United Kingdom
The government system in the UK.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
Iran does not have this kind of review in their government.
What is judicial?
The regime type in Russia.
What is illiberal democratic?
The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union following a 2016 referendum, officially completed in 2020.
What is Brexit?
What is brain drain?
The removal process of the head of state/government.
What is impeachment?
Method of selection/election for head of state/head of government.
What is majoritarian popular vote?
The current president of Russia.
Who is Putin?
The power of courts to assess the constitutionality of laws and government actions.
What is judicial review?
A form of federalism where subnational units have different levels of autonomy and power, often based on historical, cultural, or political differences.
What is asymmetrical federalism?
The U.K. has this civil society.
This is the religious majority.
What is Islam?
The religious majority present in Russia.
What is Orthodox Christianity?
A political approach that claims to represent the interests of the common people against the elite.
What is populism?
The political leader responsible for policy-making and administration, such as a prime minister or president.
Who is the head of government?
Religious cleavage present in the U.K.
What is Catholic v. Protestant and Protestant v. Muslim?
This is heavily restricted and state controlled in Iran.
What is the role of media?
This is the selection process for the system of selecting the upper house.
What is being chosen by the local government?
A political and economic philosophy advocating for free markets, privatization, and minimal state intervention.
What is neoliberalism?
An electoral system where legislative seats are allocated based on the percentage of votes each party receives.
What is proportional representation?
The legislative upper and lower house titles in the U.K.
What are the House of Lords and the House of Commons?
The legislative lower house title in Iran.
What is there is no legislative lower house?
The type of government transparency presented.
What is controlled by the government and Putin?
A legal system where laws are written in comprehensive legal codes, used in many European and Latin American countries.
What is common law?
A country that derives a significant portion of its revenue from renting natural resources to external clients.
What is rentier state?