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Let’s Observe

Countries under Di erent Types of Government

Canada

Canada is one of the countries most famous for its

democratic government. It describes its system

with three pillars: peace, order, and good

government.

Canada follows a parliamentary system, which

Canadians vote for its members to join, and the

Prime Minister directs the parliament.

The Parliament of Canada has 338 members, and

citizens vote every four years for new members to

join, or old members to be reassigned to their The Center Block and the Peace

positions. Tower, Ottawa, Canada

Spain

Spain’s government rules under the constitutional

monarchy system, and the monarch controls the

country with the help of the country’s bicameral

parliament, which consists of two branches.

The two branches of the bicameral parliament are

the executive and the legislative branches. The

executive branch has a council of ministers led by

the Prime Minister, and the legislative branch

consists of 350 congress members and 266 senate

members, most of them being elected by popular

vote. Congress of Deputies, building of the

90 Spanish parliament, Madrid, Spain