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. .
Greece has many basic resources, including natural resources and labor force. Greece's major resources include: aluminum ore, olives and olive oil, grapes, melons, peaches, tomatoes and oranges along with tobacco and cotton. These also rank as Greece's most important exports. Greek wine has recently become another important export. With these commodities the nation has a good foundation for a solid economy, but it is how well they harness these natural resources that will determine how strong their economy will be. A good way to help harness this is with a strong labor force. Greece's labor force consists of 4.32 million people. For this statistic to mean anything you must first look at the population of the country. The population of Greece, as of July 2002, was 10,645,343. 1,580,218 of the whole population are from the age of 0-14. These people are not included in the world force. Also not included in the work force are people over the age of 65. As of 2002, there were 1,921,112 people over the age of 65. The work force includes the people from the age of 15 to the age of 64. The total people that can be placed into the work force are 7,144,013. So out of 10.6 million workers only 4.32 have jobs. This leaves unemployment at 11%. We will discuss unemployment later on. Of the 4.32 million workers 21% are industry workers, 20% are agriculture workers, and 59% are service-oriented workers.