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Neither 1953 constitutional declaration, 1956 Egyptian Constitution [73] nor the Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Republic [74] used the word 'socialist' or 'socialism', but the sole legal parties – the Liberation Rally and the National Union – were socialist. United Arab Republic. 22 February 1958.
List of countries by system of government. For further information, see List of forms of government. World's states coloured by systems of government: Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature. Constitutional monarchy. Parliamentary republic.
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, [1] two UN General Assembly non-member observer states ...
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1970s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1970 and 31 December 1979. It contains 191 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 166 widely-recognized sovereign states (including 4 ...
Most of the new states' constitutions define directly or indirectly the economic system of the countries parallel to the democratic transition of the 1990s, emphasising the free market economy. The average government debt in these countries is nearly 44%, but the deviation is great, because the lowest figure is close to 10% but the highest is 97%.
a Soviet ruble (руб) used from 1991 to 1994. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) [ a ] is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and is its legal successor. It covers an area of 20,368,759 km 2 (7,864,422 sq mi) and has an estimated population of ...
A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government [1] is a state that is de jure independent but de facto completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders. [2] Puppet states have nominal sovereignty , except that a foreign power effectively exercises control through economic or military support. [ 3 ]
The Western Bloc, also known as the Capitalist Bloc, is an informal, collective term for countries that were officially allied with the United States during the Cold War of 1947–1991. While the NATO member states, in Western Europe and Northern America, were pivotal to the bloc, it included many other countries, in the broader Asia-Pacific ...