Sparta
Laconophilia is love or liking of Sparta and of the Spartan culture. Sparta was often admired when it ruled. Long ago, "Many of the noblest and best of the Athenians always considered (thought) the Spartan state nearly as an ideal theory realised in practice".  Many Greek philosophers, especially Platonists, would often describe Sparta as a good state, strong, brave, and free.