diarchy
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- Formal use
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- Andorra
- Eswatini
- Nicaragua
- Northern Ireland
- San Marino
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- Sparta
- Roman Republic
- Kartli
- Hungary
- Afghanistan
- Japan
- Medieval Europe
- Tibet
- Russia
- England, Scotland and Ireland
- Canada
- India
- Western Samoa
- Bolivia
- Israel
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- Bureaucracy
- Influential outsiders
- Informally shared power
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Diarchy (from Greek , di-, "double", and , -arkhía, "ruled"), duarchy, or duumvirate is a form of government characterized by co-rule, with two people ruling a polity together either lawfully or de facto, by collusion and force. The leaders of such a system are usually known as corulers.
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