Civilized Politics

Age

Boundary

The West (Greece)

The East (China)

hereditary tribe

New Stone

rigid

territorial pastoral-trade hereditary tribe

territorial agrarian tribe

hereditary nation

Bronze

flexible

individualistic hereditary nation alliance

collectivistic nation feudal system

centralized mega empire

Late Bronze/Iron

flexible

individualistic elective mega empire

collectivistic civil service mega empire

democratic nation

Industrial

flexible

individualistic individual liberal democratic nation

collectivistic common professional democratic nation

multilateral organization

Information

multifaceted

individualistic multilateral organization

collectivistic multilateral organization

eusocial politics

Intelligence

multifaceted

individualistic eusocial politics

collectivistic eusocial politics