No, I was not aware of that. Could not find anything about it in the manual too. Thank you for letting me know about this.

<t> During my few games (and after reading the manual a little bit more) I've found that there is a little reason to be autocratic in this game except for role-playing reason (and role-playing doesn't give much ingame especially in MP fights). <br/>
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Leveling it up does not give any bonuses ...