Forms of government

republic 49 countries parliamentary republic 35 countries constitutional monarchy 33 countries presidential system 32 countries unitary state 27 countries federal republic 20 countries semi-presidential system 15 countries representative democracy 11 countries federation 7 countries parliamentary monarchy 7 countries absolute monarchy 6 countries constitutional republic 6 countries parliamentary system 6 countries democratic republic 5 countries people's republic 4 countries Islamic Republic 3 countries communist dictatorship 3 countries federal monarchy 3 countries federal parliamentary republic 3 countries islamic theocracy 3 countries one-party state 3 countries Emirate 2 countries Islamic state 2 countries authoritarianism 2 countries democracy 2 countries empire 2 countries hereditary monarchy 2 countries parliamentary democracy 2 countries socialist state 2 countries Herrenvolk democracy 1 country Juche 1 country Occupation of the Baltic states 1 country Westminster system 1 country apartheid 1 country decentralization 1 country democratic centralism 1 country diarchy 1 country directorial system 1 country elective monarchy 1 country family dictatorship 1 country federal parliamentary monarchy 1 country military junta 1 country monarchy 1 country papacy 1 country parliamentary coprincipality 1 country parliamentary-presidential republic 1 country participatory democracy 1 country provisional government 1 country soviet republic 1 country super-presidential republic 1 country theocracy 1 country