stratocracy
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thumb|Portrait of Robert Filmer, the first person to use the term stratocracy in English A stratocracy is a form of government headed by military chiefs. The branches of government are administered by military forces, the government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue, and is usually carried out by military workers.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- form of government
- Subclass of
- military government
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- named by
- Claudius Salmasius
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description of stratocracy
- Notable examples of stratocracies
- Historical stratocracies
- Sparta
- Rome
- Goryeo
- Cossacks
- Military frontier of the Habsburg monarchy
- Modern stratocracies
- States argued to be stratocratic
- United States
- USSR
- African states
- Other
- Fictional stratocracies
- See also
- References
- Sources
thumb|Portrait of Robert Filmer, the first person to use the term stratocracy in English A stratocracy is a form of government headed by military chiefs. The branches of government are administered by military forces, the government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue, and is usually carried out by military workers.
== Etymology == The word "stratocracy" comes .
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