Micronational Democracy Index
The Micronational Democracy Index is an index usually compiled by the largest statistics companies in each micronation. It intends to measure the state of democracy in micronations. The supervision of the index is carried out by the "Central Supervisory Board of Micronational Democracy", which currently has its seat in the capital city of Bartonia, Bartonowo.
Method
The index is based on 5 indicators grouped in five different categories, measuring pluralism, civil liberties and political culture. In addition to a numeric score and a ranking, the index categorises each country into one of four regime types: full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes and authoritarian regimes.
Factors in the compilation of the Democracy Index are:
- Electoral process and pluralism. "Are the elections free and fair?" - a) they are free and fair (1 point), b) they are free but not fair (0.5 points), c) they are neither free nor fair (0 points).
- Functioning of government. "Do freely elected MPs (politicians) determine government policy?" - a) yes (1 point), b) they exercise meaningful influence (0.5 points), c) no (0 points).
- Political participation. Proportion of citizens who follow politics in the media (radio, television, newspapers) - a) above 50% (1 point), b) 30-50% (0.5 points), c) below 30% (0 points).
- Political culture. "Is there sufficient social consensus to support a stable and functioning democracy?" - a) yes (1 point), b) yes, but there are serious doubts and risks (0.5 points), c) no (0 points).
- Civil rights."Does the state use torture?" - a) no (1 point), b) yes (0 points).
A country's points of the questions are added together, multiplied by 10 and divided by the number of questions (5). This gives the nominal democracy index value (NDIV).
After calculating the NDIV, the real democracy index value (RDIV) must be evaluated. Political scientists and experts estimate how many points (which number) is going to be in the chart below in each category. E.g. experts estimate, that the micronation gets 10 points in the first category ('Electoral process and pluralism'), because its political system is very democratic, having free and fair elections and different political groups.
After experts estimate all values for each of the 5 categories of the chart, all the points are added together and divided by 5. Then the RDIV is entered in the chart below.
Classification definitions
Full democracies are nations where civil liberties and fundamental political freedoms are not only respected but also reinforced by a political culture conducive to the thriving of democratic principles. These nations have a valid system of governmental checks and balances, an independent judiciary whose decisions are enforced, governments that function adequately, and diverse and independent media. These nations have only limited problems in democratic functioning.
Flawed democracies are nations where elections are fair and free and basic civil liberties are honoured but may have issues (e.g. media freedom infringement and minor suppression of political opposition and critics). These nations have significant faults in other democratic aspects, including underdeveloped political culture, low levels of participation in politics, and issues in the functioning of governance.
Hybrid regimes are nations with regular electoral frauds, preventing them from being fair and free democracies. These nations commonly have governments that apply pressure on political opposition, non-independent judiciaries, widespread corruption, harassment and pressure placed on the media, anaemic rule of law, and more pronounced faults than flawed democracies in the realms of underdeveloped political culture, low levels of participation in politics, and issues in the functioning of governance.
Authoritarian regimes are nations where political pluralism is nonexistent or severely limited. These nations are often absolute monarchies or dictatorships, may have some conventional institutions of democracy but with meagre significance, infringements and abuses of civil liberties are commonplace, elections (if they take place) are not fair and free, the media is often state-owned or controlled by groups associated with the ruling regime, the judiciary is not independent, and censorship and suppression of governmental criticism are commonplace.
List
- If two states are on the same position, sort using alphabetical order!
- Please don't add imaginary/virtual micronations!
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- Please delete inactive or defunct micronations!
Note: Scores that were set up by the state's own governments may not be objective.
| Rank | Country | Score | Electoral process and pluralism |
Functioning of government |
Political participation |
Political culture |
Civil liberties |
Regime type |
Region | Statistics
company |
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| 1 |  Kingdom of Impy |
10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | Asia, North America and Antarctica | Royal Government of Impy | Score: 
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| 2 |  Karnia-Ruthenia |
9.4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | South America, North America, Europe, Asia and Antarctica | Imperial and Royal Government | Score:
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| 3 |  Breve Empire |
9.3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Full democracy | Europe | Breve National Broadcasting Corporation | Score:
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9.2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | Central Europe | Independent Statistics Company «1» | Score:
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| 5 |  Republic of Aksana
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9.2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | Antarctica | A.P.P. LTD and Government of Aksana | Score: ▲
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| 6 |  Arkadelphia
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9.0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | North America,Northern Europe | Arkadelphian Parliament | Score:
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| 7 |  Arlandica
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9.0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | Full democracy | Southeast Asia | Royal Arlandican Intelligence Directorate | Score: ▲
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| 8 |  Ivanland
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9.0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | Full democracy | Europe | Governement of Ivanland | Score:
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| 9 |  Kohlandia
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9.0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | Europe | Office of National Statistics (Kohlandia) | Score:
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| 10 |  |
9.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | Australia | Onopolissia OneCount | Score: ▼
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| 11 |  Republic of Todia
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9.0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | Europe | Ministry of National Statistics | Score: Rank:
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| 12 |  United Sea Bass Islands
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9.0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | North America | Federal Government | Score:
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| 13 |  Eintrachtia
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9.0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | Full democracy | Europe, Oceania, Antarctica | Government of Eintrachtia | Score:
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| 14 |  Arstotzkan Union
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8.8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | Full democracy | Oceania | Arstotzkan Bureau of Information and Records | Score: ▲ Rank: ▲ |
| 15 |  Aulpanne
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8.4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | Full democracy | Europe | Ministry of Information and Social Media | Score: Rank:
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| 16 | Republic of the Country Union | 8.0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | Flawed democracy | North America | Official Office of President Eli Samovski of the Country Union | |
| 17 |  Empire of Jakwal
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8.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | Flawed democracy | North America | Goverment of Jakwal | Score:
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| 18 |  Wamong
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7.8 | 5 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 7.2 | Flawed democracy | North America | National Statistics Association | Score:
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| 19 |  lanevinia
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7.1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7,06 | Flawed democracy | Eastern Europe | President of lanevinia | Score: ▲Rank: ▲ |
| 20 |  Kingdom of Atlia
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7.3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8.7 | 7.6 | Flawed democracy | North America | CTAVA | Score:
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| 21 |  Leppä
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7.0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | Flawed democracy | Europe | Committee on Constitutional Legislation | Score:
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| 22 |  Belcity
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7.0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 | Flawed democracy | Europe | President of Belcity | Score:
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| 23 |  Hilbert Dimension
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7.0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | Flawed democracy | Central Europe | Hilbertian government | Score: ▲
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| 24 |  Sendersia
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7.0 | 7.5 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Flawed democracy | Central Europe | President of Sendersia | Score: ▲
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| 25 |  Hugoland
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7.0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | Flawed democracy | Central Europe | Independent Statistics Company «1» | Score: ▲
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| 26 |  Alrodnia
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7.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | Flawed democracy | South East Asia | Alrodnia National Percentage Agency | Score: ▲
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| 27 | Leprechia | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | Hybrid regime | Europe | Leprechia | Score:
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| 28 |  Terrerité
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5.9 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 7.3 | Hybrid regime | South America | Kingdom of Terrerité Government | Score:
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| 30 |  MMBS
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5.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | Hybrid regime | Europe | MMBS | Score:
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| 31 |  Kingdom of Pontunia
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4.4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Hybrid Regime | North America | StatPon | Score: ▲
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| 32 |  Sultanate of the Alwatan
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4.3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | Authoritarian | Imperial Court | Score:
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| 33 | Federation of the Seven Towers | 4.0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Authoritarian | North America | The Government of the Federation of the Seven Towers | Score:
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| 34 | Zakinesia | 4.0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Asia | |||
| 34 |  Imperial Grand Duchy of Lundenwic
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3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Authoritarian | Europe | The Imperial Government | Score:
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| 36 |  Nichensburg
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0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Authoritarian | Central Europe | Most Holy and Serene Royal Government | Score: ▼
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| 37 |  |
0.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 5 | 1 | Authoritarian | Oceania | Ministry of Statistics | Score:
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| 38 |  Pigeon Island
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0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Authoritarian | Europe | Pigeon Island Government | Score:
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