Demarchy

Basic Information

Demarchy is a system of government where important government positions are filled by random lot from an available pool of citizens.

Sources

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia entry

Game and Story Use

• This is not really appropriate for campaigns where the player characters are roaming adventurers, or otherwise uninterested in politics - but in a campaign set in a single city, one of the player characters might be chosen for a government position like this. Now he must balance his adventuring career with his new job - and, of course, he will get involved in all sorts of intrigues and power plays between established influential groups and people…
• Lots of potential for overlap with other forms of government, depending on how one gets into the pool. A plutocracy might have people buying lots, a technocracy might require a certain number of recent citations in high-impact journals, and a democracy might either have the lot drawn from all adult citizens or require a certain amount of community status.
• Lots of potential trouble if the ruler ends up being incompetent, an agent of influence, or just not wanting the job.