User blog comment:Reximus55/Government Series - Introduction/@comment-5169980-20131017202545

democracy is the opposite of authoritarian regime just like planned economy is the opposite of the non intervention.

Britain and the other states with a monarch + a government elected by the people is a constitutional monarchy, not democracy (as a type of government).

a republic and a constitutionnal monarchy are democratic - a communist or fascist state are both autocratic.

by the way, is social democratie a type of government of its own?