Reddit reviews The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
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It's literally the title of a book about political theory for laymen, specifically on what's called selectorate theory. They chose the title to be provocative, but it's actually a very insightful and interesting tract on the internal logic of political strategy. I'm not implying that Republican policies are dictatorial; sorry if it came across that way. Perhaps I should have included a link to the book for clarity.
The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
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I recommend The Dictator's Handbook for ideas on how to run any domain where the PCs are rulers. It proposes a theory of power called Selectorate Theory, which posits that the only difference between autocrats and democrats is the size of the winning coalition required to stay in power, and what a leader has to do to keep them happy, that is, to make sure they are rewarded.
The Dictators Handbook (http://www.amazon.ca/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Politics/dp/161039044X) is an excellent intro to why even the worst dictators limit how genocidal they are.
After all, why do dictators outfit their riot control troops with anything but machine guns? Yet, the give them water cannons and pepper spray all the time, and only if they have to do they resort to killing people.