Being such a wealthy and populous country, Greece needs a governing body to represent the country. Athens is the capitol of Greece and about 40% of the country’s population resides here. In regards to its government, Greece is currently a parliamentary democracy. Although Greece in its history was one of the first countries to come up with the ideal of democracy (i.e. Socrates, Plato, etc.) the referendum that was to do away with the monarchy that Greece was under did not come until much later. The current government has only been effect since 1974 when the monarchy was abolished by Greece’s current constitution. This is similar to the government that Great Britain has. Greece has

During the year 2002 the life expectancy from birth was 76.17 years for males and 81.48 for females. The average is 78.74 years. The religion breakdown in Greece is as follows: 98% of all citizens are Greek Orthodox, 1.3% is Muslim, and 0.7% is unaffiliated or other. 97% of the Greek population is literate, which means age 15 and over can read and write. That leaves 3% that are illiterate.

The current Prime Minister of Greece is Konstandinos Simitis. He is the head of government and has been the Prime Minister since January 19, 1996. The current president of Greece and chief of state is Kostis Stephanopoulos. He has been in office since March 10, 1995. These two leaders work together to make a sort of checks and balances system that the United States uses. However unlike the United States, the president of Greece has little political power in comparison to the prime minister. There are two major political parties in Greece and they are similar to Republican and Democratic parties are in the states. Simitis is the leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement or (PASOK) Stephanopoulos is the leader of the Coalition of the Left and Progress, Konstandinos Karamanlis is the leader of the New Democracy, and Aleka Papariga is the leader of Communist Party of Greece or KKE.

From what I have learned about Greece, I feel like this is a country that is slowly starting to build itself up some of the credibility that it lost during the hard hit in inflation and unemployment. With a little time and patience I feel that Greece is going to continue to grow economically and become quite a prosperous nation.

These statistics give somewhat of a good picture of what everyday living is like in Germany. These statistics are also interesting when you compare them to the United States because of the differences.

Gross Domestic Product is a statistic that tells a lot about a nation. You can tell how well they are doing with regard to income, spending, and consumption. Greece has a current GDP of $189.7 billion. In relation to the number of people in the country, that leaves per capita GDP at $17,900 per person.

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