Governments

Great Britain

May 1, 1707

Type of Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: David Cameron NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 3

United States

Jul 4, 1776

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Democratic Republic NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Barack Obama NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 3

Mexico

Sep 27, 1821

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Federal presidential constitutional republic NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Felipe Calderón NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 3

Venezuela

Mar 30, 1845

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Federal presidential republic NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Hugo Chávez Frías NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 3

Cuba

May 20, 1902

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: communist state NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Raúl Castro NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 3

Taiwan

Jan 1, 1912

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Semi-presidential republic NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Ma Ying-jeou NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 5

Saudi Arabia

Sep 23, 1932

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Islamic absolute monarchy NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 1

Japan

May 3, 1947

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: constitutional monarchy NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Naoto Kan NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 3

North Korea

Sep 9, 1948

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: military dictatorship NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Kim Jong-un NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 1

China

Oct 1, 1949

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Single party-led state NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Hu Jintao NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 3

Russia

Dec 26, 1991

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Federal semi-presidential republic NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Dmitry Medvedev NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 3

Iraq

Oct 15, 2005

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: federal parliamentary republic NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Jalal Talabani NUMBER OF BRANCHES IN GOVERNMENT: 3