What are the three types of …

As a society, we have always have flourished when we lived together in communities. A country is nothing but one giant community, and like every community, it must be governed. Let us study about the main purpose and functions of the government. We will also see the three forms of government, democracy, autocracy and oligarchy. 

The American form of government is <a data-rokbox="" data-rokbox-caption="Glossary Term" data-rokbox-size="410 160" href="https://dlc.dcccd.edu/html5/glossary.php?course=usgov&termID=37" title="Glossary Term">democracy</a>. Although democracy is the most prevalent form of government in recent decades, it has no shortage of competitors. Among them:

1. Monarchy - Rule of one. Traditionally a king or emperor, but in modern times this usually describes a dictator.
2. Oligarchy - Rule of the few. Traditionally, this described a group of aristocrats, men of noble blood, but it just as easily describes a group of warlords or a military junta.
3. Theocracy - Technically, rule by God. In practice, since God rarely shows up to manage the day-to-day affairs of government, this involves rule by a religious leader or group of religious officials who interpret God's will. The country of Iran has many aspects of a theocratic state.
4. Authoritarianism - Monopoly of political power by an individual or small group that otherwise allows people to go about their private lives as they wish.
5. Totalitarianism - Rule by an elite that exercises unlimited power over individuals in all aspects of life.