CorporatocracyA form of government where a corporations, or government entities with private components control the country. The U.S. is falling towards this direction. |
DemocracyGovernment of the people, from the people, for the people. |
FascismRule by a totalitarian and corporatist government. |
MatriarchyRule by women, or a government which regards female humans as entitled to rule and to exercise power over men. |
FeudalismGovernment by a usually hereditary class of military landowners, who exact goods and services from a peasant class in exchange for protection. Usually features complex webs of loyalties and ranks. |
AnarchismA form of government (or lack thereof) with no ruling hierarchy, instead decisions are made at a directly democratic level: laws are created by citizens alone, although they may be enforced by institutions that are not publicly controlled. |
AnarchyAnarchy is lack of a central government, as there is no one recognized governing authority. |
ThalassocracyA realm which primarily exercises power over the sea via naval power, as opposed to a tellurocracy which rules land. |
| | EpistemocracyA utopian type of society and government in which people of rank, including those holding political office, are those who possess epistemic humility. |
Mobocracy or ochlocracyRule by mob or a mass of people |
MinarchyA political ideology which maintains that the state's only legitimate function is the protection of individuals from aggression. |
AutocracyA form of government in which the political power is held by a single, self-appointed ruler. This should be distinguished from monarchy, which involves some traditional basis for that power, usually birth, and is often weakened (especially in modern times) by the presence of countervailing institutions, like a Parliament. |
PatriarchyRule by men, or a government which regards male humans as entitled to rule and to exercise power over women. |
RepublicAny of a wide variety of non-monarchical governments where eligibility to rule is determined by law. |
TheocracyA form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler. |
| | DespotismRule by an all-powerful individual. A less polite term for "autocracy." |
MeritocracyA government wherein appointments are made and responsibilities are given based on demonstrated talent and ability, usually encouraging "merit". |
OligarchyA form of government in which power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royal, wealth, intellectual, family, military or religious hegemony. |
StratocracyA system of government in which there is no distinction between the military and the civil power. |
Anarcho-capitalismA stateless society composed of sovereign individuals living within the constraints of a corporatist market. |
CapracracyRule by goat. Without a doubt, the most superior form of governance known to any creature ever. |
TyrannyRule by a selfish or otherwise bad single ruler. Prime example: North Korea. |
PlutocracyRule by the wealthy, or power provided by wealth. |
| | CommunismA hypothetical stateless entity that follows after socialism as according to Marxist theory. |
FutarchySystem of government proposed by economist Robin Hanson based on the idea of voting on a certain outcome and then figuring out how to achieve it. |
KakistocracyGovernment by the least qualified or most unprincipled people, "Government by the worst." |
NecrocracyA government that operates under the rules of a dead ruler. |
KratocracyRule by those who are strong enough to seize power through force or cunning. |
TechnocracyA form of government in which engineers, "scientists", and other technical "experts" are in control of decision making in their respective fields. |
AristocracyAristocracy (from the Greek "rule of the best") is government rule by a few elite citizens. Usually the "elite" positions in question are hereditary. It was one of the six forms of government identified by Aristotle, and he said it was the second best, after monarchy but before constitutional government. Moreover, if corrupted, it resulted in only the second worst form of government, oligarchy. |
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