I hate these severe penalties in the first place though.
You have 1 noble who can protest you out pretty much (I think, if you have like 3 or 4 nobles left only) while it does nothing cause the realm is !@#$ed anyway, and make you lose !@#$loads of honor and prestige. If you step down yourself you lose even more.
So basically, once a realm becomes smaller you don't want any government position cause it just screwes you over big time, even when you try to just save the nation.
Why would they protest you anyway if you're trying to save them?
Either way, haven't witnessed such cases myself. If you truly want an adjustment to the code, you might want to rile people up and open up a Feature Request. Other things changed too, with the lower player density.
