Elective Law
From Crusaderkings
(Difference between revisions)
RedKing (Talk | contribs)
(Created page with ''''Elective Law''' is designed mostly to replicate meritocratic or electoral forms of succession. The main use in-game is in merchant republics like Venice and Genoa, [[b…')
(Created page with ''''Elective Law''' is designed mostly to replicate meritocratic or electoral forms of succession. The main use in-game is in merchant republics like Venice and Genoa, [[b…')
Current revision as of 20:58, 18 April 2011
Elective Law is designed mostly to replicate meritocratic or electoral forms of succession. The main use in-game is in merchant republics like Venice and Genoa, bishoprics and archbishoprics, and the Byzantine Emperor (at least initially).
In an Elective Law system, the strongest vassal (as measured by a composite of titles, prestige and personal characteristic scores) inherits the title. While this insures a string of better-than-average rulers, it's very dangerous from the standpoint of preserving dynastic power. Unless your dynasty has spread so far and wide that most of your vassals are also dynastic members (the Rurikovich clan in Russia is a good example).
