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{{legend-table2|lang=en|title=World's states colored by [[:en:form of government|form of government]] as of 2011<sup>1</sup>
|#3355dd|[[:en:Presidential system|Presidential republics]]<sup>2</sup>
|#f0e847|[[:en:Semi-presidential system|Semi-presidential republics]]<sup>2</sup>
|#ff9a33|[[:en:Parliamentary system|Parliamentary republics]]<sup>2</sup>
|#aa6f33|[[:en:Single-party state|Single-party republics]]
|#e75353|[[:en:Parliamentary system|Parliamentary]] [[:en:Constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchies]]
|#801a80|[[:en:Absolute monarchy|Absolute monarchies]]
|#6b8e23|[[:en:Military dictatorship|Military dictatorships]]
|#ee1af9|Parliamentary constitutional monarchies in which the monarch personally exercises power
|#66bb66|Republics with an executive president dependent on a parliament
|#b9b9b9|Countries which do not fit any of the above systems
|notes=<sup>1</sup>This map was complied according to the Wikipedia ''[[list of countries by system of government]]''. See there for sources.
<sup>2</sup>Several states constitutionally deemed to be multiparty republics are broadly described by outsiders as authoritarian states. This map presents only the ''[[de jure]]'' form of government, and not the ''[[de facto]]'' degree of democracy.}}
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Gives:

World's states colored by form of government as of 20111
     Presidential republics2      Semi-presidential republics2
     Parliamentary republics2      Single-party republics
     Parliamentary constitutional monarchies      Absolute monarchies
     Military dictatorships      Parliamentary constitutional monarchies in which the monarch personally exercises power
     Republics with an executive president dependent on a parliament      Countries which do not fit any of the above systems
1This map was complied according to the Wikipedia list of countries by system of government. See there for sources. 2Several states constitutionally deemed to be multiparty republics are broadly described by outsiders as authoritarian states. This map presents only the de jure form of government, and not the de facto degree of democracy.