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...and for some reason GF is being dumb and not letting me post this, so I'm going to do it as a second post.

Dikitain posted...

We live in a Presidential Republic.

@Dikitain If you want to be specific, you live in a federal liberal representative democratic presidential constitutional capitalist republic, and you can continue adding as many descriptors onto that as you want.

Federal: The government exists as a union of several smaller regional governments (in this case states), with authority divided between the two. Contrast with confederalism (same system, but with the smaller regional governments having supremacy over the federal government) or unitarianism (where the central government holds all or nearly all power).

Liberal: Rules of law govern how leaders must lead and protect the rights and freedoms of the general populace. Contrast with illiberal democracy (where the leader or leaders are largely unconstrained by the law and are free to govern as they please).

Representative (Democratic): The electorate selects leaders who vote on their behalf on matters of state. Contrast with direct democracy (the electorate votes on most or all matters of significance) or demarchy (those who vote on matters of state are selected randomly at regular intervals).

Democratic: Leaders are selected by the general public in elections and matters of state are voted on by the general public, either directly through referenda, or indirectly via representatives. Contrast with autocracy (where elections are either rigged/staged or absent, and a leader holds power until they either step down for a successor or are overthrown), some forms of theocracy (leaders are chosen by religious ceremony/officials), or anarchy (there are no leaders or authorities and the people are left to govern themselves).