More recent direct democracy proposals tend to focus on voting schemes (usually high tech) that would allow widespread, virtually continual voting by millions of citizens on whatever proposals surfaced.
Only one book (Order of the Phoenix) topped 200,000 words, but there were two books that came close with more than 190,000 words (Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows). When added all together, the Harry Potter books contain 1,084,170 words.
Latin for Spells. Rowling chose Latin as the language of magic in the world of Harry Potter. The vast majority of the spells we have read and heard are based in Latin, the notable exception being Avada Kedavra. Latin is a peculiar choice for the language of spells. After the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire and Europe, Latin become a liturgical language, spoken by the clergy and used in services.