A stratocracy, also called stratiocracy, 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.
Portrait of Robert Filmer, the first person to use the term stratocracy in English.
Senior General Than Shwe who was the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council from 1992 to 2011.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned U.S. citizens about the "military–industrial complex" in his farewell address.
Gamal Abdel Nasser (right) and Mohamed Naguib (left) during celebrations marking the second anniversary of the 1952 revolution, July 1954
Oligarchy is a conceptual form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility, fame, wealth, education, or corporate, religious, political, or military control.
The Bosses of the Senate, corporate interests as giant money bags looming over senators