Traditions of Rule

It is interesting on how cultural traditions of rule seem to correlate with present day governments, especially in executive branches and the power that they hold. Latin America for instance has a tradition of rule by caudillos who are powerful individual rulers, and this correlates with governments in the region in adopting policies that could allow a president to expand his influence and power. Japan had a long history of central ruling, and therefore we see a strong central government, not a federalist government like the one seen in America. The arabic world has a saying that states, "better to live in tyranny then to live in anarchy" enabling them to accept the tradition of dictatorship, and royal monarchies as seen in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, ect. History it seams continually shapes and affects government, but it effects the executive much more. Legislative government is comparatively a newer form of government.