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Presidential republicsWhere a president is the active head of the executive branch of government and is independent from the legislature. The following list includes democratic and non-democratic states:
Parliamentary republicsWhere a prime minister is the active head of the executive branch of government and also leader of the legislature. However, there is also a president who serves as a symbolic head of state in some figurehead capacity. The following list includes democratic and non-democratic states:
Constitutional monarchiesWhere a prime minister is the active head of the executive branch of government and also leader of the legislature. The head of state is a constitutional monarch who only exercises his or her powers with the consent of the government and is largely a figurehead.
Semi-constitutional monarchiesThe prime minister (or equivalent) is the nation's active executive, but the monarch still has considerable political powers that can be used at his/her own independent discretion. Commonwealth realmsConstitutional monarchies, in which the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II serves as head of state over an independent government. The Queen appoints a Governor General to each country to act as her representative. The prime minister is the active head of the executive branch of government and also leader of the legislature.
Absolute monarchiesMonarchies in which the monarch is the active head of the executive branch and exercises all powers. TheocraciesNon-democratic states based on a state religion where the head of state is selected by some form of religious hierarchy. One-party and no-party statesNon-democratic states in which political power is concentrated within a single political party whose operations are largely fused with the government hiearchy.
Military Junta statesThe nation's armed forces control the organs of government and all high-ranking political executives are also members of the military hiearchy.
TransitionalStates which have a system of government which is in transition or turmoil and cannot be accurately classified. Systems of Internal GovernanceFederalStates in which the federal government shares power with semi-independent regional governments.
UnitaryUnitary state in which the central government has delegated some of its powers to self-governing regional governments.
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