autarchies

Noun

autarchy (countable and uncountable, plural autarchies)

1. A condition of absolute power.
2. Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
   • Like Philip's, Franco's autarchy was shrouded in religiosity—not Christianity alone, but also a sort of dim Wagnerian vision of hero-gods and Valhallas, a gloomy level of devotion on which paganism, Catholicism and the apotheosis of the State could conveniently be mingled.1964, Jan Morris, “Envoi: State of Being”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN
3. Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).

   Synonyms:

   government