theocracy theme

There is a society in which one or more gods are recognized as rulers and the ruling elite is essentially a priesthood (or the gods themselves).

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ds94x17 major Akorem Laan wanted to reestablish a religiously inspired cast system based government on Bajor.
movie: Escape from LA (1996) major The film is set in a near future where the United States is ruled by a theocratic president for life who has banned such "immoral" things as tobacco, alcoholic beverages, recreational drugs, red meat, firearms, profanity, atheism, non-Christian religions, and extramarital sex.
movie: Rising Storm (1989) major The United States of the year 2099 was ruled by the fundamentalist Christian dictator Reverend Jimmy Joe II.