System of government

• Parliamentary92A government, usually led by a prime minister, that stays in office only while it has the legislature's confidence. The country is headed by a president chosen by the legislature (or an assembly formed from it) or by a monarch; a territory shares its parent state's.
• Presidential56The head of the executive (a president, or an elected governor in some territories) is elected by the citizens for a fixed term and heads the government, which does not depend on the legislature's confidence.
• Semi-presidential52The president is elected by the citizens for a fixed term, and there is also a government, usually led by a prime minister, that needs the legislature's confidence.
• Unified authority9Legislative and executive power are held by the same office or body, with no separately chosen legislature that makes the laws.
• Monarch-led executive6The monarch appoints and dismisses the government, which answers chiefly to the monarch; a separate legislature makes the laws.
• Parent state's system applies6The territory is an integral part of another state and has local councils, not a government of its own; the parent state's system applies.
• Executive appointed by the parent state5The territory has its own government, but its head is appointed by the state it belongs to and does not depend on a local legislature's confidence.
• Military rule5Executive authority is held by a military body or military command.
• Not stated5No constitutional text defining the system of government is in force or published, or the arrangements in force fit none of the other system labels used in this dataset.
• One-party5The constitution or practice makes a single party the vehicle of government.
• Assembly-independent4The legislature elects the executive for a fixed term but cannot remove it during that term, except by impeachment for misconduct.
• Clerical supervision1Separate legislative, executive and judicial branches exist, and operate under the supervision of a religious authority set up by the constitution.