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Old 01-10-2018, 06:05 PM   #27
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Default Re: Skill to Plan and Execute a Coup

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
It's fairly common to try to maintain a veneer of legitimacy by reference to an existing legal system, but with enough changes that it's not really the same system any more ('constitutional reform', etc).
It is less common to pull it off. The Hanovers did or rather their councilors(basically they were hauled out of the great Germanic hiring hall for kings because a king was needed). But satisfying the desire for legitimacy is a lot harder then getting a temporary rule merely by force and fraud(though in any event there will likely be a bit of aforesaid "F&F" whatever happens) .
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