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The Holy Roman Empire was not a theocracy. It was a poor excuse to band all of those tiny, German states together under one roof, headed by Austria. Crusaders were knights from Europe who wanted a place in Heaven by killing the "heathen" Seljuk Turks, not an actual military force.
Governments:
Despotism: Persia for example. You are a ruler who claims divine guidance or that you are divine or you are a military usurper. Your military enforces your strict laws but their elevated importance in your country corrupts them heavily, severly limiting trade and production.
Republic: USA for example. Your city-states are all nominally independant, but look to you for overall leadership and military guidance. You have a Senate made up of representitives from all of the city-states and they form most of the national government. Your power is limited to managing the military and diplomatic aspects of your empire. You do have the right of a veto but your veto can be overturned by the Senate if they disagree with a vast majority. Since the people have a lot of say about law in the form of the Senate corruption is suprisingly low.
Monarchy: Roman Empire and Russian Empire for examples. You rule because your family has risen to the position through marrage, diplomacy, or outright murder and blackmail. Of course there are other families in the state that are very important landowners so they have a lot of power and steal from the royal taxes.
*Nationalism: Attitude throughout Europe in the 19th century and facism in the 1930s and 40s for example. You are the charismatic leader of the major culture of your nation. You can either wip your population's resentment of another race into a frenzy for war or give them a feeling of unity for peace. But there is a penalty for both. If you chose to become warlike, you are forced to put more control in the hands of your generals, which can cause corruption. If you choose to be peaceful, your armies are seen by the public to be tools of distruction, a no-no when your population is geared to trade and production, so you must disband most of it.
Communism: I'm leaving this out because we don't know exactly what "type" of communism is used.
Democracy: Athens for example. Everyone has a say in your government, everyone. The entire population votes on issues of diplomacy, trade, and war. This lets your country be unparalleled in production and trade, causing low corruption since everyone gets a share. This also severely limits your options in diplomacy. In ancient times it is easier to maintain a Democracy since your population is low. In later centuries it is almost impossible since you cannot effectively get everyone's vote for every bill submitted. With the advent of the Internet and World Wide Web in the modern era, though, your population is once again connected to the government.
*Speculation based on what I've seen people say about the new gov't.
Governments:
Despotism: Persia for example. You are a ruler who claims divine guidance or that you are divine or you are a military usurper. Your military enforces your strict laws but their elevated importance in your country corrupts them heavily, severly limiting trade and production.
Republic: USA for example. Your city-states are all nominally independant, but look to you for overall leadership and military guidance. You have a Senate made up of representitives from all of the city-states and they form most of the national government. Your power is limited to managing the military and diplomatic aspects of your empire. You do have the right of a veto but your veto can be overturned by the Senate if they disagree with a vast majority. Since the people have a lot of say about law in the form of the Senate corruption is suprisingly low.
Monarchy: Roman Empire and Russian Empire for examples. You rule because your family has risen to the position through marrage, diplomacy, or outright murder and blackmail. Of course there are other families in the state that are very important landowners so they have a lot of power and steal from the royal taxes.
*Nationalism: Attitude throughout Europe in the 19th century and facism in the 1930s and 40s for example. You are the charismatic leader of the major culture of your nation. You can either wip your population's resentment of another race into a frenzy for war or give them a feeling of unity for peace. But there is a penalty for both. If you chose to become warlike, you are forced to put more control in the hands of your generals, which can cause corruption. If you choose to be peaceful, your armies are seen by the public to be tools of distruction, a no-no when your population is geared to trade and production, so you must disband most of it.
Communism: I'm leaving this out because we don't know exactly what "type" of communism is used.
Democracy: Athens for example. Everyone has a say in your government, everyone. The entire population votes on issues of diplomacy, trade, and war. This lets your country be unparalleled in production and trade, causing low corruption since everyone gets a share. This also severely limits your options in diplomacy. In ancient times it is easier to maintain a Democracy since your population is low. In later centuries it is almost impossible since you cannot effectively get everyone's vote for every bill submitted. With the advent of the Internet and World Wide Web in the modern era, though, your population is once again connected to the government.
*Speculation based on what I've seen people say about the new gov't.
but heres what the goverment would be like in game terms, not real life becouse it is a game (i know, shocking 
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