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DescriptionForms of government.svg	English: World's states coloured by systems of government: Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected by and is accountable to the legislature Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president Parliamentary republic with an executive president Presidential system: President is the head of government and is independent of the legislature Presidential republic Hybrid systems: Semi-presidential republic: President is independent of the legislature; head of government is appointed by the president and is accountable to the legislature Assembly-independent republic: President or directory is the head of government and is elected by the legislature, but is independent of and not accountable to it 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 and places without governments ---- Note: this chart represent de jure systems of government, not the de facto degree of democracy.
Date	4 February 2021
Source	Own work
Author	Newfraferz87
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This world map was created with Inkscape, and then manually edited .

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English (en): World's states coloured by form of government.

Full presidential republics.

Semi-presidential republics.

Parliamentary republics with an executive presidency

Assembly-independent republics in which the president or directory is the head of government and is elected by the legislature, but is independent of and not accountable to it.

Parliamentary republics.

Parliamentary constitutional monarchies in which the monarch does not personally exercise power (except perhaps reserve powers).

Dual system constitutional monarchies in which the monarch personally exercises power (often alongside a weak parliament).

Absolute monarchies.

Single-party state.

Countries in which constitutional provisions for government have been suspended (e.g. military juntas).

Countries which do not fit any of the above systems (e.g. transitional governments).

Dependent territories and places without governments.

Note that several states constitutionally deemed to be multiparty republics are broadly described by outsiders as authoritarian states. This chart aims to represent de jure
form of government, not de facto
degree of democracy.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:44, 15 April 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.11 MB)	ICommandeth	reverted botswana and guyana back to green
	01:44, 15 April 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.11 MB)	GlowstoneUnknown	Eliminated Prime-Ministerial Reublic, no longer included in WP:List of countries by system of government
	20:11, 11 April 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.11 MB)	ICommandeth	changed peru from blue to yellow
	20:20, 8 April 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)	Clyde H. Mapping	Reverted to version as of 01:29, 8 April 2024 (UTC) Map represents "de jure systems of government" to which Iran is a theocratic presidential republic
	10:17, 8 April 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)	Svito3	Iran is hybrid system: semi-constitutional theocracy (elective monarchy) self-styled as republic
	01:29, 8 April 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.06 MB)	Svito3	add 2 hybrid systems, see W:Talk:List of countries by system of government
	23:23, 21 March 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.11 MB)	GlowstoneUnknown	Austria's Gold
	07:42, 12 March 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.11 MB)	Clyde H. Mapping	Updated Angola
	10:51, 4 February 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.11 MB)	ICommandeth	San Marino is orange, not green.
	03:53, 3 February 2024	2,754 × 1,398 (1.11 MB)	GlowstoneUnknown	fixed San Marino