Kleptocracy

Kleptocracy, literally meaning Rule of Thieves and in the context of Polcompball also known as Anocracy is an authoritarian, and economically variable ideology used to describe a form of government in which power is held primarily by criminals, corrupt officials, self-interested post-party oligarchs and such. Kleptocracy is often found in countries that collapsed after being  Marxist–Leninist One-Party States and transitioned rather unsuccessfully, an infamous case is  Russia.

Liberal democracies can also suffer from this, they can develop shadowy kleptocracies that influence the government through legitimate means such as lobbying, or illegal means such as bribery to gain the favor of government officials. This phenomenon is called corruption.

Foundations
The mechanisms of the state government are devoted almost entirely to taxing the resources and the population of the country, by means of taxes, diversion of funds, etc. The leaders of the system enlarge great personal fortunes, especially the highest position of head of state (like the president or prime minister), along with those closest to them such as ministers, governors, mayors and personal advisers. The money is laundered or diverted to secret bank accounts, usually in tax havens, as a cover for embezzlement or theft.

The economies of kleptocratic regimes tend to decline constantly, as the systematic corruption engendered by the government means that the economy is subordinate to the interests of the kleptocrats.

Historically, the socio-political environment associated with the colonial system - the domination of colonized countries, where their economies are very vulnerable as they depend on a small number of raw materials - has been particularly prone to the creation of the last kleptocracies: Africa, Latin America and also Post-Soviet states are the most prone regions.

The stealthy nature of corruption makes it difficult to combat, as there is often very little information about the identity of the corrupt.

[[File:ML.png]] Soviet Union [[File:NeoComBall.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russian Federation [[File:Yeltsin.png]][[File:Putin.png]][[File:Medvedev.png]]
In Russia, kleptocracy has been a foundational belief of 2 post Soviet leaders: Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.

Yeltsinism advocated rapid privatization to create oligarchies, while maintaining a sham democracy as a means of appeasing Western countries to generate more income from multilateral relation.

Putinism supports oligarchies that were created by Yeltsin in advance and the aftermentioned sham democracy, while also being significantly more hostile to the West. It also supports war as a method of capturing wealth and sprading its system. as seen in their invasions of Georgia and Ukraine.

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[[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine
In Ukraine, Kleptocracy is associated with the rule of two presidents: Leonid Kuchma (1994-2004) and  Viktor Yanukovych (2010-2014).

Kuchmism is a term used to describe the period of rule of President Leonid Kuchma, who was the President of Ukraine from 1994 to 2004. Kuchism was a result of old Soviet era officials and regional criminal elites merging together and is one of many post-Soviet regimes. The term was coined by the organization "Pora! (black)" (It's time!) in the late March, 2004.

Some of its main features include:
 * Concentration of power in the hands of a single financial-multiparty corporation.
 * Union of legislative, executive and judicial power as an integral mechanism of control over society and guaranteeing the permanence of the regime with the help of "power structures" not controlled by the public.
 * High levels of corruption and the power of various [[File:Oligarchy.png]] oligarchic clans, but mainly from Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) and Donetsk.

It's also important to know that during Kuchma's presidency Pavlo Lazarenko, who was later charged with money laundering and extortion was the Prime Minister from 1996 to 1997.

During the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych (2010-2014), some forms of Kuchmism can be seen again, however, the Donetsk clan had more power. Following the Revolution of Dignity (or Euromaidan), on February 21, 2014, he fled the country.

The majority of corrupt politicians in the country have extremely close ties with Russia. High levels of corruption are still visible to this day.

Party of Regions and the parties that formed shortly after its disbandment in 2014, like Opposition Bloc, Opposition Platform - For Life, Our Land, Revival, and Nashi, all classified themselves as social liberal but were almost always authoritarian, kleptocratic and oligarchical in nature. All of these parties were banned after the 2022 invasion.

These parties had the following characteristics:
 * [[File:Anti-LGBT.png]] Anti-LGBT
 * [[File:Antiwest.png]] Anti-Western and Anti-NATO rhetoric
 * [[File:Authoritarian_Conservatism.png]] Authoritarian Conservatism
 * [[File:Euroscept.png]] Euroscepticism
 * [[File:Orth.png]] Support of, and loyalty to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate
 * [[File:Ukrainophobe.png]] Ukrainophobia
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russophilia
 * [[File:Socauth.png]] Social Liberalism
 * [[File:Bolshevism_ball.png]] Soviet Nostalgia

[[File:Cball-Poland.png]] [[File:PO.png]] Poland [[File:Amber-Gold.png]] [[File:OLT.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] Republic of China/Taiwan [[File:Chen_Shui-bian.png]]
"Main Articles: Tridemism and  National Liberalism" Chen helped found the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1986 and was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1989, and Mayor of Taipei in 1994. Chen won the 2000 presidential election and pledged "Four Noes and One Without" during his inauguration, which meant that he wouldn't declare Taiwan Independence as long as the  People's Republic of China didn't intend to use military force against the island.
 * [[File:Chen_Shui-bian.png]] Chen Shui-bian-Chen Shui-bian is the former General Secretary of the [[File:DPP-Taiwan.png]] Democratic Progressive Party and served as President of the [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen became involved in politics in 1980 during the martial law period of the Kuomintang, then led by [[File:Authdem.png]] Chiang Ching-kuo when he defended the participants of the Kaohsiung Incident in a military court. Even though his client, [[File:Thar.png]] pro-democracy dissident Huang Huang Hsin-Chieh, was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison, Chen became inspired to join the Tangwai movement to push for democracy and end Kuomintang's one-party rule over Taiwan.

Chen Shui-bian wasn't a very popular president due to alleged corruption within his administration and the inability to pass legislation against the opposition KMT, who controlled the Legislative Yuan. In 2004, he won reelection by a narrow margin after surviving a shooting while campaigning the day before the election. Chen's opponents accused him of staging said incident for political purposes.

On November 3, 2006, Chen's wife Wu Shu-Chen, and three other high-ranking officials of the Presidential Office were indicted for corruption of NT$14.8 million (US$450,000) of government funds using faked documents. However, Chen was not indicted, as the constitution of the Republic of China protects the sitting president from prosecution.

After his 2nd term ended in 2008, Chen and his wife were convicted on bribery charges and sentenced to 19 years in Taipei Prison. Chen was granted medical parole in 2015 and was released from prison.

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[[File:Cball-HK-UK.png]][[File:Cball-HongKong.png]] Hong Kong
Kowloon Walled City was a Chinese city enclave from  British Hong Kong. The city appeared as a military character Chinese, but became an enclave after the UK pick up new territories in 1898.

In the city there were crimes, drugs, gambling and prostitution, in which Chinese triads were plentiful, like the 14K and Sun Yee on. In 1960 there were mass buildings, in which developers have built new constructions on top of the old ones, since the city was extremely populated (50,000 people in 1990). Other things in the city was the increase in small manufacture and peaceful companies and the increase of "false" medical and dentists. In 1987, the Hong Kong government stated that he would demolish the city, being concluded in 1994. Currently, the place of the city turned a park with city artifacts preserved.

[[File:Cball-South_Korea.png]] South Korea [[File:SyngmanRhee.png]][[File:Saenuri.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Serbia.png]] Serbia [[File:Milosevic.png]][[File:SNS(Serbia).png]]
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[[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Romania [[File:Natcom.png]][[File:PSD.png]]
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[[File:Cball-France.png]] France [[File:Le_republic.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italy [[File:Berlusconi.png]]
Notable Italian example of Kleptocracy is the where he would hand out governmental power hold of power by Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi where he was found to have abused his position through Bribery, Defamation, and Soliciting minors.

[[File:Cball-US.png]] The United States [[File:Plutocrat.png]][[File:Necon.png]][[File:Nixon.png]][[File:Grant.png]]
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[[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Mexico [[File:PRI.png]]
In Mexico, kleptocracy is followed by Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). PRI was founded by Plutarco Elias Calles in 1929 with the intention of creating a one-party state which lasted from 1929 to 2000. PRI made a brief comeback from 2012 to 2018 under Enrique Pena Neto, but he was not succeeded by another PRI leader, since the electoral system by that point was fairer.

[[File:Cball-Venezuela.png]] Venezuela
"Main Article: Chavismo"

Bolibourgeoisie or Bolichicos are terms describing the oligarchy created by the Venezuelan government of Hugo Chávez. Corruption among the bolibourgeoisie and Chávez-administration sympathizers involves the theft of billions of dollars with the complicity of public officials, with some becoming rich under the guise of socialism. The Bolibourgeoisie kept growing stronger after the death of Hugo Chávez and holds significant power and influence on the administration of Nicolás Maduro.

Throughout his tenure, Hugo Chávez confiscated thousands of properties and businesses to reduce the influence of foreign companies over the country's economy. Venezuela's economy became increasingly state-controlled and was operated by military officers that had their business and government affairs connected.

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[[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Peru [[File:Fujimori.png]][[File:Apra.png]]
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[[File:Argentina.png]] Argentina [[File:Pron.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Tunisia.png]] Tunisia [[File:BenAli.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Lebanon.png]] Lebanon
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[[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq [[File:Hussein.png]][[File:Shia.png]]
"Main Article: Ba'athism" WIP

[[File:Cball-Syria.png]] Syria [[File:Hafez al-Assad.png]]
"Main Article: Ba'athism" WIP

[[File:Cball-Afghanistan.png]] Afghanistan [[File:Ghani.png]]
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[[File:Cball-South Africa.png]] South Africa [[File:ANC-icon.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Zimbabwe.png]] Zimbabwe [[File:Mug.png]]
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[[File:Thailand.png]] Thailand [[File:Chakri.png]] [[File:Thaksin.png]] [[File:PalangPracharat.png]]
Thaksin Shinawatra: Thaksin was accused of "policy corruption", such as infrastructure and liberalisation policies that, while legal "...abuse the public's interest,..." Supannee Chai-amporn and Sirinthip Arun-rue of the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) claimed that policy corruption caused the state to spend 5 to 30 percent more than it otherwise should have spent, costing the state an additional 400 billion baht. Thaksin critics point to more examples of corruption: the Thailand Board of Investment's (BOI) granting tax breaks worth a total of 16.4 billion baht to Shin Satellite for its iPSTAR project in 2003, and the Transport Ministry's decision the same year to abolish the minimum air fare of 3.8 baht per kilometre when Shin Corporation was about to consummate a joint venture with low-cost carrier AirAsia. After the 2006 coup, the military junta-appointed Assets Examination Committee froze Thaksin's assets based on charges of policy corruption.

Phrayut Chan-o-cha: Although Prayut claimed the 2014 coup was needed to combat corruption, some members of his own cabinet and members of the appointed national legislature, including his brother Preecha Chan-o-cha and Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister M.L. Panadda Diskul, have themselves been beset by various corruption scandals. However, the Office of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission concluded that Panadda was not involved in the alleged case. Prayut then prohibited any criticism of his government. In February 2015 he explained, "If people want to do opinion polls, they are free to do so. But if the polls oppose the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), that is not allowed."

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[[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Malaysia [[File:Mahathir.png]][[File:NajibRazak.png]] [[File:Muda.png]]

 * [[File:Mahathir.png]] Mahathir Mohamad: During Mahathir's era in the 1980s-2000s, several scandals from BNM Forex Scandal, Perwaja Steel and Bank Bumiputra has erupted. RM31.5 billion worth of losses had been incurred by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in its foreign exchange (forex) losses between 1992 and 1994. The Bank Bumiputra scandal was one of Malaysia’s biggest financial scandals before 1MDB. The bank lost $1billion in public funds to an elaborate scheme of corruption, false accounting and sham profits. The main mastermind behind this web of deceit was a civil engineer by the name of George Tan, who had fled Singapore after his first bankruptcy in 1972, and ended up in Hong Kong.
 * [[File:NajibRazak.png]] Najib Razak: 1MDB scandal was a large corruption, bribery and money laundering scandal which began in 2009 in Malaysia but became global in scope and was exposed in 2015. It was as described as "one of the world's greatest financial scandals" and declared by the United States Department of Justice as the "largest kleptocracy case to date" in 2016. In 2015, Malaysia's then-Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused of channelling over RM 2.67 billion (approximately US$700 million) into his personal bank accounts from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a government-run strategic development company masterminded by Low Taek Jho. The court ruling declared that Najib was found guilty for using the said funds for corporate social responsibility (CSR), contray to populr belief. Currently he was appealing to the Federal Court as new evidence for the 1MDB case emerged, which involved the former minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop, former Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia Zeti Akhtar Aziz and her husband, Tawfiq Ayman
 * [[File:Muda.png]] Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman: In July 2021, he was charged with criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds belonging to his former party, BERSATU. For the first charge, Syed Saddiq, the then-BERSATU's youth chief, was charged with criminal breach of trust for withdrawing RM1.12 million via a cheque without BERSATU's supreme council's approval. He was charged with another accusation of misappropriating RM120,000 in BERSATU donation money intended for the 2018 general election. In August 2021, Syed Saddiq had been charged again with two corruption charges of money laundering. According to the charge sheet, the accused transferred RM50,000 from his bank account to his Amanah Saham Bumiputera account on 16 June 2018 and another RM50,000 on 19 June 2018. Saddiq pleaded not guilty to the charges and currently, the case is yet to determine whether he was guilty or otherwise.

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Personality
Kleptocracy is immensely shady and will do almost anything to get as much money and power as possible. Unlike the libertarian right ideologies, he openly advocates for an  authoritarian state to preserve his power with minor concessions to the people to keep them satisfied, whether this be appeals to social conservatism or liberal welfare with a lot of red tape. In essence, he is portrayed as offering protection solely if there are huge clauses attached, not unlike a gangster offering protection, hence him being portrayed as a prisoner.

How to Draw
Klept_flag.svg Kleptocracy's design is based on the stereotypical striped prisoner outfit.
 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) On the ball draw a hat
 * 3) On the ball draw a number of vertical alternating black bars
 * 4) On the hat draw a number of horizontal alternating black bars
 * 5) Add the eyes and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File: Authcap.png]] Authoritarian Capitalism - Wanna drill oil?
 * [[File: Corp.png]] Corporatocracy - My #1 business partner. What do you mean that we can't do business anymore because of [[File: Cball-Ukraine.png]]Ukraine?!?!?!
 * [[File: Strato.png]] Stratocracy - Who's a good boy? You are!
 * [[File:Bankocracy.png]] Bankocracy - Why rob banks when you OWN the banks? So I can rob 'em too!
 * [[File:Krater.png]] Kraterocracy - Taking what's yours. I like the way you work.
 * [[File:Illeg.png]] Illegalism - My subordinate who for now cannot infiltrate systems.
 * [[File:Oligarchy.png]] Oligarchy - The only form of government that actually exists! We usually work together!
 * [[File:Auto.png]] Autocracy - The only other form of government that exists! We work great in Belarus.
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Plutocracy - Most rich people are criminals, and that's based.
 * [[File:PolState.png]] Police Statism - As long as I'm in power, they'll do whatever I say.
 * [[File:Abmon.png]] Absolute Monarchism - Henry VIII was epic ngl.
 * [[File:Mach.png]] Machiavellianism - Corruption is a tool of power.
 * [[File:Dengf.png]] Dengism - Jiang Zemin was the one of best politicians of the 21st century. And I like making pancakes with Xi.

Frenemies

 * [[File: Cap.png]] Capitalism - I'm not a "crony capitalist" or a "criminal"! You're just an old fashioned dumbass.
 * [[File: Property.png]] Propertarianism - What I own is mine and what you own is also mine, so give me protection money bitch!
 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - You tried to stop me but you failed. (Thanks for selling me all your stuff moron!)
 * [[File: Mediastocracy flair.png]] Mediacracy - Take this money and praise me, but if you try to criticize me, I'll have you thrown out of the balcony.
 * [[file:Trumpism.png]] Trumpism - Apparently he's gay for me, but yet he still continues the sanctions here in Russia.
 * [[File:Euras.png]] Fourth Theory - Supports me in Russia for some reason but he hates me everywhere else.
 * [[File:Pop.png]] Populism - Hehe, some people are stupid enough to believe his nonsense. He's not even noticing that he's getting me into power. What a fool.
 * [[File:Ochlo.png]] Ochlocracy Same as above, you're the one that always want this "mob rule" thing. So there you have it! You now got the "mob rule" you want! Now stop complaining.
 * [[File:Antifa.png]] Anti-Fascism - Some people are that stupid to swallow his insanity. Still, at least you do crime.

Enemies
In general:
 * [[File:Fash.png]] Fascism - This bastard sent his Black Shirts to destroy me, but the mafia won in the end. (Also what the hell kinda brainwashing did you do to your men where they would rather die than betray you?)
 * [[File:Arist.png]] Aristocracy - For fuck's sake, your "honorable" ancestor was probably just a scumbag like me.
 * [[File: Authdem.png]] Authoritarian Democracy - Nobody is incorruptible. Even you can be bought. What's the price?
 * [[File: Dem.png]] Democracy - Sorry to burst your bubble but this ideology doesn't exist.
 * [[File:Krit.png]] Kritarchy - Bitter internal enemy immune to bribery and my bane of existence.
 * [[File: Stalin.png]] Stalinism - Fuck you, I'm never going back to a gulag ever again! Still, your robbery of a bank in 1907 was based.
 * [[File:Libertarian.png]] Libertarianism - This moron thinks monopolies are a bad thing.
 * [[File:Zapa.png]] Neozapatismo - Viva PRI!
 * [[File: Long.png]] Longism - Share the wealth? NEVER!
 * [[File:Ancap-0.png]] Anarcho-Capitalism - What do you mean every government is criminal... only me.
 * [[File:Ike.png]] Eisenhowerism - This moron thought that the military–industrial complex is a bad thing.
 * [[File:Male_State.png]] Male State - I'll designate you as a extremist for attempting radical information warfare against the current government, despite you embrace Russian Nationalism.
 * [[File:Navalny.png]] Navalny - *bonk* Go to jail, Navalny.
 * [[File:Zelensky.png]]Zelensky- Your time to go has come!
 * All [[File:Libright-yellow.png]] Libertarian Right ideologies - dA gUbRmInT iZ a kRiMnUlL oRgAnIzAsHuN aNd TaXaShUn Iz LeGaLiZeD ThEfT - Always has been...
 * All [[File: Libleft.png]] Libertarian Left ideologies - They're even worse than LibRights and I'm their worst nightmare.
 * Any ideology that is hard on crime or goes against wealth hoarding.

Literature

 * Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein
 * The Struggle for Russia by [[File:Yeltsin.png]] Boris Yeltsin
 * Putinism: the Ideology by [[File:Necon.png]] Anne Applebaum

Wikipedia

 * Kleptocracy
 * Anocracy
 * Mafia State
 * Crony Capitalism
 * Nepotism
 * Slush fund
 * Dark money
 * [[File:Grant.png]] Grantism
 * Teapot Dome Scandal
 * [[File:Yeltsin.png]] Yeltsinism
 * [[File:Putin.png]] Putinism
 * Kuchmism (in Ukrainian)
 * Dnipropetrovs'k clan (in Ukrainian)
 * Yanukovych "family" (in Ukrainian)
 * Donetsk clan (in Ukrainian)
 * Corruption in Italy
 * Corruption in Iran
 * Corruption in China
 * Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
 * Political dynasties in the Philippines
 * Bolibourgeoisie
 * Pandora Papers
 * Padrino System
 * Spoils System
 * Kowloon Walled City

Political Parties
Historical
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] United Russia [[File:United Russia.png]]
 * [[File:Thailand.png]]Palang Pracharat Party (People's State Power Party) [[File:PalangPracharat.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Forza Italia [[File:Berlusconi.png]]
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Institutional Revolutionary Party [[File:PRI.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Popular Force [[File:Fujimori.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Turkmenistan.png]] Democratic Party of Turkmenistan [[File:Niyazov.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazilian Democratic Movement
 * [[File:Cball-Finland.png]] Power Belongs to the People
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Stalwart Republicans[[File:Grant.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Party of Regions [[File:Partyofregions.png]]
 * [[File:Oppobloc.png]] Opposition Bloc
 * [[File:Oppoplatforlife.png]] Opposition Platform — For Life
 * [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Party of Sharii [[File:Sharii.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-RepublicOfCuba.png]] Progressive Action Party [[File:Batista.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Ecuador.png]] Ecuatorian Rodoldista Party
 * [[File:Mobutism.png]] Popular Movement of the Revolution

[[File:PostSoviet.png]] Post Soviet/[[File:Cball-Yugoslavia.png]] Post Yugoslav States

 * [[File:NeoComBall.png]] Leonid Brezhnev (1906 - 1982) [[File:Bolshevism ball.png]] Soviet Union
 * [[File:Natcom.png]] Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918-1989) [[File:Cball-SRRomania.png]] SR Romania
 * [[File:Yeltsin.png]] Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:Kuchma.png]] Leonid Kuchma (1938-) [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine
 * [[File:Milosevic.png]] Slobodan Milošević (1941-2006) [[File:Cball-Serbia.png]] Serbia
 * [[File:Socauth.png]] Pavlo Lazarenko (1953-) [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine
 * [[File:Lukash.png]] Alexander Lukashenko (1954-) [[File:Cball-Belarus.png]] Belarus
 * [[File:Fiscon.png]] Anatoly Sobchak (1937-2000) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:Putin.png]] Vladimir Putin (1952-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:NurOtan.png]] Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-) [[File:Cball-Kazakhstan.png]] Kazakhstan
 * [[File:Niyazov.png]] Sapamurat Niyazov (1940-2006) [[File:Cball-Turkmenistan.png]] Turkmenistan
 * [[File:Auto.png]] Islam Karimov (1938-2016) [[File:Cball-Uzbekistan.png]] Uzbekistan
 * [[File:Necon.png]] Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014) [[File:Cball-Georgia.png]] Georgia
 * [[File:Oligarchy.png]] Vladimir Potanin (1961-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:Tusk.png]] Donald Tusk (1957-) [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Poland
 * [[File:DPS.png]] Milo Đukanović (1962-) [[File:Cball-Montenegro.png]] Montenegro
 * [[File:Partyofregions.png]] Viktor Yanukovych (1950-) [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine
 * [[File:Medvedev.png]] Dmitry Medvedev (1965-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Mukhtar Ablyazov (1963-) [[File:Cball-Kazakhstan.png]] Kazakhstan
 * [[File:Rahmon.png]] Emomali Rahmon (1952-) [[File:Cball-Tajikistan.png]] Tajikistan
 * [[File:Niyazov.png]] Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957-) [[File:Cball-Turkmenistan.png]] Turkmenistan
 * [[File:Auto.png]] Ramzan Kadyrov (1976-) [[File:Cball-Chechnya.png]] Chechnya
 * [[File:SNS(Serbia).png]] Aleksandar Vučić (1970-) [[File:Cball-Serbia.png]] Serbia
 * [[File:Natcon.png]] Serzh Sargsyan (1954-) [[File:Cball-Armenia.png]] Armenia
 * [[File:Shoigu.png]] Sergei Shoigu (1955-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
 * [[File:YAP(Azerbaijan).png]] Ilham Aliyev (1961-) [[File:Cball-Azerbaijan.png]] Azerbaijan
 * [[File:Syncpop.png]] Andrej Babiš (1954-) [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] Czechia
 * [[File:Smer.png]] Robert Fico (1964-) [[File:Cball-Slovakia.png]] Slovakia
 * [[File:PSD.png]] Liviu Dragnea (1962-) [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Romania
 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Boyko Borisov (1959-) [[File:Cball-Bulgaria.png]] Bulgaria

[[File:PanAmer.png]] Americas

 * [[File:Grant.png]] Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Cap.png]] Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Imp.png]] Albert B. Fall (1861-1944) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:PRI.png]] Plutarco Elías Calles (1877-1945) [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Mexico
 * [[File:PLN.png]] Anastasio Somoza García (1896-1956) [[File:Cball-Nicaragua.png]] Nicaragua
 * [[File:Batista.png]] Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973) [[File:Cball-RepublicOfCuba.png]] Cuba
 * [[File:RafaelTrujillo.png]] Rafael Trujillo (1891-1961) [[File:Cball-DominicanRepublic.png]] Dominican Republic
 * [[File:Duvalier.png]] Francois Duvalier (1907-1971) [[File:Cball-Haiti.png]] Haiti
 * [[File:Nixon.png]] Richard Nixon (1913-1994) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Necon.png]] Spiro Agnew (1918-1996) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Illeg.png]] Pablo Escobar (1949-1993) [[File:Cball-Colombia.png]] Colombia
 * [[File:Noriega.png]] Manuel Noriega (1934-2017) [[File:Cball-Panama.png]] Panama
 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922-2010) [[File:Chavismo.png]] Venezuela
 * [[File:Duvalier.png]] Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951-2014) [[File:Cball-Haiti.png]] Haiti
 * [[File:Fujimori.png]] Alberto Fujimori (1938-) [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Peru
 * [[File:Apra.png]] Alan García (1949-2019) [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Peru
 * [[File:Menem.png]] Carlos Menem (1930-2021) [[File:Argentina.png]] Argentina
 * [[File:Nalib.png]] Arnoldo Alemán (1946-) [[File:Cball-Nicaragua.png]] Nicaragua
 * [[File:Cheney.png]] Dick Cheney (1941-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Libconserv3.png]] Felipe Calderón (1962-) [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Mexico
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Allen Stanford (1950-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Sandinism.png]] Daniel Ortega (1945-) [[File:Cball-Nicaragua.png]] Nicaragua
 * [[File:Chavismo-eyes.png]] Hugo Chávez (1954-2013) [[File:Chavismo.png]] Venezuela
 * [[File:PRI.png]] Enrique Peña Nieto (1966-) [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Mexico
 * [[File:Keynes.png]] Rod Blagojevich (1956-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Kirch.png]] Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953-) [[File:Argentina.png]] Argentina
 * [[File:MDB(Brazil).png]] Michel Temer (1940-) [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazil
 * [[File:Conlib.png]] Mauricio Macri (1959-) [[File:Argentina.png]] Argentina
 * [[File:Chavismo-PSUV.png]] Nicolás Maduro (1962-) [[File:Chavismo.png]] Venezuela
 * [[File:Kirch.png]] Alberto Fernández (1959-) [[File:Argentina.png]] Argentina

[[File:PanArab.png]] MENA

 * [[File:Pahlavi.png]] Reza Shah (1878-1944) [[File:Cball-Persia.png]] Pahlavi Iran
 * [[File:Pahlavi.png]] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980) [[File:Cball-Persia.png]] Pahlavi Iran
 * [[File:Monarch.png]] Idris of Libya (1890-1983) [[File:Cball-Libya.png]] Libya
 * [[File:Gaddaficap.png]] Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011) [[File:Cball-Libya.png]] Libya
 * [[File:Strato-Antifurry.png]] Khalifa Haftar (1943-) [[File:Cball-Libya.png]] Libya/[[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
 * [[File:Hussein.png]] Saddam Hussein (1937-2006) [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq
 * [[File:Hussein.png]] Qusay Hussein (1966-2003) [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq
 * [[File:BenAli.png]] Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936-2019) [[File:Cball-Tunisia.png]] Tunisia
 * [[File:NDP(Egypt).png]] Hosni Mubarak (1928-2020) [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Egypt
 * [[File:Hafez al-Assad.png]] Hafez al-Assad (1930-2000) [[File:Cball-Syria.png]] Syria
 * [[File:AliAbdullahSaleh.png]] Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947-2017) [[File:Cball-Yemen.png]] Yemen
 * [[File:Fatah.png]] Mahmoud Abbas (1935-) [[File:Cball-Palestine.png]] Palestine
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Rafic Hariri (1944-2005) [[File:Cball-Lebanon.png]] Lebanon
 * [[File:IslamicDawa.png]] Nouri al-Maliki (1950-) [[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq
 * [[File:Bibi.png]] Benjamin Netanyahu (1949-) [[File:Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:Kadima.png]] Ehud Olmert (1945-) [[File:Zio.png]] Israel
 * [[File:Erdoğanism.png]] Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954 -) [[File:Ottoman.png]] Turkey
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Saad Hariri (1970-) [[File:Cball-Lebanon.png]] Lebanon/[[File:Cball-Saudi.png]] Saudi Arabia

[[File:Cball-AfricanUnion.png]] Africa [[File:Pan-Africanism.png]]

 * [[File:Kenyatta.png]] Daniel Arap Moi (1924-2020) [[File:Cball-Kenya.png]] Kenya
 * [[File:MobutuSeseSeko.png]] Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997) [[File:Mobutism.png]] Zaire (now [[File:Cball-DRCongo.png]] Democratic Republic of the Congo)
 * [[File:NasionaleParty(Apartheid).png]] B.J. Vorster (1915-1983) [[File:Cball-South_Africa alt.png]] Apartheid South Africa
 * [[File:IdiAmin.png]] Idi Amin (1925-2003) [[File:Cball-Uganda.png]] Uganda
 * [[File:Bokassa.png]] Jean-Bédel Bokassa (1921-1996) [[File:Cball-CAR.png]] Central African Republic
 * [[File:Authoritarian_Conservatism.png]] Omar Bongo (1935-2009) [[File:Cball-Gabon.png]] Gabon
 * [[File:Strato.png]] Sani Abacha (1943-1998) [[File:Cball-Nigeria.png]] Nigeria
 * [[File:Mach.png]] Charles Taylor (1948-) [[File:Liber.png]] Liberia
 * [[File:Mug.png]] Robert Mugabe (1924-2019) [[File:Cball-Zimbabwe.png]] Zimbabwe
 * [[File:NCP(Sudan).png]] Omar al-Bashir (1944-) [[File:Cball-Sudan.png]] Sudan
 * [[File:Nation.png]] Idriss Déby (1952-2021) [[File:Cball-Chad.png]] Chad
 * [[File:React.png]] Yahya Jammeh (1965-) [[File:Cball-Gambia.png]] Gambia
 * [[File:SalvaKiir.png]] Salva Kiir Mayardit (1951-) [[File:Cball-SouthSudan.png]] South Sudan
 * [[File:ANC-icon.png]] Jacob Zuma (1942-) [[File:Cball-South_Africa.png]] South Africa
 * [[File:PolState.png]] Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942-) [[File:Cball-Zimbabwe.png]] Zimbabwe
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Gupta Family [[File:Cball-India.png]] India/[[File:Cball-South_Africa.png]] South Africa

[[File:PanAsian.png]] Asia

 * [[File:Aisin-Gioro.png]] Heshen (1750-1799) [[File:Cball-Qing.png]] Qing Dynasty
 * [[File:ChiangKaiShek.png]] Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975) [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] Republic of China
 * [[File:Illeg.png]] Du Yuesheng (1888-1951) Colonial Shanghai
 * [[File:Showa-kanmuri.png]] Kenji Doihara (1883-1948) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
 * [[File:RightKMT.png]] H.H. Kung (1881-1967) [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] Republic of China
 * [[File:SyngmanRhee.png]] Syngman Rhee (1875-1965) [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] South Korea
 * [[File:Kishi.png]] Nobusuke Kishi (1896-1987) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
 * [[File:Persondignity.png]] Ngô Đình Diệm (1901-1963) [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] South Vietnam
 * [[File: Thiệu.png]] Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923-2001) [[File:Cball-SouthVietnam.png]] South Vietnam
 * [[File:Burmasoc.png]] Ne Win (1910/1911-2002) [[File:Cball-SocialistBurma.png]] Burma
 * [[File:Strato-Antifurry.png]] Thanom Kittikachorn (1911-2004) [[File:Thailand.png]] Thailand
 * [[File:Marcos.png]] Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989) [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Philippines
 * [[File:Marcos.png]] Imelda Marcos (1929-) [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Philippines
 * [[File:KPNLF.png]] Lon Nol (1913-1985) [[File:Cball-Cambodia.png]] Cambodia
 * [[File:Suharto.png]] Suharto (1921-2008) [[File:Cball-Indonesia.png]] Indonesia
 * [[File:DemocraticJusticeParty.png]] Chun Doo-hwan (1931-2021) [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] South Korea
 * [[File:INC.png]] Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) [[File:Cball-India.png]] India
 * [[File:Natcom.png]] Li Peng (1928-2019) [[File:Cball-China.png]] People’s Republic of China
 * [[File:Pop.png]] Joseph Estrada (1937-) [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Philippines
 * [[File:Mahathir.png]] Mahathir Mohamad (1925-) [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Malaysia
 * [[File:Jiang_Tze-min.png]] Jiang Zemin (1926-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] People's Republic of China
 * [[File:Juche.png]] Kim Jong-Il (1941-2011) [[File:Cball-North_Korea.png]] North Korea
 * [[File:Hun_Sen.png]] Hun Sen (1952-) [[File:Cball-Cambodia.png]] Cambodia
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Nawaz Sharif (1949-) [[File:Cball-Pakistan.png]] Pakistan
 * [[File:Chen_Shui-bian.png]] Chen Shui-bian (1950-) [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] Taiwan
 * [[File:Multicult.png]] Hamid Karzai (1957-) [[File:Cball-IRAfghanistan.png]] Afghanistan
 * [[File:Thaksin.png]] Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-) [[File:Thailand.png]] Thailand
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Kim Woo-Choong (1936-2019) [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] South Korea
 * [[File:ChineseNewLeft.png]] Bo Xilai (1949-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] People's Republic of China
 * [[File:Dengf.png]] Zhou Yongkang (1942-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] People's Republic of China
 * [[File:Strato-Antifurry.png]] Guo Boxiong (1942-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] People's Republic of China
 * [[File:Strato-Antifurry.png]] Xu Caihou (1943-2015) [[File:Cball-China.png]] People's Republic of China
 * [[File:Saenuri.png]] Lee Myung-bak (1941-) [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] South Korea
 * [[File:Saenuri.png]] Park Geun-hye (1952-) [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] South Korea
 * [[File:Authoritarian_Conservatism.png]] Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964-) [[File:Thailand.png]] Thailand
 * [[File:Đổi_Mới.png]] Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-) [[File:Hochi.png]] Vietnam
 * [[File:Humanismpix.png]] Ling Jihua (1956-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] People's Republic of China
 * [[File:Humanismpix.png]] Wen Jiabao (1942-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] People's Republic of China
 * [[File:NajibRazak.png]] Najib Razak (1953-) [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Malaysia
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Low Taek Jho "Jho Low" (1981-) [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Malaysia
 * [[File:Ghani.png]] Ashraf Ghani (1949-) [[File:Cball-IRAfghanistan.png]] Afghanistan
 * [[File:PalangPracharat.png]] Prayut Chan-o-Cha (1954-) [[File:Thailand.png]] Thailand
 * [[File:Chakri.png]] Vajiralongkorn (1952-) [[File:Thailand.png]] Thailand
 * [[File:Tatmadaw.png]] Min Aung Hlaing (1956-) [[File:Cball-Myanmar.png]] Myanmar
 * [[File:Đổi_Mới.png]] Đinh La Thăng (1960-) [[File:Hochi.png]] Vietnam
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Guo Wengui (1970-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] People's Republic of China
 * [[File:Muda.png]] Syed Saddiq bin Syed Abdul Rahman (1992-) [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Malaysia

[[File:Cball-EU.png]] Western Europe

 * [[File:OskarDirlewanger.png]] Oskar Dirlewanger (1895-1945) [[File:Nazi.png]] Nazi Germany
 * [[File:Cdem.png]] Franz Josef Strauss (1915-1988) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
 * [[File:Gaullismicon2.png]] Jaques Chirac (1932-) [[File:Cball-France.png]] France
 * [[File:Cdem.png]] Wolfgang Schäuble (1942-) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
 * [[File:Berlusconi.png]] Silvio Berlusconi (1936-) [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italy
 * [[File:3way.png]] José Sócrates (1957-) [[File:Cball-Portugal.png]] Portugal
 * [[File:Le republic.png]] Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-) [[File:Cball-France.png]] France
 * [[File:BoJo.png]] Boris Johnson (1964-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
 * [[File:Nordmodel.png]] Sanna Marin (1985-) [[File:Cball-Finland.png]] Finland

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