Europe

==Politics==
{{Main|Politics of Europe|Democracy in Europe}}
{{See also|List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe|International organisations in Europe|Regions of Europe|European integration}}
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The political map of Europe is substantially derived from the re-organisation of Europe following the [[Napoleonic Wars]] in 1815. The prevalent form of government in Europe is [[parliamentary democracy]], in most cases in the form of [[Republic]]; in 1815, the prevalent form of government was still the [[Monarchies in Europe|Monarchy]]. Europe's remaining eleven monarchies<ref>not counting the microstate of [[Vatican City]]</ref> are [[constitutional monarchy|constitutional]].

[[European integration]] is the process of political, legal, economic (and in some cases social and cultural) integration of European states as it has been pursued by the powers sponsoring the [[Council of Europe]] since the end of the [[Second World War]]. The [[European Union]] has been the focus of economic integration on the continent since its foundation in 1993. More recently, the [[Eurasian Economic Union]] has been established as a counterpart comprising former Soviet states.

27 European states are members of the politico-economic European Union, 26 of the border-free [[Schengen Area]] and 20 of the monetary union [[Eurozone]]. Among the smaller European organisations are the [[Nordic Council]], the [[Benelux]], the [[Baltic Assembly]] and the [[Visegrád Group]].

[[File:V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index 2023 Europe.svg|alt=|thumb|Map of 2023 [[V-Dem Democracy Indices|V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index]] for Europe
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{{Legend|#0c3091|0.900–1.000}}
{{legend|#2f5cd5|0.800–0.899}}
{{legend|#6bd2df|0.700–0.799}}
{{legend|#c3eded|0.600–0.699}}
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{{legend|#f9f8bb|0.500–0.599}}
{{legend|#fad45d|0.400–0.499}}
{{legend|#da820f|0.300–0.399}}
{{legend|#a8261f|0.200–0.299}}
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{{legend|#66000f|0.100–0.199}}
{{legend|#240011|0.000–0.099}}
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The least [[Democracy in Europe|democratic countries in Europe]] are [[Belarus]], [[Russia]] and [[Turkey]] in 2024 according to the [[V-Dem Democracy indices]].<ref name="report">[https://v-dem.net/documents/43/v-dem_dr2024_lowres.pdf Democracy Report 2024, Varieties of Democracy]</ref>