It's not so much that they have to plan for 100 years at once, but that they can execute strategies lasting more than one power cycle. Their pendulum (and with

It's not so much that they have to plan for 100 years at once, but that they can execute strategies lasting more than one power cycle. Their pendulum (and with it, bills and executive orders and social effects) doesn't reset every 4-8 years. Edit: basically what michaelscott said already