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Country | UN member |
Capital | Chief of state | Legislative body | Government type |
Bulgaria | Yes | Sofia | President | National Assembly (unicameral) | Parliamentary Democracy. |
Burkina Faso | do. | Ouagadougou | do. | do. | Parliamentary Republic. |
Burma (Myanmar)[1] | do. | Rangoon (Yangon) | Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) | People’s Assembly(unicameral) | Military Junta |
Burundi | do. | Bujumbura | President | Parliament (bicameral) | Republic. |
Cambodia | do. | Phnom Penh | King | National Assembly (bicameral) | Multiparty Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy. |
Cameroon | do. | Yaounde | President | National Assembly (unicameral) | Republic; Multiparty Presidential Regime. |
Canada | do. | Ottawa | Queen (represented by Governor General). | Parliament (bicameral) | Constitutional Monarchy that is also a Parliamentary Democracy and a Federation. |
Cape Verde | do. | Praia | President | National Assembly (unicameral) | Republic. |
Central African Republic | do. | Bangui | do. | do. | do. |
Chad | do. | N’Djamens | do. | do. | do. |
Chile | do. | Santiago | do. | National Congress (bicameral) | do. |
China | do. | Beijing | do. | National People’s Congress (unicameral) | Communist State. |
Columbia | do. | Bogota | do. | Congress (bicameral) | Republic. Executive Branch dominates government structure. |
Comoros | do. | Moroni | do. | Assembly of the Union (unicameral) | Republic. |
Conga, Democratic Republic of the | do. | Kinshasa | do. | Legislature (bicameral) | do. |
Congo, Republic of the | do. | Brazzaville | do. | Parliament (bicameral) | do. |
Costa Rica | do. | San Jose | do. | Legislative Assembly (unicameral) | Democratic Republic. |
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | do. | Yamoussoukro | do. | National Assembly (unicameral) | Republic; Multiparty Presidential Regime (est. 1960).[2] |
Croatia | do. | Zagreb | do. | Assembly (unicameral) | Presidential/Parliamentary Democracy. |
Cuba | do. | Havana | do. | National Assembly of People’s Power (unicameral) | Communist State. |
Cyprus | do. | Nicosia (Lefkosia) | do. | House of Representatives (unicameral) | Republic. |
Czech Republic | do. | Prague | do. | Parliament (bicameral) | Parliamentary Democracy. |
Denmark | do. | Copenhagen | Queen | People’s Assembly (unicameral) | Constitutional Monarchy. |
Djibouti | do. | Djibouti | President | Chamber of Deputies (bicameral) | Republic. |
Dominica | do. | Roseau | do. | House of Assembly (bicameral) | Parliamentary Democracy. |
Dominican Republic | do. | Santo Domingo | do. | National Congress (bicameral) | Democratic Republic.|- |
- ↑ Since 1989, the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; this decision was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma, and the U.S. Government did not adopt the name, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw.
- ↑ Government currently under power sharing agreement mandated by international mediators.