WORLDBUILDING GOVERNMENTS AND POLITICS - Terrible Writing Advice

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Sign up using my link for 40% off an annual subscription and get early access to TWA videos: https://go.nebula.tv/terriblewritingadvice Watch Nebula Real Life Lore series Modern Conflict: https://nebula.tv/modernconflicts?ref=terriblewritingadvice Don’t let democracy die with thunderous applause because TWA is here to teach writers how to build their own governments for their worlds! From monarchies to democracies, learn how to design a government that works for you because it probably won’t work for the people it governs, but that’s their problem. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 00:46 Setting serves the story 01:55 Monarchy 04:01 Republic 5:34 Democracy 09:21 Corporatocracy 10:06 Oligarchy 11:08 Fascism 12:07 Theocracy 13:27 Anarchy 13:45 Three Functions of Government 15:12 Power and influence of states 16:31 JP complains about Realism in international relations 16:56 States and war 18:28 Remember that people are still people 19:34 Leaders spend a good chunk of their time justifying their power 20:05 Dystopias are not exempt from the normal rules of politics 20:47 Building nations on the fly 21:49 When writing about a real world government, research it 22:04 Conclusion 23:13 Sponsorship Wars - Greed's Meeting or Greedting if you will Terrible Writing Advice merchandise has arrived! Get it here: https://standard.tv/collections/terrible-writing-advice SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS My Website: http://jpbeaubien.com/ My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorJPBeaubien/ My Twitter: https://twitter.com/JosephPBeaubien My Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15180667.J_P_Beaubien Buy my book!: http://mybook.to/AeonLegionBook1 CREDITS Music: "Quirky Dog", "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", and "Son of a Rocket" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Hide and Seek by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/