Dystopian Rule

The worst of the worst

Updated over 3 years ago

8 pages

Dystopian Rule

Create the most dystopian fictional government. How did your society get here? Who's benefiting from this system - and who's oppressed? Why can't things be improved?

Competition DatesThis competition is accepting submissions from November 26 through December 15. A winner will be chosen by December 21.The PrizeOne winner will be chosen and awarded 6 months of free Notebook.ai Premium.Submission GuidelinesTo get started, just create a Government page and submit it here. That's it!

We encourage you to include a brief description of your government when submtting, but it's not required. Any description you provide will be visible to judges and those browsing the submissions after the competition is over.

Once you submit your entry, it cannot be edited. There's no benefit to submitting early, so please only submit your government when you feel it is ready!

You can submit as many Governments as you would like; please make a separate submittion for each Government.

Submissions will be accepted from November 26 to December 15, closing at noon PST on December 15, 2022.

Judging CriteriaOn December 15, submissions will be closed and judging will begin. Here's what the judging process will look like:

A small panel of Notebook.ai users will read through and review each submitted Government. If they choose to provide personal feedback on any submission, that feedback will be provided privately.

Submissions will be judged on creativity, thoughtful details, realism, and adherence to the prompt.

This is a worldbuilding competition, so we're looking for interesting descriptions of new, fictional governments - not descriptions of real-world governments that may or may not fit into either category.

A winner will be chosen by December 21!

Published Pages

8 pages published in this collection

Recent A-Z Chronological Shuffle

Published by @Nightmare_Eclipse · over 3 years ago

Government

Zestrian 'Council'

1 min read · 461 views

From the universe: Sylflis (Of Kings and Killers)

The Zestrian Council is ruled by the terrible King Cooper. He claims it's a council, yet he is the only one that makes decisions and enjoys killing with the flick of his finger. Any that try and rebel are assassinated in the dark of the night.

"A dictatorship kingdom that is cruel to everyone and is intent on keeping power in the king/queen's hands."

— @Nightmare_Eclipse

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December 21, 2022

Published by Jackfrostbitten · over 3 years ago

Government

Behind The Curtain

1 min read · 151 views

Life is a stage, and every stage needs a crew to function. This reality's particular tech crew is...poorly run, to say the least. Why else would you find tears in reality on the playground, or tesseracts in the grocery store?

"I made this over the course of an hour in my Drivers ED and Biology classes."

— Jackfrostbitten

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December 21, 2022

Published by @Blazemico · over 3 years ago

Government

The Shadow Royal Line

1 min read · 390 views

From the universe: Novissime Realm

A family of shadows that all have a special ability: being able to control ones weaker than themselves. (Also royal shadows are goopy shadows like Bendy or Nightmare!Sans while normal shadowlings are more fire-like)

"I am aware this isn't that good, sorry about that. Thanks for the motivation tho!"

— @Blazemico

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December 21, 2022

Published by @ZAVEN · over 3 years ago

Government

Old World Uniform

1 min read · 266 views

From the universe: Urani

A government policy that is very heavy on control and conformity. Stemmed from loss of control after Terma's (their home-world) collapse and over-correcting of the preexisting government as a result of it. It is a government that solely controls Vi-koku

"Thank you in advance for reading, I had fun working on this."

— @ZAVEN

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December 21, 2022

Published by @Blazemico · over 3 years ago

Government

The Shadow Royal Line

1 min read · 380 views

From the universe: Novissime Realm

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December 21, 2022

Published by @Mojack · over 3 years ago

Government

Saika Red Government

1 min read · 233 views

From the universe: New Universe

A large but well organized government. Extremely corrupt.

"my submission for this contest! Saika Red is a nation I created to be as horrible as possible to live in (while also trying to maintain some concept of realism). It’s a nation I created from a game; Nation States. read the Notes section of the page for more details!"

— @Mojack

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December 21, 2022

Published by Mt. G · over 3 years ago

Government

The Sacred Order of the Faithful

1 min read · 78 views

The Sacred Order of the Faithful is a religious government that rules over a vast, sprawling empire. It is said to have been founded by the gods themselves, and is seen as the chosen government of the divine.

"There's a lot of stories to come out of this country and its government!"

— Mt. G

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December 21, 2022

Published by @RiverLily · over 3 years ago

Government

Council of Worlds

2 min read · 288 views

From the universe: Worlds of Worlds

Two Master Leaders from each world (Aerith, Earth, Cavihos) gather together every 3 years for determinings and meetings. (There are six leaders, they're a Council) [They have judicial, executive and legislative power, like the NPC] They (most often times) rely on the votes...