One of the reasons the rules are set in concrete is because we can actually fight each other. If the Megas can ignore the rules, he can declare civil war, disband everything belonging to everyone who is opposed to him, destroy all buildings in those settlements, and recruit massive armies for himself and his side. Sure he would be impeached but in just one turn, a pissed off Megas can do a massive amount of damage if the Rules did not bind him.
Even with the Rules, the Megas is still massively powerful in civil wars, as we saw in the Test Game. He can freeze recruitment for one side and pump reinforcements into the other.
So, so the game doesn't get wildly off-balance, the Rules flat out need to be followed to the letter. If the Caesar declared war on the Order right now, we'd be toast. And it would partly be because the Megas broke the Rules.
And I would be very very unhappy...
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