No flagchange with peaceful reforms

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Revolutions.txt, containing the events changing a countries rule, has a line which changes the countries flag to the appropriate sub-flag, commie, monarch or republic. What I noticed is that forcedreforms.txt DOESN'T contain this flag-changing line, meaning that changing from a kingdom to a democracy with peaceful reforms wouldn't change your flag from the monarchy to the republic one.

Is this really correct? I added the flag-changing commands and they appear to be working, and as most countries turn into republics/etc. by reform rather then revolution, I get to see more flags.

 

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Actually, I think it is correct that a peaceful transition wouldn't produce a flag change.
England, for instance, was way more democratic at the end of the Victoria time period then at the beginning, and their flag didn't change. Russia became soviet during this time period as well, and they did have a flag change. I would think that with a peaceful transititon the revolutionaries are making a change within the system the flag stands for, so I doubt they would change the flag. With revolutions and civil wars on the other hand the revolutionaries sieze the government by force and so would probably change the flag to their revolutionary colors as soon as they possibly can.

 

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Actually, I think it is correct that a peaceful transition wouldn't produce a flag change.
England, for instance, was way more democratic at the end of the Victoria time period then at the beginning, and their flag didn't change. Russia became soviet during this time period as well, and they did have a flag change. I would think that with a peaceful transititon the revolutionaries are making a change within the system the flag stands for, so I doubt they would change the flag. With revolutions and civil wars on the other hand the revolutionaries sieze the government by force and so would probably change the flag to their revolutionary colors as soon as they possibly can.

England didn't become a republic now did it??
There are flags for monarchies, democracies and commies, and even if the transition was peaceful it would be enough of a change to warrant a new flag IMHO.

 

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England didn't become a republic now did it??
There are flags for monarchies, democracies and commies, and even if the transition was peaceful it would be enough of a change to warrant a new flag IMHO.

No England didnt become a republic but it is a democracy. So the idea that only republics are democries as denoted in the game is not truely valid. Parlimenty democracies are not republics and yet they are every much the democracy that republics are. So the arguement that a peaceful transition is unlikly to form a flag change compared to a revolution is valid. Without the need to distingish themselves from their "oppressors" there is no need for a flag change. People wouldnt feel that the current flag was a representation of something that needs to be forgotten.

Now on the other hand a violent goverment change would call for the rebels to rally around a flag or symbol that is different from "old regime". That is why a seperate and new flag is fundemental to a non-peaceful change and unlikely with a peaceful change of a constitution.

While a flag change can happen from peaceful change to a constitution its not nessesary. So paradox has gone the idea that only forced goverment changes induce a flag change, which isnt unreasonable.