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For questions about the affairs of the state. Contrast with "government" which refers to a political entity as opposed to the actions it conducts. While a "government" question may ask how to construct a ruling system, a "governance" question may ask how a ruling system's policy would affect society, or what kind of policy would be necessary achieve a desired effect. Sometimes both tags are relevant to the same question.

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How could a triumvirate remain stable as a political entity over the long term?

When you say "triumvirate" what you specifically mean is "three individuals." But triumvirates exist all over the place. For example, the U.S. triumvirate of the executive, legislative, and judicial …
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What percentage of teleporters would a world with teleportation need, before timezones are r...

You can live without time zones: but your people will create them almost instantly Time zones have nothing to do with the mode, speed, or frequency of transportation. They have everything to do with c …
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How does a government that uses undead labor avoid perverse incentives?

You don't go into detail about it, but... Your culture embraces using their dead as golems robots slaves convenient inexpensive labor, so they won't complain when they're destroyed While it's always t …
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Successfully maintaining austerity economic policies for hundreds of years

This is basically a repeat of my answer to a previous question But first, a few realities (even for fiction): Nothing lasts in perpetuity. Contracts written "in perpetuity" are always subject to thin …
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