Family Guy: Petoria

          In an episode of Family Guy, a nation called Petoria forms.  Petoria is an Oligarchy because power remains within the hands of very few people and there is only one political party.  There are positives and negatives to Peter's new anti-federalist, small government.  Peter did not need to follow any laws that the people of United States had to follow, therefore, Peter and his family had more freedom to do whatever they wanted to at the time.  Another benefit of Petoria was that Peter and his family did not need to pay taxes to the United States government.  Even though there were positives to the Griffins's succession from Quahog, there were also many detrimental negatives that caused the Griffins to eventually need to become a part of the United States once again. When Peter annexes his neighbor's land, it causes issues with the United States and the military surrounds his house.  Peter faces consequences such as not being able to share the resources he would need from the United States, such as electricity, heat, and water for his house.  Peter's wife, Lois, even had to home school her children because they were not allowed to go to the United States's public schools.  Petoria may have seemed like a good idea to Peter at the time but it could not survive.