What is Government?
A '''government''' is a group of people that have the [[Influence|power]] to rule in a [[territory]], according to the [[administrative law]]. This territory may be a [[country]], a [[state]] or [[province]] within a country, or a region. There are many types of government, such as [[democratic]], [[parliamentary]], presidential, [[federal]] or [[unitary]]. ==Works== *Governments make [[law]]s, rules and regulations, collect [[tax]]es and print [[money]]. *Governments have monopolies on the legal use of force. *Governments have systems of [[judiciary]] that list the acts or activities that are against the law and describe the punishments for breaking the law. *Governments have [[law enforcement]] forces to make sure people within their jurisdiction follow the laws. *Governments have [[diplomacy|diplomats]] who communicate with the governments of other [[country|countries]] 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 [[knowledge]]. *Governments have a [[military]] force such as an [[army]] 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. *Governments have security guards to protect the leader of a country. *The [[head of state]] of a government may have [[advisor]]s and [[Minister (government)|ministers]] for various departments. Together they are called the [[administration]]. == Types of governments == [[Plato]] listed five kinds of government in ''[[The Republic]]:'' === Democracy === The most common type of government in the Western world is called [[democracy]]. 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 [[legislature]]s such as the [[Parliament]] or [[Congress]]. [[political party|Political pa