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Petrocracy 

State that is backed by and exists for the purpose of petroleum.
Putin has turned Russia into a petrocracy
Petrocracy by sandraxine December 14, 2016
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mediocracy

A mediocracy cannot make headway.
mediocracy by uttam maharjan November 11, 2012
Hillary Clinton and Hussain Obama want to turn America into a Pedocracy.
pedocracy by DracoSlayer July 10, 2018

mediocracy

1) Rule by those who are of average or below average competence.
2) A society in which people with little (if any) talent and skill are dominant and highly influential.
3) A social or administrative system which is like an antithesis to a meritocracy.
Eg 1) "With the presidency of George W. Bush, America has completed its transition from democracy to mediocracy."

2)"The success of Big Brother is indicative of our present society being a in a state of mediocracy."
mediocracy by St.O. June 16, 2006

Mediocracy

(mediocre & -cracy), government of & responsive to mediocrity; rule by the most exceptionally average, superfluously adequate, or quintessentially ordinary citizens; government of the average, by the average, & for the average.
Is this leadership of the best & the brightest, or is this Mediocracy?
Mediocracy by Darth Johnny December 3, 2010

Piocracy 

A form of government in the metaverse ruled by a rogue figure, human or humanoid, who or which is backed by radical elements of the Numerati, who share an obsession about all things pi-related—their goal is to decipher the sacred meanings of the digits of the transcendental number π in order to unearth the secrets of the universe.
What are the odds that piocracy isn’t some digital form of fringe governance, but one that is planned by extraterrestrials that are keen to subject earthlings under their control?
Piocracy by Fasters December 5, 2022