South Africa
republic
Spain
parliamentary monarchy
Sri Lanka
republic
Sudan
Government of National Unity (GNU) - the National Congress
Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed a
power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA); the NCP, which came to power by military coup in
1989, is the majority partner; the agreement stipulates national
elections in 2009
Suriname
constitutional democracy
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
monarchy
Sweden
constitutional monarchy
Switzerland
formally a confederation but similar in structure to a
federal republic
Syria
republic under an authoritarian military-dominated regime