what type of political system does russia have?
Constitutional republic
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 In modern times , the rule of Ivan Alexander inspired Bulgarian national writer Ivan Vazov to write the novelette Ivan @-@ Aleksandǎr and the drama Kǎm propast ( Towards an Abyss ) , in both of which the tsar is the main character . 

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 According to the book Geniocracy , creating a peaceful worldwide political union requires a form of government that favors intelligence over mediocrity . While having a democratic electoral apparatus , it differs from traditional liberal democracy by requiring members of the electorate to meet a minimum standard of intelligence . The thresholds proposed by the Raëlians are 50 % above average for a candidate and 10 % above average for a voter . Raëlians believe that a world government is only possible through establishing a global currency , a common language , and a transformation of militaries of the world into civil police . 

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 In his book Geniocracy , Raël outlined his plan for a peaceful worldwide political union that , while democratic , would require members of the electorate to meet a minimum standard of intelligence . The thresholds proposed by the Raëlians are 50 % above average for a candidate and 10 % above average for a voter . The world government would also have a global currency , a common language , and a transformation of militaries of the world into civil police . 

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 Under one person , one vote , each country 's number of votes is directly proportional to its population . This would be similar to how U.S. states are represented in the United States House of Representatives . In The Future of Sovereignty - Rethinking a Key Concept of International Relations , Hasenclever et al. sum up the advantages and disadvantages of this system : " In a strict meaning of democracy based on individuals as subjects , every person 's vote would have to have exactly the same weight . None of the known proposals , however , supports such a strict interpretation , because the inequality among the states ' voting powers would be extreme with only four countries - China , India , the United States and the former USSR - disposing of an absolute majority . " A way to resolve the disparity in population between countries would be to apportion representation to regions instead of nations . This would , for example , place Suriname and Brazil , the least and most populated South American countries , in a single South American voting bloc of approximately 400 million people , preserving the one person , one vote system while eliminating extreme disparities in population . This approach , however , is dependent upon elected officials being entrusted to represent said regions and not just their home countries , and could potentially leave some less populated countries with no representatives from their country if they are either outvoted by people in more populated countries in their assigned region or if the people in less populated countries vote in large numbers for candidates or political parties from other countries . 

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 Each political party can support only one candidate . In the election , the president is elected with a majority of the vote . If no candidate receives more than half of votes , the top two candidates meet in the second round of election . 
