That there is gravity in nature.
The Mescaleros lived in South-Central New Mexico
Due to appeasement Hitler was able to take over Czechoslovakia without a battle.
It is protected by the fact that it has a system of separation of powers with three branches that control each other and prevent tyrannical behavior from a single branch. They are also separated into local provinces and autonomous regions that are ruled by small scale governments that have some degree of independence and that could easily oppose a new form of tyrannical government.