| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | administration | Officials directing public affairs. |
| 2. | administrative authority | Public body with administrative power. |
| 3. | aristocracy | Government by hereditary elites. |
| 4. | assembly | Representative lawmaking body. |
| 5. | authorities | Officials holding public power. |
| 6. | autocracy | Government by one ruler. |
| 7. | body politic | People organized under state authority. |
| 8. | borough council | Borough-level governing body. |
| 9. | bureaucracy | Administrative system of public officials. |
| 10. | cabinet | Senior ministers of a state. |
| 11. | central administration | National administrative government. |
| 12. | central authority | Main national governing power. |
| 13. | city council | City-level governing body. |
| 14. | city hall | Local municipal government. |
| 15. | congress | National legislative assembly. |
| 16. | council | Governing or advisory public body. |
| 17. | county council | County-level governing body. |
| 18. | democracy | Government by the people. |
| 19. | diarchy | Government by two rulers. |
| 20. | dictatorship | Government ruled by a dictator. |
| 21. | directorate | Group directing an organization or state. |
| 22. | district council | District-level governing body. |
| 23. | duumvirate | Government by two officials. |
| 24. | empire | Large state under single authority. |
| 25. | establishment | Dominant official power system. |
| 26. | executive | Branch enforcing public policy. |
| 27. | federal authority | National federal governing power. |
| 28. | federal council | Federal governing council. |
| 29. | federation | Union under central government. |
| 30. | gerontocracy | Government by older leaders. |
| 31. | governing body | Group exercising authority. |
| 32. | governing council | Council exercising public authority. |
| 33. | governors | People who govern. |
| 34. | incumbent administration | Officials currently in power. |
| 35. | incumbents | Officeholders currently in power. |
| 36. | junta | Military ruling group. |
| 37. | kingdom | State ruled by a monarch. |
| 38. | kleptocracy | Government by corrupt rulers. |
| 39. | leadership | People directing public affairs. |
| 40. | legislature | Body that makes laws. |
| 41. | local authority | Local governing body. |
| 42. | meritocracy | Government by selected ability. |
| 43. | military regime | Government controlled by armed forces. |
| 44. | ministerial council | Council composed of ministers. |
| 45. | ministry | Government department or ministers. |
| 46. | monarchy | Government headed by a monarch. |
| 47. | municipal council | Municipal governing council. |
| 48. | municipality | Local self-governing authority. |
| 49. | nanny state | Overprotective interventionist government. |
| 50. | nation-state | Sovereign national political state. |
| 51. | national administration | Countrywide governing officials. |
| 52. | national council | National governing or legislative body. |
| 53. | officeholders | People holding public office. |
| 54. | officialdom | Officials considered as a group. |
| 55. | oligarchy | Government by a small group. |
| 56. | parliament | National lawmaking body. |
| 57. | plutocracy | Government by the wealthy. |
| 58. | political authority | Power to govern politically. |
| 59. | polity | Organized political community. |
| 60. | power structure | Organization of ruling authority. |
| 61. | presidency | Office or administration of a president. |
| 62. | provincial authority | Province-level governing body. |
| 63. | public authority | Official governmental body. |
| 64. | realm | Kingdom or governed domain. |
| 65. | regime | Ruling political system. |
| 66. | regional authority | Regional governing body. |
| 67. | republic | Government without a monarch. |
| 68. | republican state | State governed as a republic. |
| 69. | rulers | People exercising supreme authority. |
| 70. | ruling coalition | Coalition controlling government. |
| 71. | ruling party | Party controlling government. |
| 72. | sovereign authority | Supreme governing power. |
| 73. | sovereign state | Independent political authority. |
| 74. | state | Organized political authority. |
| 75. | stratocracy | Government by military leaders. |
| 76. | supreme authority | Highest governing power. |
| 77. | supreme council | Highest governing council. |
| 78. | technocracy | Government by technical experts. |
| 79. | the Crown | Monarchical state authority. |
| 80. | the powers that be | Those who hold authority. |
| 81. | theocracy | Government by religious authority. |
| 82. | town hall | Local municipal authority. |
| 83. | triumvirate | Government by three rulers. |
| 84. | unified authority | A single combined ruling authority. |
| 85. | union | Political federation of states. |
| 86. | unitary authority | A single local governing body. |
| 87. | urban authority | A city governing authority. |
| 88. | urban council | A city or town governing body. |
| 89. | viceroyalty | Government by a viceroy. |
| 90. | viceroyship | Rule or office of a viceroy. |
| 91. | village authority | A village governing authority. |
| 92. | village council | A village’s local governing body. |
| 93. | vizierate | Government by a vizier. |
| 94. | voivodeship | A regional administrative government. |
| 95. | war cabinet | Ministers directing government during wartime. |
| 96. | ward council | A local ward governing body. |
| 97. | Washington | The United States federal government. |
| 98. | welfare state | Government providing social support. |
| 99. | Westminster | Britain’s national government or Parliament. |
| 100. | Whitehall | Britain’s civil service and government. |