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AUSTRIA
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a federal parliamentary
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German
Vienna
32,386 sq miles
8.9 million (2018)
$461 billion (2018)
Euro
Catholic 57%
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President Since 2017
ALEXANDER VAN DER
BELLEN
Born 1944
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Chancellor
Since 2019
BRIGITTE BIERLEIN
Born 1949
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BELGIUM
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a Federal parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Dutch, French &
English
Brussels
11,849 sq miles
11.4 million (2018)
$558 billion (2018)
Euro
Christian 60%
None 32%
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Monarch
Since 2013
KING PHILIPPE
Born 1960
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Prime Minister
Since 2019
SOPHIE WILMES
Born 1975
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DENMARK
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Danish
Copenhagen
16,577 sq miles
5.8 million
$370 billion (2018)
Danish krone
Christian 70%
Athiest 24%
Islam 5%
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Monarch
Since 1972
QUEEN MARGRETHE II
Born 1940
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Prime Minister
Since 2019
METTE FREDERIKSEN
Born 1977
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FINLAND
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a unitary parliamentary
republic
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Finnish, Swedish
Helsinki
130,666 sq miles
5.5 million
$257 billion (2018)
Euro
Lutheran 70%
Athiest 22%
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President
Since 2012
SAULI NIINISTO
Born 1948
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Prime Minister
Since 2019
SANNA MARIN
Born 1985
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FRANCE
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a Unitary semi-presidential
republic
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French
Paris
247,368 sq miles
67 million (2019)
$3 trillion (2019)
Euro
Christian 51%
Athiest 40%
Islam 6%
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President
Since 2017
EMMANUEL MACRON
Born 1977
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Prime Minister
Since: 2017
EDOUARD PHILIPPE
Born 1970
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GERMANY
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A Federal parliamentary
republic
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German
Berlin
137,988 sq miles
83 million (2018)
$4.4 trillion (2019)
Euro
33% Protestant
31% Catholic
5% Islam
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President since 2017
FRANK-WALTER
STEINMEIER
Born 1956
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Chancellor since 2005
ANGELA MERKEL
Born 1954
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GREECE
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a unitary parliamentary
republic
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Greek
Athens
50,949 sq miles
10.7 million (2017)
$324 billion (2019)
Euro
Eastern Orthodox
90%
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President
Since 2015
PROKOPIS PAVLOPOULOS
Born 1950
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Prime Minister
Since 2019
KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS
Born 1968
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ICELAND
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a unitary parliamentary
republic
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Icelandic
Reykjavik
40,000 sq miles
360,000 (2019)
$19 billion (2018)
Icelandic krona
Lutheran 67%
Athiest 23%
Christian 12%
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President
Since 2016
GUONI JOHANNESSON
Born 1968
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Prime Minister
Since 2017
KATRIN JAKOBSDOTTIR
Born 1976
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Republic of
IRELAND
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a unitary parliamentary
republic
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Irish & English
Dublin
27,133 sq miles
4.9 million (2019)
$382 billion (2018)
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Northern Ireland is part of
U.K., but has no leaders
as of 12/10/2019
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President
Since 2011
MICHAEL D HIGGINS
Born 1941
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Taoiseach
Since June 2020
MICHEAL MARTIN
Born 1960
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ITALY
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a unitary parliamentary
republic
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Italian
Rome
116,350 sq miles
60.4 million (2018)
$2 trillion (2019)
Euro
Catholic 74%
None 23%
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President
Since 2015
SERGI MATTARELLA
Born 1941
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Prime Minister
Since 2018
GIUSEPPE CONTE
Born 1964
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LUXEMBOURG
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Luxembourgish,
German, French
Luxembourg City
998 sq miles
614,000 (2019)
$70 billion (2019)
Euro
Catholic 87%
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Monarch
Since 2000
GRAND DUKE HENRI
Born 1955
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Prime Minister
Since 2013
Xavier Bettel
Born 1973
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NETHERLANDS
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Dutch
Amsterdam
16,040 sq miles
17.3 million (2019
$1 trillion (2019)
Euro & US dollar
None 51%
Catholic 24%
Protestant 15%
Islam 5%
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Monarch
Since 2013
KING WILLEM-ALEXANDER
Born 1967
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Prime Minister
Since 2010
MARK RUTTE
Born 1967
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NORWAY
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Norwegian
Oslo
148,729 sq miles
5.3 million (2019)
$443 billion (2018)
Norwegian krone
Lutheran 70%
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Monarch
Since 1991
KING HARALD V
Born 1937
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Prime Minister
Since 2013
ERNA SOLBERG
Born 1961
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PORTUGAL
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a unitary semi-presidential
constitutional republic
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Portuguese
Lisbon
35,603 sq miles
10.3 million (2018)
$345 billion (2019)
Euro
Catholic 81%
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President Since 2016
MARCELO REBELO DE
SOUSA
Born 1948
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Prime Minister
Since 2015
ANTONIO COSTA
Born 1961
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SPAIN
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Spanish
Madrid
195,360 sq miles
46.7 million (2018)
$1.9 trillion (2019)
Euro
Catholic 67%
None 27%
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Monarch
Since 2014
KING FELIPE VI
Born 1968
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Prime Minister
Since 2018
PEDRO SANCHEZ
Born 1972
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SWEDEN
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Swedish
Stockholm
173,860 sq miles
10.3 million (2019)
$567 billion (2019)
Swedish krona
Lutheran 58%
Athiest 79%, but
still belong to
church of sweden
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Monarch
Since 1973
KING CARL XVI GUSTAF
Born 1946
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Prime Minister
Since 2014
STEFAN LOFVEN
Born 1957
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SWITZERLAND
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a federal republic with
semi-direct democracy
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German,French, Ital
Bern
15,940 sq miles
8.6million (2020)
$740 billion (2022)
Swiss Franc
Christian 62%
Athiest 29%
Islam 5.4%
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President - chosen among the
Head of State collective yearly
Since 2020
SIMONETTA SOMMARUGA
Born 1960
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Head Of State
a collective of 7 people elected
every 4 years by the Federal
Assembly.
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UNITED KINGDOM
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a unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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English
London
93,628 sq miles
67.5 million (2019)
$3.1 trillion (2019)
Pound sterling
Christian 41%
None 53%
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Monarch
Since 1952
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Born 1926
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Prime Minister
Since 2019
BORIS JOHNSON
Born 1964
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