Whether the chief executive and legislature are popularly elected. Whether there is more than one political party.

: An incumbent government must have actually lost and ceded power to an opposition party at least once under the current rules. Types of Dictatorships

The film is set in a fictional country ruled by a ruthless dictator who maintains his grip on power through a combination of propaganda, manipulation, and brutal force. The story follows a young and ambitious journalist, who becomes embroiled in a cat-and-mouse game with the regime as she attempts to uncover the truth behind the dictator's rise to power.

The most famous "Index" search results typically point to or the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index , both of which assign scores. A score of 0.00 on the V-Dem "Polyarchy Index" essentially acts as the Index of the Dictator —the theoretical opposite of democracy.