The answer above is a great one, and the example of Saudi
Arabia presents a wonderful example as well of despotism. Many of the regimes in the
Middle East are in fact good examples of it, where the power is concentrated in the
hands of an elite whether they are a theocracy or, as in the case of Saudi Arabia, a
monarchy.
But the King of Saudi Arabia acts mainly in the
interests of his own family and the closest pieces of the royal family, enacts rather
brutal policies against his political enemies, keeps the people under a very tight lid
with almost zero civil rights, and no one has access to the reigns of power outside of
the royal family.
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