Politics Tropes

Tropes that are related to government, politics, and world events, including the military outside of war stories.

Political facts and useful notes can be found on the Useful Notes index.

Please be doubleplus mindful of the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement.

Related tropes:
 * Authority Tropes
 * Betrayal Tropes
 * Civil Unrest Tropes
 * Empowerment
 * Espionage Tropes
 * Human Rights Issues
 * Loyalty Tropes
 * Military Science Fiction

Politics About Media

 * Backed by the Pentagon
 * Banned in China
 * Censorware
 * Colbert Bump
 * Comics Code
 * DRM
 * Media Classifications
 * Media Watchdog
 * The New Rock and Roll
 * No Swastikas
 * Nuclear Weapons Taboo
 * Political Correctness Gone Mad
 * Public Service Announcement

Media About Politics

 * Two Plus Torture Makes Five
 * Twenty-Fifth Amendment
 * All Elections Are Serious Business
 * All Issues Are Political Issues
 * All Nations Are Superpowers
 * The Alliance
 * Ambadassador
 * America Takes Over the World
 * Anarchy Is Chaos
 * Animal Testing
 * Animal Wrongs Group
 * Armies Are Evil
 * Ass in Ambassador
 * Attack of the Political Ad
 * Balance of Power
 * Ban on Politics
 * Banana Republic
 * Bee People
 * Big Brother Is Employing You
 * Big Brother Is Watching
 * Binding Ancient Treaty
 * Blood on the Debate Floor
 * Brain Drain
 * Bread and Circuses
 * Category Traitor
 * China Takes Over the World
 * Children Are a Waste
 * Cold War
 * Les Collaborateurs
 * Commie Nazis
 * Corrupt Politician
 * Culture Police: Media about politics about media.
 * Decided by One Vote
 * Democracy Is Bad
 * Democracy Is Flawed
 * Diplomatic Impunity
 * Dirty Communists
 * Disaster Democracy
 * Easy Evangelism
 * Elective Monarchy
 * The Empire
 * False-Flag Operation
 * The Federation
 * Fictional Political Party
 * Fox News Liberal
 * Full-Circle Revolution
 * General Ripper
 * Genericist Government
 * Golden Mean Fallacy
 * The Golden Rule
 * Good Republic, Evil Empire
 * The Government
 * Government Agency of Fiction
 * Government Conspiracy
 * Government Drug Enforcement
 * Government in Exile
 * Government Procedural
 * The Great Politics Mess-Up
 * Gunboat Diplomacy
 * Happiness Is Mandatory
 * Hauled Before a Senate Subcommittee
 * Hegemonic Empire
 * Hereditary Republic
 * Hobbes Was Right
 * Hufflepuff House
 * Icon of Rebellion
 * Ideological Screed
 * An Immigrant's Tale
 * Indexed States of America
 * Inherent in the System
 * Invisible President
 * Issue Drift
 * Landslide Election
 * Liberty Over Prosperity
 * Loyal to the Position
 * The Magocracy
 * Majored in Western Hypocrisy
 * Mayor Pain
 * Middle-Eastern Coalition
 * The Missing Faction
 * NGO
 * My Country, Right or Wrong
 * Nixon Mask
 * No Mere Windmill
 * No Party Given
 * Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering
 * Obstructive Bureaucrat
 * Occupiers Out of Our Country!
 * One World Order
 * Our Presidents Are Different
 * Patriotic Fervor
 * Permanent Elected Official
 * Peace Conference
 * The Pentagon
 * People's Republic of Tyranny
 * Photo Op with the Dog
 * Police State
 * Political Cartoons
 * Political Programmes
 * Political Stereotype
 * Politically-Motivated Teacher
 * Politician Guest Star
 * President Evil
 * President for Life
 * Pretext for War
 * Privately-Owned Society
 * Realpolitik
 * Red Scare
 * Regime Change
 * Reichstropen
 * Reign of Terror
 * Reluctant Ruler
 * The Republic
 * La Résistance
 * The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized
 * The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified
 * The Revolution Will Not Be Bureaucratized
 * Right-Wing Militia Fanatic
 * Robot Republic
 * Royal Mess
 * Scandalgate
 * Scare Campaign
 * Skeleton Government
 * Sleazy Politician
 * Sliding Scale of Libertarianism and Authoritarianism
 * Soapbox Sadie
 * Spy Fiction
 * Stop Being Stereotypical
 * Strange Pond Woman
 * Straw Civilian
 * Straw Feminist
 * Strawman Political
 * Strawman U
 * There Should Be a Law
 * Think of the Children
 * Treachery Cover-Up
 * Unexpected Successor
 * United Europe
 * United Space of America
 * United Nations Is a Super Power
 * Vast Bureaucracy
 * Vetinari Job Security
 * Voice of the Resistance
 * Vote Early, Vote Often
 * We ARE Struggling Together!
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Political?
 * Whitehall
 * Why We're Bummed Communism Fell
 * Windmill Crusader
 * Windmill Political
 * With Us or Against Us
 * Won the War, Lost the Peace
 * Written by the Winners
 * You Cannot Kill an Idea
 * Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters

Political History

 * The French Revolution