War of the Week - Clone Wars

[Captain Seafort]

It still returned. A few other cases the Republic had nearly ceased to be but came back. Its got some elasticity to it.

No, it didn't return. It became the Empire, and was subsequently overthrown and destroyed by the ARR/AFP/NR. It's a completely different scenario from being reduced to a fraction of its former size and then regaining its territory.

[Sionnach Glic]

The NR is only the Old Republic in name. They are completely seperate governments, with the same name. They are not the same government. The original Republic was became the Empire: it ceased to be.

[Monroe]

I see it more like a new dynasty. They got many of the same people. They have the same structure. They have the same corruption-- the NJO book Star by Star goes into great detail about that. Poland is still Poland even though it didn't exist for over a hundred and fifty years.

[Captain Seafort]

And the galaxy is still the galaxy. That doesn't mean the government is the same.

[Monroe]

And the galaxy is still the galaxy. That doesn't mean the government is the same.

So if you conqueror a country then reinstate many of the exact same peopel its a different country? Is France post-WWII the same as pre-WWII?

There's a sizable difference yes. But its still the Republic and still France.

[Captain Seafort]

So if you conqueror a country then reinstate many of the exact same peopel its a different country? Is France post-WWII the same as pre-WWII?

There's a sizable difference yes. But its still the Republic and still France.

The Fourth Republic, not the Third. The same territory but a different government. The only genuine example of a country changing governments, and then back to the original that I can think of is the Restoration, and that only because the government was embodied in Charles II, despite his exile.

[Monroe]

So if you conqueror a country then reinstate many of the exact same peopel its a different country? Is France post-WWII the same as pre-WWII?

There's a sizable difference yes. But its still the Republic and still France.

The Fourth Republic, not the Third. The same territory but a different government. The only genuine example of a country changing governments, and then back to the original that I can think of is the Restoration, and that only because the government was embodied in Charles II, despite his exile.

Louis XVIII of France.