What if you were the Dictator of Earth?

[The United Colonies of Earth]

I would try to unify the races and escape from Earth.

[Mavorpen]

Too much work, so create a parliament or hire a VP to do the important shit for me.

Generally though, I would tackle pollution and get rid of the livestock industry.

[Heiligen Romischen]

Pool international resources into making Liberty Prime.

[Fontoria]

Have sex all day.

[Neo Arcem]

Forced take over of Haagen Daaz, all Kaiten-Sushi joints, and begin work on a flying fortress OF EVIL. With death rays.

Then get bored and become a hermit.

[Camelza]

1st educate the third world
2nd perform a massive environmental reform
3rd resign and live in a bungalow in the Seychelles

[Britannic Realms]

- Give the whole world to Great Britain.
- Oversee the establishment of global public education system, public healthcare system and welfare system worldwide.
- Resign and let the Prime Minister take power.
- Get a peerage from the Queen and sit all day in the House of Lords.

[Acrainia]

I would begin a massive project to colonize our interstellar neighborhood and expand the United Earth Empire. I would rule all this from a massive space station orbiting the moon. Eventually I will find a way to live forever and declare myself to be a god.

Also I would build a giant cheese fountain in every city so that all my people may enjoy free fondue as they please.

[Vaklor]

I wouldn't be. I would never be a dictator.

[North Calaveras]

-Lead Humanity in a crusade against all aliens
-Be betrayed by my sons and crippled
-Lead Humanity from my life support room
-Due battle with extra-dimensional beings and their followers among the stars

[Zwitterjiund]

I would remain in the dark for a while, I would enact a third world war in which the human population would significantly drop (by a few billion hopefully) If there is a victor I would claim my position as the Emperor of said nation and execute a program designed to make the lives of the remaining human population as easy as possible. Everyone would be given an Xbox 360 to keep them happy and everything would be free, distributed by the government.

The human population would be capped around 4-5 billion, once the population exceeds that we start moving into space.

Also everyone gets free Ribena delivered to their door instead of milk, and a cow for every street...for the shits and giggles.

[Czechanada]

Everyone who pisses on a toilet seat shall be lined up against the wall and shot,

[Old Tyrannia]

Mass executions of the many people who have displeased me in my life as well as those who know embarassing stories about me that I wouldn't want to be in open circulation now that I'm the Immortal God-Emperor of Mankind, followed by the reintroduction of feudalism. I'd restore the monarchies of every former monarchical country that still exists, with the new kings and queens being required to swear alleigance to me. My worship would, of course, be enforced (and I'd make Satanism, scientology and other dangerous or just plain silly cults illegal) but otherwise I'd tolerate religious freedom. I'd probably start a massive programme of wealth re-distribution, designed at creating a more fair and equal yet socially conservative and hierarchial society; militaries, being redundant, would all be dissolved with the exception of local peacekeeping militias and my own personal Grand Imperial Army. Confucianism would be the world's state philosophy. Attempts would be made to encourage various nations and regions of the world to re-embrace their native cultures- for instance, in China, government officials would be required to wear traditional hanfu clothing instead of business suits. Venice would be made independant from Italy and be placed under my special protection. There'd be little shrines to me in every public building and people would have to come and pay their respects to me whenever they entered such a facility. I'd also begin gradually increasing animals' rights, starting with making the 'higher' animals such as dolphins, whales, crows, elephants, great apes and so on non-human persons. All of which is just the tip of the iceberg.

Max Barry would get a knighthood for creating NationStates, of course.

[The Serbian Empire]

Resign immediately!

[Yootwopia]

I don't think I'd be especially good. So it'd be like normal for most people, I suppose.

[Free Buccaneers]

Of course the very idea of me being a dictator imposing my free market vision onto the world would go against my libertarian principles... However hypothetically, firstly I would over a period of several years undergo a transition of the world economy from corporatism, to classical liberalism, to minarchy. I would establish one-party system, whereby theres one (funded membership fees) political party, and only loyal and true free market libertarians can participate. The members would vote on an heir in case of my death/abdication/illness/laziness.

Statist institutions such as the IMF and World Bank would be abolished, as with national borders, after all there would be only one nation - The International Free Market Republic. 99% of the economy would be privatized, with the exception administration of the tiny public sector - which would be funded by voluntary taxation or donations. Donations would be limited in scale to prevent vested interests lobbying government into increasing the size of government. There would be no national currency, each bank allowed to create their own money - competing in the market - as long as they dont practice fractional reserve banking. Central banks would be abolished. So called "Intellectual Property" would be abolished as it is a corporatist statist invention, as would the rule treating corporations as people, and corporations (not businesses!) would be abolished since they are another statist invention (not to be confused with big business).

At that point I would consider the possibility of fazing out the miniature state altogether and implementing pure free market anti-statism. However I am undecided as to whether minarchism or anti-statism is more practical.

[Wotanchester]

Cheaklist
I would destroy to Capitalists.
Nationalise all the banks.
Legalise Weed.
Invest in the economy.
Nationalise all schools.
Increase gay rights.
Ensure religious freedom and set up a parliament of world religions to meet regularly to discus tolerance ect.
Then allow democracy.

[Herskerstad]

I'd start by adding a lot more stars to the flag.

[Zersium]

Pool international resources into making Liberty Prime.

(Image)

Perhaps he'd actually kill Communists instead of...Nationalistic Americans who hate Communists.

I'm sorry, what was his purpose again?

[Pope Joan]

Wherever there is a double yellow line, meaning "no passing", I would have a row of raised circular saws whirring away to shred the tires of malefactors.

[Raeyh]

Wherever there is a double yellow line, meaning "no passing", I would have a row of raised circular saws whirring away to shred the tires of malefactors.

... what about pedestrians who want to cross the road?

[AETEN II]

Unify, establish a new Space 'Race' as to benefit humanity from the multitude of technologies that will result from advancement. Put science ahead of all else, construct a better education system, and many other improvements. After that, resign and leave in my place a democracy.
Wait a minute, THIS THREAD IS A ZOMBIE!

[Sidhae]

I'd leave things as they are, maybe restrict travel a bit and have nations kick out aliens from their lands to keep their cultures and societies pure. And use the world's resources for advancement of scientific knowledge, with the explicit goal of discovering the means of interstellar travel and colonization, so that hopefully each nation of Earth can one day be assigned with a planet of their own to keep them from bickering over resources at least for a while.

I would also invest in branches of research deemed unethical these days, namely, human genetic enhancement and cyber-augmentation technologies, with the purpose of making myself a super-strong, super-intelligent immortal cyborg to rule over Mankind forever (or at least until some accident or assassination ends my reign). And also to make myself an army of loyal cyborg supersoldiers that would crush all dissent.

I would also abuse various annoying minority groups for the simple fun of it, say, have too loud-mouthed feminist activists given to my generals as their very own slave bitches, or have gay rights activists locked up with a horny 200-pound weightlifter type after holding them a formal marriage ceremony. No, by no means I would discriminate homosexuals in general - I would even keep a personal elite unit called "BearFAG", a team of homosexual bikers who would abduct and gang-rape my male enemies until they die or swear eternal fealty to me under pain of being raped to death. I would have no problem laying waste to entire regions that might oppose my reign - if a village dissents, the village gets burnt down, if a city dissents, it gets leveled to ground, if an entire region dissents, it gets glassed. But people would surely obey me, since I'm a good heart and will leave them be as long as they keep paying their taxes and don't speak out against me.

Of course, I would have every city erect a big statue of me - the bigger, the better - and keep a huge harem of concubines. That should redefine the purpose of Miss Universe and other lame beauty contests.

I would also eradicate organized crime and replace it with bogus crime organizations of my own, so that I am the only man to also profit from the illegal as well as legal trade. Capturing and executing or imprisoning low-ranking members unaware of their organization's true nature will convince people something is being done about combating crime and keep them content.

Criminals with a talent for fighting would be sent to gladiatorial matches televised worldwide, earning their freedom with blood, while those without such talents would serve as cannon fodder/expendable extras in these matches. People would pay big money to see disgraced war heroes, outlaw bikers and hitmen give a beating to corrupt officials, serial killers, pedophiles and other vermin.

And to further my "bread and circus" policies, there would be free booze for everyone on my birthday, on my assumption of office day, and probably some other days I might find deserving of such celebration.

[Samuraikoku]

I'd rather be a hero than a dictator.

[The Romulan Republic]

I'd resign and hand power over to a democratic government.