Types of government.
Definition
Types of government classify political systems by how power is held and exercised. Major types include democracy (power held by the people), monarchy (power held by a king or queen), oligarchy (power held by a small elite group), autocracy (power held by one ruler), and theocracy (power derived from religious authority).
Examples
Real-world.
- 1 The United States is a federal republic, a form of representative democracy
- 2 North Korea is a totalitarian autocracy under the Kim family dynasty
- 3 The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy where the monarch's power is limited by Parliament