Stratocracy

Stratocracy
Basic Information
Aliases	Military Junta
Ideological Information
Foundation	As long as humanity has existed
Character Information
Family	Showaism (Child) Crusadism (Child)

Stratocracy is an authoritarian ideology based around the idea that the military is the only government that can ensure stability within a given country or nation. He doesn't fall anywhere on the cultural or economic axis, as many regimes under him have differed in these respects. However, many stratocratic governments have been heavily influenced by other authoritarian ideologies such as Authoritarian Capitalism, Marxism–Leninism, and even less authoritarian ideologies such as Neoliberalism, and Neoconservatism. Stratocracies do not have to have a de jure military official at its head to be a stratocracy, but rather a de facto military leader have strong influence over or leadership over a nation's government.

History

Europe

The first known major example of a Stratocracy in Europe would be the Diarchy of Sparta. In Sparta, life was rigid and focused on a military hierarchy. The de jure heads of the Spartan state were kings of the Agiad and Europontid dynasties. They were de facto military dictators who led Spartan armies in battle during war times.

Another notable example of stratocratic rule was the late Roman Republic and Roman Empire. The Marian Reforms of the 1st Century B.C.E laid the groundwork for stratocratic rule as soldiers became more loyal to their generals rather than to the Republic. This then culminated in Caesar's Roman Civil War in which 2 generals, Gaius Julius Caesar, and Pompey the Great, had de facto military control over each side of the war. By the rule of Augustus, Roman Emperors were cemented as military generals. This is especially seen in 69 AD, or the year of four emperors, where numerous military generals successfully seized control of the Empire from one another before a winner came out on top. This is also seen in the Crisis of the 3rd Century and the Tetrarchy Civil Wars, where military rulers gained control over large swaths of the Empire.

Stratocratic control would also be cemented under the successor of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire). By the middle of the Empire's lifespan, a system of governance called a Theme was established where military generals were given local plots of land from which they could raise armies to defend the Empire. Beyond this, Byzantine Emperors were also military leaders. The most notable example of this was the 1071 Battle of Manzikert, where Romanos IV was captured by the Seljuk Turks. Another notable example of this would be the 1453 Siege of Constantinople, where Konstantinos XI supposedly charged with his soldiers at the Ottoman forces, never to be seen again.

In the remnants of the Western Roman Empire, Feudalism would overtake Stratocratic Imperialism as the dominant ideology. Despite this, there are a few examples of Stratocratic governance in Western-influenced regions: the Teutonic Order in Prussia was a militaristic, stratocized society aimed at driving heathens out of Prussia; The Knights of Rhodes and Malta were a similar order aimed at driving heathens out of the Jerusalem area; the Kingdom of Prussia was famously regarded as, "an army with a state," by Voltaire; and the Nationalist Regime of Francisco Franco saw a somewhat ideological Stratocratic state come into power.

Asia

Asia has had a long and varied history with Stratocratic governments. Arguably, some of the earliest examples of Stratocracies existed in the numerous warlord states of inter-dynasty China. During these times, local military authorities rose up to attempt to take over the entirety of China, before moving on to bureaucratic Confucian monarchies after their victory. These types of warlord eras would continue in China up until the Republic of China under the Kuomintang unified the country in 1928.

Within China's cultural sphere of influence, Japan has also experienced numerous Stratocracies over its history. The first example of this was the Ashikaga Shogunate. However, the Sengoku Period would end this single Stratocratic government in favor of numerous, competing governments (similar to the warring states periods in China).The Sengoku Period would end with the Tokugawa Shogunate taking control. The type of Stratocracy in Japan was different than other parts of the world in that it had a decentralized, Feudal hierarchy. After the fall of the Shogunate following the Meiji Restoration, Stratocratic control would return with the introduction of the Toseiha faction of the army into politics. The Toseiha would rule Japan until its capitulation in 1945, ending Stratocratic governance.

Personality and Behaviour

Stratocracy is a dog. Stratocracy operates in 3 phases in order to gain power because of this limitation.

During phase one, Stratocracy will attempt to gain the trust of a victim playmate. If sufficient trust is gained, Stratocracy will attempt to influence its victim playmate's decisions until the victim playmate becomes nothing more than a puppet of Stratocracy, beginning phase 2. If the victim playmate refuses to be coerced by Stratocracy, it will attempt to attain the support of another playmate (mostly Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism) in an attempt to "liberate" their victim playmate.

During phase 2, Stratocracy has full control of their victim playmate, and/or support of a preexisting playmate. During this phase, Stratocracy will ensure its victim playmate takes actions that directly benefit it. This includes buying dog food, killing other victim playmates, and buying AR-15s. The sudden change in personality may alert other playmates, however.

If enough suspicion is drawn upon Stratocracy, it will sever its tie to the former victim playmate, and begin at phase 1 with another victim playmate. The only playmate invulnerable to the phases is Kakistocracy, but they generally do what Stratocracy wants of its own accord, anyway.

Do not feed.

How to Draw

Flag of Stratocracy

1. Draw a ball,
2. Draw the treads, hull, and cannon of a tank in grey (#373737),
3. Fill in the rest of the ball with dark green (#4c8300),
4. (Optional) Add ears and a tail,
5. Add the eyes and you're done!

Relationships

Friends

• Imperialism - Woof woof *pant* *wags tail*
• Neoliberalism - Woof woof! *pant* *wags tail*
• Neoconservatism - Woof woof! *pant* *wags tail*
• Corporatocracy - purrrrrrrr...
• Kakistocracy - *gets petted* *wags tail*
• Liberal Feminism - *pant* *pant* Arf! *pant* *pant* yummy peanut butter

Frenemies

• Marxism–Leninism - BARK! grrrrrrrrr...
• Authoritarian-Capitalism - BARK! grrrrrrrrr...

Enemies

• Democracy - *snarl* ARF! ARF!
• National Socialism - GRRRRRRRR! BARK!

Gallery

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