I think it's interesting how the cardassian government evolved as a concept in the star trek mythos from the wounded to way of the warrior
in one of the tng episodes (I think chain of command or possibly a later tng cardassian episode) Picard says that the military holds the most power over affairs on Cardassia
however its later stated in DS9, the most specific occurance I can think of is defiant, that while the detapa consul is supposed to have power over the central command and Obsidian order, the two operate independently with the consul having very little influence in the grand scheme of things
in s4 there has been a successful revolution on Cardassia prime subsequent to the fall of the Obsidian order in the gamma quadrant in s3, in return to Grace it is revealed in gul Dukat's rant subsequent to his conversation with the civilian government that they are in fact the detapa consul
I just think it's interesting how the pre s4 ds9 cardassian government changed from a military government with a civilian puppet to the worst kept secret in the alpha quadrant
what's your favourite cardassian government?
Central command
Obsidian order
Detapa consul
Detapa consul post revolution
Dominion (gul Dukat)
Dominion (Legate Demar)
Dominion (Legate Broca)
Dominion (exterminatus)
Garak and Bashir?
dead Demar?
