Elections... in an empire?

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So I was playing a game as the War Party on a small map for fun, and I was at war with the Altarians. It was getting hard to hold public opinion, so the next election, I lowered taxes alot so I could get a vast majority in the senate and revert back to the Imperial government. So I did.

Then 24 months later, bam. I lost the elections, and lost alot of stats.

Excuse me if I'm wrong, but don't autocratic governments usually not have "elections"? I'm assuming this is a bug, but feel free to squash what little pride I have left if I'm wrong.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
No, it's not a bug, it's the way the game works. Moreso, it's the way a lot of governments have worked (ancient Rome being the best example).
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes, I've run into the same issue. Kinda kills the entire reason for ever having an Imperialist gov't.

Another thing is that sometimes you have the United Worlds event where everybody has the same government. Then you'll research Diplomacy or the other one that gives you a prompt to change gov'ts. If you pick to change gov't, you can change government despite the resolution, and you cannot change from that government until the resolution expires.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
"No, it's not a bug, it's the way the game works. Moreso, it's the way a lot of governments have worked (ancient Rome being the best example). "

Yes, but in Ancient Rome (When they had emperors and not a republic) the senate didn't really do anything. Like moodgiesanta said, there's no point to having an empire if you're not the all-powerful ruler, and all that.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Code Monkey?

He was impirialist- there are no elections in that gov until you switch to a higher form- sounds like a flag doesn't get switched to off that should be.

~SDC~
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I reverted back to Imperial from Republic. The senate became fully-war party, but there were elections which kinda made that pointless.

I've had my government set back by the UP resolution before, and that worked, but when I set it back to Imperial on my own, it didn't work right...
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
"Code Monkey?
He was impirialist- there are no elections in that gov until you switch to a higher form- sounds like a flag doesn't get switched to off that should be."

My bad, didn't catch the part about reverting back to Imperial. In that case, ignore what I said, something didn't reset right :p
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
There was no Roman empire. That's a myth. You know, like that one about how if you stick your tounge out and place it on a train track it will turn the track into gold..

~SDC~