instance_of government of australia
A ___MASK43___ is a ___MASK52___ of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a ___MASK20___ or other ___MASK41___ is governed . These rules together make up , i . e . " constitute ", what the entity is . When these principles are written down into a ___MASK81___ document or ___MASK52___ of legal documents , those documents ___MASK79___ be said to embody a " written " ___MASK43___ ; if they are written down in a ___MASK81___ comprehensive document , it is said to embody a " codified " ___MASK43___ . Some constitutions ( such as the ___MASK43___ of the United Kingdom ) are uncodified , but written in numerous fundamental Acts of a legislature , court cases or treaties . Morocco (', lit . " The West "; '), officially known as the Kingdom of Morocco (', lit . " The Western Kingdom "; '), is a sovereign ___MASK8___ located in the Maghreb region of North Africa . Geographically , Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior , large tracts of ___MASK88___ , and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic ___MASK16___ and Mediterranean ___MASK29___ . Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian ___MASK8___ in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a ___MASK4___ - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest ___MASK8___ in the European Union by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the ___MASK8___ . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . The ___MASK66___ of the Commonwealth of Australia , also referred to as the Australian ___MASK66___ , the Commonwealth ___MASK66___ or the Federal ___MASK66___ , is the federal democratic administrative authority of Australia . The Commonwealth of Australia , a federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy , was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement among six self - governing British colonies , which became the six states . The terms of this contract are embodied in the Australian Constitution , which was drawn up at a Constitutional Convention and ratified by the people of the colonies at referendums . The structure of the Australian ___MASK66___ ___MASK79___ be examined in light of two distinct concepts , namely federalism and the separation of powers into executive , legislative , and judicial branches of government . Separation of powers is implied from the structure of the Constitution which breaks down the branches of government into separate chapters . The Australian federal system is a unique mixture of the Westminster and US systems of federal representative democracy , with important elements of both present . A ___MASK44___ is a form of ___MASK66___ in which a group , usually a family called the ___MASK23___ , embodies the country ' s national identity and one of its members , called the monarch , exercises a role of sovereignty . The actual power of the monarch ___MASK79___ vary from purely symbolic ( crowned republic ), to partial and restricted (" constitutional " ___MASK44___ ), to completely autocratic (" absolute " ___MASK44___ ). Traditionally and in most cases , the monarch ' s post is inherited and lasts until death or abdication , but there are also elective monarchies where the monarch is elected . Each of these has variations : in some elected monarchies only those of certain pedigrees are , whereas many hereditary monarchies impose requirements regarding the religion , age , gender , mental capacity , and other factors . Occasionally this might create a situation of rival claimants whose legitimacy is subject to effective election . Finally , there have been cases where the term of a monarch ' s reign is either fixed in years or continues until certain goals are achieved : an invasion being repulsed , for instance . Thus there are widely divergent structures and traditions defining ___MASK44___ . Monarchy was the most common form of ___MASK66___ until the 19th century , but it is no longer prevalent . Where it exists , it is now usually a constitutional ___MASK44___ , in which the monarch retains a unique legal and ceremonial role , but exercises limited or no official political power : under the written or unwritten constitution , others have governing authority . Currently , 47 sovereign nations in the world have monarchs acting as heads of state , 19 of which are Commonwealth realms that recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state . All European monarchies are constitutional ones , with the exception of the Vatican City which is an elective ___MASK44___ , but sovereigns in the smaller states exercise greater political influence than in the larger . The monarchs of Cambodia , Japan , and Malaysia " reign , but do not rule " although there is considerable variation in the degree of authority they wield . Although they reign under constitutions , the monarchs of Brunei , Morocco , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and Swaziland appear to continue to exercise more political influence than any other single source of authority in their nations , either by constitutional mandate or by tradition . A ___MASK80___ ( also known as a parliamentary monarchy ) is a form of monarchy in which the sovereign exercises their authorities in accordance with a written or unwritten constitution . ___MASK80___ differs from absolute monarchy ( in which a ___MASK73___ holds absolute power ), in that constitutional monarchs are bound to exercise their powers and authorities within the limits prescribed within an established legal ___MASK1___ . Constitutional monarchies range from countries such as Morocco , where the constitution grants substantial discretionary powers to the sovereign , to countries such as Sweden or Denmark where the ___MASK73___ retains very few formal authorities . ___MASK56___ , or despotic monarchy , is a form of monarchy in which one ___MASK100___ has supreme authority that is not restricted by any written laws , legislature , or ___MASK42___ . These are often , but not always , hereditary monarchies . In contrast , in constitutional monarchies , the head of state ' s authority derives from and is legally bounded or restricted by a constitution or legislature .