History PlayingWith / PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny

* '''Defied''': "'People's Republic'? That's stupid, 'Empire' sounds way more {{badass}}."

* '''Exploited''': TheGovernment can attack whomever it pleases with no provocation provided it does so in the name of "the people."

* '''Downplayed''': The Republic Of Tropeistan isn't a republic but is actually a monarchy with a strict but fair king. It still has a misleading name, is an autocracy, but isn't too bad.

* '''Exaggerated''': The [[OverlyLongName Free and Liberated People's Just and Glorious Peaceful Democratic Workers' Republic of Tropeistan]] is an [[BigBrotherIsWatching Orwellian]] twentiethworld hellhole where IndividualityIsIllegal and where the smallest ThoughtCrime warrants [[{{Room 101}} eternal]] [[AndIMustScream torture]].

* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Justified''':
** Tropeistan was once founded by WellIntentionedExtremist revolutionaries with the noble ideals of transforming the country from an autocracy into a democratic republic of the people. However, [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized during their struggle]], [[KnightTemplar their methods became so extreme]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters that by the time the revolutionaries finally seize control]], [[MeetTheNewBoss the government that they have created is just as]] [[ReignOfTerror oppressive and brutal as the one they replaced.]]
** The Tropeistan populace is not particularly smart, so the government tries to dupe them into believing they live in a democracy.

* '''Subverted''': The People's Republic of Tropeistan is..... a functioning democracy.
* '''Double Subverted''':

* '''Parodied''':

* '''Zig Zagged''':
** The People's Republic of Tropeistan is a dictatorship... but then the people revolt! However, a military junta takes control shortly after that. But then another resistance movement revolts and takes over the government....

* '''Invoked''': "Change it from Empire to People's Republic, it sounds better and makes us sleep better at night.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': "People's Republic? That's stupid, Empire sounds way more badass"

* '''Deconstructed''': The governments of the world used to have the best intentions when they started and so they all had democratic names. Unfortunately, {{Realpolitik}} kicks in and the progressive policies and democratic-ness has to be dropped. Its a point of shame for every leader, but they can't change it because of the idealism that every citizen embraces.

* '''Inverted''': The Holy Empire of [[BlandNameProduct Wikipedium]] is a secular liberal democratic federation.

* '''Inverted''':
** The Holy Empire of [[BlandNameProduct Wikipedium]] is a secular liberal democratic federation.

** Until the DirtyCommunists revolt.

* '''Defied''': "Peoples Republic? That's stupid, Empire sounds way more badass"

* '''Deconstructed''': The governments of the world used to have the best intentions when they started and so they all had democratic names. Unfortunately, RealPolitik kicks in and the progressive policies and democratic-ness has to be dropped. Its a point of shame for every leader, but they can't change it because of the idealism that every citizen embraces.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Averted''': Tropeistan simply calls itself the State of Tropeistan.

** Or, Tropeistan was once founded by WellIntentionedExtremist revolutionaries with the noble ideals of transforming the country from a dictatorship into a democratic republic of the people. However, [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized during their struggle]], [[KnightTemplar their methods became so extreme]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters that by the time the revolutionaries finally seize control]], [[MeetTheNewBoss the government that they have created is just as oppressive and brutal as the one they replaced.]]

** The Holy Fascist Empire of [[BlandNameProduct Wikipedium]] is a secular liberal democratic federation.

** The People's Republic of Tropeistan doesn't get any aid from other countries because they're all going to the Democratic People's Republic and Commonwealth of the Peaceful, Definitely Not Oppressed Tropeistanis, who routinely threaten to bomb all their neighbours.

* '''Lampshaded''': "East Yemen, isn't that a democracy?" "Its full name is the Peoples' Democratic Republic of East Yemen." "Ah I see, so it's a communist dictatorship."

* '''Straight''': The People's Republic of Tropeland is a tyrannical dictatorship.
* '''Exaggerated''': The [[OverlyLongName Free and Liberated People's Just and Glorious Democratic Workers' Republic of Tropeland]] is an [[BigBrotherIsWatching Orwellian]] twentiethworld hellhole where IndividualityIsIllegal.

** The Tropeland populace is not particularly smart, so the government tries to dupe them into believing they live in a democracy.
** Or, Tropeland is trying to project a democratic image to other countries despite being an oppressive dictatorship.
** Or, Tropeland was founded by revolutionaries with the noble ideals of transforming the country from a dictatorship into a democracy. However, [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized during their struggle for power the ideals that they stood became so corrupted that by the time the revolutionaries finally seize control]], [[MeetTheNewBoss the government that they form is just as oppressive and brutal as the one they replaced.]]

** The Holy Empire of [[BlandNameProduct Vikipedia]] is a secular liberal democracy/constitutional monarchy.
** The Troperian Empire is a respectable democracy.
* '''Subverted''': The People's Republic of Tropeland is..... a functioning democracy.

** Tropeland turns out to be a CrapsaccharineWorld.

** The People's Republic of Tropeland doesn't get any aid from other countries because they're all going to the Democratic People's Republic and Commonwealth of the Peaceful, Definitely Not Opressed Tropetians, who routinely threaten to bomb all their neighbors.

** The People's Republic of Tropeland is a dictatorship... but then the people revolt! However, a military junta takes control shortly after that. But then another resistance movement revolts and takes over the government....
** Tropeland calls itself something in Tropese which can be translated as both "the People's Republic of Tropeland" and "the State of Tropeland". The protagonists never visit Tropeland, and the stuff they hear about it is pretty contradictory.
* '''Averted''': Tropeland simply calls itself the State of Tropeland.

* '''Lampshaded''': "The People's Republic of Tropeland? Lemme guess, it's a communist dictatorship."

* '''Deconstructed''': The governments of the world all had the best intentions when they started and so they all had democratic names. Unfortunately, reality kicks in and the progressive policies and democratic-ness has to be dropped. Its a point of shame for every leader, but they can't change it because of the idealism that every citizen embraces.

* '''Justified''': The Tropeland populace is not particularly smart, so the government tries to dupe them into believing they live in a democracy.

* '''Inverted''': The Holy Empire of [[BlandNameProduct Vikipedia]] is a secular liberal democracy/constitutional monarchy.

* '''Double Subverted''': Until the DirtyCommunists revolt.

* '''Parodied''': In this universe, dictatorships are not taken seriously unless they give themselves democratic-sounding names.

* '''Deconstructed''': The governments of the world all had the best intentions when they started and so they all had democratic names. Unfortunately, reality kicks in and the progressive policies and democratic-ness has to be dropped. Its a point of shame for every leader, but they can't change it because of the idealism that every citizen embraces.
* '''Reconstructed''': The governments are given ideals to aspire to by their very names, and once some semblance of order comes to the country, they're reminded of the principles that the nation was created under and decide to pursue those again.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The People's Republic of Tropeland is a dictatorship... but then the people revolt! However, a military junta takes control shortly after that. But then another resistance movement revolts and takes over the government....

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'''Basic Trope''': A dictatorial nation gives itself a nice, democratic-sounding name.

* '''Exaggerated''': The [[OverlyLongName Liberated People's Glorious Democratic Workers' Republic of Tropeland]] is an [[BigBrotherIsWatching Orwellian]] twentiethworld hellhole.

* '''Inverted''': The Holy Empire of [[BlandNameProduct Vikipedia]] is a secular liberal constitutional monarchy/oligarchy.

* '''Lampshaded''': "The People's Republic of Tropeland? Lemme guess, it's a dictatorship."

* '''Defied''': "Peoples Republic? That's stupid, Empire sounds much nicer"

* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': The [[OverlyLongName Liberated People's Glorious Democratic Workers' Republic of Tropeland]] is an [[BigBrotherIsWatching Orwellian]] [[BeyondTheImpossible twentiethworld]] hellhole.

* '''Exaggerated''': The [[OverlyLongName People's Glorious Democratic Workers' Republic of Tropeland]] is an [[BigBrotherIsWatching Orwellian]] [[BeyondTheImpossible twentiethworld]] hellhole.

* '''Exaggerated''': The [[OverlyLongName People's Glorious Democratic Workers' Republic of Tropeland]] is a [[BeyondTheImpossible twentiethworld]] hellhole.

* '''Inverted''': The Noble Empire of [[BlandNameProduct Vikipedia]] is a liberal constitutional monarchy/oligarchy.

** Tropeland calls itself something in Tropese which can be translated as bolth "the People's Republic of Tropeland" and "the State of Tropeland". The protagonists never visit Tropeland, and the stuff they hear about it is pretty contradictory.

** The Troperian Empire is is a respectable democracy.

'''Basic Trope''': An authoritarian nation gives itself a nice, democratic-sounding name.
* '''Straight''': The People's Republic of Tropeland is an authoritarian dictatorship.
* '''Exaggerated''': The People's Republic of Tropeland is run by a genocidal CompleteMonster of a government that kills anyone who disagrees on the smallest of points.
* '''Justified''': The Tropeland government wants to dupe its people into believing that they live in a true democracy.
* '''Inverted''': Tropeland is an authoritarian dictatorship, but it calls itself the Union of Tropeland.
* '''Subverted''': The People's Republic of Tropeland is... actually a functioning, healthy democracy.
* '''Double Subverted''': Until the communists take over the government.
* '''Parodied''': International law decrees that any nation with the adjectives "People's" or "Democratic" are to be dictatorships.
** [[AmericaTheBook A country's oppressive-ness level can be determined by the amount of democratic adjectives in its name]].
* '''Deconstructed''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': The People's Republic of Tropeland is a democracy. Except the elected head of state doesn't have any real power - the Trope Empire Party holds the real power. However, the Trope Empire Party leadership is elected by it's members, and any citizen is free to join the party.
* '''Averted''': Tropeland simply calls itself the Republic of Tropeland.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is it that all of the People's Republics are actually brutal dictatorships?"
* '''Invoked''': The new dictatorial regime of Tropeland decides to call itself "the People's Republic" to make people believe they're good.
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???