The last one needs some explaining "We run the place well and there will be prosperity"- Merchant "Let's do good in the world" Priest "We stick together and protect our own" Warrior
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Some classifications as a sample: US - Many, informal, priestly, hidden power China - Many, formal, merchant, open power Recent history: Singapore under LKW - One, informal (not a formal King), merchant, open power
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If you can have an open, informal that's a point in favor of having both. Hidden, formal is also possible (think mafia) but not sure if a government with those traits can be found.
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To elaborate, this is cringe and autistic. Regimes can be effectively classified using the Aristotelian model, divided by number of rulers: One, Few and Many and rule: Lawful or Unlawful. So regimes are Monarchies/Tyrannies, Aristocracies/Oligarchies and Politeias/Democracies.
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Information technology and industrial level scale allow for changes to power formulas like making it possible to hide power and allow for cell like structures where people only know their immediate superiors and have no idea about the overall network. Aristotle needs updating.
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Your axes 2 fit neatly into the Lawful/Unlawful Aristotelian axis. Lawful regimes do not hide, only unlawful ones. Lawful regimes are also always formal (because they're in accordance with the form of the law).
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Axis 4 is theoretically valid but in practice indistinguishable from Axis 1. Rule of one always tends towards warrior rule, rule of few always tends towards priestly rule, rule of many always tends towards mercantile rule.
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