Country Form of Government Explanation

Executive Branch
The executive branch is headed by the
Philippines President who functions as both the
head of state and the head of
government.
Legislative Branch
The branch of government having the
power to make laws; the legislature.
Judiciary Branch
The judiciary branch of the
government is headed by the Supreme
Court, which has a Chief Justice as its
head and 14 Associate Justices, all
appointed by the president on the
recommendation of the Judicial and
Bar Council.
United States of America Federal Government The federal government is composed
of three distinct
branches: legislative, executive,
and judicial, whose powers are vested
by the U.S Constitution in
the Congress, the President, and the
federal courts, including the Supreme
Court, respectively. The powers and
duties of these branches are further
defined by acts of Congress, including
the creation of executive departments
and courts inferior to the Supreme
Court.

North Korea Administrative ,Legislative The cabinet is the administrative and

and Judiciary executive body. The North
Korean government consists of three
branches: administrative,
legislative,and judicial. However, they
are not independent of each other.
France Executive The head of state and head of the
executive is the President, elected by
universal suffrage.

The French parliament is made up of

Legislative
two houses or chambers. The lower
and principal house of parliament is
the Assemble nationale, or national
assembly; the second chamber is
the Snat or Senate. Members of
Parliament, called Dputs, are
 elected by universal suffrage, in
general elections (lections
lgislatives) that take place every five
years

Judiciary
While the Minister of Justice, le
Garde des Sceaux, has powers over
the running of the justice system and
public prosecutors, the judiciary is
strongly independent of the executive
and legislative branches. The official
handbook of French civil law is
the Code Civil.
China Legislative
The legislative branch, the National
People's Congress.
Executive
The executive branch, the State
Council and President of China

Judicial
The judicial branch, the Supreme
People's Court and the Supreme
People's Procuratorate.

Singapore Executive

Legislative

Judiciary
Malaysia Legislature The bicameral parliament consists of
the lower house, the House of
Representatives or Dewan Rakyat
(literally the "Chamber of the
People") and the upper house, the
Senate or Dewan Negara (literally the
"Chamber of the Nation"). All
seventy Senate members sit for three-
year terms (to a maximum of two
terms); twenty-six are elected by the
thirteen state assemblies, and forty-
four are appointed by the king based
on the advice of the Prime Minister
Executive power is vested in the
Executive cabinet led by the prime minister; the
 Malaysian constitution stipulates that
the prime minister must be a member
of the Lower House of parliament
who, in the opinion of the Yang di-
Pertuan Agong (YDPA), commands a
majority in parliament.The cabinet is
chosen from among members of both
houses of Parliament and is
responsible to that body.The
Executive branch of the government
consists of the Prime Minister as the
head of the government, followed by
the various ministers of the Cabinet.
Judiciary The highest court in the judicial
system is the Federal Court, followed
by the Court of Appeal, and two High
Courts, one for Peninsular Malaysia,
and one for East Malaysia. The
subordinate courts in each of these
jurisdictions include Sessions Courts,
Magistrates' Courts, and Courts for
Children. Malaysia also has a Special
Court to hear cases brought by or
against all Royalty.
United Kingdom

Puerto Rico Executive The Executive Power is exercised by

the Governor, who leads a cabinet
conformed by the heads of the
commonwealth's executive
departments, who in turn must be
ratified by the Legislature. The
Governor is elected by popular vote
for a four-year term (no term limits),
which begins on the second day of
January after the year of his election
and ends on the date his successor
takes office.

The Legislative Power resides in the

Legislative
Senate and in the Chamber of
Representatives. The Senate consists
of 27 members, 2 per electoral
district, and 11 elected according to
the different districts proportion of
population. Two extra seats are
granted in each house to the
opposition if necessary to limit any
party's control to two thirds.

The Judicial System is directed by the

Supreme Court. The Supreme Court
is formed by 7 judges (a chief justice
and six associate justices) named by
the Governor. The structure of the
Judicial System includes a Court of
Appeals, Superior Court, a District
Court (civil & criminal), and
Municipal Court. There are 12
judicial districts.