Liberty Goverment?

[Praetyre]

Err.. Sirius isn't a galaxy nor is Freelancer set in an entire galaxy. It's the name of several stars in the Milky Way galaxy, the most prominent being Canis Majoris, 8.6 light years away from Sol. The meaning of "sector" is unclear, but could potentially mean a certain area of 3D space for ease of galactic cartography. Each house has 5-6 major systems, and holds about 4-7 planets, generally only 3-4 of which are population centers, and considering Manhattan's population numbers (as of 800 AS, growth rate is beyond me) 220,000,000, we can probably assume other planets number in the hundreds of millions.

I wouldn't say it's impossible to have civil government, given the known (to Sirius' general public) House populations (each, not every House combined) comprise a billion or two and the advancement of communications technology in Sirius. But in all honesty, much of the stuff factions run are more maritime or import/export things, or things that the Navy needs to deal with in the first place (stolen technology and papers, spies etc). Civil government would largely be ground based.''.

Also, don't want to quibble too much, but historically, America has not been a democracy. As the 2000 election shows, popular vote isn't everything, and the American founding fathers certainly weren't fans of democracy (where do you think the "Two wolves and a sheep" quote comes from?). Liberty is most likely a republic (rule of constitutional law), which should not be confused with a democracy (majority rule). At the very least, it is a democratic republic, because a secondary definition of republic is any nation lead by a President, which Liberty is.

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