Potassium requirements can be affected by climate and physical activity, the use of diuretics, and the intake of other electrolytes, notably sodium. Potassium blunts the effect of sodium chloride on blood pressure, mitigating salt sensitivity and lowering urinary calcium excretion (Whelton et al 1997).
A monarchy is an example ofan autocracy. 1  government in which one person has absolute power; dictatorship; despotism. 2  pl. -Â·cies a country with this kind of government.  unlimited power or authority of one person over others.
theocracy. 1  a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities. 2  a system of government by priests claiming a divine commission. 3  a commonwealth or state under such a form or system of government.