I think that our country is something similar to governments established in North Korea, soviet union or Nazi Germany during World War 2. Best way to describe it would be saying that it is something like George Orwell's book 1984 where the government controls every aspect of a citizen's life using tactics of terror and constant surveillance. I think it's fun interpreting the law in a fictional manner because we realize that we don't have to create or emulate laws that exist in our own lives and we can actually create something that is totally different than what we are used to. Seeing how laws effect a person's life directly I think we realize how fortunate we are to have the freedoms that we have. I definitely would not like to be a citizen of "the Empire" if it really existed.
There aren't any models that we are using for a plan on what we would like the empire to be. Everything that we have created is from brain storming and I think that the reason why we came up with the laws is because we looked at the opportunity to create laws like a dictator (we decided that the government takes total control of everything). As with any country that has such an aggressive attitude toward a citizen's rights, we are not afraid to go to war. However, we are also not going to declare war without any purpose or anything to gain.
We also control the greatest most feared weapon in the entire galaxy. THE DEATH STAR!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteRad, well with the DEATH STAR and the will to control the world you are well on your way. I believe that your totalitarian society will also help you to achieve your lofty goals. A wishy washy liberal hippie society would be way to worried about how others would feel about being shot with a death star. I think that you guys have done a great job and made the class more fun and interesting with your application of Nation State.
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