Quote Originally Posted by Vexander View Post
I can't really agree with this. In every game is seems there are people who want a Kingdom to become a Democracy or Republic. Personally I'd rather see a Kingdom remain a Kingdom in a setting where it works just fine. You can have a King and still maintain a level of democracy with a Senate or a Chamber of Representatives comprised of elected officials from settlements and districts of Ishgard passing on recommendations and the likes to said King. Granted I'm not quite sold on Aymeric being a King either if I'm honest.

Pity SE didn't develop a decent Priest to take up the position of Archbishop.
Actually, Aymeric becoming "King" was what I initially wanted to write until I remembered the political meanderings going on between the nobles and the low-born citizens. Thus, when one really thinks about it, te Ishgardian citizenry will be loath and reluctant to trade in one aristocratic system for another.

Just think about it... they have spent the last thousand years living within a very rigid aristocratic system that fell apart once the truth of the Four Houses and HolySee was revealed. Will they be really willing to return to being ruled by a King or rather by a meritocracy system (based on one's ability rather than a famous last name) that will essentially heal the rift between the low and high borns?