Polity Atlas

How each model solves the same problems

Instead of “democracy versus anarchism”, compare the concrete ways collective problems get solved.

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How are decisions made?Designed and run by federal and Manitoba governments as a research programme; households applied and were paid by a field office.The Prime Minister is formally responsible for Diella; the Constitutional Court states AI cannot change who exercises public power or bears accountability.A stratified random sample of 523 voters deliberated in moderated groups and plenaries and answered questionnaires before and after; no decisions were taken.Sortition / citizens' assembly
How are conflicts resolved?Administrative income verification; no participant role in governance.Opposition challenged the decrees before the Constitutional Court, which dismissed the request on 8 October 2026; its full reasoning is pending.Balanced briefing materials, trained neutral moderators and competing experts structured disagreement.
How are public goods funded?Federal–provincial funding of income guarantees with 35–75% benefit-reduction rates; produced a research dataset later made public.Aims to improve public-service access and reduce discretion in public procurement.Privately funded; produced published results, media coverage and a peer-reviewed study.
How is AI used?No AI role.Chatbot and voice assistant on e-Albania; a procurement system tender was still being prepared in August 2026.No AI role.
What are the main risks?Political termination before analysis; dependence on the governments that launched it; confusion between negative income tax and universal basic income.Unclear accountability for an AI 'minister'; no AI law yet; no published technical detail; AKSHI's leaders face a tender-rigging case.CLM-0359Self-selection into attendance; artificial setting; analysis by the method's designers; no institutional uptake.

This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.