True, kings often claimed they were given the right to rule by god.
The government was unable to deal with the economic crisis left by the war. ... The economic situation in Germany briefly improved between 1924-1929. However, Germany in the 1920s remained politically and economically unstable. The Weimar democracy could not withstand the disastrous Great Depression of 1929.
At times, it was chaotic because it was so much land to control that the ruler split it into "states", and gave each one to a family member. But, after a while they realized some of the family had more land than others, so they began to fight. The bigger lands conquered the others with their stronger army.
Thomas Hobbes
In this state, every person has a natural right to do anything one thinks necessary for preserving one's own life, and life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" (Leviathan, Chapters XIII–XIV).
