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!
• Please only add active micronations!
• 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	Changes from last year
1	Kingdom of Impy	10	10	10	10	10	10	Full democracy	Asia, North America and Antarctica	Royal Government of Impy	Score: Rank:
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: Rank:
3	Breve Empire	9.3	10	10	7	9	10	Full democracy	Europe	Breve National Broadcasting Corporation	Score: Rank:
4	Bartonia	9.2	10	10	6	10	10	Full democracy	Central Europe	Independent Statistics Company «1»	Score: Rank:
5	Republic of Aksana	9.2	10	10	6	10	10	Full democracy	Antarctica	A.P.P. LTD and Government of Aksana	Score: ▲ Rank: ▲
6	Arkadelphia	9.0	10	10	5	10	10	Full democracy	North America,Northern Europe	Arkadelphian Parliament	Score: Rank:
7	Arlandica	9.0	8	9	9	10	9	Full democracy	Southeast Asia	His Majesty's Office	Score: ▲ Rank:
8	Ivanland	9.0	10	7	10	9	9	Full democracy	Europe	Governement of Ivanland	Score: Rank:
9	Kohlandia	9.0	10	5	10	10	10	Full democracy	Europe	Office of National Statistics (Kohlandia)	Score: Rank: ▲
10	Onopolissia	9.0	9	8	8	10	10	Full democracy	Australia	Onopolissia OneCount	Score: ▼ Rank: ▼
11	Republic of Todia	9.0	10	10	5	10	10	Full democracy	Europe	Ministry of National Statistics	Score: Rank:
12	United Sea Bass Islands	9.0	10	10	5	10	10	Full democracy	North America	Federal Government	Score: Rank:
13	Eintrachtia	9.0	10	9	6	10	10	Full democracy	Europe, Oceania, Antarctica	Government of Eintrachtia	Score: Rank:
14	Arstotzkan Union	8.8	10	7	10	7	10	Full democracy	Oceania	Arstotzkan Bureau of Information and Records	Score: ▲ Rank: ▲
15	Aulpanne	8.4	10	10	10	6	6	Full democracy	Europe	Ministry of Information and Social Media	Score: Rank:
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	Wamong	7.8	5	8.5	9.2	9.2	7.2	Flawed democracy	North America	National Statistics Association	Score:
18	lanevinia	7.1	10	5	10	10	7,06	Flawed democracy	Eastern Europe	President of lanevinia	Score: ▲Rank: ▲
19	Kingdom of Atlia	7.3	8	6	6	8.7	7.6	Flawed democracy	North America	CTAVA	Score: Rank:
20	Leppä	7.0	6	8	5	3	10	Flawed democracy	Europe	Committee on Constitutional Legislation	Score:
21	Belcity	7.0	9	8	1	8	9	Flawed democracy	Europe	President of Belcity	Score: Rank:
22	Hilbert Dimension	7.0	10	10	5	5	10	Flawed democracy	Central Europe	Hilbertian government	Score: ▲ Rank:
23	Sendersia	7.0	7.5	10	7	8	10	Flawed democracy	Central Europe	President of Sendersia	Score: ▲ Rank: ▲
24	Hugoland	7.0	10	0	5	10	10	Flawed democracy	Central Europe	Independent Statistics Company «1»	Score: ▲ Rank:
25	Alrodnia	7.0	7	6	6	5	5	Flawed democracy	South East Asia	Alrodnia National Percentage Agency	Score: ▲ Rank: ▲
26	Leprechia	6.0	10	5	1	5	10	Hybrid regime	Europe	Leprechia	Score: Rank:
27	Terrerité	5.9	6.3	6.4	5.6	3.8	7.3	Hybrid regime	South America	Kingdom of Terrerité Government	Score: Rank:
28	The Place	5.76	4.1	8.2	8.3	1.6	6.6	Hybrid regime	North America	Blues of The Place	Score: Rank:
29	MMBS	5.0	5	5	5	10	0	Hybrid regime	Europe	MMBS	Score: Rank:
30	Kingdom of Pontunia	4.4	6	5	2	4	5	Hybrid Regime	North America	StatPon	Score: ▲ Rank: ▲
31	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: Rank:
32	Imperial Grand Duchy of Lundenwic	3.0	5	0	0	0	10	Authoritarian	Europe	The Imperial Government	Score: Rank:
33	Grand duchy of Zakinesia	3.0	0	0	0	0	9	Authoritarian	Asia, Oceania	Parliament of Zakinesia	Score: Rank:
34	Journal World	2.4	0	1	5	1	5	Authoritarian	North America	Government of Journal World	Score: Rank:
35	Nichensburg	0.1	0	0	0.5	0	0	Authoritarian	Central Europe	Most Holy and Serene Royal Government	Score: ▼ Rank:
36	Clivestan	0.1	1	1	6.3	5	1	Authoritarian	Oceania	Ministry of Statistics	Score: Rank:
37	Pigeon Island	0.1	0	0	0	0	2	Authoritarian	Europe	Pigeon Island Government	Score: Rank: