How do we get a Starship Troopers type society to occur in a country in this world? I am referring to the novel by Heinlein, not the movie. In it, the world is run by the military where only those who've served and are considered veterans are eligigble for political franchise, everyone else are civilians and cannot vote (at least I think that's how its is...been a while since i read it). I can't see it happening to the whole world, but maybe one country somewhere on this planet we call Earth, I can see. I am thinking sometime in the 20th century, maybe after WW2 would be most likely. What PODs are necessaru for this and how would it play out? Is the 20thC the most likely choice? COuld it have happened in the 19th or before? WHat country - I'm thinking somewhere in Europe or Asia that rose out of the ashes of Nazi/Japanese occupation?