The leader could indeed choose family members. Keep in mind that there's more than one way to become leader. For example, if the leader were to be murdered along with their heirs, then it's just a matter of claiming oneself emperor. However, for that to work, the murderer would need to know all the emperor's heirs along with all the heirs' heirs, if they have any yet. Then they would need to actually kill them all and prove that it happened, which would probably be the hardest part. However, they opens up yet another question: do one's heirs have to be publicized? I suppose that one could have their heirs just written on a signed piece of paper that's given to the people in charge of protecting the leader; that could work.
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Would you allow the previous leader to choose someone of his kin? Or would nepotism be out of the question due to possible corruption?
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The leader could indeed choose family members. Keep in mind that there's more than one way to become leader. For example, if the leader were to be murdered along with their heirs, then it's just a matter of claiming oneself emperor. However, for that to work, the murderer would need to know all the emperor's heirs along with all the heirs' heirs, if they have any yet. Then they would need to actually kill them all and prove that it happened, which would probably be the hardest part. However, they opens up yet another question: do one's heirs have to be publicized? I suppose that one could have their heirs just written on a signed piece of paper that's given to the people in charge of protecting the leader; that could work.