Our+Ideal+World's+Government

One of the most pressing issues to deal with in creating a new society is choosing the type of government. The conglomeration of ideas that our citizens put forth resulted in a consensus for Democracy. Although we think democracy is the most adequate type of government, we have to decide exactly how our democracy should function. The defining characteristics that separate the Democracy of our Ideal World from the contemporary democracies are the two branch government and the electoral system.

Our Ideal World will have a two branch government, a legislative branch and a judiciary branch. The reasoning behind choosing a two branch government and not a three branch government like the United States of America is that we want to eliminate the possibility of corruption through the power of one man, found in the executive branch. The legislative branch will resemble the Roman Republic; the ratio of the population to the number of elected officials will be based on the amount of people that reside in the area. As the population increases the number of representatives will consequently increase as well. This gives the possibility to encompass all the various groups as our society grows and prospers. But does everyone gets to vote and what stipulations can dismiss the voter’s right to participate?The electoral system in our Ideal World will be dictated by the people. Anyone above the age of fifteen can participate in the input of our government, but there are a few requirements. Anyone with a history of criminal behavior on a major level will be prohibited from voting, frankly because they have already made a negative impact on society and they do not deserve to be part of the voting process. There are no regulations that prohibit voters such as race, ethnicity, religion, landownership, literacy test, or any other measurement of their capability. Anyone that is a member of society who has not harmed the society in any manner can vote for the representatives in either the legislative or judicial branch. Once our Ideal World has reached a large population, the legislative branch might not handle some of the more trivial issues, but create smaller councils to handle such matters.

Our government should not dictate the lives of its people, but rather the people dictate the manner in which the government functions. If at any point the people are unhappy all that is necessary is to take a vote and change whatever needs to be changed. The power should be allocated across the hands of many, so that we can avoid the corruption of power in the hands of few. Democracy is the lesser evil of all government forms; it is not perfect but it is necessary.

-Big Brother