The neck of the Giraffe is the longest of any animal, yet it still only has 7 cervical vertebrae, as in most other mammals. The Giraffe has one of the shortest sleep requirements of any mammal, which is between 10 minutes and 2 hours in a 24 hour period.
Authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people.
There is no precise definition of authoritarianism, but several annual measurements are attempted, including Freedom House's annual Freedom in the World report. The following is a non-exhaustive list of examples of states which are currently (or frequently) characterized as authoritarian: