Specific Types of Government
| Dictatorship | Absolute rule by a person or small group (despotism) |
Monarchy
| Rule by a single member of the aristocracy (king, queen, etc) |
Totalitarianism
| State controls of all aspects of society |
Communism
| Totalitarian state loyal to the principles of Marx and Lenx. |
National socialism (nazism)
| Totalitarian state loyal to the principles of Hitler |
Fascism
| Authoritarian system that puts the interests of the state first |
Islamic Republic
| Elected representatives must conform to Moslem Sharia Law |