Quest and LSD: Just another example, don't forget that Gonzoles(?) kid a while ago. State-sanctioned kidnaping that went to higher levels. They sent in SWAT to retrieve a little child from a nonmilitary environment, was that really necessary? Anyway, I think it really depends upon who's in charge, which reflects directly back to the people--this is true for any country. Unfortunately (as I have said before), many people in the US at least don't vote concerning who would be the best leader or on who has the same ethical and moral views that they have, but rather it becomes an enormous popularity contest. The political debates come readily to mind. LSD, that's shameful manipulation. You're now on my "bad" list. =) Gog: Apologies for a bit of misinterpretation. If you want to "go beyond the dictionary definition", you need to be very specific about it, because, like Quest says, you default to the Dictionary definition because that's what everyone else uses. I see nothing wrong with creating your own definitions, so long as you take great pains to not make them confusing. But I'm not so sure that Anarchy, even by your definition, would work very well unless some VERY radical adjustments are made to human psychology. The reason for this is that we work so much better in groups than as individuals (because of the extreme limitations of our minds), and someone has to be at least nominally in charge of the group, if nothing else than to coordinate the whole thing. So even if there were no such thing as murderers, thieves, rapists, child molesters, and generally self-serving people that care only for advancing themselves and have no regard for society and civilization, there would still be some form of government there. I think that some form of government is the logical end result of human psychology, and it is impossible for us to function without us. So, this is a very roundabout way of saying that maybe Anarchy is the perfect form of government--for aliens. =) Bryster-- Here in the US we have road tax as well, just a bit more subtle. They are called tollways. =)