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A form of [[Newspeak]]. A subtrope of [[Super Happy Fun Trope of Doom]]. Definitely [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] if you can. Given [[Secret Police|what these governments]] [[State Sec|tend to have at their disposal]], that's a big "if." It is often headed by [[The Generalissimo]], or/and [[Just the First Citizen]]. If they go so far as to have "elections", see [[Corrupt Politician]].

== Comic Books ==

** In his 1946 non-fiction essay "Politics and the English Language", George Orwell argued that in political discourse, the terms "fascism" and "democracy" had lost all meaning, as "fascist" now meant "any nation, policy or action the speaker opposes," while "democratic" now meant "any nation, policy or action the speaker supports." Listen to any "debate" between (American) political pundits or speeches by political leaders and you'll often find Orwell was right.

** In ''[[Animal Farm]]'', the Farm declares itself a republic years after it has turned into a totalitarian state, so that it can have one-candidate elections.

* ''[[Space Captain Smith]]'' has two. As its name suggests the Democratic Republic of New Eden is a hellish theocratic tyranny. Then there is the Greater Galactic Happiness, Friendship and Co-operation Collective which is run by demented sadistic lemming-men intent on conquest.

* Inverted on the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]''. Ephebe, the only democratic nation, is headed by a Tyrant. Yes, the Tyrant is regularly voted out of office.<ref>This also calls back to ancient Greece, when 'tyrant' a ruler via unconventional means such as populist coup, not inheritance or election, before it picked up its modern connotation.</ref>

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