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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Moonstone Spider" data-source="post: 3356482" data-attributes="member: 40079">Depends a lot on what the DM is willing to run for the players, and wether you want to turn the game into a political fest.  But DnD isn't really made to handle social politicking well so it's best to find a game more oriented on that genre if you really want to rule your own country.  But assuming some sort of theoretical perfect DM, able to handle any situation the players throw at him and rerout his whole game in an instant:As for what to do, that depends a lot on a huge assortment of situations.  If the players are just cheesed off over taxes and are strong enough to kill the king, they should also be strong enough to intimidate him into passing a new adventurer-friendly lawset.  This avoids killing King Feeblemind the Unwise, at least until he happens to be away from help and finds something pointy.  If the King was evil and needed taking down yes, run the country yourselves at least until you can find a suitable replacement.  If you killed the king because you're chaotic and it was fun, then you'll probably enjoy laughing at the succession battles too so sit back, sip some drinks, and observe the civil war.</blockquote>