[jjsheridan5]

He is essentially committing national suicide right now ... He has starved his populace. He has mismanaged the nation to the point that only his top government leaders can purchase gasoline.

How does this constitute "suicide". Were they committing "national suicide" when they went through the famines of the 90s? Of course not. They have lived in abject poverty for many, many years, and they have a brutal network of agencies that protect them from the people they are starving. Saying that they are essentially committing suicide right now, because the people in power have kept their people have an incredibly low standard-of-living, is just nonsense.

[DoughtyOne]

He is committing national suicide.

What is it with you? Why can’t you be honest about what is going on here?

The populace is said to have lost 20 pounds on average, and as you said, this is a populace that was never well fed.

People who leave the nation talk of starvation.

Even those in the capital can’t purchase gasoline unless they are a top government official.

The palace guard is the only thing left standing, and so he isn’t committing national suicide? Really?