Assuming that I have two days to govern as an absolute ruler (as opposed to deific levels of power), and that after that, those policies I undertook while in charge are maintained even though I am no longer in power: 1. Institute high-quality free, public, secular education for every child on Earth. 2. Institute unmovable, strong penalties for any attempt to blend religion and government. 3. Implement heavy, heavy fines on any movie studio which makes a remake of or sequel to an earlier film. (Dammit, no more reimaginings of classic films!) 4. Impose heavy, heavy inheritance taxes. I'm all about working hard to give your children more opportunities than you had, but no one has a fundamental right to live off of Daddy's riches without contributing anything to society.
5. Allocate to myself a small, uninhabited island in the Aegean, spend the rest of my life as a fisherman.
Lucksnap, I know it was a typo, but I love the idea of a country's Jewery as a natural resource over which wars are fought. It would explain the Israel-Palestine conflict so much better…
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