Strategy in public policy: Continuous public consultations a must
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka?

The official name of the country called Sri Lanka is the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. One may wonder what this means because many other countries have chosen to call themselves just Republics. The list is extensive but some notable examples from this region are Republic of Korea, Republic of India, Republic of Singapore, Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Maldives and Republic of the Philippines and so on. The full list of the official names of the countries in the world has been documented by Wikipedia (available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states).