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 ✕ Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois League) 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 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) Ostbelgien Citizens' Council and Citizens' Assemblies (since 2019) 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-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 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) Ostbelgien Citizens' Council and Citizens' Assemblies (since 2019) 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 C ✕ AI in government 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 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) Ostbelgien Citizens' Council and Citizens' Assemblies (since 2019) 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 How are decisions made? Grand Council of 50 chiefs chosen by clan mothers; questions pass between groups of nations, each seeking unanimity, with the Onondaga Firekeepers confirming or resolving disagreement. Unknown Unknown How are conflicts resolved? The Confederacy describes the Grand Council as resolving disputes among the nations and planning for the welfare of all the people. Unknown Unknown How are public goods funded? Unknown Unknown Unknown How is AI used? No documented AI role. Unknown Unknown What are the main risks? Operates alongside US and Canadian governments, which limits its practical jurisdiction; its rule of unanimity within and between blocs requires broad agreement. CLM-0117 CLM-0118 Unknown Unknown
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.