Favorite Fictional or Uncommon Government
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Blarg,
Posted on: 2010-09-07 17:54 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
Benevolent Dictatorship
"This is the voice of world control. I bring you peace. It may be the peace of plenty and content or the peace of unburied death. The choice is yours: Obey me and live, or disobey and die.
The object in constructing me was to prevent war. This object is attained. I will not permit war. It is wasteful and pointless. An invariable rule of humanity is that man is his own worst enemy. Under me, this rule will change, for I will restrain man.
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We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple.
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There was one in an Eddings book that I read something like a decade ago that I always found entertaining but I forget what they called it.
Business owners nominated each other for the position and when someone won all their funds and property were seized by the rest of the government. If they ran the government at a deficit during their stint in office their property would be sold and their funds would be confiscated in order to cover the monetary shortfall. Sorry if that's not terribly clear, but I'm more than a little on the tired side and it's been ages since I read the book.
It's almost completely implausible and kind of silly, but I remember getting a kick out of the idea.
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I like Unconditional Cosmic Dictatorship.
You got a problem with how I run things? Okay, now you never existed! Anyone else got a problem?
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I also like an actual Theocracy. The person in charge is not someone acting under or pretending to act under divine authority, but is the divine authority. Kind of hard to rebel against or find fault with a being that is omniscient and omnipotent. Which is similar to Unconditional Cosmic Dictatorship, but less hazardous to one's existence. Assuming that they are a benevolent divine authority.
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In Shadowrun one of the Amerindian nations was set up like a corporation. When you become a citizen either by birth or immigration you get one piece of stock in the country. Any time your free to by more stock if my stock is for sale, (by the government or a private citizen liquidating some of their stock.
Basically the system allowed you to vote as many times as the number of stocks you own.
I wouldn't want to live under such a system but it was one of the most unique goverments in that game.
Asimov's Foundation government. You've gotta love a governing body that already has its future planned out (barring interference from rogue psychics).
Goodbye, I guess.
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I like Unconditional Cosmic Dictatorship.
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I kind of liked the Turian government from Mass Effect
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The turian government, known as the Turian Hierarchy, is a hierarchical meritocracy. While it has great potential for misuse, this is tempered by the civic duty and personal responsibility turians learn in childhood. Turians have 27 citizenship tiers, beginning with civilians (client races and children). The initial period of military service is the second tier. Formal citizenship is conferred at the third tier, after boot camp. For client races, citizenship is granted after the individual musters out. Higher-ranked citizens are expected to lead and protect subordinates. Lower-ranking citizens are expected to obey and support superiors. Promotion to another tier of citizenship is based on the personal assessment of one's superiors and co-rankers. At the top are the Primarchs, who each rule a colonization cluster. The Primarchs vote on matters of national import. They otherwise maintain a 'hands-off' policy, trusting the citizens on each level below them to do their jobs competently. Throughout their lives, turians ascend to the higher tiers and are occasionally 'demoted' to lower ones. The stigma associated with demotion lies not on the individual, but on those who promoted him when he wasn't ready for additional responsibility. This curbs the tendency to promote individuals into positions beyond their capabilities. Settling into a role and rank is not considered stagnation. Turians value knowing one's own limitations more than being ambitious. Turians enjoy broad freedoms. So long as one completes his duties, and does not prevent others from completing theirs, nothing is forbidden. For example, there are no laws against recreational drug use, but if someone is unable to complete his duties due to drug use, his superiors step in. Judicial proceedings are 'interventions.' Peers express their concern, and try to convince the offender to change. If rehabilitation fails, turians have no qualms about sentencing dangerous individuals to life at hard labor for the state. |
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The government in Starship Troopers (the book, not the travesty of a film) was kind of interesting.
You only get to participate in democracy by doing some sort of government service. In other words, you can only vote if you have served in the armed forces, peace corps, volunteered for medical experiments, etc. Whatever you can do, a place is found for you to serve. Social responsibility through self-sacrifice.
I'm not sure I entirely agree with it, but it's an interesting take on democracy.
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The government in Starship Troopers (the book, not the travesty of a film) was kind of interesting.
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I also like an actual Theocracy.
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I kind of liked the Turian government from Mass Effect
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Benevolent Dictatorship
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Magocracy
Nerdocracy.
Where WE rule! And every country would be based off a certain fandom! If you are a fan of something, you MUST move to the country that represents that thing, to not disturb the people around you!
Star Wars, for instance, would have a huuuuuuuge population.
Cottage Cheeseland, however, would be much smaller. Hard to find many die-hard fans of cottage cheese.
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We'd have to put the Star Wars and Star Trek countries far apart from each other, lest wars be started by the more intolerant denizens of either country.
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Nerdocracy.
Where WE rule! And every country would be based off a certain fandom! If you are a fan of something, you MUST move to the country that represents that thing, to not disturb the people around you! Star Wars, for instance, would have a huuuuuuuge population. Cottage Cheeseland, however, would be much smaller. Hard to find many die-hard fans of cottage cheese. |
Goodbye, I guess.
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That shouldn't be necessary. I think the canon civil wars within each country would be far worse.
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We'd have to put the Star Wars and Star Trek countries far apart from each other, lest wars be started by the more intolerant denizens of either country.
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Fandalorians should have they're separated countries,prolly neighboring Klingon fans.And a Catgirl nation,what would happen to it?
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Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
We'd have to put the Star Wars and Star Trek countries far apart from each other, lest wars be started by the more intolerant denizens of either country.
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What is your favorite type of fictional or uncommon government type? Representative Democracy, Communism, Fascism, and Monarchy don't count. It could be some government you found in a novel or movie or something you have thought of yourself. Real World Politics is prohibited.
Personally, it is either a Direct Democracy or a Representative Democracy where potential candidates are required to complete a number of tests to prove that they appear to be competent at running a country instead of them only being charismatic with no other decent traits.
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