21-04-2002 05:48									#1
	Democratic Despot? Increase the size of your Attachments

hey all, i know i don't really hang around the democratic game section and whatnot, but i wanted to start a civ3 democratic game before but we decdided to wait a bit (endless patches that completely change the game, etc).

anyway, i was just wondering if the democratic games should really be democratic all the time. i was thinking that the government of the civ would have a bearing on the physical (real) world behind it.

for example, if you were in a democracy, the game would work as it does now. if you were in a monarchy, one person would have absolute rule but could appoint advisors of his own accord. etc.

i think that such a system would make the game a lot more fun, having a president getting elected and then being asked to be called Comrade... i might even run if i could do that

	21-04-2002 07:06									#2
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so the leader would be elected but nothing else would have to be democratic. I'm not saying I would support that, but here are my suggestions:
despotism-prez rules all
monarchy-prez appoints advisors who don't have to ask people stuff
republic-prez and advisors elected, but advisors can still ignore people
democracy-everyone elected and leaders must consult people
communism-prez appoints, needs ratification of actions from scared-to-death advisors
fundamentalism-prez renamed god, has total control over both the game and the people's lives
anarchy-prez has no power, anyone can obtain the game and play a few turns then put it back (like an SG)

	21-04-2002 08:07									#3
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exactly. i believe such a system would be quite funny / realistic.

imagine being elected to a Despotism, but wanting to be completely Democratic. You'd have to go through the anarchist period, and lose 6 turns of your pesidency!

	21-04-2002 09:22									#4
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That would be pretty entertaining...I'd play a civ3 or 2 democratic game like that.

	21-04-2002 14:16									#5
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quote: Originally posted by UberKruX exactly. i believe such a system would be quite funny / realistic. imagine being elected to a Despotism, but wanting to be completely Democratic. You'd have to go through the anarchist period, and lose 6 turns of your pesidency!

or just do it in time with the Oedo years and not miss a turn

	21-04-2002 15:50									#6
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or you get a despot that add a new rule==> no more ellections and renames himself to
"Princeps perpetuum"

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	21-04-2002 23:11									#7
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Until the military "accidentally" shoots the despot, of course...

	22-04-2002 02:16									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Shadowlord Until the military "accidentally" shoots the despot, of course...

and then you get a new despot that needs to be shot

	22-04-2002 04:40									#9
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Or the Central American way - the Despot emigrates to Tonga with the Treasury - hmmmm.....

	22-04-2002 08:02									#10
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Jokes aside, if you play as a despot - paying little heed to the public - you will lose your public and thus the game. You will need to include them in the game somehow for it to work.

	23-04-2002 04:09									#11
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Yes, while we are playing the game in a democratic style, it does not work very well if we try and match the other forms of governments the game allows.