• Election terms required: Must define and hold elections on schedule to seat a new leader.
• Snap elections: Players can force early elections; treat as formal votes and run promptly.
• Civil Unrest tracking: Democracies track Civil Unrest instead of Riot. Higher unrest triggers in-game consequences.

Multi-state structure with decentralized leadership. Requires both citizen approval and state leader consensus for major decisions.

Parliament-driven decisions. War declarations and leadership changes require majority parliament vote. Most responsive to civil unrest (lowest riot threshold).

• King Killer Rule: Monarchs can be dethroned, killed, or exiled under King Killer rules when triggered by storyline or revolt events.
• Succession: Leadership typically passes through hereditary or appointed means rather than elections.

• King Killer Rule: Monarch vulnerable to dethronement mechanics.
• High authority: Monarch has extensive power but faces serious consequences if dethroned.
• Highest riot threshold: Takes longest to reach riot conditions, but rebellion is severe when it occurs.

Monarchy with power limits enforced by constitutional structure. Monarch powers are capped by lower house votes and parliament.

• War penalties: Heavily punished for war declarations and military losses.
• Land loss consequences: Significant penalties for territorial losses.
• Leadership stability: High command backing required for major decisions; vulnerable to coups and revolution.

• Religious Upheaval: If players openly reject religious doctrine, the nation enters a unique riot state.
• Restrictions: Temporary limits on tax changes, mandatory edicts from clergy.
• Unrest acceleration: Fast-rising unrest if clerical decrees are ignored.

• Technocracy Upheaval: If science/tech mandate is rejected, unique riot state triggered.
• Economic structure: Lower industrial upkeep but higher upkeep in farming, infrastructure, and administration.
• Mandatory edicts: Technocrats can impose scientific decrees; ignoring them raises unrest.

• Wealth disparity mechanic: High wealth gaps immediately trigger riot conditions.
• Equality enforcement: Must actively manage economic disparity or face civil unrest.
• Worker representation: Major decisions require workers congress vote.

• Forced wealth redistribution: Automatic economic mechanics redistribute wealth among citizens.
• Economic management: Limited ability to accumulate resources; must balance community needs.
• Communal approval: Major decisions require communal vote rather than individual ruler authority.

• Market control: Can ban all private markets and restrict store creation to approved individuals only.
• Centralized economy: Gives centralized economic control; citizens cannot engage in independent commerce.
• Wealth disparity mechanic: High wealth gaps immediately trigger riot conditions.
• Party authority: Central committee backing required for war and major policy changes.

• Essential services only: Government limited to essential services; reduced control over nation operations and citizen activities.
• Minimal taxation: Lowest tax cap (0%-20%); highly restricted tax revenue.
• Lowest riot threshold: Civil unrest triggers most easily (25%); requires constant democratic balancing.
• Militia-driven: Militia assembly backing required for major decisions; decentralized authority.

• Essential services only: Government limited to essential services; reduced control over nation operations and citizen activities.
• Minimal taxation: Lowest tax cap (0%-20%); minimal state control over economy.
• Low government interference: Citizens have maximum economic freedom.
• Citizen-based: Major decisions require citizen approval rather than elite backing.

• Single town only: Free City-States can only have one town; cannot expand to multiple towns.
• Essential services only: Government limited to essential services; reduced control over nation operations and citizen activities.
• Maximum autonomy: Independent city-state with minimal central authority; citizens maintain maximum self-governance.
• Highest riot tolerance: Citizens accustomed to self-rule; unrest requires extreme conditions (60% threshold).
• Citizen consensus: War requires overwhelming citizen backing; cannot enforce mandatory policies.

• War restriction: Cannot declare war under any circumstances.
• No land loss penalty: Not punished for losing territory (but still lose territory).
• Economic specialization: Lower farming upkeep but higher industrial upkeep.
• Environmental focus: Economic policies prioritize ecological preservation.

• Limited claim time: Claims are temporary; limited duration before they are relinquished.
• Cheap towns: Creating new towns is very inexpensive compared to other governments.
• Mobility focus: Economy based on rapid movement and temporary settlements rather than permanent territory.
• Clan council: Leadership decisions driven by clan council backing rather than individual authority.

• Syndicate control: Power distributed through organized networks and syndicates.
• Rigid hierarchy: Clear command structure with minimal democratic input; strict internal discipline.
• Economic extraction: Higher baseline taxes due to organized resource collection networks.