Fartocracy

All I want is for there to be divisive fart politics.

- DougDoug 2021

The Fartocracy is a popular meme on the DougDoug YT Channel. It revolves around the idea of a fart-based government, regarding farts as similar to a valuable natural resource, or a monetary resource.

Background
The meme originates from the video "The Founding of the Fartocracy". In the video, Doug talks about Channel Points, a fictional currency used by Twitch for streamers to add special effects that their Twitch viewers can enable by paying the amount of channel points. Channel points are gained by watching Twitch streams, participating in raids, gifting a sub, etc. Although, Doug hadn't had anything his viewers could redeem, so he added some.

Among the things he added was a Laugh Track, You Failed sound effect (iirc), a Rosa Cam, Sea Shanty music, and the main topic of this page, farts. When Doug had added the fart option, Chat redeemed it so many times that it became deafeningly loud. Doug stated that channel point rewards should be more expensive, to limit how many people can just spam it.

People in chat then started saying phrases such as "UNLOCK FARTS FOR THE PEOPLE", or "We demand fart", and other phrases that made it sound like a country or society limiting farts. Doug later on then said "Look I told you we're gonna add a channel point reward where somebody can unlock farts for the people. You have to earn it. We need a patron. We need like an oligarchy of like Fart Barons who can unlock farts for the people."

And thus, Doug and Chat then began brainstorming an entire feudalistic-esque government type, based solely and entirely around farts.

Wredenian Fartocracy
The first fart government they established wasn't given a name other than just "The Fartocracy". The name Fartocracy would end up being used to describe other, very different government forms, and so it's not a very unique name. For the sake of ease of understanding, the wiki will call it Wredenian Fartocracy, named after Doug's last name, the person who created this Fartocracy type.

Founding
The Wredenian Fartocracy was founded on October 30th, 2021.

Government System
Wredenian Fartocracy can be best described as a sort of Kleptocratic Plutocracy, or even a Banana Republic, in the sense that it is dependent and/or heavily influenced by the exploitation of desired resources.

Hierarchy
The Hierarchy of this government system goes as follows.


 * At the very top is the All-Farter, AKA Doug. He effectively works as the head of state.
 * Below him are the Fart Barons. These are Twitch viewers who have over 100k Channel Points. They are the elite wealthy class, holding the majority of the riches. They want to keep all the farts to themselves.
 * There are only 23 confirmed Fart Barons. They make up about approx. 5.85% of the population.
 * The lowest of the social classes are the Fart Peasants. These are the everyday common folk who don't have access to the same luxurious lifestyle as the Fart Barons. They want equal access to farts for the people.
 * There were 370 Fart Peasants present at the founding of the Fartocracy. They make up about approx. 94.15% of the population.

Political Entities
The political entity that was heavily referenced in the Fartocracy video never actually had a name other than just "The Fartocracy". It is the only known political entity using this government form.

The Fart Gates
Usually, the Fart Gates would be closed, shut off from the general public. But a Fart Baron can pay 100K Channel Points to open the Fart Gates to the peasants, giving them a fresh, bountiful supply of farts. But once they do, the All-Farter will ban said Fart Baron for a million seconds for their treason. Those who had sacrificed themselves for the good of the people were called Fartyrs (Fart Martyrs)

Then, another Fart Baron can pay 25K Channel Points to shut down the fart gates, sowing dissent between the Fart Barons and the populace, and making sure the Fart Barons keep all of the farts to themselves.

Fart Casino
Occasionally, the All-Farter will open the Fart Casinos (Twitch Predictions for Gaming Challanges) so that the Fart Peasants can gamble their way to being a Fart Baron, or even initiating the Fartocracy Revolution.

I pledge alliance to the gas that leaves my ass. The fartocracy for which it stands. One ass under Doug for flatulence and farts for all.

- Pledge of the Wredenian Fartocracy

Fartocracy Revolution
When the Fartocracy was founded, Doug setup a community challenge called the Fartocracy Revolution. Twitch chatters could donate a portion of their channel points into a sort of channel point fundraiser. If it would reach 6,900,420 channel points before 1 month passes, they will begin the revolution.

If the Fart Peasants were able to reach this goal, they will do a French Revolution style storming into the Fart Barons' manors, and all Fart Barons who had closed the gates on the people will be executed (banned for 1 month), and the entire system will be overthrown for a land of prosperity and freedom.

On November 3rd, 2021, in the stream VOD "Doug tries getting to Sunken City | Spelunky 2 (VOD)", the revolution was successful. They (metaphorically) stormed the palaces, abolishing the option of opening / closing the fart gates, for there was no need for them any longer.

Redistribution of the wealth
They then started establishing a sort of socialist / communist government, that shared all of the farts equally among the people, abolishing the concept of social classes. However, in order to equally hand out the farts to the people, Doug set a 10 minute timer for each fart, meaning you could only redeem each fart once every 10 minutes.

Doug then began a Twitch Prediction where they would redistribute wealth to the the people. One option was for the Fart Barons and the other was for the Fart Peasants. Doug would have the Fart Barons pour all of their wealth into the baron option until they got below 100K Channel Points owned, while the Peasants poured any amount of their wealth into their option.

Doug would make the Fart Peasants win the prediction, having the wealth of the Fart Barons redistributed to the populace. 91 Fart Barons gave up 668K channel points to the 825 Fart Peasants present at the stream. Doug then did a second prediction, redistributing the wealth again and making sure the people gained points.

Treatment of the Barons
The peasants had also broken into the prisons, the dungeons of the castles, and freed the Fart Barons who had opened the Fart Gates from their imprisonment. Even though it was promised that the Fart Barons who closed the Fart Gates would be executed (banned for 1 month), none were actually killed. Although they were insulted, harassed, and deprived of their riches.

The Counter-Revolution
Doug also setup another community challenge, where the Fart Barons could pull off a military coup, to reestablish the Fartocracy, for 20,000,000 channel points. And if they can't do it in 1 month, the option will be shut off forever. It is a much harder task than the initial revolution, as it is 3 times the cost, and with an extremely low amount of people willing to put money into it. It is unknown if it was ever successful, but it most likely failed.

Notable Fart Barons

 * Tacoespionage - Had publicly admitted to donating 50K of his 500K, and thus, accidentally confessed he hadn't given up enough of his wealth, and was still a Fart Baron. This had many people chastise him for not giving it all up. It is unknown if he ever donated the proper amount.
 * SincerelyE - A Fartyr (Fart Martyr) who opened the gates and got themselves timed out in the process. Fartyrs are revered as heroes for the good of the people.
 * Only1frigglefraggle - A Fartyr
 * Adfrhnhgkgbggbbj - A Fartyr
 * Luke252892 - A Fartyr

Chatican Fartocracy
Chatican Fartocracy is the government system that was setup following the Fartocracy Revolution. It differs wildly from its predecessor as it implements a lot more socialist and democratic aspects into its governing body.

Founding
Chatican Fartocracy was founded on November 3rd, 2021, shortly after the Fartocracy Revolution.

Government system
Chatican Fartocracy tends to be very socialistic / communistic, redistributing the wealth to the poor, equal handouts of the farts, advocating for the lack of any social structure (in the sense that it pressured the barons to become the level of a peasant), etc., with many in chat stating that they've created a communist government after being asked the new government type.

It can also be described as a direct democracy of sorts, as all members of their factions are all allowed to vote with no restriction.

Hierarchy
No existing hierarchies and/or social classes have been publicly established, likely due to its very communist ideology.

Political Entities
The most prevalent political party that uses this government type is A Crew, specifically Zone A and all territories under A Crew's control in The Basement. Chatican Fartocracy is sometimes referred to as Awnian Fartocracy following the separation of Z Crew.

Zynian Fartocracy
Zynian Fartocracy, also known as Shatocratic Fartpublicanism, is the most recent branch of Fartocracy that has been created, with the first records of it having been from 2022. It originates from the video "Can Twitch Chat actually beat RANDOM INPUTS in Mario Party?"

Founding
There isn't a clear date on when this government type was founded, but as mentioned earlier, the earliest records of it existing are from August 9th 2022. It was mentioned in the video listed above, as a text-to-speech donation of Z Crew propaganda, mocking A Crew for being primitive with a plain Fartocracy, with Z Crew having a Shatocratic Fartpublic.

Government System
Not much is known about the government system of Zynian Fartocracy, but it's speculated that it's very similar to Chatican Fartocracy, but it has a lot more Republican aspects than Democratic ones.

Hierarchy
Zynian Fartocracy currently has no known hierarchy systems or social classes established.

Trivia

 * It only took 4 Days for the Fartocracy Revolution to reach it's channel point goal.
 * In the revolution video, Doug had stated that they had the honor of running the greatest Fartocracy west of the Rockies. This does inadvertently imply that there are other Fartocracies in places towards the far east.
 * A common phrase / slogan stated by Twitch viewers in the Fartocracy and revolution video was "VIVA LE FLATULATION", which is a spin on the phrase "Viva la Revolución" (Spanish), or "Vive la Révolution" (French), meaning "Long live the revolution".
 * "Vive la Révolution" was used heavily during large revolutions, such as the French Revolution, and the Cuban Revolution.