Taking each region in turn, I have identified two states or countries for each of the eight regions. The first two I identified are from Latin America. Brazil appears to have the highest economic GDP at $2.422 trillion; yet their per capita income is only $12,100. The state of Brazil is a democracy and I think this has some effect on their economic standing because the state equally allows its people to make their own decisions based on social, cultural and ethical values. Perhaps Brazil's per capita value is so low because Brazil went through two quarters of recession in 2008. Unemployment is at a remarkably low level and Brazil's conventionally high level of income inequality has declined over the past 14 years. Then there is the state of Mexico, which also has a very high economic GDP of $1.845 trillion. Mexico also has the form of government of a Federal Republic and is a democracy, like Brazil. Mexico's GDP per capita is $15,600, about a third of that of the United States. Again, I believe there is a relationship with the economic standing of Mexico and the fact that it is a democratic state because it allows the Mexican people to participate with the proposal and expansion of laws. The next region is Europe. France has a republican government and is a democracy, but it has its flaws. France has an economic GDP of $2.276 trillion and $35,700 per capita. Thanks to tourism, France has the third largest income in the world. So I don't think that France's economic performance is linked to the fact that it is democratic. The Netherlands' form of government is constitutional monarchy, which means that a king or queen acts as head of state. The Netherlands is a parliamentary democracy. Their economy... half of the document... http://www.state.gov/misc/list/index.htmDemocracy in Mexico: Past, Present and Future. Council on Hemispheric Affairs. May 23, 2014. Retrieved from http://www.coha.org/democracy-in-mexico-the-past-present-and-futureDemocracy in Netherlands. Tweede Kamer Der Staten-Generaal. May 23, 2014. Retrieved from http://www.houseofrepresentatives.nl/node/132Gross State Product Current Dollars (per capita) Statistics - States Compared - State Master. RSS statistics. Rapid Intelligence, 2013. May 24, 2014. Retrieved from http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_gdp_percap-product-current-dollars-per-capitaResearch Country Facts. Facts of the country. May 24, 2014. Retrieved from http://country-facts.findthebest.comThe World Factbook 2013-14. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency. May 23, 2014. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html