History. Poland had existed for centuries as a very large commonwealth. In the late 1700s, as the result of a weak monarchy, it was partitioned between Russia, Prussia, and Austria and ceased to exist as a nation.
Summary The government consisted of a God-chosen power which was the emperor. Then to maintain and vote on high-importance decisions, there were many government officials and military officers to occupy those jobs. The type of government that the Byzantine Empire used was a mix of aristocratic bureaucratic mix.
Many historians say that the Byzantine Empire under Constantine was simply a continuation of the Roman Empire, and many have termed it, the Eastern Roman Empire; and others, the Eastern half of the Roman Empire following its division into East and West.