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Brazil
- Government
- Federal presidential republic
- Legal tradition
- Civil law
How does one constitution divide power across a country of 26 states and a federal district?
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🇫🇷Europe
France
- Government
- Semi-presidential republic
- Legal tradition
- Civil law
France divides executive power between a president and a prime minister—but the balance can shift.
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India
- Government
- Federal parliamentary republic
- Legal tradition
- Common law with personal and customary laws
A vast federal system where national, state, religious, and customary rules can intersect.
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Japan
- Government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Legal tradition
- Civil law
The emperor is the symbol of the state while elected institutions exercise governing power.
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Kenya
- Government
- Presidential republic
- Legal tradition
- Mixed common, Islamic, and customary law
Kenya’s legal system brings several legal traditions into one constitutional structure.
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New Zealand
- Government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Legal tradition
- Common law
Unlike many countries, New Zealand does not have one single written constitutional document.
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South Africa
- Government
- Parliamentary republic
- Legal tradition
- Mixed civil, common, and customary law
Its constitutional system was rebuilt around rights and democratic government after apartheid.
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Vietnam
- Government
- Socialist republic
- Legal tradition
- Civil law
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