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* The Empire in the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'', having leaders who range up and down the villain scale, checks off all of the above with a flourish. Specific leaders include:
** [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Grand Admiral Thrawn]], [[A Lighter Shade of Grey|less evil than the others]], used Money for mercenary types, Authority on some Imperials and the Noghri, Indoctrination on clones, Fear on the Noghri and sometimes his Imperials, Sadism (sort of) with C'baoth, and for the others... Respect. He knew that it's best to be feared ''and'' loved, and put a high value on people who were both loyal and competent.
{{quote|Thrawn was respected and trusted. Thrawn used a small measure of fear, certainly: the Grand Admiral realized that [[You Have Failed Me...|fear of failure]] was a powerful motivating force in a military the size of the Empire. But Thrawn's ability to invoke a sense of ''pride'' in his troops was his most powerful asset. Palpatine inspired arrogance and callousness in his officers; Thrawn made his men proud to be Imperial soldiers. Thrawn's officers would have willingly died for the Grand Admiral. }}
* In ''[[The Stand]]'' Randall Flagg mostly rules his people through fear (it helps that he's an [[Eldritch Abomination]] in human form and that just looking at his face sends people into paroxysms of terror). Only Lloyd, Nadine, and the Trashcan Man seem to be genuinely devoted to him.
* [[The Lord of the Rings|Sauron]] primarily uses fear, with a dash of [[Mind Control]] (more than a dash in the case of the Ringwraiths), sadism (Orcs enjoy killing things, Sauron gives them lots of stuff to kill), and of course power (he's a demigod).
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Warhammer
** The Imperium is [[The Empire|an empire]] of vast proportions ([[Black and Gray Morality|and have a slight bit of 'good' and/or sympathy, along with everyone else.]]) and they have ''Indoctrination'' from birth toward the [[God-Emperor]] of Mankind's Divine Right (perceived by his empire, he specifically said he wasn't. [[Horus Heresy|It's a long story.]]), him being seen as a god. ''Fear'' is exploited to its subjects in line also. The [[God-Emperor]] arguably started his empire from ''Power''.
** The forces of Chaos come from hope that the ''Divine Right'' of the Chaos Gods with see fit to empower and better their lot as part of their ''Agenda''. Or...
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