This is a list of modern totalitarian dictatorships.
Totalitarian states
editIslamist totalitarian states
editCountry | Ideologies | Government | End goals | Date of establishment | Date of dissolution |
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Islamism Wahhabism |
Unitary Islamic theocratic absolute monarchy | 1932 | Present | |
Republic of the Sudan | Arab nationalism Islamism Salafism Social conservatism |
Federal dominant-party presidential republic | 1993 | Present |
Former Islamist totalitarian states
editCountry | Ideologies | Government | End goals | Date of establishment | Date of dissolution |
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | Deobandi fundamentalism Islamism Islamofascism Pashtunwali Religious nationalism |
Unitary Islamic theocratic absolute monarchy | Afghan reunification | 1996 | 2001 |
Left-wing totalitarian states
editCountry | Ideologies | Government | End goals | Date of establishment | Date of dissolution |
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Anti-imperialism Juche Kimism Socialism Songun |
Unitary one-party socialist republic | Korean reunification | 1998 | Present |
Former left-wing totalitarian states
editCountry | Ideologies | Government | End goals | Date of establishment | Date of dissolution |
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Iraqi Republic | Arab nationalism Arab socialism Ba'athism Iraqi nationalism Neo-Ba'athism Saddamism |
Unitary one-party socialist republic under military dictatorship | Greater Iraq Pan-Arabism |
1979 | 2003 |
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974-1988) Union of Burma (1962-1974) |
Buddhist socialism Burmese nationalism Burmese Way to Socialism |
Unitary one-party socialist republic (1974-1988) Unitary one-party socialist republic under military dictatorship (1964-1974) Unitary dominant-party socialist presidential republic under military dictatorship (1962-1964) Unitary socialist presidential republic under military dictatorship (1962-1962) |
1962 | 1988 | |
Syrian Arab Republic | Anti-imperialism Anti-Zionism Arab nationalism Arab socialism Assadism Ba'athism Left-wing nationalism Neo-Ba'athism Secularism |
Unitary one-party socialist republic | Greater Syria Pan-Arabism |
1982 | 2000 |
Marxist-Leninist totalitarian states
editCountry | Ideologies | Government | End goals | Date of establishment | Date of dissolution |
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Republic of Cuba | Anti-capitalism Castroism Communism Guevarism Left-wing populism Marxism-Leninism Socialism of the 21st century |
Unitary one-party socialist republic | World communism | 1959 | Present |
Former Marxist-Leninist totalitarian states
editNationalist totalitarian states
editCountry | Ideologies | Government | End goals | Date of establishment | Date of dissolution |
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State of Eritrea | Eritrean nationalism Left-wing nationalism Secularism |
Unitary one-party republic | 1993 | Present |
Former nationalist totalitarian states
editFormer fascist totalitarian states
editFormer right-wing totalitarian states
editCountry | Ideologies | Government | End goals | Date of establishment | Date of dissolution |
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Buenos Aires | Conservatism Federalism |
Unitary dominant-party presidential republic | 1835 | 1852 | |
Republic of Malawi | Anti-communism Conservatism |
Unitary one-party republic | Decolonization of Malawi | 1966 | 1993 |
Republic of Rwanda | Anti-communism Social conservatism |
Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic (1991-1994) Unitary one-party republic (1978-1991) Unitary dominant-party presidential republic under military dictatorship (1975-1978) Unitary presidential republic military dictatorship (1973-1975) |
1973 | 1994 |