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== Anime & Manga ==

* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Schneizel tries to do this, {{spoiler|but loses to Lelouch, who then seemingly does the same thing. Emperor Lelouch uses reprehensible tactics to take over the entire world, uniting every country under his iron first and finally bringing peace to his war-torn planet. In a subversion, Lelouch cultivated a [[~~Zero-Percent~~ Approval Rating]] '''''on purpose''''' and then staged [[Thanatos Gambit|his own public assassination]], hoping that his stint as an evil overlord would cause the various nations to abandon power-hungry monarchies and dictatorships in favor of diplomatic democracies.}}

* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Schneizel tries to do this, {{spoiler|but loses to Lelouch, who then seemingly does the same thing. Emperor Lelouch uses reprehensible tactics to take over the entire world, uniting every country under his iron first and finally bringing peace to his war-torn planet. In a subversion, Lelouch cultivated a [[0% Approval Rating]] '''''on purpose''''' and then staged [[Thanatos Gambit|his own public assassination]], hoping that his stint as an evil overlord would cause the various nations to abandon power-hungry monarchies and dictatorships in favor of diplomatic democracies.}}

** In a minor example, the democratic nations in [[Code Geass]] found themselves quickly conquered by Britannia due to the inability to muster up a strong motivated army like Britannia nor military progress.

*** On the other hand, the Chinese Federation is an Empire as well {{spoiler|and falls to a populist uprising lead by the Black Knights.}} The EU does pretty good as well, not dissolving until near the end due to precisely what was mentioned above; internal conflicts over raising an army.