Citizens can help decide the government leaders depending on the type if government. in a presidential democracy citizens vote for a president while in a autocracy they don't have any votes or
Citizens have a really strong relationship with the government because A teacher is a citizen therefore helping the government with the job they made by teaching students. they also vote for a president which the government cannot choose the president because if they do citizens will be extremely angry and will go against the government. Citizens will also pay the government money for food. The government provides jobs for people and the government gets money for that as well.