Type of government

Start writing...A system or group of people who rule or control a country is known as a government. governments are monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy, mainly of Greek or Roman origin. Therefore, these have existed for more than 2,000 years, but their usefulness has yet to be exhausted. From this, we can deduce that mankind has not altered these much since it existed.

Forms of government around the world
1.Democracy: Democracy is the most popular form of government today. It is opposite to an authoritarian government, it is of the people, for the people and by the people, so it exists when the people hold power. It has two types- direct and representative. Representative democracy is a type of democracy wherein people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives (most common in the world), whereas; direct democracy is the one in which people vote on policy initiatives directly.
2.Monarchy:Monarchy is not as popular as democracy today. However, it used to be one of the most common types of government historically. In this, one family rules, and their title is passed down through the generations.
3.Oligarchy: Oligarchy (Greek for "few" (óligon) and "rule" (arkho)) is similar to monarchy, which places power with a few people or families, that is a nation’s wealthy elite. As many gets confused with oligarchy and monarchy, one prime difference between these two is that oligarchy is not necessarily dependent on noble birth, but on wealth or those who are deemed most “capable” of ruling unlike monarchy.
4.Totalitarian: In a totalitarian government, the leaders have absolute power wherein they control the government and their people's personal lives. Citizens have no say in government, this government is forceful and extreme.
5.Communism: It is a centralized form of government led by a single party that is often authoritarian in its rule. It is inspired by German philosopher Karl Marx, states which follow this type replaces private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of economic production like labor, capital goods, and natural resource etc. Countries that retain single-party, Marxist-Leninist rulership are Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, & the People's Republic of China.
6.Theocracy: It means rule by religion. Modern Iran has a mixed theocratic government with a supreme leader, President and several councils. Still, its Constitution and justice are based on Islamic law. Example: Iran is the most important and powerful theocratic state in the world today.
7.Dictatorship:Dictatorship goes simultaneously with an authoritarian and totalitarian government. In this type of government as well, a dictator rules. Their authority is maintained using military power, a military dictatorship. Examples: Joseph Stalin’s rule of the Soviet Union and Saddam Hussein’s rule of Iraq and North Korea.
8.Socialism:Socialism is opposite to communism which encourages cooperation rather than competition among citizens. Citizens as a class of a society own the means of production and distribution of goods and services, and a centralized government manages it unlike communism where they replace it public ownership in the favour of the government. Examples: Algeria, Cuba, Tanzania and Venezuela etc.
9.Republicanism: You all might have seen the names of several countries being written as “Republic of ________”. When something is written this way as a true republic, it means the citizens have the power. They have the voting power and the power to change their government.
10.Aristocracy: It originated in ancient greek and refers to a government in which a small, elite ruling class, the aristocrats have power over those in a lower socioeconomic class. Its members are generally chosen based on their education, upbringing, and genetic or family history. When it comes to types of government, it can be tough to classify systems in a single word as governments are ever-evolving, and national governments comprise several types.