While not as powerful, and unable to create trade posts, regular republics actually pay more in taxes to their liege lords and aren't quite as dangerous to their lieges.Ĭompared to Merchant Republics In general, ruling over republics is similar to ruling merchant republics, except for a few key differences. Because there is no dynastic persistence between rulers, Republic governments are not playable. Republic is a government type in which the ruler is elected from the citizenry, via the Open Elective succession law. Please help with verifying or updating older sections of this article.Īt least some were last verified for version 2.8.