Barjimoa

Reply to comment from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_countries_by_system_of_government

Hi. I was conversing at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_countries_by_system_of_government and saw your comment, but there was no reply button, so I came here.

I feel similarly to you, but we should try to figure out what to base the colours on. The colourblind map ( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Forms_of_government_%28color_blind_palette%29.svg ) has all systems with legislature-elected heads of government in shades of red to yellow, while those with directly elected heads of government are in shades of blue.

The standard map could copy this, but we should consider other ways of splitting the categories. Unfortunately, all systems differ in important ways: whether the head of state and government are different positions, how the head of government is elected, whether the head of state is elected, and the effect of votes of no confidence. We could base the colours on the method of selecting the head of government like the colourblind map, but we could also use any of the other variables. So we could lump the monarchies against the republics or whatever else.

I think we should find something, though. All of them are very different, but not enough for Guyana to look more like Iran than it does like Canada. 159.2.250.177 (talk) 21:27, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

I agree, it's important to follow a logic, wheter it's parliamentary vs presidential or monarcy vs republic or whatever variable. Barjimoa (talk) 04:24, 2 December 2024 (UTC)