[Music] every country on earth is run by some sort of government but they are not all the same governments are distinguished by who holds the power how that power is given or attained and how decisions are made autocracy is a form of government where one person has absolute power monarchy or the rule of Kings or Queens is one of the most common forms of autocracy in history monarchs usually inherit power at Birth whether they're up to the job or not some monarchies such as the one that exists to
day in Saudi Arabia have total control this means that they make all the decisions about how the country is run the United Kingdom has a constitutional monarchy and is no longer considered an autocracy because the role of the king or queen is generally ceremonial dictatorship is the second type of autocracy in a dictatorship one person has absolute power over all branches of government dictators are not monarchs they often gain power through deception corruption and force and can rule with an ir
on fist they still exist today for example in North Korea in an oligarchy like modern China a small group of powerful people control the government a theocracy is also a type of government run by a small group of people but in this case they govern based on their religious beliefs Iran is an example of a theocracy so where did democracy start we have to go back over 2 500 years ago to the ancient city-state of Athens to find the first form of democratic government called a direct democracy male
citizens were expected to take part in government but today most democracies around the world from the United States constitutional federal republic to Italy's parliamentary system are representative democracies where people vote for elected officials to govern on their behalf what are the pros and cons of different forms of government thank you
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