It makes no difference, KB, whether or not a smaller country has democracy within its own borders...it would still want an equal voice and an equal vote alongside other countries in an organization like the U.N. if it could get them.

I don't think it's that simple. Some of your basic dictator types don't want to have to do anything in any way differently than what they want. Participating in as a true partner in a democratic UN would not be easy for some folks of that stripe.