An authoritarian enclave is a

non-democratic Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

subunit of a democratic system. It may be an

administrative division Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

of a state or a ministry (such as the military, education or media).

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Political science terminology Authoritarianism Democracy {{polisci-stub