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|'''Society:'''
 
|'''Society:'''
 
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|'''Inoffensive Centrist Democracy'''
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|'''Anarchy'''
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|Where the people have a good mix of political and civil rights as well as security. Obviously most centrist of the UN Categories
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|No state actually exists.
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|Citizens have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
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|Citizens live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.
 
|-
 
|-
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|'''Democratic Socialists'''
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|'''Authoritarian Democracy'''
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|Political Freedoms in this state would be regarded as average, while the government is omnipresent and has much say in the economy.
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|Not really a democracy, but a dictatorship pretending to be one.
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|Citizens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
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|Citizens are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
 
|-
 
|-
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|'''Father Knows Best State'''
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|'''Benevolent Dictatorship'''
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|The government will usually interfere in the lives of everyone. It works like a parent. One does what ''they'' think is best.
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|A dictatorship ruled by someone who pays no attention to the people and allows them to do whatever they want, except challenge the government.
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|Citizens are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
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|Citizens enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.
 
|-
 
|-
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|'''Iron Fist Consumerists'''
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|'''Capitalist Paradise'''
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|This is an oppressive state that focuses on the economy. Supply and Demand are the two commandments.
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|No restrictions are placed on trade whatsoever, and the economy will come above any rights one might have.
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|Citizens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
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|Citizens are either ruled by a small, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.
 
|-
 
|-
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|'''Corrupt Dictatorship'''
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|'''Capitalizt'''
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|A totalitarian state in which the government will interfere with everything, lowering political and civil rights and adopting a fluctuating economic policy.
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|It's all about business.
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|Citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
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|Citizens enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.
 +
|-
 +
|'''Civil Rights Lovefest'''
 +
|Libertarian rule, with less emphasis on the economy and more on civil and political rights.
 +
|Citizens hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''Compulsory Consumerist State'''
 
|'''Compulsory Consumerist State'''
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|Citizens are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.
 
|Citizens are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Scandinavian Liberal Paradise'''
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|'''Conservative Democracy'''
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|High taxes, tons of freedom, but not much emphasis on the economy.
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|Voting to not vote, and to not change things needing change.
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|Citizens enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
+
|
 +
|-
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|'''Corporate Bordello'''
 +
|Free trade, free market, not-so-free merchandise. Other rights can fluctuate.
 +
|Citizens are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''Corporate Police State'''
 
|'''Corporate Police State'''
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|Citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
 
|Citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Capitalist Paradise'''
+
|'''Corrupt Dictatorship'''
−
|No restrictions are placed on trade whatsoever, and the economy will come above any rights one might have.
+
|A totalitarian state in which the government will interfere with everything, lowering political and civil rights and adopting a fluctuating economic policy.
−
|Citizens are either ruled by a small, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.
+
|Citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''New York Times Democracy'''
+
|'''Democratic Socialists'''
−
|Liberal democracy, with elections heavily influenced by the media.
+
|Political Freedoms in this state would be regarded as average, while the government is omnipresent and has much say in the economy.
−
|Citizens enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
+
|Citizens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
 +
|-
 +
|'''Father Knows Best State'''
 +
|The government will usually interfere in the lives of everyone. It works like a parent. One does what ''they'' think is best.
 +
|Citizens are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
 +
|-
 +
|'''Free-Market Paradise'''
 +
|Money is what makes your existence mean something.
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|'''Inoffensive Centrist Democracy'''
 +
|Where the people have a good mix of political and civil rights as well as security. Obviously most centrist of the UN Categories
 +
|Citizens have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
 +
|-
 +
|'''Iron Fist Consumerists'''
 +
|This is an oppressive state that focuses on the economy. Supply and Demand are the two commandments.
 +
|Citizens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
 +
|-
 +
|'''Iron Fist Socialists'''
 +
|The state is omnipresent, and will provide everything for its people.
 +
|Citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''Left-Leaning College State'''
 
|'''Left-Leaning College State'''
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|Citizens enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.
 
|Citizens enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Psychotic Dictatorship'''
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|'''Left-wing Utopia'''
−
|Corrupt, authoritarian state where everyone is considered the leader's toy.
+
|Power to the people.
−
|Citizens are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
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|Citizens are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''Liberal Democratic Socialists'''
 
|'''Liberal Democratic Socialists'''
 
|Like Democratic Socialists, but more concerened with social reforms.
 
|Like Democratic Socialists, but more concerened with social reforms.
 
|Citizens love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
 
|Citizens love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
 +
|-
 +
|'''Libertarian Police State'''
 +
|The state does nothing to impede on your private life, yet will require you to register everything down to your sneakers with a bureau of some sort.
 +
|Citizens are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''Moralistic Democracy'''
 
|'''Moralistic Democracy'''
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|Citizens are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
 
|Citizens are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Authoritarian Democracy'''
+
|'''New York Times Democracy'''
−
|Not really a democracy, but a dictatorship pretending to be one.
+
|Liberal democracy, with elections heavily influenced by the media.
−
|Citizens are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
+
|Citizens enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Civil Rights Lovefest'''
+
|'''Psychotic Dictatorship'''
−
|Libertarian rule, with less emphasis on the economy and more on civil and political rights.
+
|Corrupt, authoritarian state where everyone is considered the leader's toy.
−
|Citizens hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.
+
|Citizens are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
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|-
+
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|'''Capitalizt'''
+
−
|It's all about business.
+
−
|Citizens enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.
+
−
|-
+
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|'''Left-wing Utopia'''
+
−
|Power to the people.
+
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|Citizens are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
+
−
|-
+
−
|'''Corporate Bordello'''
+
−
|Free trade, free market, not-so-free merchandise. Other rights can fluctuate.
+
−
|Citizens are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.
+
−
|-
+
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|'''Anarchy'''
+
−
|No state actually exists.
+
−
|Citizens live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.
+
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''Right-wing Utopia'''
 
|'''Right-wing Utopia'''
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|Citizens are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.
 
|Citizens are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''Libertarian Police State'''
+
|'''Scandinavian Liberal Paradise'''
−
|The state does nothing to impede on your private life, yet will require you to register everything down to your sneakers with a bureau of some sort.
+
|High taxes, tons of freedom, but not much emphasis on the economy.
−
|Citizens are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.
+
|Citizens enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
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|-
+
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|'''Conservative Democracy'''
+
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|Voting to not vote, and to not change things needing change.
+
−
|
+
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|-
+
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|'''Iron Fist Socialists'''
+
−
|The state is omnipresent, and will provide everything for its people.
+
−
|Citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.
+
−
|-
+
−
|'''Benevolent Dictatorship'''
+
−
|A dictatorship ruled by someone who pays no attention to the people and allows them to do whatever they want, except challenge the government.
+
−
|Citizens enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.
+
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''Tyranny by Majority'''
 
|'''Tyranny by Majority'''
 
|Pure democracy without Minority rights.
 
|Pure democracy without Minority rights.
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|
 
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|-
 
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|'''Free-Market Paradise'''
 
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|Money is what makes your existence mean something.
 
−
|
 
 
|}
 
|}
  

Revision as of 17:23, 17 May 2005

Each Nation has a UN Category that is determined by their position within the three freedoms: Civil, Economic, and Political. There are 27 different categories based on the 15 different levels of each of the three freedoms, indicating that the UN Category is based on slightly different background numbers than the freedom levels are.

Keeping this in mind it is then possible for a nation to move from one UN Category to the next without changing their listed freedoms.

UN Categories

The following are definitive and taken directly from game code. As you might guess some UN Categories are very rare.


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UN Category Map

This shows the different UN Categories in relationship to each other and to their UN Economic, Political, and Civil Rankings.


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UN Category Glossary

Category: Description: Society:
Anarchy No state actually exists. Citizens live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.
Authoritarian Democracy Not really a democracy, but a dictatorship pretending to be one. Citizens are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
Benevolent Dictatorship A dictatorship ruled by someone who pays no attention to the people and allows them to do whatever they want, except challenge the government. Citizens enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.
Capitalist Paradise No restrictions are placed on trade whatsoever, and the economy will come above any rights one might have. Citizens are either ruled by a small, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.
Capitalizt It's all about business. Citizens enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.
Civil Rights Lovefest Libertarian rule, with less emphasis on the economy and more on civil and political rights. Citizens hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.
Compulsory Consumerist State This is similar to Iron Fist Consumerists, but the government mandates that you spend money to keep the economy up. This is a form of dictatorship, with very little in the way of politcal or civil rights. Citizens are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.
Conservative Democracy Voting to not vote, and to not change things needing change.
Corporate Bordello Free trade, free market, not-so-free merchandise. Other rights can fluctuate. Citizens are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.
Corporate Police State The government = big businesses. Individuals have few rights and have to buy from the top corporations. Citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
Corrupt Dictatorship A totalitarian state in which the government will interfere with everything, lowering political and civil rights and adopting a fluctuating economic policy. Citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
Democratic Socialists Political Freedoms in this state would be regarded as average, while the government is omnipresent and has much say in the economy. Citizens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
Father Knows Best State The government will usually interfere in the lives of everyone. It works like a parent. One does what they think is best. Citizens are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
Free-Market Paradise Money is what makes your existence mean something.
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy Where the people have a good mix of political and civil rights as well as security. Obviously most centrist of the UN Categories Citizens have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
Iron Fist Consumerists This is an oppressive state that focuses on the economy. Supply and Demand are the two commandments. Citizens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
Iron Fist Socialists The state is omnipresent, and will provide everything for its people. Citizens are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.
Left-Leaning College State What would happen if college students ruled the world. Civil rights are the main priority, followed by political rights. Citizens enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.
Left-wing Utopia Power to the people. Citizens are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
Liberal Democratic Socialists Like Democratic Socialists, but more concerened with social reforms. Citizens love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
Libertarian Police State The state does nothing to impede on your private life, yet will require you to register everything down to your sneakers with a bureau of some sort. Citizens are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.
Moralistic Democracy A theocratic democracy in which religion influences everything. Citizens are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
New York Times Democracy Liberal democracy, with elections heavily influenced by the media. Citizens enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
Psychotic Dictatorship Corrupt, authoritarian state where everyone is considered the leader's toy. Citizens are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
Right-wing Utopia A conservative state where little change is desired or put into action. Religion will usually play the role of the media. Citizens are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.
Scandinavian Liberal Paradise High taxes, tons of freedom, but not much emphasis on the economy. Citizens enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.
Tyranny by Majority Pure democracy without Minority rights.

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