Hi Yxklyx!
I took a look at your savefile and its WAD.
During the election time, there is a value called "respect" which you can find in the republic tab.
If you hover over your mouse on the "respect" value, you will see two values that increases respect.
One is the age factor, the other one is the prestige.
Currently in your save Kalinga has 4863 respect versus your heirs 3610.
If you character dies, Kalinga will inherit the grandcity and all other cities inside the "De Jure Kingdom"
I hope this cleared out for you how the basics of the Merchant Republics system works.
If you want to read more about how the Merchant Republics works, you can read it up here;
http://www.ckiiwiki.com/Merchant_republic
Take care!
I took a look at your savefile and its WAD.
During the election time, there is a value called "respect" which you can find in the republic tab.
If you hover over your mouse on the "respect" value, you will see two values that increases respect.
One is the age factor, the other one is the prestige.
Currently in your save Kalinga has 4863 respect versus your heirs 3610.
If you character dies, Kalinga will inherit the grandcity and all other cities inside the "De Jure Kingdom"
I hope this cleared out for you how the basics of the Merchant Republics system works.
If you want to read more about how the Merchant Republics works, you can read it up here;
http://www.ckiiwiki.com/Merchant_republic
Take care!