Notice, however, that it doesn't concern itself with such things as civil rights. England, France and the United States are scattered into different categories despite the fact that they generally treat their citizens alike. The Netherlands and Sweden are lumped in with Saudi Arabia and Iran despite the enormous difference in how much power the monarch wields. He said the classification system was devised by Arthur S. Banks and Phillip M. Gregg. Generally, this system is based on the underlying power structure of society, rather than its nominal constitutional organization.
Elitist refers to recently independent nation with small, modernizing elites.
Personalist is characterized by unstable personalistic political leadership, while Centrist covers strict authoritarian regimes. It's difficult to figure it out at first glance. If this map looks a little familiar, that's because this is the system that I started with. I liked this system right away.