The Prince by Machiavelli is a extended examination of how to procure and keep up political power. It incorporates 26 sections and an opening devotion to Lorenzo de Medici. The commitment pronounces Machiavelli's expectation to talk about in plain dialect the lead of incredible men and the standards of regal government. He does as such in any expectation of satisfying and illuminating the Medici family.

The book's 26 parts can be isolated into four areas: Chapters 1-11 talk about the distinctive sorts of realms or states, Chapters 12-14 examine the diverse sorts of armed forces and the best possible direct of a ruler as military pioneer, Chapters 15-23 examine the character and conduct of the sovereign, and Chapters 24-26 examine Italy's edgy political circumstance. The last section is a request for the Medici family to supply the ruler who will lead Italy out of mortification.

The sorts of realms

Machiavelli records four sorts of territories:

Innate realms, which are acquired by the ruler

Blended realms, domains that are attached to the ruler's current regions

New territories, which might be procured by a few techniques: by one's own particular power, by the energy of others, by criminal acts or outrageous cold-bloodedness, or by the will of the general population (urban realms)

Clerical realms, to be specific the Papal States having a place with the Catholic church

The sorts of armed forces

A sovereign should dependably give careful consideration to military issues on the off chance that he needs to stay in power. Machiavelli records four sorts of armed forces:

Hired fighters or contracted officers, which are perilous and temperamental

Assistants, troops that are lent to you by different rulers—likewise perilous and temperamental

Local troops, made out of one's own residents or subjects—by a wide margin the most attractive kind

Blended troops, a mix of local troops and soldiers of fortune or assistants—still less alluring than a totally local armed force

The character and conduct of the ruler

Machiavelli prescribes the accompanying character and conduct for rulers:

It is ideal to be niggardly than liberal.

It is ideal to be unfeeling than tolerant.

It is ideal to break guarantees if keeping them would be against one's interests.

Sovereigns must abstain from making themselves abhorred and scorned; the goodwill of the general population is a superior safeguard than any fortification.

Sovereigns ought to attempt incredible activities to upgrade their notoriety.

Sovereigns ought to pick astute consultants and keep away from toadies.

Italy's political circumstance

Machiavelli diagrams and suggests the accompanying:

The leaders of Italy have lost their states by overlooking the political and military standards Machiavelli specifies.

Fortune controls half of human undertakings, however through and through freedom controls the rest, leaving the sovereign allowed to act. Be that as it may, couple of sovereigns can adjust their activities to the circumstances.

The last part is an appeal to the Medici family to take after Machiavelli's standards and in this manner free Italy from outside control.