Absolute Monarchy -- kingdom in which monarch has complete power
Anarchy -- absence of government Aristocracy -- government by a wealthy, privileged minority or hereditary ruling class Caliphate -- government by Islamic civil and religious leader Civil government -- government established by laws made by citizens or their representatives; nonmilitary, nonreligious authority Coalition government -- temporary alliance of members of two or more parties to form governing majority Collective -- group or institution organized and run by all members equally Commonwealth -- government in which ultimate authority lies with people Constitutionalism -- government based on written constitutional principles Constitutional monarchy -- government headed by monarch and regulated by constitution Democracy -- government by the people with majority rule exercised in periodic, free election of representatives Despotism -- government in which ruler exercise absolute power Dictatorship -- government in which absolute power rest with one person or a few Duarchy or duumvirate -- government by two equally powerful rulers Dyarchy -- dual responsibility shared by colonial government and native ministers Empire -- several territories, nations or peoples governed by single sovereign authority Fascism -- government based on establishing oppressive, one-part, centralized national regime Federal government -- system in which political units surrender individual sovereignty to central authority, but retain designated powers Feudalism -- political system in Europe from 9th to 15th century in which lord owned all property worked by vassals Gerontocracy -- rule by elders Gynecocracy -- government by women Hagiocracy -- government by group of persons believed to be holy Hierocracy -- rule by priest or clergy Isocracy -- government in which all individuals have equal political power Matriarchy -- government or monarchy in which power rests with females or descends through female line Meritocracy -- government in which criterion for leadership is skill or intellectual achievement Monarchy -- government with absolute hereditary ruler who serves for life Ochlocracy -- rule by the multitude or mob Oligarchy -- government by small group of privileged individuals Pantisocracy -- utopia in which all members rule equally Parliamentary government -- system in which executive (prime minister) is chosen by elected legislature (parliament) from among its members Patriarchy -- government or monarchy in which power rests with males or descends through male line Plutocracy -- government by the wealthy Principality -- state ruled by a prince, often part of larger state or empire Regency -- reign of non-monarch during youth or indisposition of monarch Republic -- government in which power is vested in elected representatives of citizenry Sovereignty -- political autonomy and freedom of state from outside authority Stratocracy -- government by the military Technocracy -- government run by experts and technicians Thearchy -- government based on divine sovereignty Theocracy -- government by church officials, who believe they have divine authority Timocracy -- government based on love of honor and military glory or on requisite ownership of property Totalitarianism -- authoritarian political system in which citizen is totally subject to will of state Triarchy -- government ruled jointly by three person; triumvirate Tyranny -- government by single absolute authority, especially one exercising oppressive power Unitary government -- system in which power is held by single central source, and local governments are merely administrative agents, the opposite of federalism Welfare state -- system in which ultimate responsibility of government is well being of all citizens