>>2135870
>they need to stack a decent amount of reforms for rep tradition for reelections
Not true. Here's an old Italy save of mine which is also Ambrosian Republic. Outside of the initial change to the Republic, I never dipped below 90 RT. It's extremely easy to keep it up. My current RT gain is 1.4 but I have some government reforms which give absolutism rather than RT, before the Age of Absolutism my gain was closer to 2.5 a year. I have elections every 3 years and reelection costs 6 RT. So I gain RT even when reelecting
>get lower absolutism than monarchies
Hitting 100 absolutism is absolutely trivial. Picrel
>Lack of rep tradition also increases your stab cost
Not an issue outside of when you switch from monarchy to republic. Once RT is up, it stays up
>>2135874
>You're also missing out on personal unions
Personally, I don't really bother with PU's even when I play monarchies. They're kinda annoying