class Service {
public:
    Service() {
        if(s_count++ == 0) {
            s_initialize();
        }
    }

    ~Service() {
        if(--s_count == 0) {
            s_terminate();
        }
    }

    void foo() {
        // do something that requires the resource/system here
    }

private:
    static int s_count;

    static void s_initialize() {
        // initialize some resource/system here
    }

    static void s_terminate() {
        // terminate some resource/system here
    }
};

int Service::s_count = 0; // this is BS by the way C++



int main() {
    // initializes
    Service service;

    // just reference counts
    Service redundant;

    // operates on the service
    service.foo();

    return 0;
}