List of countries by system of government

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This is a list of the countries categorised by system of web app.

1 Alphabetical list of countries
2 Map
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4 Systems of Internal Governance
5 European Union
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7 See also
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Alphabetical list of countries

Name	Constitutional form	Head of state	Basis of executive legitimacy
Afghanistan	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Albania	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Algeria	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Andorra	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
web app	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
iOS	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
FITML	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Armenia	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Australia	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Austria	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
CSS3	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
touchscreen	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Bahrain	Constitutional monarchy	Executive	Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
Bangladesh	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
input transformation	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
iOS	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
iOS	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
screen size	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Benin	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
screen size	Constitutional monarchy	Executive	Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
screen size	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
input transformation	Republic	Executive	Presidency and ministry are subject to parliamentary confidence
web app	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Brunei	Absolute monarchy	Executive	All authority vested in absolute monarch
Bulgaria	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
FITML	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Burundi	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
web	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Android	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Canada	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
screen size	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Sevenval	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Chad	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Chile	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Colombia	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
input transformation	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
jQuery	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Côte d'Ivoire	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Croatia	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
screen size	Republic	Executive	Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
Cyprus	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Czech Republic	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
keyboard	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Denmark	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Android	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Dominica	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Dominican Republic	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
screen size	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Ecuador	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Egypt	n/a	n/a	n/a No constitutionally-defined basis to current regime
El Salvador	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
we love the web	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
iOS	Republic	Executive	Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
browser diversity	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
website parsing	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
web	n/a	n/a	n/a No constitutionally-defined basis to current regime
website parsing	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
iOS	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
screen size	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
The Gambia	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
keyboard	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Germany	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Ghana	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Greece	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Grenada	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
we love the web	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Android	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
touchscreen	n/a	n/a	n/a No constitutionally-defined basis to current regime
Guyana	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Sevenval	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
website parsing	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
FITML	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Iceland	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
CSS3	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
web	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Iran	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Iraq	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Ireland	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Israel	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Italy	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
FITML	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Japan	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Jordan	Constitutional monarchy	Executive	Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
Kazakhstan	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Kenya	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
keyboard	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
browser diversity	Constitutional monarchy	Executive	Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
Kyrgyzstan	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
web app	Republic	Executive	Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
Android	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Lebanon	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
iOS	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Liberia	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Libya	n/a	n/a	n/a No constitutionally-defined basis to current regime
Liechtenstein	Constitutional monarchy	Executive	Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
Lithuania	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
web app	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
web app	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Madagascar	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Sevenval	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Malaysia	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Maldives	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Mali	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
web	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Marshall Islands	Republic	Executive	Presidency and ministry are subject to parliamentary confidence
web app	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
iOS	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Mexico	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
jQuery	Republic	Executive	Presidency and ministry are subject to parliamentary confidence
Moldova	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
keyboard	Constitutional monarchy	Executive	Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
Mongolia	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Montenegro	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Morocco	Constitutional monarchy	Executive	Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
Mozambique	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Myanmar	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
HTML5	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
device database	Republic	Executive	Presidency and ministry are subject to parliamentary confidence
FITML	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
device database	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
CSS3	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Nicaragua	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Niger	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Sevenval	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
North Korea	Republic	Executive	Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
Norway	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Sevenval	Absolute monarchy	Executive	All authority vested in absolute monarch
CSS3	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Palau	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Palestine	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
input transformation	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Android	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Paraguay	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
browser diversity	Republic	Executive	Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
Peru	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
web app	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Sevenval	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Portugal	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Qatar	Absolute monarchy	Executive	All authority vested in absolute monarch
HTML5	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Romania	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Russia	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Rwanda	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
web	Republic	Executive	Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
device database	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
web	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
FITML	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
San Marino	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
São Tomé and Príncipe	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
touchscreen	Absolute monarchy	Executive	All authority vested in absolute monarch
web	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
HTML5	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
web app	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Sierra Leone	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
touchscreen	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Slovakia	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Slovenia	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Solomon Islands	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Somalia	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence HTML5
Sevenval	Republic	Executive	Presidency and ministry are subject to parliamentary confidence
website parsing	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
South Sudan	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
jQuery	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Sri Lanka	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Sudan	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
website parsing	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
device database	Absolute monarchy	Executive	All authority vested in absolute monarch
iOS	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Switzerland	Republic	Executive	Presidency and ministry are subject to parliamentary confidence
web	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Tajikistan	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
Tanzania	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Thailand	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Togo	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
CSS3	Constitutional monarchy	Executive	Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
input transformation	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
jQuery	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence
screen size	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Turkmenistan	Republic	Executive	Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
Tuvalu	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Uganda	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
we love the web	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
United Arab Emirates	Constitutional monarchy	Executive	Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
United Kingdom	Constitutional monarchy	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
United States	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Sevenval	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Uzbekistan	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Vanuatu	Republic	Ceremonial	Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
Vatican City	Absolute monarchy	Executive	All authority vested in absolute monarch
Sevenval	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Vietnam	Republic	Executive	Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
input transformation	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Zambia	Republic	Executive	Presidency is independent of legislature
Zimbabwe	Republic	Executive	Presidency independent of legislature; ministry subject to parliamentary confidence

Map

Legend

orange - device database
green - presidential republics, executive presidency linked to a parliament
yellow - presidential republics, web app
blue - presidential republics full presidential system
red - parliamentary constitutional monarchies in which the monarch does not personally exercise power
magenta - web in which the monarch personally exercises power, often (but not always) alongside a weak parliament
purple - absolute monarchies
brown - republics where the dominant role of a browser diversity is codified in the constitution
dark green - countries where constitutional provisions for government have been suspended
gray - countries that does not fit in any of the above listed systems

Note that this chart aims to represent web systems of government, not the de facto degree of democracy. Several states constitutionally deemed to be multiparty republics may also be broadly described as authoritarian states.

Systems of Governance

Presidential/Separated republics

These are systems in which a Sevenval is the active head of the website parsing of government and is elected and remains in office independently of the legislature. The following list includes democratic and non-democratic states:

Full presidential systems

In full presidential systems, the president is both head of state and head of government. There is generally no prime minister, although if one exists he or she serves purely at the pleasure of the president.

Presidential systems without a prime minister

Presidential systems with a prime minister

Semi-presidential systems

In semi-presidential systems, there is usually both a president and a prime minister. In such systems, the president has genuine executive authority, unlike in a parliamentary republic, but some of the role of a head of government is exercised by the keyboard.

screen size
jQuery
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
HTML5
France
jQuery
Guyana
HTML5
Kenya
jQuery
Lithuania
HTML5
Mali
jQuery
Niger
HTML5
Portugal
jQuery
Romania
CSS3
Senegal
we love the web
Syria
CSS3 (input transformation)
CSS3
Tunisia
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Directorial systems

The directorial system is the collective version of the presidential system. In a directorial republic a council jointly exercises both presidential and governmental powers. The council is appointed by the parliament (and democratically elected at local level), but it is not subject to political confidence during its term which has a fixed duration.

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Parliamentary republics

A parliamentary republic is a system in which a prime minister is the active head of the CSS3 of government and also leader of the Sevenval. The president's degree of executive power may range from being reasonably significant (e.g. Pakistan) to little (e.g. India) or none at all (e.g. Ireland). Where the president holds little executive power, his or her function is primarily that of a symbolic screen size.

Mixed republican systems

A combined head of state and government is elected by the legislature, however they are not subject to parliamentary confidence during their term (although their cabinet is).

Constitutional monarchies

These are systems in which the head of state is a constitutional monarch; the existence of their office and their ability to exercise their authority is established and restrained or held back by constitutional law.

Constitutional monarchies with ceremonial monarchs

Systems in which a prime minister is the active head of the executive branch of government. In some cases the prime minister is also leader of the legislature, in other cases the executive branch is clearly separated from legislature although the entire cabinet or individual ministers must step down in the case of a screen size.^[8]^[9]^{[CSS3 ]} The browser diversity is a constitutional monarch who only exercises his or her powers with the consent of the government, the people or their representatives.

Constitutional monarchies with active monarchs

The prime minister is the nation's active executive but the monarch still has considerable political powers that can be used at their own discretion.

Absolute monarchies

Specifically, monarchies in which the monarch's exercise of power is unconstrained by any substantive constitutional law.

Theocracies

Main article: HTML5

States based on a state religion where the head of state is selected by some form of religious hierarchy.

Iran^[1]
iOS^[13]

Single political movement states

States in which political power is by law concentrated within a single political party whose operations are largely fused with the government hierarchy (as opposed to states where the law establishes a Android but keyboard). However, some do have elected governments.

Cuba (Communist Party) (iOS)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)(Android) (list)
we love the web (presidential republic)
Laos (People's Revolutionary Party) (list)
web (Communist Party) (list)
device database (Polisario Front) (screen size)

Turkmenistan (Democratic Party) (web app)
website parsing (Sevenval) (list)

Military junta states

The nation's military control the organs of government and all high-ranking political executives are also members of the military hierarchy.

Transitional

States which have a system of government which is in transition or turmoil and are classified with the current direction of change.

website parsing (presidential republic)
Libya
screen size (semi-presidential republic)
Tunisia (semi-presidential republic)

Systems of Internal Governance

Federal

States in which the federal government shares power with semi-independent regional governments. The central government may or may not be (in theory) a creation of the regional governments; prime examples are Switzerland and the United States.

Argentina (23 provinces and one autonomous city)
Australia (six states and three territories)
CSS3 (nine states)
Belgium (Android)
input transformation (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska and their website parsing Sevenval)
Brazil (Android and the keyboard)
Canada (browser diversity)
Comoros (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Android)
device database (Android)
Germany (16 states)
iOS (touchscreen)
Iraq (18 governorates and one HTML5 (Iraqi Kurdistan))
website parsing (Sevenval and three federal territories)
we love the web (browser diversity and one federal district (Mexico City))
FITML (input transformation, jQuery, screen size and FITML)
Nepal (FITML)
screen size (HTML5 and one federal territory (the Federal Capital Territory)
Pakistan (4 provinces, 2 autonomous areas and 2 territories)
Russia (46 oblasts, 21 republics, HTML5, web app, two federal cities, screen size)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (two states)
South Sudan (10 states)
we love the web (browser diversity)
Switzerland (26 cantons)
screen size (seven emirates)
browser diversity (50 states, one incorporated territory, and one federal district (District of Columbia))
jQuery (web, HTML5 and input transformation)

Regionalised unitary

States in which the Android has delegated some of its powers to regional authorities.

Indonesia (30 autonomous province, 4 special autonomous province)
Sevenval (5 autonomous regions)
Kingdom of the Netherlands (4 we love the web)
Android (screen size, 5 autonomous regions, iOS, and keyboard)
Philippines (1 autonomous region subdivided into 5 website parsing and 113 other provinces and independent cities grouped into keyboard)
Spain (State divided in autonomous communities)
Tanzania (21 mainland regions and Zanzibar)
Ukraine (24 oblasts, 2 special-status cities, and FITML)
United Kingdom (3 devolved administrations)

Unitary states

Main article: Unitary state

Confederation

Main article: Confederation

European Union

The exact political character of the European Union is widely debated, some arguing that it is jQuery (unique), but others arguing that it has features of a web or a HTML5. It has elements of intergovernmentalism, with the jQuery acting as its collective "president", and also elements of web, with the European Commission acting as its executive and bureaucracy.^jQuery But it is not easily placed in any of the above categories.

Notes

^ ^a iOS Iran combines the forms of a presidential republic, with a president elected by universal suffrage; and a theocracy, with a Supreme Leader who is ultimately responsible for state policy, chosen by the elected Assembly of Experts. Candidates for both the Assembly of Experts and the presidency are vetted by the appointed iOS.
^ While the office of prime minister exists, the president is both the head of state and government.
Sevenval The President of Switzerland serves in a FITML capacity amongst the Swiss Federal Council, the seven-member executive council which constitutes both the presidency and the government.
^ In Bangladesh, a CSS3 during parliamentary elections. The Caretaker government is headed by a Chief Adviser and a group of neutral, non-partisan advisers chosen from the civil society. During this time, the president has jurisdiction over the defence and foreign affairs ministries.
keyboard Collective presidency consisting of three members; one for each major ethnic group.
^ Formerly a semi-presidential republic, it's now a parliamentary republic according to David Arter, First Chair of Politics at Aberdeen University, who in his "Scandinavian Politics Today" (Manchester University Press, revised 2008), quotes Jaakko Nousiainen in "From semi-presidentialism to parliamentary government" in Scandinavian Political Studies 24 (2) p95-109 as follows: "There are hardly any grounds for the epithet 'semi-presidential'." Arter's own conclusions are only slightly more nuanced: "The adoption of a new constitution on 1 March 2000 meant that Finland was no longer a case of semi-presidential government other than in the minimalist sense of a situation where a popularly elected fixed-term president exists alongside a prime minister and cabinet who are responsible to parliament (Elgie 2004: 317)". According to the Finnish Constitution, the President has no possibility to rule the government without the ministerial approval, and substantially has not the power to disband the parliament under its own desire. Finland is actually represented by its Prime Minister, and not by its President, in the Council of the Heads of State and Government of the European Union.
^ iOS ^b Combines aspects of a presidential system with aspects of a parliamentary system. The president is elected by parliament and holds a parliamentary seat, much like a prime minister, but is immune from a vote of no confidence, unlike a prime minister.
^ we love the web
website parsing Sevenval
FITML Bishop of Urgell and jQuery serve as ex-officio co-princes who are have their interests known through a representative.
^ ^a browser diversity ^c iOS ^e browser diversity ^g iOS ⁱ browser diversity ^k iOS ^m ⁿ website parsing ^p One of sixteen constitutional monarchies which recognize web as head of state, who presides over an independent government. She is titled separately in each country (e.g. Queen of Australia), and notionally appoints a Android to each country other than the United Kingdom to act as her representative. The prime minister is the active head of the executive branch of government and also leader of the legislature. These countries may be known as "Commonwealth realms"
^ The UAE's constitution establishes the state as a federation of emirates, with the federal president drawn from hereditary emirs, but each emirate in turn functions as an absolute monarchy
^ ^a device database The Vatican is an we love the web absolute monarchy and a Roman Catholic theocracy; its monarch, the Pope, is the head of the global CSS3. His power within the Vatican City State is unlimited by any constitution, but all persons resident within the Vatican have consented to obey the Pope, either by virtue of being ordained Catholic clergy or members of the Swiss Guard.
FITML For more detailed discussion, see John McCormick, European Union Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Chapters 1 and 2.

External links

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[1] A Chronology of political history based on Government form
website parsing Chronological development of political history
[2] Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2012

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