In
Democracies
This list of democratic countries is recommended for consumers who want to buy products made in a democracy (1). The name of the country where the product was made is on the product's label. Consumers have powerful control over a country's standard of living and standard of government. Democracies that are government sanctioned tax havens for secret bank accounts (2) or child prostitution (3) are excluded from the following list.
Andorra, Australia, Austria
Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria
Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic
Denmark
El Salvador, Estonia
Finland, France
Germany, Greece
Hungary
Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy
Jamaica, Japan
Kiribati, South Korea
Lithuania
Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia
Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway
Palau, Peru, Poland, Portugal
Romania
San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden
Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu
United Kingdom, United States of America
(1) Freedom House. Freedom in the World 2010. Table of Independent Countries. Pages 7-11
(2) Summary of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act: Senator Carl Levin: News Release. March 2, 2009
(3) U.S. Dept. of State. Trafficking in Persons Report 2009. Tier 2 Watch List and Tier 3.
For a list of U.S. states cutting global warming, see www.madeinstates.net
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