[quote=@Cyclone]
[@Willy Vereb]

"And with the king beheaded, England entered a most unusual phase in which it was called the Commonwealth. It was effectively a republic! Of course, all this ended a few uears later when the Puritans stormed into Parliament with a monarchyand banished any pretences of democracy. Then we entered a period called the Protectorate!

Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector (that means dictator) because the Puritan army backed him, and all was stable and well until the Puritans banned Christmas and closed all of England's theatres. Then the people got upset."
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[quote=@Dark Light]
<Snipped quote by Willy Vereb>

Sometimes dictatorships work. 

It's peaceful now but just wait untill someone else tries to 'free' your people and 'fix' your nation.
[/quote]Stable dictatorships aren't stratocracies or anything similar. They are just enforced political parties with an army backing them.
> Insert Austrian proverb about the bayonet here...

To be fair though just as my "poor" navy this can be spun into something more sensible with ease. For example like an extreme version of Sparta and have the military rule as well as a relatively recent government united by a warlord. I just love how the two rolls strictly contradict each other. Please don't spoil my fun.
:lol