What is a Despotism type of government?

Question

Can someone explain to me what happens in a Despotism type of government and give a country that uses it.

Answer 1

A despotism type of government is basically where a single person or small group of people rule with absolute power.

An example would be the Roman Triumvirate which consisted of Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus where they exerted absolute power over the entire Roman Empire after the death of Julius Caesar.

Answer 2

Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power. In its classical form, a despotism is a state where one single person, called a Despot, wields all the power and authority, and everyone else is considered their slave. This form of despotism was the first known form of statehood and civilization; the Pharaoh of Egypt is exemplary of the classical Despot