Since no specific theocracy was mentioned, it would be safe to assume it was the belief system to which the questioner was referring; however, s/he used "a" before the word "theocracy," so a given system of government is more likely what was meant. Sadly, no specific government was mentioned, so the question attempts to ask what can't actually be answered, because...

...second of all, there is no single set of principles of theocracy (as a belief system) because different theocracies, based on different religions or religious beliefs, will each have their own set of principles, based on said religious beliefs. All religions are different, and so each of their respective religious beliefs will, necessarily, be different. Any given theocratic government that's based on a certain religion's beliefs will, necessarily, have different principles than some othertheorcratic government that's based on some other religion's beliefs.

Now, if by "principles," what the asker actually meant was that which makes a theocracy a theocracy (as opposed to, for example, a democracy), then that's simple...

The "theo" part of the word "theocracy" comes from the Greek "theos," meaning or referring to a diety... for statistically most persons on the planet, said diety being the Abrahamic God (though for many, many others, it could be any of a number of other gods or other forms of diety).

And the "cracy" part of the word comes from the Greek "kratos," which means to strongly rule or govern; and so "cracy," in modern language, refers to government.

A "theocracy," then, is a form of government which is guided by either a diety (a god, of some kind... including, in some cases, the Abrahamic God), or by said diety's either appointed or self-proclaimed agent(s). Theocracy is government ruled or guided by religion.

That, then, could be said to be theocracy's principle: Governance guided by religion.

The middle-eastern country of Iran is a cogent example of a theocracy, where Islamic imams and other religious leaders ultimately make all the rules, and control pretty much everything; even though Iran has a President and a legislative body. It is, nevertheless, provably a theocracy.

Most other Islamic countries or states operate under one form or another of Islamic -- specifically, Sharia -- law (called "kahlifah") which is divinely guided by the Abrahamic God; and so they are all, by definition, theocracies. Some, like Iran, try to pretend that the president and legislative body actually rule, but most are fairly open (and unapologetic) about their being Islamic theocracies.

Other theocracies, though, don't try to hide it at all. The Vatican (completely surrounded by Rome, Italy), for example, is a theocracy which is very open about its being divinely guided by the Abrahamic God, through the Pope.

Additionally, the so-called "Central Tibetan Administration," also known as the "Tibetan Government in Exile," led, as of this writing, by the 14th Dalai Lama, in exile, in Dharamshala, India, is a decidedly, unambiguously, and proudly theocracic little pseudo-government... the diety, in that case, being Bhudda.

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