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List of countries by system of government

This is a list of countries categorized by system of government currently in use.

Democratic republics

In which a country is governed by an elected head of state and legislature.

Democratic constitutional monarchies

In which a country is governed by an elected legislature and prime minister, with a monarch as a symbolic head of state.

Andorra (coprincipality)
Antigua and Barbuda (Commonwealth realm)
Australia (Commonwealth realm)
The Bahamas (Commonwealth realm)
Barbados (Commonwealth realm)
Belgium (kingdom)
Belize (Commonwealth realm)
Cambodia (kingdom)
Canada (Commonwealth realm)
Denmark (kingdom)
Grenada (Commonwealth realm)
Jamaica (Commonwealth realm)
Japan (monarchy; head of state is emperor, but the state is not an empire)
Jordan (kingdom)
Lesotho (kingdom)
Liechtenstein (principality)
Luxembourg (grand duchy)
Malaysia (elective monarchy)
Monaco (principality)
Morocco (kingdom)
Nepal (kingdom)
Netherlands (kingdom)
New Zealand (Commonwealth realm)
Norway (kingdom)
Papua New Guinea (Commonwealth realm)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Commonwealth realm)
Saint Lucia (Commonwealth realm)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Commonwealth realm)
Samoa (monarchy)
Solomon Islands (Commonwealth realm)
Spain (kingdom)
Sweden (kingdom)
Thailand (kingdom)
Tuvalu (Commonwealth realm)
United Kingdom (kingdom)

Absolute monarchies

In which a country is governed solely by an absolute monarch along with other members of his family.

Bahrain (kingdom)
Bhutan (kingdom)
Brunei Darussalam (sultanate)
Kuwait (emirate)
Oman (sultanate)
Qatar (emirate)
Saudi Arabia (kingdom)
Swaziland (kingdom)
Tonga (kingdom)
United Arab Emirates (collection of emirates)
Vatican City (papal state)

Authoritarian republics

In which a country is governed by a dictatorial leader or a single-party hierarchy that does not allow for effective popular opposition.

Algeria
Angola
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Chad
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea (all opposition banned)
Gabon
Guinea
Iran (Islamic theocracy)
Kazakhstan
Libya (all opposition banned)
Maldives (opposition effectively banned)
Mauritania
Pakistan
Rwanda
Singapore (nominally democratic; governed by one party since independence)
Syria
Tajikistan
Togo
Tunisia
Turkmenistan (all opposition banned)
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Zimbabwe

Military governments

In which a country is governed by the military which has seized control of the nation's political institutions.

Communist states

In which a country is governed by a Communist Party hierarchy that has banned all opposition. These governments also fit under the category of "authoritarian republics."

Transitional governments

In which a country is governed by a recently-established caretaker administration, and thus cannot be accurately identified as one of the above.

Afghanistan (since the US invasion and fall of the Taliban)
Burundi (since the peace agreement to end civil war)
Comoros (since a secessionist crisis)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (since the assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila)
East Timor (since the end of Indonesian occupation)
Guinea-Bissau (since the coup deposing President Kumba Ialá)
Iraq (since the US invasion and fall of Saddam Hussein)
Liberia (since dictator Charles Taylor fled to Nigeria)
Somalia (since the fall of Siad Barre in 1991)

This list may be subject to debate. Some countries may fall into more than one category.

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