A government is the system by which a state or community is controlled.^[1] In the case of this broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislators, administrators, and arbitrators.^{[dubious – discuss]} Government is the means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining the policy of the state.^{[dubious – discuss]} Forms of government, or forms of state governance, refers to the set of political systems and institutions that make up the organisation of a specific government.^{[dubious – discuss]}