>>One question about the Empire, though, is who rules when there is
>>an Interregnum.
>Like David, I suspect that "constitutionally" it is the Senate, though I
>wonder what happens in practice*. Because circumstances were different
>each time, who actually held onto the reigns during the various
>interregnums might have been different too.
Not high priestesses of the Goddess, who are in constant harmony with Her Divine Will? A source of suitably delphic 'holding-pattern' proclamations while the Searchers spread far and wide? A model of the Goddess as a political Dowager Empress.
John
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