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Table: 120 Democracies
freedomhouse.org ^ | Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:29:12 PM | Freedom House

Posted on 08/27/2004 3:34:53 AM PDT by risk

Victory of Freedom: 120 Democracies

Num. Country Government
1. Albania Presidential-parliamentary democracy
2. Andorra Parliamentary democracy
3. Argentina Presidential-parliamentary democracy (federal)
4. Armenia Presidential-parliamentary democracy
5. Australia Parliamentary democracy (federal)
6. Austria Parliamentary democracy (federal)
7. Bahamas Parliamentary democracy
8. Bangladesh Parliamentary democracy
9. Barbados Parliamentary democracy
10. Belgium Parliamentary democracy (federal)
11. Belize Parliamentary democracy
12. Benin Presidential-parliamentary democracy
13. Bolivia Presidential-parliamentary democracy
14. Botswana Parliamentary democracy and traditional chiefs
15. Brazil Presidential-parliamentary democracy (federal)
16. Bulgaria Parliamentary democracy
17. Canada Parliamentary democracy (federal)
18. Cape Verde Presidential-parliamentary democracy
19. Central African Republic Presidential-parliamentary democracy
20. Chile Presidential-parliamentary democracy
21. Colombia Presidential-parliamentary democracy (insurgencies)
22. Costa Rica Presidential-parliamentary democracy
23. Croatia Parliamentary democracy
24. Cyprus Presidential-parliamentary democracy
25. Czech Republic Parliamentary democracy
26. Denmark Parliamentary democracy
27. Djibouti Presidential-parliamentary democracy (dominant party)
28. Dominica Parliamentary democracy
29. Dominican Republic Presidential-parliamentary democracy
30. Ecuador Presidential-parliamentary democracy
31. El Salvador Presidential-parliamentary democracy
32. Estonia Parliamentary democracy
33. Finland Parliamentary democracy
34. France Presidential-parliamentary democracy
35. Georgia Presidential-parliamentary democracy
36. Germany Parliamentary democracy (federal)
37. Ghana Presidential-parliamentary democracy
38. Greece Parliamentary democracy
39. Grenada Parliamentary democracy
40. Guatemala Presidential-parliamentary democracy
41. Guinea-Bissau Presidential-parliamentary democracy
42. Guyana Parliamentary democracy
43. Honduras Presidential-parliamentary democracy
44. Hungary Parliamentary democracy
45. Iceland Parliamentary democracy
46. India Parliamentary democracy
47. Indonesia Presidential-parliamentary democracy (military-influenced)
48. Ireland Parliamentary democracy
49. Israel Parliamentary democracy
50. Italy Parliamentary democracy
51. Jamaica Parliamentary democracy
52. Japan Parliamentary democracy
53. Kiribati Presidential-parliamentary democracy
54. Korea, South Presidential-parliamentary democracy
55. Latvia Parliamentary democracy
56. Liberia Presidential-parliamentary democracy
57. Liechtenstein Principality and parliamentary democracy
58. Lithuania Parliamentary democracy
59. Luxembourg Parliamentary democracy
60. Macedonia Parliamentary democracy
61. Madagascar Presidential-parliamentary democracy
62. Malawi Presidential-parliamentary democracy
63. Mali Presidential-parliamentary democracy
64. Malta Parliamentary democracy
65. Marshall Islands Parliamentary democracy and traditional chiefs
66. Mauritius Parliamentary democracy
67. Mexico Presidential-parliamentary democracy
68. Micronesia Presidential-parliamentary democracy (federal)
69. Moldova Parliamentary democracy
70. Monaco Principality and parliamentary democracy
71. Mongolia Presidential-parliamentary democracy
72. Mozambique Presidential-parliamentary democracy
73. Namibia Presidential-parliamentary democracy
74. Nauru Presidential-parliamentary democracy
75. Nepal Parliamentary democracy (insurgency)
76. Netherlands Parliamentary democracy
77. New Zealand Parliamentary democracy
78. Nicaragua Presidential-parliamentary democracy
79. Niger Presidential-parliamentary democracy
80. Nigeria Presidential-parliamentary democracy
81. Norway Parliamentary democracy
82. Palau Presidential democracy and traditional chiefs
83. Panama Presidential-parliamentary democracy
84. Papua New Guinea Parliamentary democracy
85. Paraguay Presidential-parliamentary democracy
86. Philippines Presidential-parliamentary democracy (insurgencies)
87. Poland Presidential-parliamentary democracy
88. Portugal Presidential-parliamentary democracy
89. Romania Presidential-parliamentary democracy
90. Russia Presidential-parliamentary democracy
91. St. Kitts and Nevis Parliamentary democracy
92. St. Lucia Parliamentary democracy
93. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Parliamentary democracy
94. Samoa Parliamentary democracy and traditional chiefs
95. San Marino Parliamentary democracy
96. Sao Tome and Principe Presidential-parliamentary democracy
97. Senegal Presidential-parliamentary democracy
98. Seychelles Presidential-parliamentary democracy
99. Sierra Leone Presidential-parliamentary democracy (insurgencies)
100. Slovakia Parliamentary democracy
101. Slovenia Parliamentary democracy
102. Solomon Islands Parliamentary democracy
103. South Africa Presidential-parliamentary democracy
104. Spain Parliamentary democracy
105. Sri Lanka Presidential democracy
106. Suriname Presidential-parliamentary democracy
107. Sweden Parliamentary democracy
108. Switzerland Parliamentary democracy (federal)
109. Taiwan Presidential democracy
110. Thailand Parliamentary democracy
111. Trinidad and Tobago Parliamentary democracy
112. Turkey Presidential-parliamentary democracy (militaryinfluenced insurgency)
113. Tuvalu Parliamentary democracy
114. Ukraine Presidential-parliamentary democracy
115. United Kingdom Parliamentary democracy
116. United States of America Presidential-parliamentary democracy (federal)
117. Uruguay Presidential-parliamentary democracy
118. Vanuatu Parliamentary democracy
119. Venezuela Presidential-parliamentary democracy
120. Yugoslavia Parliamentary democracy


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Canada; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; Israel; Japan; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 120democracies; american; freeworld; legacy; liberty; oldworldorder
This is the legacy of American democracy: 120 countries in the world where freedom has a chance. We ended imperialism, destroyed the first axis, and unravelled communism's grip on the soviet bloc.

Keep America free, and the world will be free. Elect a president who agrees!

1 posted on 08/27/2004 3:34:53 AM PDT by risk
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To: ALOHA RONNIE; Grampa Dave; SAMWolf; Travis McGee; neverdem; freedom44; F14 Pilot; ...

ping: here's the table of 120 "free" countries from http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2001/tables.htm as mentioned in John Huang2's posting about GW's advertisement in http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200704/posts


2 posted on 08/27/2004 3:39:21 AM PDT by risk
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To: risk

Bump!


3 posted on 08/27/2004 3:39:52 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2; Cincinatus' Wife
I understand we have 30 of these countries in the coalition in Afghanistan and about 20 in Iraq. Those are pretty good numbers considering that not every country has the resources to join a global war.

"Going it alone" is a lie, a damned lie.

4 posted on 08/27/2004 3:43:59 AM PDT by risk
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To: risk

Amen.


5 posted on 08/27/2004 3:44:46 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2; tallhappy
Iraq and Afghanistan are both nearly qualified to join this list. Is the Sudan, Iran, or Cuba next? China is missing! What is the problem? It tells us that "planned capitalism" is the future, and that other countries around it must be absorbed.

Today I call for one China: A FREE CHINA!

6 posted on 08/27/2004 3:50:08 AM PDT by risk
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To: risk

What a fascinating list. But it begs the question, what is a parliamentary democracy?


7 posted on 08/27/2004 3:50:50 AM PDT by knarf (A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
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To: risk

Democracy is meaningless unless individual human beings own the fruits of their hard work, good decisions, and responsible acts. Without this fundamental human right, the mob can take whatever it wants from those in society who work hard, prepare themselves to make good decisions, and show the self-discipline to act responsibly. When the mob robs society of these positive human contributions to society, all of society suffers.


8 posted on 08/27/2004 3:53:32 AM PDT by yoswif
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To: knarf
That reminds me: useful idiot Bill Maher invited a former Canadian prime minister to his show to attack President Bush and she claimed that our Republic is "primitive" and "backward" because we don't have runoff elections or offer legislative seats or cabinet offices to runners up in our presidential campaigns.

Canada would be a French, Russian, Japanese, or German colony today if it weren't for us, and she has the nerve...

9 posted on 08/27/2004 3:53:43 AM PDT by risk
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To: risk

Democrats live on lies and succeed because they keep most Americans uneducated and unable to think for themselves. Their followers are like sheep and have to march in lock step to be accepted.
The Democrat Party of today is nothing short of a Gestapo and the are slowly but surely legislating from the bench and taking America toward a dictatorship. This upcoming election is strictly about the US Supreme Court and the overthrowing of our Constitution!


10 posted on 08/27/2004 3:55:24 AM PDT by gunnedah
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To: yoswif
Nothing is perfect, not even our country. There is no utopia on this earth. Freedom and property rights are never "ideal." We must fight and scrap to keep what we have, and help others to do the same.

Moreover, as pseudo-democracies expand, and as life gets relatively easier, our own people will come to take for granted what has been earned by our forebears.

The fight for freedom never ends.

11 posted on 08/27/2004 3:55:44 AM PDT by risk
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To: knarf
A "parliamentary democracy" is one with an ostensibly elected legislature, which absent a "presidential-" chooses a prime minister.

The countries listed, while ostensibly electorally democracies (republics with semi-competitive elections), are not all free countries. For example, the Central African Republic, although listed as a "presidential-parliamentary democracy" is really a high-crime socialist state with limited freedom and a general disease-ridden human cesspool.
12 posted on 08/27/2004 4:03:19 AM PDT by dufekin (A President. Kerry would have our enemies partying like it's 1969-- when he began his treason.)
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To: dufekin
"For example, the Central African Republic, although listed as a "presidential-parliamentary democracy" is really a high-crime socialist state with limited freedom and a general disease-ridden human cesspool."

Thank you. It was just that, which had caught my eye as I went quickly down the list.

Still, an informative compiliation.

13 posted on 08/27/2004 4:07:21 AM PDT by knarf (A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
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To: knarf; dufekin

I'm not at all comfortable with the term "parlimentary" being associated with our government, come to think of it.


14 posted on 08/27/2004 4:09:24 AM PDT by risk
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To: risk

What political sin has England committed to be excluded from this list?


15 posted on 08/27/2004 4:15:35 AM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: varon
England in 1707 joined Scotland by Act of Union of 1707 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain, later expanded to include Ireland, and now the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Look under that name; England is but a part of that country.
16 posted on 08/27/2004 4:20:50 AM PDT by dufekin (A President. Kerry would have our enemies partying like it's 1969-- when he began his treason.)
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To: knarf

A parliamentary democracy is a government like Canada and Israel. A federal republic is a government like the United States and Russia.

Typical features of parliamentarian governments include non standard election cycles, weak or non-existant chief executive, party control of seats, and multiple major parties. The party or coalition of parties that controls the parliament picks the cabinet ministers. Thus one party or coalition always controls the entire government and the opposition party or parties (such as the Conservatives in Canada) are completely powerless.

In the USA, the terms of the President and Congress are fixed, and it is common for one party to control Congress and another to occupy the White House. In nations such as Canada, there is no separate election for the Prime Minister or other executive. The only election is a local election for a party representative to parliament. That said, there is no way to "split a ticket".

The best way to describe it is that in parliamentary democracy, the parties created the system. In a constitutional republic, the system created the parties.


17 posted on 08/27/2004 4:23:08 AM PDT by bobjam
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To: varon

England is listed as "United Kingdom".


18 posted on 08/27/2004 4:24:24 AM PDT by bobjam
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To: risk
Thanks risk. I appreciate your posts and pings.

Now, why is one of these nations on the list not considered a nation where we refuse to let their elected president meet with our president or any official, we will not establish an embassy in that nation nor allow them to have an embassy here?

19 posted on 08/27/2004 8:02:51 AM PDT by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: risk
Today I call for one China: A FREE CHINA!

Yes and one Taiwan.

Taiwan is not part of China and we shouldn't saddle them to that mess.

20 posted on 08/27/2004 8:06:14 AM PDT by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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