A Shadow Government is a highly secret organization or faction within the legal government. They often have influence, but the extent of it as well as their ...

Examples: · Agent X has, as one of its Story Arc plot points, a "shadow government" being formed by various high-ranking government officials (including the ...

Join the Shadow Government™ today and you will be wealthy, untouchable, can start any war you want, topple dynasties on a whim. All you would have to lose is ...

An Evil Overlord will forego the Malevolent Mugshot spam in favor of staying hidden from their society, ruling from the shadows.

Tony Giardino: So who's in this Pentaverate? Stuart Mackenzie: The Queen, The Vatican, The Gettys, The Rothschilds, and Colonel Sanders before he went tits up.

A secret faction within the legal government that actually runs things. Often the cause and/or subject of a lot of Conspiracy Theories.

Its ruling council is a behind-the-scenes cabal of corrupt officials, politicians, terrorists and businesspersons — SPECTRE is essentially a shadow government ...

A step up (or down) from a Covert Group is a government agency whose very existence is officially regarded as an Urban Legend and denied by The Government ...

A government that is villainous not due to malevolence or conspiracy, but due to ineptitude, necessity, or sheer size.

Their power comes from their Front Organization's resources and the trust that Muggles put into it. Could qualify as a Shadow Government if their pull is ...