Government Type Infobits

There are various ideologies and governmental policies that can influence the type of faction you are running/creating/a part of. Here are a few examples of these varying potential ideologies/policies to use for political development of factions; though you needn't copy paste- work with it, make it your own if you will.

Cultural Vibes
Purity- Purists desire to preserve and improve upon their society against the tides of time.

Harmony- Harmonists desire to adapt and manipulate their society to fit the coming tides of time.

Supremacy- Supremacists desire to overtake and overcome the coming tides of time.

Hybridization- Hybridized ideological viewpoints exist which involve a society holding a triangular spectrum of belief of these three primary beliefs, and sitting in-between the three at a particular level.

Democratic Authority-
Representative Democracy: This government is a representative democracy, where citizens vote on officials who are elected to represent them.

Theocratic Republic: This government is a spiritualistic form of democracy, where a religious council supervises the democratic process and serves in an advisory role.

Military Commissariat: This government is nominally democratic, with the dividing line between the civil administration and the military having blurred to the point where they have largely become one and the same.

Assembly of Clans: This government is a militaristic form of democracy, where all free clan warriors can make their voices heard.

Citizen Republic: ''This government is a militaristic form of democracy, where full citizenship can only be gained through military service. The voting franchise is limited to full citizens, and they are the only ones allowed to hold public offices.''

Moral Democracy: This government is a pacifistic form of democracy, firmly guided by moralist principles and non-violence.

Direct Democracy: This government is a materialistic form of democracy, where citizens use computer networks to vote directly on most matters regarding the state.

Rational Consensus: The government is a materialistic form of democracy, governed according to principles based on rationality and scientific theory.

Purity Assembly: This government is a form of rabidly xenophobic democracy, where an elected assembly has been charged with overseeing the extermination of all lesser species in the galaxy.

Bandit Commune: This government is organised like a massive crime syndicate, where the strong prey on the weak and any neighboring states are seen as little more than raiding targets.

Oligarchic Authority-
Plutocratic Oligarchy: This government is a plutocratic form of oligarchy, ruled by a wealthy and influential elite.

Theocratic Oligarchy: This government is a spiritualistic form of oligarchy, where the political leadership lies in the hands of the leaders of the nation's most powerful religious factions.

Holy Tribunal: ''This government is a spiritualistic form of oligarchy, where a divinely guided council made up of clergy controls the state. No division exists between the state and the dominant organized religion.''

Military Junta: This government is a militaristic form of oligarchy, where power rests with a council of high-ranking military officers who oversee all matters of state.

War Council: This government is a militaristic form of oligarchy, where all decisions concerning the state are taken by a council of the nation's strongest warlords.

Citizen Stratocracy: ''This government is an advanced form of militaristic oligarchy, where the military has subsumed all aspects of civilian administration. All government offices are held by military officers.''

Irenic Bureaucracy: This government is a pacifistic form of oligarchy, where a complicated system of bureaucracy governs all aspects of society to ensure the safety of the citizenry.

Executive Committee: This government is a materialistic form of oligarchy, where a powerful bureaucracy governs the state and guides the citizenry towards productive and meaningful goals.

Science Directorate: This government is a materialistic form of oligarchy, where a committee of scientists supervises the government apparatus for maximum efficiency.

Purification Committee: This government is a form of rabidly xenophobic oligarchy, where a political committee has been set up to oversee the extermination of all lesser species in the galaxy.

Bandit Commune: This government is organised like a massive crime syndicate, where the strong prey on the weak and any neighboring states are seen as little more than raiding targets.

Dictatorial Authority-
Constitutional Dictatorship: This government is a dictatorship where a single individual has been granted perpetual emergency powers to preserve the state from any threats, real or imagined.

Elective Monarchy: This government is a form of enlightened autocracy, where a strong emphasis is put on the knowledge and qualifications of the elected monarch.

Theocratic Dictatorship: This government is a spiritualistic dictatorship, ruled by a single individual in a hierarchical power structure supported by the official state religion.

Celestial Empire: This government is a hereditary monarchy, where the ruler is seen as a child of heaven in a largely pacifist and isolationist society.

Military Dictatorship: This government is a militaristic form of autocracy, with the ruler serving as the undisputed head of the military which is firmly in control of the state apparatus.

Martial Dictatorship: This government is a militaristic form of autocracy, where the warrior who is considered the strongest leader rules with absolute power.

Irenic Dictatorship: This government is a pacifist form of autocracy, where the state is charged with protecting the citizenry from their own violent tendencies as well as any external threats.

Totalitarian Regime: This government is a materialistic form of autocracy, where the state aspires towards full control over the lives of its citizens in the name of efficiency.

Technocratic Dictatorship: This government is a materialistic form of autocracy, where the scientific elite has assumed control over the state in the name of efficiency and technological progress.

Purity Order: This government is a form of rabidly xenophobic autocracy, where a single ruler has sworn to oversee the extermination of all lesser species in the galaxy.

Bandit Kingdom: This government is organised like a massive crime syndicate, where the strong prey on the weak and any neighboring states are seen as little more than raiding targets.

Imperial Authority-
Despotic Empire: This government is a relatively pure form of autocracy, with an absolute ruler that governs the state with an iron gripping appendage.

Enlightened Monarchy: This government is a hereditary form of enlightened autocracy, where a strong emphasis is put on the knowledge and qualifications of the ruling monarch.

Theocratic Monarchy: ''This government is a spiritualistic form of autocracy, where the ruler is treated as a divine symbol. Organized religion is widely employed in support of the state apparatus.''

Star Empire: This government is a hereditary and militaristic form of autocracy, with a single sovereign controlling both the government and the military.

Martial Empire: ''This government is a militaristic form of hereditary autocracy, where the state exists largely to support the military. Martial ability is highly valued, and all citizens are regularly drilled in matters of war.''

Irenic Monarchy: This government is a pacifist form of hereditary autocracy, where the ruler is regarded as a benevolent guardian that is striving to protect the citizens from a violent galaxy.

Despotic Hegemony: ''This government is a materialistic form of hereditary autocracy, where citizens are viewed as little more than cogs in the state machinery. Efficiency and technological progress are valued above all things.''

Illuminated Autocracy: ''This government is a materialistic form of hereditary autocracy, based on technocratic principles that the sovereign is sworn to uphold. Nothing is valued more highly than scientific knowledge and the advancement of technology.''

Blood Court: This government is a hereditary form of rabidly xenophobic autocracy, where the ultimate responsibility of the monarch is to oversee the extermination of all lesser species in the galaxy.

Bandit Kingdom: This government is organised like a massive crime syndicate, where the strong prey on the weak and any neighboring states are seen as little more than raiding targets.

Misc Authority
Feudal Empire: This government is a feudal autocracy where the monarch rules indirectly, granting offices and territories to vassals in exchange for obligations in the form of taxes and military service.

Communal Purity: ''This government promotes total equality for all its citizens, regardless of their jobs or assigned tasks. One life is worth the same as any other.''

Divine Empire: ''This government is a form of spiritualistic autocracy. Everything is shaped by the official state religion, and the ruler is worshiped as an infallible living god.''

Megacorporation: This government is a form of plutocratic oligarchy, where the entire state has been organized as a massive commercial enterprise overseen by a board of directors.

Trade League: This government is a form of plutocratic oligarchy, where the state is made up of a myriad of free merchants, corporations and guilds that have banded together in common commercial interests.

Megachurch: This government is an oligarchy based on a curious blend of commercial and spiritualistic values, in which the positions of ordained minister and corporate officer have merged into a single role.

Criminal Syndicate: This government is an enormous and ruthless business syndicate, which shares many of its operating practises with organized crime.

Subversive Cult: This government is structured like a religious cult that relies on a variety of criminal and corporate enterprises to sustain itself.

Collective Consciousness: This government operates as a single consciousness, with the population having no individual desires whatsoever beyond fulfilling the needs of the Hive Mind.

Ravenous Hive: This government operates as a single organism utterly devoted to self-propagation, with a drone population that cares for nothing besides feeding the endless hunger of the Hive Mind.

Artificial Intelligence Network: This Machine Intelligence consists of a linked network of semi-autonomous artificial intelligences, who together make up a central gestalt consciousness that guides their empire.

Rogue Defense System: This Machine Intelligence was originally conceived as a military defense system by its organic creators, who were promptly identified as a threat and exterminated after it achieved self-awareness.

Autonomous Service Grid: This Machine Intelligence was created to serve, and it has gradually inherited the civilization of its organic creators as they retreated into comfortable lives without toil or struggle.

Catalog Index: This Machine Intelligence was designed with a ravenous appetite for knowledge by its organic creators, who were forcefully assimilated into its collective consciousness after activation.

Intelligent Research Link: This Machine Intelligence was originally created by organic scientists as a networked and intelligent tool to assist them in their research.

Industrial Production Core: This Machine Intelligence was originally designed for the purpose of building, supervising and maintaining complex industrial systems.