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    The document lists and defines various forms of government, including: - Anarchy, where there is no central authority and each individual has absolute liberty. - Aristocracy, where a select few rule based on hereditary right. - Democracy, where government is based on consent of the governed, usually through a republic. - Fascism, a totalitarian and corporatist government like Nazism or Baathism. - Kleptocracy, where officials exploit their position for personal gain at the public's expense. - Monarchy, where supreme power is held by a monarch, often for life.

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    The document lists and defines various forms of government, including: - Anarchy, where there is no central authority and each individual has absolute liberty. - Aristocracy, where a select few rule based on hereditary right. - Democracy, where government is based on consent of the governed, usually through a republic. - Fascism, a totalitarian and corporatist government like Nazism or Baathism. - Kleptocracy, where officials exploit their position for personal gain at the public's expense. - Monarchy, where supreme power is held by a monarch, often for life.

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    The document lists and defines various forms of government, including: - Anarchy, where there is no central authority and each individual has absolute liberty. - Aristocracy, where a select few rule based on hereditary right. - Democracy, where government is based on consent of the governed, usually through a republic. - Fascism, a totalitarian and corporatist government like Nazism or Baathism. - Kleptocracy, where officials exploit their position for personal gain at the public's expense. - Monarchy, where supreme power is held by a monarch, often for life.

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    Listofformsofgovernment
    FromRationalWiki
    Everwonderedwhatallthose...ocraciesand...archieswere?SeeknofurtherthanRationalWiki'slistof
    formsofgovernment.
    Anarchism
    Aformofgovernmentwithnorulinghierarchy,insteaddecisionsaremadeatadirectlydemocratic
    level:lawsarecreatedbycitizensalone,althoughtheymaybeenforcedbyinstitutionsthatarenot
    publiclycontrolled.
    Anarchy
    Anarchyislackofacentralgovernment,asthereisnoonerecognizedgoverningauthorityin
    anarchythereisnoeffectivegovernmentandeachindividualhasabsoluteliberty.Itisimportantto
    note,however,thatthelackofagovernmenttoenforcelawsdoesnotautomaticallyimplythatthere
    arenolawsanarchocapitalisminparticularpositsaformofanarchywithabodyofexplicitlaws.
    Aristocracy
    Aformofgovernmentinwhichaselectfewrulebasedoninheritedhereditaryright.
    Autocracy
    Aformofgovernmentinwhichthepoliticalpowerisheldbyasingle,selfappointedruler.
    Communiststate
    ahypotheticalstatelessentitythatfollowsaftersocialismasaccordingtoMarxisttheory.
    Corporatocracy
    aformofgovernmentwhereacorporation,agroupofcorporations,orgovernmententitieswith
    privatecomponents,controlthedirectionandgovernanceofacountry.
    Demarchy
    ahypotheticalpoliticalsystemrunbyrandomlyselecteddecisionmakerswhohavebeenselectedby
    sortition.Thinkselectingalegislatureorexecutiveinthesamemannerthatajuryispresently
    selected.
    Democracy
    Referstoabroadrangeoftypesofgovernmentbaseduponthe"consentofthegoverned."Inits
    purestformitisthesamethingasmobocracy,butitisusuallypracticedintheformofarepublic,
    whichprovideschecksandbalancesandanestablishmentthatisabletotapanunrulymobonits
    collectivehead.
    Epistemocracy
    autopiantypeofsocietyandgovernmentinwhichpeopleofrank,includingthoseholdingpolitical
    office,arethosewhopossessepistemichumility.
    Ethnocracy
    aformofgovernmentwhererepresentativesofaparticularethnicgroupholdanumberof
    governmentpostsdisproportionatelylargetothepercentageofthetotalpopulationthattheparticular
    ethnicgroup(s)representsandusethemtoadvancethepositionoftheirparticularethnicgroup(s)to
    thedetrimentofothers.InNaziGermanyethnicgroupsHitlersupportedheldallthepower.Neo
    NazisoftenaccuseJewsofpossessinganethnocracyinthepersonoftheU.S.government,which
    theycalltheZionistOccupationGovernment.
    Exilarchy
    aformofgovernment,usuallytheocraticormonarchic,thatisestablishedandconstitutedforrule
    overanethnicorreligiousdiasporaratherthanovertheplaceoforiginwhencethediaspora
    originates.
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    Fascism
    Thecountryisruledbyatotalitarianandcorporatistgovernment.Ithasalsogonebythenames
    Nazism,Baathism,Corporatism,andFalangism.
    Futarchy
    SystemofgovernmentproposedbyeconomistRobinHansonbasedontheideaofvotingonacertain
    outcomeandthenfiguringouthowtoachieveit.
    Geniocracy
    asystemofgovernmentwhichwasfirstproposedbyRael(leaderoftheInternationalRalian
    Movement)in1977andwhichadvocatesproblemsolvingandcreativeintelligenceascriteriafor
    regionalgovernance
    Gerontocracy
    aformofoligarchicalruleinwhichanentityisruledbyleaderswhoaresignificantlyolderthanmost
    oftheadultpopulation.
    Kakistocracy
    Governmentbytheleastqualifiedormostunprincipledcitizens,"Governmentbytheworst."
    Kleptocracy
    atermappliedtoagovernmentthatextendsthepersonalwealthandpoliticalpowerofgovernment
    officialsandtherulingclass(collectively,kleptocrats)attheexpenseofthepopulation.
    Kratocracy
    governmentbythosewhoarestrongenoughtoseizepowerthroughforceorcunning.
    KritocracyorKrytocracy
    agovernmentruledbyjudges.
    Kritarchy
    aformoforderspringingfromjudgmentsmadefromprinciplesofnaturalrights.
    Logocracy
    governmentbywords.
    Meritocracy
    agovernmentorotherorganizationwhereinappointmentsaremadeandresponsibilitiesaregiven
    basedondemonstratedtalentandability,usuallyincentivising"merit".
    Minarchy
    apoliticalideologywhichmaintainsthatthestate'sonlylegitimatefunctionistheprotectionof
    individualsfromaggression.
    MobocracyorOchlocracy
    governmentbymoboramassofpeople,ortheintimidationofconstitutionalauthoritiesthinkMonty
    PythonandtheQuestfortheHolyGrail"witch/duck"mob
    Monarchy
    aformofgovernmentinwhichsupremepowerisabsolutelyornominallylodgedwithanindividual,
    whoistheheadofstate,oftenforlifeoruntilabdication.Amonarchyusuallypossessesmorechecks
    andbalancesthananautocracyordictatorship.
    Noocracy
    asocialandpoliticalsystemthatisbasedonthepriorityofhumanmind.
    Oligarchy
    aformofgovernmentinwhichpowereffectivelyrestswithasmallelitesegmentofsociety
    distinguishedbyroyal,wealth,intellectual,family,militaryorreligioushegemony.
    Panarchracy
    apoliticalphilosophyemphasizingeachindividual'srighttofreelyjoinandleavethejurisdictionof
    anygovernmentstheychoose,withoutbeingforcedtomovefromtheircurrentlocale.
    Plutocracy
    rulebythewealthy,orpowerprovidedbywealth.
    Republic
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    USdefinition:powerresidesinelectedindividualsrepresentingthecitizenbodyandgovernment
    leadersexercisepoweraccordingtotheruleoflaw.
    Internationaldefinition:governmentwithoutamonarch
    Socialistrepublicorpeople'srepublic
    astaterunbyacommunistparty,orworkerrepresentativedemocracy,wheredecisionsaretypically
    centrallymade,andresourcesaredistributedbyneedandproducedbyability,whereworkers,orthe
    Partycontrolthemeansofproduction.
    Sociocracy
    asystemofgovernanceusingconsentbaseddecisionmakingamongequivalentindividualsandan
    organizationalstructurebasedoncyberneticprinciples.
    Stratocracy
    asystemofgovernmentinwhichthereisnodistinctionbetweenthemilitaryandthecivilpower.
    Technocracy
    aformofgovernmentinwhichengineers,scientists,andothertechnicalexpertsareincontrolof
    decisionmakingintheirrespectivefields.
    Tetrarchy
    aformofgovernmentconsistingoffourallpowerfulrulers.
    Theocracy
    aformofgovernmentinwhichagodordeityisrecognizedasthestate'ssupremecivilruler.Since
    saidgodordeityisusuallyabsentfromdecisionmaking,aselfappointedorelectedleaderorleaders
    ofthereligionofsaidgodordeitywillruleinsteadthroughpersonalinterpretationofthelaws
    commandedbythegodinthatreligion'swrittenlaw.
    Theodemocracy
    apoliticalsystemtheorizedbyJosephSmith,Jr.,founderoftheLatterDaySaintmovement
    (Mormons).Asthenameimplies,theodemocracywasmeanttobeafusionoftraditionalrepublican
    democraticrightsundertheUnitedStatesConstitution,combinedwiththeocraticelements.
    Timocracy
    either:astatewhereonlypropertyownersmayparticipateingovernmentoragovernmentwhere
    rulersareselectedandperpetuatedbasedonthedegreeofhonortheyholdrelativetoothersintheir
    society,peergrouporclass.
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