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*In Medieval and Renaissance Poland, a Jew could become a Szlachta(knight). He had to renounce all trades but agriculture and war but the same was required of Christian Szlachti.
* Medieval Venice had a Republican system with elaborate checks and balances to prevent anyone from taking to much power. It was renowned for it's stability in a vendetta-prone era and had the nickname La Serenesima(Most Serene).
* Tokagawa Japan had a very curious Zig-zag. If the peasants got impatient with rents they could organize a mass protest. The leader of the protest was usually crucified for [[Values Dissonance|talking back to his betters]] but the peasants were allowed to make a shrine for him. In the meantime the collector was usually sacked, partly because the Samurai might conceivably feel some sympathy for the peasants but at the least would despise them less then [[Even Evil Has Standards|rent collectors]], partly because a collector who took to much was likely stealing a cut, and partly because if to much was taken this year there would be no rents but lots of angry peasants next year. In any case Japan at the time had a ritualized(if deadly)way for the lowest classes to protest grievance.
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