Government and Politics of Vatican City
- Form of government: Ecclesiastical; elective non-hereditary Absolute Theocratic Monarchy
- Capital: Vatican City
- Association of Vatican Lay Workers
- Elections in Vatican City
- Political parties in Vatican City: none. Vatican City is in the jurisdiction of the Holy See, which has absolute authority over it.
- Political scandals of Vatican City
- Banco Ambrosiano
- Gone with the Wind in the Vatican
- Roman Question
- Vatican Secret Archives
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