a country with a corrupt, self-serving government a large gap between a wealthy ruling class and an impoverished working class, originally coined by author O. Henry in the early 1900s. In modern usage, also describes a democracy in decline or a government in chaos.
a country with a corrupt, self-serving government a large gap between a wealthy ruling class and an impoverished working class, originally coined by author O. Henry in the early 1900s. In modern usage, also describes a democracy in decline or a government in chaos.