all roads lead to rome

when a population is not happy with their leadership 

then parts of that population probably starts looking for a new leader 

possibly in their own population 

but probably also in other populations 

when a new leader is found 

then security probably becomes an issue 

since the population wants to protect their leader 

which probably leads to secrecy 

which is probably how the covert leader system started long ago 

if a population considers an individual to be an effective leader 

then there is a risk 

that other populations also want that individual as a leader 

which increases the necessity of a covert leader system 

since that enables both populations deniability 

to hide that they possibly chose the same individual as a covert leader 

it's the population that chooses their leader 

the individual that is chosen has no other choice than to accept 

which is why an individual could become leader for many populations 

even if those populations are enemies against each other 

the question arises 

how many populations are not happy with their leadership