Government

== Maps ==
{{see also|List of countries by system of government}}

Democracy is the most popular form of government with more than half of the nations in the world being democracies-97 of 167 nations as of 2021.<ref name=IDEA/> However the  world is becoming more authoritarian with a quarter of the world's population under [[Democratic backsliding|democratically backsliding]] governments.<ref name="IDEA">[https://www.idea.int/gsod/sites/default/files/2021-11/the-global-state-of-democracy-2021_0.pdf The Global State of Democracy 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809193024/https://www.idea.int/gsod/sites/default/files/2021-11/the-global-state-of-democracy-2021_0.pdf |date=9 August 2022 }}, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance</ref>
[[File:EIU Democracy Index 2017.svg|left|upright=2.75|thumb|[[Democracy Index]] by the [[Economist Intelligence Unit]], 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Democracy Index 2017 – Economist Intelligence Unit |url=http://pages.eiu.com/rs/753-RIQ-438/images/Democracy_Index_2017.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221004840/http://pages.eiu.com/rs/753-RIQ-438/images/Democracy_Index_2017.pdf |archive-date=21 December 2020 |access-date=17 February 2018 |website=EIU.com}}</ref>
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'''Full Democracies'''
{{legend|#006837|9–10}}
{{legend|#1a9850|8–9}}
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'''Flawed Democracies'''
{{legend|#66bd63|7–8}}
{{legend|#a6d96a|6–7}}
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'''Hybrid Regimes'''
{{legend|#fee08b|5–6}}
{{legend|#fdae61|4–5}}
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'''Authoritarian Regimes'''
{{legend|#f46d43|3–4}}
{{legend|#d73027|2–3}}
{{legend|#a50026|0–2}}
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[[File:Blank Map World Secondary Political Divisions.svg|thumb|left|upright=2.75|World first-and-second degree administrative levels]]

[[File:Map of unitary and federal states.svg|left|upright=2.75|thumb|A world map distinguishing countries of the world as federations (<span style="color:#00e000">'''green'''</span>) from [[unitary state]]s (<span style="color: #0000b0">'''blue'''</span>)
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{{legend|#0000b0|[[Unitary state]]s}}
{{legend|#00e000|[[Federations]]}}]]

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