Which government had the most pure democracy?
Athens — a direct democracy — on legislation matters, the entire community gathered in a town hall style meeting and voted for legislation. This form of government turned out to be impractical, as a few charismatic leaders could sway significant portions of the population to vote in their favor. Athens was derisively called a mob rule by many of its enemies, and for good reason China — was a collection of individual nationstates, mostly run by taoist monks and minor kingdoms, until its unification under Qin Shi Huangdi in the 3rd century BCE. After the unification, China became an empire run by a single authority Rome — was a Republic. Noticing the failures of the Athenian system, legislation was decided by a senate (lit. “council of old men:) who was elected to serve as a represenative for an area. They also included checks and balances to protect itself against tyranny. The Roman system was incredibly robust, and survived in some form for nearly 500 years. Even well into the Impe
