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What term is used to describe a country in which the state is governed according to, and is a defender of, a particular religion?

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Answer is: country in which the state is governed according to, and is a defender of, a particular religion is called theocratic.
Some contries today with theocratic governments are: Afghanistan (Islamic sharia law), Iran (leader Grand Ayatollah), Saudi Arabia (Islamic theocratic monarchy), Vatican (absolute theocratic elective monarchy), Sudan.

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