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21 Cards in this Set
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Country
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Government type
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China
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Communist state
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Cuba
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Communist state
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Korea, North
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Communist state one-man dictatorship
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Thailand
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constitutional monarchy
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United Kingdom
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constitutional monarchy
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Canada
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constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
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United States
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Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
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Australia
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federal parliamentary democracy
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Germany
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federal republic
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Mexico
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federal republic
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Venezuela
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federal republic
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Russia
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federation
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Sudan
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Government of National Unity (GNU) - the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed a power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); the NCP, which came to power by military coup in 1989, is the majority partner; the agreement stipulates national elections in 2009
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Afghanistan
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Islamic republic
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Somalia
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no permanent national government; transitional, parliamentary federal government
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Iraq
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parliamentary democracy
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Spain
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parliamentary monarchy
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Greece
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parliamentary republic
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Iran
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theocratic republic
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Eritrea
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transitional government. note: 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; a Constitutional Commission was also established to draft a constitution; ISAIAS Afworki was elected 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; currently the sole legal party is the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ)
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