Switching Between Order And Autocracy

Question

Related: What is the effect of switching between conflicting social policies?

I know that switching between conflicting social policies results in a few turns of anarchy, but I was wondering about the effect of switching between two maxed-out policies.

Maxing the Autocracy social policy results in a 50-turn attack bonus for all units. I would assume this means that the effects is gone after 50 turns. However, if I switch to the Order social policy and then switch back to Autocracy, do I gain the attack bonus for another 50 turns?

Answer 1

If you max the Autocracy tree, you gain an instant 30-turn attack bonus (at least in the game I played - this may depend on your game speed.) This is denoted by a "Temp Attack Bonus" entry in the unit's attack preview pane:

This attack bonus stays active if you switch to another conflicting policy tree, such as Freedom or Order. This is the attack bonus still active, even though I've switched policies:

Once it runs out, it is gone for good. There doesn't appear to be a way to exploit this in the way you specify in your question.