In many nations in Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa, the law imposes few real limits, but the government is nevertheless kept in check by other political and social institutions that it does not control.Examples of these outside actors include autonomous territories, an organized church, organized business groups, or organized labor unions.Such governments are generally called

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Authoritarian governments are characterized by limited political pluralism, with power concentrated in a single authority or a small group that is not constitutionally responsible to the public. The presence of other political and social institutions that the government does not control, such as autonomous territories, churches, business groups, or labor unions, can exert a moderating influence on the government's power, fitting the description of an authoritarian regime rather than a fully autocratic or totalitarian state.

In Many Nations in Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa