Government Categories

Each Interstellar Union has a government Category that is determined by their ranking on three axes: Personal Freedom, Economic Freedom, and Political Freedom. A nation may be ranked Authoritarian, Centrist, or Libertarian in each. With three ranks on three axes, there are 27 possible combinations, and each is given a title, called its Category.

Note that the three axes are distinct from the three descriptors (Civil Rights, Economy, and Political Freedoms).

Category Map
This shows the different Categories in relationship to each other and to their (otherwise behind-the-scenes) rankings in Personal Freedom, Economic Freedom, and Political Freedom.

Category Glossary
 

Civil Rights, Economy, and Political Freedoms Descriptors
 