It has caught up with Estonia (11 governments under seven prime ministers since 1990).
Tony Abbott: This is a bonanza for the state governments under this government.
Serbia and Montenegro also had their own governments under separate constitutions.
States are not merely "laboratories of democracy," but also sovereign governments under our system of federalism.
"I didn't build Addax on getting acreages from governments under the table," he said.
The previous and current governments — under the prime ministers Mario Monti and Enrico Letta — tried to sort this out.
Moreover, state and local governments under financial stress are likely to continue layoffs for the rest of the year.
During the period from 1890 to 1910, the relatively stable politics of rotating governments under the constitutional monarchy disintegrated.
First mooted in 2003, it would serve as a bankruptcy system for governments under the fund's aegis.
"The Foreign Office should not hide behind any relationship with foreign governments under the guise of 'commercial sensitivity'," they said.
In Egypt and Greece, for example, rising poverty, high unemployment and financial turmoil could place governments under pressure.
