The Empire of Mathema was, at its core, a dictatorial monarchy. While it was established as a democracy if one were to dig deep enough into its origins, the people simply elected whoever was the next Freud available into leadership. Have that happen a few more generations, and the voting process was scrapped entirely and the Royal family was established to avoid the hassle of holding an election in the first place.
Of course, to those that knew their history, an escape clause was always within the Empire's constitution that should the leader be deemed unfit by the people, then a revolution would be considered just and legal. Why that existed in the Constitution? Who knows? But perhaps the country's founders knew that such a day would come; that there would be someone that lacked the brains to know that leading like a spoiled brat would doom the country.