Forms Of Government

Forms of Government Monarchy supreme power is placed with an individual for life or until abdication Hereditary rule is often a common characteristic Tryanny Where one who has taken power by their own means as opposed to hereditary or constitutional power from Latin tyrannus, meaning "illegitimate ruler“ Anyone, good or bad, who obtained executive power by unconventional means Theocracy a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler divine power governs a state, either in a personal incarnation or via religious institutional Oligarchy power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society from the Greek words for "few“ (olígos) and "rule" (arkhē) have been tyrannical throughout history Democracy governing is carried out by the people governed dêmos "people" and krátos meaning "state” Republic the head of state is not a monarch the people (or at least a part of its people) have an impact on its government from the Latin phrase res publica which can be translated as "public affairs". Empire from the Latin imperium politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled by a monarch or an oligarchy a strong, centrally-controlled nation-state,