Yeah, I suppose so...
Uganda is probably listed as a republic.
I take your point.
Mine was that dictatorship as a governmental alternative isn't pejorative, but just another form of non-democratic government. As a short-term thing, it doesn't have to be bad, especially if it's strictly administrative, enabling a system of courts to deal with civil rights and disputes. It beats anarchy by a country mile. The trouble is, one kind of personality that makes a good dictator is also the kind of personality that doesn't give up power gracefully, or sometimes at all.