Government

GREAT BRITIAN

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

VENEZUALA

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

Mar 3, 1947

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

NORTH KOREA

Aug 9, 1949

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: military dictatorship NAME OF CURRENT POLITICAL LEADER: Kim Jong-il 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