Forms of Government in Europe 1871-2022

Forms of Government in Europe 1871-2022, republics, constitutional monarchies, absolute monarchies, one party states, dictatorships, colonial states

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[CostasMelas]

In order to financially support my work, I have released a new ebook on Amazon called Civilizations of the world: Major Cultural Spheres. It is based on the material I have collected for my work on the channel but also on the valuable feedback I have received in the comments section time to time

[x-lendrow]

Although Turkey became a republic before many European countries, it is very sad that it is in a bad situation today. Greetings from Turkey!

[Anubis]

Εξαιρετικός, όπως πάντα! Συνέχισε έτσι:)

[LucidFL]

I do not understand why Germany under that certain leader is considered dictatorship/authoritarian while USSR is considered one party state?

[Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Sequel idea: Types of Government in a little more detail, post WW2 only. Such as Presidential Republic (eg Russia, (arguably), Türkiye), Parliamentary Republic (eg Germany post WW2), Semi Presidential Republic (eg France), Collegial Presidential Republic (eg Switzerland).

Another idea: systems of election for main de facto executive body. Such as Single Member Electoral Districts only (UK), MMP (Germany), Party List PR, two round voting (both France as France is both a Parliamentary-Presidential system). It might be a little harder, but Europe is good for such maps as The Americas the system is almost all a Presidential system (ex Canada), though there Congresses/Parliaments are elected by different methods.

[thejedicounciloffical]

Russia should be maroon, especially now.

[czar]

What's the difference between one party state and dictatorship/authoritarian?

[bbenjoe]

There are 12 sovereign monarchies in Europe, with vastly differing powers and capabilities. In Sweden for example, the king has no political powers at all, not even in emergency reserve powers. In other countries the monarch is powerful on paper, but by tradition he or she stays away from partisan politics and follows the advice of the prime minister.

On the other hand, in Monaco, Liechtenstein and the Vatican, the monarch has extensive powers and he active in day to day politics.

[insectilluminatigetshrekt]

You could languages of asia, like the one for europe, with iranian, indo aryan, slavic, semitic, dravidian, turkic, mongolic, sinitic, tibeto burman, tungusic, uralic, austronesian, kra dai, austro asiatic and tibeto burman. Probably some others as well.

Also for africa, showing semitic, cushitic, chadic, egyptian, berber, niger congo, nilotic, saharan and such. Maybe just a video about the afro asiatic family as well.

[Pepek]

In 1996 - Belarus has been transformed into dictatorship following unfair referendum.

[noahkidd]

Thanks for doing this work, I liked your video and it helps visualize political history.

A couple of minor gripes. Belarus was unambiguously authoritarian by the 1990s, and certainly shouldn't be shaded as a 'semi-authoritarian' republic. It is just authoritarian, period. Similarly, Russia should be shown as authoritarian, and the transition from republic to authoritarian regime should probably be placed around the mid to late 2000s. It's worth keeping in mind that most modern dictators do everything in their power to maintain a facade of democracy/republicanism, so the mere presence of republican institutions does not mean that the regime is not a dictatorship [Source: Spin Dictators, Sergei Guriev & Daniel Treisman].

Hungary under Viktor Orban is also not a republic. It is a semi-dictatorship, semi-republic at best, though I would argue that it is simply a dictatorship. Orban controls almost all of the media in Hungary, has packed the courts, has manipulated electoral rules to maintain overwhelming majorities, and clearly never intends to give up power. Again, Hungary has a republican facade but currently functions primarily as an autocracy. Orban maintains a republican facade for the same reasons that Putin pretends to be a democratic president -- democracies and republics have more legitimacy in contemporary times than dictatorships do, so they pretend to be democratic leaders rather than dictators.

Overall though, thanks for doing all this work. It must have taken a lot of research. Liked and subscribed.

[ramirosotto]

Would you do Absolute monarchies vs Constitutional monarchies vs Republics in Europe since 1789 ?

[baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis]

There should be a difference between unitary and federal republics.

[nia.d]

Ireland from 1922 - 1944 was no longer a colony of britain / monarchy but a free state that became republic in 1944. Small error but its a complex map and i forgive the mistake.

[Penkets]

How is Smetona in Lithuania more authoritarian than Stalin or Putin ?
Very weird choice.

[fluviusOptio]

One mistake: The Grand Duchy of Finland (1809-1917) was a Constitutional Monarchy as it used the old Swedish Constitution of 1772 all the way to 1919. It was by no means an absolute monarchy.

[Akor]

Albania was an Italian Protectorate between 1939 and 1943. In that period it was called Kingdom of Albania and the king was Victor Emmanuel III

[iamothemakhnovist]

Yperoxo video, euxaristw ! Zhtw oi Dhmokraties!

[juankostecki]

Make same of Asia, América, etc pleasee

[fullcirclehistory]

The other day I was literally wondering if someone would make a map video on this exact topic 😂