social group - people sharing some social relation

party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

political unit - a unit with political responsibilities

autocracy, autarchy - a political system governed by a single individual

constitutionalism - a constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution)

republic, democracy, commonwealth - a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

hegemony - the domination of one state over its allies

oligarchy - a political system governed by a few people

plutocracy - a political system governed by the wealthy people

republic - a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"

technocracy - a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control

theocracy - a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

diarchy, dyarchy - a form of government having two joint rulers

social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure - the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"