No elections in Republic?

[dvnitycker]

For some reason, my ruler reigns until death. I just switched from Monarchy to Republic (also it seems I didn't get +450 governing capacity bonus after switching). Here are my reforms - any ideas what might be causing no elections? I don't have any Ideas / Decisions which might be causing this.

 

[makaramus]

if I have to guess you became a dictatorship. You will get rid of it when your current ruler. Just becareful and make sure you have more than 50 if you want to remain as republic since otherwise you turn into monarchy upon death.
Ofcourse this happens if you elect a ruler with less than 20 tradition

 

[Borgio]

If he became a dictatorship, his Tier1 Government Reform would have changed. The screenshot clearly shows that he is still a non-dictatorship.

But honestly, I have no idea what the reason for your no-election-problem could be. Maybe post another screenshot of your current ruler (where it would usually tell you when the next election happens)

 

[grotaclas]

Are you playing with mods? I think a mod could give make your ruler rule for life without showing that effect in the reforms.
Or do you have more reforms enabled than which are shown? "Board of Admirals" for example disables elections.
It might help if you post a save which shows the issue.

also it seems I didn't get +450 governing capacity bonus after switching

There is no +450 governing capacity bonus for becoming a republic. You probably saw the +400 Governing capacity from being empire rank. The tooltip for switching government types reiterates all the bonuses for you rank, even though you already have them and they don't change. I think it is a leftover from a time when different governments had different bonuses from the rank.

 

[Surimi]

Noble elite has very long election cycles, and with consolidation of power they'll be even longer (9 years I believe) so it might just be that you've gotten unlucky with rulers dying before getting a chance to be reelected.

Long election cycles are a huge downside with republics, and it makes noble elite a bit of a situational choice (although you can pair it with sortition to skip the election cycle altogether).

 

[makaramus]

If he became a dictatorship, his Tier1 Government Reform would have changed. The screenshot clearly shows that he is still a non-dictatorship.

But honestly, I have no idea what the reason for your no-election-problem could be. Maybe post another screenshot of your current ruler (where it would usually tell you when the next election happens)

Yea I thought about that too but I don't know any other way this is happening lol

 

[Baswow]

Noble Elite t1 reform has an election cycle of 8 years. You need the oligarchy one for a 4 year cycle.

 

[Vetgirig]

Also Sortition(which you do not have in this case) means ruler rules for life. Switching between freqvent election and then to Sortition when ruler has 666 is the optimal for monarch points production.

You should not have to ask this. When next ruler election is written on the rulers screen.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Main upside for noble elite is that alongside long elections + crown land, it is possible to get best court and country outcome w/o spamming states to get 10th reform before absolutism.

Even with +20 max, moving to faster elections again will cause you max absolutism problems though. You're probably best off using sortition if you want to keep republic + high absolutism, since that will let you do better than 6 monarch points on ruler w/o moving back off noble elite. You're still stuck w/o significant privileges until tier 10 reform giving you more absolutism, though.

 

[dvnitycker]

Of course, I know where to look. I've even tried killing the ruler through console, but the next one rules for life as well. My republican tradition is 57.

Here's another interesting indicator - it seems like Sortition is somehow enabled for me, puzzling.

 

[grotaclas]

Here's another interesting indicator - it seems like Sortition is somehow enabled for me, puzzling.

It could also mean that the line "Ruler must not rule for life." is true. If your game is not modified, it is just a custom tooltip for "has_government_attribute = has_term_election" and there might be ways how your ruler could rule for life while still having that government attribute. As I said before, attaching your save here will probably allow us to figure out why your ruler rules for life.

 

[makaramus]

can you try to start a game in iron man just to see if game can be valid for achivements?