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AustonT wrote:No, I meant Germanic. I know the commissariat is a Russian concept, but they totally look like gothic Gestapo, or East German Polizei (don't remember thier name).

Historically, the commissaire politique (political commissary) first appeared in the French Revolution (1789–99), guarding it against anti-Revolutionary (ideological) thought and action, and so ensuring the Republican victory.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_commissar