Types of Government CFA

Rule by the people, free elections, and protection of individual rights.

• Democracy

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Communism

Form of democracy where citizens elect representatives.

• Republic

• Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Theocracy

A single person, usually a king or queen, has complete power. Their power is typically hereditary, passed down to family members. It's less common today.

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Totalitarianism

Shares power with a constitutionally organized government such as parliament. The monarch may be the head of state or a ceremonial figure.

• Republic

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Rule by a small group of powerful individuals.

• Oligarchy

• Totalitarianism

• Absolute Monarchy

• Republic

A government where the state holds total authority over society and controls all aspects of public and private life.

• Communism

• Socialism

• Totalitarianism

• Tribalism

A classless system in which the means of production are owned communally.

• Anarchy

• Republicanism

• Socialism

• Communism

The absence of any form of governmental authority, leading to potential chaos.

• Tribalism

• Totalitarianism

• Socialism

• Anarchy