Democracy in your nation

[Southern Archipelago Bay]

After our nation fell, we started to develop a Democracy but were confused how one worked. So we just fell into Anarchy.

[Brr (Ancient)]

The Workers' Republic of Bryansk is a single-party system led by a big tent socialist and communist party with multiple tendencies. As long as one is communist, their ideology is allowed to exist in the party. To the right of socialism and from social democracy onward they are kicked out. No other party is let into power.

[The Intergalactic Universe Corporation]

After our nation fell, we started to develop a Democracy but were confused how one worked. So we just fell into Anarchy.

We are a multi party democracy that is dominated by a single party.

[Gerhalt]

Single party social democracy. You can't run for office or form contrary parties but you can vote freely for whoever we tell you you can vote for.

In short, our democracy is fake.

[Mattopilos]

Direct democracy, where people may voluntarily vote on any of the important issues that are in focus. One person acts as a representative, but has no real authority, and simply acts for diplomacy, wage, and social issues.

[Fatatatutti]

We have a representative democracy. People do expect their representatives to represent them, though, and Members of Parliament are often replaced for going against their constituents' wishes.

[Augusta Pinochet]

The problem is that unrestricted Democracy can become easily an indirectly a form of communism.

The majority decides what belongs to one, what one may or may not do. That has nothing to do with private property and freedom, but a great deal to do with the relativization of property, that is with common property, in other words communism.

[Fatatatutti]

The problem is that unrestricted Democracy can become easily an indirectly a form of communism.

Why is that a problem?

[Augusta Pinochet]

The problem is that unrestricted Democracy can become easily an indirectly a form of communism.

Why is that a problem?

Thats outlined in the second line. The primary function of our Republic is explicitly to protect, life, liberty and property. Thats the main justification of our State, as explained by the fundamental principles of Pinochetian-Minarchism which has been introduced and enacted as safety-measure and last stop-gap against an ongoing assault by Communist and Cultural-Marxist subversion of an historically unprecedented scale.

[Asarabanda Lavanda]

Asarabanda Lavanda is gloriously democracy free.

[Tashistan]

Tashistan was a an absolute monarchy (a Sultanate) under heavy Soviet influence between 1952 and 1980. In 1980, the country became a republic, with elections -- they weren't free or fair, though, and the Communist Party ruled until right before the collapse of the USSR in 1990. Since then, Tashistan has been a democratic republic.

[Ru-]

democracy is a very new thing in Ru if our entire (4,000 year) history is taken into account.

For the vast majority of our empire's existence we have been an absolute monarchy, and as we have expanded we developed a feudal system of landed nobility to rule locally under the King of Ru.

Democracy was introduced in 1623 when a military coup threw King Dennis II Rel out of power and replaced him with the young King Louis I Rel in the name of modernizing the empire. King Louis was basically a military puppet during the first half of his reign and during this time the Ruvian Constitution was drafted and The Imperial Senate was created, complete with democratically elected senators. The office of Hand of the King was also renamed the Imperial Castellan and became a democratically elected official who would also automatically become the King's Regent, if he needs one. Once these reforms were established and royal pardons obtained, the military stepped down and returned the government to King Louis and, due to the reforms they had established, the Ruvian people.

For a long time there were only 2 political parties in Ru: The Ruvian Conservative Party, which was the primary ruling party more often the not, and the Ruvian Labor Party, which was mostly the primary opposition party. Today the roles of these 2 old parties have started to reverse, with the RLP gaining control of the government with the RCP as its most powerful opposition.

The Ruvian Freedom Party and the Ruvian Progressive Party began to show significant support and were made official in the mid 1900s, the rise of these 2 additional parties has been widely believed to be due to increased contact with foreign nations, and the influence their beliefs have had on Ruvians as a result.

[Fairstone]

People are free to vote however they choose and if they don't like the work of government they are free to say so. All government spending is open to the public and the government cannot change anyone's vote once it is cast.

[Kovruka]

History has proven that democracies tend to be highly problematic at the moment of solving several situations, due to the enormous amount of factors represented by every different standing and opinion. Conflict is to be expected, and quite often these conflicts escape the legislative institutions and corrupt the population, dividing it.

An autocracy has been the government system in the Empire since its beginning. We prefer rely in the good judgement and guidance of the Emperor.

The "most democratic" institution of the Empire is the Imperial Council, where lesser problems and situations are solved. Possible solutions offered by experts and professionals, not regarded as opinions, are analyzed before being applied. Political issues are only studied by the Emperor and the higher Ministries.

[Diarcesia]

The Epoch of Democracy (Epochetes Democratias) is the period of Diarcesian history where the five most junior archons (the Fifth to Ninth Nonarch) became elected positions. At the same time, the more senior archons (First to Fourth Nonarchs, all Heptarchs, Triarchs, and the Monarch) now would ultimately come from these elected five.

[Arondyte]

Outlawed. Arondyte is a member of the Anti-Democracy League.

[Pherdistan]

Democracy is alive and thriving in Ferdistan, with a multi-party system at several levels.

[Mattopilos]

The problem is that unrestricted Democracy can become easily an indirectly a form of communism.

The majority decides what belongs to one, what one may or may not do. That has nothing to do with private property and freedom, but a great deal to do with the relativization of property, that is with common property, in other words communism.

You seem to be describing state communism, not all forms of communism. Be careful with phrasing, my friend. Certain forms favour direct democracy and make it known the consequences of each choice that can be made. Democracy is only a problem when anti-intellectualism is rampant.

[Democratic East-Asia]

Our form of "democracy" is somewhat different from the norm. Citizens from socialist republics elect representatives to said republics, who then go to the central govt. Policy making is completely directed there with little to no input from civilians, and the premier is party chosen.

On the other hand, local govts. tend to be council run.

[Vallermoore]

We are a democracy although some say that our President is scheming to become a dictator. Before that we were a royal Queenly dictatorship, but when Queen Yocasta the 1st went crazy and started kidnapping and murdering people's daughters, and Queen Amber the 1st who overthrew her let chaos break out we became a democracy.

[Democratic East-Asia]

Why is that a problem?

Thats outlined in the second line. The primary function of our Republic is explicitly to protect, life, liberty and property. Thats the main justification of our State, as explained by the fundamental principles of Pinochetian-Minarchism which has been introduced and enacted as safety-measure and last stop-gap against an ongoing assault by Communist and Cultural-Marxist subversion of an historically unprecedented scale.

If the majority supports it, so be it. Sometimes things are better that way. Other times not, but there are measures in place if that happens.

[The Gamindustrian Union]

We are like the West and Japan when it comes to that, except less pushy.

[Gandoor]

Gandoor is a representative parliamentary democracy. We have two major parties, the Gandoor Communist Party and the New Democratic Party, and two minor parties, the People's Party of Gandoor and the Gandoor Freedom Group.

[The Merchant Republics]

The Most Serene Confederation may be technically classed as a democracy, though such a term should be used loosely. The Confederation is run by voluntaryist principles and the Republics can be organized anyway the people please up to and including as kingdoms, corporations or single-party socialist collectives, so long as they abide by the overarching rules of the Charter.

Republics can choose their representatives in any way they choose; some are elected, others however may be chosen by appointment, lot or even auction. Though all representatives do require the assent of their people through the Forum and may be recalled and replaced at anytime.

The actual mechanisms of the Confederation's governance are essentially democratic, with a bicameral legislature the Council and the Senate, though the Senate acts as both legislature and judiciary.

[Egohedonia]

'Cracy'? Whazzat? No 'cracy' over here! Only anarchy, dammit! Get off my lawn, you freakin' liberals!