Colombia today
A blank cheque every four years
You vote once and hand over full power until the next time. The citizenry elects the Presidency, Congress and territorial governments, and the country runs with 32 departments, Bogotá D.C. and 1,104 municipalities on top.
Measured political cost: at least $321,076 million a month. It corresponds to the quantified perimeter of Congress, DAPRE and CNE.