"Oligarchy (from Greek \u1F40\u03BB\u03B9\u03B3\u03B1\u03C1\u03C7\u03AF\u03B1 (oligarkh\u00EDa); from \u1F40\u03BB\u03AF\u03B3\u03BF\u03C2 (ol\u00EDgos), meaning \"few\", and \u1F04\u03C1\u03C7\u03C9 (arkho), meaning \"to rule or to command\") is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people. These people could be distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, education, corporate, religious or military control."@en .