emirates

United Kingdom:
constitutional monarchy

United States:
federal republic; strong democratic tradition

Uruguay:
constitutional republic

Uzbekistan:
republic; effectively authoritarian presidential rule,
with little power outside the executive branch

Vanuatu:
republic

Venezuela:
federal republic

Vietnam:
Communist state

Virgin Islands:
NA

Wallis and Futuna:
NA

Western Sahara:
legal status of territory and question 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);
territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976,
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 OAU member in 1984;
guerrilla activities continued sporadically, until a UN-monitored
cease-fire was implemented 6 September 1991

Yemen:
republic

Yugoslavia:
republic

Zambia:
republic

Zimbabwe:
parliamentary democracy

Taiwan:
multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly elected
president

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@Heliports

Afghanistan:
3 (2000 est.)

Albania:
1 (2000 est.)

Algeria:
1 (2000 est.)

Antarctica:
27 stations have helicopter landing facilities
(helipads) (2001 est.)

Austria:
1 (2000 est.)

Bahamas, The:
1 (2000 est.)

Bahrain:
1 (2000 est.)

Belgium:
1 (2000 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
4 (2000 est.)

Brunei:
3 (2000 est.)

Bulgaria:
1 (2000 est.)

Burma:
1 (2000 est.)

Cambodia:
3 (2000 est.)

Canada:
18 (2000 est.)

Croatia:
1 (2000 est.)

Cyprus:
7 (2000 est.)

Czech Republic:
1 (2000 est.)

Ecuador:
1 (2000 est.)

Egypt:
2 (2000 est.)

El Salvador:
1 (2000 est.)

France:
3 (2000 est.)

Germany:
59 (2000 est.)

Greece:
2 (2000 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City):
1 (2000 est.)

Hong Kong:
2 (2000 est.)

Hungary:
5 (2000 est.)

India:
16 (2000 est.)

Indonesia:
4 (2000 e