Uzbekistan
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little
power outside the executive branch
Vanuatu
parliamentary republic
Venezuela
federal republic
Vietnam
Communist state
Virgin Islands
NA
Wallis and Futuna
NA
Western Sahara
legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty
unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front
(Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de
Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a
government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR),
led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ; territory partitioned between
Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976 when Spain withdrew, with
Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds; Mauritania, under pressure
from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to its portion in
August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortly thereafter
and has since asserted administrative control; the Polisario's
government-in-exile was seated as an Organization of African Unity
(OAU) member in 1984; guerrilla activities continued sporadically
until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented on 6 September 1991
(Security Council Resolution 690) by the United Nations Mission for
the Referendum in Western Sahara or MINURSO
Yemen
republic
Zambia
republic
Zimbabwe
parliamentary democracy