Europe is the western part of the Eurasian continent, from the Ural Mountains and the Caucasus, to the Atlantic Ocean, with a population of at least 750 million people living in about 50 states. In order to single out countries with a republican system of government from them, it is necessary to give a correct, quantitative estimate of how many countries there are in Europe now. To do this, several criteria must be taken into account.
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Since the geographical borders of Europe run through the Caucasus Mountains, based on cultural, economic and political considerations, the inclusion of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in the number of European countries is now rather ambiguous. The same question is about Kazakhstan, whose vast territories extend too far east of the Ural ridge, along which the border of Europe runs. Physically and geographically, the western part of Russia belongs to Eastern Europe.
Step 2
Another is the criterion for the inclusion of unrecognized and partially recognized republics, due to the political events of recent decades. Namely: South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Kosovo and Metohija, Sealand, the Transnistrian Republic, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. As well as dependent territories. These are the Azores, Gibraltar, Madeira, Faroe Islands, Jan Mayen, Svalbard, which have the status of a country, but do not have independence. And also - the state formation Republika Srpska, which is part of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Step 3
If you do not take into account these two criteria, then now it is easy to compile a list of countries with popular rule - republics. These are the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Albania, the People's Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian Parliamentary Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Parliamentary Republic, the Parliamentary Republic of Ireland, the Republic of Iceland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Macedonia, an island state Republic of Malta, Republic of Cyprus, Moldova, Poland, Portuguese Republic, Russian Federation (mixed republic of a federal structure), Republic of Romania, an enclave state on the territory of Italy Republic of San Marino, Republika Srpska, Slovak Republic, Republic of Slovenia, Unitary Republic of Ukraine, Finland Republic, French Republic, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Montenegro, Czech People's Republic, Federal Republic of Switzerland.
Step 4
The rest of the countries with a monarchical form of government: principalities, kingdoms, duchies. The Vatican is an enclave state, the center of the Roman Catholic Church. The European Union is also a political entity with centers in Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg.
