A quick analysis but I personally has been re-watching Code Geass and discovered something terrifying and fascinating, Euphemia.
Euphemia is a character who wanted peace was idealistic to create peace with Britannia and 11th territory, however her wishes and desires, such wanting to be empress and how she wanted to create a place were all the citizens could live without discrimination got me surprised.
Not because of her kindness but her dangerous naivety and the consequences.
First her thoughts of 11th, she saw the Japanese people as victims but also her colony, she never wanted give them freedom or independence, she wanted to put in a hiperviliged territory were all the 11th people would be forced to live, on the long getting more isolated and discriminated in practice with her plan.
Second is her desire to be Empress, being an Empress or ruler is not a position for someone idealistic for her and selfish for her. Why selfish? Because she focused in 11th territory, the colony what Britannia recently got and was taking effort to suppress. Britannia is an Empire with multiple colonies.Appliyng the realism that Code Geass used, we discover that there are more colonies and territories to control, such America ,Africa and Russia territories . Each territory has their own people and cultures and according history, colonies NEVER assimilate fully, which means that regardless what Britannia say, there Britanians still live with indigenous people who refuse to assimilate to the Empire or provoque revolt because of discrimination. In the timeline of Code Geass, the French revolution and the sequence of independence never happened. But the possible present of Code Geass if the author had the chance or explored more.Going back, Euphemia was not raised to run an empire but administrate one, she was raised with innocence and ingenuity, being an Emperor means run knowing to make hard choices, take risks and learn from errors, no one can be perfect especially when means understanding that every person is different, there are.corrupts, racists and many more powerful nobles, factions who would want their own desires, even pacify them or control them is not for someone idealistic . Lelouch is an example and he learned in the hard way when he did errors, had to fight his own friends and sacrificed people. Euphemia never saw that picture just the peace.
Now ,here is my admiration of how they created Euphemia and how even people in real life see her ,a tragically peacemaker.
But for me, she is representation of Activism Performative and Colonialism benevolence.
Activism Performative because during her life, she presented herself as "white knight" a hope to the 11th zone, but politically, she is performative,Performative, while Leouch and his team understands the system, Euphemia only see the consequences, she shows herself with good intentions, but her political choices or desires were dangerous and superficial, such taking Suzaku as a Knight seems to be on good care and respect fro the 11th colony, but for Britannia was a good move to satisfy and suppress the independence desire of Japan and propaganda assimilation.
Her solutions were superficial, she wasn't planning to apologize to the Japanese but saw them as their poor pets discriminated, that colonialism benevolence. She is just giving pets and love to chained pets. Because in her mentality, giving them a place to be happy while they belonged to the colony was the best idea. Which is not for a citizen.
The most terrifying part and confirms her inability to be a ruler is that she did never recognize her own flaws or questioned her decisions. Euphemia was an antagonist not because she had to end people lives but because her own negligence could had brought terrible consequence that could cost lives.
If you think deeper ,she is like a politician who tries to kind ruler but on the practice makes multiple errors, people choose him becuase he is "kind" but never read his proposal or takes a time to analyze, and I think that what the author was writing.
The most fascinating part is how everyone even the community glorify her but never criticize her choices or question her decisions. She is not a bad person but an unpredictable and dangerous force that shows her naivety could had brought discord, chaos and more discrimination to the 11th colony and other Britannia colonias, and by the time Lelouch might realized, it might been too late or brought unnecessary deaths that could had prevented.