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Democracy? Where? Which Country?

It's about 200 countries exist in the world right now. The question is how many of them ruling with democracy?

The CIA has published a list of the world's countires governments types. You can find the answer from list below. You can check the other info from here. 
Actually, there's no management type like "democracy". Instead, there're some diffent official names like;
* Federal parliamentary democracy (Canada),
* Federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy (Belgium),
* Federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy (Australia),
* Parliamentary democracy (Cook Islands, Curacao, Israel, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands)
* Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm (Bahamas, Barbados, New Zealand)

As you can see from this list, there are countries that are officially governed by the type of democratic regime, but I wonder how many of them are governed by true democracy. Or how many of the countries where you can live and want to live in peace and harmony with your family?


At this point the following question comes to mind? What is Democracy?
The offical explanation of Democracy is: Its s a form of government in which the people exercise the authority of government. Who people are and how authority is shared among them are core issues for democratic theory, development and constitution.

In practice, the meaning of democracy;
It is to realize the business idea freely and earn his life as he wishes.
It means freedom of criticism.
It is to live freely with their faith and sexual preferences.
It is to be able to live with equal rights without discrimination between men and women. We can reproduce these examples.

When we look at it from this perspective, the countries that come to mind when it comes to livable countries in the world will probably be the following; Germany, England, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, France. Let's expand a little more; Maybe Japan, Canada, Australia. So what is the management of these countries? Let's take a look;

* Germany: Federal parliamentary republic.
* England: Parliamentary constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm.
* Switzerland: Federal republic (formally a confederation).
* Denmark: Parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
* Norway: Parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
* France: Semi-presidential republic.
* Japan: Parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
* Canada: Federal parliamentary democracy (Parliament of Canada) under a constitutional monarchy.
* Australia: Federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm.

As you can see, most of them are managed in an unpredictable way of management. In short, being a democratic country is very different from being managed by democracy on paper. Here's the list of the world's countires governments types;

By Country Listing of the values for the Government type field
COUNTRYGOVERNMENT TYPE
Afghanistan
Presidential Islamic republic
Albania
Parliamentary Republic
Algeria
Presidential Republic
American Samoa
republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches; unincorporated unorganized territory of the US with local self-government
Andorra
Parliamentary Democracy (since March 1993) that retains its chiefs of state in the form of a co-principality; the two princes are the President of France and Bishop of Seu d'Urgell, Spain
Angola
Presidential Republic
Anguilla
Parliamentary Democracy (House of Assembly); self-governing overseas territory of the UK
Antarctica
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. Measures, Decisions, and Resolutions adopted at Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, 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 Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings operate by consensus (not by vote) of all consultative parties at annual Treaty meetings; by January 2016, there were 53 treaty member nations: 29 consultative and 24 non-consultative; consultative (decision-making) members include the seven nations that claim portions of Antarctica as national territory (some claims overlap) and 22 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; measures adopted at 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), Czech Republic (1962/2014), 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), Denmark (1965), Estonia (2001), Greece (1987), Guatemala (1991), Hungary (1984), Iceland (2015), Kazakhstan (2015), North Korea (1987), Malaysia (2011), Monaco (2008), Mongolia (2015), Pakistan (2012), 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; 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 measures adopted at treaty consultative meetings and approved by governments; 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 and includes five annexes that have entered into force: 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; a sixth annex addressing liability arising from environmental emergencies has yet to enter into force; the Protocol prohibits all activities relating to mineral resources except scientific research; a permanent Antarctic Treaty Secretariat was established in 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Antigua and Barbuda
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Argentina
Presidential Republic
Armenia
Parliamentary Democracy; note - constitutional changes adopted in December 2015 transformed the government to a parliamentary system
Aruba
Parliamentary Democracy; part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Australia
federal Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Austria
federal Parliamentary Republic
Azerbaijan
Presidential Republic
Bahamas, The
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Bahrain
Constitutional Monarchy
Bangladesh
Parliamentary Republic
Barbados
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Belarus
Presidential Republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
Belgium
federal Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy
Belize
Parliamentary Democracy (National Assembly) under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Benin
Presidential Republic
Bermuda
Parliamentary Democracy; self-governing overseas territory of the UK
Bhutan
Constitutional Monarchy
Bolivia
Presidential Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Parliamentary Republic
Botswana
Parliamentary Republic
Brazil
Federal Presidential Republic
British Virgin Islands
Parliamentary Democracy; self-governing overseas territory of the UK
Brunei
Absolute Monarchy or sultanate
Bulgaria
Parliamentary Republic
Burkina Faso
Presidential Republic
Burma
Parliamentary Republic
Burundi
Presidential Republic
Cabo Verde
Parliamentary Republic
Cambodia
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Cameroon
Presidential Republic
Canada
federal Parliamentary Democracy (Parliament of Canada) under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm; federal and state authorities and responsibilities regulated in constitution
Cayman Islands
Parliamentary Democracy; self-governing overseas territory of the UK
Central African Republic
Presidential Republic
Chad
Presidential Republic
Chile
Presidential Republic
China
communist party-led state
Christmas Island
non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia
Colombia
Presidential Republic
Comoros
Federal Presidential Republic
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
semi-Presidential Republic
Congo, Republic of the
Presidential Republic
Cook Islands
Parliamentary Democracy
Costa Rica
Presidential Republic
Cote d'Ivoire
Presidential Republic
Croatia
Parliamentary Republic
Cuba
communist state
Curacao
Parliamentary Democracy
Cyprus
Republic of Cyprus - Presidential Republic; "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (self-declared) - Parliamentary Republic with enhanced presidency
note: a separation of the two main ethnic communities inhabiting the island began following the outbreak of communal strife in 1963; this separation was further solidified when a Greek military-junta-supported coup attempt prompted the Turkish military intervention in July 1974 that gave the Turkish Cypriots de facto control in the north; Greek Cypriots control the only internationally recognized government on the island; on 15 November 1983, then Turkish Cypriot "President" Rauf DENKTAS declared independence and the formation of the "TRNC,” which is recognized only by Turkey
Czechia
Parliamentary Republic
Denmark
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Djibouti
Presidential Republic
Dominica
Parliamentary Republic
Dominican Republic
Presidential Republic
Ecuador
Presidential Republic
Egypt
Presidential Republic
El Salvador
Presidential Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Presidential Republic
Eritrea
Presidential Republic
Estonia
Parliamentary Republic
Eswatini
Absolute Monarchy
Ethiopia
federal Parliamentary Republic
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Parliamentary Democracy (Legislative Assembly); self-governing overseas territory of the UK
Faroe Islands
Parliamentary Democracy (Faroese Parliament); part of the Kingdom of Denmark
Fiji
Parliamentary Republic
Finland
Parliamentary Republic
France
semi-Presidential Republic
French Polynesia
Parliamentary Democracy (Assembly of French Polynesia); an overseas collectivity of France
Gabon
Presidential Republic
Gambia, The
Presidential Republic
Georgia
semi-Presidential Republic
Germany
federal Parliamentary Republic
Ghana
Presidential Republic
Gibraltar
Parliamentary Democracy (Parliament); self-governing overseas territory of the UK
Greece
Parliamentary Republic
Greenland
Parliamentary Democracy (Parliament of Greenland or Inatsisartut)
Grenada
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Guam
republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches; unincorporated organized territory of the US with local self-government
Guatemala
Presidential Republic
Guernsey
Parliamentary Democracy (States of Deliberation)
Guinea
Presidential Republic
Guinea-Bissau
semi-Presidential Republic
Guyana
Parliamentary Republic
Haiti
semi-Presidential Republic
Holy See (Vatican City)
ecclesiastical elective monarchy; self-described as an "Absolute Monarchy"
Honduras
Presidential Republic
Hong Kong
presidential limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
Hungary
Parliamentary Republic
Iceland
unitary Parliamentary Republic
India
federal Parliamentary Republic
Indonesia
Presidential Republic
Iran
theocratic republic
Iraq
federal Parliamentary Republic
Ireland
Parliamentary Republic
Isle of Man
Parliamentary Democracy (Tynwald)
Israel
Parliamentary Democracy
Italy
Parliamentary Republic
Jamaica
Parliamentary Democracy (Parliament) under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Japan
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Jersey
Parliamentary Democracy (Assembly of the States of Jersey)
Jordan
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Kazakhstan
Presidential Republic
Kenya
Presidential Republic
Kiribati
Presidential Republic
Korea, North
dictatorship, single-party state; official state ideology of "Juche" or "national self-reliance"
Korea, South
Presidential Republic
Kosovo
Parliamentary Republic
Kuwait
Constitutional Monarchy (emirate)
Kyrgyzstan
Parliamentary Republic
Laos
communist state
Latvia
Parliamentary Republic
Lebanon
Parliamentary Republic
Lesotho
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Liberia
Presidential Republic
Libya
in transition
Liechtenstein
Constitutional Monarchy
Lithuania
semi-Presidential Republic
Luxembourg
Constitutional Monarchy
Macau
executive-led limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China
Madagascar
semi-Presidential Republic
Malawi
Presidential Republic
Malaysia
federal Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
note: 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 the federal constitution; under terms of federation, Sabah and Sarawak retain certain constitutional prerogatives (e.g., right to maintain their own immigration controls)
Maldives
Presidential Republic
Mali
semi-Presidential Republic
Malta
Parliamentary Republic
Marshall Islands
mixed presidential-parliamentary system in free association with the US
Mauritania
Presidential Republic
Mauritius
Parliamentary Republic
Mexico
Federal Presidential Republic
Micronesia, Federated States of
federal republic in free association with the US
Moldova
Parliamentary Republic
Monaco
Constitutional Monarchy
Mongolia
semi-Presidential Republic
Montenegro
Parliamentary Republic
Montserrat
Parliamentary Democracy; self-governing overseas territory of the UK
Morocco
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Mozambique
Presidential Republic
Namibia
Presidential Republic
Nauru
Parliamentary Republic
Nepal
federal Parliamentary Republic
Netherlands
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy; part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
New Caledonia
Parliamentary Democracy (Territorial Congress); an overseas collectivity of France
New Zealand
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Nicaragua
Presidential Republic
Niger
semi-Presidential Republic
Nigeria
Federal Presidential Republic
Niue
Parliamentary Democracy
Norfolk Island
non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia; note - the Norfolk Island Regional Council, which began operations 1 July 2016, is responsible for planning and managing a variety of public services, including those funded by the Government of Australia
North Macedonia
Parliamentary Republic
Northern Mariana Islands
republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches; a commonwealth in political union with and under the sovereignty of the US
Norway
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Oman
Absolute Monarchy
Pakistan
federal Parliamentary Republic
Palau
Presidential Republic in free association with the US
Panama
Presidential Republic
Papua New Guinea
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Paraguay
Presidential Republic
Peru
Presidential Republic
Philippines
Presidential Republic
Pitcairn Islands
Parliamentary Democracy
Poland
Parliamentary Republic
Portugal
semi-Presidential Republic
Puerto Rico
republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches; unincorporated organized territory of the US with local self-government
Note: reference Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act, 2 March 1917, as amended by Public Law 600, 3 July 1950
Qatar
Absolute Monarchy
Romania
semi-Presidential Republic
Russia
semi-presidential federation
Rwanda
Presidential Republic
Saint Barthelemy
Parliamentary Democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of France
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Parliamentary Democracy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
federal Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Saint Lucia
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Saint Martin
Parliamentary Democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of France
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Parliamentary Democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of France
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Samoa
Parliamentary Republic
San Marino
Parliamentary Republic
Sao Tome and Principe
semi-Presidential Republic
Saudi Arabia
Absolute Monarchy
Senegal
Presidential Republic
Serbia
Parliamentary Republic
Seychelles
Presidential Republic
Sierra Leone
Presidential Republic
Singapore
Parliamentary Republic
Sint Maarten
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy
Slovakia
Parliamentary Republic
Slovenia
Parliamentary Republic
Solomon Islands
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Somalia
federal Parliamentary Republic
South Africa
Parliamentary Republic
South Sudan
Presidential Republic
Spain
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Sri Lanka
Presidential Republic
Sudan
Presidential Republic
Suriname
Presidential Republic
Svalbard
non-self-governing territory of Norway
Sweden
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Switzerland
federal republic (formally a confederation)
Syria
Presidential Republic; highly authoritarian regime
Taiwan
semi-Presidential Republic
Tajikistan
Presidential Republic
Tanzania
Presidential Republic
Thailand
Constitutional Monarchy
Timor-Leste
semi-Presidential Republic
Togo
Presidential Republic
Tokelau
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy
Tonga
Constitutional Monarchy
Trinidad and Tobago
Parliamentary Republic
Tunisia
Parliamentary Republic
Turkey
Presidential Republic
Turkmenistan
Presidential Republic; authoritarian
Turks and Caicos Islands
Parliamentary Democracy
Tuvalu
Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Uganda
Presidential Republic
Ukraine
semi-Presidential Republic
United Arab Emirates
federation of monarchies
United Kingdom
Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
United States
constitutional federal republic
Uruguay
Presidential Republic
Uzbekistan
Presidential Republic; highly authoritarian
Vanuatu
Parliamentary Republic
Venezuela
Federal Presidential Republic
Vietnam
communist state
Virgin Islands
republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches; unincorporated organized territory of the US with local self-government
Wallis and Futuna
Parliamentary Democracy (Territorial Assembly); overseas collectivity of France
Western Sahara
legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), near Tindouf, Algeria, led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ until his death in May 2016; current President Brahim GHALI elected in July 2016; territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976 when Spain withdrew, with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds; Mauritania, under pressure from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortly thereafter and has since asserted administrative control; the Polisario's government-in-exile was seated as an Organization of African Unity (OAU) member in 1984; Morocco between 1980 and 1987 built a fortified sand berm delineating the roughly 75% of Western Sahara west of the barrier that currently is controlled by Morocco; guerrilla activities continued sporadically until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented on 6 September 1991 (Security Council Resolution 690) by the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
Yemen
in transition
Zambia
Presidential Republic
Zimbabwe
Presidential Republic

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