Government

Government is the system in which a nation is governed. There are three basic types of government; Monarchy, Oligarchy, and Democracy. A state may be organized as a Unitary state, Federation, or Confederacy; depending on if power is centered on one location, is divided between semi-autonomous regions and a central government, or is shared by all regions equally.

Monarchy Oligarchy Democracy Others
 * Absolute Monarchy: Ruler has unrestricted authority.
 * Limited Monarchy: Ruler's power is restricted by law.
 * Electoral Dictatorship: The people consent to the rule of one by voting the individual into office.
 * Aristocracy : Rule by inherited right.
 * Ethnocracy: Rule by a single ethnic group.
 * Gerontocracy: Rule by elders, in which the leaders are significantly older then the majority of the population.
 * Kritarchy: Rule by judges.
 * Plutocracy: Rule by the wealthy.
 * Stratocracy: Rule by military chiefs.
 * Technocracy: Rule by Scientist, Engineers, and Technicians who have control of decision making in their respective fields.
 * Timocracy: A government in which land ownership is a requirement to govern.
 * Direct Democracy: The people govern by direct vote.
 * Mobocracy: A negative democracy in which the majority rule though intimidation.
 * Representative Democracy: People elect people to make decisions for the community, or state, as a whole.
 * Electoral Dictatorship: The people consent to the rule of one by voting the individual into office.
 * Republic: Government in which the people have direct access into what the government is doing, aka government is a public matter. The people, and their elected officials share power.
 * Anarchy: Absence of a governing body.
 * Anocracy: Not the absent of a governing body, but the absence of dominion.
 * Demarchy: Government in which leaders are selected by random sortation (draw of lots).
 * Meritocracy: Government in which power is earned by way of past performance.