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This is a list of countries categorized by system of government currently in use. ==Democratic republics== ''In which a country is governed by an elected president, or a cabinet appointed by a legislature elected in (more or less) free and fair elections.'' ===Africa=== *Angola *Benin *Botswana *Cape Verde *Comoros *Côte d'Ivoire *Ghana *Guinea-Bissau *Kenya *Madagascar *Malawi *Mali *Mauritius *Mozambique (authoritarian tendencies) *Namibia *Niger *Nigeria (chronic political turmoil; republic transitioning from military to civilian rule) *São Tomé and Príncipe *Senegal *Seychelles (quasi-authoritarian) *Sierra Leone *South Africa *Tanzania (quasi-authoritarian) *Zambia ===Asia=== *Bangladesh (chronic political turmoil) *Republic of China (known as Taiwan) *East Timor *Fiji *India *Indonesia (elements of military rule) *Israel *Kiribati *Republic of Korea *Lebanon (chronic political turmoil; elements of military rule) *Marshall Islands *Federated States of Micronesia *Mongolia *Nauru *Palau *Philippines (chronic political turmoil) *Sri Lanka (chronic political turmoil; authoritarian tendencies) *Turkey *Vanuatu ===Europe=== *Albania *Armenia (authoritarian tendencies) *Austria *Bosnia and Herzegovina *Bulgaria *Croatia *Cyprus *Czech Republic *Estonia *Finland *France *Georgia *Germany *Greece *Hungary *Iceland *Republic of Ireland *Italy (slight authoritarian tendencies) *Latvia *Lithuania *Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia *Malta *Moldova *Poland *Portugal *Romania *Russia (authoritarian tendencies) *San Marino *Serbia and Montenegro *Slovakia *Slovenia *Switzerland *Ukraine (authoritarian tendencies) ===North America=== *Costa Rica *Dominica *Dominican Republic *El Salvador *Guatemala *Honduras *Nicaragua *Mexico *Panama *Trinidad and Tobago *United States ===South America=== *Argentina *Bolivia *Brazil *Chile *Colombia (chronic political turmoil) *Ecuador *Guyana *Paraguay *Peru *Suriname *Uruguay *Venezuela ==Democratic constitutional monarchies== ''In which a country is governed by an elected legislature and prime minister, with a monarch as a symbolic head of state.'' (see also Current monarchies) ===Africa=== *Lesotho (kingdom; authoritarian tendencies) *Morocco (kingdom; authoritarian tendencies) ===Asia=== *Australia (Commonwealth realm) *Bhutan (kingdom) *Cambodia (kingdom) *Japan (monarchy) *Jordan (kingdom; authoritarian tendencies) *Malaysia (elective monarchy; authoritarian tendencies) *Nepal (kingdom; authoritarian tendencies; in turmoil) *New Zealand (Commonwealth realm) *Papua New Guinea (Commonwealth realm) *Samoa (traditional monarchy) *Solomon Islands (Commonwealth realm; chronic political turmoil) *Thailand (kingdom) *Tuvalu (Commonwealth realm) ===Europe=== *Andorra (coprincipality) *Belgium (kingdom) *Denmark (kingdom) *Liechtenstein (principality. recently, nearly two-thirds of the electorate have agreed to back the prince hans adam's proposal to become an absolute monarchy.) *Luxembourg (grand duchy) *Monaco (principality; authoritarian tendencies) *Netherlands (kingdom) *Norway (kingdom) *Spain (kingdom) *Sweden (kingdom) *United Kingdom (kingdom) ===North America=== *Antigua and Barbuda (Commonwealth realm) *The Bahamas (Commonwealth realm) *Barbados (Commonwealth realm) *Belize (Commonwealth realm) *Canada (Commonwealth realm) *Grenada (Commonwealth realm) *Jamaica (Commonwealth realm) *Saint Kitts and Nevis (Commonwealth realm) *Saint Lucia (Commonwealth realm) *Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Commonwealth realm) ''Commonwealth realms share a common monarch'' ==Absolute monarchies== ''In which a country is governed solely by an absolute monarch, possibly along with other members of his family.'' *Bahrain (kingdom) *Brunei Darussalam (sultanate) *Kuwait (emirate) *Oman (sultanate) *Qatar (emirate) *Saudi Arabia (kingdom; theocratic monarchy) *Swaziland (kingdom) *Tonga (kingdom) *United Arab Emirates (federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates) *Vatican City (Holy See) ==Authoritarian republics== ''In which a country is governed by a dictatorial leader or a single-party hierarchy that does not allow for effective popular opposition.'' (See also: #Communist states) ===Africa=== *Algeria (elements of military rule) *Burkina Faso *Cameroon *Chad (elements of military rule) *Republic of Congo *Djibouti *Egypt *Equatorial Guinea (elements of military rule) *Eritrea (all opposition banned; the constitution, ratified in May 1997, did not enter into effect, pending parliamentary and presidential elections; parliamentary elections had been scheduled in December 2001, but were postponed indefinitely) *Ethiopia *Gabon *The Gambia *Guinea (elements of military rule) *Libya (all opposition banned; elements of military and theocratic rule) *Mauritania (elements of military rule) *Rwanda (elements of military rule) *Togo (elements of military rule) *Tunisia *Uganda (elements of military rule) *Zimbabwe (elements of military rule) ===Asia=== *Azerbaijan *Iran (semi-democratic Islamic theocracy) *Kazakhstan *Kyrgyzstan *Maldives (opposition effectively banned) *Pakistan (elements of military and theocratic rule) *Singapore (authoritarian; consistent one-party rule; heavily restricts freedom of speech) *Syria (elements of military rule) *Tajikistan (chronic political turmoil) *Turkmenistan (all opposition banned; totalitarian one-man dictatorship) *Uzbekistan *Yemen ===Europe=== *Belarus ==Military governments== ''In which a country is governed by the military which has seized control of the nation's political institutions.'' *Central African Republic *Myanmar (known by opponents of the regime by the old name Burma) *Sudan (elements of theocratic rule) ==Communist states== ''In which a country is governed by a Communist Party hierarchy. Such countries do not necessarily operate in practice under a socialist or communist economic system.'' *Cuba *People's Republic of China *Democratic People's Republic of Korea (extreme totalitarian state; one-man dictatorship) *Laos (elements of military rule) *Vietnam ==Transitional governments== ''In which a country is governed by a recently-established caretaker administration, and thus cannot be accurately identified as one of the above.'' *Afghanistan (since the U.S.-led invasion and fall of the Taliban) *Burundi (since the peace agreement to end civil war) *Democratic Republic of the Congo (dictatorship; presumably undergoing a transition to representative government) *Haiti (since Jean-Bertrand Aristide was deposed) *Iraq (since the U.S.-led invasion and fall of Saddam Hussein) *Liberia (since President Charles Taylor was deposed) *Somalia (no permanent national government; transitional, parliamentary national government) This list may be subject to debate. Some countries may fall into more than one category. == See also == * List of forms of government == External links == * Countries categorized by system of government in 20th century at Historical Atlas of 20th Century
