Stratocratic Corporatism

Stratocratic Corporatism is not, in and of itself, fascist. However, it does draw inspiration from fascism's tenets. This inspiration can be seen in its organization of society into a totalitarian, corporatist structure, with the military firmly in charge. The rest of such a society is mobilized to support the military, and by extension the nation as a whole.

Stratocratic Corporatism can also take on other characteristics beyond its corporatist, totalitarian structure. Such governments frequently, although not necessarily, include elements of racial supremacy. This is not usually done through the pseudo-scientific exaltation of a master race, such as in Nazism. Instead, Stratocratic Corporatist societies usually stoke their racial supremacy through invoking a national spirit or mythology.

To such societies, peace is merely an interval in a never-ending chain of wars, and therefore the entirety of the nation's physical and moral resources must be forever poised for wartime mobilization. These governments frequently grapple with the issue of how to take independently minded masses and get them to look beyond their own issues and instead towards an abstract "destiny" of their nation. Compulsory membership in patriotic organizations, mobilizing marginal elements of society into the workforce, and the constant need for "token sacrifices" in the name of supporting their ever-growing military, nothing is beyond the reach of such regimes. Such nations can not lose, and the people hold faith in their governments that such statements shall remain true.