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Governments⁎
| Democracy |
| Multiparty (e.g., USA) |
| Limited (e.g., most African states) |
| Communist states (e.g., North Korea, China, Cuba, Vietnam) |
| Authoritarian regimes |
| Military Junta (e.g., Pakistan) |
| Single party state |
| Autocracy |
| Traditional Monarchy (e.g., Monaco) |
| Unclassified |
| No self-government (colonies; dependencies) |
| No government (anarchy; feudalism; tribalism) |
