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=== Political Variety and Controversy ===
=== Political Variety and Controversy ===
The Alliance is devoted to liberty and self-determination for both its citizens and the [[government]]s of its member [[Star Systems|systems]]. As a consequence of the Alliance granting member systems a greater degree of autonomy than the Federation and Empire, however, a small number of systems are controlled by Alliance-aligned dictatorship, feudalism, communism, theocracy, and anarchy minor factions. Permitting these government types to operate within the Alliance has been a point of controversy, as they are generally autocratic or even criminal, and some of them allow [[slavery]] with no restrictions. As such, these governments are arguably at odds with the Alliance's outspoken commitment to liberty.<ref name=":5">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/55c1d2b89657ba00210d630d Children of Liberty call out Alliance Hypocrisy, 07 AUG 3301]</ref>
The Alliance is devoted to liberty and self-determination for both its citizens and the [[government]]s of its member [[Star Systems|systems]]. As a consequence of the Alliance granting member systems a greater degree of autonomy than the Federation and Empire, however, a small number of systems are controlled by Alliance-aligned dictatorship, feudalism, communism, theocracy, and anarchy minor factions. Permitting these government types to operate within the Alliance has been a point of controversy, as they are generally autocratic or even criminal, and some of them allow [[Slaves|slavery]] with no restrictions. As such, these governments are arguably at odds with the Alliance's outspoken commitment to liberty.<ref name=":5">[https://community.elitedangerous.com/en/galnet/uid/55c1d2b89657ba00210d630d Children of Liberty call out Alliance Hypocrisy, 07 AUG 3301]</ref>


The Alliance's criminal and autocratic systems totals as of January 3306 are compared with those of the Federation and the Empire below:<ref>Data gathered from [https://www.edsm.net/en/search/systems EDSM] on January 4, 2020</ref>
The Alliance's criminal and autocratic systems totals as of January 3306 are compared with those of the Federation and the Empire below:<ref>Data gathered from [https://www.edsm.net/en/search/systems EDSM] on January 4, 2020</ref>