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tell me you're from the us without telling me you're from the us. what's a "branch of government"?
Every democracy has 3 branches (AKA powers): judiciary, legislative and executive.
no, not every democracy. every government performs those roles but they are not all split the same way. the nordic countries are single-branch and he chinese government has many more than three.
1 branch = old system.
The 3 branches are there to counterbalance the powers... theoretically.
And China is something different.
the nordic systems are based on popular sovereignty by proportional representation, which lies in opposition to separation of power.