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city-state
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a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.
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monarchy
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supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.
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oligarchy
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a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
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tyranny
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arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
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democracy
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government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
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aristocrats
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a member of an aristocracy, esp. a noble.
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citizen
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a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection
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assembly
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an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose
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