[0xbadcafebee]

Afaik, there are already specific political definitions. It's just that "the common man" isn't very educated in them, and the "language of politics" eschews logic and specificity in favor of generalization (in order to induce rancor and thus party-alignment).

Here is the political classification of the top 50 developed nations (I tried to organize them, but it's hard...):

    Qatar                 Absolute monarchy
    Oman                  Absolute monarchy
    Saudi Arabia          Absolute monarchy
    Brunei Darussalam     Absolute monarchy
    United Arab Emirates  Federal absolute monarchy
    Kuwait                Constitutional monarchy (emirate) with parliamentary elements
    Bahrain               Constitutional monarchy (unitary)
    United Kingdom        Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Netherlands           Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Japan                 Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Denmark               Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Norway                Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Sweden                Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Luxembourg            Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Spain                 Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Australia             Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Belgium               Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Canada                Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Liechtenstein         Hereditary constitutional monarchy with elements of direct democracy
    Croatia               Parliamentary republic
    Czechia               Parliamentary republic
    Estonia               Parliamentary republic
    Greece                Parliamentary republic
    Hungary               Parliamentary republic
    Israel                Parliamentary republic
    Italy                 Parliamentary republic
    Latvia                Parliamentary republic
    Lithuania             Parliamentary republic
    Poland                Parliamentary republic
    Slovakia              Parliamentary republic
    Slovenia              Parliamentary republic
    Finland               Parliamentary republic (semi-presidential features)
    Austria               Federal parliamentary republic
    Germany               Federal parliamentary republic
    Switzerland           Federal directorial republic (collegial executive of seven Federal Councilors)
    Andorra               Parliamentary co-principality (two Co-Princes: French President & Bishop of Urgell)
    Chile                 Presidential republic
    Portugal              Semi-presidential republic
    Argentina             Federal presidential republic
    United States         Federal presidential constitutional republic (representative democracy)
    Cyprus                Unitary presidential republic
    South Korea           Unitary presidential republic
    France                Unitary semi-presidential republic (Fifth Republic)
    Iceland               Unitary parliamentary republic
    Ireland               Unitary parliamentary republic
    Malta                 Unitary parliamentary republic
    Singapore             Unitary parliamentary republic
    New Zealand           Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
    Hong Kong (China SAR) Special Administrative Region of China with “one country, two systems”

[IAmBroom]

Your "top 50 developed nations" list actually omits China, the nation with the most extensive modern rail and nuclear power, one of the top three space-exploring nations. Or do you consider them "not developed"?

[1718627440]

I don't know how it is in your country, but here China is still categorized as a developing country. We still pay them development aid. But I do think its miscategorized, if anything China is now the second world power and maybe soon the first. But of course the chinese government has now reason to stop this. The more power they can grab while still posing as a poor country, the better (for them).

[0xbadcafebee]

Honestly I just asked ChatGPT for the list and didn't notice x.x Interesting omission on its part, haha. I asked ChatGPT what's up, and it replied:

"China is not in the top-50 group of “very high human development” countries. The United Nations Development Programme’s 2024 Human Development Index (HDI) places mainland China around the mid-60s globally (most recent figure is roughly 64th–68th, depending on the exact update). The “top 50 developed countries” list I used earlier is based on that HDI ranking, so China does not qualify as one of the top 50 most-developed nations. Hong Kong, which is a Special Administrative Region of China, does rank in the global top 10 and is why you saw “Hong Kong (China SAR)” in the earlier table—but that is treated separately from mainland China in the UN’s HDI reports."

[1718627440]

Not sure, why you are voted down. :-)

Why did you feel the need to specify that the USA are a representative democracy? A lot of other countries on your list are, I think this it is far more common then direct democracy.

[0xbadcafebee]

It was added by the AI; "[ChatGPT] originally included that extra phrase only because many English-language sources habitually describe the U.S. as a “representative democratic republic”. To keep the wording consistent, you could simply shorten it to “Federal presidential republic”."

[1718627440]

I thought we were discussing definitions from a professional source, where every word was carefully weighted for its inclusion and meaning, instead of "the common man".