1. China
   Russia
2. Canada
   Jamaica

There are currently 5 operating communist countries in the world. These are China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos and Cuba.

1. Direct and representative
   Constitutional and Liberative
2. French and Japanese
   Minor and Major

Democracy is one of the most well-known and common types of government on earth. The two most common types of democracies are direct democracies, where each citizen votes directly on issues, and representative democracies ( which some consider the US to be), where citizens elect representatives to vote for them.

1. Federal Republic
   Deliberative Democracy
2. Constitutional Monarchy
   Communist

The US government can be described as a Representative Democracy or Federal Republic. This is because citizens legitimize the government through voting, public servants can be fired and government positions are not decided through birth or the decisions of dictators.

1. Justin Trudeau
   Angela Merkel
2. Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said
   Theresa May

Justin Trudeau has served as the Prime Minister of Canada since 2015. He was preceded by Stephen Harper.

1. Central Asia
   Western Europe
2. Subsaharan Africa
   Maritime Southeast Asia

19 countries have governments which are considered full democracies and over half of these are in Western Europe. This includes the Scandinavian countries as well as Germany, The UK, Spain and Malta.

1. Taiwan
   Israel
2. Sweden
   All of the above

Multi-party systems are common around the world. In these countries, there are usually between 2-5 parties, but occasionally smaller parties will join to form coalitions.

1. No
2. Yes

While absolute monarchy was a popular form of government around the world for centuries, it is not the only type of monarchy and is not so common anymore. Today many countries around the world, including The U.K., Kuwait, Spain, and Tuvalu have constitutional monarchies. In these places, monarchs are symbolic heads of state, but their actual governmental power is limited.

1. 0
   5
2. 1
   2

China is a unitary one-party socialist republic. The Communist Party of China has complete control of the entire government.

1. Saudi Arabia
   New Zealand
2. Canada
   South Korea

Saudi Arabia is a theocratic and totalitarian absolute monarchy where the king and the royal family dominate politics. The Koran is considered to the country's constitution and Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has been the king of the country since 2015.

1. America
   India
2. Egypt
   North Korea

North Korea is an authoritarian dictatorship. Out of 167 countries, it scored last at only 1.08 out of 10 on the democracy index.

1. Denmark
   Japan
2. America
   China

Denmark is the fifth freest and most democratic country on earth. It either tops or comes near the top of the list of the world's happiest countries year after year, and its government is one of the least corrupt on earth.

1. France
   Mexico
2. Monaco
   Vietnam

Monaco is a European country ruled by Prince Albert II, with tax laws that make it a haven for the super wealthy. Prince Albert II is the son of Grace Kelly and Monaco's previous ruler Rainier III and a member of the House of Grimaldi, which has ruled Monaco on and off for hundreds of years.

1. Absolute
   Some
2. None
   It varies

Constitutional monarchies very greatly from country to country. For example, the modern sovereign of Japan has no legal powers under their constitution and most European sovereigns are figureheads without much government control. However, in places like Morrocco and Bhutan, sovereigns have more political power.

1. Afghanistan
   Oman
2. India
   Jamaica

Oman has been ruled by Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said since 1970 when he took over the country from his father in a palace coup. While Oman is considered an absolute monarchy, it is fairly liberal and prosperous.

1. A lot
   None
2. A moderate amount
   A little

Under a dictatorship, either one person or small group of people makes all the decisions for an entire country without the consent of those living there. There is nothing limiting the power of dictators, and elections are often shams.

1. The Americas
   Europe
2. Asia
   Africa

Citizens of about 50 countries in the modern world are living under dictatorships, and about 20 of those countries are in Africa. These include Cameroon, Ethiopia and Chad.

1. Hybrid regimes
   Full democracies
2. Flawed democracies
   Authoritarian regimes

The majority of the world's countries are considered flawed democracies. These types of governments basically function despite their issues and protect the rights of citizens at least somewhat.

1. President
   Prime Minister
2. Both
   Neither

India's government is a constitutionally democratic republic that has both a president and prime minister. The current president is Ram Nath Kovind and the current prime minister is Narendra Modi.

1. Unitary state
   Communist state
2. Federation
   Democratic republic

Of the 193 UN member states, 165 are unitary states. This includes Greenland, many Eurasian countries, maritime Southeast Asian countries and New Zealand.

1. United States
   New Zealand
2. China
   Mexico

Under a two-party political system, only two main parties have power in government. While in other countries, like India, smaller political parties may make alliances to create something which is effectively a two-party system, in the US usually only those belonging to the Democratic or Republican parties are represented in government.

1. Australia
   The UK
2. Papua New Guinea
   All of the above

All of the countries listed above are defined as Commonwealth realms. They are all independent nations, but members of the Commonwealth of Nations and share Elizabeth II as their reigning head of state and constitutional monarch. There are 16 Commonwealth realms.

1. A dictator
   A religious organization
2. The people
   A small elite class

Oligarchies are a system of government under which a small elite group of people control the government for their benefit. According to some experts China, North Korea, and Venezuela are oligarchies. According to other experts, both the US and Russia have elements of this type of government as well.

1. China
   Canada
2. Australia
   Thailand

Xi Jinping is sometimes referred to as China's paramount leader, because he serves several roles throughout the government and military. He is the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, president of the entire country, and chairman of the Central Military Commission

1. One person
   An elite group
2. The central government
   The citizens

In an autocratic government, one person rules everything with unquestioned power and no legal checks or balances. Both absolute monarchies, like in Saudi Arabia, and dictatorships, like in North Korea, are forms of autocracy.

1. Full democracies
2. Authoritarian regimes

Out of the 167 countries included in the democracy index, only 19 are considered full democracies and 51 are considered to have authoritarian regimes in power. Of all types of regimes, the smallest percentage of countries have a fully functional, non-corrupt government which protects the rights of its politically invested citizens.

1. Angela Merkel
   Donald Trump
2. Theresa May
   Ram Nath Kovind

Angela Merkel has served as the Chancellor of Germany since 2005. Merkel is the longest-serving government head in the EU and is widely considered to be the leader of the European Union and the most powerful woman on earth.

1. Anocracy
   Federal Republic
2. Autocracy
   Oligarchy

An anocratic state is often one in transition, which has traits of both democratic and autocratic states. This type of government is known for wide-scale violence, human rights violations and political upheaval. Countries like Thailand, Nigeria, Nicaragua and Russia have been described by some experts as anocracies.

1. England
   Germany
2. Iceland
   Lichtenstein

Prince Hans-Adam II of Lichtenstein can veto laws, choose government officials and dissolve parliament. He is one of the last remaining monarchs in Europe with any political power.

1. Military dictatorship
   Theocracy
2. Democracy
   Monarchy

Under a theocratic government, a deity is the source of all authority. Modern-day theocracies include Vatican City and Iran.

1. Justin Trudeau
   Angela Merkel
2. Elizabeth II
   Donald Trump

Donald Trump is the 45th President of America. He was preceded by Barack Obama.

1. Full democracy
   Hybrid regime
2. Flawed democracy
   Authoritarian regime

According to the democracy index, the US is classified as a flawed democracy. In a flawed democracy, most civil liberties are honored on some level. These states also may have an immature political culture, low levels of citizen participation in politics and a corrupt or ineffective government.

1. Norway
   India
2. Iraq
   Cuba

Norway scored a 9.93 out of 10 on the 2016 Democracy Index, making it the most effective full democracy on earth. Full democracies have a culture which reinforces democratic ideals and a functional non-corrupt government which protects civil liberties and political freedoms.

1. Flawed democracies
   Hybrid regimes
2. Full democracies
   Authoritarian regimes

Out of 167 countries, 57 are considered flawed democracies. Over 34% of countries, 44% of the world's total population, lives under flawed democratic governments.

1. Skewed elections
   Government harassment of law and media
2. Widespread corruption
   All of the above

40 of the world's countries have governments which could be described as hybrid regimes. 18% of the world's population, including Bangladesh, Ukraine, Kenya, Turkey and Pakistan has this type of government.

1. They are not recognized legally.
   They are actively suppressed.
2. They can't form.
   All of the above

Throughout history, one-party governments have gone to great lengths to stifle political opposition in their own countries, often jailing and killing countless people. Current examples of countries with a one-party system include China and Singapore.