code Geass | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_a4a6b86a | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_bcb32dc6 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_bcb32dc6 | comment |
Shadowrun supplement Tir na Nog. The government of the title country (which used to be called Ireland) appears to be democratic but is actually under the control of the Danann Families. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_bcb32dc6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_bcb32dc6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadowrun (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_bcb32dc6 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_c43df4d8 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_c43df4d8 | comment |
Some Doctor Who examples: In "The Krotons", the leadership of the Gonds' ruling council is said to be hereditary, even though there's no indication of royal or aristocratic leanings otherwise. In "Day of the Daleks", the Daleks' puppet ruler the Controller proudly states that his family has been controllers of the zone for three generations. |
|
| Hereditary Republic / int_c43df4d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_c43df4d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Doctor Who | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_c43df4d8 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_c6630cc1 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_c6630cc1 | comment |
Carnival Row: The Burgue has aspects of this. First the Leader of the Opposition and then the Chancellor are both succeeded by their children. However, they still do have elections with power changing hands. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_c6630cc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_c6630cc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Carnival Row | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_c6630cc1 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_cec99ed9 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_cec99ed9 | comment |
In the Safehold series, there are no literal examples, but it does have two nations (Siddarmark and the Temple Lands) where most candidates for the head of state position tend to be from a limited number of familiesnote the same is true for every other nation, but Siddarmark — a republican federation — and the Temple Lands — the territories under the direct rule of the leadership of the Church — are the only two nations on the planet not to define themselves as feudal monarchies., so it's hardly uncommon for the current ruler to be a descendant of a previous one, even if it doesn't literally pass down from father to son. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_cec99ed9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_cec99ed9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Safehold | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_cec99ed9 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_de4fe77e | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_de4fe77e | comment |
Most governments who hire Hammer's Slammers are loosely based on 20th century third world countries, In Space. So naturally many of them are officially republics whose presidents come from one family or a small oligarchy of families, who may or may not have aristocratic titles as well, including Colonel Hammer's homeworld of Friesland. When he comes back and takes over he marries the daughter of a previous president he had killed in order to legitimize his coup. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_de4fe77e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_de4fe77e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Hammer's Slammers | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_de4fe77e | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_eec1183e | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_eec1183e | comment |
In Crimson Dark the Republic of Daranir is officially listed as a constitutional monarchy led by a hereditary Chancellor. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_eec1183e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_eec1183e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Crimson Dark (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_eec1183e | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_fa34f482 | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_fa34f482 | comment |
Tyrant (2014): Abbudin is one. Not only does Jamal Al Fayeed succeed his father as president (who had been in office ever since he seized power years before) but it's revealed that they aren't elected, even in a fixed race, until Barry convinces Jamal to amend the constitution so they will be. This makes it a more blatant example than most. After Jamal's death, Barry automatically succeeds him, although he did manage to garner public support by becoming a hero in the civil war against the Islamic insurgency. | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_fa34f482 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_fa34f482 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Tyrant (2014) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_fa34f482 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_fccc35cc | type |
Hereditary Republic | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_fccc35cc | comment |
In Crusader Kings II, you can play as trade families in Medieval Trade Republics, such as Pisa or Venice. Only the head of one of five families, including your family, can be elected to the office. Much of your job is making sure to play this trope as straight as possible by winning the elections with money, prestige, and the occasional assassination. On occasion, you or your vassals will create titles labeled as "The Republic of X", with the same hereditary succession laws that came before it. There are republics that just elect a (for the purposes of the game) random character, but they aren't playable for precisely the reason that they can't semi-reliably be this trope (Crusader Kings is about playing as a dynasty rather than, technically, about playing a state). | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_fccc35cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Hereditary Republic / int_fccc35cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Crusader Kings II (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Hereditary Republic / int_fccc35cc |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.