Yes, getting a complete prat on the throne is also a risk. It will come as no surprise that I voted against the Republic, but I was also motivated by the fact that the government model that was being pushed with the package was TERRIBLE. Always figured that it was a cunning bit of espionage by the Monarchists.

I guess the moral of the story is that a placeholder is just dandy, until you get a Lois the 16th (oh wow, I got that right from memory!).