What kind of government does Finland have?
Finland is a parliamentary democracy. Its legislature drafts the laws, and the laws are executed by a bureacracy headed by the prime minister and his/her cabinet, who in turn is responsible to the legislature. This system is common through most of Western Europe (except France, which is semi-presidential). Its government is popularly elected, responds to the will of the people, respects citizen and human rights, and follows the rule of law, and is thus considered a democracy by most modern definitions. Unlike in the USA, where the executive branch (under the President) is distinctly separate from the Congress, the two branches are fused in parliamentary systems. Finland has elected representatives, but no monarchy, and is thus also a republic. Finland is also unitary rather than federal (the United States is federal), because most power is concentrated in the national government, with no regional governments holding major legislative power. Finally, Finland could be called a social dem
