snip< : If you are going to go the route of having a select few helping out : running a cast, then you don't have a dictatorship/monocracy/autocracy, : instead, you have an oligarchy (for those not in the know, oligarchy is a : political system governed by a few people. Guess why guys, most of your : casts are not truly runned via Dictatorship means, it's runned by : OLIGARCHY means!!         If there is only one on top, with negligible power wielding         assistants (that is, if the power of the assistants only exists at         the discretion of the leader), it's still a dictatorship.  Power         must be significantly shared before you drift into an oligarchy.         -Webster even goes so far as to say a dictatorship can consist of a         dictator or a small clique .         If any group has small cliques it's Rocky.         For comparison it refers to an oligarchy as rule by a small group .         My assumption would be a clique would have to be smaller then a         group and on friendlier terms. : Let's not confuse this with Democracy, for power is not given to ALL, and : those in power in a oligarchy are not elected by the people they will be : governing).         And dictators can also be elected.  Although it's debatable if         they can be reasonably unelected and not drift into the realm of a         monocracy.         Aren't semantics great?         snip< : Also, if people are bent on having a monocracy/autocracy running their : cast, just be sure that the said dictator actually has the time to put : up with all the responsibilities that comes with the job so that it : continues to be a dictatorship .         Agreed.  Burn out is always a serious issue in Rocky. : When it gets to the point some things have to be delegated to other : people, then it's not a dictatorship anymore.         So long as you can still appoint and fire them from such positions         w/o cast consensus, you're still a dictator.