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ELI5:what makes some country prone to military coup while others don't?
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Various reasons. Stable countries tend to have civilian control of the military(Elected President is Commander and Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces). From there you could factor in history of coups making a new one more likely, corruption of the government making the general population more likely to support a coup, a lack of history of having a stable democracy amongst others. Also, in the case of the U.S., the various branches of the military are so far removed from each other structurally that it would be difficult for the Army to launch a coup without the Navy and Marine Corps turning on them or visa versa. Most countries have a more centralized control over all their military branches, or only have 1 effective military branch anyway(Functioning Navies and Air Forces are expensive and most countries don't have them)