This British show is from none other than Armando Iannucci, aka Veep's creator. It's a satire of the British government, focused mainly on the fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship.

Watch four seasons on Hulu.

The West Wing is essential viewing for anyone looking for political drama. When it comes to the inner workings of a president's office, it has everything. There's also still humor, as well as writer Aaron Sorkin's signature lightning fast dialogue.

Watch all seven seasons on Netflix.

Another Sorkin project, The Newsroom is a commentary about how the news media handles political coverage. The show has its flaws, but its cast and short, three-season run make it worth a watch.

Watch all three seasons on Amazon Prime, HBO Now, or with a cable subscription, on HBO's site.

Julianna Margulies stars as Alicia Florrick, a wife who's juggling her career, family, and her husband's career as Governor of Illinois. It's chock full of the scandal, cheating, and drama you want from a political series.

Watch all seven seasons on Amazon Prime, CBS All Access, or Hulu.

Mad Men isn't directly about politicians, but it does follow a number of 1960s ad agency execs managing their clients, the political climate, and business and personal scandals of their own.

Watch all seven seasons on Netflix.

Kerry Washington is a stunner in this Shonda Rhimes series — Olivia Pope can handle anything. As a crisis management advisor in Washington D.C., Olivia finds herself in the center of plenty of public snafus, and also has an affair with the president — no big deal, right?

Watch all seven seasons on Netflix.

This is admittedly much less dark than the other selections on this list, but we need a palette cleanser every once in a while! Parks and Rec offers a more wholesome view of the government through the eyes of the Pawnee, Indiana Parks Department, following its employees as they help to make the town a better place.

Watch all seven seasons on Amazon Prime, Netflix, or Hulu.

Téa Leoni stars as Elizabeth McCord, Secretary of State, who's just taken office. She's kind of an all-around badass: great at her job, and a mother and wife juggling things at home.

Watch four seasons on Netflix and newer episodes on CBS All Access.

Alpha House only ran for two seasons, but the Amazon original still has a 73 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and an all-star cast: John Goodman, Mark Consuelos, Wanda Sykes, Amy Sedaris, Haley Joel Osment are among the stars in this story of four GOP senators sharing the same house.

Watch both seasons on Amazon Prime.

This miniseries, based on a nonfiction book of the same name, follows a young mayor (Oscar Isaac) who tries to remedy racial injustices in Yonkers and build low-income housing in white neighborhoods.

Watch the entire miniseries on HBO Now or HBOgo with your cable subscription.

Designated Survivor's high-stakes story follows Kiefer Sutherland as Tom Kirkman, a low-level Cabinet member who, after a horrifying attack on America, suddenly finds himself having to navigate a U.S. presidency.

Watch three seasons on Netflix.

Widely hailed as one of the best shows of all time, The Wire dives deep into Baltimore's drug scene, the government officials ruling the city, and how the media influences all of it.

Watch all five seasons on Amazon Prime, HBO Now, or HBOgo with your cable subscription.

Claire Danes plays Carrie Mathison, a CIA operative who is hell bent on thwarting terrorist attacks against the United States. The show still airs on Showtime, and will have you on the edge of your seat the entire time.

Watch seven seasons on Hulu or with your Showtime subscription.

The Crown may be about a monarchy, but anyone who watches the show will tell you that Queen Elizabeth has to deal with politicking much more often than she would like.

Watch the first two seasons on Netflix.

This show explores a fictional alternate reality in which the Axis powers won World War II. America is nothing like we know it to be now, and Nazis are everywhere. It's an interesting take on U.S. politics, and it's easy to lose yourself in its sci-fi-esque premise.

Watch three seasons on Amazon Prime.

A spinoff of The Good Wife, The Good Fight follows Christine Baranski's Diane Lockhart as she tries to manage her mayhem-filled law career, avoid scandal, and restore her family's reputation.

Watch on CBS All Access.

Another Kiefer Sutherland project, each of 24's episodes give counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer 24 hours to defeat whoever his enemy of the day might be. It's full of twists and turns, and there's never a dull moment in Bauer's life.

Watch all nine seasons on Hulu.

This spy thriller, set during the Cold War, follows two KGB officers posing as a regular old American husband-and-wife duo living outside Washington, D.C. When it aired its final episode last year, it was widely considered one of TV's best-ever series finales.

Watch all six seasons on Amazon Prime.

The Blacklist is all about an ex-government operative turned fugitive turned government operative again. Red Reddington has agreed to work with the FBI to bring down their most wanted list of criminals, but as you might imagine, it's not an easy task, nor are his motives always clear.

Watch five seasons on Netflix and newer episodes on NBC's site.

These political TV shows won't completely ease the pain of Veep's departure, but they'll be a start. And who knows? Maybe you'll even find a new favorite to obsess over.