Will we ever see playable republics and theocracies?

[gilded hearth]

More than two years have passed since the release of the game, but there are still no new forms of state government. Until now, we have only a tribal system, feudalism and a clan, which is only a slightly modified form of feudalism.
It is already corny boring to play just because the main gameplay does not change in any way. Although with republics we could get better elections, a senate, and a bunch of new character interactions.

[mint patio]

dev diary said they're looking at it. Well, republics, not theocracies

[worn sentinel]

Holy Trinity and Res Publica allow you to play as the pope and as republics respectively

[gilded hearth]

Oh, seriously? And I didn't know that. Thanks a lot. That's just the first one works only for Catholicism. And the second one hasn’t been updated for so long that it doesn’t actually work now, and when it worked, it provided (even if the author tried very hard) a gameplay-limited republic, due to the fact that some things, such as the impossibility of playing for landless characters, cannot be changed by modifying the game. Which actually reduced the republic to feudalism, but with a more interesting electoral system. Well, if the player loses the election, then if he has no other other titles left, then the game ends.

[worn sentinel]

Res Publica is being updated last I heard

[gilded hearth]

It was last updated on February 13th.

[worn sentinel]

Res Publica has been updated

[stable summit]

try the mod named bum to god if you want to start unlanded

[gilded hearth]

Yes, I know about it, but it is almost incompatible with other mods, including Res Publica.

[gilded hearth]

I know

[stable summit]

can't have it all

[mint patio]

I mean, the reason it's incompatible is because it's very hard to add that in the game since the game is just simply not made for it. An issue that isn't solved by having pdx do it

[safe flame]

Still no word on official republic type coming back? Sad face 😞

[subtle yacht]

I've also wondered about this for a long time even in CK2. I've wondered why only feudalists are playable but never spent time to research about it. Is there any explanation about this somewhere? Thanks.

[twilit badge]

It's literally a part of the upcoming update

[sly horizon]

They didn't confirm it. It's pretty unlikely imo

[twilit badge]

my bad, I was sure it was confirmed

[lucid magnet]

Next update is adding Administrative gov, and you can own an estate in said gov, similar to CK2 republics but not the same really.