So, I've been playing the After the End mod as the Republic of New York. My current character Theo Theovelt the II, has just finished getting the requirements needed to form an empire.

Now, with all the toiling I had to do to get this far behind me, I want to switch from a merchant republic to feudal government. The narrative I'm going for is that dear Theo, pulls a Sheev Palpatine, telling the other patricians "I am the republic" assassinates them, and then I, using the power of console commands, turn him into the first Emperor of New York.

Now, here's the problem I've been having. I use the set_government command to switch the republic to feudal, and he changes from Lord Executive (AtE's equivalent of a Grand Prince), to Emperor, and then to be safe, I change the county capitals of my demesne holdings from cities to baronies. And yet immediately after unpauseing, it switches back to a republic.

Am I doing something wrong? I hope not. I've been working at this particular playthrough for days now. Can someone please explain to me what exactly I need to do after I use the console command? Maybe give me a step-by-step list in the comments below? I'd really appreciate the help.