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World's states coloured by systems of government:
Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature
  Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch
  Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president

Presidential system: Head of government (president) is popularly elected and independent of the legislature
  Presidential republic

Hybrid systems:
  Semi-presidential republic: Executive president is independent of the legislature; head of government is appointed by the president and is accountable to the legislature
  Assembly-independent republic: Head of government (president or directory) is elected by the legislature, but is not accountable to it

Other systems:
  Theocratic republic: Supreme Leader holds significant executive and legislative power
  Semi-constitutional monarchy: Monarch holds significant executive or legislative power
  Absolute monarchy: Monarch has unlimited power
  One-party state: Power is constitutionally linked to a single political party
  Military junta: Committee of military leaders controls the government; constitutional provisions are suspended
  Provisional government: No constitutionally defined basis to current regime
  Dependent territories or places without governments

Note: this chart represents de jure systems of government, not the de facto degree of democracy.
  Parliamentary republics with an executive presidency elected by and dependent on parliament
  Parliamentary constitutional monarchies in which the monarch does not personally exercise power
  Constitutional monarchies in which the monarch personally exercises power, often alongside a weak parliament
  Republics whose constitutions grant only one party the right to govern
  Monarchies where constitutional provisions for government have been suspended
  States that do not fit in any of the above listed systems