Quote Originally Posted by The Crystal View Post
The way I see it, Kefka was the emperor's confident only because they both shared a... How can I say it... A cold-heartedness? They were both power-hungry bastards, something that Leo wasn't, and that made Kefka the best candidate for being Ghestal's confident.
If that was it, there were likely other people besides Kefka he could have turned to. You don't put someone in that high of a position just because they are a power hungry bastard. Thats actually a really good reason to keep them out of said position.

He needed to be very inteligent to make it that far. Not saying how successfully he could have run Germany, but if you take away his insanity, he's likely to at least be semi-capable based on how high he was in the empire.