word | | Government type |
authoritarian
 map | Uzbekistan | republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch |
| Autonomous | 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 ... |
| began | 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 ... |
| Belarus | Antarctica | ... Peru (1981/1989), 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 ... |
| Belgium | Antarctica | ... member, while no date indicates the country was an original 1959 treaty signatory; claimant nations are - Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, NZ, Norway, and the UK. Nonclaimant consultative nations are - Belgium, Brazil (1975/1983 ... |
| bicameral | Malaysia | ... constitutional monarchy
note: nominally headed by paramount ruler (commonly referred to as the King) and a bicameral Parliament consisting of a nonelected upper house and an elected lower house ... |
| bishop | Andorra | ... 1993) that retains as its chiefs of state a coprincipality; the two princes are the president of France and bishop of Seo de Urgel, Spain, who are represented locally by coprinces' representatives |
| Bolivia | Bolivia | republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a "Social Unitarian State" |
| branch | Colombia | republic; executive branch dominates government structure |
| branch | Kazakhstan | republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch |
| branch | Turkmenistan | republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch |
| branch | Uzbekistan | republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch |
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