The main types of political system in contemporary western countries

Western countries are generally divided into single system and compound system. Among them, the mixed system includes federalism, confederation, monarchy and government.

Traditionally, the regime is generally divided into monarchy and republic. However, in the modern political system, the monarchy in some countries has become a parliamentary monarchy, and the monarch has only one vacant position.

In other countries, although it is a republic, power is concentrated in one hand. This makes the only difference between monarchy and republic is whether there is a monarch or not, so the method of dividing monarchy and republic is criticized more and more.

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Modern western academic circles usually assume a continuum with pure democracy at one end, such as the ancient Greek city-state, and most developed countries are near this end.

At the other end are totalitarian regimes (also known as omnipotent regimes), such as Nazi Germany. Near this end are socialist countries, and the actual regimes of other countries are in a certain position in the middle of this continuum.

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