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* Happened in the end with [[World War I]]. The Western Allied victories in the field during 1918 effectively eradicated the credibility of the OHL (German High Command and effectively the military junta) and led to widespread military mutines that brought the German Empire and Austria-Hungary to collapse. Good news, right? Except that the downfall of [[Evil Chancellor|Ludendorff]], [[The Dragon|Von Hindenburg]], and [[Royally Screwed-Up|Kaiser Wilhelm]] led to a no-holds-barred bloodbath involving [[Dirty Commies|Communists and radical Socialists]], radical monarchists, fanatical nationalists, and outright criminal gangs along with a government that vacilated between all of the above. Oh yeah, and there was also another faction called [[Those Wacky Nazis|the NSDAP]] who would be of moderate importance [[Start of Darkness|later on.]]
* Russia underwent this with the Time of Troubles following the death of czar Ivan the Terrible.
* Took place several times in Chinese history notably in the [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms|Three Kingdoms]] period.
*This is a theory of political philosophy among scholars of several civilizations that this is a recurring phenomenon, and in fact it is often used to justify [[The Empire]] as the [[Lesser of Two Evils]]. Basically a dynasty will get weak on luxury until it's nobles get tired of it and talented military officers who have spent their careers [[HAD to Be Sharp|on the frontier]] are apt to regard it with contempt especially when said weakness bespeaks an inability to protect security.
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