What happens when a hegemon falls?

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Wars. Lots and lots of wars.

Unfortunately yea.

Rome sucks, but then suddenly warlords.

But consider: flame throwing guitars.

You take it to the closest Hegémon Center to have it healed up? Revive + potion will work in a pinch

(I'll see myself out).

Unfortunately, Hegemon services have been privatized and it will now cost $1 trillion dollars to fix your hegemon.

Well, let's just use all that money DOGE saved us. Oh, wait.

Fortunately, inflation kicked up and that's only like ¥200.

Obviously, whatever utopia my ideology assumes to be the historical inevitability will magically arise.

34 years of hegemony, so weak, but maybe that's a good thing, considering the last elections.