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Capelocracy
Capelocracy is the ruling of commercial or shopkeepers class in a society or nation. The general concept developed in England. The word is of Greek origin and its first usage was in 1841. The word contains both Greek roots Kapelos- and -cracy, meaning strength and power, respectively. Even though the word is used in several works of literature, the idea of Capelocracy is not really known, and it remains a theory. So far, no nation has directly adopted this form of government.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton mentions the word Capellocracy in his work Night and Day:

"A millener's house (shop, to outward appearance, it was not), evincing... its degree above the Capelocracy, to use a certain classical neologism, by a brass plate." -Bulwer-Lytton, Night and Morning 1841