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  2. Classification of the Functions of Government - Wikipedia

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    Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is a classification defined by the United Nations Statistics Division. [1] These functions are designed to be general enough to apply to the government of different countries. The accounts of each country in the United Nations are presented under these categories.

  3. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government of the United States ( U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district and national capital of ...

  4. Government - Wikipedia

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    A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state . In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy.

  5. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    A popular model of the State proposed by minarchists is known as the night-watchman state, in which the only governmental functions are to protect citizens from aggression, theft, breach of contract, and fraud as defined by property laws, limiting it to three institutions: the military, the police, and courts. Monarchism

  6. Parliament - Wikipedia

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    The House of Representatives of Japan. The Federal Assembly of Switzerland. In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries.

  7. List of countries by system of government - Wikipedia

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    Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch. Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president. Parliamentary republic with an executive president. Presidential system: Head of government (president) is popularly elected and independent of the legislature. Presidential republic.

  8. Legislature - Wikipedia

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    t. e. United States Capitol building, where the legislature of the United States, the United States Congress, meets, located in Washington, DC. A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers ...

  9. Center of government - Wikipedia

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    Center of government. The center of government ( CoG) is the institution or group of institutions that provide direct support to the chief executive (president or prime minister) in leading the management of government. [1] Unlike line ministries and other government agencies, the CoG does not deliver services directly to the citizens, and it ...