The States as the Main Actors of the World Politics

Abstract

The main purpose of the research is analysis of the states as main participants of world politics. In this regard, there are presented dates about the number of the states, their classification according to the socio-economic development (based on the GDP per capita and index of development), forms of governance (republican – presidential, semi-presidential, parliamentary; Monarchies – absolute and constitutional), administrative-territorial division (unitary and federal states), size of the territories, number of populations, geographical location, etc. Thus, it can be assumed that based on the geographic, political, socio-economic, legal, etc. factors, states differ from each other, which determines the differences in their foreign policy and national security priorities.