If you don’t Vote Don’t complain     The United States of America is a Republic where we vote for our leaders & then they in-turn:  Govern our country, vote on Laws, & appoint Judges . while there are many Partial Republics & Democracies in the world not many have as strong of individual rights that we in the USA have.   According to the CIA World Factbook, the following states are either democracies or emerging democracies, listed in alphabetical order: State: Type Albania: Emerging democracy Andorra: Parliamentary democracy Angola: Multiparty republic Argentina: Multiparty republic Armenia: Multiparty republic Aruba: Parliamentary democracy Australia: Democratic Constitutional Monarchy Austria: Federal republic The Bahamas: Parliamentary Representative Democratic Monarchy Bangladesh: Parliamentary democracy Barbados: Parliamentary democracy Belgium: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Belize: Parliamentary democracy Benin: Multiparty republic Bermuda: Parliamentary British overseas territory with internal self-government Bolivia: Multiparty republic Bosnia and Herzegovina: Emerging republic Botswana: Parliamentary republic Brazil: Federative Republic Bulgaria: Parliamentary democracy Burkina Faso: Parliamentary democracy Canada: Parliamentary democracy Cambodia: Multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy Cape Verde: Multiparty republic Chile: Multiparty republic Colombia: Multiparty republic Comoros: Multiparty republic Cook Islands: Self-governing parliamentary democracy Costa Rica: Democratic republic Croatia: Presidantial/Parliamental democracy Cyprus: Multiparty republic The Czech Republic: Parliamentary democracy Denmark: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Dominica: Parliamentary democracy Dominican: Republic Democracy Ecuador: Multiparty republic El Salvador: Multiparty republic Estonia: Parliamentary republic Fiji: Multiparty republic Finland: Multiparty republic Gabon: Multiparty republic France: Multiparty republic Georgia: Multiparty republic Germany: Multiparty republic Ghana: Constitutional democracy Greece: Parliamentary republic Greenland: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Grenada: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Guatemala: Democratic republic Guinea-Bissau: Multiparty republic Guyana: Multiparty republic Honduras: Democratic republic Hungary: Parliamentary democracy Iceland: Democracy India: Federal Republic Indonesia: Multiparty Republic Ireland: Multiparty republic Israel: Parliamentary democracy Isle of Man: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Italy: Multiparty republic Jamaica: Parliamentary democracy Japan: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Kiribati: Multiparty republic Kyrgyzstan: Multiparty republic Latvia: Democracy Lebanon: Multiparty republic Lesotho: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Liberia: Emerging democracy Liechtenstein: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Luxembourg: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Lithuania: Parliamentary democracy Macedonia: Parliamentary democracy Malawi: Parliamentary democracy Malta: Multiparty republic Marshall Islands: Constitutional government Mauritius: Parliamentary democracy Mexico: Federal Republic Micronesia: Constitutional government Moldova: Multiparty republic Monaco: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Mongolia: Mixed parliamentary/presidential Mozambique: Multiparty republic Namibia: Multiparty republic Nauru: Multiparty republic New Zealand: Democratic Constitutional Monarchy The Netherlands: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy The Netherlands Antilles: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Nicaragua: Multiparty republic Niue: Self governing parliamentary democracy Northern Mariana Islands: Self-governing with locally elected governor, lieutenant governor and legislature Norway: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Palau: Constitutional government in free association with the U.S.A. Panama: Democracy Papua: New Guinea Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Paraguay: Multiparty republic Peru: Multiparty republic The Philippines: Multiparty republic Poland: Multiparty republic Portugal: Democracy Puerto Rico: Democracy Romania: Multiparty republic Saint Kitts and Nevis: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Saint Lucia: Parliamentary democracy Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Parliamentary democracy Samoa: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy San Marino: Multiparty republic São Tomé and Príncipe: Multiparty republic Senegal: Multiparty republic Serbia and Montenegro: Multiparty republic Seychelles: Multiparty republic Sierra Leone: Constitutional democracy Slovakia: Parliamentary democracy Slovenia: Parliamentary republic Solomon Islands: Parliamentary democracy South Africa: Multiparty republic South Korea: Multiparty republic Spain: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Sri Lanka: Multiparty republic Suriname: Democracy Sweden: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Switzerland: Multiparty republic/Direct democracy Republic of China (Taiwan): Democracy Thailand: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Trinidad and Tobago: Parliamentary democracy Tuvalu: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy Turkey: Parliamentary democracy Ukraine: Multiparty republic United Kingdom: Parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy United States of America: Federal republic Uruguay: Multiparty republic Vanuatu: Parliamentary republic Venezuela: Multiparty republic Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dem…   Thanks Connectzone.com