Magic: the Gathering's Most Electable Government

[@JREG]

You're an honorary anti-centrist

[@Spice8Rack]

I am anti-centrally honoured

[@RoboLamp]

Jregory, do you regret making a story where the two radical left find out that they're not suited for each other, even though they want to be on the same team? Just a general question, has nothing to do with anything or any new vid

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

GOD JREG GOD JREG GOD JREG

[@NinjaAgnostic]

Jreg and 8 rack? Now you're really trying to give the fan art some ammo. Looking at you auth right and Yawgmoth.

[@marxmeesterlijk]

for an anti-centrist I still have no idea what you stand for. (except for radical anti-centrism)

[@mattfox6288]

I don't know if Rakdos would lose, it feels like every election he is in comes down to a coin flip.

[@GigaLordShinyMudkip1]

Benjamin Easter Those odds are pretty high compare to other politicians.

[@draxthemsklonst]

Krark gives this one thumb up.

[@cole7930]

Matt Fox I get it

[@S...O___S...]

This comment Entertained Me.

[@lach7324]

This aged well considering iowa

[@porgy29]

I like seeing Sarkan Vol as a rogue outsider candidate with the single issue "Lets bring back all of the hungry dragons that used to eat us" platform.

[@TheLangenator]

I mean the Machine Orthodoxy does have a good slogan: “All will be One”

[@ChainsawXIV]

Their informal slogan, "Would you rather be getting -2/-2?" is also solid.

[@robynna_]

Cant really go wrong there

[@rowanespeverda4120]

Also like the last bit of her card "we will bring phyrexia's magnificence to them"

[@eternalfinality154]

It’s like transformers’ “When all are one” but literal

[@texier13]

I'm with Elesh Norn, free medical compleation for all

[@BrainNinjaMidget]

The Gruul would have done pretty well in the slogan department. "Not Gruul, then die" and the classic "Eggs and meat, we eat"

[@asrieldreemurr1988]

eggs and meat we eat actually sounds pretty good tbh

[@LinkEX]

@@asrieldreemurr1988 Hush, don't give the meat and egg industry any ideas.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

As a simic player I’d vote for the gruul even though simic would do great in this nightmare place it ended up

[@comparatorclock]

I like "Eggs and meat, we eat". It implies a promise of never having to worry particularly much about whether or not you and your family will starve over the winter.

[@ThatWildcard]

Got eggs and meat?

[@arminreep4056]

Worth the 10 dollars every time, but god damn it, if I don't get "Mill vs Discard" within the next year, those toes will be mine.

[@alexmendoza9645]

Discard has to be worse because on top of taking away what they have you also know what they have left

[@enitsu-142]

No like really tho. REALLY

[@andrewcapuno3507]

Mill doesnt take any resources away from you, and it might even give you resources depending on your deck

[@KingBobXVI]

@@alexmendoza9645 - But mill is taking away their future. What's better, dementia, or terminal cancer?

[@KingBobXVI]

@@andrewcapuno3507 - By that logic, then Rest In Peace is potentially the cruelest magic card :P

[@fidly4]

FYI The Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica quotes Rakdos: "Everyone should pursue their greatest desire."

[@oateater5044]

Vote for Rakdos and your wildest dreams will come true.

[@goreobsessed2308]

Best party hands down

[@Kasei87]

As a fan of Legend of the Five Rings, it's an odd thought that Rakdos and Togashi have the same poltical views, considering Maho.

[@U.Inferno]

@Ellobats They're Anarchists. That's as Libertarian as you're going to get.

[@sev1120]

Rakdos is an anarchist confirmed

[@seasons50]

"Ayli's Eternal Pilgrims took a big hit in popularity after the Eldrazi who they worship got blown up by two girlfriends, a male model, and a Twitch streamer." good summary, thanks

[@asrieldreemurr1988]

Best description

[@mcparker8408]

That email made me laugh my ass off. Just seeing them reply with "Dear Doctor Slobad" made me very happy.

[@SkullFlight]

I feel you've been unfair to the Machine Ortodoxy in the slogans section. "All will be one" is awesome, and there's also "unite the flesh" from skinrender

[@selkokieli843]

could a campaign run solely on coital energy 🤔

[@oateater5044]

Ew?

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

unite the flesh sounds like a euphemism for sex

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

Yup, their forced collectivist nature speaks to me as a simic. But the simic have the lead by doing thing like they made giant man eating spiders to reinforce the infrastructure and released bio weapons to fix people for free. (I for one look forward to my abominable hordes of bio organic body terror going head to head with yours here very soon)

[@derekkey2803]

Spice 8 Rack? Political? I am aghast. And not just by the suit and exemplary grooming.

[@Spice8Rack]

LMAO

[@chillingnkilling]

If there's one thing politicians are good at, it's grooming

[@cedricslz6628]

"Finally, you should come up with a punchy slogan so that voters will remember you" Gruul Smash! ?

[@nathfrancois5507]

Sadly, "No terfs on Gruul turf!" isn't a canon slogan.

[@Silver_light77]

And "not gruul, then die," while actually about making the changes necessary to avoid suffocating the plane(t) with urban sprawl, comes across as starkly anti-inclusive

[@nathfrancois5507]

@@Silver_light77 "Meat and eggs. We eat!" could also alienate potential voters who care about animal welfare, which are an important part of any ecologist movement.

[@teddysmith4094]

No TERFs on Gruul Terf!

[@gabbygamble5144]

@@teddysmith4094 No TERFs on Gruul Turf!

[@SantyNewLee]

"I for one am glad that Meren lost." - Arthur "Two Cairns" Jackson of Clan Nel Toth

[@princequincy5421]

My girl meren was robbed

[@discflame]

15:26 - 16:24 "Politicians, radicals, neglected geniuses of journalism, stump orators -- both middle-class people and workmen -- will hurry to the town hall, to the government offices, to take possession of the vacant seats. Some will deccorate themselves with gold and silver lace to their hearts' content, admire themselves in ministerial mirrors, and study to give orders with an air of importance appropriate to their new position. How could they impress their comrades of the office or the workshop without having a red sash, an embroidered cap and magisterial gestures! Others will bury themselves in official papers, trying, with the best of wills, to make head or tail of them. They will indite laws and issue high-flown worded decrees that nobody will take the trouble to carry out -- because the revolution has come. "To give themselves an authority which they have not they will seek the sanction of old forms of government. They will take the names of 'Provisional Government,' 'Committee of Public Safety,' 'Mayor,' 'Governor of the Town Hall,' 'Commissioner of Public Safety,' and what not. elected or acclaimed, they will assemble in boards or in communal councils, where men of ten or twenty different schools will come together, representing -- not as many 'private chapels,' as it is often said, but as many different conceptions regarding the scope, the bearing and the goal of the revolution." - peter kropotkin, "the conquest of bread" pia nalaar is a class traitor and shall be discussed as such

[@xXNoFateXx]

Since no one else addressed it... You look fantastic. A very clean, smart, put together style, while still retaining a slightly rugged and casual look. Love it.

[@Spice8Rack]

Oh you :3 That's marvellously kind

[@TheMaddestHatter234]

Spice 8 Rack also love the nail color

[@yyeahsure]

You look great. Unsubscribed.

[@lach7324]

Post Emrakul Avacyn?

[@xXNoFateXx]

@@Spice8Rack You sir, are a marvelous human being. Thank you for all that you do, your content is refreshing and informed... but most of all, it is *entertaining*. ...... also you may want to think about changing your name to Spice 8 Snack now. Just saying.

[@scruff359]

Brandon Sanderson's "Mistborn" series deals with the replacement of a theocratic autocracy with a more democratic form of leadership (specifically in book 2 and 3) It's also really good

[@minivergur]

Come for Magic the gathering, stay for the socialist agitation

[@Spice8Rack]

New twitter header right here

[@sanityisrelative]

+

[@pigandicz7539]

Come for mtg, leave because of the communist propaganda.

[@minivergur]

@@pigandicz7539 no, stay

[@SheheenFans]

@@pigandicz7539 Okay, dumbo.

[@katselesnya]

The Powder Mage trilogy deals with a military coup and the aftermath of forming a republic against the will of literal gods. It's pretty cool and powder mages are awesome as hell.

[@moleculeman27]

Glad I scanned the comments before I said this!

[@dangernoodle2868]

You can tell how depressed the past couple of years have made me feel when I thought to myself: "Rakdos is going to win, isn't he?"

[@clayxros576]

Considering where a lot of the politics are in our world, he'd actually be a better pick than humans in a lot of instances. How's that for depressing?

[@OsvaldoChannel1]

You can't deny that if the US had Rakdos instead of Trump, the situation would switch to boringly desperate to excitingly desperate

[@howaboutnow1895]

@@OsvaldoChannel1 worse foreign affairs, better crack

[@proto303]

@@howaboutnow1895 also better monetary support of artists

[@michael83479]

We all know a political party that would vote for him.....

[@donniejefferson9554]

Fun Fact!!!! Anax and Cymede actually do have canon events that explain what happened to them. They're in the obvious place a Magic player should check: A D&D book. I don't remember what happened to Anax but Cymede mysteriously disappeared due to weird magic and no one knows if she's still alive. I believe their daughter is currently ruling Akros but she doesn't have full power since her mom might still be alive so they refuse to make her a full queen

[@michaeltate6367]

Looking like a Spice 8 Snacc

[@Spice8Rack]

Oh I do like that!

[@cherch222]

“Nobody wants to elect a cop.” So they made a cop VP instead.

[@TobiNightcore]

I love this channel because it questions what noone else dares to question

[@Spice8Rack]

Either no one dares or “no one though it pertinent to ask” xD

[@VoidArchon]

Isn't Kipamu still phased out with the rest of Jamuraa? Update: Meren has plenty of quotes if you pull them from her story (All the Cairns of Jund). "You're wrong. Death bends to me" - that sounds like a sound healthcare option for me.

[@MOBYDICK2121]

Having breakfast while viewing. Taking a sip of water “Sopping wet lips” I died.

[@Emma-Lumi]

This is the kind of quality content you just can't get anywhere else, thank you Spice8Rack, Thank you PS. Has anyone told you that you're pretty much the Brian David Gilbert of MTG? Because you're pretty much the Brian David Gilbert of MTG

[@ty_sylicus]

"I can call an ambulance without bankrupting myself." Well FML. Our main plan here in America is to cross our fingers and hope nothing goes wrong bc most of us aren't wealthy enough to afford the consequences.

[@derekwalter4238]

I'd just take a cab or call an uber

[@alexmendoza9645]

Yeah we're basically the ozhov but act like we're the rakdos.

[@epicnessbrian5295]

just get insurance

[@derekwalter4238]

@@epicnessbrian5295 depending on how much you see a doctor, insurance costs more money than seeing a doctor once or twice a year

[@epicnessbrian5295]

@@derekwalter4238 ok

[@Thesaurus_Rex]

I dunno, Rakdos is owner of probably the largest media conglomerate on Ravnica (House Dimir might be bigger, but they've literally never filed taxes, so it's hard to know), so it would be an uphill battle to exceed his funding with a grassroots movement. He also has the massive recent PR boost of being part of the successful defense of Ravnica from the Eternal horde.

[@muzumaki619]

No mention of kynaios and tiros masc for masc based system of government? Disgraceful. May your gains in this new year be pitiful and your gym equipment always sweaty.

[@gordonross3270]

They are dead

[@TheAwakeOrangutang]

This stuff is great. I'm a huge vorthos nerd and I don't know why I avoided this channel for so long. This in depth research on the political affiliations of the various Magic factions (including one I hadn't even considered before, Vodalians as a faction?) is exactly the sort of needless background binging content I like to see.

[@phyrexian_dude4645]

31:24 Bold words coming from someone not accepting perfection when seen. Also you don't vote for the Phyrexia Party, the Phyrexia Party already won with only one drop of oil.

[@matthewnabb4482]

Their votes have infect

[@densmith8141]

@@matthewnabb4482 underrated

[@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena]

You know it is a real shame that they try to divide nations instead of putting some oil in the water supply or food supply

[@brendanmckenna7613]

Of all the things i expected from this channel, a jreg crossover was not one of them. Youre both incredible, and youve quickly become my favorite mtg youtuber.

[@PaulGaither]

@25:30 - My wife appreciates the Sylvanian Families reference, as she collects them as well as plays MtG and we are both huge fans of yours. Her eyes lit up when you said that.

[@Spice8Rack]

Oh no, i'm so sorry about what I did straight after

[@Neuverfleischer]

Dear Dr. Slobad, I really appreciate the amount of work you put into educating people under the cover of fan service for cardboard capitalists. Awesome job. Btw.: What's the point behind the mill vs. discard?

[@davidepapazzoni6048]

So from now on can we refer to banned card with as "impeached"?

[@fifthcanuck1128]

Ventor Diciable Ah yes where were you a few months ago when Emeria was impeached?

[@alexmendoza9645]

You can say impeached all you want I'm still running Braids as my commander, and she a ugely* successful Commander, she dose a tremendous job in game keeping all my opponents creatures out. MAGA... traitor to mortal is fun. And that legendary wall in red white and blue.... AMERICA!

[@fruitygarlic3601]

@@alexmendoza9645 After reading that, I'm not sure which one of us had a stroke.

[@EKennethsanders]

Can we impeach flash in edh

[@shapeless6755]

Donald Trump breaks the meta ban plz

[@user-pm1be3vv6d]

In Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trillogy, they tried to create a republic. It failed, but they tried

[@lxkas123]

"Vote Rakos for president and prepare for a future with alot of partys " that is a eslogan.

[@jozzyalthefool9273]

Rakdos has got my vote written in blood.

[@MolochDE]

Entertain me! - Rackdos Perfect, also for chanting

[@bigwig8657]

Rakdos is the definition of unconcerned status quo. He has been leader for over 10,000 years and sleeps for years at a tine. Elesh Norn will unite the multiverse as one unified people none of these other exclusive groups can run against that.

[@thatonefirekestral]

Yes, there's a certain beauty in simply brainwashing people with magic goo and forcing them to vote for you lol

[@do-nothingbear9474]

“I just made Rakdos bondage regressives” Implying that they weren’t already Also, is the song at the end a parody of something? It sounds so familiar but I can’t quite place it

[@Spice8Rack]

The song I'm adapting is "The Red Flag"

[@do-nothingbear9474]

Spice 8 Rack wow, this is trippy. I think it was familiar purely by having the same melody of “O Christmas Tree” but didn’t place it due to the fact that I have never heard “The Red Flag” before and couldn’t connect the lyrics This shit slaps tho, ngl

[@Spice8Rack]

@@do-nothingbear9474 The OG Red Flag tune has the exact same chord progression as O' Christmas tree!

[@davispo7550]

Well, Bondage Regressives -> B/R after all

[@do-nothingbear9474]

Davis Po holy shit...

[@Kalamari24]

I really appreciate ya making this sort of content, the factions of Magic have always been one of my favorite parts of it. As for Anax and Cydeme, Cydeme was taken away by Keranos in a bolt of lightning as a cost for helping fight off the Minotaur hordes attacking the Polis. It's ambiguous if she's dead or not.

[@ChiralWolf]

The wildred quest speed run is amazing. People dont know what they're missing

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

Yeah, I've watched it by myself a few times and shown it to others almost as many times.

[@Eddrian32]

"...and a twitch streamer." Jace is an eboy confirmed.

[@tannertadlock7741]

I mean he dresses like one. He's got the hair too

[@masterxehanort3]

Brandon Sandersob's Mistborn trilogy kinda forms a Republic, although they still get a better king at the same time? There is a lot of "but actually yes but actually no but actually yes" following that due to other plot events coinciding, but by the sequel series they are indeed a republic, albeit with monetarily powerful noble families so in the end it results in a republic.

[@derrickthewhite1]

That was the example I thought of. They try to get a republic, but in the end one of the main characters pulls a napoleon. They do end up with an aristocratic republic eventually, but that happens off screen.

[@sirthrand1234500]

another option is the powder mage trilogy

[@drizzt7dourden7]

classic star wars when you count future fantasy (they topple the empire and form the new republic)

[@Dawsenconway]

28:37 is when I laughed considering the news yesterday .

[@ardinhelme687]

Yep, this seems on brand.

[@blakemiller5150]

28:27 bit ironic now

[@metalgamer21]

“Not Gruul? Then die!” - Borborygmos, Cyclops Politician.

[@enbyglitch]

@14:17 lmao coming back after Yargle and Multani was printed

[@fifthcanuck1128]

This better include Grumgully for treasurer or I swear to god there will be BLOOD Edit: also, this is going live on my birthday, so that’s a nice gift to me!

[@dizzyfish1380]

Jack Sword happy birthday

[@fifthcanuck1128]

dizzyfish13 thanks mate, my favourite party didn’t get elected but there’s always chance for revolution

[@dahuntre]

“Does it matter why 50% of funding for your department consists of dank mushrooms? Take it and be grateful!”

[@Neonstalgia]

Not that your work hasn't been super high quality since DAY ONE, but it's so cool following you and seeing your videos continually one-up themselves. This is incredible work and I loved every second of it!

[@Monechetti]

Oh KZbin is suggesting I set a reminder for the new Spice 8 Rack video? Best thing it's done in years.

[@Spice8Rack]

Finally, my bribes are working out

[@TheKillingMine]

20:22 4 years and a march of the machines later, bro didn't know how much he was cooking with this one

[@ericstreed4137]

Machine Orthodoxy FTW, "seek perfection, we'll find it together"

[@emyron1843]

I gotta say, I think that, IRL, Rakdos's slogan would just be the Showstopper's one line: "Entertain Me."

[@LucasSantos-lr9sf]

Rakdos 2020 - feel the burn... literally

[@Ammuze11]

Avatar The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra finished their 4th season with the freshly seated prince of the Earth Kingdom deciding that he'd rather have the people of his kingdom elect their representatives. That's the only Monarchy to Republic example I can think of.

[@traugottbauling8100]

Think the Eragon novels from the Inheritance cycle end on sort of a democracy... also maybe Mistborn from Brandon Sanderson? Although Mistborn ended on such a trippy existential Deity-driven ending that I’m not too sure

[@Conqrix]

wasnt there still some elven racial purity thing going on in Eragon? Though to be fair you appearantly really cant escape that trope

[@Tacklepig]

@@Conqrix not really, the reason why the Elves have a "racial purity thing going on" is because they're pretty close to infertile, they literally have like one child every few decades. Race mixing is hard if you literally can't reproduce, plus they're not very trusting toward humans because they have literally been hiding from a ruler trying to genocide them.

[@twenty-fifth420]

21:20 The Mistborn series goes from an monarchy under the Lord Ruler to a Democracy by the end of the first book/start of the second. It was real interesting to read about. The only other series I can think that follows a similar formula is Magi, but that is a manga. But in that case, we just go from Balbadd Kingdom, to Balbadd Republic briefly, briefly a state consul, and back to Republic.

[@stephenberezhnoy9369]

I just understood why I love these videos, they remind me of Brian David Gilbert’s “Unraveled” series on the Polygon channel

[@benlucas3151]

If you've seen the best legendary creature to have as a friend video he actually he actually mentions Unraveled as a major inspiration.

[@killingstalker2114]

Love the beginning news screen and the cheeky "freak accident". The attention to detail on the channel is always top notch and I'm always happy to see the quality being as great as it is compared to other "niche internet videos about stuff nobody asked about but still wanted"

[@midnightbard3935]

Doctor Slobad. Seriously, dude? 😂

[@morriganpenn9281]

Quality content as always! Forever a pleasure seeing you have fun with your videos. Love the new hair too! I'm still new to MTG but this kind of thing makes me feel like I'm part of the community more. Keep tearing it up!!

[@wisp5570]

:( I don’t have Adblock on but I didn’t get an ad, I’m sorry!

[@frands24]

Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy sort of deals with replacing a tyrant with a democracy. Also generally just great fiction from a great author.

[@cec6980]

This man had the audacity to put in the skyrim waiting screen music during the quotes of the parties. Beautiful.

[@welcomefire]

14:05 ... Wait, which one of them is the twitch streamer?

[@watermelon8764]

Ah yeah, another vedio from my favorite content creater.

[@Spice8Rack]

:3

[@WingedEspeon]

I feel like whether the status quo is seen as desirable is very dependent on the status quo. also I thought the Simic and Selesnya had formed a coalition which seems like it has a very strong message.

[@jisuseee]

Another high-effort, high-quality video as always ❤ keep up your amazing work and stay yourself!

[@Spice8Rack]

Thanks so much for saying so! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[@Splonton]

Elesh Norn's campaign slogan would probably just be "All will be one"

[@ethan6287]

I got a pragurU ad at the 20 minute ad break, and im gonna blame you for putting that bad juju on me StandupPoet.

[@TundraWolfe]

Holy shit, Spicey, watching this again in early 2021 and that Kamala Harris joke at ~28:30 just slays, but for completely different reasons.

[@datsleepyboied9946]

WHEN MILL VS. DISCARD?

[@oateater5044]

Dis card right here?

[@gustavmetal]

Crazy thumbnail at 0:03 ...I hope those 12 people "injured" get better soon. LMAO

[@TheCaptainstupendous]

Amazingly clever and actually really informative if you're interested in how politicians get elected. Also yeah, lmao my country thinks single payer healthcare is too "pie in the sky" (actual quote from my mother)

[@TheCaptainstupendous]

Senpai noticed me, then I edited a typo and his heart disappeared 😭

[@laeclorentzen6111]

21:33 Mistborn: the Final Empire works towards replacing an immortal emperor with a people's Republic

[@Kaigai_Kaiju]

I never knew I needed Dr. Johnathan Crane with painted nails in my life but here we are.

[@colinjones5379]

Why yes, Spice, I do know of a fantasy story that deals with the transition away from monarchy into the formation of a republic. The Avatar series! Especially the the sequel comic "The Promise" In fact, Republic City (where The Legend of Korra is largely set) is the product of a decolonization/reconciliation project in the wake of a 100-year war, and an independent state carved out of two different monarchic civilizations, the Fire Nation, and the Earth Kingdom (the colonizers and the colonized, respectively).

[@theChimeraLmao]

I'm still up for the machine orthodoxy

[@marceltardellikeepsoul3407]

As a huge Elenda fan and everything she stands for (and, you know, having an EDH with her at the helm with only religious-themed cards and a dusk rose tattoo on the chest) the "EXCUSE ME WHAT THE FUCK" reaction really hits the nail. Laughed my ass off. Keep up the awesome work Man

[@aydensauvageau9393]

The mist born series is awsome and the author was on game knights

[@Spice8Rack]

OOoOOOOooh thank you!

[@DrakonSvant]

Man, your voice is so buttery it’s mesmerizing and calming. Can’t wait to listen to this while I work

[@Wyrdangus]

This better be based, breadpilled, and healthily Queer✨ Edit: It was and now I may rest.

[@Spice8Rack]

Bless you

[@oateater5044]

'Breadpilled'. Love that.

[@pierpaolodigiambattista5056]

Loved this to death, thanks for taking the time it needed to be done,it was a good call! *P.s. love the way you sing,,never stop,you magnificent man! Cheers from Italy!

[@LittleYak]

Oh my gosh the slobad part was amazing. 👏👏👏

[@AdrianHereToHelp]

I'd love to be able to add the ending song ("Slobad's Flag"?) to my Spotify playlist.

[@raulsessa]

i laughted hard at "and a twitch streamer"

[@Tahsaray]

28:25 This joke hits again 4 years later.

[@cyn0_]

Squee should be the president, he's a lovely guy who doesn't die so he could keep everything perfect.

[@clayxros576]

Which is the main issue with monarchies as seats of power. You can get that rare incorruptable individual in power and they carry the weight of the kingdom on their shoulders, but once they croak it all falls apart. If you have one of those people who cannot die, then theoretically a monarchy is the most robust government type out there. But that body is only as strong as the brain, and as we can see in our world, it is pretty hard to put a strong brain into that throne.

[@EricChoiniere]

The frog's new hat at 25:55 did not go unnoticed.

[@Shaltevencraft]

Short-haired Spice8Rack looks like the english teacher that I wish I had... Fantastic vid!

[@Saya-vk9dr]

Really loving the last touch of the outro music being an edit of The Red Flag.

[@sados460]

Trying to find a "Dr. Slobad" results in a large amount of cEDH guides.

[@Telomerase9]

This was the most unexpected crossover I've seen in a while, but being a fan of both of your contents, it was a welcome surprise to see Jreg.

[@ultimateo621]

You know, I didn’t expect a Jreg cameo, but I appreciate it.

[@colekrambeer572]

Books that build republics: Spoilers: over the course of the Mistborn series an all powerful emperor is replaced by a constitutional monarchy and then in the second series this is replaced by a (I believe) elected council. The Powder mage series is basically the french revolution but with magic.

[@tappytoeclaws2233]

I might take a United Ravnican System under Niv Mizzet Reborn. All bias aside. Its officially rainbow-friendly and say what you will about ancient dragon patriarchs... At least Niv Mizzet is educated. Also free bacon for everyone!

[@SawedOffLaser]

There was room for a joke about big oil being supportive of Elesh-Norn

[@JohnDoe-jq4re]

“NOT GRULL THAN DIE!” Is definitely the best political slogan I have ever know

[@GILGAMESH97]

The second book in the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, Well of Ascension iirc, has an interesting take on the change from a monarchy to a system of representatives. It's interesting in that it's a blend of the two in order to appease resistance from the nobility and due to war time stress there's a constant and popular pressure to remove the King who's pushing for representative government with a singularly powerful king once again.