States of Transition

DEMOCRACY HAS NUMEROUS SHADES OF GREY, WHICH IS WHY IT IS USEFUL TO MEASURE DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE THROUGH THE DEMOCRACY INDEX

legends Flawed Democracies Range 6–8

Hybrid Regimes Range 4–6

Authoritarian Regimes Range 0–4

HYBRID REGIME Parliamentary Multiparty democracy under constitutional monarchy Military junta from 1962 to 2011; transition to democracy Parliamentary democracy

Authori taria n

Absolute monarchy Constitutional monarchy Communist state Federation Absolute monarchy Communist state Republic; authoritarian presidential rule Absolute monarchy Constitutional monarchy

Absolute monarchy; federation Republic Communist state Islamic republic Republic; authoritarian Absolute monarchy Multiparty democracy Presidential republic Republic in state of war Communist state one-man dictatorship

ho ng kong: si ngapore : ba ngladesh

cambodia mya nmar iraq:

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turkey: kyrgyzstan: bhutan: thaila nd: leba non: nepal : pales tine: pa kis tan: jorda n: kuwai t: vietnam : russia : qatar: chi na: kazakhs tan:

oma n: bahrai n: united arab emira

afghanis tan: laos : iran: uzbekis tan: saudi arabia: tajikis tan: turkmenis tan: syria : nor th korea : tes (uae ):