military clique

rule, control, command / direction, management, governance / dominance

to rule, to control, to command / to direct, to manage, to govern / to dominate

a land, a large place / a country in general, a region / a country as in a nation, a state / the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state / a province of ancient Japan

Beiyang Army

(politics) gerontocracy

ruler (one who governs)

ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power

countries

national / country