Bhai, this thing has somehow stuck with me since childhood. A childhood spent visiting them every single summer vacation wherever they'd be posted.. we were wee ones, me and the cousins.. but around the grown up dinner table when it came to Pak.. our guys were clear ki kaun real power wield karda, and how it was all a ruse, a facade, an eye wash, an illusion, a trick.. ki there's democracy there.
This whole "populist leader" thing don't work in a faujocracy.
Sugar, textiles, agri, mining.. har jageh fauj incorporated is only ruling
Idhar is almost same, only old skool oligarchy style chalta hai injun lol
but we keep it working.
Pak, but, whole other next level... pta nahi kya hoga aapka
Pakistan, you just shake your head, say "what a country!" and move on.