- Philippines = Democratic Catholic with a Separation of Church & State
- Indonesia = Islamic two-tier Democracy.
- Vietnam = Buddhist Marxist-Leninist governance
- Thailand = Buddhist Monarchy.
- Malaysia = Islamic / Federal constitutional monarchy
- Myanmar = Buddhist Military dictatorship
- Cambodia = Theravada/Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Laos = Communist/ Theravada Buddism
- Brunei = absolute monarchy/ Islam
- Singapore = Buddhist & Taoism / Parliamentary republic