Low-Tech Democracy.

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Originally Posted by combatmedic

[...] Warriors form local groups which elect representatives, who form groups which elect representatives who form the council that forms the highest level along with the elected heads of state and governments.
It's bottom up and concrete/organic in development, not top down and abstract/theoretical.[...]

That is actually pretty close to the original Soviet system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_(council)