Sparta
Militarised oligarchy with two kings
Sparta leans hardest toward Order, Hawk and Assimilationist.
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Tightly controlled warrior state.
Two kings, a council of elders and an assembly that voted by shouting.
Total discipline; a secret police terrorised the helots.
Insular and suspicious of outsiders.
Every citizen a professional soldier from age seven.
Periodically expelled foreigners.
Citizens ate in common messes, living off state-owned helot labour.
Banned gold and silver coins, using iron bars to discourage trade.
Deliberately self-sufficient.
Deeply religious, consulting oracles before wars.
Rigid customs, though women had unusual freedoms.
Austere and suspicious of novelty.
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