Applying complexity theory tenets in analyzing findings from prior research on the impacts of democracy and authoritarianism on countries’ quality-of-life and happiness inform answering this question accurately. The study here constructs and empirically tests algorithms on how democracy and authoritarianism impact QOL and happiness. The propositions include the following views. First, full democracy (D) is necessary but insufficient in indicating high QOL and high happiness. The research findings in the present study support this first proposition. Second, full authoritarianism is a necessary condition but its insufficient for indicating nations’ outcome conditions of high Gini index (Gini), low ethical behavior (∼E), and low GDPppp (i.e., ∼GDPppp). The findings support a revision to this second proposition: full authoritarianism is sufficient for indicating each of these three outcome conditions. Third, (a) nations having high QOL are high in happiness (H) consistently, (b) even though as variables QOL and H do not exhibit a symmetrical relationship (i.e., some nations having low QOL have high H). This study supports the perspectives that applying complexity theory tenets and asymmetric case-level outcome algorithms are useful for generalizable theory construction, empirical confirmation, and insightful information for enacting national policies that will increase national QOL and happiness.

应用复杂性理论原理来分析先前关于民主和威权主义对国家生活质量和幸福影响的研究结果，有助于准确回答这个问题。本研究构建并实证测试了民主和威权主义如何影响生活质量和幸福的算法。这些主张包括以下观点。首先，充分民主（D）是必要的，但不足以表明高生活质量和高幸福感。本研究的研究结果支持第一个命题。其次，完全威权主义是一个必要条件，但不足以表明国家高基尼指数（Gini）、低道德行为（∼E）和低GDPppp（即∼GDPppp）的结果条件。研究结果支持对第二个提议的修改：完全的威权主义足以表明这三个结果条件中的每一个。第三，(a) 生活质量高的国家始终保持较高的幸福感 (H)，(b) 尽管变量 QOL 和 H 并不表现出对称关系（即，一些生活质量低的国家的 H 较高）。这项研究支持这样的观点：应用复杂性理论原则和不对称案例级结果算法对于可推广的理论构建、实证确认和制定可提高国民生活质量和幸福感的国家政策提供富有洞察力的信息是有用的。