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...al populace elects representatives who govern for them (a [[representative democracy]]). ...mall body—at the extreme, to one person—, what exists is not a democracy at all, but an autocracy; what is not clear is where exactly the line can b

...nce what they don't have they can acquire by trading with other states. [[democracy|Democracies]] tend to be workable at larger sizes than [[autocracy|autarchi ...rge states, leading often to the development instead of a [[representative democracy]] in which the decisions are made not by the people directly but by their e

The Aabelon is the only major covin that elects its leadership by [[direct democracy]]. The leader of the Aabelon, called the [[Great Coördinator]], is el