word | | Government type |
| China | Antarctica | ... 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), Bulgaria (1978/1998) China (1983/1985), Ecuador ... |
| 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 | ... Mauritania in April 1976 when Spain withdrew, 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 ... |
| commonly | 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 ... |
| Commonwealth | Antigua and Barbuda | constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government and a Commonwealth realm |
| Commonwealth | Australia | federal parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm |
| Commonwealth | Bahamas, The | constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm |
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