re: I don't think it's a game.
"Anybody interested in seceding from the Union? The new entity would have a government where partisanship is punishable by immersion in boiling oil. Only the good of the people shall be considered. Of course, who the heck knows what that is any more? Some people THINK they know and therein lie delusions of Godhood."
Yeah. Or other words a single party rule- like the Soviets or like Chinese. Or what the terrorists want. You have the wise, but more importantly the faithful, running the joint.