List of countries by system of government

Table columns:
Name
Constitutional form
Head of state
Basis of executive legitimacy

Table rows:
cells: Afghanistan
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Albania
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Algeria
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Andorra
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Angola
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Antigua and Barbuda
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Argentina
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Armenia
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Australia
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Austria
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Azerbaijan
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Bahamas, The
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Bahrain
Constitutional monarchy
Executive
Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
cells: Bangladesh
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Barbados
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Belarus
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Belgium
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Belize
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Benin
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Bhutan
Constitutional monarchy
Executive
Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
cells: Bolivia
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Botswana
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Brazil
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Brunei
Absolute monarchy
Executive
All authority vested in absolute monarch
cells: Bulgaria
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Burkina Faso
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Burundi
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Cambodia
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Cameroon
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Canada
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Cape Verde
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Central African Republic
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Chad
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Chile
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: China, People's Republic of
Republic
Executive
Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
cells: Colombia
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Comoros
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Congo
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Costa Rica
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Côte d'Ivoire
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Croatia
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Cuba
Republic
Executive
Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
cells: Cyprus
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Czech Republic
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Denmark
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Djibouti
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Dominica
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Dominican Republic
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: East Timor
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Ecuador
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Egypt
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: El Salvador
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Equatorial Guinea
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Eritrea
Republic
Executive
Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
cells: Estonia
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Ethiopia
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Federated States of Micronesia
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Fiji
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Finland
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: France
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Gabon
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Gambia, The
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Georgia
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Germany
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Ghana
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Greece
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Grenada
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Guatemala
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Guinea
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Guinea-Bissau
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Guyana
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Haiti
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Honduras
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Hungary
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Iceland
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: India
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Indonesia
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Iran
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Iraq
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Ireland
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Israel
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Italy
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Jamaica
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Japan
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Jordan
Constitutional monarchy
Executive
Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
cells: Kazakhstan
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Kenya
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Kiribati
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Korea, North
Republic
Executive
Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
cells: Korea, South
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Kuwait
Constitutional monarchy
Executive
Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
cells: Kyrgyzstan
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Laos
Republic
Executive
Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
cells: Latvia
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Lebanon
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Lesotho
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Liberia
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Libya
n/a
n/a
No constitutionally-defined basis to current regime
cells: Liechtenstein
Constitutional monarchy
Executive
Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
cells: Lithuania
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Luxembourg
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Macedonia
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Madagascar
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Malawi
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Malaysia
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Maldives
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Mali
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Malta
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Marshall Islands
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Mauritania
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Mauritius
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Mexico
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Moldova
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Monaco
Constitutional monarchy
Executive
Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
cells: Mongolia
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Montenegro
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Morocco
Constitutional monarchy
Executive
Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
cells: Mozambique
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Myanmar
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Namibia
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Nauru
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Nepal
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Netherlands
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: New Zealand
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Nicaragua
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Niger
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Nigeria
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Norway
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Oman
Absolute monarchy
Executive
All authority vested in absolute monarch
cells: Pakistan
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Palau
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Palestine
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Panama
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Papua New Guinea
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Paraguay
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Peru
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Philippines
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Poland
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Portugal
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Qatar
Absolute monarchy
Executive
All authority vested in absolute monarch
cells: Romania
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Russia
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Rwanda
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Saint Lucia
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Samoa
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: San Marino
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: São Tomé and Príncipe
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Saudi Arabia
Absolute monarchy
Executive
All authority vested in absolute monarch
cells: Senegal
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Serbia
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Seychelles
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Sierra Leone
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Singapore
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Slovakia
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Slovenia
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Solomon Islands
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Somalia
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: South Africa
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: South Sudan
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Spain
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Sri Lanka
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Sudan
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Suriname
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Swaziland
Absolute monarchy
Executive
All authority vested in absolute monarch
cells: Sweden
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Switzerland
Republic
Executive
Presidency is elected by legislature; ministry may be, or not be, subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Syria
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Tajikistan
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Tanzania
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Thailand
n/a
n/a
No constitutionally-defined basis to current regime
cells: Togo
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Tonga
Constitutional monarchy
Executive
Monarch personally exercises power in concert with other institutions
cells: Trinidad and Tobago
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Tunisia
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Turkey
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Turkmenistan
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Tuvalu
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Uganda
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Ukraine
Republic
Executive
Presidency independent of legislature; ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: United Arab Emirates
Absolute monarchy
Executive
All authority vested in absolute monarch
cells: United Kingdom
Constitutional monarchy
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: United States
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Uruguay
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Uzbekistan
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Vanuatu
Republic
Ceremonial
Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
cells: Vatican City
Absolute monarchy
Executive
All authority vested in absolute monarch
cells: Venezuela
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Vietnam
Republic
Executive
Power constitutionally linked to a single political movement
cells: Yemen
n/a
n/a
No constitutionally-defined basis to current regime
cells: Zambia
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature
cells: Zimbabwe
Republic
Executive
Presidency is independent of legislature

Questions about this table:
originalText: what type of government is the us system
answer: answerTexts: Republic