government

system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state. traditionally all three branches, legislature, executive and judiciary. in modern englisch often the executive branch.
class type_of_organization Q7188
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Summary

government is a type of organization[1]. government ranks in the top 4% of type of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,298 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Item operated: aircraft in government service[3]
  • Subclass of: organization[4], governing body[5]
  • Commons category: Government[6]
  • Opposite of: political opposition[7]
  • Has part(s): legislature[8], executive branch[9], judiciary[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Government[11]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[12], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[15], The New Student's Reference Work[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[17], Red Blue Translator[18]
  • Has characteristic: form of government[19], government structure[20]
  • Manifestation of: power[21]
  • Different from: anarchism[22], anarcho-communism[23], anarcho-capitalism[24], state[25], country[26], state system[27], cabinet[28]
  • Properties for this type: P6[29], P527[30], P17[31], P571[32], P576[33], P3842[34], P1313[35], P355[36], P122[37]
  • Uses: governance[38]
  • Position held by head of the organization: head of government[39]
  • Wikidata usage instructions: обычно относится к исполнительной власти[40], se réfère généralement à l'exécutif[41], звычайна адносіцца да выканаўчай улады[42]
  • Hashtag: government[43]
  • Subject has role: government administration[44]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[45]

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for government include Member of the Government[46], a film[47], directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi[48].

Why It Matters

government has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] government is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for government include Member of the Government[46], a film[47], directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi[48].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12h ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'av', '
    Sitelink count → 209
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-p13b-1tit-TBSD
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-p13b-1tit-TBSD, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250719670|rząd (#250719670)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl topic]] #"
  2. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Government
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Government, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 6839
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 6839, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167479026|GOVERNMENT (#167479026)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]"
  4. 12w ago · Chalmd · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → 6ee2f4fc-f0d0-44ed-abae-2d4fdcbad6b3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bbc things id: 6ee2f4fc-f0d0-44ed-abae-2d4fdcbad6b3, Adding BBC Things ID"
  5. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1WWTU2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 14w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state. tradi
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; add external ID to reference ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  7. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → government
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: government, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934110|government (#289934110)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  8. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004365-vlada
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004365-vlada, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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