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8 hours ago, jman9798 said:

A Constitutional Republic is a state where the officials are elected as representatives of the people, and must govern according to existing constitutionallaw that limits the government's power over citizens. A Constitutional Republic is the current form of government in the United States

We are constitutional, we are democratic, and we are a republic! Making us a Democratic Republic that FOLLOWS a CONSTITUTION!

COUNTRY	DESCRIPTION
Afghanistan	Islamic republic
Albania	parliamentary democracy
Algeria	republic
American Samoa	NA
Andorra	parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains as its chiefs of state a coprincipality; the two princes are the president of France and bishop of Seu d'Urgell, Spain, who are represented in Andorra by the coprinces' representatives
Angola	republic; multiparty presidential regime
Anguilla	NA
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. 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 (196 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
Antigua and Barbuda	constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government and a Commonwealth realm
Argentina	republic
Armenia	republic
Aruba	parliamentary democracy
Australia	federal parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Austria	federal republic
Azerbaijan	republic
Bahrain	constitutional monarchy
Bangladesh	parliamentary democracy
Barbados	parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Belarus	republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
Belgium	federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Belize	parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Benin	republic
Bermuda	parliamentary; self-governing territory
Bhutan	constitutional monarchy
Bolivia	republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina	emerging federal democratic republic
Botswana	parliamentary republic
Brazil	federal republic
British Virgin Islands	NA
Brunei	constitutional sultanate (locally known as Malay Islamic Monarchy)
Bulgaria	parliamentary democracy
Burkina Faso	parliamentary republic
Burma	parliamentary government took power in March 2011
Burundi	republic
Cambodia	multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Cameroon	republic; multiparty presidential regime
Canada	a parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a constitutional monarchy
Cape Verde	republic
Cayman Islands	parliamentary democracy
Central African Republic	republic
Chad	republic
Chile	republic
China	Communist state
Christmas Island	NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA
Colombia	republic; executive branch dominates government structure
Comoros	republic
Congo, Republic of the	republic
Cook Islands	self-governing parliamentary democracy
Costa Rica	democratic republic
Cote d'Ivoire	republic; multiparty presidential regime established 1960
Croatia	parliamentary democracy
Cuba	Communist state
Cyprus	republic
Czech Republic	parliamentary democracy
Democratic Republic of the Congo	republic
Denmark	constitutional monarchy
Djibouti	republic
Dominica	parliamentary democracy
Dominican Republic	democratic republic
East Timor	republic
Ecuador	republic
Egypt	republic
El Salvador	republic
Equatorial Guinea	republic
Eritrea	transitional government
Estonia	parliamentary republic
Ethiopia	federal republic
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA
Faroe Islands	NA
Federated States of Micronesia	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
Fiji	republic
Finland	republic
France	republic
French Polynesia	parliamentary representative democratic French overseas collectivity
Gabon	republic; multiparty presidential regime
Georgia	republic
Germany	federal republic
Ghana	constitutional democracy
Gibraltar	NA
Greece	parliamentary republic
Greenland	parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy
Grenada	parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Guam	NA
Guatemala	constitutional democratic republic
Guernsey	parliamentary democracy
Guinea	republic
Guinea-Bissau	republic
Guyana	republic
Haiti	republic
Holy See (Vatican City)	ecclesiastical
Honduras	democratic constitutional republic
Hong Kong	limited democracy
Hungary	parliamentary democracy
Iceland	constitutional republic
India	federal republic
Indonesia	republic
Iran	theocratic republic
Iraq	parliamentary democracy
Ireland	republic, parliamentary democracy
Isle of Man	parliamentary democracy
Israel	parliamentary democracy
Italy	republic
Jamaica	constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Japan	a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy
Jersey	parliamentary democracy
Jordan	constitutional monarchy
Kazakhstan	republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Kenya	republic
Kiribati	republic
Kosovo	republic
Kuwait	constitutional emirate
Kyrgyzstan	republic
Laos	Communist state
Latvia	parliamentary democracy
Lebanon	republic
Lesotho	parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Liberia	republic
Libya	operates under a transitional government
Liechtenstein	hereditary constitutional monarchy
Lithuania	parliamentary democracy
Luxembourg	constitutional monarchy
Macau	limited democracy
Madagascar	republic
Malawi	multiparty democracy
Malaysia	constitutional monarchy
Maldives	republic
Mali	republic
Malta	republic
Marshall Islands	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
Mauritania	military junta
Mauritius	parliamentary democracy
Mayotte	NA
Mexico	federal republic
Moldova	republic
Monaco	constitutional monarchy
Mongolia	parliamentary
Montenegro	republic
Montserrat	NA
Morocco	constitutional monarchy
Mozambique	republic
Namibia	republic
Nauru	republic
Nepal	federal democratic republic
Netherlands	constitutional monarchy
Netherlands Antilles	parliamentary
New Caledonia	parliamentary representative democracy
New Zealand	parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Nicaragua	republic
Niger	republic
Nigeria	federal republic
Niue	self-governing parliamentary democracy
Norfolk Island	NA
North Korea	Communist state one-man dictatorship
Northern Mariana Islands	commonwealth; self-governing with locally elected governor, lieutenant governor, and legislature
Norway	constitutional monarchy
Oman	monarchy
Pakistan	federal republic
Palau	constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force on 1 October 1994
Panama	constitutional democracy
Papua New Guinea	constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Paraguay	constitutional republic
Peru	constitutional republic
Philippines	republic
Pitcairn Islands	NA
Poland	republic
Portugal	republic; parliamentary democracy
Puerto Rico	commonwealth
Qatar	emirate
Republic of Macedonia	parliamentary democracy
Romania	republic
Russia	federation
Rwanda	republic; presidential, multiparty system
Saint Kitts and Nevis	parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Saint Lucia	parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	parliamentary representative democracy
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Samoa	parliamentary democracy
San Marino	republic
Sao Tome and Principe	republic
Saudi Arabia	monarchy
Senegal	republic
Serbia	republic
Serbia and Montenegro	republic
Seychelles	republic
Sierra Leone	constitutional democracy
Singapore	parliamentary republic
Slovakia	parliamentary democracy
Slovenia	parliamentary republic
Solomon Islands	parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Somalia	in the process of building a federated parliamentary republic
South Africa	republic
South Korea	republic
South Sudan	republic
Spain	parliamentary monarchy
Sri Lanka	republic
Sudan	Federal republic ruled by the National Congress Party the (NCP), which came to power by military coup in 1989; the CPA-mandated Government of National Unity, which since 2005 provided a percentage of leadership posts to the south Sudan-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), was disbanded following the secession of South Sudan.
Suriname	constitutional democracy
Svalbard	NA
Swaziland	monarchy
Sweden	constitutional monarchy
Switzerland	formally a confederation but similar in structure to a federal republic
Syria	republic under an authoritarian regime
Taiwan	multiparty democracy
Tajikistan	republic
Tanzania	republic
Thailand	constitutional monarchy
The Bahamas	constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
The Gambia	republic
Togo	republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
Tokelau	NA
Tonga	constitutional monarchy
Trinidad and Tobago	parliamentary democracy
Tunisia	republic
Turkey	republican parliamentary democracy
Turkmenistan	defines itself as a secular democracy and a presidential republic; in actuality displays authoritarian presidential rule, with power concentrated within the presidential administration
Turks and Caicos Islands	NA
Tuvalu	parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
Uganda	republic
Ukraine	republic
United Arab Emirates	federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates
United Kingdom	constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth realm
United States	Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
Uruguay	constitutional republic
Uzbekistan	republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Vanuatu	parliamentary republic
Venezuela	federal republic
Vietnam	Communist state
Virgin Islands	NA
Wallis and Futuna	parliamentary representive democratic French overseas collectivity
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, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), near Tindouf, Algeria, led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ
Yemen	republic
Zambia	republic
Zimbabwe	parliamentary democracy