That sort of thing worked passably well in the Republic, and to a lesser extent, the Guilds, because the commoners that gained enough power and status still had to be voted in each term. On top of that, the prominent cultures in those Powers expected a degree of proactivity in their elected officials, which helped weed out the majority of subpar candidates. Their nomination requirements, by design, also favored potential candidates with strong backgrounds in law, finance, administration, management, and military leadership over professional delvers.
In the Empire, people from common stock most often gained life-long noble titles purely through combat power. It was an awful metric to select the ruler of a state with, even if it ensured that the Imperial faction grew continually stronger. E
