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2. Political Systems

3. Constitutional Monarchy
A form of national government in which the power of the monarch (the king or queen) is restrained by a parliament, by law, or by custom. Several nations, especially in modern times, have passed from absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, including Belgium, Britain, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden.

4. Divine Right Monarchy
a form of government in which supreme authority invested in a single  and usually hereditary figure, such as a king.
Saudi Arabia

5. Republic
a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
Zimbabwe

6. Representative Democracy
(also indirect democracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

7. Direct Democracy
is a form of government in which all laws are created by a general vote of society.

8. Dictatorship
a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator.
Dictator-a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.
Cuba, USSR

9. Totalitarianism
state is a concept used by some political scientists in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible.
USSR

10. Theocracy
is a form of government in which a deity is officially recognized as the civil Ruler and official policy is governed by officials regarded as divinely guided, or is pursuant to the doctrine of a particular religion or religious group.
Iran