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Old 09-13-2018, 06:33 PM   #469
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Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2 View Post
A "democracy", but the only polling places are inside the capital, so anyone who wants to vote has to physically travel there.
That would mean either A) it cannot expand beyond a certain point, B)everyone in the places it expands to remains a helot or C) expansion is limited to clientage and/or influence. Or D) it evolves into an Imperium. All of these have actual historical precedent, enough to make a plausible game.
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