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Available in 169 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-169" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">169 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regering" title="Regering – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Regering" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regierung" title="Regierung – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Regierung" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%98%E1%8A%95%E1%8C%8D%E1%88%A5%E1%89%B5" title="መንግሥት – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="መንግሥት" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9" title="حكومة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="حكومة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubierno" title="Gubierno – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Gubierno" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%AB%DC%98%DC%A0%DC%9B%DC%A2%DC%98%DC%AC%DC%90_(%DC%AB%DC%98%DC%AC%DC%90%DC%A3%DC%90)" title="ܫܘܠܛܢܘܬܐ (ܫܘܬܐܣܐ) – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܫܘܠܛܢܘܬܐ (ܫܘܬܐܣܐ)" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivernisi" title="Chivernisi – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Chivernisi" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0" title="চৰকাৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="চৰকাৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobiernu" title="Gobiernu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Gobiernu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tet%C3%A3rerekua" title="Tetãrerekua – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Tetãrerekua" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D3%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82" title="ХӀукумат – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="ХӀукумат" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6kum%C9%99t" title="Hökumət – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Hökumət" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%A4%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA" title="حؤکومت – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="حؤکومت" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="সরকার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সরকার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A8ng-h%C3%BA" title="Chèng-hú – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Chèng-hú" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemerentahan" title="Pemerentahan – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Pemerentahan" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D3%A9%D0%BA%D2%AF%D0%BC%D3%99%D1%82" title="Хөкүмәт – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Хөкүмәт" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4" title="Урад – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Урад" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4" title="Урад – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Урад" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobyerno" title="Gobyerno – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Gobyerno" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Правителство – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Правителство" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlada" title="Vlada – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Vlada" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouarnamant" title="Gouarnamant – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Gouarnamant" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Засаглал – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Засаглал" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govern" title="Govern – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Govern" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D3%B3%D1%80%D0%B5-%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Тӳре-шара – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Тӳре-шара" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagamhanan" title="Kagamhanan – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kagamhanan" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A1tn%C3%AD_moc" title="Státní moc – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Státní moc" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ch mw-list-item"><a href="https://ch.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobietnu" title="Gobietnu – Chamorro" lang="ch" hreflang="ch" data-title="Gobietnu" data-language-autonym="Chamoru" data-language-local-name="Chamorro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chamoru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boma" title="Boma – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Boma" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurumende" title="Hurumende – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Hurumende" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llywodraeth" title="Llywodraeth – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Llywodraeth" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gominanti" title="Gominanti – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Gominanti" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regering" title="Regering – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Regering" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9" title="حوكومة – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="حوكومة" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A1%C4%91%C4%91ehus" title="Ráđđehus – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Ráđđehus" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regierung" title="Regierung – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Regierung" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valitsus" title="Valitsus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Valitsus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%85%CE%B2%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7" title="Κυβέρνηση – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κυβέρνηση" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government" title="Government – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Government" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Кондан – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Кондан" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobierno" title="Gobierno – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gobierno" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registaro" title="Registaro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Registaro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goviernu" title="Goviernu – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Goviernu" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobernu" title="Gobernu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gobernu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA" title="حکومت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="حکومت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarkar" title="Sarkar – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Sarkar" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouvernement" title="Gouvernement – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gouvernement" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regear" title="Regear – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Regear" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rialtas" title="Rialtas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Rialtas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiltys" title="Reiltys – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Reiltys" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riaghaltas" title="Riaghaltas – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Riaghaltas" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goberno" title="Goberno – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Goberno" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%95%EB%B6%80" title="정부 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="정부" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwamnati" title="Gwamnati – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Gwamnati" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aupuni" title="Aupuni – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Aupuni" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Կառավարություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կառավարություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="सरकार – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सरकार" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlada" title="Vlada – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Vlada" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guvernerio" title="Guvernerio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Guvernerio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobierno" title="Gobierno – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Gobierno" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemerintah" title="Pemerintah – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pemerintah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governamento" title="Governamento – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Governamento" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guvernament" title="Guvernament – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Guvernament" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhulumente" title="Rhulumente – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Rhulumente" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHulumeni" title="UHulumeni – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="UHulumeni" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADkisstj%C3%B3rn" title="Ríkisstjórn – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Ríkisstjórn" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governo" title="Governo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Governo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%94" title="ממשלה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ממשלה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papr%C3%A8ntahan" title="Paprèntahan – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Paprèntahan" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kl mw-list-item"><a href="https://kl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naalakkersueriaaseq" title="Naalakkersueriaaseq – Kalaallisut" lang="kl" hreflang="kl" data-title="Naalakkersueriaaseq" data-language-autonym="Kalaallisut" data-language-local-name="Kalaallisut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kalaallisut</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0" title="ಸರಕಾರ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಸರಕಾರ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Правительство – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Правительство" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="მთავრობა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მთავრობა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Үкімет – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Үкімет" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governans" title="Governans – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Governans" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serikali" title="Serikali – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Serikali" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouv%C3%A8nman" title="Gouvènman – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Gouvènman" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouvernman" title="Gouvernman – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Gouvernman" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hik%C3%BBmet" title="Hikûmet – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Hikûmet" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A8%D0%BA%D0%BC%D3%A9%D1%82" title="Өкмөт – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Өкмөт" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guviern" title="Guviern – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Guviern" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%96%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%99" title="ລັດຖະບານ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ລັດຖະບານ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectio" title="Rectio – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Rectio" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vald%C4%ABba" title="Valdība – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Valdība" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regierung" title="Regierung – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Regierung" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyriausyb%C4%97" title="Vyriausybė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vyriausybė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regering" title="Regering – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Regering" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guv%C9%9Bn%C9%9Bm%C3%A1" title="Guvɛnɛmá – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Guvɛnɛmá" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governo" title="Governo – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Governo" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mad mw-list-item"><a href="https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemerentahan" title="Pemerentahan – Madurese" lang="mad" hreflang="mad" data-title="Pemerentahan" data-language-autonym="Madhurâ" data-language-local-name="Madurese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Madhurâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="सरकार – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="सरकार" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Влада – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Влада" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governemanta" title="Governemanta – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Governemanta" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC" title="സർക്കാർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സർക്കാർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81wanatanga" title="Kāwanatanga – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Kāwanatanga" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="सरकार – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सरकार" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="თარობა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="თარობა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D9%87" title="حكومه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="حكومه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemerintahan" title="Pemerintahan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pemerintahan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamarentah" title="Pamarentah – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Pamarentah" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobierno" title="Gobierno – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Gobierno" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Засаглал – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Засаглал" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%85%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9B" title="အစိုးရ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အစိုးရ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regering" title="Regering – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Regering" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="सरकार – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="सरकार" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0" title="सरकार – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="सरकार" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C" title="政府 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="政府" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D1%83%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Мехкан урхалла – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Мехкан урхалла" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiarang" title="Regiarang – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Regiarang" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regjering" title="Regjering – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Regjering" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regjering" title="Regjering – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Regjering" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouv%C3%A8rn%C3%A9ment" title="Gouvèrnément – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Gouvèrnément" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gov%C3%A8rn" title="Govèrn – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Govèrn" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mootummaa" title="Mootummaa – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Mootummaa" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukumat" title="Hukumat – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Hukumat" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0" title="ਸਰਕਾਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸਰਕਾਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA" title="حکومت – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="حکومت" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobierno" title="Gobierno – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Gobierno" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA" title="حکومت – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="حکومت" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobament" title="Gobament – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Gobament" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8A%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8B%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9B" title="រដ្ឋាភិបាល – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="រដ្ឋាភិបាល" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govern" title="Govern – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Govern" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavman" title="Gavman – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Gavman" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeren" title="Regeren – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Regeren" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rz%C4%85d_(prawo)" title="Rząd (prawo) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rząd (prawo)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governo" title="Governo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Governo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guvern" title="Guvern – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Guvern" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Влада – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Влада" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Правительство – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Правительство" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8C%D0%B0h%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Дьаhалта – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Дьаhалта" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/cen-hu" title="cen-hu – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="cen-hu" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8" title="ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govrenment" title="Govrenment – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Govrenment" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeveria" title="Qeveria – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Qeveria" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuvernu" title="Cuvernu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Cuvernu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%86%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80" title="ආණ්ඩුව – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ආණ්ඩුව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%DA%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA" title="حڪومت – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="حڪومت" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladavina" title="Vladavina – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Vladavina" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%D9%85%DB%95%D8%AA" title="حکوومەت – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="حکوومەت" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Државна управа – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Државна управа" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlada" title="Vlada – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Vlada" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamar%C3%A9ntah" title="Pamaréntah – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Pamaréntah" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regering" title="Regering – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Regering" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamahalaan" title="Pamahalaan – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Pamahalaan" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="அரசாங்கம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அரசாங்கம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%C3%B6k%C3%BCm%C3%A4t" title="Xökümät – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Xökümät" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9C%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%81%B8%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88" title="လူင်ပွင်ၸိုင်ႈ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="လူင်ပွင်ၸိုင်ႈ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AD%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82" title="ప్రభుత్వం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ప్రభుత్వం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5" title="รัฐบาล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐบาล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%B2%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Ҳукумат – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Ҳукумат" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCk%C3%BBmet" title="Hükûmet – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Hükûmet" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansoafo%C9%94" title="Mansoafoɔ – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Mansoafoɔ" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B4" title="Уряд – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Уряд" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA" title="حکومت – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="حکومت" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwngfuj" title="Cwngfuj – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Cwngfuj" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goerno" title="Goerno – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Goerno" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%ADnh_ph%E1%BB%A7" title="Chính phủ – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Chính phủ" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C" title="政府 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="政府" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamunuan" title="Pamunuan – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Pamunuan" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C" title="政府 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="政府" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" 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class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p>A <b>government</b> is a group of people that have the <a href="/wiki/Influence" title="Influence">power</a> to rule in a <a href="/wiki/Territory" title="Territory">territory</a>, according to the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_law" title="Administrative law">administrative law</a>. This territory may be a <a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">country</a>, a <a href="/wiki/State" title="State">state</a> or <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">province</a> within a country, or a region. There are many types of government, such as <a href="/wiki/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">democratic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary">parliamentary</a>, presidential, <a href="/wiki/Federal" class="mw-disambig" title="Federal">federal</a> or <a href="/wiki/Unitary" class="mw-disambig" title="Unitary">unitary</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Works" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Works"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Governments make <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">laws</a>, rules and regulations, collect <a href="/wiki/Tax" title="Tax">taxes</a> and print <a href="/wiki/Money" title="Money">money</a>.</li> <li>Governments have monopolies on the legal use of force.</li> <li>Governments have systems of <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judiciary</a> that list the acts or activities that are against the law and describe the punishments for breaking the law.</li> <li>Governments have a <a href="/wiki/Police" title="Police">police</a> force to make sure people follow the laws.</li> <li>Governments have <a href="/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">diplomats</a> who communicate with the governments of other <a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">countries</a> by having meetings. Diplomats try to solve problems or disagreements between two countries, which can help countries to avoid war, make commercial agreements, and exchange cultural or social experiences and <a href="/wiki/Knowledge" title="Knowledge">knowledge</a>.</li> <li>Governments have a <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> force such as an <a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">army</a> that protects the country from enemy countries, terrorists and other major threats that attack or which can be used to attack and invade other countries.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> of a government may have <a href="/wiki/Advisor" title="Advisor">advisors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_(government)" title="Minister (government)">ministers</a> for various departments. Together they are called the <a href="/wiki/Administration" class="mw-disambig" title="Administration">administration</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_governments">Types of governments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Types of governments" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Types of governments"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a> listed five kinds of government in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Republic" title="The Republic">The Republic</a>:</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democracy">Democracy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Democracy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Democracy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most common type of government in the Western world is called <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a>. In democracies, people in a country can vote during elections for representatives or political parties that they prefer. The people in democracies can elect representatives who will sit on <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislatures</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">Parliament</a> or <a href="/wiki/Congress" title="Congress">Congress</a>. <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">Political parties</a> are organizations of people with similar ideas about how a country or region should be governed. Different political parties have different ideas about how the government should handle different problems. Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people. </p><p>However, many countries have forms of <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a> which limit <a href="/wiki/Freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedom">freedom</a> of choice by the voters. One of the most common ways is to limit which parties can stand for parliament, or limit the parties' access to mass media such as television. Another way is to rig (unfairly manipulate or interfere with) the voting system by removing votes from opposition voters and substituting votes for the party in power. Few countries are textbook (classic, paradigmatic) <a href="/wiki/Democracies" class="mw-redirect" title="Democracies">democracies</a>, and the differences between them has been much studied.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monarchy">Monarchy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Monarchy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Monarchy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">monarchy</a> is a government ruled by a <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">king</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_regnant" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen regnant">queen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emperor" title="Emperor">emperor</a> or empress who inherits their position from their family, which is often called the "royal family." There are two types of monarchies: absolute monarchies and constitutional monarchies. In an <a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">absolute monarchy</a>, the ruler has no limits on their wishes or powers. In a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a> a ruler's powers are limited by a document called a <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">constitution</a>. </p><p>In modern times, monarchies still exist in Great Britain and the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, along with several other countries. A monarch may have one of several titles: King or Queen, Empress or Empress, or <a href="/wiki/Emir" title="Emir">Emir</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aristocracy">Aristocracy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Aristocracy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Aristocracy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Aristocracy" title="Aristocracy">aristocracy</a> is a government run by the people of a ruling class, usually people who come from <a href="/wiki/Wealthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Wealthy">wealthy</a> families with a particular set of values, or people who come from a particular place. A person who rules in an <a href="/wiki/Aristocracy" title="Aristocracy">aristocracy</a> is an aristocrat. Aristocracy is different from nobility, in that nobility means that one bloodline would rule, whereas an aristocracy would mean that a few or many bloodlines would rule, or that rulers be chosen in a different manner.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="Is this true?">source?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dictatorship">Dictatorship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Dictatorship" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Dictatorship"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under a <a href="/wiki/Dictatorship" title="Dictatorship">dictatorship</a>, the government is run by one person who has all the power over the people in a country. A dictatorship may also be called one-man rule or <a href="/wiki/Autocracy" title="Autocracy">autocracy</a>. Plato called it <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyranny</a>. </p><p>Originally, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> made dictators to lead during time of war. The <a href="/wiki/Roman_dictator" title="Roman dictator">Roman dictators</a> (and Greek <a href="/wiki/Tyrant" title="Tyrant">tyrants</a>) were not always cruel or unkind, but they did hold power all by themselves, rather than sharing power with the people. Roman dictators only held power for a short period of time. </p><p>In modern times, a dictator's rule is not stopped by any laws, <a href="/wiki/Constitutions" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutions">constitutions</a>, or other <a href="/wiki/Social" class="mw-redirect" title="Social">social</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political" class="mw-redirect" title="Political">political</a> institutions, and can last many years or even decades. After leaving the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a>, many countries in <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a> were dictatorships. World War II was partly a war between dictators, and later new countries in <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> also were ruled by dictators. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9671799">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Dictator" title="Dictator">Dictator</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oligarchy">Oligarchy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Oligarchy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Oligarchy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Oligarchy" title="Oligarchy">oligarchy</a> is a government ruled by a small group of powerful people. These people may spread power equally or not equally. More so a different version of a monarchy, where everyone makes <a href="/wiki/Decision" class="mw-disambig" title="Decision">decisions</a> together instead of one person making them all or telling people what to do, such as in a Dictatorship. An oligarchy is different from a true <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a> because very few people are given the chance to change things. An oligarchy does not have to be hereditary or passed down from father to son. </p><p>An oligarchy does not have one clear ruler, but several powerful people. Some past examples of oligarchy are the former <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of Soviet Socialist Republics">Union of Soviet Socialist Republics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">Apartheid</a> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>. 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An oligarchy may have a leader in the ruling group. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_history_and_the_theory_of_government">The history and the theory of government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: The history and the theory of government" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: The history and the theory of government"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The simplest idea of government is those who <a href="/wiki/Rule" class="mw-disambig" title="Rule">rule</a> over <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/people" class="extiw" title="wikt:people">people</a> and <a href="/wiki/Land" title="Land">land</a>. This may be as small as a community or <a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">village</a> or as big as a <a href="/wiki/Continent" title="Continent">continent</a> (like <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>). </p><p>The people who rule can allow others to <a href="/wiki/Own" class="mw-redirect" title="Own">own</a> land. It is a <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/deed" class="extiw" title="wikt:deed">deed</a> by government that gives this right in the way that <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">laws</a> describe. Some think they have the right to hold land without government permission. This view is called <a href="/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism">libertarianism</a>. Others think they can do without government. This view is called <a href="/wiki/Anarchism" title="Anarchism">anarchism</a>. </p><p>Almost every place on <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> is connected to one and only one government. Places without government are where people follow traditions instead of government rules, small <a href="/wiki/Border_dispute" title="Border dispute">border disputed</a> areas and the continent of Antarctica, because almost no people live there. For every other place on Earth there is a government that claims 'sovereign control' over it. The word "sovereign" is old and means "control by a <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">King</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Sovereign" class="mw-redirect" title="Sovereign">sovereign</a>). Governments of <a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">villages</a>, <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">cities</a>, <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">counties</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Community" title="Community">communities</a> are subordinate to the government of the state or province where they exist, and then to that of the <a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">country</a>. </p><p>It is from Kings and <a href="/wiki/Feudalism" title="Feudalism">feudalism</a> that modern governments and <a href="/wiki/Nation_state" title="Nation state">nation states</a> came. The <a href="/wiki/Capital_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (city)">capital</a> of a country, for instance, is where the King kept his <a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">assets</a>. From this we get the modern idea of <a href="/wiki/Capital_(economics)" title="Capital (economics)">capital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>. A government may <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/regulation" class="extiw" title="wikt:regulation">regulate</a> <a href="/wiki/Trade" title="Trade">trade</a> as well as to rule over land. </p><p>Governments also control people and decide things about what <a href="/wiki/Morality" title="Morality">morality</a> to accept or <a href="/wiki/Punish" class="mw-redirect" title="Punish">punish</a>. In many countries, there are strict rules about <a href="/wiki/Sexual_intercourse" title="Sexual intercourse">sexual intercourse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drug" title="Drug">drugs</a> which are part of <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a> and offenders are punished for disobeying them. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tax" title="Tax">Tax</a> is how government is paid for in most countries. People who <a href="/wiki/Buy" class="mw-redirect" title="Buy">buy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sales" title="Sales">sell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Import" title="Import">import</a>, <a href="/wiki/Invest" class="mw-redirect" title="Invest">invest</a>, own a house or land, or earn money are made to pay some of the <a href="/wiki/Money" title="Money">money</a> to a government. </p><p>There are many theories of how to organize government better. These are called theories of <a href="/wiki/Civics" title="Civics">civics</a>. Many people think <a href="/wiki/Leader" title="Leader">leaders</a> must be <a href="/wiki/Elect" class="mw-redirect" title="Elect">elected</a> by some kind of <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a>. That way, they can be replaced at <a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">election</a>. Many governments are not a <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a> but other forms in which only a few people have power. </p><p>There are many theories of how to run a government better, and keep people from hurting each other. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_(polity)" class="mw-redirect" title="State (polity)">State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nation" title="Nation">Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire" title="Empire">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central government (not yet started)">Central government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">Unitary state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal government">Federal government</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_unity_government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National unity government (not yet started)">National unity government</a></li> <li><i>Levels:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government" title="Local government">Local government</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="County government (not yet started)">County government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">Administrative division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Township" class="mw-redirect" title="Township">Township</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Lists:</i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_forms_of_government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of forms of government (not yet started)">Govt systems</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_system_of_government&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of countries by system of government (not yet started)">Countries by system</a></li> <li><i>Systems:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anarchy" title="Anarchy">Anarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristocracy" title="Aristocracy">Aristocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureaucracy" title="Bureaucracy">Bureaucracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitalism" title="Capitalism">Capitalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confederation" title="Confederation">Confederation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonialism" title="Colonialism">Colonialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electocracy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electocracy (not yet started)">Electocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ergatocracy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ergatocracy (not yet started)">Ergatocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federalism" title="Federalism">Federalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feudalism" title="Feudalism">Feudalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geniocracy" title="Geniocracy">Geniocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kleptocracy" title="Kleptocracy">Kleptocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritocracy" title="Meritocracy">Meritocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_dictatorship" class="mw-redirect" title="Military dictatorship">Military dictatorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">Monarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oligarchy" title="Oligarchy">Oligarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plutocracy" title="Plutocracy">Plutocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism" title="Republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">Socialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statism" title="Statism">Statism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technocracy" title="Technocracy">Technocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theocracy" title="Theocracy">Theocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totalitarianism" title="Totalitarianism">Totalitarianism</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">Democracy</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">Parliamentary system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">Presidential system</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cellular_democracy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cellular democracy (not yet started)">Cellular </a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Collaborative_e-democracy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Collaborative e-democracy (not yet started)">Collaborative</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consensus_democracy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Consensus democracy (not yet started)">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservative_democracy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservative democracy (not yet started)">Conservative</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cosmopolitan_democracy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cosmopolitan democracy (not yet started)">Cosmopolitan</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Social_organization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Social organization (not yet started)">Collectivism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Communalism_(Bookchin)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Communalism (Bookchin) (not yet started)">Communalism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Communitarianism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Communitarianism (not yet started)">Communitarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutionalism" title="Constitutionalism">Constitutionalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporatism" title="Corporatism">Corporatism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Distributism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Distributism (not yet started)">Distributism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egalitarianism" title="Egalitarianism">Egalitarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">Environmentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extremism" title="Extremism">Extremism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Familialism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Familialism (not yet started)">Familialism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fanaticism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fanaticism (not yet started)">Fanaticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">Fascism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">Feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fundamentalism" title="Fundamentalism">Fundamentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">Liberalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressivism" title="Progressivism">Progressivism</a></li> <li><i>Theoreticians:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Locke" title="John Locke">John Locke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Functions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even 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href="/w/index.php?title=Environmental_regulation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Environmental regulation (not yet started)">Environmental regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banking_regulation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Banking regulation (not yet started)">Banking regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Food_inspection&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Food inspection (not yet started)">Food inspection</a></li> <li><i>Municipal:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traffic_lights" class="mw-redirect" title="Traffic lights">Traffic lights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanitation" title="Sanitation">Sanitation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Street_cleaning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Street cleaning (not yet started)">Street cleaning</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Documents</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charter (not yet started)">Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uncodified_constitution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uncodified constitution (not yet started)">Uncodified constitution</a></li> <li><i>Roles:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">Head of state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">Head of government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">Monarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_(government_title)" class="mw-redirect" title="President (government title)">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister">Prime minister</a></li> <li><i>Bodies:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet (government)">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_(government_department)" title="Ministry (government department)">Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a></li> <li><i>Legislative bodies</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress" title="Congress">Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council" class="mw-disambig" title="Council">Council</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Assembly (not yet started)">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Legislative council (not yet started)">Legislative council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governance <br /> processes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Process:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hearing" title="Hearing">Hearing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee" title="Committee">Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_meeting" class="mw-redirect" title="Town meeting">Town meeting</a></li> <li><i>Outcomes:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislation" title="Legislation">Legislation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regulation" title="Regulation">Regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoning" title="Zoning">Zoning</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">Law</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Precedent" class="mw-redirect" title="Precedent">Precedent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections">Elections</a>:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voting" title="Voting">Voting</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Political_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Political campaign (not yet started)">Campaigns</a></li> <li><i>Groups:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_parties" class="mw-redirect" title="Political parties">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Advocacy_groups&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advocacy groups (not yet started)">Advocacy groups</a></li> <li><i>Issues:</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" title="Civil rights">Civil rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">Environmentalism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Academic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Fields of study</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">Political science</a></li> <li><a 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