Tired of naming your customizable empires "empires" or "republics"? Copying off of other science fiction sources for empire names? Then this is the table for you! I will go over some more esoteric names and forms of government that you can use for your next playthrough, as well as the context in which they apply.
Without further ado, here is the list! It is organized by the authority that best applies to it, with notes on possible civics/ethics to use alongside it.
Democracy:
| Name | Description | Examples | Recommended Civics/Ethics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demarchy | A randomly selected group of citizens governs the states. | Athens | Beacon of Liberty |
| Electocracy | Citizens elect the government, but the governments holds total power (no referendums or ballot measures). | Iraq | Egalitarian |
| Ergatocracy | Communism (government dominated by the proletariat). | None | Shared Burdens, Egalitarian |
| Ochlocracy | Mob rule, or rule by the majority | Rome (on occasions) | Xenophobe, Egalitarian |
| Anocracy | A hybrid of a democracy and autocracy | Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar (prior to 2021 coup), Nigeria | Shadow Council |
Oligarchy/Dictatorial:
| Type of Government | Description | Examples | Recommended Civics/Ethics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geniocracy | Rule of the intelligent | None (proposed as hypothetical world government by Raëlists) | Meritocracy, materialist |
| Kraterocracy | Rule of the strong | None (coups don't count; the idea that the strongest will prevail is embedded within the government, whereas a coup seizes power from outside the system) | Cutthroat Politics, militarist |
| Kritarchy | Rule of judges or law enforcement | Somalia, biblical judges of Ancient Israel, Mega-City One (Judge Dredd) | Police State, authoritarian |
| Noocracy | Rule of philosophers | Pythagoreanism | Philosopher King |
| Stratocracy | Rule of the military. Not to be confused with a coup or military junta, as a stratocracy is legitimized by the constitution. | Myanmar, Sparta, Rome (de facto), Galactic Empire, Cardassian Union, Global Defense Initiative, Turian Hierarchy | Militarist, citizen service, Distinguished Admiralty, warrior culture |
| Timocracy | Rule by property owners/wealthy individuals, or a degraded form of an aristocracy. | Solonian Constitution of Athens | Aristocratic Elite |
| Cyberocracy | Rule by information. A computer system or program would delegate and distribute tasks to the government branches based on incoming data, with humans only acting in edge cases that the system cannot handle by itself. | Project Cybersyn | Technocracy, Efficient Bureaucracy, materialist. Can also be used with Machine Intelligences. |
| Magocracy | Rule of magicians/sorcerors. Closely related to a theocracy. | Tevinter Imperium, Sith Empire, Prospero | Exalted Priesthood/Imperial Cult, spiritualist, Psionic Ascension recommended |
| Thalassocracy | A primarily seaborne (or spaceborne) empire | Bemat Thalassocracy, literally all Stellaris empires, Venice, every overseas colonial empire (Britain, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, etc.) | Distinguished Admiralty. Can be basically all other ethics/government types. |
Machine Intelligence:
| Type of Government | Description | Examples | Recommended Civics/Ethics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algocracy | Complete governmental rule by algorithms. Closely related to a cyberocracy | Daemon (Daemon by Daniel Suarez), a variety of AI implementations in modern governments | Rogue Servitor |
Hive Mind:
| Type of Government | Description | Examples | Recommended Civics/Ethics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniocracy | Rule by a gestalt singularity connected to the rest of the population | Literally all gestalts | Can also be used by Machine Intelligences. |
Imperial authorities don't have any special names, because they already are a system of government unto themselves (hereditary rule of one person).
With all these -ocracies, you can just add them to the end or beginning of your home system name (e.g. the Velutarian Stratocracy, the Kritarchy of Omega Scorpii) for easy empire naming.
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