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China
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Communist State
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: President HU Jintao
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 221
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Jan 1, 660
Japan
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Communist State
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Emperor AKIHITO
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 660
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United States
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional federal- based republic
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: President Barack H. Obama
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED: 1783
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Mexico
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Federal Republic
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: President Felipe de Jesus CALDERON Hinojosa
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 1810
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Venezuela
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Federal Republic
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: President Hugo CHAVEZ Frias
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 1811
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Cuba
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Communist state
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Gen. Raul CASTRO Ruz
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 1902
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Russia
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Federation
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: President Dmitriy Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 1911
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Taiwan
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Multiparty Democracy
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: President MA Ying-jeou
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 1911
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Great Britian
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy2. NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Queen Eliabeth II3. NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: All branches under one order4. YEAR FOUNDED: 1927
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Saudi Arabia
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Monarchy
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: King and Prime Minister ABDULLAH bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 1932
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Iraq
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary Democracy
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: President Jalal TALABANI
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 1932
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North Korea
- TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Communist state with one-man dictatorship
- NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: KIM Jong II
- NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: Three
- YEAR FOUNDED: 1945