All "Free States" Are democracies (Its a requirement for entry in real life, and aside from Hong Kong all the nations I placed in the Commonwealth are either already in, suspended or pending applicants in real life. Fiji was suspended irl, but in the rp its government has since been returned to an acceptable state)
North Korea was a dictatorship, it is currently occupied and has no self governance since its government was dissolved by the UN before it was handed to the Commonwealth upon the collapse of the UN and hasn't had a new government set up yet (As you can imagine, there are many fanatics still in NK to be dealt with as a result of Kims regime) and Argentina is officially under occupation until the year 2100 due to the Second Falklands conflict. Those are the only two states which do not have self governance

And yes, the City Satellites Laser weapon is not something you can fire off whenever you please, its a WMD after all (Though a more precise and accurate one than most)