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Paternal Autocracy, or simply Autocracy, is not a political ideology in the normal sense of the word, but rather a general term for the attitude these governments hold towards their citizens. The people are all subjects of the leader, either a king or a dictator, and it is the leader's job and duty to lead the state and society towards the righteous and best path while uniting the people of under his benevolent protection. These countries usually have a very authoritarian government, conservative social views, and a state-controlled economy.
Overview[]
Paternal Autocracy is a political ideology used by autocrats (e.g. warlords, monarchs, "strongman", dictators); its main focus is through harsh authoritarian means, centralizing power towards a particular individual. This ideology is repressive toward organized political opposition. In Paternal Autocrat regimes, the enormous influence and power this individual has accumulated give them free rein to control the state to a great degree. Paternal Autocracies are generally linked to cults of personality around the leader. These regimes can be one-party states, although it isn't uncommon for it to ban all parties if the leader isn't dependent on this type of organization (e.g. military junta, monarchy). Paternal Autocratic groups expect general devotion to a particular leader, and seek to monopolize power. Their main focus is solely maintaining this political power; as long as it is not contested, they gives society a certain degree of liberty.
A Paternal Autocracy's base of popular support can be found in the far-right upper-classes; their main bodies for political representation are generally parties and armed forces. As Paternal Autocrats espouse an "autocratic" political system to preserve legitimacy, they typically base their ideology around and seek to protect old societal system such as feudalism, imperialism, militarism, or tribalism. These groups believe in "social conservatism": the need to for society to preserve hierarchies and traditional beliefs. Additionally as a means of legitimacy it typically espouses the urgency for "a strong hand to lead the state in the time of crisis".
Economic policy varies between Paternal Autocrat group's, some advocating for a laissez-faire economy, others for a mixed economy, and others for a corporatist system. No matter what, however, the economy shall always be somewhat guided by the state.
List of Paternal Autocracies in 1936[]
State
Name |
Since | State &
Political Structure |
Ruling Party | Head of State | Head of Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
French Republic | 1926 | Unitary parliamentary republic
under a military dictatorship |
?? | Philippe Petain | Maurice Jaunin |
Afghanistan | ?? | Unitary Absolute Monarchy | ?? | Mohammed Zahir Shah | Mohammad Hashim |
Bhutan | ?? | Unitary Absolute Monarchy | - | Jigme Wangchuck | Sonam Tobgay Dorji |
Finland | 1932 | Unitary Absolute Monarchy | National Coalition Party | King Frederik Kaarle | Juho Kusti Paasikivi |
Bolivia | 1934 | Unitary presidential republic under a military dictatorship | - | Germán Busch Becerra | David Toro |
Ethiopia | ? | Unitary autocratic monarchy | ? | Haile Sellassie | Bedjironde Tekle Hawariate |
Sardinia | ? | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Sardinian Action Party | Amadeo I di Savoia-Aosta | Camillo Bellioni |
Xinjiang Clique | Autonomous Chinese military clique nominally part of the Qing Empire | Yang Zengxin | Li Rong | ||
Yunnan Clique | Autonomous Chinese military clique nominally part of the Qing Empire | - | Tang Jiyao | Tang Jiyu | |
Shanxi Clique | Autonomous Chinese military clique nominally part of the Qing Empire | - | Yan Xishan | Jia Jingde | |
Shandong Clique | Autonomous Chinese military clique nominally part of the Qing Empire | - | Zhang Zongchang | Chu Yupu | |
Kumhul Khanate | Unitary absolute monarchy nominally part of the Qing Empire | - | Nasir Shah | Yulbars Khan | |
Ma Clique | Autonomous Chinese military clique nominally part of the Qing Empire | - | Ma Fuxiang | ||
League of Eight Provinces | Autonomous oligarchic confederation of Chinese provincial military governments nominally part of the Qing Empire | - | Sun Chuanfang | Yang Wenkai | |
Yemen | Unitary theocratic absolute monarchy | Yahya al Hamid | Mustafa Sati Bey | ||
Cyrenaica | Unitary Absolute Monarchy | az-Zubayr bin Ahmad as-Sharif | |||
Hungary | 1916 | Unitary parliamentary monarchy as a primary constituent state of Austria-Hungary | Karl IV von Habsburg | Kálmán Darányi de Pusztaszentgyörgy | |
Ukraine | 1918 | Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy under a military dictatorship | United Hetman Organization | Pavlo Skoropadsky | Dmytro Doroshenko (de jure)
Pavlo Skoropadsky (De facto) |
Nejd-Hasa | Unitary absolute monarchy | - | Abdulaziz Ibn Saud | Abdul Aziz bin Musaed bin Jalawi bin Turki bin Abdulla Al Saud | |
German East Asia | 1925 | Conglomeration of German colonies and dependencies in Southeast Asia, China and the Pacific Ocean | Hellmuth von Mücke | Paul König | |
Mittelafrika | 1919 | Central Goverment of all German colonies and dependencies in Central and Southern Africa | Wilhelm II (represented by Hermann Göring) | Hermann Göring | |
Tibet | 1912 | Unitary Buddhist theocratic absolute monarchy under a regency | Reting Rinpoche | Lonchen Yapsi Langdun Kung | |
Papal States | 1920 | Unitary theocratic absolute elective monarchy | Pius XI | Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere | |
Nepal | Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy | Tribhuwan Bir Nikram Shah | Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur | ||
Morocco | 1919 | Unitary absolute monarchy | Mohhamed V | Thami El Glaoui | |
Mongolia | 1921 | Unitary theocratic absolute monarchy under a regency | 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu (Khan)
Roman von Ungern Sternberg (Regent) |
Togs Ochriyn Namnansuren | |
Oman | Unitary absolute monarchy | Said Ibin Taimur | |||
Turkestan Republic | Federal presidential republic under a military dictatorship | Madamin Bek | Katta Ergash | ||
Khiva | Unitary absolute monarchy |