Þ Chief of State: President of the Republic Bamir Topi
Þ Head of government: Prime Minister Sali Berisha
Þ Population: 3,600,523 (July 2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 27,398 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Greek, Albanian
Þ Calling Code-355
Þ Currency- Lek
Þ Religions: Muslim 70%, Roman Catholic10%, Albanian Orthodox 20%
Þ Government: emerging democracy
Þ Date of independence: 11/28/1912
Þ GDP: $20.46 billion (2006 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Co-Prince--Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
Þ Co-Prince--Joan Enric Vives i Sicilia, Bishop of Seu d'Urgell, Spain
Þ Head of Government: Executive Council President Jaume Bartumeu
Þ Population: 71,822 (July 2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 468 sq km
Þ Capital City : Andorra
Þ Languages: Catalan, French, Castilian
Þ Calling Code-376
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1279
Þ GDP: $2.77 billion (2005)
Þ Chief of State: President Serzh Sargsian
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian
Þ Population: 2,971,650 (July 2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 28,400 sq km
Þ Capital City : Yerevan
Þ Languages: Russian, Armenian
Þ Calling Code-374
Þ Currency- Dram (Russian)
Þ Religions: Armenian Orthodox 94%, Other 6%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 9/23/1991
Þ GDP: $16.94 billion (2006 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Heinz Fischer
Þ Head of Government: Chancellor Werner Faymann
Þ Population: 8,199,783 (July 2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 82,738 sq km
Þ Capital City : Vienna
Þ Languages: German
Þ Calling Code-43
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Muslim and other 17%
Þ Government: federal republic
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1156
Þ GDP: $283.8 billion (2006 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Ilham Aliyev
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Artur Rasizade
Þ Population: 7,911, 9748,120,247 (July 2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 86,100 sq km
Þ Capital City : Baku
Þ Languages: Azeri, Russian, Armenian
Þ Calling Code: 994
Þ Currency- Azerbaijani Manat
Þ Religions: Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Other 1.8%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/30/1991
Þ GDP: $59.71 billion (2006 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Aleksandr Lukashenko
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Sergey Sidorskiy
Þ Population: 9,724,723 (July 2007 EST.)
Þ Land Area: 207,600 sq km
Þ Capital City : Minsk
Þ Languages: Russian, Byelorussian
Þ Calling Code-375
Þ Currency- Belarussian Rouble
Þ Religions: Eastern Orthodox 80%, other 20%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/25/1991
Þ GDP: $82.94 billion (2006 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: King Albert II
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Yves Leterme
Þ Population: 10,364,388
Þ Land Area: 30,230 sq km
Þ Capital City : Brussels
Þ Languages: Flemish, French, German
Þ Calling Code-32
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25%
Þ Government: federal parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 10/4/1830
Þ GDP: $316.2 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Presidency, Chairman of the (rotating): Borjana Kristo (2007)
Þ Prime Minister: Nikola Spiric (2007)
Þ Population: 4,025,476
Þ Land Area: 51,129 sq km
Þ Capital City : Sarajevo
Þ Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Convertible Mark
Þ Religions: Orthodox 31%, Muslim 40%, Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 4%, other 10%
Þ Government: emerging democracy
Þ Date of independence: 4/1/1992
Þ GDP: $26.21 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Georgi Parvanov
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Boyko Borissov
Þ Population: 7,450,349
Þ Land Area: 110,550 sq km
Þ Capital City : Sofia
Þ Languages: Bulgarian, minor ethnic group languages
Þ Calling Code-359
Þ Currency- Lev
Þ Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox 83%, Uniate Catholic, Gregorian-Armenian 0.2%, Muslim 13%, Roman Catholic, Protestant 1.5%, Jewish 0.8%, other 1%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 9/22/1908
Þ GDP: $61.63 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Ivo Josipovic
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor (HDZ)
Þ Population: 4,495,904
Þ Land Area: 56,414 sq km
Þ Capital City : Zagreb
Þ Languages: Czech, German, Hungarian, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak
Þ Calling Code-385
Þ Currency- Kuna and Croatian Dinar
Þ Religions: Orthodox 11.1%, Muslim 1.2%, Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 0.4%, others and unknown 10.8%
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 6/25/1991
Þ GDP: $50.33 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Dimitris Christofias
Þ Head of Government: President Dimitris Christofias
Þ Population: 780,133
Þ Land Area: 9,240 sq km
Þ Capital City : Nicosia
Þ Languages: English, Greek, Turkish
Þ Calling Code-357
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Armenian Apostolic, Maronite, Muslim 18%, Greek Orthodox 78%, other 4%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/16/1960
Þ GDP: $20.25 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ President: Václav Klaus (2003)
Þ Prime Minister-designate: Jan Fischer (2009)
Þ Population: 10,241,138
Þ Land Area: 77,276 sq km
Þ Capital City : Prague
Þ Languages: Czech, Slovak
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Czech Koruna
Þ Religions: Orthodox 3%, Roman Catholic 39.2%, Protestant 4.6%, other 13.4%
Þ Government: parliamentary
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1993
Þ GDP: $172.2 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Queen Margrethe II
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Þ Population: 5,432,335
Þ Land Area: 42,394 sq km
Þ Capital City : Copenhagen
Þ Languages: Danish, German, Faroese, Greenlandic
Þ Calling Code-45
Þ Currency- Danish Krone
Þ Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, Muslim 2%, Other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1001
Þ GDP: $177.4 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
Þ Population: 1,332,893
Þ Land Area: 43,211 sq km
Þ Capital City : Tallinn
Þ Languages: English, Estonian (official), Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian
Þ Calling Code-372
Þ Currency- Kroon
Þ Religions: Methodist, Seventh - day Adventist, Baptist, Evangelical Lutheran, Estonian Orthodox, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Russian Orthodox
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 9/6/1991
Þ GDP: $19.23 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Tarja Halonen
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi
Þ Population: 5,223,442
Þ Land Area: 305,470 sq km
Þ Capital City : Helsinki
Þ Languages: Finnish, Swedish, minor ethnic group languages
Þ Calling Code-358
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, other 1%, none 9%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 12/6/1917
Þ GDP: $151.2 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Nicolas Sarkozy
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Francois Fillon
Þ Population: 60,656,178
Þ Land Area: 545,630 sq km
Þ Capital City : Paris
Þ Languages: Catalan, Flemish, French, Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Basque
Þ Calling Code-33
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Muslim 1%, Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, unaffiliated 4%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/487
Þ GDP: $1.737 trillion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Mikheil Saakashvili
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister--Nika Gilauri
Þ Population: 4,677,401
Þ Land Area: 69,700 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Azeri, Russian, Armenian, Georgian (official), Abkhaz
Þ Calling Code-995
Þ Currency- Lari
Þ Religions: Georgian Orthodox 65%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, unknown 6%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 4/9/1991
Þ GDP: $14.45 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Horst Koehler
Þ Head of Government: Chancellor Angela Merkel
Þ Population: 82,431,390
Þ Land Area: 349,223 sq km
Þ Capital City : Berlin
Þ Languages: German
Þ Calling Code-49
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Muslim 1.7%, Roman Catholic 34%, Protestant 38%, other 26.3%
Þ Government: federal republic
Þ Date of independence: 1/18/1871
Þ GDP: $2.362 trillion (2004 EST.)
Þ Governor: Francis Richards (2003)
Þ Chief Minister: Peter Caruana (1996)
Þ Population: 27,884
Þ Land Area: 6.5 sq km
Þ Capital City : Gibraltar
Þ Languages: English, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Þ Calling Code—
Þ Currency- Gibraltar Pound
Þ Religions: Muslim 6.9%, Roman Catholic 76.9%, Protestant 11%, Jewish 2.3%
Þ Government: NA
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $769 million (2004 EST.)
Þ Status: Overseas territory
Þ Chief of State: President Karolos Papoulias
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister George Papandreou
Þ Population: 10,668,354
Þ Land Area: 130,800 sq km
Þ Capital City : Athens
Þ Languages: English, French, Greek (official)
Þ Calling Code-30
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Muslim 1.3%, Greek Orthodox 98%, other 0.7%
Þ Government: parliamentary republic
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1829
Þ GDP: $226.4 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Queen Margrethe II (1972)
Þ High Commissioner: Soren Moller (2005)
Þ Prime Minister-designate: Kuupik Kleist (2009)
Þ Population: 56,375
Þ Land Area: 2,175,600 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Danish, English, Greenlandic
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Danish Krone
Þ Religions: Evangelical Lutheran
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP: $1.1 billion (2001 EST.)
Holy See
Þ Population:
Þ Land Area:
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages:
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions:
Þ Government:
Þ Date of independence:
Þ GDP:
Þ Chief of State: President Laszlo Solyom
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
Þ Population: 10,006,835
Þ Land Area: 92,340 sq km
Þ Capital City : Budapest
Þ Languages: Hungarian
Þ Calling Code -36
Þ Currency- Forint
Þ Religions: Lutheran 5%, Calvinist 20%, Roman Catholic 67.5%, atheist 7.5%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1002
Þ GDP: $149.3 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Þ Population: 296,737
Þ Land Area: 100,250 sq km
Þ Capital City : Reykjavik
Þ Languages: Icelandic
Þ Calling Code-354
Þ Currency- Icelandic Krona
Þ Religions: 93% Evangelical Lutheran, Roman Catholic, other Protestant
Þ Government: constitutional republic
Þ Date of independence: 6/17/1944
Þ GDP: $9.373 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Mary McAleese
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Brian Cowen
Þ Population: 4,015,676
Þ Land Area: 68,890 sq km
Þ Capital City : Dublin
Þ Languages: English, Irish
Þ Calling Code-353
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 91.6%, other 5.9%, Church of Ireland
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 12/6/1921
Þ GDP: $126.4 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Giorgio Napolitano
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Þ Population: 58,103,033
Þ Land Area: 294,020 sq km
Þ Capital City : Rome
Þ Languages: French, German, Italian, Slovene
Þ Calling Code-39
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Muslim, Roman Catholic 98%, Protestant, Jewish
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 3/17/1861
Þ GDP: $1.609 trillion (2004 EST.)
Kosovo
Þ Population: 2.473 million (2004)
Þ Land Area: 10,887 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Serbian, Turkish, Albanian, Bosnian
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Serbian Dinar (Serbia ), Euro (Montenegro
Þ Religions: Orthodox 4%, Muslim 93%, Roman Catholic 2.5%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 2/17/2008
Þ GDP: $4 billion (2007 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Valdis Zatlers
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis
Þ Population: 2,290,237
Þ Land Area: 64,589 sq km
Þ Capital City : Riga
Þ Languages: Lithuanian, Russian, Lettish (official)
Þ Calling Code-371
Þ Currency- Lats
Þ Religions: Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 9/6/1991
Þ GDP: $26.53 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Ruler: Prince Hans Adam II (1989)
Þ Head of Government: Klaus Tschütscher (2009)
Þ Population: 33,717
Þ Land Area: 160 sq km
Þ Capital City : Vaduz
Þ Languages: German (official)
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Swiss Franc
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 7.4%, other 4.9%, unknown 7.7%
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/23/1719
Þ GDP: $825 million (1999 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Dalia Grybauskaite
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius
Þ Population: 3,596,617
Þ Land Area: 65,200 sq km
Þ Capital City : Vilnius
Þ Languages: Lithuanian (official), Polish, Russian
Þ Calling Code-370
Þ Currency- Litas
Þ Religions: Lutheran, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Russian Orthodox, Evangelical Christian Baptist
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 9/6/1991
Þ GDP: $45.23 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Grand Duke Henri
Þ Head of Government: Jean-Claude Juncker
Þ Population: 468,571
Þ Land Area: 2,586 sq km
Þ Capital City : Luxembourg
Þ Languages: English, French, German, Luxembourgian
Þ Calling Code-352
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Muslim, Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant, Jewish
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1839
Þ GDP: $27.27 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Gjorge Ivanov
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski
Þ Population: 2,045,262
Þ Land Area: 24,856 sq km
Þ Capital City : Skopje
Þ Languages: Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, Albanian
Þ Calling Code-389
Þ Currency- Macedonian Dinar
Þ Religions: Eastern Orthodox 67%, Muslim 30%, other 3%
Þ Government: emerging democracy
Þ Date of independence: 9/17/1991
Þ GDP: $14.4 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Edward Fenech Adami
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
Þ Population: 398,534
Þ Land Area: 316 sq km
Þ Capital City : Valletta
Þ Languages: English, Maltese
Þ Calling Code-356
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 91%
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 9/21/1964
Þ GDP: $7.223 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Acting President Mihai Ghimpu
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Vladimir Filat
Þ Population: 4,455,421
Þ Land Area: 33,371 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Russian, Moldovan (official), Gagauz
Þ Calling Code-373
Þ Currency- Moldovian Leu
Þ Religions: 1,000% Baptist, Eastern Orthodox 98.5%, Jewish 1.5%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/27/1991
Þ GDP: $8.851 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Prince Albert II
Þ Head of Government: Minister of State Michel Roger
Þ Population: 32,409
Þ Land Area: 1.95 sq km
Þ Capital City : Monaco
Þ Languages: English, French (official), Italian, Monegasque
Þ Calling Code-377
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 90%
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1420
Þ GDP: $870 million (2000 EST.)
Þ Population: 630,548 (2004 est.)
Þ Land Area: 14,026 sq km
Þ Capital City
Þ Languages: Serbian
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Serbian Dinar (Serbia ), Euro (Montenegro
Þ Religions: Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 6/3/2006
Þ GDP: $2.412 billion (2005 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Queen BEATRIX
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
Þ Population: 16,407,491
Þ Land Area: 33,883 sq km
Þ Capital City : Amsterdam
Þ Languages: Dutch
Þ Calling Code-31
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Muslim 4.4%, Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40%
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1580
Þ GDP: $481.1 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: King HARALD V
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Þ Population: 4,593,041
Þ Land Area: 307,860 sq km
Þ Capital City : Oslo
Þ Languages: Norwegian (official)
Þ Calling Code-47
Þ Currency- Norwegian Krone
Þ Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 86%, other 1%, none or unknown 10%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 10/26/1905
Þ GDP: $183 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President: Bronislaw Komorowski
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister: Donald Tusk
Þ Population: 38,635,144
Þ Land Area: 304,465 sq km
Þ Capital City : Warsaw
Þ Languages: Polish
Þ Calling Code-48
Þ Currency- New Zloty
Þ Religions: Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant, other 5%
Þ Government: democracy
Þ Date of independence: 11/11/1918
Þ GDP: $463.0 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President: Anibal Cavaco Silva
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister: Jose Socrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa
Þ Population: 10,566,212
Þ Land Area: 91,951 sq km
Þ Capital City : Lisbon
Þ Languages: Portuguese
Þ Calling Code-351
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1141
Þ GDP: $188.7 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President: Traian Basescu
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister: Emil Boc
Þ Population: 22,329,977
Þ Land Area: 230,340 sq km
Þ Capital City : Bucharest
Þ Languages: German, Hungarian, Romanian
Þ Calling Code-40
Þ Currency- Romanian Leu
Þ Religions: Romanian Orthodox 70%, Roman Catholic 6%, Protestant 6%, unaffiliated 18%
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1881
Þ GDP: $171.5 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President: Dimitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Þ Population: 143,420,309
Þ Land Area: 16,995,800 sq km
Þ Capital City : Moscow
Þ Languages: Russian, minor ethnic group languages
Þ Calling Code-7
Þ Currency- Russian Federation
Þ Religions: Muslim, Russian Orthodox
Þ Government: federation
Þ Date of independence: 8/24/1991
Þ GDP: $1.408 trillion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Co-chiefs of State: Marco Conti and Glauco Sansovini
Þ Head of Government: Secretary of State: Antonella Mularoni
Þ Population: 28,880
Þ Land Area: 61.2 sq km
Þ Capital City : San Marino
Þ Languages: Italian
Þ Calling Code-378
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/302
Þ GDP: $940 million (2001 EST.)
Þ President: Boris Tadic (2004)
Þ Prime Minister: Vojislav Koštunica (2004)
Þ Population: 9,396,411
Þ Land Area: 88,361 sq km
Þ Capital City : Belgrade
Þ Languages: Serbo-Croatian, Albanian
Þ Calling Code-
Þ Currency- Serbian Dinar (Serbia ), Euro (Montenegro
Þ Religions: Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 4/11/1992
Þ GDP: $19.19 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Ivan Gasparovic
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Iveta Radicova
Þ Population: 5,431,363
Þ Land Area: 48,800 sq km
Þ Capital City : Bratislava
Þ Languages: Hungarian, Slovak (official)
Þ Calling Code-421
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Orthodox 4.1%, Roman Catholic 60.3%, Protestant 8.4%, other 17.5%, atheist 9.7%
Þ Government: parliamentary democracy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1993
Þ GDP: $78.89 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Danilo Turk
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Borut Pahor
Þ Population: 2,011,070
Þ Land Area: 20,253 sq km
Þ Capital City : Ljubljana
Þ Languages: Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian
Þ Calling Code-386
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Uniate Catholic 2%, Lutheran 1%, Muslim 1%, Roman Catholic 68.8%, other 22.9%, atheist 4.3%
Þ Government: parliamentary republic
Þ Date of independence: 6/25/1991
Þ GDP: $39.41 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: King Juan Carlos I
Þ Head of Government: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Þ Population: 40,341,462
Þ Land Area: 499,542 sq km
Þ Capital City : Madrid
Þ Languages: Catalan, Spanish, Basque, Galician
Þ Calling Code-34
Þ Currency- Euro
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
Þ Government: parliamentary monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1493
Þ GDP: $937.6 billion (2004 est.)
Þ Chief of State: King Carl XVI Gustaf
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
Þ Population: 9,001,774
Þ Land Area: 410,934 sq km
Þ Capital City : Stockholm
Þ Languages: Swedish
Þ Calling Code-46
Þ Currency- Swedish Kona
Þ Religions: Baptist, Orthodox, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 6/6/1524
Þ GDP: $255.4 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Doris Leuthard
Þ Head of Government: President Doris Leuthard
Þ Population: 7,489,370
Þ Land Area: 39,770 sq km
Þ Capital City : Bern
Þ Languages: French, German, Italian, Romansch
Þ Calling Code-41
Þ Currency- Swiss Franc
Þ Religions: Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9%
Þ Government: federal republic
Þ Date of independence: 8/1/1291
Þ GDP: $251.9 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: President Viktor Yanukovych
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
Þ Population: 47,425,336
Þ Land Area: 603,700 sq km
Þ Capital City : Kiev
Þ Languages: Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian
Þ Calling Code-380
Þ Currency- Hryvna and Karbovanet
Þ Religions: Uniate Catholic, Ukrainian Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish
Þ Government: republic
Þ Date of independence: 12/1/1991
Þ GDP: purchasing power parity - $299.1 billion (2004 EST.)
Þ Chief of State: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Þ Head of Government: Prime Minister David Cameron
Þ Population: 60,441,457
Þ Land Area: 241,590 sq km
Þ Capital City : London
Þ Languages: English, Welsh, Scottish
Þ Calling Code-44
Þ Currency- Pound Sterling
Þ Religions: Anglican 90%, Presbyterian 2%, Muslim 3%, Jewish 0.01%, Hindu 1%, Methodist 2%, Sikh
Þ Government: constitutional monarchy
Þ Date of independence: 1/1/1001
Þ GDP: $1.782 trillion (2004 EST.)
