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Where a prime minister is the active head of the executive branch of government and also leader of the legislature. However, there is also a president who serves as a symbolic head of state in some figurehead capacity. The following list includes democratic and non-democratic states:

Monarchies in which the monarch is the active head of the executive branch and exercises all powers.

Where a prime minister is the active head of the executive branch of government and also leader of the legislature. The head of state is a constitutional monarch who only exercises his or her powers with the consent of the government and is largely a figurehead.

Non-democratic states based on a state religion where the head of state is selected by some form of religious hierarchy. 1. Iran 2. the Holy See (Vatican City)

Non-democratic states in which political power is concentrated within a single political party whose operations are largely fused with the government hierarchy.

The nation's armed forces control the organs of government and all high-ranking political executives are also members of the military hierarchy. 1. Libya 2. Mauritania 3. Myanmar 4. Pakistan 5. Sudan 6. Thailand

States which have a system of government which is in transition or turmoil and cannot be accurately classified. 1. Somalia

States in which the federal government shares power with semi-independent regional governments. In many cases, the central government is (in theory) a creation of the regional governments; a prime example is the United States.