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The world today is divided territorially into more than 190 countries, each of which possesses a national government that claims to exercise sovereignty and seeks to compel obedience to its will by its citizens. Governments can be classified in any number of ways. For example, they might be classified by the number of rulers, thus distinguishing government by one (as in a monarchy or a tyranny) from government by the few (in an aristocracy or oligarchy) and from government by the many (as in a democracy). Governments can also be classified by mode of succession; for example, ascension to governmental leadership may follow the rules of hereditary succession, or it may be determined through elections or by force. Governments also vary in terms of the laws and rules of conduct that each political entity follows.
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Inheritance
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Marketing
business
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Security
business economics

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Walter P. Chrysler
American industrialist
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Ursula Burns
American executive
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Marc Ravalomanana
president of Madagascar

Economic system, any of the ways in which humankind has arranged for its material provisioning. One would think that there would be a great variety of such systems, corresponding to the many cultural arrangements that have characterized human society.
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Soviet Union
historical state, Eurasia
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Social security
government program
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International relations, the study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies, political parties, and interest groups). It is related to a number of other academic disciplines, including political science, geography, history, economics, law, sociology, psychology, and philosophy.
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Korean War
1950–1953
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Paris Agreement
international treaty [2015]
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United Nations
international organization

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Conscription
military service
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United States army regiment
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Knight
cavalryman

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Zapatista National Liberation Army
political movement, Mexico

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Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
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Gustavus Adolphus
king of Sweden