Government
the authority of the state. Savage people and defenseless people have been taken under the "protection" of the greater powers so completely that the types of government have been reduced to four. The approximate population living under each form is (1909):
| Republican | 185,000,000 |
| Constitutional | 300,000,000 |
| Autocratic | 625,000,000 |
| Colonies and dependencies | 501,000,000 |
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