Causes and consequences of the regime breakdown A regime is a planned way of conducting things and is mostly in an authoritative manner. Poverty is one of the reasons why people are governed in a dictatorial way this is because they lack the resources to air out their views. It is generalized that people who reside in countries that are econonomically established are more likely to have a democractic governament.When the economic level of a country increases this will lead to its citizens demanding for a democractic governance which can lead to a breakdown of an authoritative regime