Part II — Social Systems

This part applies the SE hierarchy and product line framework to ten social systems across three families.

The Systems

Governance Family

Systems that rule a territory and its population:

• Kingdom (Traditional Monarchy)
• Republic (Modern Democratic)
• Theocracy
• One-Party State

Organization Family

Systems that coordinate collective effort toward a declared purpose:

• Corporation (For-Profit)
• University
• Military
• Religion (Church / Religious Organisation)

Intimate Systems Family

Systems at the scale of direct human relationships:

• The Family
• The Verein (Voluntary Association)

Chapters

• Religion — The founding decomposition that started this analysis
• Kingdom & Republic — Side-by-side comparison with reuse analysis
• Ten Social Systems Compared — Full decompositions, platform analysis, variation points, cross-family reuse, and interactive explorers