A centralized entity that only takes in lawful official factions has always been a wrong choice. Laissez-faire is cool - but, here's my opinion.
Giving power to only a handful of person, and excluding the rest is plain ol' discrimination. I agree with Karlotta, however, ensuring that official members "have more fun" compared to the indies is rather meh.
These very persons will dictate how decisions are made, like Saronsen said; if true, majority vote should be the norm, and if the contrary was enforced, this should be concerning.
Moreover, if governments are so secretive like SquigglyKey said, this is also, very much concerning, because this is technically proof that they're doing stuff that's either violating the rules, ensuring pixel power stays in their hands, or just, you know, politics. But that's just speculation.
I am vehemently against the server's laissez-faire policy, because you have a responsibility to ensure this game is played fairly by all parties. The point of the game is to have fun and make other have fun, not to mirror real life's inequalities both inRP and ooRP. You have to oversee what people do, especially when these people have such an impact on other players.