Bahrain
constitutional hereditary monarchy
Bangladesh
parliamentary democracy
Barbados
parliamentary democracy; independent sovereign state within
the Commonwealth
Belarus
republic
Belgium
federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional
monarch
Belize
parliamentary democracy
Benin
republic under multiparty democratic rule; dropped
Marxism-Leninism December 1989; democratic reforms adopted February
1990; transition to multiparty system completed 4 April 1991
Bermuda
parliamentary British overseas territory with internal
self-government
Bhutan
monarchy; special treaty relationship with India
Bolivia
republic