Areeba Mughal

S17BBAH051

1. Communist Countries

 China
 Cuba
 Laos
 North Korea
 Vietnam

2. Democracy

According to the scores given by the Democracy Index in 2019, these countries represent the
best democratic governments in the world. All of them have a full democracy.

 Norway
 Iceland
 Sweden
 New Zealand
 Finland

3. Social democracy:

Most countries in Western and Northern Europe underwent similar transitions during the 20th

century. The Nordic countries (i.e. Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark), in
particular, have their own system of Nordic capitalism, where socialist welfare policies slot,
quite effectively, within a capitalist framework.

A number of Eastern European countries have since followed suit. The Asian Tiger economies
(Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore), in addition to Japan, have similarly adopted
practices that could be considered social democracy.

4. Collectivism:

Countries considered collectivistic include

 Japan
 China
 Korea

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  Taiwan
 Venezuela
 Guatemala, Indonesia, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, and India

5. Individualism:

This contrasts with collectivist cultures where characteristics like being self-sacrificing,
dependable, generous, and helpful to others are of greater importance. A few countries that are
considered individualistic cultures include the United States, Germany, Ireland, South Africa,
and Australia

6. Communist Totalitarianism:

 People's Republic of China

 Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
 Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)
 Republic of Cuba

While China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba officially claim to be communist states, the
country that adheres most strictly to communist principles, according to Oxford University
scholar Robert Service, is North Korea. He should know, he wrote the book on it 

7. Theocratic Totalitarianism:

 Vatican City.
 Yemen.
 Saudi Arabia.
 Sudan.
 Iran.
 Mauritania.
 Afghanistan

8. Tribal totalitarianism:
 Zimbabwe
 Kenya
 Uganda

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 Tanzania

9. Right-wing totalitarianism:
 Turkey
 Spain
 Russia
 Poland
 Hungary

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