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Form of state
  • RepublicRepublic169
  • Constitutional monarchyConstitutional monarchy61
  • Absolute monarchyAbsolute monarchy4
  • Islamic RepublicIslamic Republic3
  • Islamic EmirateIslamic Emirate1
System of government
  • ParliamentaryParliamentary92
  • PresidentialPresidential56
  • Semi-presidentialSemi-presidential52
  • Unified authorityUnified authority9
  • Monarch-led executiveMonarch-led executive6
  • Parent state's system appliesParent state's system applies6
  • Executive appointed by the parent stateExecutive appointed by the parent state5
  • Military ruleMilitary rule5
  • Not statedNot stated5
  • One-partyOne-party5
  • Assembly-independentAssembly-independent4
  • Clerical supervisionClerical supervision1
Territorial organisation
  • UnitaryUnitary173
  • FederalFederal24
  • Control contestedControl contested14
  • Transitional arrangementTransitional arrangement14

Federal

24 countries or other entities

The constitution establishes the state as a federation of states or provinces with their own legislatures, or, where it does not say, divides power so that the units' powers cannot be changed without their consent.

Source: Watts (2008), Comparing Federal Systems, 3rd ed. (McGill-Queen's University Press), applied where the constitution does not designate the state federal or unitary

24 countries and 0 other entities

  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Ethiopia
  • Germany
  • India
  • Iraq
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia
  • Nepal
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Russia
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Somalia
  • Switzerland
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Venezuela
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