Why does stability drop whenever I get a new monarch?
Playing as France with a 1444 start, it seems that I keep losing stability every time my monarch dies, even if the heir has good stats and seemingly nothing is wrong.
It seems like I would spend a lot of admin power if I had to re-up stability every time there's a new king. Isn't there a way to avoid this? Why does it happen?
Best Answer
It's just part of the game and is unavoidable. It's one of the things you'll need to direct a portion of your admin power towards.
In real life, in a hereditary monarchy (or any authoritarian form of government), transitions of power were in fact destabalizing. You never know who might get ideas about taking power, and even if there's no question about who the new monarch is going to be, there's going to be an huge scramble among advisors, nobles, etc. to see who will have real influence in the new administration.
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