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backboarding (no, not that): there are 19 'full democracies' in the world, can you name them?

Posted by mafic Feb 22 '18, 16:56

the index has generally split the world into full democracy, flawed democracy, hybrid regime, authoritarian regime (not equal numbers of each).

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Mongolia, Poland, the Netherlands, Brazil, Brunei, Sax-Coberg-Ghoethre, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus, Haiti, Dominican Republic, -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:36 1
- ~60, ~50, 11, ~50, Duchies don't count!, 10, technically part of Switzerland for this, 22, ~50, ~40, ~100, ~75. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:45
Iceland -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 17:29 4
- 2 -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:30 3
  - Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 17:32 2
    - 9, 5, 11, 32 (huh, surprised about Belgium). -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:34 1
      - It takes them two years to form a government. That’s democracy! -- nm - Roger More Feb 22, 17:36
Putin? -- nm - Trump Feb 22, 17:21 2
- right in between Rwanda and Zimbabwe. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:30 1
  - I was asking him to tell me what to say -- nm - Trump Feb 22, 17:35
Vatican City -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:21 1
- also not ranked, but I imagine lifetime rule and a very limited electorate would put them somewhere in the hybrid regime category. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:29
Tibet, India Pakistan, North & South Korea, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Egypt, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Bosnia, Hungary, Monaco, Italy, Malta -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:19 2
- part of China(~140), ~50, ~80, 167! (the bottom), 20, 26, ~80, ~130, 6, 14(UK), 3, 1, ~90, ~45, not ranked, 22, 17. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:27 1
  - 5 out of 19 -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:32
Canada, Britain, Israel, Germany, France, Australia -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 17:07 1
- 7, 14, 30ish, 13, 29, 8. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:10
yes, but I will easily have a few dozen wrong countries along the way as I guess -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:01 4
- most of the top ones are what you'd think. or at least what I'd think. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:03 3
  - Guinea-Bissau! - Reagen Feb 22, 17:06 2
    - right between Sudan and Uzbekistan! -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:08 1
      - *hopeful smile* -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 17:09
Only if you tell me how many medals each one was won! -- nm - David Feb 22, 16:59 2
- cross-referencing is my favourite! -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 17:02 1
  - Nerd -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 17:12

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