whiteruled

Whiteruled is a term used mainly in speculative fiction and critical political analysis to describe governance in which political power is concentrated in a white demographic majority. The term is not widely used as a formal scholarly category; it serves as a shorthand for discussions of racially majoritarian rule and its social, political, and economic consequences. In fictional settings, whiteruled regimes often feature formal institutions—legislatures, courts, and civil service—structured to maintain majority control, with policies that favor whites and limit political participation or rights for minority groups.

Origins and usage: The concept borrows from historical examples of majoritarian rule, such as apartheid-era governance or ethnocratic policies in various regions, and from dystopian and alternate-history narratives that imagine intensified or prolonged white-majority authority.

Implications: Analyses of whiteruled systems typically examine issues such as representation, resource distribution, civil liberties, policing, and resistance movements. Scholars often frame the term within broader debates about ethnicity, race, and power, and may equate whiteruled systems with ethnocracy or other forms of racially defined governance.

In fiction: Whiteruled settings are used to test social ethics, human rights considerations, and the resilience of civil society under oppressive governance. They may explore pathways toward reform or revolution.

See also: Ethnocracy, Apartheid, Racial segregation, Dystopian fiction, Ethnic nationalism.