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Template:Infobox government A Preceptocracy is one of the new forms of government that arose out of the chaos following the Curella plague. This was because people realized that monarchies couldn't adequately take care of the peoples' needs, then when the Turmocet incident left the world sterile, some countries revolted and deposed the traditional systems of government. Terismark is the only full preceptocracy, while Ildoria is a Limited Preceptocracy.
Compared to the real world, it most closely resembles a constitutional government, such as a Republic, or a parliamentary system. It relies on an Arch-Precept, which is basically a constitution.
Limited Preceptocracy
The difference between a limited preceptocracy and a full preceptocracy is that the full preceptocracy relies upon an open election process to establish leadership, which then must abide by the Arch-Precept. In a limited preceptocracy, there is no election process, however, there is an Arch-Precept, though it is not a Constitutional Monarchy. It is similar, but the monarch does not become the head of the state; the case with Ildoria is that the five noble houses rotate out so that each House gets a chance to be head of state.
Liquid Preceptocracy
While Terismark is the only full preceptocracy, it was designed in such a way as to allow for corruption in the voting process by using a liquid voting system. Essentially, there are a total number of votes equal to the number of living citizens of voting age in the country, but citizens are allowed to delegate their vote to another, as in the case of a person giving their vote to a more educated person. This system is commonly abused, however, by the affluent who are able to buy votes from poorer citizens. While there is a law codified against this practice, it is not enforced. This is how Svir Sorren has remained in power.