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World's states colored by systems of government: Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature.   Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch   Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president   Parliamentary republic with an executive president Presidential system: Head of government (president) is popularly elected and independent of the legislature.   Presidential republic Hybrid systems:   Semi-presidential republic: Executive president is independent of the legislature; head of government is appointed by the president and is accountable to the legislature.   Assembly-independent republic: Head of government (president or directory) is elected by the legislature, but is not accountable to it. Other systems:   Theocratic republic: Supreme Leader is both head of state and faith and holds significant executive and legislative power   Semi-constitutional monarchy: Monarch holds significant executive or legislative power.   Absolute monarchy: Monarch has unlimited power.   One-party state: Power is constitutionally linked to a single political party.   Military junta: Committee of military leaders controls the government; constitutional provisions are suspended.   Governments with no constitutional basis: No constitutionally defined basis to current regime, i.e., provisional governments or Islamic theocracies.   Dependent territories or places without governments Note: this chart represents the de jure systems of government, not the de facto degree of democracy.

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Forms of government in 1908 from The Harmsworth atlas and Gazetter

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  National governments which self-identify as democracies   National governments which do not self-identify as democracies