Tag: Countries

Republic of Kosovo Kosovo (capital Pristina) amid its neighbors World Factbook as of November 2014: "Kosovo's economy has shown significant progress in transitioning to a market-based system and maintaining macroeconomic stability, but it is still highly dependent on the international community and...

Canada (its capital Ottawa) and neighboring states World Factbook as of November 2014: "As a high-tech industrial society in the trillion-dollar class, Canada resembles the US in its market-oriented economic system, pattern of production, and high living standards. Since World War II, the impressive...

World Factbook as of November 2014: "Barbados is the wealthiest and most developed country in the Eastern Caribbean and enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in Latin America. Historically, the Barbadian economy was dependent on sugarcane cultivation and related activities. However, in recent...

Saudi Arabia (capital Riyadh) and neighboring statesIntroduction Saudia Arabia's population is more conservative than the Saudi monarchy. So claims Fareed Zakaria. The monarchy, indeed, has been trying to advance the country slowly while maintaining political and social stability and itself in power...

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Lithuania (capital Vilnius) and neighboring countries World Factbook as of October 2014: Lithuania gained membership in the World Trade Organization and joined the EU in May 2004. Despite its EU accession, Lithuania's trade with its Central and Eastern European neighbors, and Russia in particular, a...

United Arab Emirates and neighbors around the Persian Gulf World Factbook as of November 2014: "The UAE has an open economy with a high per capita income and a sizable annual trade surplus. Successful efforts at economic diversification have reduced the portion of GDP based on oil and gas output to ...

American Samoa in the South Pacific. Capital: Pago Pago (pronounced pango pango). World Factbook as of October 2014: American Samoa has a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US with which American Samoa co...

Sweden, its capital Stockholm, and neighboring states World Factbook as of October 2014: "Aided by peace and neutrality for the whole of the 20th century, Sweden has achieved an enviable standard of living under a mixed system of high-tech capitalism and extensive welfare benefits. It has a modern d...

Seychelles (capital: Victoria) northeast of Madagascar World Factbook as of November 2014: "Since independence in 1976, per capita output in this Indian Ocean archipelago has expanded to roughly seven times the pre-independence, near-subsistence level, moving the island into the upper-middle-income ...

France and its capital Paris World Factbook as of October 2014: "The French economy is diversified across all sectors. The government has partially or fully privatized many large companies, including Air France, France Telecom, Renault, and Thales. However, the government maintains a strong presence...

Federal Republic of Brazil World Factbook as of October 2014: "Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader, one of the...