Statocracy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Statocracy \Sta*toc"ra*cy\ (st[.a]*t[o^]k"r[.a]*s[y^]), n.
     [State + -cracy, as in democracy.]
     Government by the state, or by political power, in
     distinction from government by ecclesiastical power. [R.]
     --O. A. Brownson.
     [1913 Webster]