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Occasionally yes; for example New Zealand retains two overseas colonies simply because the people of these colonies can not govern themselves, however, usually an imperial power governs its colonies for raw goods and/or to maintain power.

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This system is called colonialism, and is currently out of vogue as a legitimate governmental system.

it's actually paternalism... although they're pretty much the same thing as far as i'm concerned, but if your doing that crossword that everyone seems to be doing, colonialism or Imperialism won't fit, you have to use paternalism.

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totalitarian state

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The system in which an imperial power governs it's colonies closely because it believes that the people are not able to govern themselves?

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