What are some examples of capitalistic countries?

Answer:

Capitalism is an economic system and not a political system. Countries thus do not (typically) enshrine capitalism as a part of their constitutional framework, nor do they typically limit policy choices to capitalism. However, the vast majority of countries (almost all liberal democracies and most authoritarian systems) in the world use capitalism as their dominant economic system, including the United States, Canada and Mexico, all of the 27 countries of the European Union (Ireland, UK, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Louxembourg, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Malta, Cyprus, Austria, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Greece), as well as many, many other countries (such as Australia, Japan, India, Egypt, Tunisia, Indonesia, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, Botswana, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Russia, Turkey etc. etc.). Even some countries which in-name follow different economic systems (such as China, claiming to have a "communist economy with Chinese characteristics") are capitalist (i.e. have most of the output coming from industries in private property trading and setting prices on a free market by the laws of supply and demand, and have a legal framework geared to protecting and encouraging such a system of production). It is actually easier to count countries that are not capitalist (such as North Korea, Cuba or most of Vietnam), or still have some way to go until ancient economic structures make way for capitalism (such as in Bhutan or in significant parts of Sub-Saharan Africa).

World trade overall, and the international economy is capitalist overall (international prices and company values are established in stock and mercantile exchanges such as NYSE or NYMEX with international overseeing from institutions such as the WTO)

The United States of America.

Brazil

Japan

Sudan

Sweden

Colombia

It's also worth mentioning that while most countries embrace the fundamentals of capitalism, there is no example of pure capitalism in the world. The economies of the countries listed above are considered "mixed economies" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_economy). If an economy is analyzed in the capitalism-socialism spectrum, most countries, including the United States, would appear closer to the middle.