Off the top of my head, here is a list of people I’d like to be governed by, in decreasing order, and based on personal experience:
1. a random selection from an Alaskan or Albertan telephone directory;
2. a random selection from a Dutch telephone directory;
3. a random selection from the Boston telephone directory;
4. a random selection of Italian fascists and/or Italian communists;
5. a random selection from the Ivy League.