The Residential Assessment Ratio (RAR) is an indication of the level of assessment for residential real property in a municipality. It is a measurement of the overall ratio of the total assessed value of residential property in the municipality compared to the full market value of that residential property.
Totalitarianism is a political system in which a citizen is totally subject to absolute state authority in all aspects of day-to-day life. Joseph Stalin 's Soviet Union and Adolf Hitler 's Germany are widely considered to be the two best examples of totalitarian regimes.
Domination by a government of all political, social, and economic activities in a nation. Totalitarianism is a phenomenon of the twentieth century: earlier forms of despotism and autocracy lacked the technical capacity to control every aspect of life. The term is applied both to fascist governments (see fascism) and to many forms of communism. Totalitarianism is a horrible form of government.