Curious...
According to the Rating/Ranking Scale (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47301), my nation has the lowest (weakest? most libertarian?) economy possible. This, coupled with my other stats, means that according to the Political Map (http://alces.sel.uaf.edu/gregg/ns/nsmap.html) my nation should be a Corrupt Dictatorship. But my classification quite clearly says "Father Knows Best State"
Am I wrong in my thoughts about how the economy is factored with the others, or is something messed up?
I think your civil rights are too good for you to be a psychotic dictatorship
A father know best states is repressive in political and economic freedoms but not overly concerned with personal lives you see
Ballotonia
19-09-2003, 20:34
According to the Rating/Ranking Scale (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47301), my nation has the lowest (weakest? most libertarian?) economy possible. This, coupled with my other stats, means that according to the Political Map (http://alces.sel.uaf.edu/gregg/ns/nsmap.html) my nation should be a Corrupt Dictatorship. But my classification quite clearly says "Father Knows Best State"
Am I wrong in my thoughts about how the economy is factored with the others, or is something messed up?
No, this is a common misconception at work.
The three levels (Civil Rights, Economy, and Political Freedoms) are not the same as the axis on the 3D Political Map. The best way to see this is by looking at the Economy level: While it is scaled from Imploded to Frightening (which is a measure of strength), the axis Economy in the Political Map is measured from Libertarian to Authoritarian (a degree of freedom measurement). It's the same difference for the other two levels, but it's easier in those to mistake the 'level terms' such as "Good" or "Superb" for measurements of the degree of libertarianism.
Ballotonia
I know the economy rating measures strength of the economy rather than ecocnomic freedoms,but I think the other to ratings actually do describe libertarian to authotitarian,there are some other factors but I think those two pretty closly model the axis of the map
Ok, so the economic freedom stat is a more hidden thing? I remember now it mentions something similar to that in the NationStates FAQ.
Ok, thank you. It's been puzzling me for a while.