Keywords: Democracy claims.PNG map of democracies Own 2008-04-06 Aridd public domain Updated version of map Claims of democracy by user Nikodemos Countries are colour-coded based on their respective governments' claims with regard to democracy Blue - Governments that claim to be democratic and allow opposition parties to exist though in some cases those opposition parties may be persecuted Green - Governments that claim to be democratic but do not allow opposition parties to exist Red - Governments that do not claim to be democratic Original map was out of date In the decade 2000 there have been elections with universal suffrage in Qatar Oman Kuweit Bhutan Bahrain the United Arab Emirates and Swaziland Only Saudi Arabia Brunei Myanmar and the Vatican now do not hold elections and do not claim to be democratic Check categories 2009 March 28 fr wikipedia Démocratie 1 Democracy Political maps of the world |