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<span class="category_data">This entry gives the basic form of government. Definitions of the major governmental terms are as follows. (Note that for some countries more than one definition applies.):
<br><b>Absolute monarchy</b> - a form of government where the monarch rules unhindered, i.e., without any laws, constitution, or legally organized opposition.
<br><b>Anarchy</b> - a condition of lawlessness or political disorder brought about by the absence of governmental authority.
<br><b>Authoritarian</b> - a form of government in which state authority is imposed onto many aspects of citizens' lives.
<br><b>Commonwealth</b> - a nation, state, or other political entity founded on law and united by a compact of the people for the common good.
<br><b>Communist</b> - a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single - often authoritarian - party holds power; state controls are imposed with the elimination of private ownership of property or capital while claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people (i.e., a classless society).
<br><b>Confederacy (Confederation)</b> - a union by compact or treaty between states, provinces, or territories, that creates a central government with limited powers; the constituent entities retain supreme authority over all matters except those delegated to the central government.
<br><b>Constitutional</b> - a government by or operating under an authoritative document (constitution) that sets forth the system of fundamental laws and principles that determines the nature, functions, and limits of that government.
<br><b>Constitutional democracy</b> - a form of government in which the sovereign power of the people is spelled out in a governing constitution.
<br><b>Constitutional monarchy</b> - a system of government in which a monarch is guided by a constitution whereby his/her rights, duties, and responsibilities are spelled out in written law or by custom.
<br><b>Democracy</b> - a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but which is usually exercised indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed.
<br><b>Democratic republic</b> - a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
<br><b>Dictatorship</b> - a form of government in which a ruler or small clique wield absolute power (not restricted by a constitution or laws).
<br><b>Ecclesiastical</b> - a government administrated by a church.
<br><b>Emirate</b> - similar to a monarchy or sultanate, but a government in which the supreme power is in the hands of an emir (the ruler of a Muslim state); the emir may be an absolute overlord or a sovereign with constitutionally limited authority.
<br><b>Federal (Federation)</b> - a form of government in which sovereign power is formally divided - usually by means of a constitution - between a central authority and a number of constituent regions (states, colonies, or provinces) so that each region retains some management of its internal affairs; differs from a confederacy in that the central government exerts influence directly upon both individuals as well as upon the regional units.
<br><b>Federal republic</b> - a state in which the powers of the central government are restricted and in which the component parts (states, colonies, or provinces) retain a degree of self-government; ultimate sovereign power rests with the voters who chose their governmental representatives.
<br><b>Islamic republic</b> - a particular form of government adopted by some Muslim states; although such a state is, in theory, a theocracy, it remains a republic, but its laws are required to be compatible with the laws of Islam.
<br><b>Maoism</b> - the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism developed in China by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), which states that a continuous revolution is necessary if the leaders of a communist state are to keep in touch with the people.
<br><b>Marxism</b> - the political, economic, and social principles espoused by 19th century economist Karl Marx; he viewed the struggle of workers as a progression of historical forces that would proceed from a class struggle of the proletariat (workers) exploited by capitalists (business owners), to a socialist "dictatorship of the proletariat," to, finally, a classless society - Communism.
<br><b>Marxism-Leninism</b> - an expanded form of communism developed by Lenin from doctrines of Karl Marx; Lenin saw imperialism as the final stage of capitalism and shifted the focus of workers' struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries.
<br><b>Monarchy</b> - a government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right; the monarch may be either a sole absolute ruler or a sovereign - such as a king, queen, or prince - with constitutionally limited authority.
<br><b>Oligarchy</b> - a government in which control is exercised by a small group of individuals whose authority generally is based on wealth or power.
<br><b>Parliamentary democracy</b> - a political system in which the legislature (parliament) selects the government - a prime minister, premier, or chancellor along with the cabinet ministers - according to party strength as expressed in elections; by this system, the government acquires a dual responsibility: to the people as well as to the parliament.
<br><b>Parliamentary government (Cabinet-Parliamentary government)</b> - a government in which members of an executive branch (the cabinet and its leader - a prime minister, premier, or chancellor) are nominated to their positions by a legislature or parliament, and are directly responsible to it; this type of government can be dissolved at will by the parliament (legislature) by means of a no confidence vote or the leader of the cabinet may dissolve the parliament if it can no longer function.
<br><b>Parliamentary monarchy</b> - a state headed by a monarch who is not actively involved in policy formation or implementation (i.e., the exercise of sovereign powers by a monarch in a ceremonial capacity); true governmental leadership is carried out by a cabinet and its head - a prime minister, premier, or chancellor - who are drawn from a legislature (parliament).
<br><b>Presidential</b> - a system of government where the executive branch exists separately from a legislature (to which it is generally not accountable).
<br><b>Republic</b> - a representative democracy in which the people's elected deputies (representatives), not the people themselves, vote on legislation.
<br><b>Socialism</b> - a government in which the means of planning, producing, and distributing goods is controlled by a central government that theoretically seeks a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor; in actuality, most socialist governments have ended up being no more than dictatorships over workers by a ruling elite.
<br><b>Sultanate</b> - similar to a monarchy, but a government in which the supreme power is in the hands of a sultan (the head of a Muslim state); the sultan may be an absolute ruler or a sovereign with constitutionally limited authority.
<br><b>Theocracy</b> - a form of government in which a Deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, but the Deity's laws are interpreted by ecclesiastical authorities (bishops, mullahs, etc.); a government subject to religious authority.
<br><b>Totalitarian</b> - a government that seeks to subordinate the individual to the state by controlling not only all political and economic matters, but also the attitudes, values, and beliefs of its population.</span></td>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/an.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Andorra</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains as its chiefs of state a co-principality; the two princes are the President of France and Bishop of Urgell, whose diocese is located in neighboring Spain; both co-princes maintain offices and representatives in Andorra
</td>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ao.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Angola</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; multiparty presidential regime
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/av.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Anguilla</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ay.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Antarctica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
Antarctic Treaty Summary - the Antarctic region is governed by a system known as the Antarctic Treaty System; the system includes: 1. the Antarctic Treaty, signed on 1 December 1959 and entered into force on 23 June 1961, which establishes the legal framework for the management of Antarctica, 2. Recommendations and Measures adopted at meetings of Antarctic Treaty countries, 3. The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (1972), 4. The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (1980), and 5. The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1991); the 33rd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay in May 2010; at these periodic meetings, decisions are made by consensus (not by vote) of all consultative member nations; by April 2010, there were 48 treaty member nations: 28 consultative and 20 non-consultative; consultative (decision-making) members include the seven nations that claim portions of Antarctica as national territory (some claims overlap) and 21 non-claimant nations; the US and Russia have reserved the right to make claims; the US does not recognize the claims of others; Antarctica is administered through meetings of the consultative member nations; decisions from these meetings are carried out by these member nations (with respect to their own nationals and operations) in accordance with their own national laws; the years in parentheses indicate when a consultative member-nation acceded to the Treaty and when it was accepted as a consultative member, while no date indicates the country was an original 1959 treaty signatory; claimant nations are - Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, NZ, Norway, and the UK; nonclaimant consultative nations are - Belgium, Brazil (1975/1983), Bulgaria (1978/1998), China (1983/1985), Ecuador (1987/1990), Finland (1984/1989), Germany (1979/1981), India (1983/1983), Italy (1981/1987), Japan, South Korea (1986/1989), Netherlands (1967/1990), Peru (1981/1989), Poland (1961/1977), Russia, South Africa, Spain (1982/1988), Sweden (1984/1988), Ukraine (1992/2004), Uruguay (1980/1985), and the US; non-consultative members, with year of accession in parentheses, are - Austria (1987), Belarus (2006), Canada (1988), Colombia (1989), Cuba (1984), Czech Republic (1962/1993), Denmark (1965), Estonia (2001), Greece (1987), Guatemala (1991), Hungary (1984), North Korea (1987), Monaco (2008), Papua New Guinea (1981), Portugal (2010), Romania (1971), Slovakia (1962/1993), Switzerland (1990), Turkey (1996), and Venezuela (1999); note - Czechoslovakia acceded to the Treaty in 1962 and separated into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993;
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Article 1 - area to be used for peaceful purposes only; military activity, such as weapons testing, is prohibited, but military personnel and equipment may be used for scientific research or any other peaceful purpose; Article 2 - freedom of scientific investigation and cooperation shall continue; Article 3 - free exchange of information and personnel, cooperation with the UN and other international agencies; Article 4 - does not recognize, dispute, or establish territorial claims and no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force; Article 5 - prohibits nuclear explosions or disposal of radioactive wastes; Article 6 - includes under the treaty all land and ice shelves south of 60 degrees 00 minutes south and reserves high seas rights; Article 7 - treaty-state observers have free access, including aerial observation, to any area and may inspect all stations, installations, and equipment; advance notice of all expeditions and of the introduction of military personnel must be given; Article 8 - allows for jurisdiction over observers and scientists by their own states; Article 9 - frequent consultative meetings take place among member nations; Article 10 - treaty states will discourage activities by any country in Antarctica that are contrary to the treaty; Article 11 - disputes to be settled peacefully by the parties concerned or, ultimately, by the ICJ; Articles 12, 13, 14 - deal with upholding, interpreting, and amending the treaty among involved nations; other agreements - some 200 recommendations adopted at treaty consultative meetings and ratified by governments; a mineral resources agreement was signed in 1988 but remains unratified; the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was signed 4 October 1991 and entered into force 14 January 1998; this agreement provides for the protection of the Antarctic environment through six specific annexes: 1) environmental impact assessment, 2) conservation of Antarctic fauna and flora, 3) waste disposal and waste management, 4) prevention of marine pollution, 5) area protection and management and 6) liability arising from environmental emergencies; it prohibits all activities relating to mineral resources except scientific research; a permanent Antarctic Treaty Secretariat was established in 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ac.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Antigua and Barbuda</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ar" >
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ar.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Argentina</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="am" >
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/am.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Armenia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="aa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="aa"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/aa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Aruba</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="as" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="as"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/as.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Australia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="au" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="au"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/au.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Austria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="aj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="aj"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/aj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Azerbaijan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bf"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bahamas, The</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ba" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ba"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ba.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bahrain</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bg"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bangladesh</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bb"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Barbados</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bo"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Belarus</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="be" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="be"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/be.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Belgium</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bh"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Belize</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bn"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Benin</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bd" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bd"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bd.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bermuda</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary; self-governing territory
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bt"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bhutan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bl"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bolivia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a "Social Unitarian State"
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
emerging federal democratic republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Botswana</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="br" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="br"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/br.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Brazil</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="vi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vi"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >British Virgin Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="bx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bx"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Brunei</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional sultanate (locally known as Malay Islamic Monarchy)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Bulgaria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="uv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="uv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Burkina Faso</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bm"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Burma</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary government took power in March 2011
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="by" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="by"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/by.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Burundi</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cabo Verde</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cambodia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cameroon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; multiparty presidential regime
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ca" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ca"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ca.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Canada</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
a parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cj"></a></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cayman Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ct" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ct"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ct.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Central African Republic</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cd" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cd"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cd.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Chad</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ci" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ci"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ci.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Chile</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ch" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ch"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ch.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >China</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
Communist state
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Christmas Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ck" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ck"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ck.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="co" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="co"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/co.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Colombia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; executive branch dominates government structure
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Comoros</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Congo, Democratic Republic of the</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Congo, Republic of the</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cook Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
self-governing parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cs" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cs"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cs.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Costa Rica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
democratic republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="iv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="iv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/iv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cote d'Ivoire</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; multiparty presidential regime established 1960
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="hr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Croatia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cuba</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
Communist state
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="cc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Curacao</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Cyprus</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> a separation of the two ethnic communities inhabiting the island began following the outbreak of communal strife in 1963; this separation was further solidified after the Turkish intervention in July 1974, following a Greek military-junta-supported coup attempt that gave the Turkish Cypriots de facto control in the north; Greek Cypriots control the only internationally recognized government; on 15 November 1983 Turkish Cypriot "President" Rauf DENKTAS declared independence and the formation of a "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" ("TRNC"), which is recognized only by Turkey
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ez" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ez"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ez.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Czech Republic</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="da" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="da"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/da.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Denmark</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="dj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="dj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/dj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Djibouti</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="do" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="do"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/do.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Dominica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="dr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="dr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/dr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Dominican Republic</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
democratic republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ec" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ec"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ec.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ecuador</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="eg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="eg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/eg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Egypt</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="es" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="es"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/es.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >El Salvador</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ek" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ek"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ek.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Equatorial Guinea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="er" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="er"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/er.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Eritrea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
transitional government
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> following a successful referendum on independence for the Autonomous Region of Eritrea on 23-25 April 1993, a National Assembly composed entirely of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ was established as a transitional legislature, and a Constitutional Commission was established to draft a constitution; ISAIAS Afworki was named president by the transitional legislature; the constitution, ratified in May 1997, did not enter into effect, pending parliamentary and presidential elections; parliamentary elections were scheduled in December 2001 but were postponed indefinitely
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="en" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="en"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/en.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Estonia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="et" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="et"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/et.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ethiopia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Faroe Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Fiji</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Finland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >France</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="fp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >French Polynesia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary representative democratic French overseas collectivity
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gabon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; multiparty presidential regime
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ga" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ga"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ga.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gambia, The</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Georgia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Germany</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ghana</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Gibraltar</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Greece</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Greenland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Grenada</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guam</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guatemala</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional democratic republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="gk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guernsey</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guinea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guinea-Bissau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="gy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="gy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/gy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Guyana</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ha" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ha"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ha.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Haiti</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="vt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Holy See (Vatican City)</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
ecclesiastical
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ho" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ho"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ho.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Honduras</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
democratic constitutional republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="hk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Hong Kong</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
limited democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="hu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="hu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/hu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Hungary</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ic" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ic"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ic.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Iceland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="in" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="in"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/in.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >India</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="id" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="id"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/id.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Indonesia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ir" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ir"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ir.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Iran</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
theocratic republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="iz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="iz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/iz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Iraq</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ei" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ei"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ei.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ireland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic, parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="im" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="im"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/im.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Isle of Man</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="is" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="is"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/is.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Israel</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="it" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="it"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/it.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Italy</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="jm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="jm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/jm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jamaica</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ja" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ja"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ja.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Japan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="je" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="je"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/je.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jersey</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="jo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="jo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/jo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Jordan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kazakhstan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ke" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ke"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ke.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kenya</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="kr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kiribati</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="kn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Korea, North</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
Communist state one-man dictatorship
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ks" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ks"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ks.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Korea, South</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="kv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kosovo</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ku" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ku"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ku.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kuwait</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional emirate
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="kg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="kg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/kg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Kyrgyzstan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="la" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="la"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/la.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Laos</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
Communist state
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="lg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Latvia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="le" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="le"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/le.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Lebanon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="lt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Lesotho</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="li" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="li"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/li.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Liberia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ly" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ly"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ly.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Libya</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
operates under a transitional government
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ls" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ls"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ls.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Liechtenstein</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
hereditary constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="lh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Lithuania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="lu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Luxembourg</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Macau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
limited democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Macedonia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ma" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ma"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ma.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Madagascar</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Malawi</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
multiparty democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="my" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="my"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/my.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Malaysia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
<br />
<strong>note:</strong> nominally headed by paramount ruler (commonly referred to as the king) and a bicameral Parliament consisting of a nonelected upper house and an elected lower house; all Peninsular Malaysian states have hereditary rulers (commonly referred to as sultans) except Melaka (Malacca) and Pulau Pinang (Penang); those two states along with Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia have governors appointed by government; powers of state governments are limited by federal constitution; under terms of federation, Sabah and Sarawak retain certain constitutional prerogatives (e.g., right to maintain their own immigration controls)
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Maldives</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ml" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ml"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ml.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mali</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Malta</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Marshall Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force on 21 October 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force in May 2004
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mauritania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
military junta
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mauritius</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mexico</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="fm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="fm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/fm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Micronesia, Federated States of</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force on 3 November 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force in May 2004
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="md" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="md"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/md.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Moldova</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Monaco</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mongolia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mj" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mj"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mj.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Montenegro</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Montserrat</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="mo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Morocco</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Mozambique</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="wa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="wa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Namibia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nr" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nr"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nr.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nauru</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="np" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="np"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/np.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nepal</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal democratic republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Netherlands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="nc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >New Caledonia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary representative democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="nz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >New Zealand</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="nu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nicaragua</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ng" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ng"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ng.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Niger</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ni" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ni"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ni.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Nigeria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ne" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ne"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ne.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Niue</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
self-governing parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="nf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Norfolk Island</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="cq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="cq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/cq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Northern Mariana Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
commonwealth; self-governing with locally elected governor, lieutenant governor, and legislature
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="no" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="no"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/no.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Norway</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="mu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="mu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/mu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Oman</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Pakistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ps" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ps"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ps.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Palau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force on 1 October 1994
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Panama</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Papua New Guinea</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Paraguay</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pe" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pe"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pe.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Peru</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Philippines</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="pc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Pitcairn Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="pl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="pl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/pl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Poland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="po" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="po"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/po.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Portugal</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Puerto Rico</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
commonwealth
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="qa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="qa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/qa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Qatar</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
emirate
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ro" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ro"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ro.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Romania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="rs" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rs"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rs.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Russia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federation
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="rw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="rw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/rw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Rwanda</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; presidential, multiparty system
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Kitts and Nevis</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="st" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="st"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/st.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Lucia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sb" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sb"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sb.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary representative democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="vc" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vc"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vc.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ws" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ws"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ws.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Samoa</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >San Marino</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sao Tome and Principe</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sa" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sa"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sa.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Saudi Arabia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sg" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sg"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sg.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Senegal</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ri" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ri"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ri.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Serbia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="se" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="se"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/se.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Seychelles</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sierra Leone</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Singapore</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sint Maarten</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="lo" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="lo"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/lo.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Slovakia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="si" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="si"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/si.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Slovenia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="bp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="bp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/bp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Solomon Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="so" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="so"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/so.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Somalia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
in the process of building a federal parliamentary republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >South Africa</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="od" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="od"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/od.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >South Sudan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sp" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sp"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sp.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Spain</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ce" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ce"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ce.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sri Lanka</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="su" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="su"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/su.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sudan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic ruled by the National Congress Party (NCP), which seized power by military coup in 1989; the CPA-mandated Government of National Unity, which between 2005 and 2011 provided a percentage of leadership posts to the southern Sudan-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), was disbanded following the secession of South Sudan
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ns" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ns"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ns.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Suriname</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Svalbard</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="wz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="wz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Swaziland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Sweden</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="sz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Switzerland</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
formally a confederation but similar in structure to a federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="sy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="sy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/sy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Syria</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic under an authoritarian regime
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tw" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tw"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tw.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Taiwan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
multiparty democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ti" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ti"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ti.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tajikistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tanzania</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="th" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="th"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/th.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Thailand</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tt" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tt"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tt.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Timor-Leste</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="to" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="to"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/to.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Togo</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tl" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tl"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tl.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tokelau</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tn" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tn"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tn.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tonga</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="td" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="td"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/td.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Trinidad and Tobago</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="ts" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ts"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ts.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tunisia</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tu" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tu"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tu.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Turkey</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republican parliamentary democracy
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tx" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tx"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tx.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Turkmenistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
defines itself as a secular democracy and a presidential republic; in actuality displays authoritarian presidential rule with power concentrated within the presidential administration
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="tk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Turks and Caicos Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="tv" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="tv"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/tv.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Tuvalu</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ug" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ug"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ug.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Uganda</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="up" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="up"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/up.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Ukraine</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ae" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ae"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ae.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >United Arab Emirates</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="uk" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="uk"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uk.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >United Kingdom</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="us" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="us"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/us.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >United States</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="uy" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="uy"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uy.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Uruguay</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
constitutional republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="uz" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="uz"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/uz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Uzbekistan</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
republic; authoritarian presidential rule with little power outside the executive branch
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="nh" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="nh"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/nh.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Vanuatu</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="ve" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="ve"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/ve.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Venezuela</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
federal republic
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="vm" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vm"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vm.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Vietnam</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
Communist state
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="vq" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="vq"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/vq.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Virgin Islands</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
NA
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" id="wf" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="wf"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wf.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Wallis and Futuna</a>
<td class="category_data" valign="top" style="padding-left:5px;">
parliamentary representive democratic French overseas collectivity
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-bottom:4px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" id="wi" >
<tr><td colspan="2"><a name="wi"></a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right:2px solid white; padding-left:4px;" class="fl_region"><a href="../geos/wi.html" style="font-weight: bold;" >Western Sahara</a>
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