There are a lot of countries which don't have democracies, let's name some other types of ruling, and examples:
- absolute monarchy (Brunei, Saudi Arabia)
- constitutional monarchy where the monarch also has power (so not UK): (Bahrain, Lichtenstein)
-Republics, which nontheless have constitutionally given power to one party: (Vietnam , North Korea)
- finally, some countries that officially are democratic, but in practice are ruled by a small number of people who are not chosen in real election (Belarus)
the correct answer she should do is to choose the best policy to follow and inform the city of her decision.