Well, I think specifically autocratic governments with a single king/generalissimo/Dear Leader; this sort of flattery-based approach (it's hardly even real brib

Well, I think specifically autocratic governments with a single king/generalissimo/Dear Leader; this sort of flattery-based approach (it's hardly even real bribery, really; the value of the item is more or less beside the point in this case) does not work with _all_ types of un/anti-democratic governments.