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Political facts and useful notes can be found on the UsefulNotes index. '''Please be double-plus mindful of the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement.'''

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Political facts and useful notes can be found on the UsefulNotes index. '''Please be double-plus [[{{Newspeak}} double-plus]] mindful of the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement.'''
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* PoliticalProgrammes: Programs depicting ReaLLife political occurrences.

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* PoliticalProgrammes: Programs depicting ReaLLife RealLife political occurrences.

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* EasilyElected: A nation/organization seems to have no screening process or election protocol, that anyone can rise to the highest position of power without any qualification.


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* EasilyElected: A nation/organization seems to have no screening process or election protocol, that anyone can rise to the highest position of power without any qualification.
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* EasilyElected: A nation/organization seems to have no screening process or election protocol, that anyone can rise to the highest position of power without any qualification.

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* NationalismIsDestructive: A negative portrayal of nationalism and its ideologues.
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* ManifestoMakingMalcontent: When an individual writes a manifesto explaining their beliefs.
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* NationalismIsDestructive: A negative portrayal of nationalism and its ideologues.

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** WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: The denial or whitewashing of a genocide.

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** WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: The denial denial, whitewashing, or whitewashing justification of a genocide.
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* IOwnThisTown
* IconOfRebellion

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* IOwnThisTown
IOwnThisTown: A rich and powerful member of the elite who runs a city like their own personal fiefdom.
* IconOfRebellionIconOfRebellion: A symbol for resistance against the establishment.

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* [[FascistsBedtime Fascists' Bedtime]]: Curfews. Never leave home with them.

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* [[FascistsBedtime Fascists' Bedtime]]: FascistsBedtime: Curfews. Never leave home with them.



* NoAdequatePunishment
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** AmericaTakesOverTheWorld
** ChinaTakesOverTheWorld
** JapanTakesOverTheWorld
** RussiaTakesOverTheWorld

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** AmericaTakesOverTheWorld
AmericaTakesOverTheWorld: The whole world is led by the USA.
** ChinaTakesOverTheWorld
ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: The whole world is led by China.
** JapanTakesOverTheWorld
JapanTakesOverTheWorld: The whole world is led by Japan.
** RussiaTakesOverTheWorldRussiaTakesOverTheWorld: The whole world is led by Russia or the USSR.
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* GovernmentInExile: The leaders of a former national government now live in another country (while still claiming sovereignty they no longer have).

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* GovernmentInExile: The leaders of a former national government now live in another country (while still claiming sovereignty sovereign authority which they no longer have).

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* PoliticalHostage: TheEmpire wants to keep a vassal state in line, so they hold someone important to them as a guest.

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* PoliticalHostage: TheEmpire wants to keep a vassal state in line, so they hold someone important to them as a guest.an indefinite "guest".



** TheQuisling: A nation's puppet leader appointed by a foreign military occupation.
** RegimeChange: The forceful overthrow and replacement of a national government that is (in)directly supported by a foreign power.

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** TheQuisling: A nation's puppet leader who is appointed by a foreign military occupation.
** RegimeChange: The forceful overthrow and replacement of a national government that is (in)directly government, supported by a foreign power.power; usually done by covertly sponsoring [[TheCoup a coup or revolution]], and sometimes much more overtly through invasion and occupation by that foreign power.
** VoluntaryVassal: A state is willingly subservient to another, more powerful one. Usually allowed to run their own domestic affairs, but foreign policy and trade terms are effectively dictated by their master.



* VoluntaryVassal: A state is willingly subservient to another, more powerful one.
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* WallsOfTyranny: Great big walls are built to remind the people they cannot escape their country's tyrannical rule.

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* TheGreatWall: A city or nation builds a big border wall in order to keep enemy armies, foreign migrants, and other unwanted outsiders out of their territory.

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* TheGreatWall: A city or nation builds a big border wall in order to keep enemy invading armies, foreign migrants, and other unwanted outsiders out of their territory.territory.
** WallsOfTyranny: The border walls aren't just for keeping foreigners outside; they're also meant to keep ''citizens trapped inside''.
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* TheGreatWall: A city or nation builds a big border wall to keep enemies and other unwanted outsiders out of their territory.

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* TheGreatWall: A city or nation builds a big border wall in order to keep enemies enemy armies, foreign migrants, and other unwanted outsiders out of their territory.

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* PuppetState: A nominally independent country, which is actually a client/protectorate/satellite/tributary/vassal that is (in)directly controlled by another, more powerful nation.
* TheQuisling: A nation's puppet leader appointed by a foreign military occupation.

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* PuppetState: A nominally independent country, which is actually a client/protectorate/satellite/tributary/vassal that is (in)directly controlled or dominated by another, more powerful nation.
* ** TheQuisling: A nation's puppet leader appointed by a foreign military occupation.occupation.
** RegimeChange: The forceful overthrow and replacement of a national government that is (in)directly supported by a foreign power.



* RegimeChange: The forceful overthrow and replacement of a national government that is (in)directly supported by a foreign power.
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* ProxyWar: When two rival nations avoid directly going to war with each other, by each supporting different military factions somewhere else in the world.
** EnforcedColdWar
** SpaceColdWar: The UsefulNotes/ColdWar InSpace often involves {{exp|y}}ies of the USA and the USSR, if not those actual entities.

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* ProxyWar: When two or more rival nations avoid each support different factions of a military conflict, instead of directly going to war fighting with each other, by each supporting different military factions somewhere else other in open warfare. For example, the world.
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** EnforcedColdWar
EnforcedColdWar: The ongoing proxy conflict stays "cold", because turning it into an outright "hot" war would be more counterproductive to international interests.
** SpaceColdWar: The A fictional proxy conflict which parallels the historical UsefulNotes/ColdWar InSpace often involves {{exp|y}}ies of between the USA and the USSR, if not those actual entities.USSR.
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* NoMereWindmill: A threat thought to be fictional turns out to be quite real.

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* NoMereWindmill: A threat thought to be fictional It turns out that the supposedly-imaginary threat that the WindmillCrusader was trying to be warn everyone about, is [[RealAfterAll actually quite real.real]].
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* TheSuffragette: Feminist activists who fought for the right of female citizens to vote in elections.

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* TheSuffragette: Feminist activists who fought for the right of female citizens to vote in elections.elections or run for political offices.
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* AnarchyIsChaos: The belief that having no government leads to utter chaos and lawlessness.

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* AnarchyIsChaos: The belief that having no government leads to utter chaos and lawlessness. Also related to the stereotype that anarchists hold no political goals beyond abolishing statism, and just want to live without any laws or rules.

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* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: The mockery of political ideologies and movements that the author disagrees with.


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** AcceptablePoliticalTargets: The mockery of political ideologies and movements that the author disagrees with.

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* TheAlliance: When two or more countries agree to team together against common enemies.

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* TheAlliance: When two or more sovereign countries agree to team up together against for common enemies.diplomatic/economic/military interests.



** HegemonicEmpire: An Empire built through soft power (economics and culture) instead of hard power (military).



* TheFederation: A large federation, confederacy, or alliance of various states which are partially or completely united together as one political force.

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* TheFederation: A large federation, confederacy, or alliance (con)federacy/federation of various states which are partially or completely united together as one political force.force, sometimes even under a single centralized (federal) government.
** MultipleGovernmentPolity: A federalized entity of multiple distinct states united together.



* HegemonicEmpire: TheEmpire but through soft power (economics and culture) instead of hard power (military).



* MultipleGovernmentPolity: A (con)federation of multiple distinct states united together.
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* TheGreatWall: A nation or a faction builds a great big wall to keep their enemies out of their territory.

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* TheGreatWall: A city or nation or a faction builds a great big border wall to keep their enemies and other unwanted outsiders out of their territory.
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* GenericFederationNamedEmpire
* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: A republic is portrayed as good, while TheEmpire is a force of evil.

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* GenericFederationNamedEmpire
GenericFederationNamedEmpire: TheFederation or TheAlliance doesn't have much of a unique name, while TheEmpire does.
* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: A ([[TheFederation federal]]) republic is portrayed as being good, while TheEmpire is a force of evil.
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* TheEmpire: An aggressive, expansionist, and militaristic empire bent on conquering everyone else.

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* TheEmpire: An aggressive, expansionist, aggressively expansionist and militaristic empire bent on conquering everyone else.



* TheFederation

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* TheFederationTheFederation: A large federation, confederacy, or alliance of various states which are partially or completely united together as one political force.

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