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Psychiatry is used as a main tool to suppress dissent in the state, as the nation of Argyrea has named Liberalism (under "Latent Sociopathy"), and right wing beliefs (lumped into Anti-Social Personality Disorder) as psychiatric malignant mental illnesses.

''Cultus Amuse'', Argyrea's intelligence organization, is the main source of repression in the country. Cultus is divided into five sub-bureaus that manage different parts of societal order, with Cultus-Public Order and Cultus-Healthy Society being the main divisions responsible for the suppression of dissent. Cultus-Civil Order primarily deals in both police activity and "active propaganda" on behalf of the Workers Party, which entails aiding citizens with their daily problems from the small to the catastrophic. Cultus-Healthy Society deals in censorship, direct political repression and promotion of Argyrean art.

Cultus has been accused of stripping Argyrean dissidents from their basic human rights, with the main source of this accusation being the implementation of the ''Registry of Fascists ,'' a website-based registry that is public to all citizens in good standing which catalogs the location and information on dissidents who are considered a physical and ideological imminent danger to the Workers State. Despite the name, left wing dissidents have been put on this registry as well. The Registry includes comprehensive information, including rumors presented as fact of the individual dissident's personal life. The registry was created in response to an antisemitic attack against a child perpetrated by far-right monarchists and the law at the time pre-registry requiring a mob that killed the monarchists to be prosecuted criminally. The registry is presented as a middle ground to vigilante justice versus the rigidity of the Workers State's criminal code, enabling the wider citizenry to publicly shame dissidents, and is also presented as a more humane solution rather than a work camp system or directly prosecuting dissidents.

Cultus' censorship is geared towards spinning most criticism of the state as insane rambling, into a positive perspective, or preventing malignant ideas from entering the country. Cultus Amuse is aware that the nature of information does not lend itself to a complete closing of society, so many methods such as appropriation are employed. One example of this is when an anti-communist muralist painted Zoe Alafouzos and [[Prib Dodd]] engaged in a fraternal kiss, and Cultus Amuse made the decision to leave the mural up, not crediting the muralist, and taking full credit for the creation of the mural. When Cultus Amuse does completely censor something, it is presented as being a preservation of Argyrean culture. From 1987-2020, the government of Nicolas Soussa Perieira made the decision to penalize citizens who dressed in an "alternative" manner, banning punk, goth, and emo styles from being used in public life. This was to prevent Levantian and Sarpedonic culture from becoming popular in Argyrea, and to continue Argyrea's soft propaganda abroad with their own cultural output. This policy was also presented as preventing racism, as Cultus Amuse claimed some makeup styles were disrespectful and a mockery towards Kemeti culture. Black lipstick, for example, came with a warning that it could only be used by Kemeti natives for their cultural costume. The counter-cultural ban was deemed a failure however, that painted Argyrea as a repressive society. When Zoe Alafouzos came to power, Cultus Amuse repealed the ban and approached the situation with the policy of appropriation instead, now directing artists to engage in state-sanctioned creation of alternative art and music.

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 Psychiatry is used as a main tool to suppress dissent in the state, as the nation of Argyrea has named Liberalism (under "Latent Sociopathy"), and right wing beliefs (lumped into Anti-Social Personality Disorder) as psychiatric malignant mental illnesses.
+''Cultus Amuse'', Argyrea's intelligence organization, is the main source of repression in the country. Cultus is divided into five sub-bureaus that manage different parts of societal order, with Cultus-Public Order and Cultus-Healthy Society being the main divisions responsible for the suppression of dissent. Cultus-Civil Order primarily deals in both police activity and "active propaganda" on behalf of the Workers Party, which entails aiding citizens with their daily problems from the small to the catastrophic. Cultus-Healthy Society deals in censorship, direct political repression and promotion of Argyrean art.
+Cultus has been accused of stripping Argyrean dissidents from their basic human rights, with the main source of this accusation being the implementation of the ''Registry of Fascists ,'' a website-based registry that is public to all citizens in good standing which catalogs the location and information on dissidents who are considered a physical and ideological imminent danger to the Workers State. Despite the name, left wing dissidents have been put on this registry as well. The Registry includes comprehensive information, including rumors presented as fact of the individual dissident's personal life. The registry was created in response to an antisemitic attack against a child perpetrated by far-right monarchists and the law at the time pre-registry requiring a mob that killed the monarchists to be prosecuted criminally. The registry is presented as a middle ground to vigilante justice versus the rigidity of the Workers State's criminal code, enabling the wider citizenry to publicly shame dissidents, and is also presented as a more humane solution rather than a work camp system or directly prosecuting dissidents.
+Cultus' censorship is geared towards spinning most criticism of the state as insane rambling, into a positive perspective, or preventing malignant ideas from entering the country. Cultus Amuse is aware that the nature of information does not lend itself to a complete closing of society, so many methods such as appropriation are employed. One example of this is when an anti-communist muralist painted Zoe Alafouzos and [[Prib Dodd]] engaged in a fraternal kiss, and Cultus Amuse made the decision to leave the mural up, not crediting the muralist, and taking full credit for the creation of the mural. When Cultus Amuse does completely censor something, it is presented as being a preservation of Argyrean culture. From 1987-2020, the government of Nicolas Soussa Perieira made the decision to penalize citizens who dressed in an "alternative" manner, banning punk, goth, and emo styles from being used in public life. This was to prevent Levantian and Sarpedonic culture from becoming popular in Argyrea, and to continue Argyrea's soft propaganda abroad with their own cultural output. This policy was also presented as preventing racism, as Cultus Amuse claimed some makeup styles were disrespectful and a mockery towards Kemeti culture. Black lipstick, for example, came with a warning that it could only be used by Kemeti natives for their cultural costume. The counter-cultural ban was deemed a failure however, that painted Argyrea as a repressive society. When Zoe Alafouzos came to power, Cultus Amuse repealed the ban and approached the situation with the policy of appropriation instead, now directing artists to engage in state-sanctioned creation of alternative art and music.
 ==Demographics==

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