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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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