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CHINA
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a unitary one-party
socialist republic
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Chinese
Beijing
3,705,407 sq miles
1.42 billion (2018)
$27.3 trillion (2019)
Renminbi
Atheism or Folk 74%
Buddhism 16%
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Party General Secretary and
President since 2012
XI JINPING
Born 1953
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Premeir
since 2013
LI KEQIANG
Born 1955
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JAPAN
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Japanese
Tokyo
145,936 sq miles
126.3 million (2019)
$5.7 trillion (2019)
Yen
Atheism or Folk 52%
Buddhism 35%
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Monarch
since 2019
Emperor NARUHITO
Born 1960
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Prime Minister
Since Sept 2020
YOSHIHIDE SUGA
Born 1948
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MONGOLIA
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a Unitary semi-presidential
republic
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Mongolian
Ulaanbaatar
605,000 sq miles
3.3 million (2019)
$47 billion (2019)
Togrog
Buddhism 53%
Athiest 39%
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President
since 2017
BATTULGA KHALTMAA
Born 1963
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Prime Minister since 2017
UKHNAAGIIN
KHURELSUKH
Born 1968
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NORTH KOREA
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a unitary one-party
republic
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Korean
Pyongyang
46,540 sq miles
25.5 million (2018)
$40 billion (2014)
won
Athiesm 64%
Shamanism 16%
Chondosim 14%
Buddhism 5%
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Supreme Leader (Dictator)
since 2011
KIM JON-UN
Born 1983
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SOUTH KOREA
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a unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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Korean
Seoul
38,750 sq miles
51.7 million (2019)
$2.3 trillion (2019)
won
Athiesm 57%
Protestant 20%
Buddhism $16%
Catholic 8%
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President
since 2017
MOON JAE-IN
Born 1953
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Prime Minister
since 2017
LEE NAK-YEON
Born 1951
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TAIWAN
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a unitary
semi-presidential
republic
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Mandarin
Taipei
14,000 sq miles
24 million (2018)
$1.3 trillion (2019)
New Taiwan dollar
Buddhism 35%
Taosim 33%
None 18%
Christian 4%
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President
since 2016
TSAI ING-WEN
Born 1956
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Prime Minister
since 2019
SU TSENG-CHANG
Born 1947
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