#political_system__politicalsystem__form_of_government  the members of a social organization who are in power
  supertype:  #social_group  people sharing some social relation
  member:  #political_party  #political_unit
  member of:  #social_organization
  subtype:  #autarchy__autocracy  a political system governed by a single individual
     subtype:  #monarchy  an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
        subtype:  #parliamentary_monarchy__parliamentarymonarchy  a monarchy having a parliament
        subtype:  #kingdom.monarchy  a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state
        subtype:  #empire.monarchy  a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
     subtype:  #dyarchy  an autocracy governed by two rulers
     subtype:  #dictatorship__absolutism__authoritarianism__Caesarism__despotism__monocracy__one-man_rule__onemanrule__shogunate__Stalinism__totalitarianism__tyranny  a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
        subtype:  #police_state  a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)
  subtype:  #constitutionalism.political_system  a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)
  subtype:  #democracy.political_system__republic__commonwealth  a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
     subtype:  #parliamentary_democracy  a democracy having a parliament
  subtype:  #hegemony  the domination of one state over its allies
  subtype:  #oligarchy  a political system governed by a few people
  subtype:  #plutocracy  a political system governed by the wealthy people
  subtype:  #republic  a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"
  subtype:  #technocracy  a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
  subtype:  #theocracy.political_system  a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
     subtype:  #church-state  a state ruled by religious authority

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