Originally posted by Mountain Man
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The United Kingdom is also governed by an elected parliament who make decisions that may or may not align with the will of the people.
Wikipedia describes Denmark's government as "a parliamentary representative democracy, a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state". Same with Australia. Switzerland allows direct voting by the people on certain measures, but they must also be approved by a government vote. And on down your list. None of them are direct or "pure" democracies.
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