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Government Types

Types of governments

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English	English
The government is ruled by a king or a queen.	Monarchy
A government that has a king or queen with an elected parliament.	Constitutional Monarchy
Rule by a single leader who has not been elected and may use force to keep control.	Dictatorship
Led by representatives of the voters. Each is chosen for a set period of time.	Republic
A situation in which there is no form of government. Often follows a civil war and rival groups are fighting for power.	anarchy
The existing structure is overthrown by a completely new group.	revolutionary
Form of government where rulers claim to be ruling on the behalf of a set of religious ideas.	Theocracy
People are forced to do what the government tells them to do.	Totalitarian
a government system in which the central government holds nearly all of the power	Unitary
a government system in which the local governments hold all of the power	Confederation
a government system in which power is shared among different levels of government	Federal
a government in which the ruler has absolute power to do whatever he wishes	Autocratic

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