Likewise, abdication can show up as an option when you hit max stress levels. If you get stressed out enough you are sometimes given the option to abdicate. This is assuming it the stress doesn't just kill you first. I have actually forced max level stress a few times in a sort of gamey way (like starting and stopping seduction schemes as a ... More @Wikipedia
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