write a 2- to 3-page paper. You will evaluate a nondemocratic country of your choice. In particular, evaluate the
geography, economics, identity, culture, and demographics. To guide your thinking, reflect on how your chosen country’s current government is structured. You
should also consider how the structures of government and other characteristics compare with the characteristics of democratic nations, as discussed in
Milestones One and Two.
At this point, you should be comfortable working with the skills required of you in the rubric. You should be building on the skills you’ve been working on in
Milestones One and Two. In this milestone, you will need to be able to discern the differences between democratic and nondemocratic countries in a compareand-contrast format. The final project will ask that you access all the skills you have used throughout the course. By completing this assignment, you are
demonstrating the following skills employers in the field may be looking for:
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis
• Analytical skills and critical thinking
• Professional writing communication skills
Prompt: Specifically, you must address the following critical elements:
III. Characteristics of Nondemocratic Nations
a. Evaluate how each key characteristic has shaped the United Kingdom’s political and social institutions. Use scholarly peer-reviewed sources to
support your claim.
i. Geography: characteristics related to the location of the country
ii. Economics: characteristics related to the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
iii. Culture: a society’s commonly held customs, norms, habits, and values
iv. Demographics: characteristics of a population that could include age, race, gender, ethnicity, income, education, and so forth
v. National identity: an identity that locates one’s social position in relation to national membership
vi. International relations with external states: how countries interact with one another and the policies they have toward those
relationships
