What is Polity IV?
The Polity IV scale is a yearly assessment that assesses most sovereign states with a population above 500,000. They are split into five categories: full democracies, [[democracies]], open [[anocracies]], closed anocracies, and [[autocracies]]. '''<u>Status by country:</u>''' '''Full Democracies''' (Score of 10): United States Canada United Kingdom Germany Japan '''Democracies''' (Score of 9 to 6): Mexico (8 points) Brazil (8 points) France (9 points) Turkey (9 points) India (9 points) '''Open anocracies''' (Score of 5 to 1): Venezuela (4 points) Nigeria (5 points) Russia (4 points) '''Closed anocracies''' (Score of -1 to -5): Morocco (-3 points) Egypt (-3 points) Afghanistan (-1 point) '''Autocracies''' (Score of -6 to -10): Cuba (-7 points) Syria (-9 points) Iran (-7 points) China (-7 points) North Korea (-10 points) [[Category:Democracy]]