1998; this
agreement provides for the protection of the Antarctic environment
through five specific annexes: 1) marine pollution, 2) fauna and
flora, 3) environmental impact assessments, 4) waste management, and
5) protected area management; it prohibits all activities relating
to mineral resources except scientific research.

Antigua and Barbuda:
constitutional monarchy with UK-style parliament

Argentina:
republic

Armenia:
republic

Aruba:
parliamentary democracy

Australia:
democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British
monarch as sovereign

Austria:
federal republic

Azerbaijan:
republic

Bahamas, The:
constitutional parliamentary democracy

Bahrain:
constitutional monarchy

Bangladesh:
parliamentary democracy

Barbados:
parliamentary democracy; independent sovereign state
within the Commonwealth

Belarus:
republic

Belgium:
federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional
monarch

Belize:
parliamentary democracy

Benin:
republic under multiparty democratic rule; dropped
Marxism-Leninism December 1989; democratic reforms adopted February
1990; transition to multiparty system completed 4 April 1991

Bermuda:
parliamentary British overseas territory with internal
self-government

Bhutan:
monarchy; special treaty relationship with India

Bolivia:
republic

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
emerging democracy

Botswana:
parliamentary republic

Brazil:
federative republic

British Virgin Islands:
NA

Brunei:
constitutional sultanate

Bulgaria:
parliamentary democracy

Burkina Faso:
parliamentary

Burma:
military regime

Burundi:
republic

Cambodia:
multiparty liberal democracy under a constitutional
monarchy established in September 1993

Cameroon:
unitary republic; multiparty presidential regime
(opposition parties legalized in 1990)

note: preponderance of power remains with the president

Canada:
confederation with parliamentary democracy

Cape Verde:
republic

Cayman Islands:
British crown colony

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:
independent republic

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
dictatorship; presumably
und