Page 371 6.2. Explain how nondemocratic regimes maintain power. Which of the following statements would the chart support? Figure 8.1 is a bar graph of the different political systems as percentages around the world in 2019 as well as percentage of world population under these systems. The graphs are split into partial pieces: free, partly free, and not free. The world as a whole has 45 percent free, 30 percent partly free, and 25 percent non-free political systems. The Middle East and Northern Africa is mostly not free at 67; 22 percent of the region is partly free, and 11 percent is free. Sub-Saharan Africa is mostly partly free at 43 percent, though 39 percent of the countries are not free, and 18 percent are free. 46 percent of Asia Pacific is free, 33 percent is partly free, and 21 percent are not free. Eurasia (former Soviet Union) is split between 42 percent free and 58 percent not free; there are no partly free countries in this region. 66 percent of the Americas are free, 28 percent are partly free, and 6 percent is mot free. Finally, 86 percent of Europe is free, 12 percent partly free, and 2 percent