> A police state has no distinction between legislation and executive. What does that have to do with anything? There are any number of democracies in the wor

> A police state has no distinction between legislation and executive. What does that have to do with anything? There are any number of democracies in the world where that is true; google "responsible government" to learn more. The head of each executive agency in Westminster parliamentary systems is an elected legislator... The essential characteristics of a "police state" involve excessive police supervision of the day-to-day activities of the citizenry, generally with the goal of disrupting and discouraging activism against the government.