ABSTRACT
Regime values, generally accepted by a large portion of the population of a nation, are those values that have been encoded into, and establish the basis of, some form of social contract. At times, government uses forms of coercion to encourage citizens to adopt regime values as their own-for example, through education (low-level coercion) or the threat of punishment (high-level coercion). In a free democratic state, regime values are often limited in number and may evolve over time.
