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Governments, systems of groups or people who organise communities, have existed for at least 5, years. Nowadays, the method of rule that most countries live under is democracy. What is democracy?
This can either be: Through direct democracy. Everyone gets the chance to vote on the outcome of a decision. An example is the Brexit referendum in Through representative democracy.
People vote to elect officials to make decisions to reflect the wishes of the people, such as the US Congress and UK Parliament.
What other systems are used? However, some countries have different systems of government: Oligarchy. While democracies give power to the many, oligarchies give power to the few. Power is often passed from one group to the next without the majority of the population voting.
Some present day examples include Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia. In autocracies, a single person possesses absolute power to rule over the country. Constitutional monarchy. A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a singular person a monarch - usually a king or queen has agreed to share power with a constitutionally organised form of government. Monarchs usually achieve their position through hereditary succession, meaning they are born into it through their family.
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