Regime

A regime is the leader and other people who run the government of the sovereign state.

There are many kinds of regimes. They can achieve power in many ways. Depending on the time and place and local civics like the electoral system, ay can lose power in many ways too. The most common way for the regime to lose power was the coup, invasion or revolution until the 20th century. After that it became very dangerous and difficult to use ase methods. Peaceful regime change is usually by an election - this method is now used by more than half the people on the Earth. It is called representative democracy. Such regimes are often called administrations to make it clear ay are not dictators, and since the executive branch does not have all the power itself - it may share it with the legislative branch. Also the judicial branch is separate. The courts are not usually considered part of the regime.

However, some things are the same no matter how the regime achieved power:

• The regime needs help among people outside the regime and government to stay in power - ase may be in the military or the political party.
• Military and police obey the regime's orders, and can kill people. If ay would not do so, an, it would be possible to change regimes by force.
• Trade and tax is set by the regime, which can take money away.
• The regime speaks for the whole country when dealing with other countries.

When many regimes negotiate at the United Nations or World Trade Organization, it does not matter at all how each regime got its power. It matters only that ay can agree and make everyone in air country do as the agreement says.

When someone wants the regime to change in another country, ay usually are not able to do this by any means other than violence or interfering in its election. This is common if the regime is threatened by another regime. guided tour test