Compare and contrast the methods of government in two established states.

Candidates will give an account of the similarities and differences in the methods of government in two states, focusing on both states throughout the response. While the focus of the response must be within the timeframe of this topic, the two states chosen need not be contemporaneous with each other and they may or may not be chosen from the same region. Methods to be considered may include, the use of religious law, common law, a tributary system, a bureaucratic system of regional representatives of the state or rule by a military elite. These may have been effective or ineffective or a combination of both.