Governance Explorer / Side by side How each model solves the same problems Instead of “democracy versus anarchism”, compare the concrete ways collective problems get solved.
Question Model A Ostbelgien Citizens' Council and Citizens' Assemblies (since 2019) AI-assisted arbitration Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Albania's AI 'minister' Diella Anarcho-capitalism Anarcho-syndicalism Approval voting Arbitration Athenian democracy (Classical Athens) Auroville Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) Better Reykjavik (Betri Reykjavík, since 2010) British Columbia Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (2004) Brook Farm Champlain Housing Trust Charter city CityDAO Civic republicanism Commons governance Community land trust Condorcet methods Consociationalism Constitutional political economy Constitutionalism Cooperative ownership Cosmopolitan democracy DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation) Decide Madrid and the Consul software (since 2015) Decidim Barcelona Deliberative democracy Deliberative legitimacy Demarchy Democratic confederalism Digital identity Digital statehood Distributism Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Epistocracy Estonia e-Residency Estonian Internet voting (i-voting, since 2005) Evergreen Cooperatives (Cleveland, Ohio) Exit rights Exit, voice and loyalty Federalism Free Territory (Makhnovshchina), Ukraine Freetown Christiania French Citizens' Convention for Climate (2019–2021) Futarchy G1000 Citizens' Summit (Belgium, 2011) Georgism Gitcoin quadratic funding Global citizens' assembly (proposed permanent body) Gross National Happiness (Bhutan) Harberger tax Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois League) Hutterite colonies Icarian communities (Étienne Cabet) Iceland crowdsourced constitution Icelandic Commonwealth (Þjóðveldið) Initiative and referendum Ireland Citizens' Assembly (2016–2018) Iron law of oligarchy Israeli kibbutz movement Italian Regency of Carnaro (Fiume) Justice as fairness Kerala People's Plan Campaign Kleros (decentralised court) Landsgemeinde of Glarus Legislature by lot Liberland Libertarianism Liquid democracy Marinaleda (Andalusia, Spain) Market anarchism MetaDAO (futarchy on Solana) Metagov Mill's plural voting Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) Mondragon cooperatives Network state New Harmony (Owenite community) Off-world settlement governance proposals (Mars) OGAS: the Soviet national automated management network Oneida Community Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review (since 2010) Paris Commune (1871) Participatory budgeting Participatory economics (parecon) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polyarchy Polycentric law Popular assembly Porto Alegre participatory budgeting Post-labour economy Preston model of community wealth building Project Cybersyn (Chile) Próspera (Roatán, Honduras) Public choice theory Quadratic funding Model B AI in government AI-assisted arbitration Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Albania's AI 'minister' Diella Anarcho-capitalism Anarcho-syndicalism Approval voting Arbitration Athenian democracy (Classical Athens) Auroville Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) Better Reykjavik (Betri Reykjavík, since 2010) British Columbia Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (2004) Brook Farm Champlain Housing Trust Charter city CityDAO Civic republicanism Commons governance Community land trust Condorcet methods Consociationalism Constitutional political economy Constitutionalism Cooperative ownership Cosmopolitan democracy DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation) Decide Madrid and the Consul software (since 2015) Decidim Barcelona Deliberative democracy Deliberative legitimacy Demarchy Democratic confederalism Digital identity Digital statehood Distributism Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Epistocracy Estonia e-Residency Estonian Internet voting (i-voting, since 2005) Evergreen Cooperatives (Cleveland, Ohio) Exit rights Exit, voice and loyalty Federalism Free Territory (Makhnovshchina), Ukraine Freetown Christiania French Citizens' Convention for Climate (2019–2021) Futarchy G1000 Citizens' Summit (Belgium, 2011) Georgism Gitcoin quadratic funding Global citizens' assembly (proposed permanent body) Gross National Happiness (Bhutan) Harberger tax Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois League) Hutterite colonies Icarian communities (Étienne Cabet) Iceland crowdsourced constitution Icelandic Commonwealth (Þjóðveldið) Initiative and referendum Ireland Citizens' Assembly (2016–2018) Iron law of oligarchy Israeli kibbutz movement Italian Regency of Carnaro (Fiume) Justice as fairness Kerala People's Plan Campaign Kleros (decentralised court) Landsgemeinde of Glarus Legislature by lot Liberland Libertarianism Liquid democracy Marinaleda (Andalusia, Spain) Market anarchism MetaDAO (futarchy on Solana) Metagov Mill's plural voting Mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) Mondragon cooperatives Network state New Harmony (Owenite community) Off-world settlement governance proposals (Mars) OGAS: the Soviet national automated management network Oneida Community Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review (since 2010) Paris Commune (1871) Participatory budgeting Participatory economics (parecon) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Polyarchy Polycentric law Popular assembly Porto Alegre participatory budgeting Post-labour economy Preston model of community wealth building Project Cybersyn (Chile) Próspera (Roatán, Honduras) Public choice theory Quadratic funding + Model How are decisions made? A rotating council of 24 former participants sets agendas; assemblies of about 30 lottery-selected residents deliberate and aim for consensus on recommendations. Sortition / citizens' assembly Unknown How are conflicts resolved? Professional moderation; quotas for age, gender, residence and socio-economic background; recommendations are addressed to parliament and government. Unknown How are public goods funded? Own annual parliamentary budget and a permanent staff member inside the parliament administration. Unknown How is AI used? No AI role. Unknown What are the main risks? Uptake depends on political willingness; voluntary participation after the draw; small population and limited scope. Unknown
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.