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A system of government by groups or officals?
The Mandate system had the benevolent intention of preparing the "natives" of various regions for self government. In practice, the granting of mandates often represented nothing more than the granting of spoils to the different victorious allied governments.
A system of government by a group of officials would be an oligarchy.
Bureaucracy
Borders were drawn without regard for local populations