# Shackles of Democracy — Replication Bundle
### Dr. Saqer AlKhalifa

I would rather be checked than believed. This bundle contains every dataset, script, result file, and figure behind the 22 models in Appendix C of *Shackles of Democracy: Why Democracies Will Deceive Their People to Survive the Century*.

## Contents
- `data/` — the assembled panels (Freedom House, V-Dem, World Bank, UCDP, and others; 202 countries, 1972–2025) and merged analysis files
- `scripts/` — the Python scripts that build each panel and run each model (two-way fixed effects, clustered errors; requires pandas, statsmodels, linearmodels)
- `results/` — the raw regression output the book's tables were drawn from
- `figures/` — the charts as they appear in the book

## How to check a number
Every model in Appendix C names its data and method. Find the matching script, run it, and compare. If you find an error, write to me: alkhalifa.sager@gmail.com. I mean that.

## Sources
Freedom House, Freedom in the World; V-Dem; World Bank WDI and WGI; UCDP; Transparency International; and the sources named in the book's Note on Sources. All data are public; this bundle redistributes only what their licenses permit, for verification.

© Dr. Saqer AlKhalifa, 2026. The code is yours to run. The argument is yours to test.
