word | | Government type |
| claim | Antarctica | ... nations; at the end of 2007, there were 46 treaty member nations: 28 consultative and 18 non-consultative; consultative (decision-making) members include the seven nations that claim portions of Antarctica as ... |
| claimant | Antarctica | ... indicate when a consultative member-nation acceded to the Treaty and when it was accepted as a consultative member, while no date indicates the country was an original 1959 treaty signatory; claimant ... |
| claims | Antarctica | ... 46 treaty member nations: 28 consultative and 18 non-consultative; consultative (decision-making) members include the seven nations that claim portions of Antarctica as national territory (some claims overlap) and 21 non ... |
| claims | Western Sahara | ... between Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976, with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds; Mauritania, under pressure from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy ... |
| Colombia | Antarctica | ... Poland (1961/1977), Russia, South Africa, Spain (1982/1988), Sweden (1984/1988), Ukraine (1992/2004), Uruguay (1980/1985), and the US; non-consultative members, with year of accession in parentheses, are - Austria (1987), Belarus (2006), Canada (1988 ... |
| colony | Cayman Islands | British crown colony |
| Commission | Eritrea | ... 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 ... |
| commonwealth | Northern Mariana Islands | commonwealth; self-governing with locally elected governor, lieutenant governor, and legislature |
| commonwealth | Puerto Rico | commonwealth |
| communal | Cyprus | ... br>note: a separation 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 ... |
Communist
 map | China | Communist state |
Communist
map | Cuba | Communist state |
Communist
map | Korea, North | Communist state one-man dictatorship |
Communist
map | Laos | Communist state |
Communist
map | Vietnam | Communist state |
| communities | Cyprus | republic
note: a separation 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 ... |
| Compact | Marshall Islands | constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 21 October 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force in May 2004 |
| Compact | Micronesia, Federated States of | constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 3 November 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force May 2004 |
| Compact | Palau | constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 1 October 1994 |
| composed | Eritrea | ... i> 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 ... |
| Comprehensive | Sudan | ... Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed a power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); the NCP, which came to power by military coup in ... |
confederation
map | Switzerland | formally a confederation but similar in structure to a federal republic |
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