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* Creator/NKJemisin's ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy'': On paper, the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is a global federation of nations. In reality, the Arameri dynasty are the Kingdoms' absolute rulers and everyone knows it -- instead of a crown, they wield the power of [[CapturedSuperEntity four enslaved gods]], and their depredations are the stuff of infamy.
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* [[OneWorldOrder The World Government]] in ''Manga/OnePiece'' are a corrupt and brutal oligarchy determined to exert control over the world [[SuppressedHistory and its past]]. The twist is that, instead of conquering the world directly, they form and [[EvilRunningGood oversee]] TheFederation of many kingdoms, each of which provide tribute and recruits for its Navy and other positions. [[VillainWithGoodPublicity While broadly accepted as legitimate]], the story goes out of its way to show the World Government is coercive toward (potential) member states, wildly heavy-handed to any perceived threat, and led by a nobility who literally [[AGodAmI think themselves gods above all others]]. In practice, they are an empire with a very small civilian population, many client states, and an ''enormous'' foreign-born military and bureaucracy.
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* [[OneWorldOrder The World Government]] in ''Manga/OnePiece'' are a corrupt and brutal oligarchy determined to exert control over the world [[SuppressedHistory and its past]]. The twist is that, instead of conquering the world directly, they form and [[EvilRunningGood oversee]] TheFederation of many kingdoms, each of which provide tribute and recruits for its Navy and other positions. [[VillainWithGoodPublicity While broadly accepted as legitimate]], the story goes out of its way to show the World Government is coercive toward (potential) member states, wildly heavy-handed to any perceived threat, and led by a nobility who literally [[AGodAmI think themselves gods above all others]]. In practice, they are an empire with a very small civilian population, many client states, and an ''enormous'' foreign-born military and bureaucracy. [[spoiler:It's not even truly an oligarchy. The "Empty Throne" that symbolizes how no one person rules the world has an owner: Imu.]]
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* ''Literature/TheStarloreLegacy'' features several:
** In ''NOVA'' and ''FLIGHT'', the planet Jypton is ruled by a one-world government headed by a powerful Chancellor. This government is not obviously evil, except in its treatment of the enslaved Raylean people, until ''FLIGHT''.
** ''OATH'' features this trope on a [[GalacticSuperpower galactic scale]] with the Llyonian Empire, whose ruler, Prefect Zar, has conquered multiple star systems with his huge battle fleet.
** By the time of ''MERCHANT'', the new GalacticSuperpower on the block is the Morian Empire, which controls a similar amount of space to Llyon, if not more.
** In ''NOVA'' and ''FLIGHT'', the planet Jypton is ruled by a one-world government headed by a powerful Chancellor. This government is not obviously evil, except in its treatment of the enslaved Raylean people, until ''FLIGHT''.
** ''OATH'' features this trope on a [[GalacticSuperpower galactic scale]] with the Llyonian Empire, whose ruler, Prefect Zar, has conquered multiple star systems with his huge battle fleet.
** By the time of ''MERCHANT'', the new GalacticSuperpower on the block is the Morian Empire, which controls a similar amount of space to Llyon, if not more.
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* Alfard from the ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'' video games is an interesting example in that there's no resistance against it. The reason: the empire works to instill extreme civic pride in all of its citizens, so that the idea of acting against it has all the attractiveness of stepping on one's own foot.
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* Alfard from the ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'' video games is an interesting example in that there's no resistance against it. The reason: the empire works to instill extreme civic pride in all of its citizens, so that the idea of acting against it has all the attractiveness of stepping on one's own foot. [[spoiler: The one and only time such a minor act of resistance was even considered, the Empire subjected the offending village to a massacre so severe that it is a barren ghost town years later.]]
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* Bronquia in ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' [[spoiler:except not.]]
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* Bronquia in ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' [[spoiler:except not.''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'', led by the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Emperor of Carnage]] Gulcasa. It has all the trappings, being the aggressor in the ongoing war with [[TheGoodKingdom Fantasinia]], being overall more militaristic in appearance, vanguarded by a battalion of dragon-mounted cavaliers wielding Death-inspired [[SinisterScythe sickles]]. To top it all off, Gulcasa himself wields a skill called Genocide, which is every bit a sinister as it sounds. [[spoiler: This, however, turns about to be a subversion. The history of both monarchies is ''far'' more complicated than is initially apparent, with Bronquia being much more benevolent and Fantasinia far more brutal than their respective tropes would reflect. Gulcasa is still as ruthless as his reputation, but his motives are fairly sympathetic, and none of that ruthlessness translates into how he rules his own kingdom.]]
