Editing Polity

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A [[Polity]] may be any group that organizes for political purposes. Also commonly known as ''interest groups''. 
* This includes [[organization]]s, [[institution]]s, and many other kinds of interest groups. 
* Please note that a polity does not necessarily indicate a [[government]] although it most often does. 

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
A polity can be manifested in many different forms, such as a state, an [[empire]], an interstellar organization, a political organization and other identifiable, resource-manipulating organizational structures. A polity, like a state, does not need to be a sovereign unit.

Polities may cleave upon any number of binding factors such as:
* Cultural identification ([[folkway]]s)
* Geographic identification (astrographics)
* Historical identification (shared experiences)
* Racial identification (common genetics)
* Religious identification (belief system)
* etc. 

=== Polity Types by Size/Organization ===
# ''Sub-polities'' are members of a polity or supra-polity. They have often been given considerable sovereignty over their governing powers. Some think of them as states, provinces, domains, or sub-groupings within a nation-state.
# ''Polities'' are a standard government or interest group, consisting of various numbers of members. They range from [[World-State]]s to [[Hyper-Power]]s although hyperpowers generally form Supra-polities. Sometimes called ''meso-polities''. 
# ''Supra-polities'' are overarching polities that create a grouping of more conventional polities, usually to resist the advances of a larger polity. Many to most super- and hyper-powers form supra-polities. All of the [[government]]s or polities of the [[major race]]s are supra-polities to some degree.

== History & Background (Dossier) ==
While no formal system of polity classification has ever been agreed upon by the [[major race]]s, the majority of the interstellar academic community has generally agreed upon the below system:

=== Polity Data Type Table ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|+ Powers (Politea)
! #
! Size Descriptor (Power)
! Type (Sovereignty)
! Allegiance Code
! Ling. Descriptor (State)
! Comparitive Descriptor
! World/s
! Range
! Remarks / Notes / Examples
(Polarity)
|-
| 1.
| [[World-State]]
(Petty Power)
| [[Non-Aligned]] Power
(Improbable Sovereignty)<br>(extremely limited sovreignty)
| NaXX
| Micro State
(Micro Nation)
| Petty Power
| 1
| World
| Non-polar 
(20th century CE / [[-2550]] 3I / [[Terran]] Conflict Analogy: Unrecognized. No mention. Not newsworthy. 4th or 5th world (least well developed) powers: Andorra, Malta, etc.)
[Extremely impoverished]

[Typically [[Client state]]s]
|-
| 2.
| [[Pocket empire|Pocket Empire]]
(Lesser Power)
| Independent Power
(Possible Sovereignty)<br>(limited sovreignty)
| 4ltr Allegiance Code
| Mini State
| Small Power
(Smaller Power) 
| 2+<br>(2 to 24)
| 1+ Subsector/s
| Sub-polar 
(20th century CE / [[-2550]] 3I / [[Terran]] Conflict Analogy: 3rd World (poorly developed) Africa)

[Typically [[Client state]]s]
|-
| 3.
| Minor Power
(Smaller Power)
| Independent Power
(Probable Sovereignty)<br>(significant sovreignty)
| 4ltr Allegiance Code
| Minor State
| Lesser Power 
| 25+<br>(25-49)
| 1+ Subsector/s
| Quad- or Multi-polar 
(20th century CE / [[-2550]] 3I / [[Terran]] Conflict Analogy: 2nd World (lesser developed) Asian Tigers, Portugal, etc.)

[Typically [[Client state]]s]
|-
| 4.
| Major Power
(Great Power)
| Independent Power
(Sovereign)
| 4ltr Allegiance Code
| State (Conventional)
* Meso-state
| Great Power
(Meso-power)<br>(Middling Power)
| 50+<br>(50-99)
| Several Subsectors to 1+ Sectors
| Tri- or Multi-polar 
(20th century CE / [[-2550]] 3I / [[Terran]] Conflict Analogy: 1st World (well developed) France, Germany, Japan, etc.)

[Mostly Independent]
|-
| 5.
| Super Power
(Greater Power)<br>(Very Great Power)
| Independent Power
(Sovereign)
| 4ltr Allegiance Code
| Major State
| Very Great Power 
(Greater Power)
| 100+<br>(100-999)
| Several Subsectors to 1+ Sectors
| Bi- or Multi-polar 
(20th century CE / [[-2550]] 3I / [[Terran]] Conflict Analogy: Cold War: USA vs. USSR superpowers)
[Well developed and leading powers]

[Almost always Independent]
[Typically Supra-polities]
|-
| 6.
| Hyper Power
(Greatest Power)
| Independent Power
(Sovereign)
| 4ltr Allegiance Code
| Macro State
Hyper State
| Greatest Power
(Mega-power)
| 1,000+<br>(1,000+)
| Multi-sector
| Uni- or Multi-polar
(20th century CE / [[-2550]] 3I / [[Terran]] Conflict Analogy: Clear dominance: USA, Ancient China, Roman Empire, etc. hyperpower)
[Superlatively developed and ''THE'' leading power]

[Always Independent]
[Typically Supra-polities]
|-
|}

== See also ==
{{:Referral-Tree-Culture-Art-Practices}}
{{Referral-Tree-Sophontology}}

====Other====
Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] articles for related [[Library Data]]:
* [[Government]]
** Political Function 
*** [[Civilian]] 
*** [[Military]] 
*** [[Paramilitary]] 
** [[Political Science]]
** [[Polity]]
*** Polity Types 
**** [[Mesopolity]]
**** [[Subpolity]]
**** [[Supra-polity]]

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Advanced}}
{{Sources
|S1= [[101 Governments]]
|S2= [[Mongoose Traveller: Societies and Settlements]]
|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
}} 


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