Can a nation stand without democracy?

Answer 1

Yes, there are countries around the world that are not democratic. China is a communist country and Russia is still run by a communist. Some nations are kingdoms while other are socialist. There are places in the world that have no true government and are in chaos like Somalia. A democracy is just one form of government that exists.

Answer 2

YES. It is actually odd that at this moment, more countries are democracies or have some democratic elements than are strictly non-democracies. Up until the 20th century, the majority of regimes worldwide lacked any democratic components at all. The type of regime that has prevailed the longest in human history was absolute monarchy, which represented every single nation on Earth until at least 1000 B.C.E.