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Useful Tables
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Principal Foreign Countries as of June 2008—Continued
Country UN
member
Capital Chief of state Legislative body Government type
Togo Yes Lome President National Assembly (unicameral) Republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule.
Tonga do. Nuku’alofa King Legislative Assembly (unicameral) Constitutional Monarchy.
Trinibad and Tobago do. Port-of-Spain President. Parliament (bicameral) Parliamentary Democracy.
Tunisia do. Tunis do. Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Advisors (bicameral) Republic.
Turkey do. Ankara do. Grand National Assembly of Turkey (unicameral) Republican Parliamentary Democracy.
Turkmenistan do. Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) do. Two Parliamentary Bodies: People’s Council and a National Assembly Republic; Authoritarian Presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch.
Tuvalu do. Funafuti Queen Parliament (also called House of Assembly; unicameral) Constitutional Monarchy with a Parliamentary Democracy.
Uganda do. Kampala President (unicameral) Republic.
Ukraine do. Kyiv (Kiev) do. Council(unicameral) Do.
United Arab Emirates do. Abu Dhabi do. Federal National Council (FNC) (unicameral) Federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates.
United Kingdom do. London Queen Parliament (bicameral) Constitutional Monarchy.
Uraguay do. Montevideo President General Assembly (bicameral) Constitutional Republic.
Uzbekistan do. Tashkent do. Supreme Assembly (bicameral) Republic; authoritarian presidential rule with little power outside the executive branch.
Vanuatu do. Port Vila (on Efate) do. Parliament (unicameral) Parliamentary Republic.
Venezuella do. Caracas do. National Assembly (unicameral) Federal Republic.
Vietnam do. Hanoi do. do. Communist State.
Yemen do. Sanaa do. Legislature (bicameral) Republic.
Zambia do. Lusaka do. National Assembly (unicameral) Do.
Zimbabwe do. Harare Executive President Parliament (bicameral) Parliamentary Democracy.

Source: World Factbook 2008, Central Intelligence Agency, http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html.