word | | Government type |
| December | Antarctica | ... system known as the Antarctic Treaty System; the system includes: 1. the Antarctic Treaty, signed on 1 December 1959 and entered into force on 23 June 1961, which establishes the legal framework ... |
| December | Eritrea | ... legislature; the constitution, ratified in May 1997, did not enter into effect, pending parliamentary and presidential elections; parliamentary elections were scheduled in December 2001 but were postponed indefinitely; currently the sole legal ... |
| decision-making | Antarctica | ... at these periodic meetings, decisions are made by consensus (not by vote) of all consultative member nations; by April 2010, there were 48 treaty member nations: 28 consultative and 20 non-consultative ... |
| decisions | Antarctica | ... on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1991); the 33rd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay in May 2010; at these periodic meetings, decisions are made by ... |
| declared | Cyprus | ... 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 ... |
| defines | Bolivia | republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a "Social Unitarian State" |
| defines | Turkmenistan | defines itself as a secular democracy and a presidential republic; in actuality displays authoritarian presidential rule, with power concentrated within the presidential administration |
| degrees | Antarctica | ... and personnel, cooperation with the UN and other international agencies; Article 4 - does not recognize, dispute, or establish territorial claims and no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in ... |
| delegated | United Arab Emirates | federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates |
| delineating | Western Sahara | ... the Polisario's government-in-exile was seated as an Organization of African Unity (OAU) member in 1984; Morocco between 1980 and 1987 built a fortified sand berm delineating the roughly 80 ... |
democracy
 map | Albania | parliamentary democracy |
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