Your group has successfully overthrown the present government of a small democratic country. Now that you are in control of the government you must devise a plan to stay in power and to maintain total control over the lives of your subjects and political enemies.

Choose FIVE items (from your handout, "Power and Control: Creating a Totalitarian Society") which your command staff has determined are of possible importance to the success of your dictatorship. Your group must select the five most important items that need to be controlled immediately by your authority if you hope to maintain complete power. Then, provide a reason for choosing each item in the appropriate space.