Wizarding world government

[Ali]

No: HPFGUIDX 45440

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Christopher Nuttall" 
<christopher_g_nuttall at h...> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Regarding the government of the WW, I think that we can make a few 
guesses about the most likely structure, because of the application 
of theories from our world that can be carried over to the WW.
> 
> For example, the government of the WW must be a fairly basic 
democratic with as little interference in the private affairs of its 
citizens as possible.  The reason, carried over from our world, is 
that the wizards are always armed with wands, which can be used as 
offensive weapons.  Someone, I forget who but I'll look it up, said 
that an armed populace means a democraticy, while an unarmed populace 
can be something less repersentive.  


I hope that you're not implying that countries where offensive 
weapons are not allowed (ie most of Europe) must somehow be less 
democratic than those which permit the bearing of arms <g>! You might 
cause a little war if that was your intent! Also, we have no 
indication  as to whether the MoM is elected or is an unelected 
bureaucrat. We do not know the extent of the WW democracy, or lack of 
it.
> 
> Second guess:  Democratises don't fight amongst themselves (or at 
least I can't think of an example) and therefore there will probably 
be no wizarding equivalent of the World Wars. 

I'm not sure that I understand you here. Democracies don't fight each 
other? Perhaps that would be our dream. Whatever we think about WWII, 
it should never be forgotten that Hitler was originally 
democratically elected - even if he took totalitarian action after 
that point. Whilst we all seek a true democracy, the reality is that 
our own democracies also have their pitfalls and are 
rarely "democratic" in the original meaning of the word.

>For them, perhaps, there will be no nations, as we understand the 
term, but merely administrate centres.  Therefore, the concerns from 
the 'rule Britannica' thread are simply not valid, the aurors could 
cross the boundaries between the administrative centres without 
trouble.

We already have evidence that there is a British MoM and a Bulgarian 
MoM. We know that British wizards support British teams just as their 
muggle counterparts do. This suggests that they still see themselves 
as separate nations rather more than simply administrative centres. I 
can believe that aurors cross boundaries - with or without local 
support, but the fact remains that there are boundaries to cross.

Ali