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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 4914466" data-attributes="member: 3424">Remember, in a Lawful Good tyranny, the people aren't oppressed. They may have certain individual freedoms curtailed, but nothing too major. Certain standards of behavior may be more stringently enforced, but the punishment is almost always in proportion to the crime. Persuasion is more likely to take the form of incentives for proper behavior and mild punishments for doing what is discouraged, as long as it is not actually evil. For example, in a theocracy, worshippers of the state-sanctioned faith may get tax breaks, and the state may make an official tithe to the religion from its revenues. Open worship of other gods may be illegal, but with the exception of evil faiths, offenders are likely to be at most fined for a first conviction. Persistent transgressors may be jailed for short periods (and treated humanely while imprisoned - more to stop them from spreading their message than to actually punish them) and, in extreme cases, banished. The state may seek to discourage certain types of behavior which it finds undesirable, e.g. drinking and gambling, by taxing them heavily. Other types of anti-social behavior, e.g. littering or making too much noise, may actually be made illegal and punishable by fines or community service. Perhaps another identifying characteristic of a Lawful Good tyranny would be that the citizens are required by law to perform certain good (or at least lawful) deeds. Children are required by law to be educated, and the state ensures that a basic education (including a course on morality and religious instruction) is provided free of charge. Adults are required by law to be gainfully employed if they are physically capable, and the state will find a job for you if you cannot find one yourself. Citizens are required by law to provide a minimum level of service to the state or a recognized charity - a healer may spend a few hours a week taking care of the sick in a free hospital, a weaponsmith might repair the weapons of the local guardsmen for free, and a housewife could sew clothes for the local church to distribute to the poor.</blockquote>

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