Democracy
This article deals with Democracy as it relates to NationStates. For more general information, see the Wikipedia article on this subject.
This artical refers to the form of government, for the region see Democracy (Region)
Democracy is, literally, rule by the people (from the Greek demos, "people," and kratos, "rule"). The methods by which this rule is exercised, and indeed the composition of "the people" are central to various definitions of democracy, but useful contrasts can be made with oligarchies and autocracies, where political authority is highly concentrated and not subject to meaningful control by the people.
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List of Democratic States
Pure Democracy
Pure Democracy, also known as Direct Democracy, is a political system where the people vote on government decisions, such as questions of whether to approve or reject various laws.
- Ariddia (a mix of representative and direct democracy)
- Bashenk
- Constantinopolis
- Free Outer Eugenia (though lacking an actual government, Free Outer Eugenian society can be said to operate on direct democratic principles)
- San Adriano (de jure a representative democracy, but de facto all important decisions are taken via national consensus, which is made possibly by the country's tiny population)
Representative Democracy
Representative Democracy is where the people do not make decisions directly, but select representatives to a governing body or assembly. Representatives may be chosen by the electorate as a whole (as in many proportional systems) or represent a particular subset (usually a geographic district or constituency), with some systems using a combination of the two.
- Asyhlo AO
- Candelaria And Marquez
- Cookesland
- Federated Polynesian States (limited form of representative democracy)
- Horsethief butte
- Opatia
- Prux
- Qazox
- Sativaville
- United Island Empires
- Zwangzug
Single-party Democracy
Single-party Democracy is where the state explicitly gives the political power to the members, or to some of the members, of the ruling Party, following the principles of democratic centralism and vanguard party.
Other
Pa'atua has a gerontocratic government, in the sense that national authority is fully vested in an assembly in which any person aged 60 or above may sit. Given the country's tiny population, this system functions smoothly. It is democratic only in that any person who reaches the age of 60 will automatically obtain a significant voice in government.
