A government is the system by which a state or community is controlled.[1] In the case of this broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislators, administrators, and arbitrators.[dubious– discuss] Government is the means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining the policy of the state.[dubious– discuss]Forms of government, or forms of state governance, refers to the set of political systems and institutions that make up the organisation of a specific government.[dubious– discuss] Governments control the economy, social freedoms, and political systems, and may or may not be voluntary.
In addition to the above political meanings, in grammar and theoretical linguistics, government or rection refers to the relationship between a word and its dependents.