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<blockquote data-quote="Marc_C" data-source="post: 8261604" data-attributes="member: 7025897">There are many. The 1e DMG had a list of political systems:&quot;AUTOCRACY&nbsp;&nbsp; —&nbsp;&nbsp; Government&nbsp;&nbsp; which&nbsp;&nbsp; rests&nbsp;&nbsp; in&nbsp;&nbsp; self-derived,&nbsp;&nbsp; absolute&nbsp;&nbsp; power,&nbsp;&nbsp; typified by a hereditary emperor, for example.BUREAUCRACY — Government by department, rule being through the heads of the various departments and conducted by their chief administrators.CONFEDERACY&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; by&nbsp; a&nbsp; league&nbsp; of&nbsp; (possibly&nbsp; diverse)&nbsp; social&nbsp; entities&nbsp; so designed as to promote the common good of each.DEMOCRACY&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; by&nbsp; the&nbsp; people,&nbsp; i.e.&nbsp; the&nbsp; established&nbsp; body&nbsp; of&nbsp; citizens, whether through direct role or through elected representatives.DICTATORSHIP&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; whose&nbsp; final&nbsp; authority&nbsp; rests&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; hands&nbsp; of&nbsp; one&nbsp; supreme head.FEUDALITY&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; of&nbsp; a&nbsp; feudal&nbsp; nature&nbsp; where&nbsp; each&nbsp; successive&nbsp; layer&nbsp; of&nbsp; authority&nbsp; derives&nbsp; power&nbsp; and&nbsp; authority&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; one&nbsp; above&nbsp; and&nbsp; pledges&nbsp; fealty likewise.GERIATOCRACY — Government reserved to the elderly or very old.GYNARCHY — Government reserved to females only.HIERARCHY&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; which&nbsp; is&nbsp; typically&nbsp; religious&nbsp; in&nbsp; nature&nbsp; and&nbsp; generally&nbsp; similar to a feudality.MAGOCRACY — Government by professional magic-users only.MATRIARCHY&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; by&nbsp; the&nbsp; eldest&nbsp; females&nbsp; of&nbsp; whatever&nbsp; social&nbsp; units&nbsp; exist.MILITOCRACY&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; headed&nbsp; by&nbsp; the&nbsp; military&nbsp; leaders&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; armed&nbsp; forces in general.MONARCHY&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; by&nbsp; a&nbsp; single&nbsp; sovereign,&nbsp; usually&nbsp; hereditary,&nbsp; whether&nbsp; an&nbsp; absolute&nbsp; ruler&nbsp; or&nbsp; with&nbsp; power&nbsp; limited&nbsp; in&nbsp; some&nbsp; form&nbsp; (such&nbsp; as&nbsp; the&nbsp; English&nbsp; monarchs, limited in rule by the Magna Carta).OLIGARCHY&nbsp;&nbsp; —&nbsp;&nbsp; Government&nbsp;&nbsp; by&nbsp;&nbsp; a&nbsp;&nbsp; few&nbsp;&nbsp; (usually&nbsp;&nbsp; absolute)&nbsp;&nbsp; rulers&nbsp;&nbsp; who&nbsp;&nbsp; are&nbsp;&nbsp; coequal.PEDOCRACY — Government by the learned, savants, and scholars.PLUTOCRACY — Government by the wealthy.REPUBLIC&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; by&nbsp; representatives&nbsp; of&nbsp; an&nbsp; established&nbsp; electorate&nbsp; who&nbsp; rule in behalf of the electors.THEOCRACY&nbsp;&nbsp; —&nbsp;&nbsp; Government&nbsp;&nbsp; by&nbsp;&nbsp; god-rule,&nbsp;&nbsp; that&nbsp;&nbsp; is,&nbsp;&nbsp; rule&nbsp;&nbsp; by&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp; direct&nbsp;&nbsp; representative of the god.SYNDICRACY&nbsp; —&nbsp; Government&nbsp; by&nbsp; a&nbsp; body&nbsp; of&nbsp; syndics,&nbsp; each&nbsp; representing&nbsp; some&nbsp; business interest.This listing is by no means exhaustive, and you should feel free to use other forms, or invent your own, as the needs of your particular campaign direct.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marc_C, post: 8261604, member: 7025897"] There are many. The 1e DMG had a list of political systems: "AUTOCRACY — Government which rests in self-derived, absolute power, typified by a hereditary emperor, for example. BUREAUCRACY — Government by department, rule being through the heads of the various departments and conducted by their chief administrators. CONFEDERACY — Government by a league of (possibly diverse) social entities so designed as to promote the common good of each. DEMOCRACY — Government by the people, i.e. the established body of citizens, whether through direct role or through elected representatives. DICTATORSHIP — Government whose final authority rests in the hands of one supreme head. FEUDALITY — Government of a feudal nature where each successive layer of authority derives power and authority from the one above and pledges fealty likewise. GERIATOCRACY — Government reserved to the elderly or very old. GYNARCHY — Government reserved to females only. HIERARCHY — Government which is typically religious in nature and generally similar to a feudality. MAGOCRACY — Government by professional magic-users only. MATRIARCHY — Government by the eldest females of whatever social units exist. MILITOCRACY — Government headed by the military leaders and the armed forces in general. MONARCHY — Government by a single sovereign, usually hereditary, whether an absolute ruler or with power limited in some form (such as the English monarchs, limited in rule by the Magna Carta). OLIGARCHY — Government by a few (usually absolute) rulers who are coequal. PEDOCRACY — Government by the learned, savants, and scholars. PLUTOCRACY — Government by the wealthy. REPUBLIC — Government by representatives of an established electorate who rule in behalf of the electors. THEOCRACY — Government by god-rule, that is, rule by the direct representative of the god. SYNDICRACY — Government by a body of syndics, each representing some business interest. This listing is by no means exhaustive, and you should feel free to use other forms, or invent your own, as the needs of your particular campaign direct." [/QUOTE]

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