List of UN Categories (Stolen from Nationstates forums by Alecrast Yokuza Units. ^^;)

[Archaic]

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6551

All credit for the following must go to Aelenti

OK. I shall endeavor to organise these categories for the benefit of all and sundry. Given the popular definitions of "right-wing" and "left-wing", I would define, for your purposes, "right-wing" as a combination of high economic and low social freedoms, with the left obviously being the converse. Political freedoms are essentially irrelevant to the "left/right" divide, with there being highly democratic and highly despotic examples of either. "Civil rights", as defined in this game, are *not* a matter of what you, Angelika, would define as "economic justice" (which is more a function of lack of economic freedom, in many ways), but rather as a matter of actual freedoms afforded to people in social matters. One hopes you find this of use.

President Weismuller of the Aelentin Jurisdictional Corporation;
riding the lightning of an anarchy while attempting to keep crime down

NATIONS OF THREE HIGH FREEDOMS

1. Anarchy (All freedoms high)

NATIONS OF TWO HIGH FREEDOMS, ONE MEDIUM FREEDOM

2. Corporate Bordello (Medium Social, High Economic, High Political)
3. Civil Rights Lovefest (High Social, Medium Economic, High Political)
4. Capitalizt (High Social, High Economic, Medium Political)

NATIONS OF ONE HIGH FREEDOM, TWO MEDIUM FREEDOMS

5. Left-Leaning College State (High Social, Medium Economic, Medium Political)
6. Capitalist Paradise (Medium Social, High Economic, Medium Political)
7. New York Times Democracy (Medium Social, Medium Economic, High Political)

NATIONS OF THREE MEDIUM FREEDOMS

8. Inoffensive Centrist Democracy (All freedoms medium)

NATIONS OF TWO HIGH FREEDOMS, ONE LOW FREEDOM

9. Free Market Paradise (Low Social, High Economic, High Political)
10. Left-Wing Utopia (High Social, Low Economic, High Political)
11. Benevolent Dictatorship (High Social, High Economic, Low Political)

NATIONS OF ONE HIGH, ONE MEDIUM, AND ONE LOW FREEDOM

12. Libertarian Police State (High Social, Medium Economic, Low Political)
13. Scandinavian Liberal Paradise (High Social, Low Economic, Medium Political)
14. Compulsory Consumerist State (Medium Social, High Economic, Low Political)
15. Right-Wing Utopia (Low Social, High Economic, Medium Political)
16. Liberal Democratic Socialists (Medium Social, Low Economic, High Political)
17. Conservative Democracy (Low Social, Medium Economic, High Political)

NATIONS OF TWO MEDIUM FREEDOMS, ONE LOW FREEDOM

18. Moralistic Democracy (Low Social, Medium Economic, Medium Political)
19. Democratic Socialists (Medium Social, Low Economic, Medium Political)
20. Father Knows Best State (Medium Social, Medium Economic, Low Political)

NATIONS OF ONE HIGH FREEDOM, TWO LOW FREEDOMS

21. Iron Fist Socialists (High Social, Low Economic, Low Political)
22. Corporate Police State (Low Social, High Economic, Low Political)
23. Tyranny By Majority (Low Social, Low Economic, High Political)

NATIONS OF ONE MEDIUM FREEDOM, TWO LOW FREEDOMS

24. Corrupt Dictatorship (Medium Social, Low Economic, Low Political)
25. Iron Fist Consumerists (Low Social, Medium Economic, Low Political)
26. Authoritarian Democracy (Low Social, Low Economic, Medium Political)

NATIONS OF THREE LOW FREEDOMS

27. Psychotic Dictatorship (All freedoms low)

Since you wanted a scale from left to right, I'll attempt to assemble one, based upon the working definitions I created, although many government types shall be equally "left" or "right". As such, within each broad category (Left-Wing, Left-Leaning, Balanced, Right-Leaning, Right-Wing), I shall arrange the types in descending order of overall liberty, by simple summation of the values of the three categories of freedom (low counted as worth one point, medium worth two, and high worth three). In the event of two countries tying for overall liberty, I shall count political freedoms as more important than economic or social. Once again, I hope this is of use.

LEFT-WING

Left-Wing Utopia
Scandinavian Liberal Paradise
Iron Fist Socialists

LEFT-LEANING

Civil Rights Lovefest
Left-Leaning College State
Liberal Democratic Socialists
Libertarian Police State
Democratic Socialists
Corrupt Dictatorship

BALANCED

Anarchy
Capitalizt
New York Times Democracy
Benevolent Dictatorship
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
Tyranny By Majority
Father Knows Best State
Authoritarian Democracy
Psychotic Dictatorship

RIGHT-LEANING

Corporate Bordello
Capitalist Paradise
Conservative Democracy
Compulsory Consumerist State
Moralistic Democracy
Iron Fist Consumerists

RIGHT-WING

Free Market Paradise
Right-Wing Utopia
Corporate Police State

[GeneralTacticus]

Interesting.

[ColdWizard]

yes, very interesting. good job by the Alecrast Yokuzas

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Cool!

[Method]

now all i have to do is raise my civil rights and i'll be a left-wing utopia

ooh, nevermind, i already am

[Giovanni Wine]

3. Civil Rights Lovefest (High Social, Medium Economic, High Political)

I'm a Civil Rights Lovefest....

Bit I have
Civil: Excellent
Econ: Powerhouse
Political: Superb

Shouldn't this account for High-High-High?
Is Powerhouse Economy only Medium?

[Method]

wait a sec, this is odd. before, i was Liberal Democratic Socialists at "Excellent, Basket Case, Superb"
now my economy is "struggling" and i'm a left-wing utopia

[AdamTG02]

Giovanni: The strength of your economy is affected by your economic freedom -- generally periods of high freedom grow your economy, and periods of low freedom shrink it -- but it's not the same. Thus, you and I could have ahas the same economic freedom as a Civil Rights Lovefest, but your economy could be "Powerhouse," and mine "Struggling" (as was the case for me a couple of weeks ago). The mid-range economic freedom means that the economy will generally stay about the same, unless an issue specifically affects it.

From the NationStates FAQ:

These three scales determine your nation's UN Category (see below).

Are those three scales the same as Civil Rights, Economy, and Political Freedoms?

Not exactly. "Economy" in particular can be strongly affected by other factors. But they're pretty close.

It's conceivably possible to have a Left-wing Utopia with a Powerhouse economy -- but it's unlikely, given that the decisions that make one a Left-wing Utopia tend to shrink ones economy.

TKG: Sounds like something both boosted your economy and social freedoms. Did you legalize child gambling, or something of that nature?

[Dis]

That looks accurate. It explains my rise from Scandinavian Liberal Paradise, to Left-Wing Utopia (after the U.N. hit on my economy), to Left-Leaning College State, then to Civil Rights Lovefest, and finally to Anarchy

Actually I started out as Civil Rights Lovefest then went to Scandinavian Liberal Paradise after I went into the U.N. I might of not went to Left-Wing Utopia, I may have jumped right to left-leaning college state.

In any case that explains my rise to Anarchy as I slowly improved my economy after starting off low, then losing some political freedoms. Then gaining all that back to the highest level.

I have mastered this game . Obviously Anarchy is the best, and I have it.

[Giovanni Wine]

Thanks for the very good explaination AdamTG02

Saluti

[GeneralTacticus]

*BUMP*

[Archaic]

Can anyone stickyfy this?

[GeneralTacticus]

Only admins. This forum has no moderator.

[DarkCloud]

bumping for andemagne.

[Drogue]

Hmmm... Where did this come from? Did Archaic compile it? If it is correct, I think Adam hit the nail on the head, but for me it seems to go more on what issues I've chosen, regardless of how I actually am in the 3 blanket measures. COuld be wrong, but it seems like that for me.

[Archaic]

*Points to the top of his original post*

[Drogue]

Nice theory, looks quie good, however I am not sure if it is how it works. Has Max or violet said anything about it?

[Andemagne]

Originally posted by DarkCloud
bumping for andemagne.

thanks DC