2006 Democracy rankings 

Based on five categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture. The condition of having free and fair competitive elections, and satisfying related aspects of political freedom, is clearly the basic requirement of all definitions.

well at least we're in the top category but can't believe we're 23

no actually i take that back, i do believe it, but I can't believe we're under America!

I have a spare bedroom, Debs ;>

as soon as i have finished college i'm there :)

The Netherlands on the 3rd place? Nooo way we're not democratic, it's more like a chosen dictatorship.

Bit of a contradiction there, Ajox. Chosen Dictatorship?

I think the system in the Netherlands is pretty damned democratic.

I, like Ajox, live there and I also think it is pretty democratic: it's not perfect and I don't like our current prime minister and the fact that there are 2 christian party's in the government who think we all need an other parent, but I wouldn't know how to do better.