| Type |
Description
|
| Autocracy |
Government
which rests in self derived, absolute power, typified by a hereditary
emperor, for example. |
| Bureaucracy |
Government
by department, rule being through the heads of the various departments
and conducted by their chief administrators.
|
| Confederacy |
Government
by a league of "possibly diverse" social entities so designed
as to promote the common good of each. |
| Democracy |
Government
by the people, ie. The established body of citizens, whether through
direct role or through elected representatives. |
| Dictatorship |
Government
whose final authority rests in the hands of one supreme head. |
| Feodality |
Government
of a feudal nature where each successive layer of authority derives
power and authority from the one above and pledges fealty likewise. |
| Geriatocracy |
Government
reserved to the elderly or very old. |
| Gynarchy |
Government
reserved to females only |
| Hierarchy |
Government
which is typically religious in nature and generally similar to feodality. |
| Magocracy |
Government
by professional magic users only. |
| Matriarchy |
Government
by the eldest females of whatever social units exist. |
| Militocracy |
Government
headed by the military leaders and the armed forces in general. |
| Monarchy |
Government
by a single sovereign, usually hereditary, whether a ruler with absolute
or with power limited in some form "such as the English monarchs",
limited in rule by the Magna Carta. |
| Oligarchy |
Government
by a few "usually absolute" rulers who are coequal |
| Pedocracy |
Government
by the learned savants and scholars. |
| Plutocracy |
Government
by the wealthy. |
| Republic |
Government
by representatives of an established electorate who rule in behalf
of the electors. |
| Theocracy |
Government
by god-rule, that is, rule by the direct representative of the god. |
| Syndicracy |
Government
by a body of syndics, each representing some business interest. |
