In my experience, the main advantage is that I get to tell people what to do. As far as my underlings and subjects are concerned, I'm really not sure- I'm pretty sure that they get a t-shirt or...
We are in a fight to the death, I am wearing full riot gear and holding a loaded gun, and you are unarmed and have your hands tied together with fuzzy pink handcuffs; provided I am not an armless...