Which country's form of government comes closest to your ideal?

Tuesday 02nd September, 06:08 AM JST

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Betting at 10:15 PM JST - 2nd September

Honestly speaking, I think a communist goverment is best. However, humans are neither honest enough or intelligent enough to make it work as it should.
kavikahi at 10:27 PM JST - 2nd September

democracy being used as communism is neither. All government should have the duty of human welfare at its core if it has been institutionalized by men or women.
GeorgeRoper at 10:45 PM JST - 2nd September

Australia sounds good to me. Me and Mildred tried to emigrate there in 1976, they wouldnt let me in because i didnt have any trade. Mr Fourmille even got all the paperwork for us.

They have dole money, chip shops, pubs and the weather is better then England. Strewth, i would be daft not to think its the best country.
KitsuneYoukai at 01:21 AM JST - 3rd September

Democracy hands down. If anyone has the chance of reading the US's constitution and declaration of independence they are crafty and powerful in their constrcution and wording. They give me chills when I read them. Talk about a flexible document in any time; it still stands today. No one form of government is infallible to great but Democracy tries.
KitsuneYoukai at 01:22 AM JST - 3rd September

Sorry remove "to great" above.
Triple888 at 05:04 AM JST - 3rd September

Dalai Lama's theocratic government.
farhaan at 05:11 AM JST - 3rd September

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
DeepAir65 at 08:48 AM JST - 3rd September

I for one would discount any election process that involved proportional representation as it seems to me that it leads to far too many coalition governments that can't get anything done.

Don't know much about other countries other than UK (home town), US (CNN!!) and Japan (domiciled) but of those three I would take the UK. In the US and Japan it's all about money not wanting to help the people from my perspective - heck even the most junior politician here gets more than the UK PM from what I can work out.

I have friends in Switzerland and I don't know if they still do it but the government (or local authorities) pay have your gym membership on the grouns that fit people are generally healthier and less of a drain on the medical system.
nisegaijin at 01:32 PM JST - 3rd September

US before the civil war.
sdmsec at 02:14 PM JST - 3rd September

BINGO!

Another vote for U.S. before the civil war. Of course I'd keep the amendments that ended slavery and gave women the right to vote. However, these would've come about with or w/o the war.
NeoJamal at 07:32 PM JST - 3rd September

Unlimitable Parliamentary democracy. Darn Europhiles! many good Roundheads died for the sake of Parliamentary Sovereignty, you fools tossed out your own freedom.

Oh well, there's still Israel and New Zealand that live up to the spirit.
tclh at 10:49 PM JST - 3rd September

Hard to say because it is a mixture of many countries ,therefore it exists only in my dream.America with some doses of China, Japan, Australia plus Switzerland and so on...
alex2000 at 01:57 AM JST - 4th September

The U.K. (And Canada, most of the time).

Parliamentary systems that produce stable majority governments that can actually do something.

NOT the U.S. Too much gridlock. Not systems with proportional representation (Germany etc). Too much instability or, small parties have too much power.
ca1ic0cat at 02:27 AM JST - 4th September

I've been all over and I still prefer the US form of government (and Cananda's similar form) best. On the flip side the gridlock that people are referring to is usually caused by gerrymandering of election districts which allows radicals to win elections they otherwise couldn't.

I've noticed that Europeans and Japanese prefer their own countries because of the safety nets and social programs available and, in the case of Japan, the "wa." The European systems aren't all bad but they place too much emphasis on state responsibility rather than individual effort.

You can take Russia and China and most 3rd world countries and keep them. Only Oz, Chile and NZ make my short list south of the equator.

That's my $0.02 worth.
alex2000 at 11:47 AM JST - 4th September

Canada's similar form? Canada's parliament and upper house is based on the British Parliament and house of lords. It is nothing like America's.

The one country that did base its government on the US is the Philippines and their government is even more dysfunctional then the US if that is even possible.