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      DEMOCRACY / REPUBLIC - Democracy is when you vote / elect for you president and government officals.
 
    CONFEDERACY - a smaller areas band together under a loose government.
 
     COMMUNTIST - the government owns things like busineses and farms. It provides its people health care, education and welfare.
 
     CAPITALIST -in a capitalist of free-market country,people can own their own businesses and property. people can also buy serivces for provate use, such as health care
 
     MONARCHY - a government in which power is vested in a king, queen, emperor or empress who can pass power on to his heirs.
 
     THEOCRACY - A government ruled by or subject to religious authority
 
     PLUTOCRACY - A government or state in which the wealthy rule.
 
     KLEPTOCRACY - A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption    

     Aristocracy: A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy

     Autocracy: Government by a single person having unlimited power; despotism (domination through threat of punishment and violence)

     Bureaucracy: Administration of a government chiefly through bureaus or departments staffed with non-elected officials

     Gynecocracy: Government by women

     Kakistocracy: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.

      Meritocracy: A group of leaders or officeholders selected on the basis of individual ability or achievement

     Monocracy: Government or rule by a single person; autocracy

     Oligarchy: A government in which a few people such as a dominant clan or clique have power

     Stratocracy: Government by the armed forces

     Technocracy: A government or social system controlled by technicians, especially scientists and technical experts