Mafia state

According to the Hungarian sociologist Balint Magyar, in a 'mafia state' "The state itself, at the top, works as a criminal organisation."

Hungary has become a post-communist mafia state. It is led not by a party but by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's political-economic clan, which treats society as its private domain while formally maintaining a democratic facade.

Bulgaria has appeared in Russian news outlet Vedomosti's list of states where certain people "concentrate political power and basic economoic assets".

Other countries mentioned as part of studies by several scholars include Guinea-Bissau, Montenegro, Burma, and Venezuela.