governmentlike
Governmentlike describes systems, institutions, or processes that resemble a government in their structure, authority, and public functions. The term is used to compare non-state actors or temporary authorities with the features typically associated with a state, such as centralized decision-making, codified rules, and mechanisms to enforce those rules. It does not necessarily imply formal sovereignty, but it signals governance-like power over a defined population or domain.
Common characteristics include hierarchical organization, formal procedures, rule-based decision making, budgeting or resource allocation, and mechanisms
Applications and contexts vary. In political analysis, governmentlike arrangements describe insurgent or transitional regimes that assume