Can you name the world's thirty full democracies? by HeavenWood

Can you name the world's thirty full democracies?

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Source: The Economist
Each nation's overall score factors their electoral process and pluralism, functioning of government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties.
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Overall Score	Country
9.88
9.68
9.65
9.53
9.52
9.25
9.19
9.15
9.10
9.09
9.07
9.01
8.82
8.49
8.45

Overall Score	Country
8.39
8.25
8.22
8.19
8.16
8.15
8.13
8.08
8.07
8.05
8.04
8.04
8.01
7.98
7.96

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Full Democracies Quiz

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	jda28:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 23:35 GMT		1 point
	Not accepting USA?

	abanazerb:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 00:00 GMT		3 points
	Interesting quiz. It seems bizarre to me (a Brit) that the UK is classed as a "full democracy" when the position of Head of State and a proportion of the legislature are both hereditary. I checked the source and I still can't work it out!

	Converge:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 01:52 GMT		12 points
	I'd suggest the Economist weighted it that way because the Royals are entirely ceremonial, the Lords are mostly a rubber stamp for parliament, and the UK's democratic institutions function at a comparatively high level.

	SOAR21:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 05:31 GMT		13 points
	Scandinavia should be proud.

	megarockman:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 05:41 GMT		15 points
	Re UK: What about the Netherlands? And Spain? And Sweden? And Norway? And Belgium? And Japan? I think the idea of democracy and the idea of a republic are being confused here.

	smarty:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 08:35 GMT		4 points
	well, something from every continent!

	foyherald:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 11:34 GMT		2 points
	@abanazerb: While I agree the Lords is an an athema to democracy there is the Parliament Act were the commons can force a law to be passed!

	stjaernstoft:	May 3rd, 2010 at 14:46 GMT		3 points
	Even though I'm Swedish, I'm totally against monarchy, but the king has no political powers whatsoever. I'm proud to be a Swede, and I'm proud to be Scandinavian, where democracy and tolerance is valued above anything else.

	andr5036:	Mar 5th, 2011 at 18:07 GMT		4 points
	I would not mark my country (Denmark) or any of the other monarchies as a full democracy. For a country to be a full democracy, all people need the right to vote (the Danish royal house doesn't) and all citizens should be born with equal right and restrictions.

	newenglander:	Apr 18th, 2011 at 04:19 GMT		1 point
	@soar21-that can go without saying. sporcle quizzes that feature scandinavia are always putting the rest of the world to shame

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	flixuk:	Apr 18th, 2011 at 09:13 GMT		1 point
	In the USA a very few wealthy people have 99% of the influence. it's not a full democracy.

	Mijzelffan:	Apr 18th, 2011 at 09:28 GMT		2 points
	Funny, I got the first 6 countries on my first 6 tries:)

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	paulio_ham:	Apr 18th, 2011 at 11:37 GMT		2 points
	I don't think Italy should count as a full democracy seeing as its Prime Minister owns half the media. Interestingly in 2010 the Economist marked France, Italy, Slovenia and Greece as 'flawed democracies' so I wonder what's changed since then.

	gowhere:	Apr 18th, 2011 at 12:18 GMT		10 points
	No country is a full democracy. A full democracy, where every decision is taken by the vote of the entire population is unworkable. Nor should we assume that democracy is the best form of government. Democracy only functions well with a well-educated, literate populace. It may be the best system humanity has devised thus far, but without controls such as a constitution (or its equivalent), it allows 51% of the population to oppress 49%.

	dirtyyankee02:	Apr 18th, 2011 at 17:43 GMT		-4 points
	@smarty that may actually be true if you include territorial claims, but Africa (and Antarctica) lack any actual countries on this list.

	Emperor_Ziggy:	Apr 18th, 2011 at 20:38 GMT		2 points
	@flixuk: So being able to elect your representatives, governors, and president gives you just 1% of political power?

	paulio_ham:	Apr 18th, 2011 at 23:34 GMT		4 points
	dirtyyankee02 Mauritius is an African country, obviously Antarctica will not be represented as it has no countries in it (other than territorial claims)

	severian:	Apr 19th, 2011 at 00:37 GMT		1 point
	Not San Marino?

	Zephos:	Apr 19th, 2011 at 01:54 GMT		4 points
	"The US is not a democracy, we are a Republic" ahahaha, god I never get tired of seeing people say that. It's the ultimate "DUHHH".