Government type

A nation's government type indicates whether the nation holds elections, whether the nation's monarch (the player) is allowed to overrule elections and appoint any party they wish, and what political ideologies parties can have.


 * Absolute monarchies are under the absolute rule of a hereditary monarch, who appoints the ruling party. They only allow for the oldest and most moderate parties.
 * Bourgeois dictatorships are under the absolute rule of the rich and only allow for anarcho-liberal parties.
 * Democracies allow for all parties and their rule is determined by election.
 * Fascist dictatorships are under the absolute rule of nationalists and only allow for fascist parties.
 * HM's (His/Her Majesty's) governments are constitutional monarchies that allow for all parties and their rule is determined by election, though the monarch can overrule the voters.
 * Presidential dictatorships are under the absolute rule of a president and only allow for reactionary parties.
 * Proletarian dictatorships are under the absolute rule of the people and only allow for communist parties.
 * Prussian constitutionalist governments are constitutional monarchies that only allow for older, more moderate parties and their rule is determined by election, though the monarch can overrule the voters.