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AkrotiriEpiskopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia)

the <strong>Antarctic Treaty and its follow-on agreements </strong>govern the use of Antarctica, ensuring it is used only for peaceful purposes and scientific research; signed in 1959 and in force since 1961, the original Treaty bans military activity, weapons testing, and nuclear waste disposal, while allowing military personnel to assist with research or other peaceful efforts; it promotes international cooperation in science, guarantees the free exchange of research, and freezes territorial claims; the Treaty covers all land and ice south of 60° south latitude, and allows Treaty nations to inspect any station or facility<br><br>decisions are made by consensus at annual meetings, and member countries implement these decisions through their national laws (see “Legal system”); additional agreements have strengthened the Treaty system, including conventions to protect seals (1972) and other marine life (1980), as well as an environmental protocol (1991, took effect in 1998); the protocol bans mining and includes strict rules on environmental impact, waste, pollution, wildlife, and protected areas; as of December 2024, there are <strong>58 member nations</strong>: <strong>29 consultative members</strong>, including the 7 claimant countries (Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the UK), and <strong>29 non-consultative members</strong>; a permanent Antarctic Treaty Secretariat, established in 2004 in Buenos Aires, supports the system

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll

Clipperton Island

Coral Sea Islands

DhekeliaEpiskopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Spratly Islands

legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), near Tindouf, Algeria, led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ until his death in May 2016; current President Brahim GHALI elected in July 2016; territory partitioned between Morocco and 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 that sector shortly thereafter and has since asserted administrative control; the Polisario's government-in-exile was seated as an Organization of African Unity (OAU) member in 1984; Morocco between 1980 and 1987 built a fortified sand berm delineating the roughly 75% of Western Sahara west of the barrier that currently is controlled by Morocco; guerrilla activities continued sporadically until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented on 6 September 1991 (Security Council Resolution 690) by the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)

noneadministered from London; often regarded as being on Diego Garcia

federal parliamentary republic1.42B

communist party-led state1.41B

United StatesWashington, D.C.

constitutional federal republic338.0M

IndonesiaJakarta

presidential republic283.6M

PakistanIslamabad

federal parliamentary republic257.0M

federal presidential republic244.3M

BrazilBrasília

federal presidential republic221.4M

BangladeshDhaka

parliamentary republic174.4M

semi-presidential federation140.1M

MexicoMexico City (Ciudad de Mexico)

federal presidential republic130.7M

parliamentary constitutional monarchy123.2M

EthiopiaAddis Ababa

federal parliamentary republic121.4M

semi-presidential republic119.0M

PhilippinesManila

presidential republic118.3M

presidential republic112.9M

VietnamHanoi (Ha Noi)

communist party-led state106.7M

theocratic republic89.2M

presidential republic84.6M

federal parliamentary republic84.0M

ThailandBangkok

constitutional monarchy70.0M

presidential republic69.1M

United KingdomLondon

parliamentary constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm68.8M

semi-presidential republic68.5M

South AfricaPretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)

parliamentary republic61.1M

parliamentary republic60.9M

BurmaRangoon (aka Yangon, continues to be recognized as the primary Burmese capital by the US Government); Nay Pyi Taw is the administrative capital

military regime57.9M

presidential republic55.8M

South KoreaSeoul

presidential republic51.5M

presidential republic50.9M

presidential republic50.5M

ColombiaBogotá

presidential republic49.8M

AfghanistanKabul

theocratic; the United States does not recognize the Taliban Government49.5M

presidential republic47.7M

parliamentary constitutional monarchy47.3M

ArgentinaBuenos Aires

presidential republic45.4M

federal parliamentary republic42.9M

federal parliamentary democracy (Parliament of Canada) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm; federal and state authorities and responsibilities regulated in constitution39.2M

presidential republic39.0M

parliamentary republic38.7M

parliamentary constitutional monarchy37.4M

UzbekistanTashkent (Toshkent)

presidential republic; highly authoritarian37.0M

Saudi ArabiaRiyadh

absolute monarchy36.5M

UkraineKyiv (Kiev is the transliteration from Russian)

semi-presidential republic35.7M

presidential republic35.3M

MalaysiaKuala Lumpur

federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy34.9M

in transition34.5M

MozambiqueMaputo

presidential republic34.2M

presidential republic32.8M

Côte d'IvoireYamoussoukro (legislative capital), Abidjan (administrative and economic capital); note - the US Embassy is in Abidjan

presidential republic31.9M

VenezuelaCaracas

federal presidential republic31.8M

CameroonYaounde

presidential republic31.5M

MadagascarAntananarivo

semi-presidential republic31.3M

federal parliamentary republic31.3M

AustraliaCanberra

federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm27.5M

formerly, semi-presidential republic27.3M

North KoreaPyongyang

dictatorship, single-party communist state26.4M

transitional presidential republic24.3M

semi-presidential republic23.6M

Burkina FasoOuagadougou

presidential republic23.5M

semi-presidential republic22.6M

Sri LankaColombo (commercial capital); Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)

presidential republic22.1M

presidential republic22.0M

presidential republic21.8M

KazakhstanAstana

presidential republic20.4M

SomaliaMogadishu

federal parliamentary republic20.3M

presidential republic19.7M

ChileSantiago; note - Valparaiso is the seat of the national legislature

presidential republic19.1M

presidential republic18.8M

presidential republic18.5M

GuatemalaGuatemala City

presidential republic18.3M

RomaniaBucharest

semi-presidential republic18.1M

NetherlandsAmsterdam

parliamentary constitutional monarchy; part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands17.8M

presidential republic17.5M

CambodiaPhnom Penh

parliamentary constitutional monarchy17.2M

BeninPorto-Novo (constitutional capital); Cotonou (seat of government)

presidential republic15.2M

presidential republic14.4M

presidential republic13.6M

BurundiGitega (political capital), Bujumbura (commercial capital)

presidential republic13.6M

South SudanJuba

presidential republic12.7M

BoliviaLa Paz (administrative capital); Sucre (constitutional [legislative and judicial] capital)

presidential republic12.4M

parliamentary republic12.0M

BelgiumBrussels

federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy12.0M

HaitiPort-au-Prince

semi-presidential republic11.9M

parliamentary constitutional monarchy11.3M

The DominicanSanto Domingo

presidential republic10.9M

parliamentary republic10.8M

AzerbaijanBaku (Baki, Baky)

presidential republic10.7M

SwedenStockholm

parliamentary constitutional monarchy10.6M

TajikistanDushanbe

presidential republic10.6M

parliamentary republic10.4M

Papua New GuineaPort Moresby

parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm10.3M

semi-presidential republic10.2M

communist state10.1M

HungaryBudapest

parliamentary republic9.9M

HondurasTegucigalpa

presidential republic9.5M

presidential republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship9.5M

IsraelJerusalem

parliamentary democracy9.4M

Sierra LeoneFreetown

presidential republic9.3M

federal parliamentary republic9.2M

presidential republic9.1M

SwitzerlandBern

federal republic (formally a confederation)8.9M

LaosVientiane (Viangchan)

communist party-led state8.0M

ParaguayAsunción

presidential republic7.6M

LibyaTripoli (Tarabulus)

in transition7.4M

presidential limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China7.3M

NicaraguaManagua

presidential republic6.7M

parliamentary republic6.7M

SerbiaBelgrade (Beograd)

parliamentary republic6.7M

authoritarian6.4M

El SalvadorSan Salvador

presidential republic6.3M

KyrgyzstanBishkek

parliamentary republic6.2M

Congo (Brazzaville)Brazzaville

presidential republic6.1M

SingaporeSingapore

parliamentary republic6.1M

DenmarkCopenhagen

parliamentary constitutional monarchy6.1M

TurkmenistanAshgabat (Ashkhabad)

presidential republic; authoritarian5.7M

SlovakiaBratislava

parliamentary republic5.6M

LiberiaMonrovia

presidential republic5.6M

FinlandHelsinki

parliamentary republic5.6M

parliamentary constitutional monarchy5.5M

parliamentary democratic republic5.4M

Costa RicaSan José

presidential republic5.3M

parliamentary republic5.2M

MauritaniaNouakchott

presidential republic5.2M

New ZealandWellington

parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm5.2M

semi-presidential republic4.9M

PanamaPanama City

presidential republic4.5M

parliamentary republic4.1M

absolute monarchy4.0M

Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo

parliamentary republic3.7M

MoldovaChisinau in Romanian (Kishinev in Russian)

parliamentary republic3.6M

UruguayMontevideo

presidential republic3.4M

MongoliaUlaanbaatar

semi-presidential republic3.3M

KuwaitKuwait City

constitutional monarchy (emirate)3.2M

Puerto RicoSan Juan

unincorporated organized territory of the US with local self-government; republican form of territorial government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches; note - reference Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act, 2 March 1917, as amended by Public Law 600, 3 July 19503.0M

parliamentary democracy; note - constitutional changes adopted in December 2015 transformed the government to a parliamentary system3.0M

JamaicaKingston

parliamentary democracy (Parliament) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm2.9M

NamibiaWindhoek

presidential republic2.9M

LithuaniaVilnius

semi-presidential republic2.8M

absolute monarchy2.6M

AlbaniaTirana (Tirane)

parliamentary republic2.6M

The GambiaBanjul

presidential republic2.5M

BotswanaGaborone

parliamentary republic2.5M

GabonLibreville

presidential republic2.5M

parliamentary constitutional monarchy2.2M

Gaza, Gaza Strip

North MacedoniaSkopje

parliamentary republic2.1M

Guinea-BissauBissau

semi-presidential republic2.1M

SloveniaLjubljana

parliamentary republic2.1M

KosovoPristina (Prishtine, Prishtina)

parliamentary republic2.0M

parliamentary republic1.9M

Equatorial GuineaMalabo; note - Malabo is on the island of Bioko; some months of the year, the government operates out of Bata on the mainland region.

presidential republic1.8M

constitutional monarchy1.6M

Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain

parliamentary republic1.4M

Timor-LesteDili

semi-presidential republic1.4M

parliamentary republic1.3M

CyprusNicosia (Lefkosia/Lefkosa)

Republic of Cyprus - presidential republic; self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC) - parliamentary republic with enhanced presidency1.3M

MauritiusPort Louis

parliamentary republic1.3M

EswatiniMbabane (administrative capital); Lobamba (royal and legislative capital)

absolute monarchy1.1M

DjiboutiDjibouti

presidential republic1.0M

FijiSuva (on Viti Levu)

parliamentary republic952K

federal presidential republic912K

constitutional monarchy893K

GuyanaGeorgetown

parliamentary republic794K

Solomon IslandsHoniara

parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm739K

LuxembourgLuxembourg

constitutional monarchy671K

SurinameParamaribo

presidential republic654K

executive-led limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China644K

Cabo VerdePraia

parliamentary republic611K

MontenegroPodgorica

parliamentary republic600K

parliamentary republic522K

BruneiBandar Seri Begawan

absolute monarchy or sultanate492K

parliamentary democracy (National Assembly) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm422K

The BahamasNassau

parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm415K

presidential republic389K

IcelandReykjavik

unitary parliamentary republic364K

VanuatuPort-Vila (on Efate)

parliamentary republic318K

New CaledoniaNoumea

parliamentary democracy (Territorial Congress); an overseas collectivity of France308K

French PolynesiaPapeete (located on Tahiti)

parliamentary democracy (Assembly of French Polynesia); an overseas collectivity of France306K

BarbadosBridgetown

parliamentary republic; a Commonwealth realm304K

Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome

semi-presidential republic224K

parliamentary republic210K

GuamHagatna (Agana)

unincorporated organized territory of the US with local self-government; republican form of territorial government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches170K

Saint LuciaCastries

parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm168K

CuracaoWillemstad

parliamentary democracy153K

ArubaOranjestad

parliamentary democracy; part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands125K

presidential republic117K

GrenadaSaint George's

parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm115K

TongaNuku'alofa

constitutional monarchy105K

JerseySaint Helier

parliamentary democracy (Assembly of the States of Jersey)104K

Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie

unincorporated organized territory of the US with local self-government; republican form of territorial government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches104K

Antigua and BarbudaSaint John's

parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm103K

Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown

parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm101K

SeychellesVictoria

presidential republic98K

Isle of ManDouglas

parliamentary democracy (Tynwald)93K

AndorraAndorra la Vella

parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains its chiefs of state in the form of a co-principality; the two princes are the President of France and Bishop of Seu d'Urgell, Spain85K

Marshall IslandsMajuro

mixed presidential-parliamentary system in free association with the US82K

parliamentary republic75K

BermudaHamilton

Overseas Territory of the UK with limited self-government; parliamentary democracy73K

GuernseySaint Peter Port

parliamentary democracy (States of Deliberation)68K

Cayman IslandsGeorge Town (on Grand Cayman)

parliamentary democracy; self-governing overseas territory of the UK67K

Turks and Caicos IslandsGrand Turk (Cockburn Town)

parliamentary democracy60K

parliamentary democracy (Parliament of Greenland or Inatsisartut)58K

Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre

federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm55K

Faroe IslandsTorshavn

parliamentary democracy (Faroese Parliament); part of the Kingdom of Denmark53K

Northern Mariana IslandsSaipan

a commonwealth in political union with and under the sovereignty of the US; republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches51K

Sint MaartenPhilipsburg

<p>parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy</p>47K

American SamoaPago Pago

unincorporated, unorganized Territory of the US with local self-government; republican form of territorial government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches43K

LiechtensteinVaduz

constitutional monarchy41K

British Virgin IslandsRoad Town

Overseas Territory of the UK with limited self-government; parliamentary democracy40K

San MarinoSan Marino (city)

parliamentary republic35K

Saint MartinMarigot

parliamentary democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of France33K

constitutional monarchy32K

GibraltarGibraltar

parliamentary democracy (Parliament); self-governing overseas territory of the UK30K

presidential republic in free association with the US22K

AnguillaThe Valley

parliamentary democracy (House of Assembly); self-governing overseas territory of the UK19K

Wallis and FutunaMata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)

parliamentary democracy (Territorial Assembly); overseas collectivity of France16K

parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm12K

Nauruno official capital; government offices in the Yaren District

parliamentary republic10K

Cook IslandsAvarua

parliamentary democracy8K

Saint BarthelemyGustavia

parliamentary democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of France7K

MontserratPlymouth

parliamentary democracy; self-governing overseas territory of the UK5K

Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint-Pierre

parliamentary democracy (Territorial Council); overseas collectivity of France5K

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)Stanley

parliamentary democracy (Legislative Assembly); self-governing overseas territory of the UK3K

Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)Longyearbyen

non-self-governing territory of Norway3K

<p>parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy</p>2K

Paracel Islands

parliamentary democracy2K

Norfolk IslandKingston

administered as an overseas territory of Australia2K

Christmas IslandThe Settlement (Flying Fish Cove)

non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia2K

Holy See (Vatican City)Vatican City

ecclesiastical elective monarchy; self-described as an "absolute monarchy"1K

Cocos (Keeling) IslandsWest Island

non-self-governing overseas territory of Australia593

Pitcairn IslandsAdamstown

parliamentary democracy50