1/ There are really only three political forms. What confuses people is that they are divided between manifestations in government and manifestations in economics, creating a total of six versions. The six forms are; Feudalism and monarchy Capitalism and democracy
4/ Finally we reach anarcho capitalism, which is the most competitive form of government and naturally has the most competitive form of economics: piracy. It is not a coincidence that the Medieval Iceland Republic had Vikings, while Somalia has pirates.
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5/ Capitalism is NOT the most competitive form of itself: piracy is. Capitalism involves mostly secure property rights. Now what I have described is three pure archetypes; feudal monarchy, capitalist democracy, and pirate anarcho capitalism.
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6/ People get confused because must of the world's regimes are mixed types. Dubai combines capitalism with monarchy. N. Korea is a pure feudal monarchy but doesn't yet have hereditary offices, and calls itself communist. America is moving towards a feudal form of economics but
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7/ still maintains the pretense of being a democracy. A lot of nations are "mixed" because historical processes do not allow them to admit what they are. So the continue to be other things well into their transformation.
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