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A dictatorship was a form of government led by a dictator, with one of its types being the military dictatorship. Being in opposition to a democracy, the citizens of a dictatorship had limited freedoms.

On 1990s Earth, during the Eugenics Wars, there were dozens of petty dictatorships. (TOS: "Space Seed")

In the script for the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Encounter at Farpoint", it was stated that in the 21st century, a "wounded and bleeding" humanity recovering from a nuclear war chose a dictatorial government which neither represented capitalism or communism. This government existed during the post-atomic horror.

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