(informal) Inferior; shoddy. / (informal) Of a country, regime etc., autocratic, especially in a petty and amusing manner.

An autocratic ruler with little political credibility, typically having delusions of grandeur.

plural of tin-pot dictator

plural of tin-pot dictatorship

(idiomatic, derogatory) A country ruled by a tin-pot dictator; an autocracy, especially one ruled by someone with delusions of grandeur.