ergoing a transition to representative government

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:
presidential/parliamentary democracy

Cuba:
Communist state

Cyprus:
republic

note: a disaggregation of the two ethnic communities inhabiting the
island began following the outbreak of communal strife in 1963; this
separation was further solidified after the Turkish intervention in
July 1974 after a Greek junta-based coup attempt gave the Turkish
Cypriots de facto control in the north; Greek Cypriots control the
only internationally recognized government; on 15 November 1983
Turkish Cypriot "President" Rauf DENKTASH declared independence and
the formation of a "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC),
recognized only by Turkey; both sides publicly support a settlement
based on a federation (Greek Cypriot position) or confederation
(Turkish Cypriot position)

Czech Republic:
parliamentary democracy

Denmark:
constitutional monarchy

Djibouti:
republic

Dominica:
parliamentary democracy; republic within the Commonwealth

Dominican Republic:
representative democracy

Ecuador:
republic

Egypt:
republic

El Salvador:
republic

Equatorial Guinea:
republic

Eritrea:
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 have now been scheduled to take
place in December 2001

Estonia:
parliamentary democracy

Ethiopia:
federal republic

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
NA

Faroe Islands:
NA

Fiji:
republic

note: military coup leader Maj. Gen. Sitiveni RABUKA formally
declared Fiji a republic on 6 October 1987

Finland:
republic

France:
republic

French Guiana:
NA

French Polynesia:
NA

Gabon:
r