[Hugin]

Therefore, all government offices will also be immediately shut down, and they will empty their buildings and lock their doors.

Not a chance. The nobles never give up power voluntarily.

[Windflier]

"Therefore, all government offices will also be immediately shut down, and they will empty their buildings and lock their doors."

Not a chance. The nobles never give up power voluntarily.

When the SHTF, all bets will be off, and a new paradigm will rise. This has happened many times throughout history, and when it does, the nobles high tail it out of Dodge just as fast as they can. Ordinarily, most of them do not survive the fall of their regime.

If things fell apart here, many of them would survive the fall, but they'd be virtual prisoners in their labyrinthine bunkers.

Do you really think our government think tanks didn't consider the possibility of widespread social breakdown when they built the underground bunkers for our elected reps? They're not just for nuclear attack, my friend.