Government

=== Modern governments ===
[[File:The Harmsworth atlas and Gazetter 1908 Government systems world map.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Forms of goverment in 1908 from ''The Harmsworth atlas and Gazetter'']]
Starting at the end of the 17th century, the prevalence of republican forms of government grew. The [[English Civil War]] and [[Glorious Revolution]] in England, the [[American Revolution]], and the [[French Revolution]] contributed to the growth of representative forms of government. The [[Soviet Union]] was the first large country to have a [[Communist]] government.{{sfn|Smelser|Baltes|2001|p={{page needed|date=July 2022}}}} Since the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], [[liberal democracy]] has become an even more prevalent form of government.{{sfn|Kuper|Kuper|2008|p={{page needed|date=July 2022}}}}

In the nineteenth and twentieth century, there was a significant increase in the size and scale of government at the national level.{{sfn|Haider-Markel|2014|p={{page needed|date=July 2022}}}} This included the regulation of corporations and the development of the [[welfare state]].{{sfn|Kuper|Kuper|2008|p={{page needed|date=July 2022}}}}