Today's OTL types of economies, societies and regimes

N.B: This page is meant as a guide to what today's governments, press freedom, corruption index, GDP, human rights, literacy, health care, economic types, etc are. This article is intended to help those writing a scenario about government, trade blocks, social development, economics and politics.

Types of government


Internationally defined types of government. Note: Currently there are no militarily dictatorships, but Thailand is a de facto one.



Monarchies in red and republics in blue. Malaysia's king is an elected elder statesman.

Press freedom


Press freedom levels. Syria's press was always loyal to the Assad regime, but the civil-war has lead to even stricter rules.

Authoritarian regimes


Authoritarian regimes. The UK media regard Uzbekistan as at the bad end of the authoritarian scale and Kazakhstan at the good end of the scale. Example-, , , , , and .



Fully elected democracies. According to the UK, French and USA media that S. Africa's system is not really democratic since the polling has an inherent bias to the ANC (most TV campaigning time is given to the ANC and so on). According to the UK, Irish, Polish, French and USA media Russia was never really a democracy since it regularly jails political opponents and beats up anti-government voters. According to the UK, French and Italian press ballot stuffing, tampered with voting machines and beating up anti-government voters became the trend in parts of the UK, USA and Spain since circa 2005. There are frequent reports in European, Australian, NZ and North American papers of ballot stuffing, stolen ballot boxes, violence towards opposition voters and tampered voting machines in Ukraine, Brazil, Mexico, India, Pakistan, Kenya Romania, Albania, Thailand, PNG and Indonesia.

Corruption index


Economic and state corruption. Examples-, , , , , , and.

Trade blocks


International trade blocks.

Economic type


Laissez-faire capitalists (blue), former Laissez-faire capitalists (light blue), Marxist-Leninist Communist states who went Laissez-faire capitalists (purple), Marxist-Leninist Communist states (red) and former Communist states (orange) of the world.

Unemployment


The % who are jobless. By what I have witnessed and have gathered from friends and online friends it is nothing like the British, Greek, Russian, Spanish, Bosnian and American governments say. Russia, Bosnia and America are noticeably worse in places, the UK has only a few places not in utter destitution, while Spain and Greece are in total societal collapse. The TV documentary Panorama the streets of Stockport, Middlesbough and Bristol are choked with jobless, penniless, sometimes homeless and starving wretches, who live on charitable food donations and pay day loans.

Economic freedom
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My view
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Official government left vs right policy
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Human development index rateing
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Ballot fraud.
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Down load speeds
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Fiber-optic internet
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Online censorship and blocking


YouTube bans.



Online censorship and internet bans.

Petrol/Gasoline prices.


Average gasoline prices by country.

Nominal.
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Per captia.
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Literacy rates


Adult literacy rates.

Hospital beds per capita.
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Life expectancy at birth
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Starvation


The % who are starving according to the UN's definition of 'starving'. By what I have witnessed and have gathered from friends and online friends it is nothing like the British, Greek, Russian, Spanish, Bosnian and American governments say. Russia, Bosnia and America are noticeably worse in places, the UK has only a few places not in utter destitution, while Spain and Greece are in total societal collapse. The TV documentary Panorama the streets of Stockport, Middlesbough and Bristol are choked with jobless, penniless, sometimes homeless and starving wretches, who live on charitable food donations and pay day loans.

Poverty.


A CIA World Factbook-based map showing the percentage of population by country living below that country's official poverty line. By what I have witnessed and have gathered from friends and online friends it is nothing like the British, Greek, Russian, Spanish, Bosnian and American governments say. Russia, Bosnia and America are noticeably worse in places, the UK has only a few places not in utter destitution, while Spain and Greece are in total societal collapse. The TV documentary Panorama the streets of Stockport, Middlesbough and Bristol are choked with jobless, penniless, sometimes homeless and starving wretches, who live on charitable food donations and pay day loans.



The % of people living on $2 (PPP) a day according to the UN.

Also see

 * 1) How Governments become Authoritarian
 * 2) Atomic warfare information notes.