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States by their systems of government as of April 2006.██ presidential republics, full presidential system ██ presidential republics, executive presidency linked to a parliament ██ presidential republics, semi-presidential system ██ parliamentary republics ██ parliamentary constitutional monarchies in which the monarch does not personally exercise power ██ constitutional monarchies in which the monarch personally exercises power, often alongside a weak parliament ██ absolute monarchies ██ states whose constitutions grant only a single party the right to govern ██ military dictatorships This is a list of countries categorized by system of government. Presidential / Separated 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: Full presidential systemsIn full presidential systems, the president is both head of state and head of government. There is no prime minister.
Semi-presidential systemsIn semi-presidential systems, there is 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 prime minister.
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:
Absolute monarchiesMonarchies in which the monarch is the active head of the executive branch and exercises all powers.
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 Queen Elizabeth II serves as head of state over an independent government. In each Realm, she acts as the monarch of that state, and is usually titled accordingly - for example, Queen of Australia. The Queen appoints a Governor-General 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.
TheocraciesNon-democratic states based on a state religion where the head of state is selected by some form of religious hierarchy.
One-party statesNon-democratic states in which political power is concentrated within a single political party whose operations are largely fused with the government hierarchy.
Military junta statesThe nation's armed forces control the organs of government and all high-ranking political executives are also members of the military hierarchy.
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. In many cases, the central government is (in theory) a creation of the regional governments; a prime example is the United States.
DevolvedStates in which the central government has delegated some of its powers to self-governing subsidiary governments, creating a de facto federation.
Regionalized unitaryStates in which the central government has delegated some of its powers to regional governments.
FederacyA federacy is a country in which some substates function like states in a federation and others like states in a unitary state.
Unitarysee Unitary state What is the difference between the president of USA and the President of India?The US President is elected directly by the citizens of the country and the Indian President is elected indirectly. The US President is the head of the state as well as the executive of the state while the Indian President is only the head of the state or a titular head.
What is the difference between parliamentary form of government and president form of government?The executive is divided into two components under parliamentary government: the Head of State (President) and the Head of Government (Prime Minister). a single executive as the head of the state and the head of the government is the same. The President is the head of the Presidential form of government.
What is parliamentary form of government in USA?parliamentary system, democratic form of government in which the party (or a coalition of parties) with the greatest representation in the parliament (legislature) forms the government, its leader becoming prime minister or chancellor.
What is the difference between a presidential and parliamentary?Presidential: Democracies in which the government does not depend on a legislative majority to exist are presidential. Parliamentary: Democracies in which the government depends on a legislative majority to exist and in which the head of state is not popularly elected for a fixed term are parliamentary.
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