Why this word is great
THALASSOCRAT — [Noun] A ruler whose dominion is the sea, commanding maritime trade, naval power, or vast watery expanses. From the Greek thalasso- ("sea") and -crat ("ruler"), it is the oceanic counterpart to terrestrial sovereigns. Unlike "landlord" (whose power is measured in acres and deeds) or "autocrat" (who rules with unchecked authority over people and soil), a thalassocrat wields influence through waves and currents, ports and tides. It is the Venetian doge surveying his galleys in the Adriatic, the admiral of the Ming treasure fleets charting the monsoon winds, or the corporate titan whose container ships glide like steel leviathans between continents—proof that power, too, can be fluid.