Some of the minor parties play almost no role in a country's politics because of their low recognition, vote and donations. Minor parties often receive very small numbers of votes at an election (to the point of losing any candidate nomination deposit). may also help voter turnout by bringing more people to the polls. Third party candidates at the top of the ticket can help to draw attention to other party candidates down the ballot, helping them to win local or state office.
Easy cases are almost always resolved correctly by lower courts. If there doesn't appear to be a possibility of the lower court having made an error, the Supreme Court will decline to hear the case. Also, the Supreme Court has far too little time to hear every case sent to it, so it will tend to turn down cases that don't deal with important and difficult Constitutional issues.
It's dominated by state-run enterprises. Most industries are owned and operated by the government and most of the labor force is employed by the state. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party encouraged the formation of worker co-operatives and self-employment.
