The political systems of Russia, Germany and Nigeria are all unique in their own way. From their political ideologies to their political parties, each country shapes their system to govern and successfully run their nation. Even though there are many differences the underlying principles of the systems remains the same.
Russia is a political system that does not resemble other European systems. The nations "persistent tradition of Absolutism" has set it apart from other nations(365 Mahler). Under most of Russia's dictators, the political ideology has been based on Karl Marx's form of Marxism. For example, leaders like Lenin, Khrushchev and Stalin all have based their rule and political decisions from a Marxist point of view. Because of its many leaders, the Russian constitution had been changed many times. Recently, Boris Yeltsin changed the constitution in 1993, which gave him an outstanding amount of power. He also planned reduce the size of regional legislators, which would also give him more power and resemble Russia's past leaders. .
However, Russia is making a step toward balancing its political power over the different parts of government despite being a federalist nation. Russia's legislative structure is known as the Federal Assembly, which is split into two parts. The Federation Council is the lower house and the State Duma in the upper house. The political party that has been the strongest throughout its history is the Communist party, but in recent years its power has diminished.
Nigeria is a country that has had difficulty trying to establish an effective political system throughout history. Under Nigeria's first two republics the military has used its power to take over the country and overthrow the government. Nigeria has had many problems with military coup. Military coups take place because a military has the weapons to use force, the chain of command for one official to control an entire army and corrupt military leaders who criticize the rule of the nation.
