Description
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Form of government
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Govt by more or less noble military landowners in medieval Europe
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Feudalism
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Nearly the same as above, but in Muslim countries
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Iqta
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Government by thieves, usually the formal leaders, robbing people blind
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Kleptocracy
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Govt appointed based on demonstrated talent and ability
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Meritocracy
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Rule by the wealthy
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Plutocracy
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Govt that is led by a 'god' or 'deity' who, coincidentally, is absent and usually has a self-appointed or elected, from an elite, man running the show instead
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Theocracy
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Lack of central government / no effective government
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Anarchy
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A government with no ruling hierarchy, laws created by citizens although which may be enforced by institutions not controlled by the public
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Anarchism
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Government rule by elite citizens, literally from Greek: "rule of the best"
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Aristocracy
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Govt where the power rests with an elite distinguished by royal, wealth, family etc. hegemony. According to Aristotle, the corrupted form of the one above
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Oligarchy
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Rule by women, or a government which regards female humans as entitled to rule and to exercise power over men
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Matriarchy
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Government by the least qualified or the most unprincipled, government by the worst
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Kakistocracy
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A government consisting entirely of men
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Androcracy
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Government by those who possess epistemic humility
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Epistemocracy
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Rule by those who are strong enough to seize the power
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Kratocracy
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Govt that operates under the rules of a dead ruler, e.g. Incan Empire or, to some extent, N.Korea
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Necrocracy
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Govt ruled by engineers, scientists and other technical experts
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Technocracy
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A system in which the workers, theoretically, own the means of production. Public services would be collectively or state owned. Economy e.g. decentralized, self-managed or centrally planned.
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Socialism
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Govt ruled by a goat or goats (originating in an Austrian satire, if we are to believe the internet)
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Capracracy
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Rule by a totalitarian and corporatist government
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Fascism
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Rule by a particular ethnic group
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Ethnocracy
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