# government (administrative)

a group that makes rules for people in a place

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: government  ·  Arena: emergence

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [groups](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-groups.collection), [law](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-law.rule), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [rules](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rules.social), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** The group makes rules for people in a place through persistent interaction, ordering behavior within shared space.

**Novel properties:**
- regulated social order
- territorial authority
- enforceable jurisdiction

## Examples
- The United States federal government passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, setting national air quality standards. *(institutions)*
- In 2018, the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Regulation, enforcing data privacy rules across member states. *(law)*
- The city council of Tokyo administers a 14-million-person jurisdiction through 23 special wards and centralized planning. *(urban)*

## Used by
- [britain](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-britain.political) (L16)
- [country](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-country.political) (L11)
- [federal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-federal.government) (L20)
- [germany](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-germany.political) (L12)
- [kingdom](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-kingdom.political) (L11)
- [military](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-military.force) (L13)
- [nation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-nation.political) (L11)
- [official](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-official.authority) (L11)
- [police](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-police.authority) (L11)
- [political](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-political.governance) (L20)
- [president](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-president.political) (L14)
- [tax](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tax.economic) (L18)
- [washington](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-washington.city) (L12)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-government.administrative.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*