On 2/19/18, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Wasn't
> there some sort of comment published back in the CT era(MM or someone else
> at GDW) stating that, for example, the gov of the USA &/or UK could be fit
> into several different gov types depending, it seemed to me, mostly upon the
> opinions/beliefs of the observer.I can't count how many times I've heard the
> US gov described in different, oft conflicting, terms.Not to mention local
> govs. (Boss Tweed, anyone?)I even once read an article describing the USA
> thru the years &, it almost seemed to me, esp wrt the pre-Civil War period,
> that it sounded like the author was writing about a balkanized TU gov type!
> (Crossing the 'Mason-Dixon' Line used to be a really, really BIG DEAL) Hey,
> didja' know that, until the late '60's, El Paso County, Texas used to be
> 'dry' &, every evening, there was a mass 'migration' cross the border to
> Dinner Clubs in Juarez, Mexico?

Marc MIller, Planetary Government in Traveller, High Passage #5 (and
also one of the cds, I believe).
Mostly, the determining part was the relationship between government
and the people - and also the code described the structure of the
levels the citizens dealt with the most: in short, what is the
structure of those who implement the laws the government decides on?
And what is their relationship with the populace?