Why this word is great
STRATOCRACY — [Noun] A government in which the military holds the ruling power. From Ancient Greek στρατός (stratós, "army") + -cracy ("rule, government"), it is the institutionalization of force as law. Unlike "autocracy" (which crowns a solitary tyrant) or "plutocracy" (which kneels before gold), stratocracy is the iron grip of institution over individual—a regime where promotion is politics and dissent is court-martial. It is the general’s desk stacked with civilian petitions like unread field reports, the parade ground doubling as a voting booth, and the quiet hum of a drone strike authorized by men who have never heard the scream it silences. Power, here, wears a uniform.