History Main / PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny

Ideologically, this regime will likely invoke DirtyCommies, OneNationUnderCopyright, ThoseWackyNazis or basically any other republican ideology with its worse aspects played up, showing that you don't need an evil emperor for the worst aspects of TheEmpire to be replicated.

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* ''Literature/EightySixEightySix'' has the so-called Republic of San Magnolia, even before the war against Legion, they were already a [[FantasticRacism racist]] oligarchy ruled by [[AristocratsAreEvil descendants of the old aristocrats]] pretending to be a liberal democracy and the war caused them to double down on their racist measures against the Coloratas or Eighty-Six, who were pretty much anyone who are not pure-blooded Alba. Even after their military got defeated by the Legion in their initial encounter, [[FascistButInefficient their government]] [[TooDumbToLive still didn't take the existential threat to their entire nation seriously]] and turned the entire war into a genocide-by-proxy by sending the Coloratas into meat grinder while letting their elites hide from harsh reality within a bubble of [[PropagandaMachine propaganda]] and [[IRejectYourReality constructed truth]].
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TruthInTelevision: UsefulNotes/NorthKorea, for example, boasts the full package ("Democratic People's Republic of Korea"), and is one of the most repressive, totalitarian governments in the world.

** ''Series/TheWalkingDeadWorldBeyond'' has the Civic Republic, a survivor community based in Philadelphia that's managed to reestablish a fully functional city. While stated to have a civilian government, it appears to be heavily dominated by its military, which [[WellIntentionedExtremist views the CR as the last bastion of civilization and will do anything to protect its interests]].

* In ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', the [[FallenStatesOfAmerica New United States of America]] has for decades been a dictatorship and OneNationUnderCopyright controlled by the MegaCorp Militech. Every president since 2019 has been a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive former CEO of the company]], all citizens are forced to have State Identification Numbers ([[FunWithAcronyms SIN]]) and pay 10% of their income to retain them (along with their civil rights), and in the Deep South voting is typically held at gunpoint. Yet as bad as all this is, [[WretchedHive everybody agrees Night City is even worse]]. Everybody, that is, except for [[BombThrowingAnarchist Johnny Silverhand]], as we see in the ''Phantom Liberty'' expansion.

* [[UnderwaterCity Rapture]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' was built to be a capitalist utopia free from religious and government interference, where anyone can achieve for his/her own gain rather than for the fulfillment of others, and where the artist need not fear the censor and the scientist need not be bound by petty morality. Too bad the man who built it, Andrew Ryan, was also a crazy hyper-capitalist who so strongly believed everyone had to be a SelfMadeMan that he prohibited publicly funded social programs and altruistic charities, so everything in the city was privately owned, [[{{Dehumanization}} the poor were thought of as "parasites"]] and absolutely everything had a price tag on it, even basic necessities like food, water, sanitation, and ''oxygen''. This environment of completely unfettered dog-eat-dog economics alienated the worse-off citizens of Rapture and allowed a man named Frank Fontaine to make an absolute killing smuggling contraband from the surface. Ryan could not compete with Fontaine on even terms and this emerging threat to his power base pissed Ryan off to no end, so he founded a SecretPolice force to seize Fontaine Futuristics by force, scuttling his entire philosophy in the process. Ryan didn't know at the time, but for the rest of Rapture, this meant that Ryan can seize any business deemed ''too'' profitable, and [[CivilWar this was the last straw]]. Ryan, a man who founded an underwater city built on the ideals of personal liberty, began cracking down ever harder on his citizens — first his police came for the smugglers, then they came for political activists, and eventually they [[AllCrimesAreEqual came for the lounge singers who wrote mildly derisive songs about him]] (Keep in mind that by that time, Sofia Lamb, a political rival to Ryan who championed collectivism, had been outright [[{{Unperson}} wiped from the records]]). In the end, Ryan turned Rapture into a OneNationUnderCopyright not that different [[HeWhoFightsMonsters from the collectivist states he so greatly despised]].

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' franchise, the United States became this, under the corruption of a GovernmentConspiracy of fanatical, authoritarian, red-baiting far-right oligarchs called the Enclave.

* In the ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' universe, this trope is extremely common. The major powers of the Inner Sphere are called, respectively, the Lyran Commonwealth[[note]]originally [[TheFederation an oligarchic merchant republic ruled by nine Archons from its major noble houses]] until the Archon of house Steiner overthrew the other eight Archons in a military coup, currently a feudal monarchy (with practices and traditions left over from the oligarchic days limiting the Archon)[[/note]], the Draconis Combine[[note]]feudal and monarchic PoliceState founded and controlled by house Kurita, still a feudal monarchy [[AtLeastIAdmitIt and proud of it]][[/note]], the Federated Suns[[note]]started out as TheFederation led by a president until house Davion became too powerful, rendered the ruling council irrelevant following a SuccessionCrisis and re-styled it as a feudal alliance of princes with the Davions as first princes, currently a feudal monarchy (albeit one with a theoretical council and constitution limiting the First Prince's powers)[[/note]], the Capellan Confederation[[note]]began as a pact of mutual self-defence that eventually saw all power centralized in house Liao, who turned it into a centralized PoliceState, currently a feudal monarchy[[/note]] and the Free Worlds League[[note]]started out as TheFederation until the Captain-General of their armed forces was forced to declare a state of emergency, which has persisted for the last 300 years. In theory, still TheFederation, although the actual power of parliament is limited to matters not involving foreign policy, the military, or regulating the power of the executive branch... So in practice, it's a feudal monarchy[[/note]]. The galaxy's GoldenAge came about under the rule of the Star League[[note]]TheFederation of the above five realms, led by a (heredetary) ruler of house Cameron as its 'first amongst equals' who quickly centralized the League's military under its direct control, making it a feudal monarchy in all but name. The League also promptly declared all humans part of the League [[TheEmpire no matter the Periphery's thoughts on the subject]][[/note]], which was brought down by the machinations of the Rim Worlds Republic[[note]]which was a feudal monarchy controlled by house Amaris[[/note]]. The inner sphere would later be joined by The Free Rasalhague Republic[[note]]breakaway nation made up of former Lyran and Draconian worlds with a common cultural identity. ''Was'' an actual republic with a parliament that was led by an elected executive officer called a 'Prince'... For all of its twelve-year existence before Clan Wolf and Clan Ghost Bear turned up and functionally annihilated it[[/note]].

* The Federation in ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', the full name of which [[AllThereInTheManual according to background material]] is apparently the "United Citizens' Federation". Whatever else it is, it's clearly not a federation, since power resides in a highly centralized military bureaucracy; the effective head of the state appears to be the Sky Marshal. Only Citizens (which is a privileged status one has to earn; there are a few ways to do this, but military service is the easiest, as the news films proudly declare "SERVICE GUARANTEES CITIZENSHIP") are allowed to vote[[note]]Whatever they're voting ''on'' is never addressed, since the Sky Marshal seems to be there by appointment, we don't know what legislature or ruling body the Federation actually has, and referenda do not appear to be a thing either.[[/note]], you need a license to breed (Citizens can obtain a license more easily), murderers are arrested, tried and executed the same day, the media is nothing but government-owned propaganda, and everyone is '''horribly''' desensitized to violence. That said, things don't seem ''too'' bad for non-Citizens, though we only see the wealthy ones.

* The Federation and their archenemies the Triceraton Republic in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'', they are both militaristic forces that want to conquer the galaxy, which [[InNameOnly only calls themselves]] a Federation and a Republic. Though to be fair the former actually truly a republic at one point until the corrupt Prime Leader took over turned the Republic into a dictatorship.

* The Federation and their archenemies the Triceraton Republic in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'', they are both militaristic forces that want to conquer the galaxy, which [[InNameOnly only calls themselves]] a Federation and a Republic.

* The Federation in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'', they are a militaristic force that wants to conquer the galaxy, which [[InNameOnly calls itself]] {{the Federation}}.

* The Federation in ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'', they are a militaristic force that wants to conquer the galaxy, which [[InNameOnly calls itself]] {{the Federation}}.

* In one developer demo for ''VideoGame/{{Tropico}} 4'', the dev says "This island is the People's Democratic Republic of Tropico, which isn't democratic, isn't a republic, and isn't for the people." Also in the game itself, where the PlayerCharacter's election slogan is: ''Vote El Presidente. [[ImpliedDeathThreat Or Else]].''

* The Aurigan Directorate from Harebrained Schemes' ''VideoGame/{{Battletech}}'', which replaced [[TheGoodKingdom The Aurigan Coalition]], is a downplayed example: A 'directorate' is slightly further on the 'evil' scale than a 'coalition' but not all that terrible on its own. In practice, the Directorate replaced an oligarchic ElectiveMonarchy with a strong council of nobles (a coalition of them, if you will) with a straight-down military dictatorship with the director having all the power. Said director then instituted ThePurge of political opponents, centralized the power onto the capital world, and dissolved the council of nobles.

[[caption-width-right:350:At least there's still a bit of overlap...[[note]]For those interested, inside the intersection of the circles lies the [[UsefulNotes/SaoTomeAndPrincipe Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe]], the [[UsefulNotes/TimorLeste Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste]], the [[UsefulNotes/SriLanka Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka]], the [[UsefulNotes/{{Bangladesh}} People's Republic of Bangladesh]], and the [[UsefulNotes/{{Nepal}} Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal]]. In spite of having democratic elections, all of these states still suffer from problems like underdevelopment, corruption, and instability.[[/note]]]]

* [[UnderwaterCity Rapture]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' was built to be a capitalist utopia free from religious and government interference, where anyone can achieve for his/her own gain rather than for the fulfillment of others, and where the artist need not fear the censor and the scientist need not be bound by petty morality. Too bad the man who built it, Andrew Ryan, was also a crazy hyper-capitalist who so strongly believed everyone had to be a SelfMadeMan that he prohibited publicly funded social programs and altruistic charities, so everything in the city was privately owned, [[{{Dehumanization}} the poor were thought of as "parasites"]] and absolutely everything had a price tag on it, even basic necessities like food, water, sanitation, and ''oxygen''. This environment of completely unfettered dog-eat-dog economics alienated the worse-off citizens of Rapture and allowed a man named Frank Fontaine to make an absolute killing smuggling contraband from the surface. Ryan could not compete with Fontaine on even terms and this emerging threat to his power base pissed Ryan off to no end, so he founded a SecretPolice force to seize Fontaine Futuristics by force, scuttling his entire philosophy in the process. Ryan didn't know at the time, but for the rest of Rapture, this meant that Ryan can seize any business deemed ''too'' profitable, and [[CivilWar this was the last straw]]. Ryan, a man who founded an underwater city built on the ideals of personal liberty, began cracking down ever harder on his citizens — first his police came for the smugglers, then they came for political activists, and eventually they [[AllCrimesAreEqual came for the lounge singers who wrote mildly derisive songs about him]] (Keep in mind that by that time, Sofia Lamb, a political rival to Ryan who championed collectivism, had been outright [[{{Unperson}} wiped from the records]]. In the end, Ryan turned Rapture into a OneNationUnderCopyright not that different [[HeWhoFightsMonsters from the collectivist states he so greatly despised]].

* [[UnderwaterCity Rapture]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' was built to be a capitalist utopia free from religious and government interference, where anyone can achieve for his/her own gain rather than for the fulfillment of others, and where the artist need not fear the censor and the scientist need not be bound by petty morality. Too bad the man who built it, Andrew Ryan, was also a crazy hyper-capitalist who so strongly believed everyone had to be a SelfMadeMan that he prohibited publicly funded social programs and altruistic charities, so everything in the city was privately owned, [[{{Dehumanization}} the poor were thought of as "parasites"]] and absolutely everything had a price tag on it, even basic necessities like food, water, sanitation, and ''oxygen''. This environment of completely unfettered dog-eat-dog economics alienated the worse-off citizens of Rapture and allowed a man named Frank Fontaine to make an absolute killing smuggling contraband from the surface. Ryan could not compete with Fontaine on even terms and this emerging threat to his power base pissed Ryan off to no end, so he founded a SecretPolice force to seize Fontaine Futuristics by force, scuttling his entire philosophy in the process. Ryan didn't know at the time, but for the rest of Rapture, this meant that Ryan can seize any business deemed ''too'' profitable, and [[CivilWar this was the last straw]]. Ryan, a man who founded an underwater city built on the ideals of personal liberty, began cracking down ever harder on his citizens — first his police came for the smugglers, then they came for political activists, and eventually they [[AllCrimesAreEqual came for the lounge singers who wrote mildly derisive songs about him]]. In the end, Ryan turned Rapture into a OneNationUnderCopyright not that different [[HeWhoFightsMonsters from the collectivist states he so greatly despised]].